“[*]” = omitted,
confidential material, which material has been separately filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to a request
for confidential treatment.
EXHIBIT 10.6
EXHIBIT C
FORM OF DEERFIELD
WARRANT
THIS WARRANT AND THE SECURITIES
ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OR REDEMPTION HEREOF HAVE NOT BEEN
REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE
“SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAW, AND MAY
NOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED, ASSIGNED, PLEDGED, HYPOTHECATED OR
OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF OR EXERCISED UNLESS (I) A REGISTRATION
STATEMENT REGISTERING SUCH SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND
APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS SHALL HAVE BECOME EFFECTIVE,
(II) THE COMPANY HAS RECEIVED AN OPINION OF COUNSEL
SATISFACTORY TO IT THAT SUCH TRANSFER MAY LAWFULLY BE MADE WITHOUT
REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR QUALIFICATION UNDER
APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, OR (III) SUCH SECURITIES ARE
SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 OR RULE 144A.
THE COMPANY SHALL NOT ISSUE PURSUANT
TO THIS CERTIFICATE AND ANY OTHER WARRANT CERTIFICATES OR OTHER
SECURITIES OF THE COMPANY ISSUED PURSUANT TO THE FACILITY AGREEMENT
DATED AS OF JUNE 26, 2008 (THE “FACILITY
AGREEMENT”), AS AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME, AND THE HOLDER
SHALL HAVE NO RIGHT TO ACQUIRE PURSUANT TO THIS CERTIFICATE AND ANY
OTHER WARRANT CERTIFICATES OR OTHER SECURITIES OF THE COMPANY
ISSUED PURSUANT TO THE FACILITY AGREEMENT, ANY SHARES OF COMMON
STOCK UPON EXERCISE AND/OR CONVERSION OF THIS CERTIFICATE AND ANY
OTHER WARRANT CERTIFICATES OR OTHER SECURITIES OF THE COMPANY
ISSUED PURSUANT TO THE FACILITY AGREEMENT, THAT WOULD IN THE
AGGREGATE EXCEED 13,675,091 SHARES OF COMMON STOCK. COPIES OF THE
FACILITY AGREEMENT MAY BE OBTAINED AT NO COST BY WRITTEN REQUEST
MADE BY THE HOLDER OF RECORD OF THIS CERTIFICATE TO THE SECRETARY
OF THE COMPANY.
AN INVESTMENT IN THESE SECURITIES
INVOLVES A HIGH DEGREE OF RISK. HOLDERS MUST RELY ON THEIR OWN
ANALYSIS OF THE INVESTMENT AND ASSESSMENT OF THE RISKS
INVOLVED.
Warrant to Purchase
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ZYMOGENETICS, INC.
THIS CERTIFIES that [DEERFIELD
PRIVATE DESIGN INTERNATIONAL, L.P. /DEERFIELD PRIVATE DESIGN FUND,
L.P.] or any subsequent holder(s) hereof (“Holder”) has
the right to purchase from ZYMOGENETICS, INC., a Washington
corporation, (the “Company”), [
] ([
]) fully paid and nonassessable shares, of the Company’s
common stock, no par value per share (“Common Stock”),
subject to adjustment as provided herein, at a price equal to the
Exercise Price (as defined in Section 3 below), at any time
during the Term (as defined below).
Holder agrees with the Company that
this Warrant to Purchase Common Stock of the Company (this
“Warrant” or this “Agreement”) is issued
and all rights hereunder shall be held subject to all of the
conditions, limitations and provisions set forth herein.
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This Warrant shall be deemed to be
issued on
(the “Date of Issuance”). The term of this Warrant
begins on the Date of Issuance and ends at 5:00 p.m., New York
City time, on
[FOR FIRST WARRANTS, SIX YEARS FROM DATE FACILITY AGREEMENT IS
EXECUTED; FOR OTHER WARRANTS, SIX YEARS FROM DISTRIBUTION DATE]
(the “Term”). This Warrant was issued in conjunction
with that certain Facility Agreement (the
“Facility Agreement”) and the
Registration Rights Agreement (“Registration Rights
Agreement”) by and among the Company, Deerfield Private
Design Fund, L.P. and Deerfield Private Design International, L.P.,
each dated June 26, 2008, entered into in conjunction
herewith.
