EXHIBIT 10.3
VOID AFTER 5:00 P.M., EASTERN TIME,
ON FEBRUARY 28, 2006
THIS WARRANT AND THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK UNDERLYING
THIS WARRANT (COLLECTIVELY, THE "SECURITIES") HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND MAY NOT BE SOLD,
PLEDGED, ASSIGNED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN
EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT OR IN A TRANSACTION THAT, IN
THE OPINION OF COUNSEL TO CAPRIUS, INC., QUALIFIES AS AN EXEMPT
TRANSACTION UNDER SUCH ACT AND THE RULES AND REGULATIONS
PROMULGATED THEREUNDER.
CAPRIUS, INC.
COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT
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No. WBL- ________Shares
CAPRIUS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), hereby certifies
that __________ (the "Initial Holder"), is entitled, subject to the terms set
forth below, to purchase from the Company, __________ shares (the "Shares") of
fully paid and non-assessable Common Stock of the Company, par value $.01 per
share, at a purchase price of Eight Cents ($0.08) per Share, subject to
adjustment from time to time pursuant to Section 3 hereof (the "Exercise
Price"). The term "Common Stock" means, unless the context otherwise requires,
the Company's Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, or other securities or
property at the time deliverable upon the exercise of this Warrant.
This Warrant is one of a series (the "Series") of Common Stock Purchase
Warrants initially issued for an aggregate of up to 300,000 shares of Common
Stock and as part of an offering (the "Offering") of Unsecured Promissory Notes
(the "Notes") in aggregate principal amount to $300,000 by the Company.
1 Exercise.
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1.1 Timing of Exercise. This Warrant shall be exercisable in whole or in
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part from time to time commencing as of March 1, 2001 and expiring at 5:00 P.M.,
New York time, on February 28, 2006 (the "Expiration Date"), subject to earlier
termination as provided herein, and may not be exercised thereafter.
1.2 Manner of Exercise. The purchase rights evidenced by this Warrant
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shall be exercised by the Initial Holder or any person permitted by Section 6.1
herein (collectively, "the Holder"), by surrendering this Warrant, with the
Notice of Exercise in the form of Exhibit A hereto duly executed by the Holder,
to the Company at its principal office (or such other office as may be
designated by the Company to the Holder), accompanied by payment (in cash, by
wire transfer or by certified or official bank check or checks) of the Exercise
Price.
1.3 Partial Exercise. This Warrant may be exercised for less than the full
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number of shares of Common Stock at the time called for hereby, in which case
the number of shares receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant as a whole,
and the sum payable upon the exercise of this Warrant as a whole, shall be
proportionately reduced. Upon any such partial exercise, the Company at its
expense will forthwith issue to the Holder a new Warrant or Warrants of like
tenor calling for the number of shares of Common Stock as to which rights have
not been exercised, such Warrant or Warrants to be issued in the name of the
Holder.
2. Delivery of Stock Certificates Upon Exercise. As soon as practicable
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after the exercise of this Warrant, and in any event within five (5) business
days thereafter, the Company, at its expense, will cause to be issued in the
name of and delivered to the Holder a certificate or certificates for the number
of fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock to which the Holder
shall be entitled upon such exercise. Any shares of Common Stock as to which
this Warrant is exercised shall be deemed issued on and as of the date of such
exercise, and the Holder shall thereupon be deemed to be the owner of record of
such shares.
3. Anti-Dilution Adjustments.
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3.1 Change in Capitalization. In case of any stock split, stock dividend
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or similar transaction which increases or decreases the number of outstanding
shares of Common Stock, appropriate adjustment shall be made by the Board of
Directors of the Company to the number of Shares, and the Exercise Price per
Share, of Common Stock which may be purchased under this Warrant.
