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Title: WARRANT
Governing Law: Illinois     Date: 11/6/2008
Industry: Biotechnology and Drugs     Sector: Healthcare

WARRANT, Parties: advanced life sciences holdings  inc
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Exhibit 4.1

 

THIS WARRANT AND THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK PURCHASABLE HEREUNDER HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 AND MAY NOT BE SOLD OR OFFERED FOR SALE UNLESS REGISTERED UNDER SAID ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR UNLESS AN EXEMPTION FROM SUCH REGISTRATION IS AVAILABLE.

 

Dated: October 23, 2008

 

WARRANT

 

To Purchase 65,000 Shares of  Common Stock

of ADVANCED LIFE SCIENCES HOLDINGS, INC.

 

Expiring October 23, 2013

 

THIS TO CERTIFY THAT , for value received, THE LEADERS GROUP, INC., an Illinois corporation or any registered assigns (“ Holder ”) is entitled to purchase from ADVANCED LIFE SCIENCES HOLDINGS, INC. , a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), at any time or from time to time after 9:00 a.m., Chicago time, on the date hereof and prior to 5:00 p.m., Chicago time, on October 23, 2013, at the place where the Warrant Agency is located, at the Exercise Price, the number of shares of Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Company (the “ Common Stock ”) shown above, subject to adjustment as provided in Articles IV and V hereof, and upon the terms and conditions hereinafter provided, and is entitled also to exercise the other appurtenant rights, powers and privileges hereinafter described.

 

This Warrant entitles the holder initially to purchase up to an aggregate of 65,000 shares of Common Stock.  This Warrant has been issued by the Company pursuant to the Amended and Restated Business Loan Agreement dated as of October 23, 2008 (as amended from time to time, the “ Loan Agreement ”) between the Company and Holder, in consideration of a loan to the Company by the Holder.  The Holder is entitled to certain benefits as set forth therein.  The Company shall keep a copy of the Loan Agreement, and any amendments thereto, at the Warrant Agency, and shall furnish, without charge, copies thereof to the Holder upon request.

 

Certain terms used in this Warrant are defined in Article VI.

 

ARTICLE I

 

EXERCISE OF WARRANTS

 

I.1.           Method of Exercise .   To exercise this Warrant in whole or in part, the Holder shall deliver on any Business Day to the Company at the Warrant Agency (a) this Warrant, (b) a written notice of the Holder’s election to exercise this Warrant, which notice shall specify the number of shares of Common Stock to be purchased (which shall be a whole number of shares if for less than all the shares then issuable hereunder), the denominations of the share certificate or

 



 

certificates desired and the name or names in which such certificates are to be registered, and (c) payment of the Exercise Price with respect to such shares.  Such payment may be made by cash, certified or bank cashier’s check or wire transfer in an amount equal to the product of (i) the Exercise Price times (ii) the number of Warrant Shares as to which this Warrant is being exercised.

 

The Company shall, as promptly as practicable and in any event within seven days after receipt of such notice and payment, execute and deliver or cause to be executed and delivered, in accordance with such notice, a certificate or certificates representing the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock specified in said notice together with cash in lieu of any fractions of a share as provided in Section 1.3.  The share certificate or certificates so delivered shall be in such denominations as may be specified in such notice, and shall be issued in the name of the Holder or such other name or names as shall be designated in such notice.  This Warrant shall be deemed to have been exercised and such certificate or certificates shall be deemed to have been issued, and such Holder or any other Person so designated to be named therein shall be deemed for all purposes to have become a holder of record of shares, as of the date the aforementioned notice and payment is received by the Company.  If this Warrant shall have been exercised only in part, the Company shall, at the time of delivery of such certificate or certificates, deliver to the Holder a new Warrant evidencing the right to purchase the remaining shares of Common Stock called for by this Warrant, which new Warrant shall in all other respects be identical with this Warrant, or, at the request of the Holder, appropriate notation may be made on this Warrant which shall then be returned to the Holder.  The Company shall pay all expenses, taxes and other charges payable in connection with the preparation, issuance and delivery of share certificates and new Warrants, except that, if share certificates or new Warrants shall be registered in a name or names other than the name of the Holder, funds sufficient to pay all transfer taxes payable as a result of such transfer shall be paid by the Holder at the time of delivery of the aforementioned notice of exercise or promptly upon receipt of a written request of the Company for payment.

 

I.2.           Shares to be Fully Paid and Nonassessable .   All shares of Common Stock issued upon the exercise of this Warrant shall be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

 

I.3.           No Fractional Shares Required to be Issued .   The Company shall not be required to issue fractions of shares of Common Stock upon exercise of this Warrant.  If any fraction of a share would, but for this Section, be issuable upon final exercise of this Warrant, in lieu of such fractional share, the Company shall pay to the Holder in cash an amount equal to the same fraction of the Fair Market Value of the Company per share of outstanding Common Stock on the Business Day immediately prior to the date of such exercise.

