Exhibit 4.4
WARRANT AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
WHISPERING OAKS INTERNATIONAL,
INC.
AND
SECURITIES TRANSFER CORPORATION
DATED AS OF _____________, 2009
WARRANT AGREEMENT
This
Agreement is between Whispering Oaks International, Inc., d/b/a
BioCurex, a Texas corporation (the “ Company ”)
and Securities Transfer Corporation, a _______ corporation (the
“ Warrant Agent ”).
The
Company, at or about the time that it is entering into this
Agreement, proposes to issue and sell to public investors up to
Units (together with the additional units issuable as provided
herein, the “ Units ”). Each Unit consists of
shares of common stock,
$0.001 par value, of the Company and
redeemable warrants (the
“ Unit Warrants ”). Each Unit Warrant is
exercisable to purchase one share of Common Stock upon the terms
and conditions and subject to adjustment in certain circumstances,
all as set forth in this Agreement.
The
Company proposes to issue to the underwriter, Paulson Investment
Company, Inc. (“ Paulson ”), in the public
offering of Units referred to above (the “ Public
Offering ”) warrants to purchase up to
additional Units.
The
Company wishes to retain the Warrant Agent to act on behalf of the
Company, and the Warrant Agent is willing so to act, in connection
with the issuance, transfer, exchange and replacement of the
certificates evidencing the Unit Warrants to be issued under this
Agreement (the “ Warrant Certificates ”) and the
exercise of the Unit Warrants;
The
Company and the Warrant Agent wish to enter into this Agreement to
set forth the terms and conditions of the Unit Warrants and the
rights of the holders thereof (“ Warrant Holders
”) and to set forth the respective rights and obligations of
the Company and the Warrant Agent. Each Warrant Holder is an
intended beneficiary of this Agreement with respect to the rights
of Warrant Holders herein.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual
agreements herein set forth, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
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Warrants
. Each Unit Warrant will entitle the
registered holder to purchase from the Company one share of Company
common stock, $0.001 par value per share (each a “
Share ”), at $_____ per Share (the “ Exercise
Price ”). The Exercise Price is subject to adjustments as
provided in Section 13 hereof. A Warrant Holder may exercise all or
any number of Unit Warrants resulting in the purchase of a whole
number of Shares.
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Exercise Period
. The Unit Warrants may be exercised
at any time during the period (the “ Exercise Period
”) commencing ___________, 2009 and ending at 5:00 p.m.,
Pacific Time on ___________, 2014 (“ Expiration Date
”). After the Expiration Date, any unexercised Unit Warrants
will be void and all rights of Warrant Holders shall
cease.
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Execution of Warrant
Certificates . Warrant
Certificates shall be in registered form only and shall be
substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A attached to
this Agreement. Warrant Certificates shall be signed by, or shall
bear the facsimile signature of, the President of the Company and
the Executive Chairman of the Company and shall bear a facsimile of
the Company’s corporate seal. If any person, whose facsimile
signature has been placed upon any Warrant Certificate or the
signature of an officer of the Company, shall have ceased to be
such officer before such Warrant Certificate is countersigned,
issued and delivered, such Warrant Certificate shall be
countersigned, issued and delivered with the same effect as if such
person had not ceased to be such officer. Any Warrant Certificate
may be signed by, or made to bear the facsimile signature of, any
person who at the actual date of the preparation of such
Warrant
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Certificate shall be a proper
officer of the Company to sign such Warrant Certificate even though
such person was not such an officer upon the date of the
Agreement.
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Countersigning
. Warrant Certificates shall be
manually countersigned by the Warrant Agent and shall not be valid
for any purpose unless so countersigned. The Warrant Agent hereby
is authorized to countersign and deliver to, or in accordance with
the instructions of, any Warrant Holder any Warrant Certificate
which is properly issued.
