EXHIBIT 10.27
THIS WARRANT AND THE SECURITIES RECEIVABLE UPON EXERCISE 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, PLEDGED,
HYPOTHECATED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF UNLESS (i) A REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS SHALL HAVE BECOME
EFFECTIVE WITH REGARD THERETO, OR (ii) AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS IS AVAILABLE IN CONNECTION
WITH SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER.
Warrant to Purchase
_____ shares
Form of
Warrant to Purchase Common Stock
of
CELGENE CORPORATION
THIS CERTIFIES that ___________________ or any subsequent ("Holder")
hereof, has the right to purchase from CELGENE CORPORATION, a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), not more than ______ fully paid and nonassessable
shares of the Company's Common Stock, par value $.01 per share ("Common Stock"),
at a price of $20.52 per share subject to adjustment as provided in Section 5
(the "Exercise Price"), at any time on or before 5:00 p.m., Atlanta, Georgia
time, on March 10, 2001.
The Holder of this Warrant agrees with the Company that this Warrant is
issued and all rights hereunder shall be held subject to all of the conditions,
limitations and provisions set forth herein.
1. Date of Issuance.
This Warrant shall be deemed to be issued on March 11, 1996.
2. Exercise.
(a) Manner of Exercise. This Warrant may be exercised as to all or any
lesser number of full shares of Common Stock covered hereby upon surrender of
this Warrant, with the Exercise Form attached hereto duly executed, together
with the full Exercise Price (as defined in Section 3) for each share of Common
Stock as to which this Warrant is exercised, at the office of the Company,
Celgene Corporation, 7 Powder Horn Drive, Warren, New Jersey 07059, attn:
Secretary, Telephone (908) 271-1001, 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 attached as Exhibit A ("Exercise Form") by facsimile (such
surrender and payment of the Exercise Price 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 advance copy of the Exercise Form is sent by
facsimile to the Company, provided that the original Warrant and Exercise Form
are received by the Company within five (5) business days thereafter. The
original Warrant and Exercise Form must be received within five (5) business
days of the Date of Exercise, or the exercise may, at the Company's option, be
considered void. Alternatively, the Date of Exercise shall be defined as the
date the original Exercise Form is received by the Company, if Holder has not
sent advance notice by facsimile.
(c) Cancellation of Warrant. This Warrant shall be canceled upon its
Exercise, and, as soon as practical after the Date of Exercise, the Holder
hereof shall be entitled to receive Common Stock for the number of shares
purchased upon such Exercise, and if this Warrant is not exercised in full, the
Holder shall be entitled to receive a new Warrant or Warrants (containing terms
identical to this Warrant) representing any unexercised portion of this Warrant
in addition to such Common Stock.
(d) Holder of Record. Each person in whose name any Warrant for shares of
Common Stock is issued shall, for all purposes, be deemed to have become the
Holder of record of such shares on the Date of Exercise of this Warrant,
irrespective of the date of delivery of such Warrant. The person in whose name
this Warrant is registered shall be deemed to be the owner thereof and of the
Warrant evidenced hereby for all purposes. Nothing in this Warrant shall be
construed as conferring upon the Holder hereof any rights as a shareholder of
the Company.
3. Payment of Warrant Exercise Price.
Payment of the Exercise Price may be made by either of the following, or a
combination thereof, at the election of Holder:
(i) Cash Exercise: cash, certified check or cashiers check or wire
transfer; or
(ii) Cashless Exercise: surrender of this Warrant at the principal office
of the Company together with notice of cashless election, in which event the
Company shall issue Holder a number of shares of Common Stock computed using the
following formula:
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), the "Market Price" shall be defined as the average
closing price of the Common Stock for the five (5) trading days prior
to the Date of Exercise of this Warrant (the
"Average Closing Price"), as reported by the National Association of
Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System ("NASDAQ"), or if the
Common Stock is not traded on NASDAQ, the price in the
over-the-counter market; provided, however, that if the Common Stock
is listed on a stock exchange, the Market Price shall be the average
Closing Price on such exchange. If the Common Stock is/was not traded
during the five (5) trading days prior to the Date of Exercise, then
the closing price for the last publicly traded day shall be deemed to
be the closing price for any and all (if applicable) days during such
five (5) trading day period.
B = the Exercise Price.
4. Transfer and Registration.
(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
endorsed. 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 the Holder of this Warrant shall be entitled to receive a new
Warrant or Warrants as to the portion hereof retained.
(b) Registrable Securities. The Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of
this Warrant constitute "Registrable Securities" under that certain Registration
Rights Agreement dated on or about March 11, 1996 between the Company and
certain investors and, accordingly, has the benefit of the registration rights
pursuant to that agreement.
