EXHIBIT 4.4
OH&S DRAFT
6/10/97
[Form of Warrant Agreement Subject to Additional Review]
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DEPOMED, INC.
AND
CONTINENTAL STOCK TRANSFER AND TRUST COMPANY
AND
NATIONAL SECURITIES CORPORATION
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WARRANT AGREEMENT
DATED AS OF ___________ __, 1997
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AGREEMENT, dated this ____ day of __________, 1997, by and among DEPOMED,
INC., a California corporation (the "Company"), CONTINENTAL STOCK TRANSFER AND
TRUST COMPANY, as Warrant Agent (the "Warrant Agent") and NATIONAL SECURITIES
CORPORATION ("National" or the "Representative").
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, in connection with (i) the offering to the public of up to
2,500,000 shares of Common Stock (as defined in Section 1) and 1,250,000
redeemable common stock purchase warrants (the "Warrants"), each warrant
entitling the holder thereof to purchase one additional share of Common Stock,
(ii) the over-allotment option to purchase up to an additional 375,000 shares of
Common Stock and/or 187,500 Warrants (the "Over-allotment Option"), and (iii)
the sale to National of warrants (the "Representative's Warrants") to purchase
up to 250,000 shares of Common Stock and/or 125,000 Warrants, the Company will
issue up to 1,562,500 Warrants (subject to increase as provided in the
Representative's Warrant Agreement); and
WHEREAS, the Company desires to provide for the issuance of certificates
representing the Warrants; 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, National, 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
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the following meanings, unless the context shall otherwise require:
(a) "Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
(b) "Common Stock" shall mean the authorized stock of the
Company of any class, whether now or hereafter authorized, which has the right
to participate in the voting and in the distribution of earnings and assets of
the Company without limit as to amount or percentage.
(c) "Commission" shall mean the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
(d) "Corporate Office shall mean the office of the Warrant
Agent (or its successor) at which at any particular time its business in New
York, New York, shall be administered, which office is located on the date
hereof at 2 Broadway.
(e) "Exchange Act" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended.
(f) "Exercise Date" shall mean, subject to the provisions of
Section 5(b) hereof, as to any Warrant, the date on which the Warrant Agent
shall have received both (i) 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 (ii) payment in cash
or by official bank or certified check made payable to the Warrant Agent for
the account of the Company, of the amount in lawful money of the United States
of America equal to the applicable Purchase Price (as hereinafter defined) in
good funds.
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(g) "Initial Public Offering Price" shall mean $________
[initial public offering price of the Common Stock].
(h) "Initial Warrant Exercise Date" shall mean _____________
__, 1998 [12 months from the effective date of the Registration Statement].
(i) "Initial Warrant Redemption Date" shall mean
_______________ __, 1998 [18 months from the effective date of the
Registration Statement].
(j) "NASD" shall mean the National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc.
(k) "Nasdaq" shall mean the Nasdaq Stock Market.
(l) "Purchase Price" shall mean, subject to modification and
adjustment as provided in Section 8, $_____ [140% of the initial public
offering price of the Common Stock] and further subject to the Company's
right, in its sole discretion, to decrease the Purchase Price for a period of
not less than 30 days on not less than 30 days' prior written notice to the
Registered Holders and National.
(m) "Redemption Date" shall mean the date (which may not
occur before the Initial Warrant Redemption Date) fixed for the redemption of
the Warrants in accordance with the terms hereof.
(n) "Redemption Price" shall mean the price at which the
Company may, at its option, redeem the Warrants, in accordance with the terms
hereof, which price shall be $0.10 per Warrant, subject to adjustment from
time to time pursuant to the provisions of Section 9 hereof.
(o) "Registered Holder" shall mean the person in whose name any
certificate representing the Warrants shall be registered on the books
maintained by the Warrant Agent pursuant to Section 6.
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(p) "Transfer Agent" shall mean Continental Stock Transfer and
Trust Company, or its authorized successor.
(q) "Underwriting Agreement" shall mean the underwriting
agreement dated ______________ __, 1997 [the date of the Prospectus] between
the Company and the several underwriters listed therein relating to the
purchase for resale to the public of the 2,500,000 shares of Common Stock and
1,250,000 Warrants.
(r) "Representative's Warrant Agreement" shall mean the
agreement dated as of _______________ __, 1997 [the date of the Prospectus]
between the Company and National relating to and governing the terms and
provisions of the Representative's Warrants.
(s) "Warrant Certificate" shall mean a certificate
representing each of the Warrants substantially in the form annexed hereto as
Exhibit A.
(t) "Warrant Expiration Date" shall mean, unless the Warrants
are redeemed as provided in Section 9 hereof prior to such date, 5:30 p.m.
(New York time), on ______________ __, 2002 [60 months after the date of the
Prospectus], or the Redemption Date as defined herein, whichever date is
earlier; provided that if such date shall in the State of New York be a
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holiday or a day on which banks are authorized to close, then 5:30 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 five business
days' prior written notice to the Registered Holders, the Company shall have
the right to extend the Warrant Expiration Date.