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Registration of Transfer and
Exchanges . The Warrant
Agent shall from time to time register the transfer of any
outstanding Warrant Certificate upon records maintained by the
Warrant Agent for such purpose upon surrender of such Warrant
Certificate to the Warrant Agent for transfer, accompanied by
appropriate instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Company and the Warrant Agent and duly executed by the Warrant
Holder or a duly authorized attorney. Upon any such registration of
transfer, a new Warrant Certificate shall be issued in the name of
and to the transferee and the surrendered Warrant Certificate shall
be cancelled.
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Exercise of
Warrants .
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(a)
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Subject to the terms of the Unit
Warrant, any Unit Warrant may be exercised upon any single occasion
during the exercise period. A Unit Warrant shall be exercised by
the Warrant Holder by surrendering to the Warrant Agent the Warrant
Certificate with the exercise form on the reverse of such Warrant
Certificate duly completed and executed and delivering to the
Warrant Agent, by good check or bank draft payable to the order of
the Warrant Agent, the Exercise Price for each Share to be
purchased.
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(b)
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Upon receipt of a Warrant
Certificate with the exercise form thereon duly executed together
with payment in full of the Exercise Price for the Shares for which
Unit Warrants are then being exercised, the Warrant Agent shall
requisition from any transfer agent for the Shares, and upon
receipt shall make delivery of, certificates evidencing the total
number of whole Shares for which Unit Warrants are then being
exercised in such names and denominations as are required for
delivery to, or in accordance with the instructions of, the Warrant
Holder. Such certificates for the Shares shall be deemed to be
issued, and the person whom such Shares are issued of record shall
be deemed to have become a holder of record of such Shares, as of
the date of the surrender of such Warrant Certificate and payment
of the Exercise Price, whichever shall last occur; provided that if
the transfer books of the Company with respect to the Shares, shall
be closed, the certificates for the Shares issuable upon exercise
of the Unit Warrant shall be issued as of the date on which such
books shall next be open, and the person to whom such Shares are
issued of record shall be deemed to have become a record holder of
such Shares as of the date on which such books shall next be open
(whether before, on or after the Expiration Date) and until such
date the Warrant Agent shall be under no duty to deliver any
certificate for such Shares.
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(c)
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If less than all a Warrant
Holder’s Unit Warrants are exercised upon a single occasion,
a new Warrant Certificate for the balance of the Unit Warrants not
so exercised shall be issued and delivered to, or in accordance
with, transfer instructions properly given by the Warrant Holder
until the Expiration Date.
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(d)
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All Warrant Certificates
surrendered upon exercise shall be cancelled.
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(e)
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Upon the exercise of any Unit
Warrant, the Warrant Agent shall promptly deposit the payment into
an escrow account established by mutual agreement of the Company
and the Warrant Agent at a federally insured commercial bank. All
funds deposited in the escrow account will be disbursed on a weekly
basis to the Company once they have been determined by the Warrant
Agent to be collected funds. Once the funds are determined to be
collected, the Warrant Agent shall cause the share certificate(s)
representing the exercised Unit Warrants to be issued.
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(f)
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Expenses incurred by the Warrant
Agent will be paid by the Company. These expenses, including
delivery of Share certificates to the shareholder, will be deducted
from the Exercise Price submitted by a Warrant Holder prior to the
distribution of funds to the Company. A detailed accounting
statement relating to the number of Unit Warrants exercised, names
and registered Warrant Holder(s) and the net amount of exercised
funds remitted will be given to the Company with the payment of
each exercise amount.
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Warrant Solicitation and
Warrant Solicitation Fee .
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(a)
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The Company has engaged Paulson,
on a non-exclusive basis, as its agent for the solicitation of the
exercise of the Unit Warrants. The Company will, at its cost, (i)
assist Paulson with respect to such solicitation, if requested by
Paulson, and (ii) provide Paulson, and direct the Warrant Agent to
deliver to Paulson lists of the record and, to the extent known,
beneficial owners of the Company’s Unit Warrants. The Company
hereby instructs the Warrant Agent to cooperate with Paulson in
every respect in connection with Paulson’s solicitation
activities, including, but not limited to, providing to Paulson, at
the Company’s cost, a list of record and beneficial holders
of the Unit Warrants and circulating a prospectus or offering
circular disclosing the compensation arrangements referenced in
Section 7(b) below to holders of the Unit Warrants at the time of
exercise of the Unit Warrants. In addition to the conditions set
forth in Section 7(b), Paulson shall accept payment of the warrant
solicitation fee provided in Section 7(b) only if permitted under
the rules and regulations of the FINRA and only to the extent that
a holder who exercises Unit Warrants specifically designates, in
writing, that Paulson solicited the exercise.