3.2 Consolidation, Merger and Sale of Assets.
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(a) In case of any consolidation of the Company with or a merger of
the Company into another corporation 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, upon any such consolidation, merger, sale or
conveyance and the surviving entity is a publicly traded company, the Company
agrees that a condition of such transaction will be that the Company or such
successor or purchasing corporation, as the case may be, shall assume the
obligations of the Company hereunder in writing. In the case of any such
consolidation, merger or sale or conveyance, the Holder shall have the right
until the Expiration Date upon payment of the Exercise Price in effect
immediately prior to such action, to receive the kind and amount of shares and
other securities and/or property which it would have owned or have been entitled
to receive after the happening of such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance
had this Warrant been exercised immediately prior to such action, subject to
adjustments which shall be as nearly equivalent as may be practicable to the
adjustments provided for in this Section 3. The provisions of this Section
3.2(a) shall similarly apply to successive consolidations, mergers, sales or
conveyances.
(b) In case of any consolidation of the Company with or a merger of
the Company into another corporation 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, upon any such consolidation, merger, sale or
conveyance and the surviving entity is a non-publicly traded company, the
Company agrees that a condition of such transaction will be that the Company
shall mail to the Holder at the earliest applicable time (and, in any event not
less than 20 days before any record date for determining the persons entitled to
receive the consideration payable in such transaction) written notice of such
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record date. Such notice shall also set forth facts as shall indicate the effect
of such action (to the extent such effect may be known at the date of such
notice) on the Exercise Price of and the kind and amount of the shares of stock
and other securities and property deliverable upon exercise of this Warrant.
Upon the closing of the transaction referenced in the foregoing notice, this
Warrant to the extent then unexercised shall terminate
3.3 Exchanges and Distributions With Respect to Common Stock. If the
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Company shall exchange for its Common Stock or distribute with respect to its
Common Stock other securities issued by it, the Company shall give notice
thereof to the Holder, and the Holder shall have the right thereafter (until the
expiration of this Warrant) to exercise this Warrant for the kind and amount of
shares of stock and other securities retained or received by a holder of the
number of shares of Common Stock of the Company into which this Warrant might
have been converted immediately prior to such exchange or distribution, subject
to adjustment as provided hereinabove.
3.4 Officer's Certificate. Whenever the Exercise Price per Share or the
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number of shares of Common Stock subject to this Warrant is adjusted, the
Company shall promptly mail to the Holder of this Warrant a notice of
adjustment, which notice shall include a brief statement of the facts requiring
the adjustment and the manner of computing it and shall be certified by the
chief financial officer of the Company. The determination of the adjustment
shall be made by the Company in its sole discretion and shall be final and
binding upon the Holder.
4. Shares to Be Fully Paid; Reservation of Capital Stock Issuable Upon
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Exercise of Warrants. The Company covenants and agrees that any shares issued
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hereunder will, upon issuance, be fully paid and non-assessable and free from
all taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issuance thereof. The Company
shall at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized but unissued
capital stock, solely for the issuance and delivery upon the exercise of this
Warrant, such number of its duly authorized shares of Common Stock as from time
to time shall be issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant.
5. Fractional Shares. The Company shall not issue fractions of shares of
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Common Stock upon exercise of this Warrant or scrip in lieu thereof. If any
fraction of a share of Common Stock would, except for the provisions of this
Section 5, be issuable upon exercise of this Warrant, then the number of shares
of Common Stock to be issued shall be rounded up or down to the nearest whole
share.
6. Transfer Restrictions
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6.1 Transfer. A Holder, including the Initial Holder or any subsequent
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Holder, may transfer this Warrant only to (i) any other Holder, (ii) any entity
controlled by, controlling or under common control of the Holder, or for which
the Holder is acting as the representative, or to one or more of its
shareholders, directors, officers, members, employees or limited or general
partners, or to entities that manage or co-manage the Holder or any of its
limited or general partners, or (iii) any member of the immediate family (which
shall be deemed to include a spouse, parent, or child) of an individual Holder
or trust for the benefit of any such individual. Prior to any such transfer, the
Holder must deliver the Assignment Form in the form of Exhibit B hereto and
provide information to the Company, in writing, regarding the proposed
transferee sufficient for the Company to determine the eligibility of such
transferee under this Section 6.
