WARRANT AGREEMENT dated as of August 18, 1995 between Alamar BioSciences,
Inc., a California corporation (the "Company"), and Commonwealth Associates
(hereinafter referred to as "Commonwealth").
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Company proposes to issue to Commonwealth Associates
("Commonwealth") warrants ("Warrants") to purchase up to 258,700 shares (the
"Shares") of common stock of the Company, no par value (the "Common Stock"); and
WHEREAS, the Warrants issued pursuant to this Agreement are being issued by
the Company to Commonwealth and/or its designees in connection with
Commonwealth's role as placement agent for a private placement of the Company's
Common Stock pursuant to the Company's Confidential Private Offshore Offering
Memorandum dated April 19, 1995 and the Company's Confidential Private Offering
Memorandum dated May 23, 1995;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, the payment by
Commonwealth to the Company of ONE DOLLAR ($1.00), the agreements herein set
forth and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of
which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Grant.
Commonwealth, and/or its designees, are hereby granted the right to
purchase, at any time from August 18, 1995 until 5:00 P.M. New York City time on
August 18, 2000 (the "Warrant Exercise Term"), up to 258,700 (subject to
adjustment as provided in Article 8 hereof) Shares at an initial exercise price
(subject to adjustment as provided in Article 8 hereof) of $0.625 per Share.
2. Warrant Certificates.
The warrant certificates (the "Warrant Certificates") delivered and to be
delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall be in the form set forth as Exhibit
A, attached hereto and made a part hereof, with such appropriate insertions,
omissions, substitutions and other variations as required or permitted by this
Agreement.
3. Exercise of Warrants.
3.1 Cash Exercise. The Warrants initially are exercisable at a price
of $0.625 per Share, payable in cash or by check to the order of the Company, or
any combination of cash or check, subject to adjustment as provided in Article 8
hereof. Upon surrender of the Warrant Certificate with the annexed Form of
Election to Purchase duly executed, together with payment of the Exercise Price
(as hereinafter defined) for the Shares
purchased, at the Company's principal offices (presently located at ▇▇▇▇ ▇.
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇., ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇ 95834) the registered holder of a Warrant
Certificate ("Holder" or "Holders") shall be entitled to receive a certificate
or certificates for the Shares so purchased. The purchase rights represented by
each Warrant Certificate are exercisable at the option of the Holder thereof, in
whole or in part (but not as to fractional shares of the Common Stock). In the
case of the purchase of less than all the Shares purchasable under any Warrant
Certificate, the Company shall cancel said Warrant Certificate upon the
surrender thereof and shall execute and deliver a new Warrant Certificate of
like tenor for the balance of the Shares purchasable thereunder.
3.2 Cashless Exercise. At any time during the Warrant Exercise Term,
the Holder may, at its option, exchange all or part of the Warrants (a "Warrant
Exchange"), into the number of Shares determined in accordance with this Section
3.2, by surrendering his Warrant Certificate at the principal office of the
Company or at the office of its transfer agent, accompanied by a notice stating
such holder's intent to effect such exchange, the number of Shares to be
exchanged and the date on which the Holder requests that such Warrant Exchange
occur (the "Notice of Exchange"). The Warrant Exchange shall take place on the
date specified in the Notice of Exchange or, if later, the date the Notice of
Exchange is received by the Company (the "Exchange Date"). Certificates for the
Shares issuable upon such Warrant Exchange and, if applicable, a new warrant or
warrants of like tenor evidencing the balance of the Shares remaining subject to
the Warrants, shall be issued as of the Exchange Date and delivered to the
Holder within seven (7) days following the Exchange Date. In connection with any
Warrant Exchange, the Warrant Certificate surrendered shall represent the right
to subscribe for and acquire the number of Shares (rounded to the next highest
integer) equal to (i) the number of Shares specified by the Holder in its Notice
of Exchange (the "Total Number") less (ii) the number of Shares equal to the
quotient obtained by dividing (A) the product of the Total Number and the
existing Exercise Price (as hereinafter defined) by (B) the current market value
of a share of Common Stock.
4. Issuance of Certificates.
Upon the exercise of the Warrants, the issuance of certificates for the
Shares shall be made forthwith (and in any event within three business days
thereafter) without charge to the Holder thereof including, without limitation,
any tax which may be payable in respect of the issuance thereof, and such
certificates shall (subject to the provisions of Article 5 hereof) be issued in
the name of, or in such names as may be directed by, the Holder thereof;
provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to pay any tax which
may be payable
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in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance and delivery of any such
certificates in a name other than that of the Holder and the Company shall not
be required to issue or deliver such certificates unless or until the person or
persons requesting the issuance thereof shall have paid to the Company the
amount of such tax or shall have established to the satisfaction of the Company
that such tax has been paid.
