Exhibit 4.7
WARRANT AGREEMENT
FOR "CLASS B WARRANTS"
AGREEMENT (this "Agreement") dated as of August 9, 1996, by and
between XYTRONYX, INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company") and AMERICAN
STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY, as warrant agent (the "Warrant Agent").
W I T N E S S E T H
WHEREAS, in connection with the settlement of a class action lawsuit
(the "Settlement") the Company will issue 309,734 Class B Warrants ("Warrants"),
each Warrant exercisable to purchase one share of common stock, par value $.02
per share of the Company ("Common Stock"); and
WHEREAS, the Company desires the Warrant Agent to act on behalf of the
Company, and the Warrant Agent is willing to so act, in connection with the
issuance, registration, transfer, exchange and redemption of the Warrants, the
issuance of certificates representing the Warrants, the exercise of the
Warrants, and the rights of the holders thereof;
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual
agreements hereinafter set forth and for the purpose of defining the terms and
provisions of the Warrants and the certificates representing the Warrants and
the respective rights and obligations thereunder of the Company, the holders of
certificates representing the Warrants and the Warrant Agent, the parties hereto
agree as follows:
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS. As used herein, the following terms shall
have the following meanings:
(a) "Common Stock" shall mean stock of the Company of any class,
whether now or hereafter authorized, which has the right to participate in the
distributions of earnings and assets of the Company without limit as to amount
or percentage, which at the date hereof consists of 30,000,000 authorized shares
of Common Stock.
(b) "Corporate Office" shall mean the office of the Warrant Agent (or
its successor) at which at any particular time its principal business shall be
administered, which office is located at the date hereof at 00 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx
Xxxx, XX 00000.
(c) "Exercise Date" shall mean, as to any Warrant, the date on which
the Warrant Agent shall have received both (a) the Warrant Certificate
representing such Warrant, with the exercise form thereon duly executed by the
Registered Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and
(b) payment in cash, or by official bank or certified check made payable to the
Company, of an amount in lawful money of the United States of America equal to
the applicable Purchase Price.
(d) "Purchase Price" shall mean the purchase price to be paid upon
exercise of each Warrant in accordance with the terms hereof, which price shall
be $22.00 per share
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subject to adjustment from time to time pursuant to the provisions of Section 8
hereof, and subject to the Company's right to reduce the Purchase Price upon
notice to all warrantholders.
(e) "Registered Holder" shall mean the person in whose name any
certificate representing Warrants shall be registered on the books maintained by
the Warrant Agent pursuant to Section 6.
(f) "Transfer Agent" shall mean American Stock Transfer & Trust
Company, as the Company's transfer agent, or its authorized successor, as such.
(g) "Warrant Expiration Date" shall mean 5:00 P.M. (New York time) on
August 11, 2001; provided that if such date shall in the State of New York be a
holiday or a day on which banks are authorized to close, then 5:00 P.M. (New
York time) on the next following day which in the State of New York is not a
holiday or a day on which banks are authorized to close. Upon notice to all
warrantholders the Company shall have the right to extend the Warrant Expiration
Date.
SECTION 2. WARRANTS AND ISSUANCE OF WARRANT CERTIFICATES.
(a) A Warrant shall initially entitle the Registered Holder of the
Warrant Certificate representing such Warrant to purchase one share of Common
Stock upon the exercise thereof, in accordance with the terms hereof, subject to
modification and adjustment as provided in Section 8.
(b) From time to time, up to the Warrant Expiration Date, the
Transfer Agent shall execute and deliver stock certificates in required whole
number denominations representing up to an aggregate of 309,734 shares of Common
Stock, subject to adjustment as described herein, upon the exercise of Warrants
in accordance with this Agreement.
(c) From time to time, up to the Warrant Expiration Date, the Warrant
Agent shall execute and deliver Warrant Certificates in required whole number
denominations to the persons entitled thereto in connection with any transfer or
exchange permitted under this Agreement; provided that no Warrant Certificates
shall be issued except (i) those initially issued hereunder, (ii) those issued
upon the exercise of fewer than all Warrants represented by any Warrant
Certificate, to evidence any unexercised Warrants held by the exercising
Registered Holder, (iii) those issued upon any transfer or exchange pursuant to
Section 6; (iv) those issued in replacement of lost, stolen, destroyed or
mutilated Warrant Certificates pursuant to Section 7; and (v) at the option of
the Company, in such form as may be approved by the its Board of Directors, to
reflect (a) any adjustment or change in the Purchase Price or the number of
shares of Common Stock purchasable upon exercise of the Warrants, made pursuant
to Section 8 hereof and (b) other modifications approved by Warrantholders in
accordance with Section 16 hereof.