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6.2 Securities Laws. The Holder of this Warrant, by accepting delivery of
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the same, hereby:
(a) acknowledges that any shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to
the exercise of this Warrant may not be registered under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), at the time issued;
(b) agrees that, upon the exercise of this Warrant, it shall make the
customary representations and warranties as may be requested by counsel to the
Company in order for the Company to properly rely upon Section 4(2) of the
Securities Act regarding exemption from registration thereunder, and, in
connection with such exemption, that any certificates representing shares of
Common Stock issued pursuant to this Warrant would reflect an appropriate legend
regarding restrictions upon transferability; and
(c) agree to indemnify the Company, and hold it harmless from and
against, any and all losses, expenses (including attorneys' fee), costs and
damages arising form or relating to any violation of applicable state securities
or "blue sky" laws in connection with the issuance, sale, delivery or exercise
of this Warrant and the issuance, sale and delivery of shares of Common Stock
upon any exercise of this Warrant.
7. Registration Under the Securities Act of 1933.
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7.1 Piggy-Back Rights.
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(a) If at any time prior to the Expiration Date the Company proposes
to register shares of its Common Stock under the Securities Act on any form for
the registration of its Common Stock under the Securities Act (the "Registration
Statement") for the account of stockholders (other than a registration relating
to (i) a registration of a stock option, stock purchase or compensation or
incentive plan or of stock issued or issuable pursuant to any such plan, or a
dividend investment plan; (ii) a registration of securities proposed to be
issued in exchange for securities or assets of, or in connection with a merger
or consolidation with, another corporation; or (iii) a registration of
securities proposed to be issued in exchange for other securities of the
Company) in a manner which would permit registration of the Shares for sale to
the public under the Securities Act (a "Piggyback Registration"), it will at
such time give prompt written notice to the Holder of its intention to do so and
of the Holder's rights under this Section 7.1. Such rights are referred to
hereinafter as "Piggyback Registration Rights". Upon the written request of the
Holder to the Company made within ten (10) days after the giving of any such
notice (which request shall specify the number of Shares intended to be disposed
of by the Holder and the intended method of disposition thereof), the Company
will include in the Registration Statement the Shares which the Company has been
so requested to register by the Holder, provided that the Company's obligation
shall continue after exercise of the Warrants, but it need not include any
Shares in a Registration Statement filed after the Expiration Date.
(b) If, any time after giving written notice of its intention to
register any securities in a Piggyback Registration but prior to the effective
date of the related Registration Statement filed in connection with such
Piggyback Registration, the Company shall determine for any reason not to
register such securities, the Company will give written notice of such
determination to the Holder and thereupon shall be relieved of its obligation to
register any Shares in connection with such Piggyback Registration.
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(c) The Holder may elect in writing, not later than three (3)
business days prior to the effectiveness of the Piggyback Registration not to
have his Shares so included in connection with the Registration Statement.
(d) If the securities covered by the Registration Statement are to be
underwritten, the Company shall not be required to include therein any of the
Shares unless the Holder accepts the terms of the underwriting as agreed upon
between the Company and the underwriters selected by it. If in the opinion of
the managing underwriter, the registration of all, or a part of, the Shares
which the Holder has requested to be included in the Registration Statement
would adversely affect such public offering, then, (i) the Company shall be
required to include in the underwriting only the number of Shares, if any, which
the managing underwriter believes may be sold without causing such adverse
effect, and the number of Shares that may be included in such registration shall
be allocated among all selling stockholders, requesting to participate in such
registration in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of shares of
Common Stock owned by each selling stockholder (including the Holder), or (ii)
the Company may require the selling shareholders (including the Holder) to delay
any offering of the Shares for a period of up to ninety (90) days.
(e) The Company is obligated to file only one Registration Statement
pursuant to this Section 7 which is declared effective under the Securities Act.
The Piggyback Registration Rights under this Section 7 are the only rights
granted by the Company to the Holder to include the Shares in a Registration
Statement.
7.2 Obligations of the Company.
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(a) The Company shall comply with the requirements of this Section 7
at its own expense. That expense shall include, but not be limited to, legal,
accounting, consulting, printing, federal and state filing fees, NASDAQ or
Exchange fees, out-of-pocket expenses incurred by counsel, accountants and
consultants retained by the Company, and miscellaneous expenses directly related
to the Registration Statement and the offering. However, this expense shall not
include the portion of any underwriting commissions, transfer taxes and any
underwriter's accountable and nonaccountable expense allowances attributable to
the offer and sale of the Shares or the fees and expenses of counsel to the
Holder, all of which expenses shall be borne by the Holder of this Warrant. The
Company shall include in the Piggyback Registration, and the prospectus included
therein, all information and materials necessary or advisable to comply with the
applicable statutes and regulations so as to permit the public sale of the
Shares by the Holder.