The Warrant Certificates and the certificates representing the Shares shall
be executed on behalf of the Company by the manual or facsimile signature of the
present or any future Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors or
Chief Executive Officer, President or Vice President of the Company under its
corporate seal reproduced thereon, attested to by the manual or facsimile
signature of the present or any future Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the
Company. Warrant Certificates shall be dated the date of execution by the
Company upon initial issuance, division, exchange, substitution or transfer.
The Warrant Certificates and, upon exercise of the Warrants, in part or in
whole, certificates representing the Shares shall bear a legend substantially
similar to the following:
"The securities represented by this certificate have not been registered
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), and may not be
offered or sold except (i) pursuant to an effective registration statement
under the Act, (ii) to the extent applicable, pursuant to Rule 144 under
the Act (or any similar rule under such Act relating to the disposition of
securities), or (iii) upon the delivery by the holder to the Company of an
opinion of counsel, reasonably satisfactory to counsel to the Company,
stating that an exemption from registration under such Act is available."
5. Investment Restriction.
The Holder of a Warrant Certificate, by its acceptance thereof, covenants
and agrees that the Warrants are being acquired as an investment and not with a
view to the distribution thereof.
6. Price.
6.1 Initial and Adjusted Exercise Price. The initial exercise prices
of each Warrant shall be $0.625 per Share. The adjusted exercise price shall be
the price which shall result from time to time from any and all adjustments of
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the initial exercise price in accordance with the provisions of Article 8
hereof.
6.2 Exercise Price. The term "Exercise Price" herein shall mean the
initial exercise price or the adjusted exercise price, depending upon the
context.
7. Registration Rights.
7.1 Registration Under the Securities Act of 1933. The Warrants and
the Shares have not been registered for purposes of public distribution under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("the Act").
7.2 Registrable Securities. As used herein the term "Registrable
Security" means each of the Warrants, the Shares and any shares of Common Stock
issued upon any stock split or stock dividend in respect of such Shares;
provided, however, that with respect to any particular Registrable Security,
such security shall cease to be a Registrable Security when, as of the date of
determination, (i) it has been effectively registered under the Securities Act
and disposed of pursuant thereto, (ii) registration under the Securities Act is
no longer required for the immediate public distribution of such security or
(iii) it has ceased to be outstanding. The term "Registrable Securities" means
any and/or all of the securities falling within the foregoing definition of a
"Registrable Security." In the event of any merger, reorganization,
consolidation, recapitalization or other change in corporate structure affecting
the Common Stock, such adjustment shall be made in the definition of
"Registrable Security" as is appropriate in order to prevent any dilution or
enlargement of the rights granted pursuant to this Article 7.
7.3 Piggyback Registration. If, at any time during the seven years
following the date of this Agreement, the Company proposes to prepare and file
any registration statement or post-effective amendments thereto covering equity
or debt securities of the Company, or any such securities of the Company held by
its shareholders (in any such case, other than in connection with a merger,
acquisition or pursuant to Form S-8 or successor form), (for purposes of this
Article 7, collectively, a "Registration Statement"), it will give written
notice of its intention to do so by registered mail ("Notice"), at least thirty
(30) business days prior to the filing of each such Registration Statement, to
all holders of the Registrable Securities. Upon the written request of such a
holder (a "Requesting Holder"), made within twenty (20) business days after
receipt of the Notice, that the Company include any of the Requesting Holder's
Registrable Securities in the proposed Registration Statement, the Company
shall, as to each such Requesting Holder, use its best efforts to effect the
registration under the Securities Act
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of the Registrable Securities which it has been so requested to register
("Piggyback Registration"), at the Company's sole cost and expense and at no
cost or expense to the Requesting Holders.
7.4 Demand Registration.
(a) At any time during the Warrant Exercise Term, any "Majority
Holder" (as such term is defined in Section 7.4(d) below) of the Registrable
Securities shall have the right (which right is in addition to the piggyback
registration rights provided for under Section 7.3 hereof), exercisable by
written notice to the Company (the "Demand Registration Request"), to have the
Company prepare and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission"), on one occasion, at the sole expense of the Company (other than
the pro rata portion of underwriting discounts, if any, attributable to the
Holder's Registrable Securities and the expenses of Holder's counsel and
advisors), a Registration Statement and such other documents, including a
prospectus, as may be necessary (in the opinion of both counsel for the Company
and counsel for such Majority Holder), in order to comply with the provisions of
the Act, so as to permit a public offering and sale of the Registrable
Securities until such time as (i) the sale of all Registrable Securities by the
holders thereof or (ii) receipt by the holders thereof of an opinion of
Company's counsel that the Registrable Securities may be immediately publicly
sold without registration under the Securities Act.