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(b)
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In each instance in which a Unit
Warrant is exercised, the Warrant Agent shall promptly give written
notice of such exercise to the Company and Paulson (“
Warrant Agent ’ s Exercise Notice ”). If,
upon the exercise of any Unit Warrant more than one year from the
effective date of the registration statement, registering the Unit
Warrants, (i) the market price of the Company’s common stock
is greater than the Exercise Price, (ii) disclosure of compensation
arrangements between the Company and Paulson with respect to the
solicitation of the exercise of the Unit Warrants was made both at
the time of the Public Offering and at the time of exercise (by
delivery of the prospectus or as otherwise required by applicable
law, rule or regulation), (iii) the holder of the Unit Warrant
confirms in writing that the exercise of the Unit Warrant was
solicited by Paulson, (iv) the Unit Warrant was not held in a
discretionary account, and (v) the solicitation of the exercise of
the Unit Warrant was not in violation of Regulation M (as such rule
or any successor rule may be in effect as of such time of exercise)
promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
then the Warrant Agent, simultaneously with the distribution of the
common stock underlying the Unit Warrants so exercised in
accordance with the instructions from the Company following receipt
of the proceeds to the Company received upon exercise of such Unit
Warrant(s), shall, on behalf of the Company, pay a fee of 5% of the
Warrant Price to Paulson, provided that Paulson
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delivers to the Warrant Agent
within ten (10) business days from the date on which Paulson has
received the Warrant Agent’s Exercise Notice, a certificate
that the conditions set forth in the preceding clauses (iii), (iv)
and (v) have been satisfied. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no fee
will be paid to Paulson with respect to the exercise by Paulson or
its affiliates of Unit Warrants purchased by it or them and still
held by it or them for its or their own account. Paulson and the
Company may at any time during business hours, examine the records
of the Warrant Agent, including its ledger of original Warrant
Certificates returned to the Warrant Agent upon exercise of Unit
Warrants.
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(c)
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The provisions of this Section 7
may not be modified, amended or deleted without the prior written
consent of Paulson.
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Redemption of
Warrants .
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(a)
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The Unit Warrants outstanding at
the time of a redemption may be redeemed at the option of the
Company, in whole or in part on a pro-rata basis, by giving not
less than 30 days prior notice as provided in Section 8(d) below,
which notice may not be given before, but may be given at any time
after the date on which the closing price of the Company’s
common stock on the principal exchange or trading facility on which
it is then traded has equaled or exceeded $____ for five
consecutive trading days.
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(b)
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The price at which Unit Warrants
may be redeemed (the “ Redemption Price ”) is $
per Unit
Warrant. On and after the redemption date, the holders of record of
redeemed Unit Warrants shall be entitled to payment of the
Redemption Price upon surrender of the Warrant Certificates of such
redeemed Unit Warrants to the Company at the office of the Warrant
Agent.
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(c)
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Notice of redemption of Unit
Warrants shall be given at least 30 days prior to the redemption
date by mailing, by registered or certified mail, return receipt
requested, a copy of such notice to the Warrant Agent and to all of
the holders of record of redeemed Unit Warrants at their respective
addresses appearing on the books or transfer records of the Warrant
Agent or such other address designated in writing by the holder of
record to the Warrant Agent not less than 40 days prior to the
redemption date.