5. Anti-Dilution Adjustments.
(a) Stock Dividend. If the Company shall at any time declare a dividend
payable in shares of Common Stock, then the Holder hereof, upon Exercise of this
Warrant after the record date for the determination of Holders of Common Stock
entitled to receive such dividend, shall be entitled to receive upon Exercise of
this Warrant, in addition to the number of shares of Common Stock as to which
this Warrant is Exercised, such additional shares of Common Stock as such Holder
would have received had this Warrant been exercised immediately prior to such
record date and the Exercise Price will be proportionately adjusted.
(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 the Holder hereof 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 the Warrant Holder the
same notice it provides to holders of Common Stock of any transaction described
in this Section 5(b).
(c) Distributions. If the Company shall at any time distribute to Holders
of Common Stock cash, evidences of indebtedness or other securities or assets
(other than cash dividends or distributions payable out of earned surplus or net
profits for the current or preceding year) then, in any such case, the Holder of
this Warrant shall be entitled to receive, upon exercise of this Warrant, with
respect to each share of Common Stock issuable upon such Exercise, the amount of
cash or evidences of indebtedness or other securities or assets which such
Holder would have been entitled to receive with respect to each such share of
Common Stock as a result of the happening of such event had this Warrant been
Exercised immediately prior to the record date or other date fixing shareholders
to be affected by such event (the "Determination Date") or, in lieu thereof, if
the Board of Directors of the Company should so determine at the time of such
distribution, a reduced Exercise Price determined by multiplying the Exercise
Price on the Determination Date by a fraction, the numerator of which is the
result of such Exercise Price reduced by the value of such distribution
applicable to one share of Common Stock, such value to be determined by the
Board in its discretion) and the denominator of which is such Exercise Price.
(d) Notice of Consolidation or Merger. If the Company shall at any time
consolidate or merge with any other corporation or transfer all or substantially
all of its assets, then the Company shall deliver written notice to the Holder
of such merger, consolidation or sale of assets at the same time as it provides
notice to holders of Common Stock, and this Warrant shall terminate and expire
immediately prior to the closing of such merger, consolidation or sale of
assets.
(e) Exercise Price Defined. As used in this Warrant, the term "Exercise
Price" shall mean the purchase price per share specified in this Warrant until
the occurrence of an event stated in subsection (a), (b) or (c) of this Section
5 and thereafter shall mean said price as adjusted from time to time in
accordance with the provisions of said subsection. No such adjustment shall be
made unless such adjustment would change the Exercise Price at the time by $.01
or more; provided, however, that all adjustments not so made shall be deferred
and made when the aggregate thereof would change the Exercise Price at the time
by $.01 or more. No adjustment made pursuant to any provision of this Section 5
shall have the effect of increasing the total consideration payable upon
Exercise of this Warrant in respect of all the Common Stock as to which this
Warrant may be exercised.
(f) Adjustments: Additional Shares, Securities or Assets. In the event that
at any time, as a result of an adjustment made pursuant to this Section 5, the
Holder of this Warrant shall, upon Exercise of this Warrant, become entitled to
receive shares and/or other securities or assets (other than Common Stock) then,
wherever appropriate, all references herein to shares of Common Stock shall be
deemed to refer to and include such shares and/or other securities or assets;
and
thereafter the number of such shares and/or other securities or assets shall be
subject to adjustment from time to time in a manner and upon terms as nearly
equivalent as practicable to the provisions of this Section 5.
6. Fractional Interests.
No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be
issuable upon the Exercise of this Warrant, but on Exercise of this Warrant, the
Holder hereof may purchase only a whole number of shares of Common Stock. If, on
Exercise of this Warrant, the Holder hereof would be entitled a fractional share
of Common Stock or a right to acquire a fractional share of Common Stock, such
fractional share shall be disregarded and the number of shares of Common Stock
issuable upon conversion shall be the next higher number of shares.
7. Reservation of Shares.
The Company shall at all times reserve for issuance such number of
authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock (or other securities substituted
therefor as herein above provided) as shall be sufficient for Exercise and
payment of the Exercise Price of this Warrant. The Company covenants and agrees
that upon Exercise of this Warrant, all shares of Common Stock issuable upon
such Exercise shall be duly and validly issued, fully paid, nonassessable and
not subject to preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or similar rights of
any person or entity.
8. Restrictions on Transfer.
(a) Registration or Exemption Required. This Warrant and the Common Stock
issuable on Exercise hereof have not been registered under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, and may not be sold, transferred, pledged, hypothecated or
otherwise disposed of in the absence of registration or the availability of an
exemption from registration under said Act and the Holder has furnished to the
Company an opinion reasonably satisfactory to the Company to such effect. All
shares of Common Stock issued upon Exercise of this Warrant shall bear an
appropriate legend to such effect, if applicable. This Warrant may not be
exercised, and any shares of Common Stock issuable on exercise hereof may not be
transferred unless such exercise or transfer would not result in a violation of
the provisions of the Act.
