Exhibit 4.3
WARRANT
THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS WARRANT HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE
SECURITIES HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE,
SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR
APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IN A FORM REASONABLY
SATISFACTORY TO THE ISSUER THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER SAID ACT OR
APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR UNLESS SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER SAID
ACT.
CEPTOR CORPORATION
WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK
Warrant No.: CCP-____ Number of Shares:
Date of Issuance: ________ __, 2005
CepTor Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "COMPANY"), hereby certifies
that, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which
are hereby acknowledged, CORNELL CAPITAL PARTNERS, LP ("CORNELL"), the
registered holder hereof or its permitted assigns, is entitled, subject to the
terms set forth below, to purchase from the Company upon surrender of this
Warrant, at any time or times on or after the date hereof, but not after 11:59
P.M. Eastern Time on the Expiration Date (as defined herein) _________
(__________) fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock (as defined
herein) of the Company (the "WARRANT SHARES") at the exercise price per share
provided in Section 1(b) below or as subsequently adjusted; provided, however,
that in no event shall the holder be entitled to exercise this Warrant for a
number of Warrant Shares in excess of that number of Warrant Shares which, upon
giving effect to such exercise, would cause the aggregate number of shares of
Common Stock beneficially owned by the holder and its affiliates to exceed 4.99%
of the outstanding shares of the Common Stock following such exercise, except
within sixty (60) days of the Expiration Date (however, such restriction may be
waived by Cornell (but only as to itself and not to any other holder) upon not
less than 65 days prior notice to the Company). For purposes of the foregoing
proviso, the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by
the holder and its affiliates shall include the number of shares of Common Stock
issuable upon exercise of this Warrant with respect to which the determination
of such proviso is being made, but shall exclude shares of Common Stock which
would be issuable upon (i) exercise of the remaining, unexercised Warrants
beneficially owned by the holder and its affiliates and (ii) exercise or
conversion of the unexercised or unconverted portion of any other securities of
the Company beneficially owned by the holder and its affiliates (including,
without limitation, any convertible notes or preferred stock) subject to a
limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained
herein. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this
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paragraph, beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section
13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. For purposes of this
Warrant, in determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock a
holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as reflected
in (1) the Company's most recent Form 10-QSB or Form 10-KSB, as the case may be,
(2) a more recent public announcement by the Company or (3) any other notice by
the Company or its transfer agent setting forth the number of shares of Common
Stock outstanding. Upon the written request of any holder, the Company shall
promptly, but in no event later than one (1) Business Day following the receipt
of such notice, confirm in writing to any such holder the number of shares of
Common Stock then outstanding. In any case, the number of outstanding shares of
Common Stock shall be determined after giving effect to the exercise of Warrants
(as defined below) by such holder and its affiliates since the date as of which
such number of outstanding shares of Common Stock was reported.
Section 1.
(a) This Warrant is the common stock purchase warrant (the "WARRANT")
issued pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement ("SECURITIES PURCHASE
AGREEMENT") dated December 9, 2005 between the Company and the Buyers listed on
Schedule I thereto pursuant to which the Buyer(s) purchased convertible
debentures (the "CONVERTIBLE DEBENTURES").
(b) DEFINITIONS. The following words and terms as used in this Warrant
shall have the following meanings:
(i) "BUSINESS DAY" means any day other than Saturday, Sunday
or other day on which commercial banks in the City of New York are authorized or
required by law to remain closed.
(ii) "CLOSING BID PRICE" means the closing bid price of Common
Stock as quoted on the Principal Market (as reported by Bloomberg Financial
Markets ("BLOOMBERG") through its "Volume at Price" function).
(iii) "COMMON STOCK" means (i) the Company's common stock, par
value $0.0001 per share, and (ii) any capital stock into which such Common Stock
shall have been changed or any capital stock resulting from a reclassification
of such Common Stock.
(iv) "EVENT OF DEFAULT" means an event of default under the
Securities Purchase Agreement or the Convertible Debentures issued in connection
therewith.