Notwithstanding anything herein to
the contrary, the Company shall not issue to the Holder, and the
Holder may not acquire, a number of shares of Common Stock upon
exercise of this Warrant to the extent that, upon such exercise,
the number of shares of Common Stock then beneficially owned by the
Holder and its Affiliates and any other persons or entities whose
beneficial ownership of Common Stock would be aggregated with the
Holder’s for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) (including
shares held by any “group” of which the Holder is a
member, but excluding shares beneficially owned by virtue of the
ownership of securities or rights to acquire securities that have
limitations on the right to convert, exercise or purchase similar
to the limitation set forth herein) would exceed 9.98% of the total
number of shares of Common Stock then issued and outstanding. For
purposes hereof, “group” has the meaning set forth in
Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and applicable regulations
of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”),
and the percentage held by the Holder shall be determined in a
manner consistent with the provisions of Section 13(d) of the
Exchange Act. Upon the written request of the Holder, the Company
shall, within two (2) Trading Days confirm orally and in
writing to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock then
outstanding.
Further, notwithstanding anything to
the contrary, the Company shall not issue pursuant to this Warrant
and any other Warrants or other securities of the Company issued
pursuant to the Facility Agreement, and the Holder shall have no
right to acquire pursuant to this Warrant and any other Warrants or
other securities of the Company issued pursuant to the Facility
Agreement, any shares of Common Stock upon exercise and/or
conversion of this Warrant and any other Warrants or other
securities of the Company issued pursuant to the Facility
Agreement, that would in the aggregate exceed 13,675,091 shares of
Common Stock; and, provided further, that the foregoing limitation
shall not be construed to require any other issuance or other
payment, distribution or otherwise by the Company of any additional
securities, payments or otherwise.
“Affiliate” means any
person or entity that, directly or indirectly through one or more
intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common
control with a person or entity, as such terms are used in and
construed under Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the “Securities Act”). With respect to a
Holder of Warrants, any investment fund or managed account that is
managed on a discretionary basis by the same investment manager as
such Holder will be deemed to be an Affiliate of such
Holder.
“Business Day” means a
day on which banks are open for business in New York, New York,
United States of America.
“Holder” means
[Deerfield Private Design International, L.P./Deerfield Private
Design Fund, L.P.] and any transferee or assignee pursuant to the
terms of this Warrant.
(a) Manner of Exercise .
During the Term, this Warrant may be Exercised as to all or any
lesser number of full shares of Common Stock covered hereby (the
“Warrant Shares” or the “Shares”) upon
surrender of this Warrant, with the Exercise Form attached hereto
as Exhibit A (the “Exercise Form”) duly
completed and executed, at the office of the Company, Zymogenetics,
Inc., 1201 Eastlake Avenue East, Seattle, WA 98102, Attn:
Chief Financial Officer, Phone: (206) 442-6600, Fax:
(206) 442-6580, or at such other office or agency as the
Company may designate in writing, by overnight mail, with an
advance copy of the Exercise Form sent to the Company and its
transfer agent (“Transfer Agent”) by facsimile (such
surrender hereinafter called the “Exercise” of this
Warrant).
(b) Date of Exercise . The
“Date of Exercise” of the Warrant shall be defined as
the date that the Exercise Form attached hereto as
Exhibit A , completed and executed, and the original
Warrant are received by the Company pursuant to Section 3
below. Upon receipt of the properly completed and executed Exercise
Form and the original Warrant by the Company, the Holder shall be
deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the holder of
record of the Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has
been Exercised, irrespective of the date such Warrant Shares are
credited to the Holder’s DTC account or the date of delivery
of the certificates evidencing such Warrant Shares as the case may
be.
(c) Delivery of Common Stock Upon
Exercise . Within three (3) Business Days after any Date
of Exercise (plus any additional days caused by any incorrect or
incomplete information provided by Holder to the Company hereunder
(the “Delivery Period”), the Company shall issue and
deliver (or cause its Transfer Agent so to issue and deliver) in
accordance with the terms hereof to or upon the order of the Holder
that number of shares of Common Stock (“Exercise
Shares”) for the portion of this Warrant converted as shall
be determined in accordance herewith. Upon the Exercise of this
Warrant or any part thereof, the Company shall, at its own cost and
expense, take all reasonable action, including, as necessary,
obtaining
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and delivering, an opinion of counsel to assure
that the Transfer Agent shall issue stock certificates in the name
of Holder (or its nominee) or such other persons as designated by
Holder and in such denominations to be specified at Exercise
representing the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon
such Exercise. The Company warrants that no instructions contrary
to these instructions have been or will be given to the Transfer
Agent and that, unless waived by the Holder, this Warrant and the
Exercise Shares will be free-trading, and freely transferable, and
will not contain a legend restricting the resale or transferability
of the Exercise Shares if the Unrestricted Conditions (as defined
below) are met.