(b) The Company covenants and agrees to give written notice of
any Demand Registration Request to all holders of the Registrable Securities
within ten (10) days from the date of the Company's receipt of any such Demand
Registration Request. After receiving notice from the Company as provided in
this Section 7.4(b), holders of Registrable Securities may request the Company
to include their Registrable Securities in the Registration Statement to be
filed pursuant to Section 7.4(a) hereof by notifying the Company of their
decision to include such securities within ten (10) days of their receipt of the
Company's notice.
(c) The term "Majority Holder" as used in this Section 7.4 shall
mean any holder or any combination of holders of Registrable Securities, if
included in such holders' Registrable Securities are that aggregate number of
Shares (including Shares already issued and Shares issuable pursuant to the
exercise of outstanding Warrants) as would constitute a majority of the
aggregate number of Shares (including Shares already issued and Shares issuable
pursuant to the exercise of outstanding Warrants) included in all of the
Registrable Securities.
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7.5 Covenants of the Company With Respect to Registration. The Company
covenants and agrees as follows:
(a) In connection with any registration under Section 7.4 hereof,
the Company shall file the Registration Statement as expeditiously as possible,
but in no event later than twenty (20) business days following receipt of any
demand therefor, shall use its best efforts to have any such Registration
Statements declared effective at the earliest possible time, and shall furnish
each holder of Registrable Securities such number of prospectuses as shall
reasonably be requested. In connection with the obligations of the Company
hereunder to register a Holder's Registrable Securities, the Holder shall
furnish the Company such information concerning the Holder, the Holder's
Registrable Securities and the terms of the offering of such Registrable
Securities by the Holder as the Company may reasonably request in order to
comply with the provisions of the Act with resect to the Registration Statement
to be filed.
(b) Other than fees and disbursements of counsel acting on behalf
of the holders of Registrable Securities and the pro rata portion of the
underwriting discounts and commissions, if any, attributable to Registrable
Securities, the Company shall pay all costs, fees and expenses in connection
with all Registration Statements filed pursuant to Sections 7.3 and 7.4(a)
hereof including, without limitation, the Company's legal and accounting fees,
printing expenses, and blue sky fees and expenses.
(c) The Company will take all necessary action which may be
required in qualifying or registering the Registrable Securities included in a
Registration Statement for offering and sale under the securities or blue sky
laws of such states as are requested by the holders of such securities, provided
that the Company shall not be obligated to execute or file any general consent
to service of process or to qualify as a foreign corporation to do business
under the laws of any such jurisdiction.
(d) The Company shall indemnify any holder of the Registrable
Securities to be sold pursuant to any Registration Statement and any underwriter
or person deemed to be an underwriter under the Act and each person, if any, who
controls such holder or underwriter or person deemed to be an underwriter within
the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20(a) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended ("Exchange Act"), from and against any and all losses,
claims, damages, expenses and liabilities (including all expenses reasonably
incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any claim whatsoever)
caused by any untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration
Statement, any other registration
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statement filed by the Company under the Act, any post-effective amendment to
such registration statements, or any prospectus included therein required to be
filed or furnished by reason of this Agreement or caused by any omission or
alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except insofar as
such losses, claims, damages, expenses or liabilities are caused by any such
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission
based upon information furnished or required to be furnished in writing to the
company by the Holder or underwriter expressly for use therein; which
indemnification shall include each person, if any, who controls any such Holder
or underwriter within the meaning of the Act and each officer, director,
employee and agent of such Holder or underwriter; provided, however, that the
Company shall not be obligated to so indemnify the Holder or any such
underwriter or other person referred to above unless the Holder or underwriter
or other person, as the case may be, shall at the same time indemnify the
Company, its directors, each officer signing the registration statement and each
person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Act, from and
against any and all losses, claims, damages, expenses and liabilities caused by
any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in
the registration Statement, any registration statement or any prospectus
required to be filed or furnished by reason of this Agreement or caused by any
omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, insofar as such losses,
claims, damages, expenses or liabilities are caused by any untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement or omission based upon information furnished in writing
to the Company by the Holder or underwriter expressly for use therein, and
provided, further that the holder, each person, if any, who controls the holder
within the meaning of the Act, and each of the Holder's directors, officers,
employees and agents shall not be obligated to indemnify any indemnified person
pursuant to the foregoing indemnity, or to make any contribution pursuant to
subparagraph 7.5(f) below, in an amount in excess of the net proceeds received
by such holder with respect to the sale of Registrable Securities.
