SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
Pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities
Exchange Act of 1934
Date
of report (Date of earliest event reported): February 20, 2009 (February 17,
2009)
GENSPERA,
INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in Charter)
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Delaware
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20-0438951
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(State
or other jurisdiction of
incorporation
or organization)
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(Commission
File No.)
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(IRS
Employee Identification No.)
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9901
IH 10 West, Suite 800
San
Antonio, TX 78230
(Address
of Principal Executive Offices)
210-477-8537
(Issuer
Telephone number)
Check the
appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following
provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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Written communications
pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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Soliciting material
pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
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Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14d-2(b))
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Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.13e-4(c))
Item
1.01 Entry
Into a Material Definitive Agreement.
5% Convertible
Debenture
On
February 17, 2009, GenSpera, Inc. (“Company”) entered into a modification with
T.R. Winston & Company, LLC (“TRW”) with regard to the Company’s 5%
Convertible Debenture issued to TRW in the amount of $163,600
(“Debenture”). Pursuant to the modification, TRW agreed to extend the
maturity date of the Debenture from July 14, 2009 to July 14,
2010. As consideration for the modification, the Company issued TRW a
common stock purchase warrant entitling TRW to purchase 50,000 shares of the
Company’s common stock at a per share purchase price of $1.50. The
warrant has a five year term and contains certain anti-dilution provisions
requiring the Company to adjust the exercise price and number of shares upon the
occurrence of a stock split, stock dividends or stock
consolidation.
4% Convertible Promissory
Note
On
February 17, 2009, GenSpera, Inc. (“Company”) entered into a modification with
Craig Dionne, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chairman (“Dionne”) with
regard to the Company’s 4% Convertible Promissory Note issued to Dionne in the
amount of $35,000 (“Note”). Pursuant to the modification, Dionne
agreed to extend the maturity date of the Note from December 2, 2008 to December
2, 2009. Dionne had previously waived repayment of the
note. As consideration for the modification, the Company issued
Dionne a common stock purchase warrant entitling Dionne to purchase 11,000
shares of the Company’s common stock at a per share purchase price of
$1.50. The warrant has a five year term and contains certain
anti-dilution provisions requiring the Company to adjust the exercise price and
number of shares upon the occurrence of a stock split, stock dividends or stock
consolidation.
The
foregoing summaries of the modifications, the Debenture, the Note and the common
stock purchase warrant are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full
text of each such document, a copy of the form of each is attached hereto as
Exhibits 10.01, 10.02, 10.03, 10.04, 10.05 and 10.06 respectively, and each
of which is incorporated herein in its entirety by reference.
Item
2.03. Creation of a
Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet
Arrangement of a Registrant.
The
information set forth above in Item 1.01 of this current report on Form
8-K is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
Item
3.02. Unregistered
Sales of Equity Securities.
The
information set forth above in Item 1.01 of this current report on Form 8-K is
incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
Item
9.01 Financial
Statement and Exhibits.
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Incorporated
by Reference
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Exhibit
No.
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Description
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Filed
Herewith
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Form
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Exhibit
No.
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File No.
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Filing Date
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10.01
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Form
of 5% Convertible Debenture Modification
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10.02
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Form
of 4% Convertible Note Modification
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10.03
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Form
of 5% Convertible Debenture
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S-1
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4.12
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333-153829
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10/03/08
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10.04
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Form
of 4% Convertible Debenture
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S-1
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4.05
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333-153829
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10/03/08
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10.05
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Form
of Common Stock Purchase Warrant - T.R. Winston
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10.06
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Form
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has
duly caused this Report on Form 8-K to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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GenSpera,
Inc.
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By:
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/s/
Craig Dionne
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Craig
Dionne
Chief
Executive Officer
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Incorporated
by Reference
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Exhibit
No.
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Description
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Filed
Herewith
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Form
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Exhibit
No.
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File No.
