ONCOGENEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC. Warrant To Purchase Common Stock
Exhibit 4.1
ONCOGENEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Warrant No.: _________________
Number of Shares of Common Stock: __________________
Date of Issuance: [___], 2010 (“Issuance Date”)
Number of Shares of Common Stock: __________________
Date of Issuance: [___], 2010 (“Issuance Date”)
OncoGenex Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), hereby certifies
that, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, _______________________, the registered holder hereof or its permitted assigns (the
“Holder”), is entitled, subject to the terms set forth below, to purchase from the Company, at the
Exercise Price (as defined below) then in effect, upon surrender of this Warrant to Purchase Common
Stock (including any Warrants to Purchase Common Stock issued in exchange, transfer or replacement
hereof, the “Warrant”), at any time or times on or after the date hereof (the “Exercisability
Date”), but not after 11:59 p.m., New York time, on the Expiration Date (as defined below),
______________ (_____________)1 fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock (as
defined below) (the “Warrant Shares”). Except as otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms in
this Warrant shall have the meanings set forth in Section 15. This Warrant is the Warrant to
purchase Common Stock (this “Warrant”) issued pursuant to the prospectus supplement dated
[_________], 2010 and accompanying prospectus (collectively, the “Prospectus”) that forms a part of
the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File number 333-160251) (the “Registration Statement”).
1. EXERCISE OF WARRANT.
(a) Mechanics of Exercise. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, this Warrant
may be exercised by the Holder on any day on or after the Exercisability Date, in whole or in part,
by (i) delivery of a written notice, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the
“Exercise Notice”), of the Holder’s election to exercise this Warrant and (ii) (x) if the Holder is
not electing a Cashless Exercise (as defined below) pursuant to Section 1(d) of this Warrant,
payment to the Company of an amount equal to the applicable Exercise Price multiplied by the number
of Warrant Shares as to which this Warrant is being exercised (the “Aggregate Exercise Price”) in
cash or by wire transfer of immediately available funds, or (y) by notifying the Company pursuant
to the Exercise Notice that this Warrant is being exercised pursuant to a Cashless Exercise (as
defined in Section 1(d)) (collectively, the satisfaction of the aforementioned requirements is
referred to herein as “Exercise”). The Holder shall not be required to deliver the original
Warrant in order to effect an Exercise hereunder, provided that in the event of an Exercise
of this Warrant for all Warrant Shares then issuable hereunder, this Warrant is surrendered to the
Company by the second Trading Day following the date on which the Warrant has been duly Exercised.
Exercise with respect to less than all of the Warrant Shares shall have the same effect as
cancellation of the original Warrant and issuance of a new Warrant
| 1 | Insert a number of shares equal to _____% of the number of Common Shares purchased by the Holder. |
evidencing the right to purchase the remaining number of Warrant Shares. On or before the
first (1st) Business Day following the date on which the Company has received the
Exercise Notice, the Company shall transmit by facsimile an acknowledgment of confirmation of
receipt of the Exercise Notice to the Holder and the Company’s transfer agent (the “Transfer
Agent”). On or before the third (3rd) Business Day following the date on which the
Warrant has been duly Exercised (the “Share Delivery Date”), the Company shall (X) provided that
the Transfer Agent is participating in The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) Fast Automated
Securities Transfer Program, upon the request of the Holder, credit such aggregate number of
Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise to the Holder’s or its
designee’s balance account with DTC through its Deposit Withdrawal Agent Commission system, or (Y)
if the Transfer Agent is not participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program or
if the certificates are required to bear a legend regarding restriction on transferability, issue
and dispatch by overnight courier to the address as specified in the Exercise Notice, a
certificate, registered in the Company’s share register in the name of the Holder or its designee,
for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such Exercise.