SECTION 3. FORM AND EXECUTION OF WARRANT CERTIFICATES. (a) The
Warrant Certificates shall be substantially in the form annexed hereto as
Exhibit A (the provisions of which are hereby incorporated herein) and may have
such letters, numbers or other marks of identification or designation and such
legends, summaries or endorsements printed, lithographed,
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engraved or typed thereon as the Company may deem appropriate and as are not
inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement, or as may be required to
comply with any law or with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or with
any rule or regulation of any stock exchange on which the Warrants may be
listed, or to conform to usage. The Warrant Certificates shall be dated the
date of issuance thereof (whether upon initial issuance, transfer, exchange or
in lieu of mutilated, lost, stolen, or destroyed Warrant Certificates) and
issued in registered form. Warrants shall be numbered serially with the letters
"WB."
(b) Warrant Certificates shall be executed on behalf of the Company
by its Chairman of the Board, President or any Vice President and by its
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, by manual signatures or by facsimile
signatures printed thereon, and shall have imprinted thereon a facsimile of the
Company's seal. In case any officer of the Company who shall have signed any of
the Warrant Certificates shall cease to be such officer of the Company before
the date of issuance of the Warrant Certificates and issue and delivery thereof,
such Warrant Certificates may nevertheless be issued and delivered with the same
force and effect as though the person who signed such Warrant Certificates had
not ceased to be such officer of the Company. After execution by the Company,
Warrant Certificates shall be delivered by the Warrant Agent to the Registered
Holder.
SECTION 4. EXERCISE. Each Warrant may be exercised by the
Registered Holder thereof at any time prior to the Warrant Expiration Date upon
the terms and subject to the conditions, including without limitation,
compliance with applicable securities laws, set forth herein and in the
applicable Warrant Certificate. A Warrant shall be deemed to have been
exercised immediately prior to the close of business on the Exercise Date and
the person entitled to receive the securities deliverable upon such exercise
shall be treated for all purposes as the holder upon exercise thereof as of the
close of business on the Exercise Date. As soon as practicable on or after the
Exercise Date, the Warrant Agent shall deposit the proceeds received from the
exercise of a Warrant, and promptly after clearance of checks received in
payment of the Purchase Price pursuant to such Warrants, cause to be issued and
delivered by the Transfer Agent, to the person or persons entitled to receive
the same, a certificate or certificates for the securities deliverable upon such
exercise, (plus a certificate for any remaining unexercised Warrants of the
Registered Holder). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of payment made
in the form of a check drawn on an account of such investment banks and
brokerage houses as the Company shall approve, certificates shall immediately be
issued without any delay. Upon the exercise of any Warrant and clearance of the
funds received, the Warrant Agent shall promptly remit the payment received for
the Warrant to the Company or as the Company may direct in writing.
SECTION 5. RESERVATION OF SHARES; LISTING; PAYMENT OF TAXES; ETC.
(a) The Company covenants that it will at all times reserve and keep available
out of its authorized Common Stock, solely for the purpose of issue upon
exercise of Warrants, such number of shares of Common Stock as shall then be
issuable upon the exercise of all outstanding Warrants. The Company covenants
that all shares of Common Stock which shall be issuable upon exercise of the
Warrants and payment of the Purchase Price shall, at the time of delivery, be
duly and validly issued, fully paid, nonassessable and free from all taxes,
liens and charges with respect to
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the issue thereof (other than those that arise as a result of the action or
inaction of the Registered Holder).
(b) The Company will use reasonable efforts to obtain appropriate
approvals or registrations under state "blue sky" securities laws with respect
to the exercise of the Warrants; provided, however, that the Company shall not
be obligated to file any general consent to service of process or qualify as a
foreign corporation in any jurisdiction. With respect to any such securities
laws, however, Warrants may not be exercised by, or shares of Common Stock
issued to, any Registered Holder in any state in which such exercise would be
unlawful.
(c) The Company shall pay all documentary, stamp or similar taxes and
other governmental charges that may be imposed with respect to the issuance of
Warrants, or the issuance, or delivery of any shares upon exercise of the
Warrants; provided, however, that if the shares of Common Stock are to be
delivered in a name other than the name of the Registered Holder of the Warrant
Certificate representing any Warrant being exercised, then no such delivery
shall be made unless the person requesting the same has paid to the Warrant
Agent the amount of transfer taxes or charges incident thereto, if any.
(d) The Warrant Agent is hereby irrevocably authorized to requisition
the Company's Transfer Agent from time to time for certificates representing
shares of Common Stock required upon exercise of the Warrants, and the Company
will authorize the Transfer Agent to comply with all such proper requisitions.
SECTION 6. EXCHANGE AND REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER.