(v) "EXPIRATION DATE" means the date three (3) years from the
Issuance Date of this Warrant or, if such date falls on a Saturday, Sunday or
other day on which banks are required or authorized to be closed in the City of
New York or the State of New York or on which trading does not take place on the
Principal Exchange or automated quotation system on which the Common Stock is
traded (a "HOLIDAY"), the next date that is not a Holiday.
(vi) "ISSUANCE DATE" means the date hereof.
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(vii) "OPTIONS" means any rights, warrants or options to
subscribe for or purchase Common Stock or Convertible Securities.
(viii) "PERSON" means an individual, a limited liability company,
a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, limited liability company, a
trust, an unincorporated organization and a government or any department or
agency thereof.
(ix) "PRINCIPAL MARKET" means the New York Stock Exchange, the
American Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq National Market, the Nasdaq SmallCap Market,
whichever is at the time the principal trading exchange or market for such
security, or the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for
such security as reported by Bloomberg or, if no bid or sale information is
reported for such security by Bloomberg, then the average of the bid prices of
each of the market makers for such security as reported in the "pink sheets" by
the National Quotation Bureau, Inc.
(x) "SECURITIES ACT" means the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
(xi) "WARRANT" means this Warrant and all Warrants issued in
exchange, transfer or replacement thereof.
(xii) "WARRANT EXERCISE PRICE" shall be one hundred five percent
(105%) of the Closing Bid Price of the Company's Common Stock on __________, as
quoted by Bloomberg, LP, or as subsequently adjusted as provided in Section 8
hereof.
(xiii) "WARRANT SHARES" means the shares of Common Stock issuable
at any time upon exercise of this Warrant.
(c) Other Definitional Provisions.
(i) Except as otherwise specified herein, all references herein
(A) to the Company shall be deemed to include the Company's successors and (B)
to any applicable law defined or referred to herein shall be deemed references
to such applicable law as the same may have been or may be amended or
supplemented from time to time.
(ii) When used in this Warrant, the words "HEREIN", "HEREOF", and
"HEREUNDER" and words of similar import, shall refer to this Warrant as a whole
and not to any provision of this Warrant, and the words "SECTION", "SCHEDULE",
and "EXHIBIT" shall refer to Sections of, and Schedules and Exhibits to, this
Warrant unless otherwise specified.
(iii) Whenever the context so requires, the neuter gender
includes the masculine or feminine, and the singular number includes the plural,
and vice versa.
Section 2. EXERCISE OF WARRANT.
(a) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, this Warrant may be
exercised by the holder hereof then registered on the books of the Company, pro
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rata as hereinafter provided, at any time on any Business Day on or after the
opening of business on such Business Day, commencing with the first day after
the date hereof, and prior to 11:59 P.M. Eastern Time on the Expiration Date (i)
by delivery of a written notice, in the form of the subscription notice attached
as EXHIBIT A hereto (the "EXERCISE NOTICE"), of such holder's election to
exercise this Warrant, which notice shall specify the number of Warrant Shares
to be purchased, payment to the Company of an amount equal to the Warrant
Exercise Price(s) applicable to the Warrant Shares being purchased, multiplied
by the number of Warrant Shares (at the applicable Warrant Exercise Price) as to
which this Warrant is being exercised (plus any applicable issue or transfer
taxes) (the "AGGREGATE EXERCISE PRICE") in cash or wire transfer of immediately
available funds and the surrender of this Warrant (or an indemnification
undertaking with respect to this Warrant in the case of its loss, theft or
destruction) to a common carrier for overnight delivery to the Company as soon
as practicable following such date ("CASH BASIS") or (ii) if at the time of
exercise, the Warrant Shares are not subject to an effective registration
statement or if an Event of Default has occurred, by delivering an Exercise
Notice and in lieu of making payment of the Aggregate Exercise Price in cash or
wire transfer, elect instead to receive upon such exercise the "Net Number" of
shares of Common Stock determined according to the following formula (the
"CASHLESS EXERCISE"):
Net Number = (A X B) - (A X C)
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B
For purposes of the foregoing formula:
A = the total number of Warrant Shares with respect to which this
Warrant is then being exercised.
