EXHIBIT 10.67
THIS WARRANT AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE 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 OR EXERCISED 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.
AN INVESTMENT IN THESE SECURITIES INVOLVES A HIGH DEGREE OF RISK. HOLDERS MUST
RELY ON THEIR OWN ANALYSIS OF THE INVESTMENT AND ASSESSMENT OF THE RISKS
INVOLVED.
Warrant to Purchase
750,000 shares
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WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK
OF
TECHNICLONE CORPORATION
THIS CERTIFIES that SWARTZ PRIVATE EQUITY, LLC or any subsequent holder
hereof pursuant to Section 8 hereof ("Holder"), has the right to purchase from
TECHNICLONE CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), up to 750,000
fully paid and nonassessable shares of the Company's common stock, $.01 par
value per share ("Common Stock"), subject to adjustment as provided herein, at a
price equal to the Exercise Price as defined in Section 3 below, at any time
beginning on the Date of Issuance (defined below) and ending at 5:00 p.m., New
York, New York time the date that is five (5) years after the Date of Issuance
(the "Exercise Period").
Holder agrees with the Company that this Warrant to Purchase Common
Stock of TECHNICLONE CORPORATION (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 AND TERM.
This Warrant shall be deemed to be issued on November 19, 1999 ("Date
of Issuance"). The term of this Warrant is five (5) years from the Date of
Issuance.
2. EXERCISE.
(a) MANNER OF EXERCISE. During the Exercise Period, this Warrant may
be exercised as to all or any lesser number of full shares of Common Stock
covered hereby (the "Warrant Shares") upon surrender of this Warrant, with the
Exercise Form attached hereto as EXHIBIT A (the "Exercise Form") duly completed
and executed, together with the full Exercise Price (as defined below) for each
share of Common Stock as to which this Warrant is exercised, at the office of
the Company, 14282 Franklin Avenue, Tustin, CA, 92780, Attention: John N.
Bonfiglio, Interim President, Telephone No. (714) 508-6000, Telecopy No. (714)
838-4094, or at such other office or agency as the Company may designate in
writing, by overnight mail, with an advance copy of the Exercise Form sent to
the Company and its Transfer Agent 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 completed and executed Exercise
Form is sent by facsimile to the Company, provided that the original Warrant and
Exercise Form are received by the Company as soon as practicable thereafter.
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 the
Exercise of this Warrant, and, as soon as practical after the Date of Exercise,
Holder shall be entitled to receive Common Stock for the number of shares
purchased upon such Exercise of this Warrant, and if this Warrant is not
exercised in full, Holder shall be entitled to receive a new Warrant (containing
terms identical to this Warrant) representing any unexercised portion of this
Warrant in addition to such Common Stock.
(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 be the
Holder of record of such shares on the Date of Exercise of this Warrant,
irrespective of the date of delivery of the Common Stock purchased upon the
Exercise of this Warrant. Nothing in this Warrant shall be construed as
conferring upon Holder any rights as a stockholder of the Company.
3. PAYMENT OF WARRANT EXERCISE PRICE.
The Exercise Price per share ("Exercise Price") shall initially equal
$0.46875 (the "Initial Exercise Price"). If the average Closing Bid Price of the
Company's Common Stock for the five (5) trading days immediately preceding the
date, if any, that the Company and Swartz Private Equity, LLC enter into an
Investment Agreement ("Investment Agreement") pursuant to the Letter of
Agreement between the Company and Swartz Private Equity, LLC dated on or about
November 5, 1999 (the "Closing Market Price") is less than the Initial Exercise
Price, the Exercise Price shall be reset to equal the Closing Market Price, or,
if the Date of Exercise is more than six (6) months after the Date of Issuance,
the Exercise Price shall be reset to equal the lesser of (i) the Exercise Price
then in effect, or (ii) the "Lowest Reset Price," as that term is defined below.
The Company shall calculate a "Reset Price" on each six-month anniversary date
of the Date of Issuance which shall equal one hundred percent (100%) of the
average Closing Bid Price of the Company's Common Stock for the five (5) trading
days ending on such six-month anniversary date of the Date of Issuance. The
"Lowest Reset Price" shall equal the lowest Reset Price determined on any
six-month anniversary date of the Date of Issuance preceding the Date of
Exercise, taking into account, as appropriate, any adjustments made pursuant to
Section 5 hereof.