Subject to the restrictions on transfer contained in the Warrant
Certificates and the Subscription Agreements between the Company and the
purchasers of Units:
(a) Warrant Certificates may be exchanged for other Warrant
Certificates representing an equal aggregate number of Warrants of the same
class or may be transferred in whole or in part; provided that no transfers,
sales or other dispositions of the Warrants may be made except after the time
periods and in the percentages set forth in Section 1.9 of the Subscription
Agreements. Warrant Certificates to be exchanged shall be surrendered to the
Warrant Agent at its Corporate Office, and upon satisfaction of the terms and
provisions hereof, the Company shall execute, and the Warrant Agent shall
countersign, issue and deliver in exchange therefor the Warrant Certificate or
Certificates which the Registered Holder making the exchange shall be entitled
to receive.
(b) The Warrant Agent shall keep at its office books in which,
subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, it shall register
Warrant Certificates and the transfer thereof in accordance with its regular
practice. Upon due presentment for registration of transfer of any Warrant
Certificate at its office, the Company shall execute and the Warrant Agent shall
issue and deliver to the transferee or transferees a new Warrant Certificate or
Certificates representing an equal aggregate number of Warrants.
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(c) With respect to all Warrant Certificates presented for
registration of transfer, or for exchange or exercise, the subscription form on
the reverse thereof shall be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written
instrument or instruments of transfer and subscription, in form satisfactory to
the Company, duly executed by the Registered Holder or his attorney-in-fact duly
authorized in writing.
(d) The Company may require payment by such holder of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in
connection therewith.
(e) All Warrant Certificates surrendered for exercise or for exchange
in case of mutilated Warrant Certificates shall be promptly canceled by the
Warrant Agent and thereafter retained by the Warrant Agent until termination of
this Agreement or resignation of the Warrant Agent, or, with the prior written
consent of Paramount, disposed of or destroyed, at the direction of the Company.
(f) Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer thereof,
the Company and the Warrant Agent may deem and treat the Registered Holder of
any Warrant Certificate as the absolute owner thereof and of each Warrant
represented thereby (notwithstanding any notations of ownership or writing
thereon made by anyone other than a duly authorized officer of the Company or
the Warrant Agent) for all purposes and shall not be affected by any notice to
the contrary.
SECTION 7. LOSS OR MUTILATION. Upon receipt by the Company and
the Warrant Agent of evidence satisfactory to them of the ownership of and loss,
theft, destruction or mutilation of any Warrant Certificate and (in case of
loss, theft or destruction) of indemnity satisfactory to them, and (in the case
of mutilation) upon surrender and cancellation thereof, the Company shall
execute and the Warrant Agent shall (in the absence of notice to the Company
and/or Warrant Agent that the Warrant Certificate has been acquired by a
bonafide purchaser) countersign and deliver to the Registered Holder in lieu
thereof a new Warrant Certificate of like tenor representing an equal aggregate
number of Warrants. Applicants for a substitute Warrant Certificate shall
comply with such other reasonable regulations and pay such other reasonable
charges as the Warrant Agent may prescribe.
SECTION 8. ADJUSTMENT OF PURCHASE PRICE AND NUMBER OF SHARES OF
COMMON STOCK OR WARRANTS. The Purchase Price in effect at any time and the
number and kind of securities purchasable upon the exercise of the Warrants
shall be subject to adjustment from time to time upon the happening of certain
events as follows:
(a) In case the Company shall (i) declare a dividend or make a
distribution on its outstanding shares of Common Stock in shares of Common
Stock, (ii) subdivide or reclassify its outstanding shares of Common Stock into
a greater number of shares, or (iii) combine or reclassify its outstanding
shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, the Exercise Price in
effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or distribution or the
effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification shall be
adjusted so that it shall equal the price determined by multiplying the Purchase
Price by a fraction, the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of
Common Stock outstanding after giving effect to such
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action, and the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding immediately prior to such action. Such adjustment shall be
successively whenever any event listed above shall occur.
(b) Whenever the Purchase Price payable upon exercise of each Warrant
is adjusted pursuant to Subsection (a) above, the number of Shares purchasable
upon exercise of this Warrant shall simultaneously be adjusted by multiplying
the number of Shares initially issuable upon exercise of this Warrant by the
Purchase Price in effect on the date hereof and dividing the product so obtained
by the Purchase Price, as adjusted.