SECTION 2. Warrants and Issuance of Warrant Certificates.
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(a) Each Warrant shall initially entitle the Registered
Holder of the Warrant Certificate representing such Warrant to purchase at the
Purchase Price therefor from the Initial Warrant Exercise Date until the
Warrant Expiration Date one share of Common Stock upon the
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exercise thereof in accordance with the terms hereof, subject to modification
and adjustment as provided in Section 8.
(b) Upon execution of this Agreement, Warrant Certificates
representing the number of Warrants sold pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement
(subject to modification and adjustment as provided in Section 8) shall be
executed by the Company and delivered to the Warrant Agent.
(c) Upon exercise of the Representative's Warrants as provided
therein, Warrant Certificates representing all or a portion of 125,000 Warrants
to purchase up to an aggregate of 125,000 shares of Common Stock (subject to
modification and adjustment as provided in Section 8 hereof and in the
Representative's Warrant Agreement), shall be countersigned, issued and
delivered by the Warrant Agent upon written order of the Company signed by its
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, President or a Vice President
and by its Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer or its Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary.
(d) From time to time, up to the Warrant Expiration Date or the
Redemption Date, whichever date is earlier, the Warrant Agent shall countersign
and deliver Warrant Certificates in required denominations of one or whole
number multiples thereof to the person entitled thereto in connection with any
transfer or exchange permitted under this Agreement. Except as provided herein,
no Warrant Certificates shall be issued except (i) Warrant Certificates
initially issued hereunder and those issued on or after the Initial Warrant
Exercise Date, upon the exercise of fewer than all Warrants held by the
exercising Registered Holder, (ii) Warrant Certificates issued upon any transfer
or exchange of Warrants, (iii) Warrant Certificates issued in replacement of
lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Warrant Certificates pursuant to Section 7,
(iv) Warrant Certificates issued pursuant to the Representative's Warrant
Agreement, and (v) at the option of the Company, Warrant
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Certificates in such form as may be approved by its Board of Directors, to
reflect any adjustment or change in the Purchase Price, the number of shares of
Common Stock purchasable upon exercise of the Warrants or the Redemption Price
therefor made pursuant to Section 8 hereof.
SECTION 3. Form and Execution of Warrant Certificates.
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(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 or
engraved 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 letter W on the
Warrants.
(b) Warrant Certificates shall be executed on behalf of the
Company by its Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, President or
any Vice President and by its Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer or 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. Warrant Certificates shall be manually countersigned by
the Warrant Agent and shall not be valid for any purpose unless so
countersigned. 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 or before countersignature by
the Warrant Agent and issue and delivery thereof, such Warrant Certificates,
nevertheless, may be countersigned by the Warrant
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Agent, 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 countersignature by the Warrant Agent, Warrant Certificates
shall be delivered by the Warrant Agent to the Registered Holder promptly and
without further action by the Company, except as otherwise provided by Section
4(a) hereof.
SECTION 4. Exercise.
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(a) Warrants in denominations of one or whole number
multiples thereof may be exercised by the Registered Holder thereof commencing
at any time on or after the Initial Warrant Exercise Date, but not after the
Warrant Expiration Date, upon the terms and subject to the conditions 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. If Warrants in denominations other than whole number multiples thereof
shall be exercised at one time by the same Registered Holder, the number of
full shares of Common Stock which shall be issuable upon exercise thereof
shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate number of full shares of
Common Stock issuable upon such exercise. As soon as practicable on or after
the Exercise Date and in any event within five business days after such date,
if one or more Warrants have been exercised, the Warrant Agent on behalf of
the Company shall cause to be issued to the person or persons entitled to
receive the same a Common Stock certificate or certificates for the shares of
Common Stock deliverable upon such exercise, and the Warrant Agent shall
deliver the same to the person or persons entitled thereto. Upon the exercise
of any one or more Warrants, the Warrant Agent shall promptly notify the
Company in writing of such fact and of the number of securities delivered upon
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such exercise and, subject to subsection (b) below, shall cause all payments of
an amount in cash or by check made payable to the order of the Company, equal to
the Purchase Price, to be deposited promptly in the Company's bank account.
