Exhibit 10.7
THIS WARRANT
AND THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE HEREOF HAVE
NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED
(THE “SECURITIES ACT”) OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND
MAY NOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF UNLESS
REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND UNDER APPLICABLE STATE
SECURITIES LAWS OR NEOPROBE CORPORATION SHALL HAVE RECEIVED AN
OPINION OF COUNSEL THAT REGISTRATION OF SUCH SECURITIES UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT AND UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF APPLICABLE STATE
SECURITIES LAWS IS NOT REQUIRED.
SERIES AA WARRANT TO
PURCHASE
SHARES OF COMMON STOCK
OF
NEOPROBE
CORPORATION
Expires July 24, 2014
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Number of Shares:
2,400,000
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Date of
Issuance: July 24, 2009
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FOR VALUE RECEIVED, subject to the provisions
hereinafter set forth, the undersigned, Neoprobe Corporation, a
Delaware corporation (together with its successors and assigns, the
“ Issuer ”), hereby certifies that
Platinum-Montaur Life Sciences, LLC or its registered assigns is
entitled to subscribe for and purchase, during the period specified
in this Warrant, up to Two Million Four Hundred Thousand
(2,400,000) shares (subject to adjustment as hereinafter provided)
of the duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and
non-assessable Common Stock of the Issuer, at an exercise price per
share equal to the Warrant Price then in effect, subject, however,
to the provisions and upon the terms and conditions hereinafter set
forth. Capitalized terms used in this Warrant and not otherwise
defined herein shall have the respective meanings specified in
Section 9 hereof.
1.
Term . The right to subscribe for and purchase shares of
Warrant Stock represented hereby shall commence on July 24, 2009
and shall expire at 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on July 24, 2014 (such
period being the “ Term ”).
2. Method
of Exercise Payment; Issuance of New Warrant; Transfer and
Exchange .
(a) Time of
Exercise . The purchase rights represented by this
Warrant may be exercised in whole or in part at any time and from
time to time during the Term commencing on July 24,
2009.
(b) Method of Exercise
. The Holder hereof may exercise this Warrant, in whole or in part,
by the surrender of this Warrant (with the exercise form attached
hereto duly executed) at the principal office of the Issuer, and by
the payment to the Issuer of an amount of consideration therefor
equal to the Warrant Price in effect on the date of such exercise
multiplied by the number of shares of Warrant Stock with respect to
which this Warrant is then being exercised, payable at such
Holder’s election (i) by certified or official bank check or
by wire transfer to an account designated by the Issuer, (ii) by
“cashless exercise” in accordance with the provisions
of subsection (c) of this Section 2, but only when a registration
statement under the Securities Act providing for resale of all of
the Warrant Stock is not then in effect, or (iii) by a combination
of the foregoing methods of payment selected by the Holder of this
Warrant.
(c) Cashless
Exercise . Notwithstanding any provisions herein to the
contrary and commencing 6 months following the Original Issue Date,
if (i) the Per Share Market Value of one share of Common Stock is
greater than the Warrant Price (at the date of calculation as set
forth below) and (ii) a registration statement under the Securities
Act providing for the resale of all of the Warrant Stock is not
then in effect, in lieu of exercising this Warrant by payment of
cash, the Holder may exercise this Warrant by a cashless exercise
and shall receive the number of shares of Common Stock equal to an
amount (as determined below) by surrender of this Warrant at the
principal office of the Issuer together with the properly endorsed
Notice of Exercise in which event the Issuer shall issue to the
Holder a number of shares of Common Stock computed using the
following formula:
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X = Y -
(A)(Y)
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B
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Where
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X =
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the number of
shares of Common Stock to be issued to the Holder.
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Y =
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the number of
shares of Common Stock purchasable upon exercise of all of the
Warrant or, if only a portion of the Warrant is being exercised,
the portion of the Warrant being exercised.
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A =
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the Warrant
Price.
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the Per Share
Market Value of one share of Common Stock.