(c) No adjustment in the Purchase Price shall be required unless such
adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least five cents (0.05)
in such price; provided, however, that any adjustments which by reason of this
Subsection (c) are not required to be made shall be carried forward and taken
into account in any subsequent adjustment required to be made hereunder. All
calculations under this Section 8 shall be made to the nearest cent or to the
nearest one-hundredth of a share, as the case may be. Anything in this Section
8 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company shall be entitled, but shall not
be required, to make such changes in the Purchase Price, in addition to those
required by this Section 8 as it shall determine, in its sole discretion, to be
advisable in order that any dividend or distribution in shares of Common Stock
or any subdivision, reclassification or combination of Common Stock, hereafter
made by the Company shall not result in any Federal Income tax liability to the
Registered Holder of Common Stock or securities convertible into Common Stock
(including Warrants).
(d) Whenever the Purchase Price is adjusted, as herein provided, the
Company shall promptly but no later than 20 days after any request for such an
adjustment by the Registered Holder, cause a notice setting forth the adjusted
Purchase Price and adjusted number of Shares issuable upon exercise of each
Warrant, and, if requested, information describing the transactions giving rise
to such adjustments, to be mailed to the Registered Holder at his last address
appearing in the warrant register of the Warrant Agent, and shall cause a
certified copy thereof to be mailed to its Warrant Agent. The Company may
retain a firm of independent certified public accountants selected by the Board
of Directors (who may be the regular accountants employed by the Company) to
make any computations required by this Section 8, and a certificate signed by
such firm shall be conclusive evidence of the correctness of such adjustment.
(e) In the event that at any time, as a result of an adjustment made
pursuant to Subsection (a) above, the Registered Holder of this Warrant
thereafter shall become entitled to receive any shares of the Company, other
than Common Stock, thereafter the number of such other shares so receivable upon
exercise of this Warrant shall be subject to adjustment from time to time in a
manner and on terms as nearly equivalent as practicable to the provisions with
respect to the Common Stock contained in Subsection (a) above.
(f) Irrespective of any adjustments in the Purchase Price or the
number or kind of shares purchasable upon exercise of this Warrant, Warrants
theretofore or thereafter
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issued may continue to express the same price and number and kind of shares as
are stated in the similar Warrants initially issuable pursuant to this
Agreement.
SECTION 9. RECLASSIFICATION, REORGANIZATION OR MERGER. In case of
any reclassification, capital reorganization or other change of outstanding
shares of Common Stock of the Company, or in case of any consolidation or
merger of the Company with or into another corporation (other than a merger with
a subsidiary in which merger the Company is the continuing corporation and which
does not result in any reclassification, capital reorganization or other change
of outstanding shares of Common Stock of the class issuable upon exercise of
this Warrant) or in case of any sale, lease or conveyance to another corporation
of the property of the Company as an entirety, the Company shall, as a condition
precedent to such transaction, cause effective provisions to be made so that the
holder shall have the right thereafter by exercising this Warrant at any time
prior to the expiration of the Warrant, to purchase the kind and amount of
shares of stock and other securities and property receivable upon such
reclassification, capital reorganization and other change, consolidation,
merger, sale or conveyance by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock
which might have been purchased upon exercise of this Warrant immediately prior
to such reclassification, change, consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance.
Any such provision shall include provision for adjustments which shall be as
nearly equivalent as may be practicable to the adjustments provided for in this
Warrant. The foregoing provisions of this Section 9 shall similarly apply to
successive reclassifications, capital reorganizations and changes of shares of
Common Stock and to successive consolidations, mergers, sales or conveyances.
In the event that in connection with any such capital reorganization or
reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance, additional shares
of Common Stock shall be issued in exchange, conversion, substitution or
payment, in whole or in part, for a security of the Company other that Common
Stock, any such issue shall be treated as an issue of Common Stock covered by
the provisions of Subsection (a) of Section (8) hereof.
SECTION 10. FRACTIONAL WARRANTS AND FRACTIONAL SHARES.
(a) If the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable upon the
exercise of each Warrant is adjusted pursuant to Section 8 hereof, the Company
shall nevertheless not be required to issue fractions of shares, upon exercise
of the Warrants or otherwise, or to distribute certificates that evidence
fractional shares. With respect to any fraction of a share called for upon any
exercise hereof, the Company shall pay to the Holder an amount in cash equal to
such fraction multiplied by the current market value of such fractional share,
determined as follows:
(1) If the Common Stock is listed on a national securities exchange or
admitted to unlisted trading privileges on such exchange or listed for
trading on the Nasdaq National Market System ("NMS"), the current
market value shall be the last reported sale price of the Common Stock
on such exchange on the last business day prior to the date of
exercise of this Warrant or if no such sale is made on such day or no
closing sale price is quoted, the average of the closing bid and asked
prices for such day on such exchange or system; or
(2) If the Common Stock is listed in the over-the-counter market (other
than on NMS) or admitted to unlisted trading privileges, the current
market value shall
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be the mean of the last reported bid and asked prices reported by the
National Quotation Bureau, Inc. on the last business day prior to the
date of the exercise of this Warrant; or
(3) If the Common Stock is not so listed or admitted to unlisted trading
privileges and bid and asked prices are not so reported, the current
market value shall be prescribed by the Board of Directors of the
Company.