(b) At any time upon the exercise of any Warrants after one year and
one day from the date hereof, the Warrant Agent shall, on a daily basis, within
two business days after such exercise, notify National of the exercise of any
such Warrants and shall, on a weekly basis (subject to collection of funds
constituting the tendered Purchase Price, but in no event later than five
business days after the last day of the calendar week in which such funds were
tendered), remit to National an amount equal to five percent (5%) of the
Purchase Price of such Warrants then being exercised unless National shall have
notified the Warrant Agent that the payment of such amount with respect to such
Warrant is violative of the General Rules and Regulations promulgated under the
Exchange Act, or the rules and regulations of the NASD or applicable state
securities or "blue sky" laws, or the Warrants are those underlying the
Representative's Warrants in which event, the Warrant Agent shall remit the full
Purchase Price to the Company; provided, that the Warrant Agent shall not be
obligated to pay any amounts pursuant to this Section 4(b) during any week that
such amounts payable are less than $1,000 and the Warrant Agent's obligation to
make such payments shall be suspended until the amount payable aggregates
$1,000, and provided further, that, in any event, any such payment (regardless
of amount) shall be made not less frequently than monthly. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, National shall be entitled to receive the commission contemplated by
this Section 4(b) as Warrant solicitation agent only if: (i) National has
provided actual services in connection with the solicitation of the exercise of
a Warrant by a Registered Holder and (ii) the Registered Holder exercising a
Warrant affirmatively designates in writing on the exercise form on
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the reverse side of the Warrant Certificate that the exercise of such Registered
Holder's Warrant was solicited by National.
(c) The Company shall not be required to issue fractional shares on
the exercise of Warrants. Warrants may only be exercised in such multiples as
are required to permit the issuance by the Company of one or more whole shares.
If one or more Warrants shall be presented for exercise in full at the same time
by the same Registered Holder, the number of whole shares which shall be
issuable upon such exercise thereof shall be computed on the basis of the
aggregate number of shares purchasable on exercise of the Warrants so presented.
If any fraction of a share would, except for the provisions provided herein, be
issuable on the exercise of any Warrant (or specified portion thereof), the
Company shall pay an amount in cash equal to such fraction multiplied by the
then current market value of a share of Common Stock, determined as follows:
(1) If the Common Stock is listed, or admitted to unlisted trading
privileges on a national securities exchange, or is traded on Nasdaq, the
current market value of a share of Common Stock shall be the closing sale price
of the Common Stock at the end of the regular trading session on the last
business day prior to the date of exercise of the Warrants on whichever of such
exchanges or Nasdaq had the highest average daily trading volume for the Common
Stock on such day; or
(2) If the Common Stock is not listed or admitted to unlisted trading
privileges on any national securities exchange, or listed, quoted or reported
for trading on Nasdaq, but is traded in the over-the-counter market, the current
market value of a share of Common Stock shall be the average of the last
reported bid and asked prices of the Common Stock reported by the National
Quotation Bureau, Inc. on the last business day prior to the date of exercise of
the Warrants; or
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(3) If the Common Stock is not listed, admitted to unlisted trading
privileges on any national securities exchange, or listed, quoted or reported
for trading on Nasdaq, and bid and asked prices of the Common Stock are not
reported by the National Quotation Bureau, Inc., the current market value of a
share of Common Stock shall be an amount, not less than the book value thereof
as of the end of the most recently completed fiscal quarter of the Company
ending prior to the date of exercise, determined by the members of the Board of
Directors of the Company exercising good faith and using customary valuation
methods.
SECTION 5. Reservation of Shares; Listing; Payment of Taxes; etc.
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(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 shall, at the time of delivery thereof, be duly and
validly issued and fully paid and nonassessable and free from all preemptive
or similar rights, taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issue thereof,
and that upon issuance such shares shall be listed on each securities
exchange, if any, on which the other shares of outstanding Common Stock of the
Company are then listed.
(b) The Company covenants that if any securities to be
reserved for the purpose of exercise of Warrants hereunder require
registration with, or approval of, any governmental authority under any
federal securities law before such securities may be validly issued or
delivered upon such exercise, then the Company will file a registration
statement under the federal securities laws or a post-effective amendment, use
its best efforts to cause the same to become effective and to keep such
registration statement current while any of the Warrants are outstanding
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and deliver a prospectus which complies with Section 10(a)(3) of the Act, to the
Registered Holder exercising the Warrant (except, if in the opinion of counsel
to the Company, such registration is not required under the federal securities
law or if the Company receives a letter from the staff of the Commission stating
that it would not take any enforcement action if such registration is not
effected). The Company will use its best efforts to obtain appropriate
approvals or registrations under state "blue sky" securities laws with respect
to any such securities. 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 of Common
Stock upon exercise of the Warrants; provided, however, that if 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 as the
Transfer Agent to requisition from time to time certificates representing
shares of Common Stock or other securities required upon exercise of the
Warrants, and the Company will comply with all such requisitions.
SECTION 6. Exchange and Registration of Transfer.
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(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. 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
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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 customary
practice. Upon due presentment for registration of transfer of any Warrant
Certificate at such 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
of the same class.
(c) With respect to all Warrant Certificates presented for
registration of transfer, or for exchange or exercise, the subscription or
exercise form, as the case may be, 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 and the Warrant Agent, duly
executed by the Registered Holder thereof or his attorney-in-fact duly
authorized in writing.
(d) A service charge may be imposed by the Warrant Agent for any
exchange or registration of transfer of Warrant Certificates. In addition, 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.