B = the Closing Bid Price of the Common Stock on the date of exercise
of the Warrant.
C = the Warrant Exercise Price then in effect for the applicable
Warrant Shares at the time of such exercise.
In the event of any exercise of the rights represented by this Warrant in
compliance with this Section 2, the Company shall on or before the fifth (5th)
Business Day following the date of receipt of the Exercise Notice, the Aggregate
Exercise Price and this Warrant (or an indemnification undertaking with respect
to this Warrant in the case of its loss, theft or destruction) and the receipt
of the representations of the holder specified in Section 6 hereof, if requested
by the Company (the "EXERCISE DELIVERY DOCUMENTS"), and if the Common Stock is
DTC eligible, credit such aggregate number of shares of Common Stock to which
the holder shall be entitled to the holder's or its designee's balance account
with The Depository Trust Company; provided, however, if the holder who
submitted the Exercise Notice requested physical delivery of any or all of the
Warrant Shares, or, if the Common Stock is not DTC eligible then the Company
shall, on or before the fifth (5th) Business Day following receipt of the
Exercise Delivery Documents, issue and surrender to a common carrier for
overnight delivery to the address specified in the Exercise Notice, a
certificate, registered in the name of the holder, for the number of shares of
Common Stock to which the holder shall be entitled pursuant to such request.
Upon delivery of the Exercise Notice and Aggregate Exercise Price referred to in
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clause (i) or (ii) above the holder of this Warrant 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. In the case of a dispute
as to the determination of the Warrant Exercise Price, the Closing Bid Price or
the arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares, the Company shall promptly
issue to the holder the number of Warrant Shares that is not disputed and shall
submit the disputed determinations or arithmetic calculations to the holder via
facsimile within one (1) Business Day of receipt of the holder's Exercise
Notice.
(b) If the holder and the Company are unable to agree upon the
determination of the Warrant Exercise Price or arithmetic calculation of the
Warrant Shares within one (1) day of such disputed determination or arithmetic
calculation being submitted to the holder, then the Company shall immediately
submit via facsimile (i) the disputed determination of the Warrant Exercise
Price or the Closing Bid Price to an independent, reputable investment banking
firm or (ii) the disputed arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares to its
independent, outside accountant. The Company shall cause the investment banking
firm 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
forty-eight (48) hours from the time it receives the disputed determinations or
calculations. Such investment banking firm's or accountant's determination or
calculation, as the case may be, shall be deemed conclusive absent manifest
error.
(c) Unless the rights represented by this Warrant shall have expired
or shall have been fully exercised, the Company shall, as soon as practicable
and in no event later than five (5) Business Days after any exercise and at its
own expense, issue a new Warrant identical in all respects to this Warrant
exercised except it shall represent rights to purchase the number of Warrant
Shares purchasable immediately prior to such exercise under this Warrant
exercised, less the number of Warrant Shares with respect to which such Warrant
is exercised.
(d) No fractional Warrant Shares are to be issued upon any pro rata
exercise of this Warrant, but rather the number of Warrant Shares issued upon
such exercise of this Warrant shall be rounded up or down to the nearest whole
number.
(e) If the Company or its Transfer Agent shall fail for any reason or
for no reason to issue to the holder within ten (10) days of receipt of the
Exercise Delivery Documents, a certificate for the number of Warrant Shares to
which the holder is entitled or to credit the holder's balance account with The
Depository Trust Company for such number of Warrant Shares to which the holder
is entitled upon the holder's exercise of this Warrant, the Company shall, in
addition to any other remedies under this Warrant or otherwise available to such
holder, pay as additional damages in cash to such holder on each day the
issuance of such certificate for Warrant Shares is not timely effected an amount
equal to 0.025% of the product of (A) the sum of the number of Warrant Shares
not issued to the holder on a timely basis and to which the holder is entitled,
and (B) the Closing Bid Price of the Common Stock for the trading day
immediately preceding the last possible date which the Company could have issued
such Common Stock to the holder without violating this Section 2.