Payment of the Exercise Price may be made by either of the following,
or a combination thereof, at the election of Holder:
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(i) CASH EXERCISE: cash, bank or cashiers check or wire transfer; or
(ii) CASHLESS EXERCISE: The Holder, at its option, may exercise this
Warrant in a cashless exercise transaction under this subsection (ii) if and
only if, on the Date of Exercise, there is not then in effect a current
registration statement that covers the resale of the shares of Common Stock to
be issued upon exercise of this Warrant . In order to effect a Cashless
Exercise, the Holder shall surrender 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 Bid 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
O.T.C. Bulletin Board, National Association of Securities
Dealers Automated Quotation System ("Nasdaq") Small Cap
Market, or if the Common Stock is not traded on the Nasdaq
Small Cap Market, the Average Closing Price in any other
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 for the five (5)
trading days prior to the date of exercise of the Warrants. 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.
For purposes hereof, the term "Closing Bid Price" shall mean the
closing bid price of the Company's common stock on the O.T.C. Bulletin Board,
the National Market System ("NMS"), the New York Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq
Small Cap Market, or if no longer traded on the O.T.C. Bulletin Board, the NMS,
the New York Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq Small Cap Market, the "Closing Bid
Price" shall equal the closing price on the principal national securities
exchange or the over-the-counter system on which the Common Stock is so traded
and, if not available, the mean of the high and low prices on the principal
national securities exchange on which the Common Stock is so traded.
For purposes of Rule 144 and sub-section (d)(3)(ii) thereof, it is
intended, understood and acknowledged that the Common Stock issuable upon
exercise of this Warrant in a cashless exercise transaction shall be deemed to
have been acquired at the time this Warrant was issued. Moreover, it is
intended, understood and acknowledged that the holding period for the Common
Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant in a cashless exercise transaction
shall be deemed to have commenced on the date this Warrant was issued.
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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
completed and 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 Holder shall be entitled to receive a new Warrant as to
the portion hereof retained.
(b) REGISTRABLE SECURITIES. In addition to any other registration
rights of the Holder, if the Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant
is not registered for resale at the time the Company proposes to register
(including for this purpose a registration effected by the Company for
stockholders other than the Holders) any of its Common Stock under the Act
(other than a registration relating solely for the sale of securities to
participants in a Company stock plan or a registration on Form S-4 promulgated
under the Act or any successor or similar form registering stock issuable upon a
reclassification, upon a business combination involving an exchange of
securities or upon an exchange offer for securities of the issuer or another
entity)(a "Piggyback Registration Statement"), the Company shall cause to be
included in such Piggyback Registration Statement ("Piggyback Registration") all
of the Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant ("Registrable
Securities") to the extent such inclusion does not violate the registration
rights of any other securityholder of the Company granted prior to the date
hereof. Nothing herein shall prevent the Company from withdrawing or abandoning
the Piggyback Registration Statement prior to its effectiveness.
(c) LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS TO REGISTER UNDER A PIGGYBACK
REGISTRATION. In the case of a Piggyback Registration pursuant to an
underwritten public offering by the Company, if the managing underwriter
determines and advises in writing that the inclusion in the registration
statement of all Registrable Securities proposed to be included would interfere
with the successful marketing of the securities proposed to be registered by the
Company, then the number of such Registrable Securities to be included in the
Piggyback Registration Statement, to the extent such Registrable Securities may
be included in such Piggyback Registration Statement, shall be allocated among
all Holders who had requested Piggyback Registration pursuant to the terms
hereof, in the proportion that the number of Registrable Securities which each
such Holder seeks to register bears to the total number of Registrable
Securities sought to be included by all Holders. If required by the managing
underwriter of such an underwritten public offering, the Holders shall enter
into a reasonable agreement limiting the number of Registrable Securities to be
included in such Piggyback Registration Statement and the terms, if any,
regarding the future sale of such Registrable Securities.
5. ANTI-DILUTION ADJUSTMENTS.
(a) STOCK DIVIDEND. If the Company shall at any time declare a
dividend payable in shares of Common Stock, then Holder, 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.
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(b) RECAPITALIZATION OR RECLASSIFICATION.
(i) STOCK SPLIT. 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 number of shares (a "Stock Split"), then upon the
effective date thereof, the number of shares of Common Stock which Holder shall
be entitled to purchase upon Exercise of this Warrant shall be increased in
direct proportion to the increase in the number of shares of Common Stock by
reason of such recapitalization, reclassification or similar transaction, and
the Exercise Price shall be proportionally decreased.
(ii) REVERSE STOCK SPLIT. 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 SMALLER number of shares (a "Reverse Stock Split"), then upon
the effective date thereof, the number of shares of Common Stock which Holder
shall be entitled to purchase upon Exercise of this Warrant shall be decreased
by reason of such recapitalization, reclassification or similar transaction,
provided, however that the Exercise Price shall be proportionally increased. The
Company shall give Holder the same notice it provides to holders of Common Stock
of any transaction described in this Section 5(b).