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(d) Issuance of Stock
Certificates . In the event of any exercise of the rights
represented by this Warrant in accordance with and subject to the
terms and conditions hereof, (i) certificates for the shares of
Warrant Stock so purchased shall be dated the date of such exercise
and delivered to the Holder hereof within a reasonable time, not
exceeding three (3) Trading Days after such exercise (the “
Delivery Date ”) or, at the request of the Holder,
issued and delivered to the Depository Trust Company (“
DTC ”) account on the Holder’s behalf via the
Deposit Withdrawal Agent Commission System (“ DWAC
”) within a reasonable time, not exceeding three (3) Trading
Days after such exercise, and the Holder hereof shall be deemed for
all purposes to be the Holder of the shares of Warrant Stock so
purchased as of the date of such exercise, and (ii) unless this
Warrant has expired, a new Warrant representing the number of
shares of Warrant Stock, if any, with respect to which this Warrant
shall not then have been exercised (less any amount thereof which
shall have been canceled in payment or partial payment of the
Warrant Price as hereinabove provided) shall also be issued to the
Holder hereof at the Issuer’s expense within such time.
Notwithstanding the foregoing to the contrary, the Issuer or its
transfer agent shall only be obligated to issue and deliver the
shares to the DTC on the Holder’s behalf via DWAC (or
certificates free of restrictive legends) if such exercise is in
connection with a sale by the Holder and the Holder has complied
with the applicable prospectus delivery requirements or an
exemption from such registration requirements (each as evidenced by
documentation furnished to and reasonably satisfactory to the
Issuer).
(e) Transferability
of Warrant . Subject to Section 2(g), this Warrant may be
transferred by a Holder without the consent of the
Issuer. If transferred pursuant to this paragraph, this
Warrant may be transferred on the books of the Issuer by the Holder
hereof in person or by the Holder’s duly authorized attorney,
upon surrender of this Warrant at the principal office of the
Issuer, properly endorsed (by the Holder executing an assignment in
the form attached hereto) and upon payment of any necessary
transfer tax or other governmental charge imposed upon such
transfer. This Warrant is exchangeable at the principal
office of the Issuer for Warrants for the purchase of the same
aggregate number of shares of Warrant Stock, each new Warrant to
represent the right to purchase such number of shares of Warrant
Stock as the Holder hereof shall designate at the time of such
exchange. All Warrants issued on transfers or exchanges
shall be dated the Original Issue Date and shall be identical with
this Warrant except as to the number of shares of Warrant Stock
issuable pursuant hereto.
(f) Continuing Rights
of Holder . The Issuer will, at the time of or at any time
after each exercise of this Warrant, upon the request of the Holder
hereof, acknowledge in writing the extent, if any, of its
continuing obligation to afford to such Holder all rights to which
such Holder shall continue to be entitled after such exercise in
accordance with the terms of this Warrant, provided,
however, that if any such Holder shall fail to make any
such request, the failure shall not affect the continuing
obligation of the Issuer to afford such rights to such
Holder.
(g) Compliance with
Securities Laws.
(i) The
Holder of this Warrant, by acceptance hereof, acknowledges that
this Warrant and the shares of Warrant Stock to be issued upon
exercise hereof are being acquired solely for the Holder’s
own account and not as a nominee for any other party, and for
investment, and that the Holder will not offer, sell or otherwise
dispose of this Warrant or any shares of Warrant Stock to be issued
upon exercise hereof except pursuant to an effective registration
statement, or an exemption from registration, under the Securities
Act and any applicable state securities laws.
(ii) Except as provided
in paragraph (iii) below, this Warrant and all certificates
representing shares of Warrant Stock issued upon exercise hereof
shall be stamped or imprinted with a legend in substantially the
following form:
THIS WARRANT
AND THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE HEREOF HAVE
NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED
(THE “SECURITIES ACT”) OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND
MAY NOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF UNLESS
REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND UNDER APPLICABLE STATE
SECURITIES LAWS OR NEOPROBE CORPORATION SHALL HAVE RECEIVED AN
OPINION OF COUNSEL THAT REGISTRATION OF SUCH SECURITIES UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT AND UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF APPLICABLE STATE
SECURITIES LAWS IS NOT REQUIRED.