(f) If within ten (10) days after the Company's receipt of the
Exercise Delivery Documents, the Company fails to deliver a new Warrant to the
holder for the number of Warrant Shares to which such holder is entitled
pursuant to Section 2 hereof, then, in addition to any other available remedies
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under this Warrant or otherwise available to such holder, the Company shall pay
as additional damages in cash to such holder on each day after such tenth (10th)
day that such delivery of such new Warrant is not timely effected in an amount
equal to 0.25% of the product of (A) the number of Warrant Shares represented by
the portion of this Warrant which is not being exercised and (B) the Closing Bid
Price of the Common Stock for the trading day immediately preceding the last
possible date which the Company could have issued such Warrant to the holder
without violating this Section 2.
Section 3. COVENANTS AS TO COMMON STOCK. The Company hereby covenants and
agrees as follows:
(a) This Warrant is, and any Warrants issued in substitution for or
replacement of this Warrant will upon issuance be, duly authorized and validly
issued.
(b) All Warrant Shares which may be issued upon the exercise of the
rights represented by this Warrant will, upon issuance, be validly issued, fully
paid and nonassessable and free from all taxes, liens and charges with respect
to the issue thereof.
(c) During the period within which the rights represented by this
Warrant may be exercised, the Company will at all times have authorized and
reserved at least one hundred percent (100%) of the number of shares of Common
Stock needed to provide for the exercise of the rights then represented by this
Warrant and the par value of said shares will at all times be less than or equal
to the applicable Warrant Exercise Price. If at any time the Company does not
have a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock authorized and available,
then the Company shall call and hold a special meeting of its stockholders
within sixty (60) days of that time for the sole purpose of increasing the
number of authorized shares of Common Stock.
(d) If at any time after the date hereof the Company shall file a
registration statement, the Company shall include the Warrant Shares issuable to
the holder, pursuant to the terms of this Warrant and shall maintain, so long as
any other shares of Common Stock shall be so listed, such listing of all Warrant
Shares from time to time issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant; and the
Company shall so list on each national securities exchange or automated
quotation system, as the case may be, and shall maintain such listing of, any
other shares of capital stock of the Company issuable upon the exercise of this
Warrant if and so long as any shares of the same class shall be listed on such
national securities exchange or automated quotation system.
(e) The Company will not, by amendment of its Certificate of
Incorporation or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation,
merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities, or any other voluntary action,
avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms to be
observed or performed by it hereunder, but will at all times in good faith
assist in the carrying out of all the provisions of this Warrant and in the
taking of all such action as may reasonably be requested by the holder of this
Warrant in order to protect the exercise privilege of the holder of this Warrant
against dilution or other impairment, consistent with the tenor and purpose of
this Warrant. The Company will not increase the par value of any shares of
Common Stock receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant above the Warrant
Exercise Price then in effect, and (ii) will take all such actions as may be
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necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue
fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of this
Warrant.
(f) This Warrant will be binding upon any entity succeeding to the
Company by merger, consolidation or acquisition of all or substantially all of
the Company's assets.
Section 4. TAXES. The Company shall pay any and all taxes, except any
applicable withholding, which may be payable with respect to the issuance and
delivery of Warrant Shares upon exercise of this Warrant.
Section 5. WARRANT HOLDER NOT DEEMED A STOCKHOLDER. Except as otherwise
specifically provided herein, no holder, as such, of this Warrant shall be
entitled to vote or receive dividends or be deemed the holder of shares of
capital stock of the Company for any purpose, nor shall anything contained in
this Warrant be construed to confer upon the holder hereof, as such, any of the
rights of a stockholder of the Company or any right to vote, give or withhold
consent to any corporate action (whether any reorganization, issue of stock,
reclassification of stock, consolidation, merger, conveyance or otherwise),
receive notice of meetings, receive dividends or subscription rights, or
otherwise, prior to the issuance to the holder of this Warrant of the Warrant
Shares which it is then entitled to receive upon the due exercise of this
Warrant. In addition, nothing contained in this Warrant shall be construed as
imposing any liabilities on such holder to purchase any securities (upon
exercise of this Warrant or otherwise) or as a stockholder of the Company,
whether such liabilities are asserted by the Company or by creditors of the
Company. Notwithstanding this Section 5, the Company will provide the holder of
this Warrant with copies of the same notices and other information given to the
stockholders of the Company generally, contemporaneously with the giving thereof
to the stockholders.