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From and after the redemption
date, all rights of the holders with respect to the redeemed Unit
Warrants (except the right to receive the Redemption Price) shall
terminate, but only if (i) no later than one day prior to the
redemption date the Company shall have irrevocably deposited with
the Warrant Agent as paying agent a sufficient amount to pay on the
redemption date the Redemption Price for all Unit Warrants called
for redemption and (ii) the notice of redemption shall have stated
the name and address of the Warrant Agent and the intention of the
Company to deposit such amount with the Warrant Agent no later than
one day prior to the redemption date.
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(e)
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On the redemption date, the
Warrant Agent shall pay to the holders of record of redeemed Unit
Warrants all monies received by the Warrant Agent for the
redemption of Unit Warrants to which the holders of record of such
redeemed Unit Warrants who shall have surrendered their Warrant
Certificates are entitled. The Warrant Agent shall have no
obligation to pay for the redemption of Unit Warrants except to the
extent that funds for such payment have been provided to it by the
Company.
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(f)
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All amounts deposited with the
Warrant Agent that are not required for redemption of Unit Warrants
may be withdrawn by the Company. Any amounts deposited with the
Warrant Agent that shall be unclaimed after six months after the
redemption date shall be redelivered back to the Company, and
thereafter the holders of the Unit Warrants called for redemption
for which such funds were deposited shall look solely to the
Company for payment, it being understood that the Warrant Agent
shall be under no obligation to report or remit unclaimed property
to appropriate states in compliance with applicable law. The
Company acknowledges that the bank accounts maintained by the
Warrant Agent in connection with the services hereunder will be in
its name and that the Warrant Agent may receive investment earnings
in connection with the investment at the Warrant Agent’s risk
and for its benefit of funds held in those accounts from time to
time.
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(g)
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If the company fails to make a
sufficient deposit with the Warrant Agent as provided above, the
holder of any Unit Warrants called for redemption may at the option
of the holder (i) by notice to the Company declare the notice of
redemption a nullity as to such holder, or (ii) maintain an action
against the Company for the Redemption Price. If the holder brings
such an action, the Company will pay reasonable attorneys’
fees of the holder. If the holder fails to bring an action against
the Company for the Redemption Price within 60 days after the
redemption date, the holder shall be deemed to have elected to
declare the notice of redemption to be a nullity as to such holder
and such notice shall be without any force or effect as to such
holder. Except as otherwise specifically provided in this paragraph
8(g), a notice of redemption, once mailed by the Company as
provided in paragraph 8(c) shall be irrevocable.
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(h)
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Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary in this Section 8, the Company may not provide notice of
any redemption pursuant to this Section 8 at any time at which the
Warrants are not currently exercisable as a result of the
application of Section 12. If, during the period between notice of
redemption and the Redemption Date, the Unit Warrants become not
currently exercisable as a result of the application of Section 12,
the Redemption Date shall be extended to be the tenth business day
after such restriction on exercise lapses.
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Taxes . The Company will pay all taxes attributable
to the initial issuance of Shares upon exercise of Unit Warrants.
The Company shall not, however, be required to pay any tax which
may be payable in respect to any transfer involved in any issue of
Warrant Certificates or in the issue of any certificates of Shares
in the name other than that of the Warrant Holder upon the exercise
of any Warrant.
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Mutilated or Missing Warrant
Certificates . On receipt
by the Company and the Warrant Agent of evidence satisfactory as to
the ownership of and the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of
any Warrant Certificate, the Company shall execute and the Warrant
Agent shall countersign and deliver in lieu thereof, a new Warrant
Certificate. In the case of loss, theft or destruction of any
Warrant Certificate, the Registered Owner requesting issuance of a
new Warrant Certificate shall be required to secure an indemnity
bond from an approved surety bonding company. In the event a
Warrant Certificate is mutilated, such Warrant Certificate shall be
surrendered and canceled by the Warrant Agent prior to delivery of
a new Warrant Certificate. Applicants for a substitute Warrant
Certificate shall also comply with such other regulations and pay
such other reasonable charges as the Warrant Agent may
prescribe.
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Reservation of
Shares . For the purpose
of enabling the Company to satisfy all obligations to issue Shares
upon exercise of Unit Warrants, the Company will at all times
reserve and keep available free
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