(c) DISTRIBUTIONS. If the Company shall at any time distribute for
no consideration 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 years) then,
in any such case, Holder 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 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 of Directors of the Company in its discretion) and the denominator of
which is such Exercise Price.
(d) NOTICE OF CONSOLIDATION OR MERGER. In the event of a merger,
consolidation, exchange of shares, recapitalization, reorganization, or other
similar event, as a result of which shares of Common Stock shall be changed into
the same or a different number of shares of the same or another class or classes
of stock or securities or other assets of the Company or another entity or there
is a sale of all or substantially all the Company's assets (a "Corporate
Change"), then this Warrant shall be exerciseable into such class and type of
securities or other assets as Holder would have received had Holder exercised
this Warrant immediately prior to such Corporate Change; provided, however, that
Company may not affect any Corporate Change unless it first shall have given
thirty (30) days notice to Holder hereof of any Corporate Change.
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(e) EXERCISE PRICE ADJUSTED. As used in this Warrant, the term
"Exercise Price" shall mean the purchase price per share specified in Section 3
of 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 under this Section 5 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.
(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, Holder 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,
Holder may purchase only a whole number of shares of Common Stock. If, on
Exercise of this Warrant, Holder would be entitled to 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 exercise 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 the Exercise of
this Warrant and payment of the Exercise Price. The Company covenants and agrees
that upon the 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 has been issued
in a transaction exempt from the registration requirements of the Act by virtue
of Regulation D and exempt from state registration under applicable state laws.
The Warrant and the Common Stock issuable upon the Exercise of this Warrant may
not be pledged, transferred, sold or assigned except pursuant to an effective
registration statement or unless the Company has received an opinion from the
Company's counsel to the effect that such registration is not required, or the
Holder has furnished to the Company an opinion of the Holder's counsel, which
counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that such
registration is not required; the transfer complies with any applicable state
securities laws; and, if no registration covering the resale of the Warrant
Shares is effective at the time the Warrant Shares are issued, the Holder
consents to a legend being placed on certificates for the Warrant Shares stating
that the securities have not been registered under the Securities Act and
referring to such restrictions on transferability and sale.
(b) ASSIGNMENT. If Holder can provide the Company with reasonably
satisfactory evidence that the conditions of (a) above regarding registration or
exemption have been satisfied, 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 (10) 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.
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9. BENEFITS OF THIS WARRANT.
Nothing in this Warrant shall be construed to confer upon any person
other than the Company and Holder 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 Holder.
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
Holder to or on the Company shall be sufficiently given or made if sent by
certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, and
addressed, until another address is designated in writing by the Company, 14282
Franklin Avenue, Tustin, CA, 92780, Attention: John N. Bonfiglio, Interim
President, Telephone No. (714) 508-6000, Telecopy No. (714) 838-4094. Notices or
demands pursuant to this Warrant to be given or made by the Company to or on
Holder shall be sufficiently given or made if sent by certified or registered
mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, and addressed, to the address
of Holder set forth in the Company's records, until another address is
designated in writing by Holder.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Warrant as of
the 19TH day of November, 1999.
TECHNICLONE CORPORATION
By: /S/ JOHN N. BONFIGLIO
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John N. Bonfiglio, Interim President
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EXHIBIT A
EXERCISE FORM FOR WARRANT
TO: TECHNICLONE CORPORATION
The undersigned hereby irrevocably exercises the right to purchase
____________ of the shares of Common Stock (the "Common Stock") of TECHNICLONE
CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), evidenced by the attached
warrant (the "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.
1. The undersigned agrees not to offer, sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of
any of the Common Stock obtained on exercise of the Warrant, except in
accordance with the provisions of Section 8(a) of the Warrant.
2. The undersigned requests that stock certificates for such shares be issued
free of any restrictive legend, if appropriate, and a warrant representing any
unexercised portion hereof be issued, pursuant to the Warrant in the name of the
undersigned and delivered to the undersigned at the address set forth below:
Dated: ____________
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Signature
________________________________________________________________________________
Print Name
________________________________________________________________________________
Address
________________________________________________________________________________
NOTICE
The signature to the foregoing Exercise Form 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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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 (the
"Warrant") hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto the person or persons below
named the right to purchase _______ shares of the Common Stock of TECHNICLONE
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:
___________________________________
Name
___________________________________
Address
___________________________________
Please print name and address of assignee
(including zip code number)
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NOTICE
The signature to the foregoing 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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