Section 6. REPRESENTATIONS OF HOLDER. The holder of this Warrant, by the
acceptance hereof, represents that it is acquiring this Warrant and the Warrant
Shares for its own account for investment only and not with a view towards, or
for resale in connection with, the public sale or distribution of this Warrant
or the Warrant Shares, except pursuant to sales registered or exempted under the
Securities Act; provided, however, that by making the representations herein,
the holder does not agree to hold this Warrant or any of the Warrant Shares for
any minimum or other specific term and reserves the right to dispose of this
Warrant and the Warrant Shares at any time in accordance with or pursuant to a
registration statement or an exemption under the Securities Act. The holder of
this Warrant further represents, by acceptance hereof, that, as of this date,
such holder is an "accredited investor" as such term is defined in Rule
501(a)(1) of Regulation D promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission
under the Securities Act (an "ACCREDITED INVESTOR"). Upon exercise of this
Warrant the holder shall, if requested by the Company, confirm in writing, in a
form satisfactory to the Company, that the Warrant Shares so purchased are being
acquired solely for the holder's own account and not as a nominee for any other
party, for investment, and not with a view toward distribution or resale and
that such holder is an Accredited Investor. If such holder cannot make such
representations because they would be factually incorrect, it shall be a
condition to such holder's exercise of this Warrant that the Company receive
such other representations as the Company considers reasonably necessary to
assure the Company that the issuance of its securities upon exercise of this
Warrant shall not violate any United States or state securities laws.
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Section 7. OWNERSHIP AND TRANSFER.
(a) The Company shall maintain at its principal executive offices (or
such other office or agency of the Company as it may designate by notice to the
holder hereof), a register for this Warrant, in which the Company shall record
the name and address of the person in whose name this Warrant has been issued,
as well as the name and address of each transferee. The Company may treat the
person in whose name any Warrant is registered on the register as the owner and
holder thereof for all purposes, notwithstanding any notice to the contrary, but
in all events recognizing any transfers made in accordance with the terms of
this Warrant.
Section 8. ADJUSTMENT OF WARRANT EXERCISE PRICE AND NUMBER OF SHARES. The
Warrant Exercise Price and the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon
exercise of this Warrant shall be adjusted from time to time as follows:
(a) ADJUSTMENT OF WARRANT EXERCISE PRICE UPON SUBDIVISION OR
COMBINATION OF COMMON STOCK. If the Company at any time after the date of
issuance of this Warrant subdivides (by any stock split, stock dividend,
recapitalization or otherwise) one or more classes of its outstanding shares of
Common Stock into a greater number of shares, any Warrant Exercise Price in
effect immediately prior to such subdivision will be proportionately reduced and
the number of shares of Common Stock obtainable upon exercise of this Warrant
will be proportionately increased. If the Company at any time after the date of
issuance of this Warrant combines (by combination, reverse stock split or
otherwise) one or more classes of its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a
smaller number of shares, any Warrant Exercise Price in effect immediately prior
to such combination will be proportionately increased and the number of Warrant
Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant will be proportionately decreased.
Any adjustment under this Section 8(d) shall become effective at the close of
business on the date the subdivision or combination becomes effective.