(b) The Company shall supply to the Holder a reasonable number of
copies of the preliminary, final or other prospectus, all prepared in conformity
with the requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder, and such other documents as the Holder shall reasonably
request.
(c) The Company shall cooperate with respect to (i) all necessary or
advisable actions relating to the preparation and the filing of the Piggyback
Registration and arising from the provisions of this Section 7, (ii) all
reasonable efforts to establish an exemption from the provisions of the
Securities Act or any other federal or state securities statutes, (iii) all
necessary or advisable actions to register or qualify the public offering at
issue pursuant to federal securities statutes and the state "blue sky"
securities statutes of each jurisdiction that the Holder shall reasonably
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request, and (iv) all other necessary or advisable actions to enable the Holder
of this Warrant and/or the Shares to complete the contemplated disposition of
the Shares in each reasonably requested jurisdiction.
(d) The Company shall keep the Registration Statement to which this
Section 7 applies, and all amendments thereto, effective and current under the
Securities Act for a period ending not sooner than ninety (90) days after their
initial effective date (excluding any lock-up period) and cooperate with respect
to all necessary or advisable action to permit the completion of the public sale
or other disposition of the securities included therein.
(e) The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless the Holder from and
against all losses, claims, damages, and liabilities, including, but not limited
to, reasonable attorneys' fees and any and all expenses reasonably incurred in
investigating, preparing, defending or settling any claim, arising from or
relating to (i) any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
contained in Registration Statement to which this Section 7 applies, or (ii) any
omission or alleged omission to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements contained in Registration Statement to which this Section 7 applies
not misleading; provided, however, that the indemnification continued in this
clause shall not apply if the untrue statement or omission, or alleged untrue
statement or omission, was the result of information furnished in writing to the
Company by the Holder expressly for use in the Registration Statement at issue
or was the result of oral representations made by the Holder in connection with
the sale of the Shares. To the extent that the indemnification contained in this
provision applies, the Company also shall indemnify and hold harmless each
officer, director, employee, controlling person or agent of an indemnified
Holder.
7.3 Obligations of the Holder.
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(a) The Company's obligations contained in this Section 7 shall be
conditioned upon a timely receipt by the Company in writing of the following:
(i) Information as to the terms of the contemplated public
offering furnished by and on behalf of the Holder intending to make a public
distribution of Shares; and
(ii) Such other information as the Company may reasonably require
from the Holder, or any underwriter for the Holder, for inclusion in the
Piggyback Registration.
(b) The Holder shall indemnify the Company and its officers,
directors and agent and any other selling stockholders and underwriters with
respect to an untrue statement of material fact or omission of material fact
which was the result of information furnished in writing to the Company from the
Holder and which was included in the Registration Statement.
(c) The Holder acknowledges that the Company shall have no obligation
to include the Shares in a Piggyback Registration if the Shares then can be
publicly sold pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act.
8. Replacement of Warrant. Upon receipt of evidence reasonably
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satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of
this Warrant and (in the case of loss, theft or destruction) upon delivery of an
indemnity agreement, and if requested by the Board of Directors, a bond in an
amount reasonably satisfactory to it, or (in the case mutilation) upon surrender
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and cancellation hereof, the Company will issue in lieu thereof a new Warrant of
like tenor.
9. Rights as a Warrant Holder. The Holder shall not, by virtue hereof, be
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entitled to any rights of a stockholder in the Company, either at law or equity
except with respect to certificates representing shares of Common Stock issued
upon exercise of this Warrant. The rights of the Holder are limited to those
expressed in this Warrant and are not enforceable against the Company except to
the extent set forth herein. Prior to due presentment for transfer of this
Warrant, the Company may deem and treat the Holder as the absolute owner of this
Warrant for purposes of any exercise hereof and for all other purposes and such
right of the Company shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary.