(e) Promptly after receipt of notice of the commencement of any
action in respect of which indemnity may be sought against any indemnifying
party under this Section 7.5, the indemnified party will notify the indemnifying
party in writing of the commencement thereof, and the indemnifying party will,
subject to the provisions hereinafter stated, assume the defense of such action
(including the employment of counsel reasonably subject to the provisions
hereinafter stated, assume the defense of such action (including the employment
of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party and the payment of
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expenses) insofar as such action relates to an alleged liability in respect of
which indemnity may be sought against the indemnifying party. After notice from
the indemnifying party of its election to assume the defense of such claim or
action, the indemnifying party shall no longer by liable to the indemnified
party under this Section 7.5 for any legal or other expenses subsequently
incurred by the indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof other
than reasonable costs of investigation; provided, however, that if, in the
written opinion of counsel to the indemnified party or parties, it is advisable
for the indemnified party or parties, it is advisable for the indemnified party
or parties to be represented by separate counsel, the indemnified party or
parties shall have the right to employ a single counsel to represent the
indemnified parties who may be subject to liability arising out of any claim in
respect of which indemnity may be sought by the indemnified parties thereof
against the indemnifying party, in which event the reasonable fees and expenses
of such separate counsel shall be borne by the indemnifying party. Any party
against whom indemnification may be sought under this Section 7.5 shall not be
liable to indemnify any person that might otherwise be indemnified pursuant
hereto for any settlement of any action effected without such indemnifying
party's consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
(f) If for any reason the indemnification provided for in this
Section 7.5 is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unavailable to an
indemnified party with respect to any loss, claim, damage, expense or liability
referred to therein, then the indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such
indemnified party thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by
the indemnified party as a result of such loss, claim, damage, expense or
liability in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative
benefits received by the indemnified party and the indemnifying party, but also
the relative fault of the indemnified party and the indemnifying party, as well
as any other relevant equitable considerations.
(g) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed as
requiring any Holder to exercise his Warrants prior to the initial filing of any
Registration Statement or the effectiveness thereof.
8. Adjustments of Exercise Price and Number of Shares.
8.1 Computation of Adjusted Price. Except as hereinafter provided, in
case the Company shall at any time after the date hereof issue or sell any
shares of Common Stock (other than the issuances or sales referred to in Section
8.6 hereof), including shares held in the Company's treasury and shares of
Common Stock issued upon the exercise of any options, rights or
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warrants to subscribe for shares of Common Stock (other than the issuances or
sales of Common Stock pursuant to rights to subscribe for such Common Stock
distributed to all the shareholders of the Company and Holders of Warrants
pursuant to Section 8.8 hereof) and shares of Common Stock issued upon the
direct or indirect conversion or exchange of securities for shares of Common
Stock, for a consideration per share less than either the Exercise Price in
effect immediately prior to the issuance or sale of such shares or the "Market
Price" (as defined in Section 8.1(vi) hereof) per share of Common Stock or
without consideration, then forthwith upon such issuance or sale, the Exercise
Price shall (until another such issuance or sale), be reduced to the price
(calculated to the nearest full cent) equal to the quotient derived by dividing
(A) an amount equal to the sum of (X) the product of (a) the total number of
shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such issuance or sale,
multiplied by (b) the lower of (i) the Exercise Price in effect immediately
prior to such issuance or sale or (ii) the "Market Price" (as defined in
subsection (vi) of this Section 8.1 hereof) per share of Common Stock on the
date immediately prior to the issuance or sale of such shares, plus, (Y) the
aggregate of the amount of all consideration, if any, received by the Company
upon such issuance or sale, by (B) the total number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding immediately after such issuance or sale; provided, however, that in
no event shall the Exercise Price be adjusted pursuant to this computation to an
amount in excess of the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such
computation, except in the case of a combination of outstanding shares of Common
Stock, as provided by Section 8.3 hereof.
For the purposes of any computation to be made in accordance with this
Section 8.1, the following provisions shall be applicable:
(i) In case of 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 consideration therefor shall be deemed to be the amount of cash received by
the Company for such shares (or, if shares of Common Stock are offered by the
Company for subscription, the subscription price, or, if such securities shall
be sold to underwriters or dealers for public offering without a subscription
offering, the initial 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.
(ii) In case of the issuance or sale (otherwise than as a
dividend or other distribution on any stock of the Company) of shares of Common
Stock for a consideration
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part or all of which shall be other than cash, the amount of the consideration
therefor other than cash shall be deemed to be the value of such consideration
as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company.
(iii) 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.
(iv) 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 (ii) of this Section 8.1.
(v) The number of shares of Common Stock at any one time
outstanding shall include the aggregate number of shares issued or issuable upon
the exercise of options, rights, warrants and upon the conversion or exchange of
convertible or exchangeable securities.