SECTION 11. WARRANT HOLDERS NOT DEEMED STOCKHOLDERS. No holder of
Warrants shall, as such, be entitled to vote or to receive dividends or be
deemed the holder of Common Stock that may at any time be issuable upon exercise
of such Warrants for any purpose whatsoever, nor shall anything contained herein
be construed to confer upon the holder of Warrants, as such, any of the rights
of a stockholder of the Company or any right to vote for the election of
directors or upon any matter submitted to stockholders at any meeting thereof,
or to give or withhold consent to any corporate action (whether upon any
recapitalization, issue or reclassification of stock, change of par value or
change of stock to no par value, consolidation, merger or conveyance or
otherwise), or to receive notice of meetings, or to receive dividends or
subscription rights, until such Holder shall have exercised such Warrants and
been issued shares of Common Stock in accordance with the provisions hereof.
SECTION 12. RIGHTS OF ACTION. All rights of action with respect to
this Agreement are vested in the respective Registered Holders of the Warrants,
and any Registered Holder of a Warrant, without consent of the Warrant Agent or
of the holder of any other Warrant, may, on his own behalf and for his own
benefit, enforce against the Company his right to exercise his Warrants for the
purchase of shares of Common Stock in the manner provided in the Warrant
Certificate and this Agreement.
SECTION 13. AGREEMENT OF WARRANT HOLDERS. Every holder of a
Warrant, by his acceptance thereof, consents and agrees with the Company, the
Warrant Agent and every other holder of a Warrant that:
(a) The Warrants are transferable only on the registry books of the
Warrant Agent by the Registered Holder thereof in person or by his attorney duly
authorized in writing and only if the Warrant Certificates representing such
Warrants are surrendered at the office of the Warrant Agent, duly endorsed or
accompanied by a proper instrument of transfer satisfactory to the Warrant Agent
and the Company in their sole discretion, together with payment of any
applicable transfer taxes; and
(b) The Company may deem and treat the person in whose name the
Warrant Certificate is registered as the holder and as the absolute, true and
lawful owner of the Warrants represented thereby for all purposes, and the
Company shall not be affected by any notice or knowledge to the contrary, except
as otherwise expressly provided in Section 7 hereof.
SECTION 14. CANCELLATION OF WARRANT CERTIFICATES. If the Company
shall purchase or acquire any Warrant or Warrants, the Warrant Certificate or
Warrant Certificates evidencing the same shall thereupon be canceled by it and
retired. The Warrant Agent shall also
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cancel Common Stock following exercise of any or all of the Warrants represented
thereby or delivered to it for transfer, split up, combination or exchange.
SECTION 15. CONCERNING THE WARRANT AGENT. The Warrant Agent acts
hereunder as agent and in a ministerial capacity for the Company, and its duties
shall be determined solely by the provisions hereof. The Warrant Agent shall
not, by issuing and delivering Warrant Certificates or by any other act
hereunder be deemed to make any representations as to the validity, value or
authorization of the Warrant Certificates or the Warrants represented thereby or
of any securities or other property delivered upon exercise of any Warrant or
whether any stock issued upon exercise of any Warrant is fully paid and
nonassessable.
The Warrant Agent shall account promptly to the Company with respect
to Warrants exercised and concurrently pay the Company, as provided in
Section 4, all moneys received by the Warrant Agent upon the exercise of such
Warrants. The Warrant Agent shall, upon request of the Company from time to
time, deliver to the Company such complete reports of registered ownership of
the Warrants and such complete records of transactions with respect to the
Warrants and the shares of Common Stock as the Company may request. The Warrant
Agent shall also make available to the Company and Paramount for inspection by
their agents or employees, from time to time as either of them may request, such
original books of accounts and record (including original Warrant Certificates
surrendered to the Warrant Agent upon exercise of Warrants) as may be maintained
by the Warrant Agent in connection with the issuance and exercise of Warrants
hereunder, such inspections to occur at the Warrant Agent's office as specified
in Section 17, during normal business hours.
The Warrant Agent shall not at any time be under any duty or
responsibility to any holder of Warrant Certificates to make or cause to be made
any adjustment of the Purchase Price provided in this Agreement, or to determine
whether any fact exists which may require any such adjustments, or with respect
to the nature or extent of any such adjustment, when made, or with respect to
the method employed in making the same. It shall not (i) be liable for any
recital or statement of facts contained herein or for any action taken, suffered
or omitted by it in reliance on any Warrant Certificate or other document or
instrument believed by it in good faith to be genuine and to have been signed or
presented by the proper party or parties, (ii) be responsible for any failure on
the part of the Company to comply with any of its covenants and obligations
contained in this Agreement or in any Warrant Certificate, or (iii) be liable
for any act or omission in connection with this Agreement except for its own
negligence or willful misconduct.
