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 Y WARRANT TO
PURCHASE
NEOPROBE CORPORATION
Expires December 5, 2013
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No.: WY 08
-001
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Number of Shares:
6,000,000
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Date of
Issuance: December 5, 2008
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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 Six
Million (6,000,000) 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 December 5,
2008 and shall expire at 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on December 5,
2013 (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 December 6,
2008.
(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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shares of Common Stock to be issued to the Holder.
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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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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.
(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
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“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
.
(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
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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 $0.575 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
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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 effect and the terms hereof
(including, without limitation, all of the provisions of this
subsection (a)) shall be applicable to the Securities, cash or
property which such Person may be required to deliver upon any
exercise of this Warrant or the exercise of any rights pursuant
hereto.
(b)
Stock Dividends, Subdivisions and Combinations . If at any
time the Issuer shall:
(i)
set a record date or take a record of the holders of its Common
Stock for the purpose of entitling them to receive a dividend
payable in, or other distribution of, shares of Common
Stock,
(ii)
subdivide its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger
number of shares of Common Stock, or
(iii)
combine its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller
number of shares of Common Stock,
then
(1) the number of shares of Common Stock for which this
Warrant is exercisable immediately after the occurrence of any such
event shall be adjusted to equal the number of shares of Common
Stock which a record holder of the same number of shares of Common
Stock for which this Warrant is exercisable immediately prior to
the occurrence of such event (without giving effect to the
limitations on exercise set forth in Section 8 hereof) would
own or be entitled to receive after the happening of such event,
and (2) the Warrant Price then in effect shall be adjusted to
equal (A) the Warrant Price then in effect multiplied by the
number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is
exercisable immediately prior to the adjustment (without giving
effect to the limitations on exercise set forth in Section 8
hereof) divided by (B) the number of shares of Common Stock
for which this Warrant is exercisable immediately after such
adjustment (without giving effect to the limitations on exercise
set forth in Section 8 hereof).
(c)
Certain Other Distributions . If at any time the Issuer
shall set a record date or take a record of the holders of its
Common Stock for the purpose of entitling them to receive any
dividend or other distribution of:
(i)
cash (other than a cash dividend payable out of earnings or earned
surplus legally available for the payment of dividends under the
laws of the jurisdiction of incorporation of the
Issuer),
(ii)
any evidences of its indebtedness, any shares of stock of any class
or any other securities or property of any nature whatsoever (other
than cash, Common Stock Equivalents, Additional Shares of Common
Stock or Permitted Issuances), or
(iii)
any warrants or other rights to subscribe for or purchase any
evidences of its indebtedness, any shares of stock of any class or
any other securities or property of any nature whatsoever (other
than cash, Common Stock Equivalents, Additional Shares of Common
Stock or Permitted Issuances),
then
(1) the number of shares of Common Stock for which this
Warrant is exercisable shall be adjusted to equal the product of
the number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is
exercisable immediately prior to such adjustment (without giving
effect to the limitations on exercise set forth in Section 8
hereof) multiplied by a fraction (A) the numerator of which
shall be the Per Share Market Value of Common Stock at the date of
taking such record and (B) the denominator of which shall be
such Per Share Market Value minus the amount allocable to one share
of Common Stock of any such cash so distributable and of the fair
value (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the
Issuer and supported by an opinion from an investment banking firm
reasonably acceptable to the Holder) of any and all such evidences
of indebtedness, shares of stock, other securities or property or
warrants or other subscription or purchase rights so distributable,
and (2) the Warrant Price then in effect shall be adjusted to
equal (A) the Warrant Price then in effect multiplied by the
number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is
exercisable immediately
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prior to the
adjustment (without giving effect to the limitations on exercise
set forth in Section 8 hereof) divided by (B) the number
of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is exercisable
immediately after such adjustment (without giving effect to the
limitations on exercise set forth in Section 8 hereof). A
reclassification of the Common Stock (other than a change in par
value, or from par value to no par value or from no par value to
par value) into shares of Common Stock and shares of any other
class of stock shall be deemed a distribution by the Issuer to the
holders of its Common Stock of such shares of such other class of
stock within the meaning of this Section 4(c) and, if the
outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be changed into a larger
or smaller number of shares of Common Stock as a part of such
reclassification, such change shall be deemed a subdivision or
combination, as the case may be, of the outstanding shares of
Common Stock within the meaning of Section 4(b).
(d)
Issuance of Additional Shares of Common Stock .
(i)
In the event the Issuer shall at any time following the Original
Issue Date issue any Additional Shares of Common Stock (otherwise
than as provided in the foregoing subsections (a) through
(c) of this Section 4), at a price per share less than
the Warrant Price then in effect or without consideration, then the
Warrant Price upon each such issuance shall be adjusted to the
price equal to the price determined by multiplying the Warrant
Price then in effect by a fraction (A) the numerator of which
is the total number of shares of Common Stock then outs
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