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Exhibit
10.4
THE WARRANT REPRESENTED BY THIS
CERTIFICATE AND THE SHARES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE HEREOF HAVE NOT
BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE
“ACT”), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND NEITHER SUCH
SECURITIES NOR ANY INTEREST THEREIN MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED,
ASSIGNED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED UNLESS (1) A REGISTRATION
STATEMENT WITH RESPECT THERETO IS EFFECTIVE UNDER THE ACT AND ANY
APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, OR (2) THE COMPANY RECEIVES
AN OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE HOLDER OF SUCH SECURITIES, WHICH
COUNSEL AND OPINION ARE REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY,
THAT SUCH SECURITIES MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED, ASSIGNED OR
TRANSFERRED IN THE MANNER CONTEMPLATED WITHOUT AN EFFECTIVE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE ACT OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES
LAWS.
W-4122
THE TRANSFER OF THIS WARRANT
IS
RESTRICTED AS DESCRIBED
HEREIN.
BIOVEST INTERNATIONAL,
INC.
Warrant for the Purchase of
up to Two Million Shares
of Common Stock, par value $
0.01 per share
Dated: May 9,
2008
THIS WARRANT CERTIFIES that,
for value received, Ronald E. Osman (including any transferee, the
“Holder”), is entitled to subscribe for and purchase
from BIOVEST INTERNATIONAL, INC., a Delaware corporation (the
“Company”), upon the terms and conditions set forth
herein, up to an aggregate of Two Million (2,000,000) Shares
of Common Stock, par value $ 0.01 per share (“Common
Stock”), at a price (the “Exercise Price”) equal
to $0.50 per share. All warrants are fully vested on the date
hereof.
All rights to purchase shares
pursuant to this Warrant must be exercised before 5:00 P.M. on
May 8, 2015, New York time (the “Exercise
Period”), As used herein the term “this Warrant”
shall mean and include this Warrant and any Warrant or Warrants
hereafter issued as a consequence of the exercise or transfer of
this Warrant in whole or in part.
The number of shares of
Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants
(the “Warrant Shares”) and the Exercise Price may
be adjusted from time to time as hereinafter set forth.
This Warrant may be exercised
during the Exercise Period, as to the whole or any lesser number of
whole Warrant Shares, by the surrender of this Warrant (with the
“Election to Exercise” attached hereto, duly executed)
to the Company at its office at 324 Hyde Park Avenue, Suite 350,
Tampa FL 33606 or at such other place as is designated in writing
by the Company, together with cash or a certified or bank cashiers
check payable to the order of the Company in an amount equal to the
Exercise Price multiplied by the number of Warrant Shares for which
this Warrant is being exercised. Each Warrant not exercised prior
to the expiration of the Exercise Period shall become null and void
and all rights thereunder shall cease as of such time.
Notwithstanding any
provisions herein to the contrary, if the Fair Market Value of one
share of Common Stock is greater than the Exercise Price (at the
date of calculation as set forth below), in lieu of exercising this
Warrant for cash, the Holder may elect to receive shares equal to
the value
(as determined below) of this
Warrant (or the portion thereof being exercised) by surrender of
this Warrant at the principal office of the Company together with
the properly endorsed Exercise Notice in which event the Company
shall issue to the Holder a number of shares of Common Stock
computed using the following formula:
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the
number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to the
Holder |
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the
number of shares of Common Stock purchasable under this Warrant or,
if only a portion of this Warrant is being exercised, the portion
of this Warrant being exercised (at the date of such
calculation) |
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the Fair
Market Value of one share of the Company’s Common Stock (at
the date of such calculation) |
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the
Exercise Price per share (as adjusted to the date of such
calculation) |
The Holder shall be deemed to
be the holder of record of the Warrant Shares as soon as the
Company receives the Warrant, the “Election to
Exercise” and the aggregate Exercise Price for the Warrant
Shares in accordance with Section 1; provided, however, that
if the date of such receipt is a date upon which the transfer books
of the Company are closed, the Holder shall be deemed to be the
record holder on the next succeeding business day on which such
books are open. As soon as practicable after each such exercise of
this Warrant, the Company shall issue and cause to be delivered to
the Holder a certificate or certificates for the Warrant Shares
issuable upon such exercise, registered in the name of the Holder
or its designee. If this Warrant is exercised in part only, the
Company shall, upon surrender of this Warrant for cancellation,
execute and deliver a new Warrant evidencing the right of the
Holder to purchase the remaining unexercised balance of the Warrant
Shares (or portions thereof) subject to purchase
hereunder.
Any Warrants issued upon the
transfer or exercise in part of this Warrant shall be numbered and
shall be registered in a Warrant Register as they are issued. The
Company shall be entitled to treat the registered holder of any
Warrant on the Warrant Register as the owner in fact thereof for
all purposes and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or
other claim to or interest in such warrant on the part of any other
person, and shall not be liable for any registration or transfer of
Warrants which are registered or to be registered in the name of a
fiduciary or the nominee of a fiduciary unless made with the actual
knowledge that a fiduciary or nominee is committing a breach of
trust in requesting such registration or transfer, or with the
knowledge of such facts that its participation therein amounts to
bad faith. This Warrant shall be transferable only on the books of
the Company upon delivery thereof duly endorsed by the Holder or by
his duly authorized attorney or representative, or accompanied by
proper evidence of succession, assignment, or authority to
transfer. In all cases of transfer by an attorney, executor,
administrator, guardian, or other legal representative, duly
authenticated evidence of his or its authority shall be produced.
Upon any registration of the transfer of this Warrant, the Company
shall cause to be delivered a new Warrant or Warrants to the person
entitled thereto. This Warrant may be exchanged, at the option of
the Holder thereof, for another Warrant, or other Warrants of
different denominations, of like tenor and representing in the
aggregate the right to purchase a like number of Warrant Shares (or
portions thereof), upon surrender to the Company or its duly
authorized agent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall
have no obligation to cause Warrants to be transferred on its books
to any person if, in the opinion of counsel to the Company, such
transfer does not comply with the provisions of the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), and the rules and
regulations thereunder.
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The Holder acknowledges that
he has been advised by the Company that neither this Warrant nor
the Warrant Shares have been registered under the Act, that this
Warrant is being or has been issued and the Warrant Shares may be
issued on the basis of the statutory exemption provided by
Section 4(2) of the Act or Regulation D promulgated
thereunder, or both, relating to transactions by an issuer not
involving any public offering, and that the Company’s
reliance thereon is based in part upon the representations to the
Company made by the original Holder. The Holder acknowledges that
he is familiar with the nature of the limitations imposed by the
Act and the rules and regulations thereunder on the transfer of
securities. In particular, the Holder agrees that no sale,
assignment or transfer of this Warrant or the Warrant Shares
issuable upon exercise hereof shall be valid or effective, and the
Company shall not be required to give any effect to any such sale,
assignment or transfer, unless (i) the sale, assignment or
transfer of this Warrant or such Warrant Shares is registered under
the Act, it being understood that neither this Warrant nor such
Warrant Shares are currently registered for sale and that the
Company has no obligation or intention to so register this Warrant
or such Warrant Shares except as specifically provided herein, or
(ii) this Warrant or such Warrant Shares are sold, assigned or
transferred in accordance with all the requirements and limitations
of Rule 144 under the Act, it being understood that Rule 144 is not
available at the time of the original issuance of this Warrant for
the sale of this Warrant or such Warrant Shares and that there can
be no assurance that Rule 144 sales will be available at any
subsequent time, or (iii) such sale, assignment, or transfer
is otherwise exempt from registration under the Act.
In the event
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