EXHIBIT 4.4
No._____
________Shares
COMMONWEALTH BIOTECHNOLOGIES, INC.
COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT
NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR ANY SECURITY FOR WHICH IT MAY BE EXERCISED HAS BEEN
REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT")
OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR ANY SECURITY FOR
WHICH IT MAY BE EXERCISED NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN OR THEREIN
MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE
DISPOSED OF AT ANY TIME IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH
TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION.
THIS IS TO CERTIFY that XXXXXXXX & XXXXXXXXX, INCORPORATED or its
assigns as permitted in that certain Warrant Agreement (the "Warrant Agreement")
dated June 25, 1997 between the Company (as hereafter defined) and Xxxxxxxx &
Xxxxxxxxx, Incorporated is entitled to purchase at any time or from time to time
on or after June 25, 1998 until 5:00 p.m., Richmond, Virginia time on June 25,
2002, __________ shares of Common Stock of Commonwealth Biotechnologies, Inc., a
Virginia corporation (the "Company"), for an exercise price per share as set
forth in the Warrant Agreement referred to herein. This Warrant is issued
pursuant to the Warrant Agreement, and all rights of the holder of this Warrant
are further governed by, and subject to the terms and provisions of such Warrant
Agreement, copies of which are available upon request to the Company. The holder
of this Warrant and the shares issuable upon the exercise hereof shall be
entitled to the benefits, rights and privileges and subject to the obligations,
duties and liabilities provided in the Warrant Agreement.
UNTIL JUNE 25, 1998, NEITHER XXXXXXXX & XXXXXXXXX, INCORPORATED NOR ANY
ASSIGNEE OF ALL OR A PORTION OF THE RIGHTS PURSUANT TO THIS WARRANT MAY SELL,
TRANSFER, ASSIGN, PLEDGE OR HYPOTHECATE ANY OF ITS RIGHTS PURSUANT TO THIS
WARRANT OTHER THAN TO BONA FIDE OFFICERS OF XXXXXXXX & XXXXXXXXX, INCORPORATED.
Subject to the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, of the Warrant
Agreement and of this Warrant, this Warrant and all rights hereunder are
transferable, in whole or in part, only to the extent expressly permitted in
such documents and then only at the office of the Company at Commonwealth
Biotechnologies, Inc., 000 Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000,
Attention: Chairman, by the holder hereof or by a duly authorized
attorney-in-fact, upon surrender of this Warrant duly endorsed, together with
the Assignment hereof duly endorsed. Until transfer
hereof on the books of the Company, the Company may treat the registered holder
hereof as the owner hereof for all purposes.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be executed
and its corporate seal to be hereunto affixed by its proper corporate officers
thereunto duly authorized.
COMMONWEALTH BIOTECHNOLOGIES, INC.
By: _______________________________ (SEAL)
President
ATTEST:
_______________________
Secretary