(b) DISTRIBUTION OF ASSETS. If the Company shall declare or make any
dividend or other distribution of its assets (or rights to acquire its assets)
to holders of Common Stock, by way of return of capital or otherwise (including,
without limitation, any distribution of cash, stock or other securities,
property or options by way of a dividend, spin off, reclassification, corporate
rearrangement or other similar transaction) (a "Distribution"), at any time
after the issuance of this Warrant, then, in each such case:
(i) any Warrant Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to the
close of business on the record date fixed for the determination of holders of
Common Stock entitled to receive the Distribution shall be reduced, effective as
of the close of business on such record date, to a price determined by
multiplying such Warrant Exercise Price by a fraction of which (A) the numerator
shall be the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on the trading day
immediately preceding such record date minus the value of the Distribution (as
determined in good faith by the Company's Board of Directors) applicable to one
share of Common Stock, and (B) the denominator shall be the Closing Sale Price
of the Common Stock on the trading day immediately preceding such record date;
and
(ii) either (A) the number of Warrant Shares obtainable upon
exercise of this Warrant shall be increased to a number of shares equal to the
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number of shares of Common Stock obtainable immediately prior to the close of
business on the record date fixed for the determination of holders of Common
Stock entitled to receive the Distribution multiplied by the reciprocal of the
fraction set forth in the immediately preceding clause (i), or (B) in the event
that the Distribution is of common stock of a company whose common stock is
traded on a national securities exchange or a national automated quotation
system, then the holder of this Warrant shall receive an additional warrant to
purchase Common Stock, the terms of which shall be identical to those of this
Warrant, except that such warrant shall be exercisable into the amount of the
assets that would have been payable to the holder of this Warrant pursuant to
the Distribution had the holder exercised this Warrant immediately prior to such
record date and with an exercise price equal to the amount by which the exercise
price of this Warrant was decreased with respect to the Distribution pursuant to
the terms of the immediately preceding clause (i).
(c) CERTAIN EVENTS. If any event occurs of the type contemplated by
the provisions of this Section 8 but not expressly provided for by such
provisions (including, without limitation, the granting of stock appreciation
rights, phantom stock rights or other rights with equity features), then the
Company's Board of Directors will make an appropriate adjustment in the Warrant
Exercise Price and the number of shares of Common Stock obtainable upon exercise
of this Warrant so as to protect the rights of the holders of the Warrants;
provided, except as set forth in Section 8(d), that no such adjustment pursuant
to this Section 8(f) will increase the Warrant Exercise Price or decrease the
number of shares of Common Stock obtainable as otherwise determined pursuant to
this Section 8.
(d) NOTICES.
(i) Immediately upon any adjustment of the Warrant Exercise
Price, the Company will give written notice thereof to the holder of this
Warrant, setting forth in reasonable detail, and certifying, the calculation of
such adjustment.
(ii) The Company will give written notice to the holder of this
Warrant at least ten (10) days prior to the date on which the Company closes its
books or takes a record (A) with respect to any dividend or distribution upon
the Common Stock, (B) with respect to any pro rata subscription offer to holders
of Common Stock or (C) for determining rights to vote with respect to any
Organic Change (as defined below), dissolution or liquidation, provided that
such information shall be made known to the public prior to or in conjunction
with such notice being provided to such holder.
(iii) The Company will also give written notice to the holder of
this Warrant at least ten (10) days prior to the date on which any Organic
Change, dissolution or liquidation will take place, provided that such
information shall be made known to the public prior to or in conjunction with
such notice being provided to such holder.
Section 9. PURCHASE RIGHTS; REORGANIZATION, RECLASSIFICATION,
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER OR SALE.
(a) In addition to any adjustments pursuant to Section 8 above, if at
any time the Company grants, issues or sells any Options, Convertible Securities
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or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to
the record holders of any class of Common Stock (the "PURCHASE RIGHTS"), then
the holder of this Warrant will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms
applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which such
holder could have acquired if such holder had held the number of shares of
Common Stock acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant immediately
before the date on which a record is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of
such Purchase Rights, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the
record holders of Common Stock are to be determined for the grant, issue or sale
of such Purchase Rights.