(iii) The restrictions imposed
by this subsection (g) upon the transfer of this Warrant or the
shares of Warrant Stock to be purchased upon exercise hereof shall
terminate (A) when such securities shall have been resold pursuant
to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act,
(B) upon the Issuer’s receipt of an opinion of counsel, in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Issuer, addressed
to the Issuer to the effect that such restrictions are no longer
required to ensure compliance with the Securities Act and state
securities laws or (C) upon the Issuer’s receipt of other
evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Issuer that such
registration and qualification under the Securities Act and state
securities laws are not required. Whenever such restrictions shall
cease and terminate as to any such securities, the Holder thereof
shall be entitled to receive from the Issuer (or its transfer agent
and registrar), without expense (other than applicable transfer
taxes, if any), new Warrants (or, in the case of shares of Warrant
Stock, new stock certificates) of like tenor not bearing the
applicable legend required by paragraph (ii) above relating to the
Securities Act and state securities laws.
(h)
Buy In. In addition to any other rights
available to the Holder, if the Issuer fails to cause its transfer
agent to transmit to the Holder a certificate or
certificates representing the Warrant Stock pursuant to an exercise
on or before the Delivery Date, and if after such date the Holder
is required by its broker to purchase (in an open market
transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver in
satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of the Warrant Stock which the
Holder anticipated receiving upon such exercise (a “
Buy-In ”), then the Issuer shall (1) 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 (A) the number of shares of Warrant Stock that the
Issuer was required to deliver to the Holder in connection with the
exercise at issue times, (B) the price at which the sell order
giving rise to such purchase obligation was executed, and (2) at
the option of the Holder, either reinstate the portion of the
Warrant and equivalent number of shares of Warrant Stock 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
Issuer 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 Issuer shall be required to pay the Holder
$1,000. The Holder shall provide the Issuer written
notice indicating the amounts payable to the Holder in respect of
the Buy-In, together with applicable confirmations and other
evidence reasonably requested by the Issuer. 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 Issuer’s failure to
timely deliver certificates representing shares of Common Stock
upon exercise of this Warrant as required pursuant to the terms
hereof.
3. Stock
Fully Paid; Reservation and Listing of Shares; Covenants
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(a) Stock Fully
Paid . The Issuer represents, warrants, covenants and agrees
that all shares of Warrant Stock which may be issued upon the
exercise of this Warrant or otherwise hereunder will, upon
issuance, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and
non-assessable and free from all taxes, liens and charges created
by or through Issuer. The Issuer further covenants and agrees that
during the period within which this Warrant may be exercised, the
Issuer will at all times have authorized and reserved for the
purpose of the issue upon exercise of this Warrant a number of
shares of Common Stock equal to the aggregate number of shares of
Common Stock exercisable hereunder to provide for the exercise of
this Warrant (without regard to limitations on exercisability set
forth in Section 8).
(b) Reservation . If
any shares of Common Stock required to be reserved for issuance
upon exercise of this Warrant or as otherwise provided hereunder
require registration or qualification with any governmental
authority under any federal or state law before such shares may be
so issued, the Issuer will in good faith use its best efforts as
expeditiously as possible at its expense to cause such shares to be
duly registered or qualified. If the Issuer shall list any shares
of Common Stock on any securities exchange or market it will, at
its expense, list thereon, maintain and increase when necessary
such listing, of, all shares of Warrant Stock from time to time
issued upon exercise of this Warrant or as otherwise provided
hereunder, and, to the extent permissible under the applicable
securities exchange’s rules, all unissued shares of Warrant
Stock which are at any time issuable hereunder, so long as any
shares of Common Stock shall be so listed. The Issuer will also so
list on each securities exchange or market, and will maintain such
listing of, any other securities which the Holder of this Warrant
shall be entitled to receive upon the exercise of this Warrant if
at the time any securities of the same class shall be listed on
such securities exchange or market by the Issuer.
(c) Covenants .
Until the sooner to occur of the full exercise of this Warrant or
the end of the Term, except and to the extent as waived or
consented to by the Holder, the Issuer shall not by any action,
including, without limitation, amending its Certificate of
Incorporation or By-Laws or through any reorganization, transfer of
assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of
securities or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid
the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant,
but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of
all such terms and in the taking of all such actions as may be
necessary or appropriate to protect the rights of Holder as set
forth in this Warrant against impairment or dilution. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Issuer will (a) not
increase the par value of any Warrant Stock above the amount
payable therefor upon such exercise immediately prior to such
increase in par value, (b) take all such action as may be necessary
or appropriate in order that the Issuer may validly and legally
issue fully paid and nonassessable Warrant Stock upon the exercise
of this Warrant, and (c) use commercially reasonable efforts to
obtain all such authorizations, exemptions or consents from any
public regulatory body having jurisdiction thereof as may be
necessary to enable the Issuer to perform its obligations under
this Warrant.