(d) Delivery Failure . In
addition to any other remedies which may be available to the
Holder, in the event that the Company fails for any reason to
effect delivery of the Exercise Shares by the end of the Delivery
Period (a “Delivery Failure”), the Holder will be
entitled to revoke all or part of the relevant Exercise Form by
delivery of a notice to such effect to the Company whereupon the
Company and the Holder shall each be restored to their respective
positions immediately prior to the delivery of such notice, except
that the liquidated damages described herein shall be payable
through the date notice of revocation or rescission is given to the
Company.
(i) Restrictive Legend
. The Holder understands that until
such time as this Warrant, the Exercise Shares and the Redemption
Shares, as applicable, have been registered under the Securities
Act as contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement or
otherwise may be sold pursuant to Rule 144 under the
Securities Act or an exemption from registration under the
Securities Act without any restriction as to the number of
securities as of a particular date that can then be immediately
sold or as otherwise may be appropriate, this Warrant, the Exercise
Shares and the Redemption Shares, as applicable, shall bear any or
all of the restrictive legends in substantially the following forms
(and a stop-transfer order may be placed against transfer of the
certificates for such securities):
“THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY
THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT
OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY
STATE SECURITIES LAW, AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED, ASSIGNED,
PLEDGED, HYPOTHECATED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF OR EXERCISED UNLESS
(I) A REGISTRATION STATEMENT REGISTERING SUCH SECURITIES UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS SHALL HAVE
BECOME EFFECTIVE, (II) THE COMPANY HAS RECEIVED AN OPINION OF
COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO IT THAT SUCH TRANSFER MAY LAWFULLY BE MADE
WITHOUT REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR QUALIFICATION
UNDER APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, INCLUDING PURSUANT TO A
SO-CALLED “4(1) AND A HALF” SALE, OR (III) SUCH
SECURITIES ARE SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 OR
RULE 144A.”
“THE SALE, TRANSFER OR
ASSIGNMENT OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE IS
SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF A CERTAIN REGISTRATION
RIGHTS AGREEMENT DATED AS OF JUNE 26, 2008, AS AMENDED FROM
TIME TO TIME, AMONG THE COMPANY AND CERTAIN HOLDERS OF ITS
OUTSTANDING SECURITIES. COPIES OF SUCH AGREEMENT MAY BE OBTAINED AT
NO COST BY WRITTEN REQUEST MADE BY THE HOLDER OF RECORD OF THIS
CERTIFICATE TO THE SECRETARY OF THE COMPANY.”
“THE COMPANY SHALL NOT ISSUE
PURSUANT TO THIS CERTIFICATE AND ANY OTHER WARRANT CERTIFICATES OR
OTHER SECURITIES OF THE COMPANY ISSUED PURSUANT TO THE FACILITY
AGREEMENT DATED AS OF JUNE 26, 2008 (THE “FACILITY
AGREEMENT”), AS AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME, AND THE HOLDER
SHALL HAVE NO RIGHT TO ACQUIRE PURSUANT TO THIS CERTIFICATE AND ANY
OTHER WARRANT CERTIFICATES OR OTHER SECURITIES OF THE COMPANY
ISSUED PURSUANT TO THE FACILITY AGREEMENT, ANY SHARES OF COMMON
STOCK UPON EXERCISE AND/OR CONVERSION OF THIS CERTIFICATE AND ANY
OTHER WARRANT CERTIFICATES OR OTHER SECURITIES OF THE COMPANY
ISSUED PURSUANT TO THE FACILITY AGREEMENT, THAT WOULD IN THE
AGGREGATE EXCEED 13,675,091 SHARES OF COMMON STOCK. COPIES OF THE
FACILITY AGREEMENT MAY BE OBTAINED AT NO COST BY WRITTEN REQUEST
MADE BY THE HOLDER OF RECORD OF THIS CERTIFICATE TO THE SECRETARY
OF THE COMPANY.”