The Warrant Agent may at any time consult with counsel satisfactory to
it (who may be counsel for the Company) and shall incur no liability or
responsibility for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it in good faith in
accordance with the written opinion or advice of such counsel.
Any notice, statement, instruction, request, direction, order or
demand of the Company shall be sufficiently evidenced by an instrument signed by
the Chairman of the Board, President, any Vice President, its Secretary, or
Assistant Secretary, (unless other evidence in
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respect thereof is herein specifically prescribed). The Warrant Agent shall not
be liable for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it in accordance with
such notice, statement, instruction, request, direction, order or demand
believed by it to be genuine.
The Company agrees to pay the Warrant Agent reasonable compensation
for its services hereunder and to reimburse it for its reasonable expenses
hereunder; it further agrees to indemnify the Warrant Agent and save it harmless
against any and all losses, expenses and liabilities, including judgments, costs
and counsel fees, for anything done or omitted by the Warrant Agent in the
execution of its duties and powers hereunder except losses, expenses and
liabilities arising as a result of the Warrant Agent's negligence or willful
misconduct.
The Warrant Agent may resign its duties and be discharged from all
further duties and liabilities hereunder (except liabilities arising as a result
of the Warrant Agent's own negligence or willful misconduct), after giving 30
days' prior written notice to the Company. At least 15 days prior to the date
such resignation is to become effective, the Warrant Agent shall cause a copy of
such notice of resignation to be mailed to the Registered Holder of each Warrant
Certificate at the Company's expense. Upon such resignation, or any inability
of the Warrant Agent to act as such hereunder, the Company shall appoint a new
warrant agent in writing. If the Company shall fail to make such appointment
within a period of 15 days after it has been notified in writing of such
resignation by the resigning Warrant Agent, then the Registered Holder of any
Warrant Certificate may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for the
appointment of a new warrant agent. Any new warrant agent, whether appointed by
the Company or by such a court, shall be a bank or trust company having a
capital and surplus, as shown by its last published report to its stockholders,
of not less than $10,000,000 or a stock transfer company. After acceptance in
writing of such appointment by the new warrant agent is received by the Company,
such new warrant agent shall be vested with the same powers, rights, duties and
responsibilities as if it had been originally named herein as the Warrant Agent,
without any further assurance, conveyance, act or deed; but if for any reason it
shall be necessary or expedient to execute and deliver any further assurance,
conveyance, act or deed, the same shall be done at the expense of the Company
and shall be legally and validly executed and delivered by the resigning Warrant
Agent. Not later than the effective date of any such appointment the Company
shall file notice thereof with the resigning Warrant Agent and shall forthwith
cause a copy of such notice to be mailed to the Registered Holder of each
Warrant Certificate.
Any corporation into which the Warrant Agent or any new warrant agent
may be converted or merged or any corporation resulting from any consolidation
to which the Warrant Agent or any new warrant agent shall be a party or any
corporation succeeding to the trust business of the Warrant Agent shall be a
successor warrant agent under this Agreement without any further act, provided
that such corporation is eligible for appointment as successor to the Warrant
Agent under the provisions of the preceding paragraph. Any such successor
warrant agent shall promptly cause notice of its succession as warrant agent to
be mailed to the Company and to the Registered Holder of each Warrant
Certificate.
The Warrant Agent, its subsidiaries and affiliates, and any of its or
their officers or directors, may buy and hold or sell Warrants or other
securities of the Company and otherwise
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deal with the Company in the same manner and to the same extent and with like
effects as though it were not Warrant Agent. Nothing herein shall preclude the
Warrant Agent from acting in any other capacity for the Company or for any other
legal entity.
SECTION 16. MODIFICATION OF AGREEMENT. The parties hereto may by
supplemental agreement make any changes or corrections in this Agreement
(i) that it shall deem appropriate to cure any ambiguity or to correct any
defective or inconsistent provision or manifest mistake or error herein
contained; (ii) that it may deem necessary or desirable and which shall not
adversely affect the interests of the holders of Warrant Certificates; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that this Agreement shall not otherwise be modified, supplemented or
altered in any respect except with the consent in writing of the Registered
Holders of Warrant Certificates representing not less than 50% of the Warrants
then outstanding; and PROVIDED, FURTHER, that no change in the number or nature
of the securities purchasable upon the exercise of any Warrant, or the Purchase
Price therefor, or the acceleration of the Warrant Expiration Date, shall be
made without the consent in writing of the Registered Holder of the Warrant
Certificate representing such Warrant, other than such changes as are
specifically prescribed by this Agreement as originally executed.