(vi) As used herein, the phrase "Market Price" at any date
shall be deemed to be the last reported sale price, or, in case no such reported
sale takes place on such day, the average of the last reported sale prices for
the last three trading days, in either case as officially reported by the
principal securities exchange on which the Common Stock is listed or admitted to
trading or as reported in the NASDAQ National Market System, or, if the Common
Stock is not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange
or quoted on the NASDAQ National Market System, the closing bid price as
furnished by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. through NASDAQ
or similar organization if NASDAQ is no longer reporting such information, or if
the Common Stock is not quoted on NASDAQ, as determined in good faith by
resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company, based on the best
information available to it for the two days immediately preceding such issuance
or sale and the day of such issuance or sale.
8.2 Options, Rights, Warrants and Convertible and Exchangeable
Securities. Except in the case of the Company issuing rights to subscribe for
shares of Common Stock distributed to all the shareholders of the Company and
Holders of
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Warrants pursuant to Section 8.8 hereof, if the Company shall at any time after
the date hereof 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, (i) for a consideration per share less than (a) the
Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to the issuance of such options,
rights or warrants, or such convertible or exchangeable securities, or (b) the
Market Price, or (ii) without consideration, the Exercise Price 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 a computation in accordance with the provisions of
Section 8.1 hereof, provided that:
(a) The aggregate maximum number of shares of Common Stock, as
the case may be, issuable under all the outstanding options, rights or warrants
shall be deemed to be issued and outstanding at the time all the outstanding
options, rights or warrants were issued, and for a consideration equal to the
minimum purchase price per share provided for in the options, rights or warrants
at the time of issuance, plus the consideration (determined in the same manner
as consideration received on the issue or sale of shares in accordance with the
terms of the Warrants), if any, received by the Company for the options, rights
or warrants, and if no minimum price is provided in the options, rights or
warrants, then the consideration shall be equal to zero; provided, however, that
upon the expiration or other termination of the 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 (v) of Section 8.1 hereof) shall be reduced by such
number of shares as to which options, warrants and/or rights shall have expired
or terminated unexercised, and such number of shares shall no longer be deemed
to be issued and outstanding, and the Exercise Price then in effect shall
forthwith be readjusted and thereafter be the price which it would have been had
adjustment been made on the basis of the issuance only of shares actually issued
or 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 upon conversion or exchange of any convertible or exchangeable
securities shall be deemed to be issued and outstanding at the time of issuance
of such securities, and for a consideration equal to the consideration
(determined in the same manner as consideration received on the issue or sale of
shares of Common Stock in accordance with the terms of the Warrants) 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
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the termination of the right to convert or exchange such convertible or
exchangeable securities (whether by reason of redemption or otherwise), the
number of shares deemed to be issued and outstanding pursuant to this subsection
(b) (and for the purpose of subsection (v) of Section 8.1 hereof) shall be
reduced by such 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 Exercise Price then in
effect shall forthwith be readjusted and thereafter be the price which it would
have been had adjustment been made on the basis of the issuance only of the
shares actually issued or issuable upon the 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 8.2, or in the price per share at which the securities referred to in
subsection (b) of this Section 8.2 are convertible or exchangeable, the options,
rights or warrants or conversion or exchange rights, as the case may be, 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 at the new price in respect of the number of shares
issuable upon the exercise of such options, rights or warrants or the conversion
or exchange of such convertible or exchangeable securities.
8.3 Subdivision and Combination. In case the Company shall at any time
subdivide or combine the outstanding shares of Common Stock, the Exercise Price
shall forthwith be proportionately decreased in the case of subdivision or
increased in the case of combination.
8.4 Adjustment in Number of Shares. Upon each adjustment of the
Exercise Price pursuant to the provisions of this Article 8, the number of
Shares issuable upon the exercise of each Warrant shall be adjusted to the
nearest full Share by multiplying a number equal to the Exercise Price in effect
immediately prior to such adjustment by the number of Shares issuable upon
exercise of the Warrants immediately prior to such adjustment and dividing the
product so obtained by the adjusted Exercise Price.
8.5 Reclassification, Consolidation, Merger, etc. In case of any
reclassification or change of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (other than
a change in par value to no
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par value, or from no par value to par value, or as a result of a subdivision or
combination), or in the case of any consolidation of the Company with, or merger
of the Company into, another corporation (other than a consolidation or merger
in which the Company is the surviving corporation and which does not result in
any reclassification or change of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, except
a change as a result of a subdivision or combination of such shares or a change
in par value, as aforesaid), or in the case of a sale or conveyance to another
corporation of the property of the Company as an entirety, the Holders shall
thereafter have the right to purchase the kind and number of shares of stock and
other securities and property receivable upon such reclassification, change,
consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance as if the Holders were the owners of
the shares of Common Stock underlying the Warrants immediately prior to any such
events at a price equal to the product of (x) the number of shares issuable upon
exercise of the Warrants and (y) the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior
to the record date for such reclassification, change, consolidation, merger,
sale or conveyance as if such Holders had exercised the Warrants.