(ii) Removal of Restrictive
Legends . This Warrant,
the certificates evidencing the Exercise Shares and any Redemption
Shares (as defined below), as applicable, shall not contain any
legend restricting the transfer thereof (including the applicable
legend set forth above in Section 2(e)(i)): (A) while a
registration statement (including a Registration Statement, as
defined in the Registration Rights Agreement, or any Shelf
Registration Statement with respect to Redemption Shares, as
defined in
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Section 4(c) below) covering the sale or
resale of such security is effective under the Securities Act, or
(B) following any sale of such Warrant, Exercise Shares and/or
Redemption Shares pursuant to Rule 144, or (C) if such
Warrant, Exercise Shares and/or Redemption Shares are eligible for
sale under Rule 144(b)(1)(i), or (D) if such legend is
not required under applicable requirements of the Securities Act
(including judicial interpretations and pronouncements issued by
the staff of the SEC) and the Company shall have received an
opinion of counsel of Holder to such effect (collectively, the
“Unrestricted Conditions”). The Company shall cause its
counsel to issue a legal opinion to the Transfer Agent promptly
after the Effective Date (as defined below) if required by the
Company’s transfer agent to effect the issuance of the
Exercise Shares or any Redemption Shares without a restrictive
legend or removal of the legend hereunder. If the Unrestricted
Conditions are met at the time of issuance of this Warrant,
Exercise Shares and/or Redemption Shares, then such Warrant,
Exercise Shares and/or Redemption Shares shall be issued free of
all legends. The Company agrees that following the Effective Date
or at such time as the Unrestricted Conditions are met or such
legend is otherwise no longer required under this
Section 2(e), it will, no later than three (3) Trading
Days following the delivery (the “Unlegended Shares Delivery
Deadline”) by the Holder to the Company or the Transfer Agent
of this Warrant and a certificate representing Exercise Shares or
Redemption Shares, as applicable, issued with a restrictive legend
(such third Trading Day, the “Legend Removal Date”),
deliver or cause to be delivered to such Holder this Warrant and/or
a certificate (or electronic transfer) representing such shares
that is free from all restrictive and other legends. For purposes
hereof, “Effective Date” shall mean the date that the
Registration Statement that the Company is required to file
pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement or any Shelf
Registration Statement pursuant to Section 4(c) below has been
declared effective by the SEC.
(iii) Sale of Unlegended
Shares . Holder agrees
that the removal of the restrictive legend from this Warrant and
any certificates representing securities as set forth in
Section 2(e)(ii) above is predicated upon the Company’s
reliance that the Holder will sell this Warrant, Exercise Shares
and/or Redemption Shares pursuant to either the registration
requirements of the Securities Act, including any applicable
prospectus delivery requirements, or an exemption therefrom, and
that if such securities are sold pursuant to a Registration
Statement, they will be sold in compliance with the plan of
distribution set forth therein.
(f) Cancellation of Warrant .
This Warrant shall be canceled upon the full Exercise of this
Warrant or upon full redemption of this Warrant. As soon as
practical after the Date of Exercise, Holder shall be entitled to
receive Common Stock for the number of shares purchased upon such
Exercise of this Warrant, and if this Warrant is not Exercised in
full, Holder shall be entitled to receive a new Warrant (containing
terms identical to this Warrant) representing any unexercised
portion of this Warrant in addition to such Common
Stock.
(g) Holder of Record . Each
person in whose name any Warrant for shares of Common Stock is
issued shall, for all purposes, be deemed to be the Holder of
record of such shares on the Date of Exercise of this Warrant,
irrespective of the date of delivery of the Common Stock purchased
upon the Exercise of this Warrant. Nothing in this Warrant shall be
construed as conferring upon Holder any rights as a shareholder of
the Company.
(h) Delivery of Electronic
Shares . In lieu of delivering physical certificates
representing the Common Stock issuable upon Exercise or legend
removal or representing Redemption Shares, provided the
Company’s Transfer Agent is participating in the Depository
Trust Company (“DTC”) Fast Automated Securities
Transfer (“FAST”) program, upon written request of the
Holder, the Company shall use reasonable efforts to cause its
Transfer Agent to electronically transmit the Common Stock issuable
to the Holder by crediting the account of the Holder’s prime
broker with DTC through its Deposit Withdrawal Agent Commission
(DWAC) system. The time periods for delivery and penalties
described herein shall apply to the electronic transmittals
described herein. Any delivery not effected by electronic
transmission shall be effected by delivery of physical
certificates.