(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
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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
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Warrant Agent of evidence satisfactory to them of the ownership of and the loss,
theft, destruction or mutilation of any Warrant Certificate and (in the case of
loss, theft or destruction) of indemnity satisfactory to them, and (in 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 the
Warrant Agent that a new Warrant Certificate has been acquired by a bona fide
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 also 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
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Stock Deliverable.
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(a) Except as hereinafter provided, in the event the Company
shall, at any time or from time to time after the date hereof and until
_________, 1999 [two years after the effective date of the Registration
Statement], issue or sell any shares of Common Stock for a consideration per
share less than the Initial Public Offering Price of the Common Stock or issue
any shares of Common Stock as a stock dividend to the holders of Common Stock,
or subdivide or combine the outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater
or lesser number of shares (any such issuance, subdivision or combination
being herein called a "Change of Shares"), then, and thereafter upon each
further Change of Shares, the Purchase Price for the Warrants (whether or not
the same shall be
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issued and outstanding) in effect immediately prior to such Change of Shares
shall be changed to a price (including any applicable fraction of a cent to the
nearest cent) determined by dividing (i) the sum of (a) the total number of
shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such Change of Shares,
multiplied by the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such Change of
Shares and (b) the consideration, if any, received by the Company upon such
sale, issuance, subdivision or combination, by (ii) the total number of shares
of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such Change of Shares; provided,
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however, that in no event shall the Purchase Price be adjusted pursuant to this
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computation to an amount in excess of the Purchase Price in effect immediately
prior to such computation, except in the case of a combination of outstanding
shares of Common Stock.
For the purposes of any adjustment to be made in accordance with this
Section 8(a), the following provisions shall be applicable:
(A) In case of the issuance or sale of shares of Common Stock (or of
other securities deemed hereunder to involve the issuance or sale of shares of
Common Stock) for a consideration part or all of which shall be cash, the amount
of the cash portion of the consideration therefor deemed to have been received
by the Company shall be (i) the subscription price, if shares of Common Stock
are offered by the Company for subscription, or (ii) the public offering price
(before deducting therefrom any compensation paid or discount allowed in the
sale, underwriting or purchase thereof by underwriters or dealers or others
performing similar services, or any expenses incurred in connection therewith),
if such securities are sold to underwriters or dealers for public offering
without a subscription offering, or (iii) the gross amount of cash actually
received by the Company for such securities, in any other case.
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(B) In case of the issuance or sale (otherwise than as a dividend or
other distribution on any stock of the Company, and otherwise than on the
exercise of options, rights or warrants or the conversion or exchange of
convertible or exchangeable securities) of shares of Common Stock (or of other
securities deemed hereunder to involve the issuance or sale of shares of Common
Stock) for a consideration part or all of which shall be other than cash, the
amount of the consideration therefor other than cash deemed to have been
received by the Company shall be the value of such consideration as determined
in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company, using customary
valuation methods and on the basis of prevailing market values for similar
property or services.
(C) Shares of Common Stock issuable by way of dividend or other
distribution on any stock of the Company shall be deemed to have been issued
immediately after the opening of business on the day following the record date
for the determination of shareholders entitled to receive such dividend or other
distribution and shall be deemed to have been issued without consideration.
(D) The reclassification of securities of the Company other than
shares of Common Stock into securities including shares of Common Stock shall be
deemed to involve the issuance of such shares of Common Stock for a
consideration other than cash immediately prior to the close of business on the
date fixed for the determination of security holders entitled to receive such
shares, and the value of the consideration allocable to such shares of Common
Stock shall be determined as provided in subsection (B) of this Section 8(a).
(E) The number of shares of Common Stock at any one time outstanding
shall be deemed to include the aggregate maximum number of shares issuable
(subject to readjustment upon the actual issuance thereof) upon the exercise of
options, rights or warrants and upon the conversion or exchange of convertible
or exchangeable securities.
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(b) Upon each adjustment of the Purchase Price pursuant to this
Section 8, the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable upon the exercise of
each Warrant shall be the number derived by multiplying the number of shares of
Common Stock purchasable immediately prior to such adjustment by the Purchase
Price in effect prior to such adjustment and dividing the product so obtained by
the applicable adjusted Purchase Price.