8.6 No Adjustment of Exercise Price in Certain Cases. No adjustment of
the Exercise Price shall be made:
(a) Upon the issuance or sale of shares of Common Stock upon the
exercise of the Warrants;
(b) Upon (i) the issuance of options pursuant to any of the
Company's employee stock option plans in effect on the date hereof or
any employee stock option plan adopted after the date hereof by
stockholders of the Company the issuance or sale by the Company of any
shares of Common Stock pursuant to the exercise of any such options,
or (ii) the issuance or sale by the Company of any shares of Common
Stock pursuant to the exercise of any options or warrants previously
issued and outstanding on the date hereof;
(c) Upon issuance of any shares of Common Stock sold in the
Company's offerings of an aggregate of up to 4,000,000 shares of
Common Stock being conducted pursuant to the Company's Offering
Memoranda dated April 19, 1995 and April 21, 1995, respectively; or
(d) Upon the issuance of any shares of Common Stock in connection
with the Company's merger with AccuMed, Inc.
8.7 Dividends and Other Distributions with Respect to Outstanding
Securities. In the event that the Company
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shall at any time prior to the exercise of all Warrants declare a dividend
(other than a dividend consisting solely of shares of Common Stock or a cash
dividend or distribution payable out of current or retained earnings) or
otherwise distribute to its shareholders any monies, assets, property, rights,
evidences of indebtedness, securities (other than shares of Common Stock),
whether issued by the Company or by another person or entity, or any other thing
of value, the Holder or Holders of the unexercised Warrants shall thereafter be
entitled, in addition to the shares of Common Stock or other securities
receivable upon the exercise thereof, to receive, upon the exercise of such
Warrants, the same monies, property, assets, rights, evidences of indebtedness,
securities or any other thing of value that they would have been entitled to
receive at the time of such dividend or distribution. At the time of any such
dividend or distribution, the Company shall make appropriate reserves to ensure
the timely performance of the provisions of this Subsection 8.7.
8.8 Subscription Rights for Shares of Common Stock or Other
Securities. In the case the Company or an affiliate of the Company shall at any
time after the date hereof and prior to the exercise of all the Warrants issue
any rights to subscribe for shares of Common Stock or any other securities of
the Company or of such affiliate to all the shareholders of the Company, the
Holders of the unexercised Warrants shall be entitled, in addition to the shares
of Common Stock or other securities receivable upon the exercise of the
Warrants, to receive such rights at the time such rights are distributed to the
other shareholders of the Company.
9. Exchange and Replacement of Warrant Certificates.
Each Warrant Certificate is exchangeable without expense, upon the
surrender hereof by the registered Holder at the principal executive office of
the Company, for a new Warrant Certificate of like tenor and date representing
in the aggregate the right to purchase the same number of Shares in such
denominations as shall be designated by the Holder thereof at the time of such
surrender.
Upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of
the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of any Warrant Certificate, and, in
case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity or security reasonably
satisfactory to it, and reimbursement to the Company of all reasonable expenses
incidental thereto, and upon surrender and cancellation of the Warrants, if
mutilated, the Company will make and deliver a new Warrant Certificate of like
tenor, in lieu thereof.
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10. Elimination of Fractional Interests.
The Company shall not be required to issue certificates representing
fractions of shares of Common Stock and shall not be required to issue scrip or
pay cash in lieu of fractional interests, it being the intent of the parties
that all fractional interests shall be eliminated by rounding any fraction up to
the nearest whole number of shares of Common Stock.
11. Reservation and Listing of Securities.
The Company shall at all times reserve and keep available out of its
authorized shares of Common Stock, solely for the purpose of issuance upon the
exercise of the Warrants, such number of shares of Common Stock as shall be
issuable upon the exercise thereof. The Company covenants and agrees that, upon
exercise of the Warrants and payment of the Exercise Price therefor, all shares
of Common Stock issuable upon such exercise shall be duly and validly issued,
fully paid, non-assessable and not subject to the preemptive rights of any
shareholder. As long as the Warrants shall be outstanding, the Company shall use
its best efforts to cause all shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise
of the Warrants to be listed on or quoted by NASDAQ or listed on such national
securities exchanges as requested by Commonwealth.