(i) Buy-In . In addition to
any other rights available to the Holder, if the Company fails to
cause its Transfer Agent to transmit to the Holder a certificate or
certificates representing the Exercise Shares pursuant to an
Exercise on or before the Delivery Period, 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 Exercise Shares which
the Holder anticipated receiving upon such Exercise (a
“Buy-In”), then the Company 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 Exercise Shares that
the Company was required to deliver to the Holder in connection
with the Exercise at issue times and (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
Exercise Shares 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 Company 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 to cover the
sale of
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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 Company shall be
required to pay the Holder $1,000. The Holder shall provide the
Company 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 Company. 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.
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(a) Exercise . The Exercise
Price (“Exercise Price”) shall initially equal $
per share subject to adjustment pursuant to the terms hereof,
including but not limited to Section 5 below.
The Holder may only exercise this
Warrant in a cashless exercise transaction. In order to effect a
Cashless Exercise, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant at the
principal office of the Company together with notice of exercise,
in which event the Company shall issue Holder a number of shares of
Common Stock computed using the following formula (a
“Cashless Exercise”):
X = Y (A-B)/A
where: X = the number of shares of
Common Stock to be issued to Holder.
Y = the number of shares of Common
Stock for which this Warrant is being Exercised.
A = the Market Price of one
(1) share of Common Stock (for purposes of this
Section 3(ii), where “Market Price,” as of any
date, means the average Volume Weighted Average Price (as defined
herein) of the Company’s Common Stock during the ten
(10) consecutive Trading Day period immediately preceding the
date in question.
B = the Exercise Price.
As used herein, the “Volume
Weighted Average Price” for any security as of any date means
the volume weighted average sale price (based on a Trading Day from
9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (New York time))) on The NASDAQ Global
Market (“NASDAQ”) as reported by, or based upon data
reported by, Bloomberg Financial Markets or an equivalent, reliable
reporting service mutually acceptable to and hereafter designated
by holders of a majority in interest of the Warrants and the
Company (“Bloomberg”) or, if NASDAQ is not the
principal trading market for such security, the volume weighted
average sale price of such security on the principal securities
exchange or trading market where such security is listed or traded
as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no volume weighted average sale
price is reported for such security, then the last closing trade
price of such security as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no last
closing trade price is reported for such security by Bloomberg, the
average of the bid prices of any market makers for such security
that are listed in the over the counter market by the Financial
Industry Regulatory Authority or in the “pink sheets”
by the National Quotation Bureau, Inc. If the Volume Weighted
Average Price cannot be calculated for such security for such date
in the manner provided above, the volume weighted average price
shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the
Company and the Holders of a majority in interest of the Warrants
being Exercised for which the calculation of the volume weighted
average price is required in order to determine the Exercise Price
of such Warrants. “Trading Day” shall mean any day on
which the Common Sock is traded for any period on NASDAQ, or on the
principal securities exchange or other securities market on which
the Common Stock is then being traded.
For purposes of Rule 144 and
Section (d)(3)(ii) thereof, it is intended, understood and
acknowledged that the Common Stock issuable upon Exercise shall be
deemed to have been acquired at the time this Warrant was issued
and moreover, it is intended, understood and acknowledged that the
holding period for the Common Stock issuable upon Exercise of this
Warrant shall be deemed to have commenced on the date this Warrant
was issued, as provided for under applicable law.