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Filing Date
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10.01
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Form
of 5% Convertible Debenture Modification
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10.02
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Form
of 4% Convertible Note Modification
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10.03
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Form
of 5% Convertible Debenture
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S-1
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4.12
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333-153829
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10/03/08
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10.04
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Form
of 4% Convertible Debenture
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S-1
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4.05
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333-153829
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10/03/08
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10.05
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Form
of Common Stock Purchase Warrant - T.R. Winston
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10.06
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Form
of Common Stock Purchase Warrant - C. Dionne
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Sent Via Electronic
Mail
February
___, 2009
GenSpera,
Inc.
9901 IH
10 West, Suite 800
San
Antonio, TX, 78230
Attn:
Craig Dionne, CEO
Re:
Amendment to 5%
Convertible Debenture
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
Reference
is made to that certain 5% Convertible Debenture (the “Debenture”),
dated as of July, 2008, by and among GenSpera, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and
T.R. Winston & Company, LLC. This amendment (“Amendment”) shall
constitute an amendment to the Debenture.
1. The
Maturity Date shall be amended from July 14, 2009 to July 14, 2010.
2. All
terms defined in the Debenture and used in this Amendment shall have the same
meanings in this Amendment as in the Debenture.
3. Except
as amended by this Amendment, the Debenture shall remain in full force and
effect.
This
amendment to the Debenture is entered into as of the date hereof.
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By: G.
Tyler Runnels
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Its: President
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AGREED
TO:
GENSPERA,
INC.
Sent Via Electronic
Mail
February
____, 2009
GenSpera,
Inc.
9901 IH
10 West, Suite 800
San
Antonio, TX, 78230
Attn:
Craig Dionne, CEO
Re:
Amendment to 4%
Convertible Promissory Note
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
Reference
is made to that certain 4% Convertible Promissory Note (the “Note”),
dated as of December 2, 2003, by and among GenSpera, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, and Craig Dionne. This amendment (“Amendment”) shall
constitute an amendment to the Note.
1. The
Maturity Date shall be amended from December 2, 2008 to December 2,
2009.
2. All
terms defined in the Note and used in this Amendment shall have the same
meanings in this Amendment as in the Note.
3. Except
as amended by this Amendment, the Note shall remain in full force and
effect.
This
amendment to the Note is entered into as of the date hereof.
AGREED
TO:
GENSPERA,
INC.
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By:
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Scott
Ogilvie, Director
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NEITHER
THIS SECURITY NOR THE SECURITIES FOR WHICH THIS SECURITY IS EXERCISABLE HAVE
BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES
COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY,
MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM,
OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE
SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AS
EVIDENCED BY A LEGAL OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE TRANSFEROR TO SUCH EFFECT, THE
SUBSTANCE OF WHICH SHALL BE REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE
COMPANY. THIS SECURITY AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF
THIS SECURITY MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR
OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.
COMMON
STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT
GENSPERA,
INC.
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Warrant Shares: ________
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Initial Exercise Date: ________________
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THIS
COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT (the “
Warrant
”) certifies
that, for value received, _________________ (the “
Holder
”) is entitled,
upon the terms and subject to the limitations on exercise and the conditions
hereinafter set forth, at any time on or after the date hereof (the “
Initial Exercise
Date
”) and on or prior to the close of business on the ________ year
anniversary of the Initial Exercise Date (the “
Termination Date
”)
but not thereafter, to subscribe for and purchase from GenSpera, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the “
Company
”), up to
_________ shares (the “
Warrant Shares
”) of
Common Stock. The purchase price of one share of Common Stock under
this Warrant shall be equal to the Exercise Price, as defined in Section
2(b).
Section
1
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Definitions
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“
Affiliate
” means any
Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls
or is controlled by or is under common control with a Person, as such terms are
used in and construed under Rule 405 under the Securities Act. With
respect to a Holder, any investment fund or managed account that is managed on a
discretionary basis by the same investment manager as such Holder will be deemed
to be an Affiliate of such Holder.
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Board of Directors
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means the board of directors of the Company.
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Business Day
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any day except any Saturday, any Sunday, any day which is a federal legal
holiday in the United States or any day on which banking institutions in the
State of New York are authorized or required by law or other governmental action
to close.
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Commission
” means the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Common Stock
” means
the common stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share, and any other class
of securities into which such securities may hereafter be reclassified or
changed into.