10. Subdivision of Rights. This Warrant (as well as any new warrant issued
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pursuant to the provisions of this Section) is exchangeable upon the surrender
hereof by the Holder at the principal office of the Company for any number of
new warrants of like tenor and date representing in the aggregate the right to
subscribe for and purchase the number of shares of Common Stock of the Company
that may be subscribed for and purchased hereunder.
11. Sending of Notices. All notices and other communications with respect
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to this Warrant shall be in writing and sent by express mail or courier service
or by personal delivery, if to the Holder, to the address set forth at the end
of this Warrant, and if to the Company, to One ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Plaza, Fort ▇▇▇, New
Jersey 07024, or to such other address as either party hereto may duly give to
the other.
12. Headings. The headings in this Warrant are for purposes of reference
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only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning of the terms hereof.
13. Change, Waiver, Discharge or Termination. This Warrant sets forth the
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entire agreement between the Company and the Holder with respect to the matters
herein. Neither this Warrant nor any term hereof may be changed, waived,
discharged or terminated orally, but only by an instrument in writing signed by
the party against which enforcement of the change, waiver, discharge or
termination is sought. The Company shall not amend any other Warrant issued as
part of this Series to make terms thereunder more favorable to the Holder
thereof without offering the same amended terms to the Holder hereof.
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14. Governing Law. This Warrant shall be governed by, and construed in
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accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware.
CAPRIUS, INC.
By: s/▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
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Dated: March 30, 2001 ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, CFO
Agreed to:
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EXHIBIT A
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NOTICE OF EXERCISE
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(To be executed by a Holder desiring to exercise the right to purchase Shares
pursuant to a Warrant.)
The undersigned Holder of a Warrant hereby:
(a) Irrevocably elects to exercise the Warrant to the extent of purchasing
_______ Shares;
(b) Makes payment in full of the aggregate Exercise Price for those Shares in
the amount of $___________ by wire transfer or the delivery of certified funds
or a bank cashier's check in the amount of $___________;
(c) Requests that a certificate for such Shares be issued in the name of the
undersigned, or, if the name and address of some other person is specified
below, in the name of such other person:
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(Name and address of person other than the undersigned
in whose name Shares are to be registered.)
(d) Requests, if the number of Shares purchased are not all the Shares
purchasable pursuant to the unexercised portion of the Warrant, that a new
Warrant of like tenor for the remaining Shares purchasable pursuant to the
Warrant be issued and delivered to the undersigned at the address stated below.
Dated:
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Signature
(This signature must conform in all respects to the name of the Holder as
specified on the face of the Warrant.)
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Social Security Number Printed Name
Address:
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Stock Warrant No.: ##
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EXHIBIT B
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
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FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned,
, hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto:
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Name:
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(Please type or print in block letters.)
Address:
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the right to purchase ______________ shares (the "Shares") of Caprius, Inc. (the
"Company") pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Warrant held by the
undersigned. The undersigned hereby authorizes and directs the Company (i) to
issue and deliver to the above-named assignee at the above address a new Warrant
pursuant to which the rights to purchase being assigned may be exercised, and
(ii) if there are rights to purchase Shares remaining pursuant to the
undersigned's Warrant after the assignment contemplated herein, to issue and
deliver to the undersigned at the address stated below a new Warrant evidencing
the right to purchase the number of Shares remaining after issuance and delivery
of the Warrant to the above-named assignee. Except for the number of Shares
purchasable, the new Warrant to be issued and delivered by the Company is to
contain the same terms and conditions as the undersigned's Warrant. This
Assignment is subject to receipt by the Company of such investment
representations by the assignee, as may be reasonably required under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended. To complete the assignment contemplated by
this Assignment Form, the undersigned hereby irrevocably constitutes and
appoints ______________________________ as the undersigned's attorney-in-fact to
transfer the Warrant and the rights thereunder on the books of the Company with
full power of substitution for these purposes.
Dated:
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Signature
(This signature must conform in all respects to the name of the Holder as
specified on the face of the Warrant.)
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Social Security Number Printed Name
or Employer ID Number
Address:
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Stock Warrant No.: ##
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