Upon Exercise, the Holder shall be deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the holder of
record of the Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been Exercised, irrespective of
the date such Warrant Shares are credited to the Holder’s DTC account or the date of delivery of
the certificates evidencing such Warrant Shares, as the case may be. If this Warrant is submitted
in connection with any exercise pursuant to this Section 1(a) and the number of Warrant Shares
represented by this Warrant submitted for exercise is greater than the number of Warrant Shares
being acquired upon an exercise, then the Company shall as soon as practicable and in no event
later than five Business Days after any exercise and at its own expense, issue a new Warrant (in
accordance with Section 7(d)) representing the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares
purchasable immediately prior to such exercise under this Warrant, less the number of Warrant
Shares with respect to which this Warrant is exercised. No fractional shares of Common Stock are
to be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant, but rather the number of shares of Common Stock to
be issued shall be rounded down to the nearest whole number. The Company shall pay any and all
taxes which may be payable with respect to the issuance and delivery of Warrant Shares upon
exercise of this Warrant; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required
to pay any tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the registration of any
certificates for Warrant Shares or Warrants in a name other than that of the Holder or an affiliate
thereof. The Holder shall be responsible for all other tax liability that may arise as a result of
holding or transferring this Warrant or receiving Warrant Shares upon exercise hereof.
(b) Exercise Price. For purposes of this Warrant, “Exercise Price” means $_______ per
Warrant Share, subject to adjustment as provided herein.
(c) Company’s Failure to Timely Deliver Securities. If the Company shall fail for any
reason or for no reason to issue to the Holder within three (3) Business Days of Exercise in
compliance with the terms of this Section 1, a certificate for the number of shares of Common Stock
to which the Holder is entitled and register such shares of Common Stock on the Company’s share
register or to credit the Holder’s balance account with DTC for such number of shares of Common
Stock to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder’s exercise of this Warrant, and if on or
after such Trading Day the Holder purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) shares of
Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the
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Holder of shares of Common Stock issuable upon such exercise that the Holder anticipated
receiving from the Company (a “Buy-In”), then the Company shall, within three (3) Business Days
after the Holder’s request and in the Holder’s discretion, either (i) pay cash to the Holder in an
amount equal to the Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if any) for the
shares of Common Stock so purchased (the “Buy-In Price”), at which point the Company’s obligation
to deliver such certificate (and to issue such Warrant Shares or credit such Holder’s balance
account at DTC) shall terminate, or (ii) promptly honor its obligation to deliver to the Holder a
certificate or certificates representing such Warrant Shares or credit such Holder’s balance
account at DTC and pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the excess (if any) of the Buy-In
Price over the product of (A) such number of shares of Common Stock, times (B) the Weighted Average
Price on the date of exercise.
(d) Cashless Exercise. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the
Holder may, in its sole discretion, exercise this Warrant in whole or in part and, in lieu of
making the cash payment otherwise contemplated to be made to the Company upon such exercise in
payment of the Aggregate Exercise Price, elect instead to receive upon such exercise the “Net
Number” of shares of Common Stock determined according to the following formula (a “Cashless
Exercise”):
Net Number
|
= | (A x B) – (A x C) | |||
| B |
For purposes of the foregoing formula:
| A = | the total number of shares with respect to which this Warrant is then being exercised. | ||
| B = | the arithmetic average of the Closing Sale Prices of the shares of Common Stock for the ten (10) consecutive Trading Days ending on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the Exercise Notice. | ||
| C = | the Exercise Price then in effect for the applicable Warrant Shares at the time of such exercise. |
(e) Disputes. In the case of a dispute as to the determination of the Exercise Price
or the arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares, the Company shall issue to the Holder the
number of Warrant Shares that are not disputed in accordance with the delivery obligations set
forth in this Warrant.