 

I.4.           Legend .   Each certificate for shares of Common Stock issued upon exercise of this Warrant, unless at the time of exercise such shares are registered under the Securities Act, shall bear the following legend:

 

“This security has not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933 and may not be sold or offered for sale unless registered under said Act and any applicable state securities laws or unless an exemption from such registration is available.”

 

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Any certificate issued at any time in exchange or substitution for any certificate bearing such legend (except a new certificate issued upon completion of a public offering pursuant to a registration statement under the Securities Act) shall also bear such legend unless, in the opinion of counsel selected by the Holder of such certificate (who may be an employee of such holder) and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the securities represented thereby need no longer be subject to restrictions on resale under the Securities Act.

 

I.5.           Reservation .   The Company has duly reserved, and will keep available for issuance upon exercise of the Warrants, the total number of Warrant Shares deliverable from time to time upon exercise of all Warrants from time to time outstanding.  The Company will not take any actions during the term of this Warrant that would result in any adjustment of the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of the Warrant if (i) the total number of shares of Common Stock issuable after such action upon exercise of this Warrant, (ii) all shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding and (iii) all shares then issuable (y) upon the exercise of all Options and (z) upon the conversion or exchange of all Convertible Securities, would exceed the total number of shares of Common Stock then authorized for issuance by the Company.  The Company will not change the Common Stock from par value $.01 per share to any higher par value which exceeds the Exercise Price then in effect, and will reduce the par value of the Common Stock upon any event described in Article IV that provides for an increase in the number of shares of Common Stock subject to purchase upon exercise of this Warrant, in inverse proportion to and effective at the same time as such number of shares is increased.  As of the date hereof, the Company had outstanding (i) 40,805,932 shares of Common Stock, (ii) [11,347,648] Options to purchase Common Stock, and no other shares of capital stock or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock or any rights, options or warrants to purchase any shares of capital stock or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock.  Neither the issuance of this Warrant nor the issuance of Warrant Shares upon exercise of this Warrant violates or conflicts with the Company’s certificate of incorporation or bylaws or any agreement to which the Company is a party.

 

ARTICLE II

 

WARRANT AGENCY;

TRANSFER, EXCHANGE AND REPLACEMENT OF WARRANTS

 

II.1.          Warrant Agency .   As long as any Warrant remains outstanding, the Company shall perform the obligations of and be the warrant agency with respect to the Warrants (the “ Warrant Agency ”) at its address set forth in the Loan Agreement or at such other address as the Company shall specify by notice to the Holder.

 

II.2.          Ownership of Warrant .   The Company may deem and treat the person in whose name this Warrant is registered as the holder and owner hereof (notwithstanding any notations of ownership or writing hereon made by any person other than the Company) for all purposes and shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary, until due presentment of this Warrant for registration of transfer as provided in this Article II.

 

II.3.          Transfer of Warrant .   The Company agrees to maintain at the Warrant Agency books for the registration of transfers of the Warrants, and transfer of this Warrant and all rights

 

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hereunder shall be registered, in whole or in part, on such books, upon surrender of this Warrant at the Warrant Agency, together with a written assignment of this Warrant duly executed by the Holder or its duly authorized agent or attorney, with (if the Holder is a natural person) signatures guaranteed by a bank or trust company or a registered broker or dealer, and funds sufficient to pay any transfer taxes payable upon such transfer.  Upon surrender and, if required, such payment, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in the name of the assignee or assignees and in the denominations specified in the instrument of assignment (which shall be whole numbers of shares only) and shall issue to the assignor a new Warrant evidencing the portion of this Warrant not so assigned, and this Warrant shall promptly be canceled.

 

II.4.          Division or Combination of Warrants .   This Warrant may be divided or combined with other Warrants upon presentment hereof and of any Warrant or Warrants with which this Warrant is to be combined at the Warrant Agency, together with a written notice specifying the names and denominations (which shall be whole numbers of shares only) in which the new Warrant or Warrants are to be issued, signed by the holders hereof and thereof or their respective duly authorized agents or attorneys.  Subject to compliance with Section 2.3 as to any transfer or assignment which may be involved in the division or combination, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in exchange for the Warrant or Warrants to be divided or combined in accordance with such notice.

 

II.5.          Loss, Theft, Destruction of Warrant Certificates .   Upon receipt of evidence satisfactory to the Company 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 Company (it being understood and agreed that if the holder of such Warrant is Leaders Bank, then a written agreement of indemnity given by Leaders Bank alone shall be satisfactory to the Company and no further security shall be required) or, in the case of any such mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation of such Warrant, the Company 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 aggregate number of shares of Common Stock.

 

II.6.          Expenses of Delivery of Warrants .   The Company shall pay all expenses, taxes (other than transfer taxes) and other charges payable in connection with the preparation, issuance and delivery of Warrants hereunder.