(d) Loss, Theft,
Destruction of Warrants . Upon receipt of evidence satisfactory
to the Issuer of the ownership of and the loss, theft, destruction
or mutilation of any Warrant and, in the case of any such loss,
theft or destruction, upon receipt of indemnity or security
satisfactory to the Issuer or, in the case of any such mutilation,
upon surrender and cancellation of such Warrant, the Issuer will
make and deliver, in lieu of such lost, stolen, destroyed or
mutilated Warrant, a new Warrant of like tenor and representing the
right to purchase the same number of shares of Common
Stock.
4.
Adjustment of Warrant Price and Warrant Share Number . The
number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is
exercisable, and the price at which such shares may be purchased
upon exercise of this Warrant, shall be subject to adjustment from
time to time as set forth in this Section 4. The Issuer shall give
the Holder notice of any event described below which requires an
adjustment pursuant to this Section 4 in accordance with Section
5. Notwithstanding any adjustment hereunder, at no time shall
the Warrant Price be greater than $0.95 per share, except if it is
adjusted pursuant to Section 4(b)(iii).
(a) Recapitalization,
Reorganization, Reclassification, Consolidation, Merger or Sale
.
(i) In case
the Issuer after the Original Issue Date shall do any of the
following (each, a “ Triggering Event ”): (a)
consolidate with or merge into any other Person and the Issuer
shall not be the continuing or surviving corporation of such
consolidation or merger, or (b) permit any other Person to
consolidate with or merge into the Issuer and the Issuer shall be
the continuing or surviving Person but, in connection with such
consolidation or merger, any Capital Stock of the Issuer shall be
changed into or exchanged for Securities of any other Person or
cash or any other property, or (c) transfer all or substantially
all of its properties or assets to any other Person, or (d) effect
a capital reorganization or reclassification of its Capital Stock,
then, and in the case of each such Triggering Event, proper
provision shall be made so that, upon the basis and the terms and
in the manner provided in this Warrant, the Holder of this Warrant
shall be entitled upon the exercise hereof at any time after the
consummation of such Triggering Event, to the extent this Warrant
is not exercised prior to such Triggering Event, to receive at the
Warrant Price in effect at the time immediately prior to the
consummation of such Triggering Event in lieu of the Common Stock
issuable upon such exercise of this Warrant prior to such
Triggering Event, the Securities, cash and property to which such
Holder would have been entitled upon the consummation of such
Triggering Event if such Holder had exercised the rights
represented by this Warrant (without giving effect to the
limitations on exercise set forth in Section 8 hereof) immediately
prior thereto (including the right to elect the type of
consideration, if applicable), subject to adjustments (subsequent
to such corporate action) as nearly equivalent as possible to the
adjustments provided for elsewhere in this Section 4.
(ii) Notwithstanding anything
contained in this Warrant to the contrary and so long as the
surviving entity is a Qualifying Entity, the Issuer will not be
deemed to have effected any Triggering Event if, prior to the
consummation thereof, each Person (other than the Issuer) which may
be required to deliver any Securities, cash or property upon the
exercise of this Warrant as provided herein shall assume, by
written instrument delivered to the Holder of this Warrant and
reasonably satisfactory to the Holder, (A) the obligations of the
Issuer under this Warrant (and if the Issuer shall survive the
consummation of such Triggering Event, such assumption shall be in
addition to, and shall not release the Issuer from, any continuing
obligations of the Issuer under this Warrant) and (B) the
obligation to deliver to such Holder such shares of Securities,
cash or property as, in accordance with the foregoing provisions of
this subsection (a), such Holder shall be entitled to receive, and
such Person shall have similarly delivered to such Holder, an
opinion of counsel for such Person, which shall be reasonably
satisfactory to the Holder, stating that this Warrant shall
thereafter continue in full force and
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