(b) Dispute Resolution . In
the case of a dispute as to the determination of the closing price
or the Volume Weighted Average Price of the Company’s Common
Stock or the arithmetic calculation of the Exercise Price, Market
Price or any Redemption Price, the Company shall submit the
disputed determinations or arithmetic calculations via facsimile
within two (2) Business Days of receipt, or deemed receipt, of
the Exercise Notice or Redemption Notice, or other event giving
rise to such dispute, as the case may be, to the Holder. If the
Holder and the Company are unable to agree upon such determination
or calculation within two (2) Business Days of such disputed
determination or arithmetic calculation being submitted to the
Holder, then the Company shall, within two (2) Business Days
submit via facsimile (i) the disputed determination of
the
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closing price or the Volume Weighted Average
Price of the Company’s Common Stock to an independent,
reputable investment bank selected by the Company and approved by
the Holders of a Majority in interest of the Warrants, which
approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or (ii) the
disputed arithmetic calculation of the Exercise Price, Market Price
or any Major Transaction Warrant Redemption Price to the
Company’s independent, outside accountant. The Company shall
use reasonable efforts to cause the investment bank or the
accountant, as the case may be, to perform the determinations or
calculations and notify the Company and the Holder of the results
no later than five (5) Business Days from the time it receives
the disputed determinations or calculations. Such investment
bank’s or accountant’s determination or calculation, as
the case may be, shall be binding upon all parties absent
demonstrable error, and the Company and the Holder shall each pay
one half of the fees and costs of such investment bank or
accountant.
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(a) Transfer Rights . Subject
to the provisions of Section 8 of this Warrant, this Warrant
may be transferred on the books of the Company, in whole or in
part, in person or by attorney, upon surrender of this Warrant
properly completed and endorsed; provided, however, that any
transfer of this Warrant or any portion hereof shall be for a
portion of the Warrant representing the right to purchase at least
100,000 shares of Common Stock (as such amount may be adjusted from
time to time pursuant to Section 5(b) hereof) unless such
transfer is for the entire remaining portion of this Warrant then
held by the Holder. This Warrant shall be canceled upon such
surrender and, as soon as practicable thereafter, the person to
whom such transfer is made shall be entitled to receive a new
Warrant or Warrants as to the portion of this Warrant transferred,
and Holder shall be entitled to receive a new Warrant as to the
portion hereof retained.
(b) Registrable Securities .
The Common Stock issuable upon the Exercise of this Warrant has
registration rights pursuant to the Registration Rights
Agreement.
(c) Registration of Redemption
Shares . The Company agrees to prepare and file with the SEC
one or more “shelf” registration statement(s) on Form
S-3 for an offering to be made on a continuous basis pursuant to
Rule 415 of the Securities Act following issuance of this
Warrant, and to use reasonable best efforts to cause any such Shelf
Registration Statement to become effective as soon as possible
after such filing, covering the issuance of a sufficient number of
shares of Common Stock that may be delivered by it upon a
redemption of this Warrant under Sections 5(c)(iii) or 11 or
in satisfaction of any Failure Payments (as defined in
Section 10 below) under Section 10 (the “Shelf
Registration Statement”). For so long as all or any portion
of this Warrant is outstanding, the Company agrees to use its
reasonable best efforts to ensure that any Shelf Registration
Statement shall continuously be effective and contain a sufficient
number of shares of Common Stock available to be issued pursuant to
any such Shelf Registration Statement to cover shares estimated by
the Company in good faith that may be issuable by it upon a
redemption of this Warrant under Sections 5(c)(iii) or 11 or
in satisfaction of any Failure Payments under Section 10,
including by preparing and filing such amendments (including
post-effective amendments) and supplements to any such Shelf
Registration Statement and preparing and filing a subsequent Shelf
Registration Statement if a previously filed and effective Shelf
Registration Statement will no longer be deemed current and
effective or such Shelf Registration Statement does not cover a
sufficient number of shares that may be issuable by the Company
upon a redemption of this Warrant under Sections 5(c)(iii) or
11 or in satisfaction of any Failure Payments under
Section 10. To the extent the Shelf Registration Statement
provided for under this paragraph is effective, at any time that
shares of Common Stock are issuable to the Holder upon a redemption
of the Warrant under Sections 5(c)(iii) or 11 or in
satisfaction of any Failure Payments under Section 10, such
shares delivered to the Holder shall be registered pursuant to such
Shelf Registration Statement. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary herein (i) the Company may delay or suspend the
effectiveness of a Shelf Registration Statement or the use of any
prospectus forming a part of a Shelf Registration Statement due to
the non-disclosure of material, non-public information concerning
the Company, the disclosure of which at the time is not in its best
interest of the Company in the good faith opinion of the Company;
provided that no such periods shall individually exceed
45 days or in the aggregate exceed 90 days during any
12-month period and (ii) a delay in the effectiveness of a
Shelf Registration Statement caused solely by the filing of a
request for confidential treatment shall not be deemed an Event of
Failure or an Event of Default herein.