 

ARTICLE III

 

CERTAIN RIGHTS

 

III.1.         Determination of Fair Market Value .   Each determination of Fair Market Value hereunder shall be made in good faith by the Company.  Upon each determination of Fair Market Value by the Company hereunder, the Company shall promptly give notice thereof to the Holder, setting forth in reasonable detail the calculation of such Fair Market Value and the method and basis of determination thereof (the “ Company Determination ”).

 

III.2.         Financial Statements and Other Information .   Promptly upon transmission thereof, to the extent required under the Loan Agreement, the Company will deliver to the

 

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Holder copies of any and all financial statements, proxy statements, notices and other reports as it may send to its public stockholders and copies of all registration statements and all reports which it files with the Securities and Exchange Commission (or any governmental body or agency succeeding to its functions).

 

ARTICLE IV

 

ANTIDILUTION PROVISIONS

 

IV.1.        General .   The Exercise Price and the number of shares of Common Stock (or other securities or property) issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be subject to adjustment from time to time upon the occurrence of certain events as provided in this Article IV; provided that notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Exercise Price shall not be less than the par value of the Common Stock, as such par value is reduced from time to time in accordance with Section 1.5.

 

IV.2.        Common Stock Reorganization .   If the Company shall subdivide its outstanding shares of Common Stock (or any class thereof) into a greater number of shares or consolidate its outstanding shares of Common Stock (or any class thereof) into a smaller number of shares (any such event being called a “ Common Stock Reorganization ”), then (a) the Exercise Price shall be adjusted, effective immediately after the effective date of such Common Stock Reorganization, to a price determined by multiplying the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such effective date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on such effective date before giving effect to such Common Stock Reorganization and the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding after giving effect to such Common Stock Reorganization, and (b) the number of shares of Common Stock subject to purchase upon exercise of this Warrant shall be adjusted, effective at such time, to a number determined by multiplying the number of shares of Common Stock subject to purchase immediately before such Common Stock Reorganization by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding after giving effect to such Common Stock Reorganization and the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately before such Common Stock Reorganization.

 

IV.3.        Common Stock Distribution .   (a) If the Company shall issue, sell or otherwise distribute any shares of Common Stock, other than pursuant to this Agreement or a Common Stock Reorganization (which is governed by Section 4.2 hereof) (any such event, including any event described in paragraphs (b) and (c) below, being herein called a “ Common Stock Distribution ”), for a consideration per share less than the Fair Market Value of the Company per share of outstanding Common Stock on a Fully Diluted Basis on the date of such Common Stock Distribution (before giving effect to such Common Stock Distribution), then, effective upon such Common Stock Distribution, the Exercise Price shall be reduced, if such consideration per share shall be less than such Fair Market Value per share, to the lowest of the prices (calculated to the nearest one thousandth of one cent) determined as provided in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) below:

 

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(i)             if the Company shall receive any consideration for the Common Stock issued, sold or distributed, in such Common Stock Distribution, the consideration per share of Common Stock received by the Company upon such issue, sale or distribution;

 

(ii)            by dividing (A) an amount equal to the sum of (1) the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such Common Stock Distribution multiplied by the then existing Exercise Price, plus (2) the consideration, if any, received by the Company upon such Common Stock Distribution by (B) the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such Common Stock Distribution; and

 

(iii)           by multiplying the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such Common Stock Distribution by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the sum of (A) the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such Common Stock Distribution multiplied by such Fair Market Value per share on the date of such Common Stock Distribution, plus (B) the consideration, if any, received by the Company upon such Common Stock Distribution, and the denominator of which shall be the product of (1) the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such Common Stock Distribution multiplied by (2) such Fair Market Value per share on the date of such Common Stock Distribution.

 

If any Common Stock Distribution shall require an adjustment to the Exercise Price pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this paragraph (a), including by operation of paragraph (b) or (c) below, then, effective at the time such adjustment is made, the number of shares of Common Stock subject to purchase upon exercise of this Warrant shall be increased to a number determined by multiplying the number of shares of Common Stock subject to purchase immediately before such Common Stock Distribution by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such Common Stock Distribution and the denominator of which shall be the sum of the number of shares outstanding immediately before giving effect to such Common Stock Distribution (both calculated on a Fully Diluted Basis) plus the number of shares of Common Stock which the aggregate consideration received by the Company with respect to such Common Stock Distribution would purchase at the Fair Market Value of the Company per share of outstanding Common Stock on a Fully Diluted Basis on the date of such Common Stock Distribution (before giving effect to such Common Stock Distribution).  In computing adjustments under this paragraph, fractional interests in Common Stock shall be taken into account to the nearest one-thousandth of a share.

 

The provisions of this paragraph (a), including by operation of paragraph (b) or (c) below, shall not operate to increase the Exercise Price or reduce the number of shares of Common Stock subject to purchase upon exercise of this Warrant.

 

(b)            If the Company shall issue, sell, distribute or otherwise grant in any manner (including by assumption) any rights to subs


 
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