(c) In case the Company shall at any time after the date hereof until
_________, 1999 [two years after the effective date of the Registration
Statement] issue options, rights or warrants to subscribe for shares of Common
Stock, or issue any securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of
Common Stock, for a consideration per share (determined as provided in Sections
8(a) and 8(b) and as provided below) less than the Initial Public Offering Price
of the Common Stock, or without consideration (including the issuance of any
such securities by way of dividend or other distribution), the Purchase Price
for the Warrants (whether or not the same shall be issued and outstanding) in
effect immediately prior to the issuance of such options, rights or warrants, or
such convertible or exchangeable securities, as the case may be, shall be
reduced to a price determined by making the computation in accordance with the
provisions of Sections 8(a) and 8(b) hereof, provided that:
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(A) The aggregate maximum number of shares of Common Stock, as the
case may be, issuable or that may become issuable under such options, rights or
warrants (assuming exercise in full even if not then currently exercisable or
currently exercisable in full) shall be deemed to be issued and outstanding at
the time such options, rights or warrants were issued, for a consideration equal
to the minimum purchase price per share provided for in such options, rights or
warrants at the time of issuance, plus the consideration, if any, received by
the Company for such options, rights or warrants; provided, however, that upon
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the expiration or other termination of such
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options, rights or warrants, if any thereof shall not have been exercised, the
number of shares of Common Stock deemed to be issued and outstanding pursuant to
this subsection (A) (and for the purposes of subsection (E) of Section 8(a)
hereof) shall be reduced by the number of shares as to which options, warrants
and/or rights shall have expired, and such number of shares shall no longer be
deemed to be issued and outstanding, and the Purchase Price then in effect shall
forthwith be readjusted and thereafter be the price that it would have been had
adjustment been made on the basis of the issuance only of the shares actually
issued plus the shares remaining issuable upon the exercise of those options,
rights or warrants as to which the exercise rights shall not have expired or
terminated unexercised.
(B) The aggregate maximum number of shares of Common Stock issuable or
that may become issuable upon conversion or exchange of any convertible or
exchangeable securities (assuming conversion or exchange in full even if not
then currently convertible or exchangeable in full) shall be deemed to be issued
and outstanding at the time of issuance of such securities, for a consideration
equal to the consideration received by the Company for such securities, plus the
minimum consideration, if any, receivable by the Company upon the conversion or
exchange thereof; provided, however, that upon the termination of the right to
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convert or exchange such convertible or exchangeable securities (whether by
reason of redemption or otherwise), the number of shares of Common Stock deemed
to be issued and outstanding pursuant to this subsection (B) (and for the
purposes of subsection (E) of Section 8(a) hereof) shall be reduced by the
number of shares as to which the conversion or exchange rights shall have
expired or terminated unexercised, and such number of shares shall no longer be
deemed to be issued and outstanding, and the Purchase Price then in effect shall
forthwith be readjusted and thereafter be the price that it would have been had
adjustment been made on the basis of the issuance only of the shares actually
issued plus the shares
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remaining issuable upon conversion or exchange of those convertible or
exchangeable securities as to which the conversion or exchange rights shall not
have expired or terminated unexercised.
(C) If any change shall occur in the price per share provided for in
any of the options, rights or warrants referred to in subsection (A) of this
Section 8(c), or in the price per share or ratio at which the securities
referred to in subsection (B) of this Section 8(c) are convertible or
exchangeable, such options, rights or warrants or conversion or exchange rights,
as the case may be, to the extent not theretofore exercised, shall be deemed to
have expired or terminated on the date when such price change became effective
in respect of shares not theretofore issued pursuant to the exercise or
conversion or exchange thereof, and the Company shall be deemed to have issued
upon such date new options, rights or warrants or convertible or exchangeable
securities.
(d) In case of any reclassification or change of outstanding shares of
Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants (other than a change in par
value, or from par value to no par value, or from no par value to par value or
as a result of a subdivision or combination), or in case of any consolidation or
merger of the Company with or into another corporation (other than (1) a merger
with a subsidiary of the Company in which merger the Company is the continuing
corporation or (2) any consolidation or merger of the Company with or into
another corporation which, in either instance, does not result in any
reclassification or change of the then outstanding shares of Common Stock or
other capital stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants (other than a change
in par value, or from par value to no par value, or from no par value to par
value or as a result of subdivision or combination)) or in case of any sale or
conveyance to another corporation of the property of the Company as an entirety
or substantially as an entirety, then, as a condition of such reclassification,
change, consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance, the Company, or such
successor or purchasing corporation, as the case may be, shall make lawful and
adequate provision
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whereby the Registered Holder of each Warrant then outstanding shall have the
right thereafter to receive on exercise of such Warrant the kind and amount of
securities and property receivable upon such reclassification, change,
consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance by a holder of the number of
securities issuable upon exercise of such Warrant immediately prior to such
reclassification, change, consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance and shall
forthwith file at the Corporate Office of the Warrant Agent a statement signed
by its Chief Executive Officer, President or a Vice President and by its
Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer or its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary
evidencing such provision. Such provisions shall include provision for
adjustments which shall be as nearly equivalent as may be practicable to the
adjustments provided for in Sections 8(a), (b) and (c). The above provisions of
this Section 8(d) shall similarly apply to successive reclassifications and
changes of shares of Common Stock and to successive consolidations, mergers,
sales or conveyances.
(e) Irrespective of any adjustments or changes in the Purchase Price
or the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable upon exercise of the
Warrants, the Warrant Certificates theretofore and thereafter issued shall,
unless the Company shall exercise its option to issue new Warrant Certificates
pursuant to Section 2(e) hereof, continue to express the Purchase Price per
share and the number of shares purchasable thereunder as the Purchase Price per
share and the number of shares purchasable thereunder were expressed in the
Warrant Certificates when the same were originally issued.