“Redemption Shares”
means shares of Common Stock of the Company that may be issuable
from time to time pursuant to Section 5(c)(iii), 10 and/or 11
hereof and that are registered for sale under the Securities Act
pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement as contemplated by this
Section 4(c) or, if such a registration statement is not then
effective, shares of Common Stock of the Company that are not so
registered.
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Adjustments
Upon Certain Events .
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(a) Participation . The
Holder, as the holder of this Warrant, shall be entitled to receive
such dividends paid and distributions of any kind made to the
holders of Common Stock of the Company to the same extent as if the
Holder had
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Exercised this Warrant into Common Stock
(without regard to any limitations on exercise herein or elsewhere
and without regard to whether or not a sufficient number of shares
are authorized and reserved to effect any such exercise and
issuance) and had held such shares of Common Stock on the record
date for such dividends and distributions. Payments under the
preceding sentence shall be made concurrently with the dividend or
distribution to the holders of Common Stock.
(b) Recapitalization or
Reclassification . If the Company shall at any time effect a
recapitalization, reclassification or other similar transaction of
such character that the shares of Common Stock shall be changed
into or become exchangeable for a larger or smaller number of
shares, then upon the effective date thereof, the number of shares
of Common Stock which Holder shall be entitled to purchase upon
Exercise of this Warrant shall be increased or decreased, as the
case may be, in direct proportion to the increase or decrease in
the number of shares of Common Stock by reason of such
recapitalization, reclassification or similar transaction, and the
Exercise Price shall be, in the case of an increase in the number
of shares, proportionally decreased and, in the case of decrease in
the number of shares, proportionally increased. The Company shall
give Holder the same notice it provides to holders of Common Stock
of any transaction described in this Section 5(b).
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(c)
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Rights Upon
Major Transaction .
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(i) Major Transaction.
In the event that a Major
Transaction (as defined below) occurs, and unless the Holder waives
its rights under this Section with respect to such Major
Transaction, the Holder, at its option, may require the Company to
either (A) redeem the Holder’s outstanding Warrants in
accordance with Section 5(c)(iii) below or (B) if the
conditions set forth in Section 5(c)(ii) below are satisfied,
elect to have the Major Transaction treated as an
Assumption.
Each of the following events shall
constitute a “Major Transaction”:
(A) a consolidation, merger,
exchange of shares, recapitalization, reorganization, business
combination or other similar event, (1) following which the
holders of Common Stock immediately preceding such consolidation,
merger, exchange, recapitalization, reorganization, combination or
event either (a) no longer hold a majority of the shares of
Common Stock or (b) no longer have the ability to elect a
majority of the board of directors of the Company or (2)(x) as
a result of which shares of Common Stock shall be changed into (or
the shares of Common Stock become entitled to receive) the same or
a different number of shares of the same or another class or
classes of stock or securities of another entity and (y) the
holders of equity interests in the Company immediately preceding
such consolidation, merger, exchange, recapitalization,
reorganization, combination or event do not hold a substantially
equivalent percentage of equity interest of the other entity
immediately following such consolidation, merger, exchange,
recapitalization, reorganization, combination or event
(collectively, a “Change of Control
Transaction”);
(B) the sale or transfer (excluding
the grant of a security interest or lien or similar rights) in one
transaction or in a series of related transactions (i) of all
or substantially all of the assets of the Company or (ii) of
assets for a purchase price equal to more than
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(C) a purchase, tender or exchange
offer made to the holders of outstanding shares of Common Stock,
such that following such purchase, tender or exchange offer a
Change of Control Transaction shall have occurred and is
completed;
(D) the liquidation, bankruptcy,
insolvency, dissolution or winding-up (or the occurrence of any
analogous proceeding) of the Company; or
(E) the shares of Common Stock cease
to be listed, traded or publicly quoted on the NASDAQ Global Market
and are not promptly re-listed or requoted on the New York Stock
Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, the NASDAQ Global Select
Market or the NASDAQ Capital Market.
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. Upon the occurrence of any Major Transaction treated as an
Assumption hereunder, any Successor Entity shall succeed to, and be
substituted for (so that from and after the date of such Major
Transaction, the provisions of thi