SECTION 17. NOTICES. All notices, requests, consents and other
communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been
made when delivered or mailed first class registered or certified mail, postage
prepaid as follows: if to the Registered Holder of a Warrant Certificate, at the
address of such holder as shown on the registry books maintained by the Warrant
Agent; if to the Company, at 6555 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxx Xxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Xxxx X. Xxxxxx, and if to the Warrant Agent, at 00
Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000, Attention _______________.
SECTION 18. GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without
reference to its principles of conflict of laws.
SECTION 19. BINDING EFFECT. This Agreement shall be binding upon
and inure to the benefit of the Company and the Warrant Agent (and their
respective successors and assigns) and the holders from time to time of Warrant
Certificates. Nothing in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to
confer upon any other person any right, remedy or claim, in equity or at law, or
to impose upon any other person any duty, liability or obligation.
SECTION 20. TERMINATION. This Agreement shall terminate on the
earlier to occur of (i) the close of business on the Expiration Date of all the
Warrants; (ii) the date upon which all Warrants have been exercised.
SECTION 21. COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in
several counterparts, which taken together shall constitute a single document.
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Exhibit 4.7
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to
be duly executed as of the date first above written.
XYTRONYX, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxx
--------------------------------
Xxxx X. Xxxxxx
Chief Financial Officer
AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER
& TRUST COMPANY
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
--------------------------------
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Vice-President
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Exhibit 4.7
THIS WARRANT AND ANY SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON ITS EXERCISE HAVE NOT
BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 (THE "ACT") AND MAY NOT BE
TRANSFERRED NOR MAY THIS WARRANT BE EXERCISED UNTIL (1) A REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE ACT SHALL HAVE BECOME EFFECTIVE WITH RESPECT THERETO, OR (2) RECEIPT
BY THE ISSUER OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE ISSUER TO
THE EFFECT THAT REGISTRATION UNDER THE ACT IS NOT REQUIRED IN CONNECTION WITH
SUCH PROPOSED TRANSFER OR EXERCISE NOR IS SUCH TRANSFER OR EXERCISE IN VIOLATION
OF ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.
No. Warrants
VOID AFTER [ ], 2005
WARRANT CERTIFICATE FOR PURCHASE
OF COMMON STOCK
XYTRONYX, INC.
This certifies that FOR VALUE RECEIVED _____________________________
____________ or registered assigns (the "Registered Holder") is the owner of the
number of Warrants ("Warrants") specified above. Each Warrant initially
entitles the Registered Holder to purchase, subject to the terms and conditions
set forth in this Certificate and the Warrant Agreement (as hereinafter
defined), one fully paid and nonassessable share of Common Stock, $.02 par value
("Common Stock"), of XYTRONYX, INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), at
any time commencing [ ], 1995 and prior to the Expiration Date (as
hereinafter defined), upon the presentation and surrender of this Warrant
Certificate with the Subscription Form on the reverse hereof duly executed, at
the corporate office of First Chicago Trust Company of New York, as Warrant
Agent, or its successor (the "Warrant Agent"), accompanied by payment of an
amount equal to $1.00 for each Warrant (the "Purchase Price") in lawful money of
the United States of America in cash or by official bank or certified check made
payable to Xytronyx, Inc. The Company may, at its election, reduce the Purchase
Price.
This Warrant Certificate and each Warrant represented hereby are
issued pursuant to and are subject in all respects to the terms and conditions
set forth in the Warrant Agreement (the "Warrant Agreement"), dated September
____, 1995 by and among the Company, the Warrant Agent and Paramount Capital,
Inc.
In the event of certain contingencies provided for in the Warrant
Agreement, the Purchase Price or the number of shares of Common Stock subject to
purchase upon the exercise of each Warrant represented hereby are subject to
modification or adjustment.
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Exhibit 4.7
Each Warrant represented hereby is exercisable at the option of the
Registered Holder, but no fractional shares of Common Stock will be issued. In
the case of the exercise of less than all the Warrants represented hereby, the
Company shall cancel this Warrant Certificate upon the surrender hereof and
shall execute and deliver a new Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates of
like tenor, which the Warrant Agent shall countersign, for the balance of such
Warrants.
The term "Expiration Date" shall mean 5:00 P.M. (New York time) on [
], 2005. If such date shall in the State of New York be a holiday or a day on
which the banks are authorized to close, then the Expiration Date shall mean
5:00 P.M. (New York time) the next following day which in the State of New York
is not a holiday or a day on which banks are authorized to close. The Company
may, at its election, extend the Expiration Date.