(f) After each adjustment of the Purchase Price pursuant to this
Section 8, the Company will promptly prepare a certificate signed by the
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer or President, and by the Treasurer or an
Assistant Treasurer or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, of the Company
setting forth: (i) the Purchase Price as so adjusted, (ii) the number of shares
of Common Stock purchasable upon exercise of each Warrant, after such
adjustment, and (iii) a brief
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statement of the facts accounting for such adjustment. The Company will
promptly file such certificate with the Warrant Agent and cause a brief summary
thereof to be sent by ordinary first class mail to each Registered Holder at his
last address as it shall appear on the registry books of the Warrant Agent. No
failure to mail such notice nor any defect therein or in the mailing thereof
shall affect the validity thereof except as to the holder to whom the Company
failed to mail such notice, or except as to the holder whose notice was
defective. The affidavit of an officer of the Warrant Agent or the Secretary or
an Assistant Secretary of the Company that such notice has been mailed shall, in
the absence of fraud, be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.
(g) No adjustment of the Purchase Price shall be made as a result of
or in connection with (A) the issuance or sale of shares of Common Stock
pursuant to options, warrants, stock purchase agreements and convertible or
exchangeable securities outstanding or in effect on the date hereof and on the
terms described in the final prospectus relating to the public offering
contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement; (B) stock options to be granted
under the Company's 1995 Stock Option Plan to employees; (C) shares of Common
Stock, options or warrants issued to outside parties in connection with
strategic alliances, joint ventures or other corporate partnerships with the
Company, or (D) the issuance or sale of shares of Common Stock if the amount of
said adjustment shall be less than $.10, provided, however, that in such case,
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any adjustment that would otherwise be required then to be made shall be carried
forward and shall be made at the time of and together with the next subsequent
adjustment that shall amount, together with any adjustment so carried forward,
to at least $.10. In addition, Registered Holders shall not be entitled to cash
dividends paid by the Company prior to the exercise of any Warrant or Warrants
held by them.
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SECTION 9. Redemption.
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(a) Commencing on the Initial Warrant Redemption Date, the
Company may, on 30 days' prior written notice, redeem all the Warrants at ten
cents ($.10) per Warrant, provided, however, that before any such call for
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redemption of Warrants can take place, the average closing sale price for the
Common Stock as reported by the American Stock Exchange, if the Common Stock
is then traded on the American Stock Exchange, (or the closing bid price, if
the Common Stock is then traded on Nasdaq) shall have equalled or exceeded
$______ [150% of the initial public offering price per share of Common Stock]
per share for any twenty (20) trading days within a period of thirty (30)
consecutive trading days ending on the fifth trading day prior to the date on
which the notice contemplated by (b) and (c) below is given (subject to
adjustment in the event of any stock splits or other similar events as
provided in Section 8 hereof).
(b) In case the Company shall exercise its right to redeem
all of the Warrants, it shall give or cause to be given notice to the
Registered Holders of the Warrants, by mailing to such Registered Holders a
notice of redemption, first class, postage prepaid, at their last address as
shall appear on the records of the Warrant Agent. Any notice mailed in the
manner provided herein shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given
whether or not the Registered Holder receives such notice. Not less than four
(4) trading days prior to the mailing to the Registered Holders of the
Warrants of the notice of redemption, the Company shall deliver or cause to be
delivered to National a similar notice telephonically and confirmed in writing
together with a list of the Registered Holders (including their respective
addresses and number of Warrants beneficially owned) to whom such notice of
redemption has been or will be given.
(c) The notice of redemption shall specify (i) the redemption
price, (ii) the Redemption Date, which shall in no event be less than thirty
(30) days after the date of mailing of
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such notice, (iii) the place where the Warrant Certificate shall be delivered
and the redemption price shall be paid, (iv) if National is engaged as a Warrant
solicitation agent, that National shall receive the commission contemplated by
Section 4(b) hereof, and (v) that the right to exercise the Warrant shall
terminate at 5:30 p.m. (New York time) on the business day immediately preceding
the date fixed for redemption. No failure to mail such notice nor any defect
therein or in the mailing thereof shall affect the validity of the proceedings
for such redemption except as to a holder (a) to whom notice was not mailed or
(b) whose notice was defective. An affidavit of the Warrant Agent or the
Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Company that notice of redemption has
been mailed shall, in the absence of fraud, be prima facie evidence of the facts
stated therein.
(d) Any right to exercise a Warrant shall terminate at 5:30 p.m. (New
York time) on the business day immediately preceding the Redemption Date. The
redemption price payable to the Registered Holders shall be mailed to such
persons at their addresses of record.