(f) Beneficial Ownership. The Company shall not effect the exercise of this Warrant,
and the Holder shall not have the right to exercise this Warrant, to the extent that after
giving effect to such exercise, such Holder (together with such Holder’s affiliates and any other
Persons acting as a group together with such Holder) would beneficially own in excess of 4.99% (the
“Maximum Percentage”) of the shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to
such exercise. For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the aggregate number of shares of Common
Stock beneficially owned by such Person and its affiliates shall include the number of shares of
Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant with
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respect to which the determination of such sentence is being made, but shall exclude shares of
Common Stock which would be issuable upon (i) exercise of the remaining, unexercised portion of
this Warrant beneficially owned by such Person and its affiliates and (ii) exercise or conversion
of the unexercised or unconverted portion of any other securities of the Company beneficially owned
by such Person and its affiliates (including, without limitation, any convertible notes or
convertible preferred stock or warrants) subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise
analogous to the limitation contained herein. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for
purposes of this paragraph, beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section
13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), it being
acknowledged that the Company is not representing to the Holder that such calculation is in
compliance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, and the Holder is solely responsible for any
schedules required to be filed in accordance therewith. For purposes of this Warrant, in
determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, the Holder may rely on the number of
outstanding shares of Common Stock as reflected in (1) the Company’s most recent Form 10-K, Form
10-Q, Current Report on Form 8-K or other public filing with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, as the case may be, (2) a more recent public announcement by the Company or (3) any
other notice by the Company or the Transfer Agent setting forth the number of shares of Common
Stock outstanding. For any reason at any time, upon the written or oral request of the Holder,
where such request indicates that it is being made pursuant to this Warrant, the Company shall
within two (2) Business Days confirm orally and in writing to the Holder the number of shares of
Common Stock then outstanding. In any case, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock shall
be determined after giving effect to the conversion or exercise of securities of the Company,
including this Warrant, by the Holder and its affiliates since the date as of which such number of
outstanding shares of Common Stock was reported. By written notice to the Company, the Holder may
from time to time increase or decrease the Maximum Percentage to any other percentage not in excess
of 9.99% specified in such notice; provided that (i) any such increase will not be
effective until the sixty-first (61st) day after such notice is delivered to the
Company, and (ii) any such increase or decrease will apply only to the Holder.
2. ADJUSTMENT OF EXERCISE PRICE AND NUMBER OF WARRANT SHARES. The Exercise Price and
the number of Warrant Shares shall be adjusted from time to time as follows:
(a) Adjustment upon Subdivision or Combination of Common Stock. If the Company at any
time on or after the Issuance Date subdivides (by any stock split, stock dividend,
recapitalization, reorganization, scheme, arrangement or otherwise) one or more classes of its
outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares, the Exercise Price in effect
immediately prior to such subdivision will be proportionately reduced and the number of Warrant
Shares will be proportionately increased. If the Company at any time on or after the Issuance Date
combines (by any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, reorganization, scheme, arrangement
or otherwise) one or more classes of its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number
of shares, the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such combination will be
proportionately increased and the number of Warrant Shares will be proportionately decreased. Any
adjustment under this Section 2(a) shall become effective at the close of business on the date the
subdivision or combination becomes effective.
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(b) Other Events. If any event occurs of the type contemplated by the provisions of
Section 2(a) but not expressly provided for by such provisions (including, without limitation, the
granting of stock appreciation rights, phantom stock rights or other rights with equity features to
the holders of the Company’s equity securities), then the Company’s Board of Directors will make an
appropriate adjustment in the Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares and provide that the
record date for stockholders entitled to participate in such event shall be the effective date for
such adjustment so as to protect the rights of the Holder; provided that no such adjustment
pursuant to this Section 2(b) will increase the Exercise Price or decrease the number of Warrant
Shares as otherwise determined pursuant to this Section 2.
3. RIGHTS UPON DISTRIBUTION OF ASSETS. If the Company shall declare or make any
dividend or other distribution of its assets (or rights to acquire its assets) to holders of shares
of Common Stock, by way of return of capital or otherwise (including, without limitation, any
distribution of cash, stock or other securities, property or options by way of a dividend, spin
off, reclassification, corporate rearrangement, scheme of arrangement or other similar transaction)
(a “Distribution”), then, in each such case
(a) any Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to the close of business on the record date
fixed for the determination of holders of shares of Common Stock entitled to receive the
Distribution shall be reduced, effective as of the close of business on such record date, to a
price determined by multiplying such Exercise Price by a fraction of which (i) the numerator shall
be the Weighted Average Price of the shares of Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately
preceding such record date minus the value of the Distribution (as determined in good faith by the
Company’s Board of Directors) applicable to one share of Common Stock, and (ii) the denominator
shall be the Weighted Average Price of the shares of Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately
preceding such record date; and
(b) the number of Warrant Shares shall be increased to a number of shares equal to the number
of shares of Common Stock obtainable immediately prior to the close of business on the record date
fixed for the determination of holders of shares of Common Stock entitled to receive the
Distribution multiplied by the reciprocal of the fraction set forth in the immediately preceding
paragraph (a).
4. PURCHASE RIGHTS; FUNDAMENTAL TRANSACTIONS.
(a) Purchase Rights. In addition to any adjustments pursuant to Section 2 above, if
at any time the Company grants, issues or sells any Options, Convertible Securities or rights to
purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property of the Company pro rata to the record
holders of any class of shares of Common Stock (the “Purchase Rights”), then the Holder will be
entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase
Rights which the Holder could have acquired if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common
Stock acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on the
exercise of this Warrant) immediately before the date on which a record is taken for the grant,
issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the
record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the grant, issue or sale of such
Purchase Rights.