12. Notices to Warrant Holders.
Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed as conferring upon
the Holder or Holders the right to vote or to consent or to receive notice as a
shareholder in respect of any meetings of shareholders for the election of
directors or any other matter, or as having any rights whatsoever as a
shareholder of the Company. If, however, at any time prior to the expiration of
the Warrants and their exercise, any of the following events shall occur:
(a) the Company shall take a record of the holders of its shares of
Common Stock for the purpose of entitling them to receive a dividend or
distribution payable otherwise than in cash, or a cash dividend or
distribution payable otherwise than out of current or retained earnings, as
indicated by the accounting treatment of such dividend or distribution on
the books of the Company; or
(b) the Company shall offer to all the holders of its Common Stock any
additional shares of capital stock of the Company or securities convertible
into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of the
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Company, or any option, right or warrant to subscribe therefor; or
(c) a dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company (other
than in connection with a consolidation or merger) or a sale of all or
substantially all of its property, assets and business as an entirety shall
be proposed;
then, in any one or more of said events, the Company shall give written notice
of such event at least fifteen (15) days prior to the date fixed as a record
date or the date of closing the transfer books for the determination of the
shareholders entitled to such dividend, distribution, convertible or
exchangeable securities or subscription rights, options or warrants, or entitled
to vote on such proposed dissolution, liquidation, winding up or sale. Such
notice shall specify such record date or the date of closing the transfer books,
as the case may be. Failure to give such notice or any defect therein shall not
affect the validity of any action taken in connection with the declaration or
payment of any such dividend or distribution, or the issuance of any convertible
or exchangeable securities or subscription rights, options or warrants, or any
proposed dissolution, liquidation, winding up or sale.
13. Notices.
All notices, requests, consents and other communications hereunder shall be
in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly made when delivered, or mailed
by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested:
(a) If to a registered Holder of the Warrants, to the address of such
Holder as shown on the books of the Company; or
(b) If to the Company, to the address set forth in Section 3 of this
Agreement or to such other address as the Company may designate by notice to the
Holders.
14. Supplements and Amendments.
The Company and Commonwealth may from time to time supplement or amend this
Agreement without the approval of any Holders of Warrant Certificates in order
to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision contained herein
which may be defective or inconsistent with any provisions herein, or to make
any other provisions in regard to matters or questions arising hereunder which
the Company and Commonwealth may deem necessary or desirable and which the
Company and Commonwealth deem not to adversely affect the interests of the
Holders of Warrant Certificates.
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15. Successors.
All the covenants and provisions of this Agreement by or for the benefit of
the Company and the Holders inure to the benefit of their respective successors
and assigns hereunder.
16. Termination.
This Agreement shall terminate at the close of business on August 18, 2003.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement will terminate on any earlier date
when all Warrants have been exercised and all the Shares issuable upon exercise
of the Warrants have been resold to the public; provided, however, that the
provisions of Section 7.5 shall survive such termination until the close of
business on August 18, 2006.
17. Governing Law.
This Agreement and each Warrant Certificate issued hereunder shall be
deemed to be a contract made under the laws of the State of New York and for all
purposes shall be construed in accordance with the laws of said State.
18. Benefits of This Agreement.
Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to give to any person or
corporation other than the Company and Commonwealth and any other registered
holder or holders of the Warrant Certificates, Warrants or the Shares any legal
or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Agreement; and this Agreement
shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Company and Commonwealth and
any other holder or holders of the Warrant Certificates, Warrants or the Shares.
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19. Counterparts.
This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and each of
such counterparts shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original, and such
counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
duly executed, as of the day and year first above written.
[SEAL] ALAMAR BIOSCIENCES, INC.
By:_________________________________
Name:
Title:
Attest:
____________________________
COMMONWEALTH ASSOCIATES
By: Commonwealth Associates
Management Company, Inc.,
General Partner
By:_________________________________
Name:
Title:
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THE WARRANTS REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE AND THE OTHER SECURITIES ISSUABLE
UPON EXERCISE THEREOF HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933,
AS AMENDED (THE "ACT"), AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT (i) PURSUANT TO AN
EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE ACT, (ii) TO THE EXTENT APPLICABLE,
PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER SUCH ACT (OR ANY SIMILAR RULE UNDER SUCH ACT RELATING
TO THE DISPOSITION OF SECURITIES), OR (iii) UPON THE DELIVERY BY THE HOLDER TO
THE COMPANY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO COUNSEL FOR THE
COMPANY, STATING THAT AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT IS
AVAILABLE.