(b) Any recapitalization, reorganization, reclassification,
consolidation, merger, sale of all or substantially all of the Company's assets
to another Person or other similar transaction in each case which is effected in
such a way that holders of Common Stock are entitled to receive (either directly
or upon subsequent liquidation) stock, securities or assets with respect to or
in exchange for Common Stock is referred to herein as an "ORGANIC CHANGE." Prior
to the consummation of any (i) sale of all or substantially all of the Company's
assets to an acquiring Person or (ii) other Organic Change following which the
Company is not a surviving entity, the Company will secure from the Person
purchasing such assets or the successor resulting from such Organic Change (in
each case, the "ACQUIRING ENTITY") a written agreement (in form and substance
satisfactory to the holders of Warrants representing at least two-thirds (iii)
of the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants then outstanding)
to deliver to each holder of Warrants in exchange for such Warrants, a security
of the Acquiring Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar
in form and substance to this Warrant and satisfactory to the holders of the
Warrants (including an adjusted warrant exercise price equal to the value for
the Common Stock reflected by the terms of such consolidation, merger or sale,
and exercisable for a corresponding number of shares of Common Stock acquirable
and receivable upon exercise of the Warrants without regard to any limitations
on exercise, if the value so reflected is less than any Applicable Warrant
Exercise Price immediately prior to such consolidation, merger or sale). Prior
to the consummation of any other Organic Change, the Company shall make
appropriate provision (in form and substance satisfactory to the holders of
Warrants representing a majority of the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of
the Warrants then outstanding) to insure that each of the holders of the
Warrants will thereafter have the right to acquire and receive in lieu of or in
addition to (as the case may be) the Warrant Shares immediately theretofore
issuable and receivable upon the exercise of such holder's Warrants (without
regard to any limitations on exercise), such shares of stock, securities or
assets that would have been issued or payable in such Organic Change with
respect to or in exchange for the number of Warrant Shares which would have been
issuable and receivable upon the exercise of such holder's Warrant as of the
date of such Organic Change (without taking into account any limitations or
restrictions on the exercisability of this Warrant).
Section 10. LOST, STOLEN, MUTILATED OR DESTROYED WARRANT. If this Warrant
is lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed, the Company shall promptly, on receipt
of an indemnification undertaking in a form reasonably satisfactory to the
Company, provided however the Holder shall be obligated to provide such
indemnification in form, substance and scope customary for indemnifications in
comparable transactions, (or, in the case of a mutilated Warrant, the Warrant),
issue a new Warrant of like denomination and tenor as this Warrant so lost,
stolen, mutilated or destroyed.
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Section 11. NOTICE. Any notices, consents, waivers or other communications
required or permitted to be given under the terms of this Warrant must be in
writing and will be deemed to have been delivered: (i) upon receipt, when
delivered personally; (ii) upon receipt, when sent by facsimile (provided
confirmation of receipt is received by the sending party transmission is
mechanically or electronically generated and kept on file by the sending party);
or (iii) one Business Day after deposit with a nationally recognized overnight
delivery service, in each case properly addressed to the party to receive the
same. The addresses and facsimile numbers for such communications shall be:
If to Cornell: Cornell Capital Partners, LP
101 Hudson Street - Suite 3700
Jersey City, NJ 07302
Attention: Mark A. Angelo
Telephone: (201) 985-8300
Facsimile: (201) 985-8266
With Copy to: David Gonzalez, Esq.
101 Hudson Street - Suite 3700
Jersey City, NJ 07302
Telephone: (201) 985-8300
Facsimile: (201) 985-8266
If to the Company, to: CepTor Corporation
200 International Circle - Suite 5100
Hunt Valley, MD 21030
Attention: Donald W. Fallon
Telephone: (410) 527-9998
Facsimile: (410) 527-9867
With a copy to: Olshan Grundman Frome Rosenzweig & Wolosky LLP
Park Avenue Tower
65 East 55th Street
New York, NY 10022
Attention: Harvey J. Kesner, Esq.
Telephone: (212) 451-2259
Facsimile: (212) 451-2222
If to a holder of this Warrant, to it at the address and facsimile number set
forth on EXHIBIT C hereto, with copies to such holder's representatives as set
forth on EXHIBIT C, or at such other address and facsimile as shall be delivered
to the Company upon the issuance or transfer of this Warrant. Each party shall
provide five days' prior written notice to the other party of any change in
address or facsimile number. Written confirmation of receipt (A) given by the
recipient of such notice, consent, facsimile, waiver or other communication, (or
(B) provided by a nationally recognized overnight delivery service shall be
rebuttable evidence of personal service, receipt by facsimile or receipt from a
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nationally recognized overnight delivery service in accordance with clause (i),
(ii) or (iii) above, respectively.