(b) Assignment. Assuming the conditions of (a) above regarding registration
or exemption have been satisfied, the Holder may sell, transfer, assign, pledge
or otherwise dispose of this Warrant, in whole or in part. Holder shall deliver
a written notice to Company, substantially in the form of the Assignment
attached hereto as Exhibit B, indicating the person or persons to whom the
Warrant shall be assigned and the respective number of warrants to be assigned
to each assignee. The Company shall effect the assignment within ten days, and
shall deliver to the assignee(s) designated by Holder a Warrant or Warrants of
like tenor and terms for the appropriate number of shares.
(c) Investment Intent. The Warrant and Common Stock issuable upon
conversion
are intended to be held for investment purposes and not with an intent to
distribution, as defined in the Act.
9. Benefits of this Warrant.
Nothing in this Warrant shall be construed to confer upon any person other
than the Company and the Holder of this Warrant any legal or equitable right,
remedy or claim under this Warrant and this Warrant shall be for the sole and
exclusive benefit of the Company and the Holder of this Warrant.
10. Applicable Law.
This Warrant is issued under and shall for all purposes be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the state of Delaware, without giving
effect to conflict of law provisions thereof.
11. Loss of Warrant.
Upon receipt by the Company of evidence of the loss, theft, destruction or
mutilation of this Warrant, and (in the case of loss, theft or destruction) of
indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to the Company, and upon surrender
and cancellation of this Warrant, if mutilated, the Company shall execute and
deliver a new Warrant of like tenor and date.
12. Notice or Demands.
Notices or demands pursuant to this Warrant to be given or made by the
Holder of this Warrant to or on the Company shall be sufficiently given or
made if sent by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested,
postage prepaid, or by overnight delivery and addressed, until another
address is designated in writing by the Company, Celgene Corporation, 7
Powder Horn Drive, Warren, New Jersey 07059, attn: Secretary, Telephone
(908) 271-1001 Notices or demands pursuant to this Warrant to be given or
made by the Company to or on the Holder of this Warrant shall be
sufficiently given or made if sent by certified or registered mail, return
receipt requested, postage prepaid, or by overnight delivery and addressed,
by the Holder, Attn: Holder, address: 200 Roswell Summit, Suite 285, 1080
Holcomb Bridge Road, Roswell GA, 30076 until another address is designated
in writing by Holder.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Warrant issued to ________________________
is hereby executed and effective as of the date set forth below.
Dated as of March , 1996 CELGENE CORPORATION
By: ________________________________
Print Name: ________________________________
Title: ________________________________
EXHIBIT A
EXERCISE FORM
TO: CELGENE CORPORATION
The undersigned hereby irrevocably exercises the right to purchase
____________ of the shares of Common Stock CELGENE CORPORATION, a Delaware
corporation, evidenced by the attached Warrant, and herewith makes payment of
the Exercise Price with respect to such shares in full, all in accordance with
the conditions and provisions of said Warrant.
The undersigned agrees not to offer, sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of
any of such Common Stock, except in accordance with the provisions of Section 8
of the Warrant, and consents that the following legend may be affixed to the
stock certificates for the Common Stock hereby subscribed for, if such legend is
applicable:
"The securities represented hereby have not been registered under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), or any
provincial or state securities law, and may not be sold, transferred,
pledged, hypothecated or otherwise disposed of until either (i) a
registration statement under the Securities Act and applicable provincial
or state securities laws shall have become effective with regard thereto,
or (ii) an exemption from registration under the Securities Act or
applicable provincial or state securities laws is available in connection
with such offer, sale or transfer."
The undersigned requests that stock certificates for such shares be issued,
and a warrant representing any unexercised portion hereof be issued, pursuant to
the Warrant in the name of the Registered Holder and delivered to the
undersigned at the address set forth below:
Dated:
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Signature of Registered Holder
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Name of Registered Holder (Print)
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Address
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EXHIBIT B
ASSIGNMENT
(To be executed by the registered Holder
desiring to transfer the Warrant)
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned Holder of the attached Warrant hereby sells,
assigns and transfers unto the person or persons below named the right to
purchase _______ shares of the Common Stock of CELGENE CORPORATION evidenced by
the attached Warrant and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint
_______________________ attorney to transfer the said Warrant on the books of
the Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated: ______________________________
Signature
Fill in for new Registration of Warrant:
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Name
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Address
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Please print name and address of assignee
(including zip code number)
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NOTICE
The signature to the foregoing Exercise Form or Assignment must correspond to
the name as written upon the face of the attached Warrant in every particular,
without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever.
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