THE TRANSFER OR EXCHANGE OF THE WARRANTS REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE IS
RESTRICTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE WARRANT AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
EXERCISABLE ON OR BEFORE
5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, AUGUST 18, 2000
No. WA-1 258,700 Warrants
WARRANT CERTIFICATE
This Warrant Certificate certifies that Commonwealth Associates
("Commonwealth") or registered assigns, is the registered holder of 258,700
Warrants to purchase, at any time from August 18, 1995 until 5:00 P.M. New York
City time on August 18, 2000 (the "Expiration Date") up to 258,700 shares
("Shares") of fully-paid and non-assessable common stock, no par value ("Common
Stock"), of Alamar BioSciences, Inc., a California corporation (the "Company"),
at the initial exercise price, subject to adjustment in certain events (the
"Exercise Price"), of $0.625 per Share, upon surrender of this Warrant
Certificate and payment of the Exercise Price at an office or agency of the
Company, but subject to the conditions set forth herein and in the warrant
agreement dated as of August 18, 1995 between the Company and Commonwealth (the
"Warrant Agreement"). Payment of the Exercise Price may be made in cash, or by
check payable to the order of the Company, or any combination of cash or check.
No Warrant may be exercised after 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on the
Expiration Date, at which time all Warrants evidenced hereby, unless exercised
prior thereto, shall thereafter be void.
The Warrants evidenced by this Warrant Certificate are part of a duly
authorized issue of Warrants issued pursuant to the Warrant Agreement, which
Warrant Agreement is hereby incorporated by reference in and made a part of this
instrument and is hereby referred to in a description of the rights, limitation
of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the
Company and the holders (the words "holders" or "holder" meaning the registered
holders or registered holder) of the Warrants.
The Warrant Agreement provides that upon the occurrence of certain events,
the Exercise Price and/or number of the Company's securities issuable thereupon
may, subject to certain conditions, be adjusted. In such event, the Company
will, at the request of the holder, issue a new Warrant Certificate evidencing
the adjustment in the Exercise Price and the number and/or type of securities
issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants; provided, however, that the failure
of the Company to issue such new Warrant Certificates shall not in any way
change, alter, or otherwise impair, the rights of the holder as set forth in the
Warrant Agreement.
Upon due presentment for registration of transfer of this Warrant
Certificate at an office or agency of the Company, a new Warrant Certificate or
Warrant Certificates of like tenor and evidencing in the aggregate a like number
of Warrants shall be issued to the transferee(s) in exchange for this Warrant
Certificate, subject to the limitations provided herein and in the Warrant
Agreement, without any charge except for any tax, or other governmental charge
imposed in connection therewith.
Upon the exercise of less than all of the Warrants evidenced by this
Certificate, the Company shall forthwith issue to the holder hereof a new
Warrant Certificate representing such number of unexercised Warrants.
The Company may deem and treat the registered holder(s) hereof as the
absolute owner(s) of this Warrant Certificate (notwithstanding any notation of
ownership or other writing hereon made by anyone), for the purpose of any
exercise hereof, and of any distribution to the holder(s) hereof, and for all
other purposes, and the Company shall not be affected by any notice to the
contrary.
All terms used in this Warrant Certificate which are defined in the Warrant
Agreement shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Warrant Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant Certificate to be
duly executed under its corporate seal.
Dated: May 3, 1995 ALAMAR BIOSCIENCES, INC.
[SEAL] By:__________________________
Name:
Title:
Attest:
_______________________________
[FORM OF ELECTION TO PURCHASE]
The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise the right,
represented by this Warrant Certificate, to purchase _________ Shares and
herewith tenders in payment for such Shares in cash or a check payable to the
order of Alamar Biosciences, Inc. in the amount of $_____ , all in accordance
with the terms hereof. The undersigned requests that a certificate for such
Shares be registered in the name of ________________ , whose address is
__________________, and that such Certificate be delivered to
__________________, whose address is _____________.
Dated: Signature:________________________
(Signature must conform in
all respects to name of
holder as specified on the
face of the Warrant
Certificate.)
________________________________
________________________________
(Insert Social Security or Other
Identifying Number of Holder)
[FORM OF ASSIGNMENT]
(To be executed by the registered holder if such holder
desires to transfer the Warrant Certificate.)
FOR VALUE RECEIVED_________________________________________________________
hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto
________________________________________________________________________________
(Please print name and address of transferee)
this Warrant Certificate, together with all right, title and interest therein,
and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint _______________, Attorney, to
transfer the within Warrant Certificate on the books of the within-named
Company, with full power of substitution.
Dated: Signature:_____________________
(Signature must conform in all
respects to name of holder as
specified on the face of the
Warrant Certificate)
________________________________
________________________________
(Insert Social Security or Other
Identifying Number of Assignee)