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(b) Fundamental Transactions. Upon the occurrence of any Fundamental Transaction, any
Successor Entity shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such
Fundamental Transaction, the provisions of this Warrant referring to the “Company” shall refer
instead to any Successor Entity), and may exercise every right and power of the Company and shall
assume all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant with the same effect as if such
Successor Entity had been named as the Company herein. Upon consummation of the Fundamental
Transaction, any Successor Entity shall deliver to the Holder confirmation that there shall be
issued upon exercise of this Warrant at any time after the consummation of the Fundamental
Transaction, in lieu of the shares of the Common Stock (or other securities, cash, assets or other
property purchasable upon the exercise of the Warrant prior to such Fundamental Transaction), such
shares of stock, securities, cash, assets or any other property whatsoever (including warrants or
other purchase or subscription rights), if any, that the Holder would have been entitled to receive
upon the happening of such Fundamental Transaction had this Warrant been exercised immediately
prior to such Fundamental Transaction, as adjusted in accordance with the provisions of this
Warrant. In addition to and not in substitution for any other rights hereunder, prior to the
consummation of any Fundamental Transaction pursuant to which holders of shares of Common Stock are
entitled to receive securities or other assets with respect to or in exchange for shares of Common
Stock (a “Corporate Event”), the Company shall make appropriate provision to insure that the Holder
will thereafter have the right to receive upon an exercise of this Warrant within 90 days after the
consummation of the Fundamental Transaction but, in any event, prior to the Expiration Date, in
lieu of the shares of the Common Stock (or other securities, cash, assets or other property)
purchasable upon the exercise of the Warrant prior to such Fundamental Transaction, such shares of
stock, securities, cash, assets or any other property whatsoever (including warrants or other
purchase or subscription rights) which the Holder would have been entitled to receive upon the
happening of such Fundamental Transaction had the Warrant been exercised immediately prior to such
Fundamental Transaction. Provision made pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be in a form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Holder. If holders of Common Stock are given any choice
as to the securities, cash or property to be received in a Fundamental Transaction, then the Holder
shall be given the same choice as to the consideration it receives upon any exercise of this
Warrant following such Fundamental Transaction. The provisions of this Section shall apply
similarly and equally to successive Fundamental Transactions and Corporate Events and shall be
applied without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant.
5. NONCIRCUMVENTION. The Company hereby covenants and agrees that the Company will
not, by amendment of its Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws or through any reorganization,
transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, scheme of arrangement, dissolution, issue or sale of
securities, or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of
any of the terms of this Warrant, and will at all times in good faith carry out all the provisions
of this Warrant. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company (i) shall not
increase the par value of any shares of Common Stock receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant
above the Exercise Price then in effect, and (ii) shall, so long as this Warrant is outstanding,
take all action necessary to reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued shares
of Common Stock, solely for the purpose of effecting the exercise of this Warrant, 100% of the
number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant then outstanding (without
regard to any limitations on exercise).
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6. WARRANT HOLDER NOT DEEMED A STOCKHOLDER. Except as otherwise specifically provided
herein, the Holder, solely in such Person’s capacity as a holder of this Warrant, shall not be
entitled to vote or receive dividends or be deemed the holder of share capital of the Company for
any purpose, nor shall anything contained in this Warrant be construed to confer upon the Holder,
solely in such Person’s capacity as the Holder of this Warrant, any of the rights of a stockholder
of the Company or any right to vote, give or withhold consent to any corporate action (whether any
reorganization, issue of stock, reclassification of stock, consolidation, merger, conveyance or
otherwise), receive notice of meetings, receive dividends or subscription rights, or otherwise,
prior to the issuance to the Holder of the Warrant Shares which such Person is then entitled to
receive upon the due exercise of this Warrant. In addition, nothing contained in this Warrant
shall be construed as imposing any liabilities on the Holder to purchase any securities (upon
exercise of this Warrant or otherwise) or as a stockholder of the Company, whether such liabilities
are asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company.