Section 12. DATE. The date of this Warrant is set forth on page 1 hereof.
This Warrant, in all events, shall be wholly void and of no effect after the
close of business on the Expiration Date, except that notwithstanding any other
provisions hereof, the provisions of Section 8(b) shall continue in full force
and effect after such date as to any Warrant Shares or other securities issued
upon the exercise of this Warrant.
Section 13. AMENDMENT AND WAIVER. Except as otherwise provided herein, the
provisions of the Warrants may be amended and the Company may take any action
herein prohibited, or omit to perform any act herein required to be performed by
it, only if the Company has obtained the written consent of the holders of
Warrants representing at least two-thirds of the Warrant Shares issuable upon
exercise of the Warrants then outstanding; provided that, except for Section
8(d), no such action may increase the Warrant Exercise Price or decrease the
number of shares or class of stock obtainable upon exercise of any Warrant
without the written consent of the holder of such Warrant.
Section 14. DESCRIPTIVE HEADINGS; GOVERNING LAW. The descriptive headings
of the several sections and paragraphs of this Warrant are inserted for
convenience only and do not constitute a part of this Warrant. The corporate
laws of the State of Delaware shall govern all issues concerning the relative
rights of the Company and its stockholders. All other questions concerning the
construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall
be governed by the internal laws of the State of New Jersey, without giving
effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the
State of New Jersey or any other jurisdictions) that would cause the application
of the laws of any jurisdictions other than the State of New Jersey. Each party
hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and
federal courts sitting in Hudson County and the United States District Court for
the District of New Jersey, for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in
connection herewith or therewith, or with any transaction contemplated hereby or
discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any
suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the
jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is brought
in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is
improper. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and
consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by
mailing a copy thereof to such party at the address for such notices to it under
this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient
service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed
to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law.
Section 15. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. AS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT FOR EACH PARTY
HERETO TO ENTER INTO THIS WARRANT, THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO
TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING RELATED IN ANY WAY TO THIS WARRANT AND/OR
ANY AND ALL OF THE OTHER DOCUMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS TRANSACTION.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be signed as of
the date first set forth above.
CEPTOR CORPORATION
By:
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Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT A TO WARRANT
EXERCISE NOTICE
TO BE EXECUTED
BY THE REGISTERED HOLDER TO EXERCISE THIS WARRANT
CEPTOR CORPORATION
The undersigned holder hereby exercises the right to purchase _____________
of the shares of Common Stock ("WARRANT SHARES") of CepTor Corporation (the
"COMPANY"), evidenced by the attached Warrant (the "Warrant"). Capitalized terms
used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings set
forth in the Warrant.
Specify Method of exercise by check mark:
1. ___ Cash Exercise
(a) PAYMENT OF WARRANT EXERCISE PRICE. The holder shall pay the
Aggregate Exercise Price of $______________ to the Company in
accordance with the terms of the Warrant.
(b) DELIVERY OF WARRANT SHARES. The Company shall deliver to the
holder _________ Warrant Shares in accordance with the terms of the
Warrant.
2. ___ Cashless Exercise
(a) PAYMENT OF WARRANT EXERCISE PRICE. In lieu of making payment of
the Aggregate Exercise Price, the holder elects to receive upon such
exercise the Net Number of shares of Common Stock determined in
accordance with the terms of the Warrant.
(b) DELIVERY OF WARRANT SHARES. The Company shall deliver to the
holder _________ Warrant Shares in accordance with the terms of the
Warrant.
Date: _______________ __, ______
Name of Registered Holder
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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EXHIBIT B TO WARRANT
FORM OF WARRANT POWER
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned does hereby assign and transfer to
________________, Federal Identification No. __________, a warrant to purchase
____________ shares of the capital stock of CepTor Corporation represented by
warrant certificate no. _____, standing in the name of the undersigned on the
books of said corporation. The undersigned does hereby irrevocably constitute
and appoint ______________, attorney to transfer the warrants of said
corporation, with full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated:
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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