(e) The Company shall indemnify National and each person, if any, who
controls National within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20(a)
of the Exchange Act against all loss, claim, damage, expense or liability
(including all expenses reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or
defending against any claim whatsoever) to which any of them may become subject
under the Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, arising from the registration
statement or prospectus referred to in Section 5(b) hereof to the same extent
and with the same effect (including the provisions regarding contribution) as
the provisions pursuant to which the Company has agreed to indemnify National
contained in Section 7 of the Underwriting Agreement.
(f) Five business days prior to the Redemption Date, the Company shall
furnish to National (i) an opinion of counsel to the Company, dated such date
and addressed to National, and (ii) a "cold comfort" letter dated such date
addressed to National, signed by the
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independent public accountants who have issued a report on the Company's
financial statements included in such registration statement, in each case
covering substantially the same matters with respect to such registration
statement (and the prospectus included therein) and, in the case of such
accountants' letter, with respect to events subsequent to the date of such
financial statements, as are customarily covered in opinions of issuer's counsel
and in accountants' letters delivered to underwriters in underwritten public
offerings of securities.
SECTION 10. Concerning the Warrant Agent.
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(a) The Warrant Agent acts hereunder as agent and in a
ministerial capacity for the Company and National, 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 or 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.
(b) 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 or the Redemption 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 adjustments, 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 fact
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
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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, bad faith or willful misconduct.
(c) The Warrant Agent may at any time consult with counsel
satisfactory to it (who may be counsel for the Company or for National) and
shall incur no liability or responsibility for any action taken, suffered or
omitted by it in good faith in accordance with the opinion or advice of such
counsel.
(d) 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 of Directors, Chief Executive Officer, President or
any Vice President (unless other evidence in 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 reasonably believed by it to be
genuine.
(e) The Company agrees to pay the Warrant Agent reasonable
compensation for its services hereunder and to reimburse it for its reasonable
expenses hereunder; the Company further agrees to indemnify the Warrant Agent
and save it harmless from and 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
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Agent's negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct.
(f) 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 gross negligence or willful misconduct), after
giving 30 days' prior written notice to the
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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 in writing a new warrant agent. 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.
(g) Any corporation into which the Warrant Agent or any new warrant
agent may be converted or merged, 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 corporate trust business of the
Warrant Agent or any new warrant agent shall be a successor warrant agent under
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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 Holders of each Warrant Certificate.
(h) 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 deal with the Company in the same manner
and to the same extent and with like effect 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.
(i) The Warrant Agent shall retain for a period of two years from the
date of exercise any Warrant Certificate received by it upon such exercise.
SECTION 11. Modification of Agreement.
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The Warrant Agent and the Company may by supplemental agreement make any
changes or corrections in this Agreement (i) that they shall deem appropriate to
cure any ambiguity or to correct any defective or inconsistent provision or
manifest mistake or error herein contained; or (ii) that they may deem necessary
or desirable and which shall not adversely affect the interests of the holders
of Warrant Certificates; provided, however, that no change in the number or
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nature of the securities purchasable upon the exercise of any Warrant, or to
increase the Purchase Price therefor or to accelerate the Warrant Expiration
Date, shall be made without the consent in writing of the Registered Holders
representing not less than 66//2/3//% of the Warrants then outstanding, other
than such changes as are presently specifically prescribed by this Agreement
as originally executed. In addition, this Agreement may not be modified,
amended or supplemented without the prior written consent of National, other
than to cure any ambiguity or to correct any provision which is
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inconsistent with any other provision of this Agreement or to make any such
change that is necessary or desirable and which shall not adversely affect the
interests of National and except as may be required by law.
SECTION 12. Notices.
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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 ▇▇▇▇ ▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, Attention: ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇,
President and Chief Executive Officer, or at such other address as may have been
furnished to the Warrant Agent in writing by the Company; and if to the Warrant
Agent, at its Corporate Office. Copies of any notice delivered pursuant to this
Agreement shall also be delivered to National Securities Corporation, ▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇, Attention: General
Counsel, or at such other address as may have been furnished to the Company and
the Warrant Agent in writing.
SECTION 13. Governing Law.
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This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
laws of the State of New York without giving effect to conflicts of laws.
SECTION 14. Binding Effect.
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This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the
Company, National, the Warrant Agent and their respective successors and assigns
and the holders from time to time of Warrant Certificates or any of them.
Nothing in this Agreement is intended or shall be
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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 15. Termination.
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This Agreement shall terminate at the close of business on the Expiration
Date of all of the Warrants or such earlier date upon which all Warrants have
been exercised or redeemed, except that the Warrant Agent shall account to the
Company for cash held by it and the provisions of Section 10 hereof shall
survive such termination.
SECTION 16. Counterparts.
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This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, which taken
together shall constitute a single document.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
duly executed as of the date first above written.
[SEAL]
DEPOMED, INC.
By:
___________________________
Name:
Title:
Attest:
By:_____________________________
Name:
Title:
CONTINENTAL STOCK TRANSFER AND TRUST COMPANY,
As Warrant Agent
By:
___________________________
Name:
Title:
NATIONAL SECURITIES CORPORATION
By:
___________________________
Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Chairman
EXHIBIT A
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No. W __________ VOID AFTER _________, 2002
WARRANTS
REDEEMABLE WARRANT CERTIFICATE TO
PURCHASE ONE SHARE OF COMMON STOCK
DEPOMED, INC.