7. REISSUANCE OF WARRANTS.
(a) Transfer of Warrant. If this Warrant is to be transferred in accordance with
Section 14, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company, together with all applicable
transfer taxes, whereupon the Company will forthwith issue and deliver upon the order of the Holder
a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 7(d)), registered as the Holder may request, representing
the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares being transferred by the Holder and, if less
then the total number of Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant is being transferred, a new
Warrant (in accordance with Section 7(d)) to the Holder representing the right to purchase the
number of Warrant Shares not being transferred.
(b) Lost, Stolen or Mutilated Warrant. Upon receipt by the Company of evidence
reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this
Warrant, and, in the case of loss, theft or destruction, of any indemnification undertaking by the
Holder to the Company in customary form or the provision of reasonable security by the Holder to
the Company and, in the case of mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation of this Warrant, the
Company shall execute and deliver to the Holder a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 7(d))
representing the right to purchase the Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant.
(c) Exchangeable for Multiple Warrants. This Warrant is exchangeable, upon the
surrender hereof by the Holder at the principal office of the Company, together with all applicable
transfer taxes, for a new Warrant or Warrants (in accordance with Section 7(d)) representing in the
aggregate the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant, and each
such new Warrant will represent the right to purchase such portion of such Warrant Shares as is
designated by the Holder at the time of such surrender; provided, however, that no Warrants
for fractional shares of Common Stock shall be given.
(d) Issuance of New Warrants. Whenever the Company is required to issue a new Warrant
pursuant to the terms of this Warrant, such new Warrant (i) shall be of like tenor with this
Warrant, (ii) shall represent, as indicated on the face of such new Warrant, the right to purchase
the Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant (or in the case of a new
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Warrant being issued pursuant to Section 7(a) or Section 7(c), the Warrant Shares designated
by the Holder which, when added to the number of shares of Common Stock underlying the other new
Warrants issued in connection with such issuance, does not exceed the number of Warrant Shares then
underlying this Warrant), (iii) shall have an issuance date, as indicated on the face of such new
Warrant which is the same as the Issuance Date, and (iv) shall have the same rights and conditions
as this Warrant.
8. NOTICES. Whenever notice is required to be given to either party under this
Warrant, unless otherwise provided herein, such notice shall be given in accordance with
information provided by the Holder to the Company, or by the Company to the Holder, as applicable,
in writing. The Company shall provide the Holder with prompt written notice of all actions taken
pursuant to this Warrant, including in reasonable detail a description of such action and the
reason therefor.
9. AMENDMENT AND WAIVER. This Warrant is one of a series of warrants to purchase
Common Stock of the Company issued on the Issuance Date (collectively, the “2010 Warrants”).
Except as otherwise provided herein, the provisions of this Warrant may be amended and the Company
may take any action herein prohibited, or omit to perform any act herein required to be performed
by it, only if the Company has obtained the written consent of the holders of a majority of the
2010 Warrants then outstanding.
10. GOVERNING LAW. This Warrant shall be governed by and construed and enforced in
accordance with, and all questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and
performance of this Warrant shall be governed by, the internal laws of the State of New York,
without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the
State of New York or any other jurisdictions) that would cause the application of the laws of any
jurisdictions other than the State of New York.
11. CONSTRUCTION; HEADINGS. This Warrant shall be deemed to be jointly drafted by the
Company and the Holder and shall not be construed against any person as the drafter hereof. The
headings of this Warrant are for convenience of reference and shall not form part of, or affect the
interpretation of, this Warrant.
12. DISPUTE RESOLUTION. In the case of a dispute as to the determination of the
Exercise Price or the arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares, the Company shall submit the
disputed determinations or arithmetic calculations via facsimile within two (2) Business Days of
receipt of the Exercise Notice giving rise to such dispute, as the case may be, to the Holder. If
the Holder and the Company are unable to agree upon such determination or calculation of the
Exercise Price or the Warrant Shares within three Business Days of such disputed determination or
arithmetic calculation being submitted to the Holder, then the Company shall, within two (2)
Business Days submit via facsimile (a) the disputed determination of the Exercise Price to an
independent, reputable investment bank selected by the Company and approved by the Holder or (b)
the disputed arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares to the Company’s independent, outside
accountant. The Company shall cause at its expense the investment bank or the accountant, as the
case may be, to perform the determinations or calculations and notify the Company and the Holder of
the results no later than ten Business Days from the time it receives the disputed determinations
or calculations. Such investment bank’s or accountant’s
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determination or calculation, as the case may be, shall be binding upon all parties absent
demonstrable error. The expenses of the investment bank and accountant will be borne by the
Company unless the investment bank or accountant determines that the determination of the Exercise
Price or the arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares by the Holder was incorrect, in which
case the expenses of the investment bank and accountant will be borne by the Holder.
