Exhibit
4.3
EXHIBIT C-III
NEITHER THIS
SECURITY NOR THE SECURITIES FOR WHICH THIS SECURITY IS EXERCISABLE
HAVE BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR
THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN
EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS
AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY
NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE
EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE
WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND, UNLESS SOLD PURSUANT TO
RULE 144 OR RULE 144A UNDER SAID ACT, AS EVIDENCED BY A LEGAL
OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE TRANSFEROR TO SUCH EFFECT, THE SUBSTANCE
OF WHICH SHALL BE REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY AND THE
TRANSFER AGENT. THIS SECURITY AND THE SECURITIES
ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS SECURITY MAY BE PLEDGED IN
CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY
SUCH SECURITIES.
SERIES III COMMON STOCK PURCHASE
WARRANT
VIRNETX HOLDING
CORPORATION
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Warrant Shares:
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Issue Date: September __, 2009
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THIS SERIES III 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 after the
Exercise Date (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) and on or
prior to the close of business on the 60 th calendar day following the Exercise Date (the
“ Termination Date ”) but not thereafter, to
subscribe for and purchase from VirnetX Holding Corporation, 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). Notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, in the event that the Registration Statement is not
effective for the resale of the Warrant Shares, the Termination
Date shall be extended by such number of days that the Registration
Statement is not effective during the term of this
Warrant.
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 September 2, 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 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 or, if
available, pursuant to the cashless exercise procedure specified in
Section 2(c) below. 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, the 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 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
acknowledge receipt of a Notice of Exercise and deliver any
objections to any Notice of Exercise Form within 1 Business Days of
receipt of such notice. 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
$2.52 (the “ Initial Exercise Price ”),
subject to adjustment hereunder (the “ Exercise Price
”).
c)
Cashless Exercise . If at any time
after the six (6) month anniversary of the Issue Date, there is no
effective Registration Statement registering the resale of the
Warrant Shares by the Holder, then this Warrant may also be
exercised, in whole or in part, by means of a “cashless
exercise” in which the Holder shall be entitled to receive a
certificate (unless electronic delivery is available) for the
number of Warrant Shares equal to the quotient obtained by dividing
[(A-B) (X)] by (A), where:
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(A) = 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) = the
Exercise Price of this Warrant, as adjusted hereunder;
and
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(X) = 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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d)
Mechanics of Exercise .
i.
Delivery of Certificates Upon Exercise . Warrant
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 the Holder or (B) the shares are eligible for resale by the
Holder without volume or manner-of-sale limitations pursuant to
Rule 144, 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.
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 the Warrant
certificate, at the time of delivery of the certificate or
certificates representing Warrant Shares, deliver to Holder a new
Warrant certificate evidencing the rights of Holder to purchase the
unpurchased Warrant Shares called for by this Warrant, which new
Warrant certificate 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 second Trading Day following 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 third Trading Day following 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 , within three (3) Trading Days
after the Holder's request and in the Holder's discretion, either
(i) pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the Holder's total
purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if any) for the
shares of Common Stock so purchased (the “ Buy-In
Price ”), at which point the Company's obligation to
deliver such certificate (and to issue such Warrant Shares or
credit such Holder's balance account with The Depository Trust
Company (“ DTC ”)) shall terminate, or (ii)
promptly honor its obligation to deliver to the Holder a
certificate or certificates representing such Warrant Shares or
credit such Holder's balance account with DTC and pay cash to the
Holder in an amount equal to the excess (if any) of the Buy-In
Price over the product of (A) such number of shares of Common
Stock, times (B) the VWAP on the date of exercise. 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.
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 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.
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 (i) exercise of the remaining, nonexercised
portion of this Warrant beneficially owned by the Holder or any of
its Affiliates and (ii) 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 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 or 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 not be construed and implemented
in a manner other than in strict conformity with the terms of this
Section 2(e) except as necessary 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.
Section 3 .
Certain Adjustments .
a)
Stock Dividends and Splits .
If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding: (i)
pays a stock dividend or otherwise makes a distribution
or
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