CUSIP _______
THIS CERTIFIES THAT, FOR VALUE RECEIVED
or registered assigns (the "Registered Holder") is the owner of the number of
Redeemable Warrants (the "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, no par value,
of Depomed, Inc., a California corporation (the "Company"), at any time between
_______________, 1998 (the "Initial Warrant Exercise Date"), and 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 Continental Stock Transfer and Trust
Company, as Warrant Agent, or its successor (the "Warrant Agent"), accompanied
by payment of $_____, [140% of the initial public offering price of the Common
Stock] subject to adjustment (the "Purchase Price"), in lawful money of the
United States of America in cash or by check made payable to the Warrant Agent
for the account of the Company.
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
_______________, 1997 [date of the Prospectus], between the Company and the
Warrant Agent.
In the event of certain contingencies provided for in the Warrant
Agreement, the Purchase Price and the number of shares of Common Stock subject
to purchase upon the exercise of each Warrant represented hereby are subject to
modification or adjustment.
Each Warrant represented hereby is exercisable at the option of the
Registered Holder, but no fractional interests 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
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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 5:30 p.m. (New York time) on the
date which is forty-eight (48) months after the Initial Warrant Exercise Date.
If each 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 5:30 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.
The Company shall not be obligated to deliver any securities pursuant
to the exercise of this Warrant unless a registration statement under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), with respect to such securities
is effective or an exemption thereunder is available. The Company has
covenanted and agreed that it will file a registration statement under the
Federal securities laws, use its best efforts to cause the same to become
effective, use its best efforts to keep such registration statement current, if
required under the Act, while any of the Warrants are outstanding, and deliver a
prospectus which complies with Section 10(a)(3) of the Act to the Registered
Holder exercising this Warrant. This Warrant shall not be exercisable by a
Registered Holder in any state where such exercise would be unlawful.
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 and payment of any tax or other
charge imposed in connection therewith or incident thereto, 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 rights of a stockholder of the
Company, including, without 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.
Subject to the provisions of the Warrant Agreement, this Warrant may
be redeemed at the option of the Company, at a redemption price of $0.10 per
Warrant, at any time commencing after ______________, 1998 [18 months after the
effective date of the Registration Statement], provided that the average closing
sale price for the Common Stock as reported by the American Stock Exchange (or
the closing bid price, if the Common Stock is then traded on Nasdaq), shall have
equalled or exceeded $_________ [150% of the initial public offering price per
share of Common Stock] per share for any twenty (20) trading days within a
period of thirty (30) consecutive trading days ending on the fifth trading day
prior to the Notice of Redemption, as defined below (subject to adjustment in
the event of any stock splits or other similar events). Notice of redemption
(the "Notice of Redemption") shall be given not later than the thirtieth day
before the date fixed for redemption, all as provided in the Warrant Agreement.
On and after the date fixed for redemption,
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the Registered Holder shall have no rights with respect to the Warrants except
to receive the $.01 per Warrant upon surrender of this Warrant Certificate.
Under certain circumstances, National Securities Corporation may be
entitled to receive an aggregate of five percent (5%) of the Purchase Price of
the Warrants represented hereby.
Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer hereof, the
Company and the Warrant Agent 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 or the Warrant Agent) for all purposes and
shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary, except as provided in the
Warrant Agreement.
This Warrant Certificate shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York without giving effect to
conflicts of laws.
This Warrant Certificate is not valid unless countersigned by the
Warrant Agent.
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.
Dated:
DEPOMED, INC.
[SEAL]
By:
__________________________
Name:
Title:
By:
__________________________
Secretary
COUNTERSIGNED:
CONTINENTAL STOCK TRANSFER AND TRUST COMPANY,
as Warrant Agent
By:
__________________________
Authorized Officer
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SUBSCRIPTION FORM
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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
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(please print or type name and address)
and be delivered to
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(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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IMPORTANT: PLEASE COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING:
1. The exercise of this Warrant was solicited by
National Securities Corporation. [_]
2. The exercise of this Warrant was solicited by
______________. [_]
3. The exercise of this Warrant was not solicited. [_]
Dated:
______________________
X ______________________________
______________________________
______________________________
Address
______________________________
Social Security or Taxpayer
Identification Number
______________________________
Signature Guaranteed
______________________________
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ASSIGNMENT
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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
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(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
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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 AN ELIGIBLE GUARANTOR INSTITUTION (BANKS, STOCKBROKERS, SAVINGS
AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS AND CREDIT UNIONS WITH MEMBERSHIP IN AN APPROVED SIGNATURE
GUARANTEE MEDALLION PROGRAM), PURSUANT TO S.E.C. RULE 17Ad-15.
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