13. REMEDIES, OTHER OBLIGATIONS, BREACHES AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF. The remedies
provided in this Warrant shall be cumulative and in addition to all other remedies available under
this Warrant, at law or in equity (including a decree of specific performance and/or other
injunctive relief), and nothing herein shall limit the right of the Holder to pursue actual damages
for any failure by the Company to comply with the terms of this Warrant.
14. TRANSFER. This Warrant may be offered for sale, sold, transferred or assigned
without the consent of the Company, subject to applicable securities laws.
15. CERTAIN DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this Warrant, the following terms shall have
the following meanings:
(a) “Bloomberg” means Bloomberg Financial Markets.
(b) “Business Day” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial
banks in The City of New York are authorized or required by law to remain closed.
(c) “Closing Sale Price” means, for any security as of any date, the last closing bid price
and last closing trade price, respectively, for such security on the Principal Market, as reported
by Bloomberg, or, if the Principal Market begins to operate on an extended hours basis and does not
designate the closing bid price or the closing trade price, as the case may be, then the last bid
price or the last trade price, respectively, of such security prior to 4:00:00 p.m., New York time,
as reported by Bloomberg, or, if the Principal Market is not the principal securities exchange or
trading market for such security, the last closing bid price or last trade price, respectively, of
such security on the principal securities exchange or trading market where such security is listed
or traded as reported by Bloomberg, or if the foregoing do not apply, the last closing bid price or
last trade price, respectively, of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic
bulletin board for such security as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no closing bid price or last
trade price, respectively, is reported for such security by Bloomberg, the average of the bid
prices, or the ask prices, respectively, of any market makers for such security as reported in the
“pink sheets” by Pink Sheets LLC (formerly the National Quotation Bureau, Inc.). If the Closing
Sale Price cannot be calculated for a security on a particular date on any of the foregoing bases,
the Closing Sale Price, as the case may be, of such security on such date shall be the fair market
value as mutually determined by the Company and the Holder. All such determinations to be
appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination or other similar
transaction during the applicable calculation period.
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(d) “Common Stock” means (i) the Company’s shares of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share,
and (ii) any share capital into which such Common Stock shall have been changed or any share
capital resulting from a reclassification of such Common Stock.
(e) “Convertible Securities” means any stock or securities (other than Options) directly or
indirectly convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock.
(f) “Eligible Market” means The New York Stock Exchange, Inc., The NYSE Amex, The NASDAQ
Global Select Market, The NASDAQ Global Market or The NASDAQ Capital Market.
(g) “Expiration Date” means the fifth anniversary of the Issuance Date or, if such date falls
on a day other than a Business Day or on which trading does not take place on the Principal Market
(a “Holiday”), the next date that is not a Holiday.
(h) “Fundamental Transaction” means that (A) the Company shall, directly or indirectly, in one
or more related transactions, (i) consolidate or merge with or into (whether or not the Company is
the surviving corporation) another Person, or (ii) sell, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise
dispose of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company to another Person,
or (iii) allow another Person to make a purchase, tender or exchange offer that is accepted by the
holders of more than the 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (not including any shares of
Common Stock held by the Person or Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the
Persons making or party to, such purchase, tender or exchange offer), or (iv) consummate a stock
purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization,
recapitalization, spin-off or scheme of arrangement) with another Person whereby such other Person
acquires more than 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (not including any shares of
Common Stock held by the other Person or other Persons making or party to, or associated or
affiliated with the other Persons making or party to, such stock purchase agreement or other
business combination), or (v) reorganize, recapitalize or reclassify the Common Stock, or (B) any
“person” or “group” (as these terms are used for purposes of Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the
Exchange Act) is or shall become the “beneficial owner” (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the
Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of 50% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by
issued and outstanding Common Stock.
(i) “Options” means any rights, warrants or options to subscribe for or purchase shares of
Common Stock or Convertible Securities.