This Warrant is not redeemable at the option of the Company prior to [
], 1996 unless the closing bid quotation for the Common Stock as reported
on the American Stock Exchange, or on such other exchange on which the Common
Stock is then traded, exceeds 600% of the Purchase Price for twenty (20)
consecutive trading days ending three days prior to the date of redemption.
Thereafter, the Company may redeem in whole but not in part all the Warrants on
60 days prior notice at $.10 per Warrant at any time, provided that the closing
bid quotation for the Common Stock as reported on the American Stock Exchange,
or on such other exchange on which the Common Stock is then traded, exceeds 400%
of the Purchase Price for twenty (20) consecutive trading days ending three days
prior to the date of redemption.
This Warrant Certificate is exchangeable, upon the surrender hereof by
the Registered Holder at the corporate office of the Warrant Agent, for a new
Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates of like tenor representing an equal
aggregate number of Warrants, each of such new Warrant Certificates to represent
such number of Warrants as shall be designated by such Registered Holder at the
time of such surrender. Upon due presentment with any tax or other governmental
charge imposed in connection therewith, for registration of transfer of this
Warrant Certificate at such office, a new Warrant Certificate or Warrant
Certificates representing an equal aggregate number of Warrants will be issued
to the transferee in exchange therefor, subject to the limitations provided in
the Warrant Agreement.
Prior to the exercise of any Warrant represented hereby, the
Registered Holder shall not be entitled to any limitation, the right to vote or
to receive dividends or other distributions, and shall not be entitled to
receive any notice of any proceedings of the Company, except as provided in the
Warrant Agreement.
Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer hereof, the
Company may deem and treat the Registered Holder as the absolute owner hereof
and of each Warrant represented hereby (notwithstanding any notations of
ownership or writing hereon made by anyone other than a duly authorized officer
of the Company) for all purposes and shall not be affected by any notice to the
contrary.
This Warrant Certificate shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York without reference to its
principles of conflict of laws.
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Exhibit 4.7
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant Certificate to
be duly executed, manually or in facsimile by two of its officers thereunto duly
authorized and a facsimile of its corporate seal to be imprinted hereon.
XYTRONYX, INC.
Dated: [ ], 1995
By ________________________________________
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Title:
________________________________________
Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Secretary
[seal]
FIRST CHICAGO TRUST COMPANY OF
NEW YORK
By ________________________________________
Name:
Title:
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Exhibit 4.7
SUBSCRIPTION FORM
To Be Executed by the Registered Holder
in Order to Exercise Warrants
The undersigned Registered Holder hereby irrevocably elects to
exercise Warrants represented by this Warrant Certificate, and to
purchase the securities issuable upon the exercise of such Warrants, and
requests that certificates for such securities shall be issued in the name of
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER
[please print or type name and address]
and be delivered to
[please print or type name and address]
and if such number of Warrants shall not be all the Warrants evidenced by this
Warrant Certificate, that a new Warrant Certificate for the balance of such
Warrants be registered in the name of, and delivered to, the Registered Holder
at the address stated below.
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Exhibit 4.7
The undersigned represents that the exercise of the within Warrant was
solicited by a member of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
If not solicited by an NASD member, please write "unsolicited" in the space
below. Unless otherwise indicated by listing the name of another NASD member
firm, it will be assumed that the exercise was solicited by Paramount Capital,
Inc.
________________________________________
(Name of NASD Member if other
than Paramount Capital, Inc.)
Dated: _______________________
________________________________________
________________________________________
________________________________________
Address
________________________________________
Taxpayer Identification Number
______________________________
Signature Guaranteed
______________________________
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Exhibit 4.7
ASSIGNMENT
To Be Executed by the Registered Holder
in Order to Assign Warrants
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER
[please print or type name and address]
of the Warrants represented by this Warrant Certificate,
and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints
Attorney to
transfer this Warrant Certificate on the books of the Company, with full power
of substitution in the premises.
Dated:
X
Signature Guaranteed
THE SIGNATURE TO THE ASSIGNMENT OR THE SUBSCRIPTION FORM MUST CORRESPOND TO THE
NAME AS WRITTEN UPON THE FACE OF THIS WARRANT CERTIFICATE IN EVERY PARTICULAR,
WITHOUT ALTERATION OR ENLARGEMENT OR ANY CHANGE WHATSOEVER, AND MUST BE
GUARANTEED BY A COMMERCIAL BANK OR TRUST COMPANY OR A MEMBER FIRM OF THE
AMERICAN STOCK EXCHANGE, NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE, PACIFIC STOCK EXCHANGE OR
MIDWEST STOCK EXCHANGE.
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