(j) “Parent Entity” of a Person means an entity that, directly or indirectly, controls the
applicable Person and whose common stock or equivalent equity security is quoted or listed on an
Eligible Market, or, if there is more than one such Person or Parent Entity, the Person or Parent
Entity with the largest public market capitalization as of the date of consummation of the
Fundamental Transaction.
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(k) “Person” means an individual, a limited liability company, a partnership, a joint venture,
a corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization, any other entity and a government or any
department or agency thereof.
(l) “Principal Market” means The NASDAQ Capital Market.
(m) “Successor Entity” means the Person (or, if so elected by the Holder, the Parent Entity)
formed by, resulting from or surviving any Fundamental Transaction or the Person (or, if so elected
by the Holder, the Parent Entity) with which such Fundamental Transaction shall have been entered
into.
(n) “Trading Day” means any day on which the Common Stock is traded on the Principal Market,
or, if the Principal Market is not the principal trading market for the Common Stock, then on the
principal securities exchange or securities market on which the Common Stock is then traded;
provided that “Trading Day” shall not include any day on which the Common Stock is
scheduled to trade on such exchange or market for less than 4.5 hours or any day that the Common
Stock is suspended from trading during the final hour of trading on such exchange or market (or if
such exchange or market does not designate in advance the closing time of trading on such exchange
or market, then during the hour ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York time).
(o) “Weighted Average Price” means, for any security as of any date, the dollar
volume-weighted average price for such security on the Principal Market during the period beginning
at 9:30:01 a.m., New York City time, and ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York City time, as reported by
Bloomberg through its “Volume at Price” function or, if the foregoing does not apply, the dollar
volume-weighted average price of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic
bulletin board for such security during the period beginning at 9:30:01 a.m., New York City time,
and ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York City time, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no dollar
volume-weighted average price is reported for such security by Bloomberg for such hours, the
average of the highest closing bid price and the lowest closing ask price of any of the market
makers for such security as reported in the “pink sheets” by Pink Sheets LLC (formerly the National
Quotation Bureau, Inc.). If the Weighted Average Price cannot be calculated for such security on
such date on any of the foregoing bases, the Weighted Average Price of such security on such date
shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company and the Holder. If the
Company and the Holder are unable to agree upon the fair market value of such security, then such
dispute shall be resolved pursuant to Section 12 with the term “Weighted Average Price” being
substituted for the term “Exercise Price.” All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted
for any share dividend, share split or other similar transaction during such period.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to Purchase Common Stock to be duly
executed as of the Issuance Date set out above.
ONCOGENEX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. |
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EXHIBIT A
EXERCISE NOTICE
TO BE EXECUTED BY THE REGISTERED HOLDER TO EXERCISE THIS
WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK
WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK
| To: | ONCOGENEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC. ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ Attention: Chief Financial Officer By ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇ |
The undersigned holder hereby exercises the right to purchase _________________ of the
shares of Common Stock (“Warrant Shares”) of ONCOGENEX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., a Delaware
corporation (the “Company”), evidenced by the attached Warrant to Purchase Common Stock (the
"Warrant”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the respective
meanings set forth in the Warrant.
1. Form of Exercise Price. The Holder intends that payment of the Exercise Price shall be
made as:
____________ a “Cash Exercise” with respect
to _________________ Warrant Shares; and/or
____________ a “Cashless Exercise” with respect
to _______________ Warrant Shares.
2. Payment of Exercise Price. In the event that this is a Cash Exercise with respect to some
or all of the Warrant Shares to be issued pursuant hereto, the holder shall pay the Aggregate
Exercise Price in the sum of $___________________ to the Company in accordance with the terms of
the Warrant.
3. Delivery of Warrant Shares. The Company shall deliver the Warrant Shares to the holder in
accordance with the terms of the Warrant.
4. Representations and Warranties. By its delivery of this Exercise Notice,
the undersigned represents and warrants to the Company that in giving effect to the exercise
evidenced hereby the Holder will not beneficially own in excess of the number of shares of Common
Stock (determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended) permitted to be owned under Section 1(f) of this Warrant to which this notice relates.
Date: _______________ ____ , ______
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Facsimile Number for notices: _______________
Address for delivery (if applicable):
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The Company hereby acknowledges this Exercise Notice.
ONCOGENEX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. |
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