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Exchange Act
” means
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
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Market Price
” means:
(a) the closing bid price reported on the Company’s Trading Market on the
Trading Day immediately preceding any applicable measuring date, (b) if the
Company’s Common Shares are not then listed on a Trading Market, the price
offered by any acquirer in a Fundamental Transaction, or (b) in all other
cases, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by the
Company’s Board of Directors.
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Rule 144
” means Rule
144 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule
may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter
adopted by the Commission having substantially the same effect as such
Rule.
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Securities Act
” means
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
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Trading Day
” means a
day on which the New York Stock Exchange is open for trading.
“
Trading Market
” means
the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted
for trading on the date in question: the American Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq
Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, or
the New York Stock Exchange.
“
Transfer Agent
” means
American Stock Transfer and Trust Company, the current transfer agent of the
Company with a mailing address of 59 Maiden Lane, New York, New York 10038 and a
facsimile number of (718) 921-8336, and any successor transfer agent of the
Company.
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VWAP
” means, for any
date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies:
(a) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the daily
volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest
preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed
or quoted as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m.
New York City time to 4:02 p.m. New York City time); (b) if the OTC
Bulletin Board is not a Trading Market, the volume weighted average price of the
Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the OTC Bulletin
Board; (c) if the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted on the OTC Bulletin
Board and if prices for the Common Stock are then reported in the “Pink Sheets”
published by Pink Sheets, LLC (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to
its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share of the
Common Stock so reported; or (d) in all other cases, the fair market value
of a share of Common Stock as determined by an independent appraiser selected in
good faith by the Purchasers of a majority in interest of the Securities then
outstanding and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the fees and expenses of
which shall be paid by the Company.
Section
2
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Exercise
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a)
Exercise of
Warrant
. Exercise of the purchase rights represented by this
Warrant may be made, in whole or in part, at any time or times on or after the
Initial Exercise Date and on or before the Termination Date by delivery to the
Company (or such other office or agency of the Company as it may designate by
notice in writing to the registered Holder at the address of the Holder
appearing on the books of the Company) of a duly executed facsimile copy of the
Notice of Exercise Form annexed hereto; and, within 3 Business Days of the date
said Notice of Exercise is delivered to the Company, the Company shall have
received payment of the aggregate Exercise Price of the shares
thereby purchased by wire transfer or cashier’s check drawn on a United States
bank. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Holder
shall not be required to physically surrender this Warrant to the Company until
the Holder has purchased all of the Warrant Shares available hereunder and the
Warrant has been exercised in full, in which case, the Holder shall surrender
this Warrant to the Company for cancellation within 3 Business Days of the date
the final Notice of Exercise is delivered to the Company. Partial
exercises of this Warrant resulting in purchases of a portion of the total
number of Warrant Shares available hereunder shall have the effect of lowering
the outstanding number of Warrant Shares purchasable hereunder in an amount
equal to the applicable number of Warrant Shares purchased. The
Holder and the Company shall maintain records showing the number of Warrant
Shares purchased and the date of such purchases. The Company shall
deliver any objection to any Notice of Exercise Form within 1 Business Day of
receipt of such notice. In the event of any dispute or discrepancy,
the records of the Company shall be controlling and determinative in the absence
of manifest error.
The Holder
and any assignee, by acceptance of this Warrant, acknowledge and agree that, by
reason of the provisions of this paragraph, following the purchase of a portion
of the Warrant Shares hereunder, the number of Warrant Shares available for
purchase hereunder at any given time may be less than the amount stated on the
face hereof.
b)
Exercise
Price
. The exercise price per share of the Common Stock under
this Warrant shall be
$1.50
, subject to adjustment
hereunder (the “
Exercise
Price
”).
c)
Cashless
Exercise
. This Warrant may also be exercised by means of a
“cashless exercise” in which the Holder shall be entitled to receive a
certificate for the number of Warrant Shares equal to the quotient obtained by
dividing [(A-B) (X)] by (A), where:
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VWAP on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of such
election;
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(B)
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Exercise Price of this Warrant, as adjusted;
and
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(X)
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number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant in
accordance with the terms of this Warrant by means of a cash exercise
rather than a cashless
exercise.
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d)
Exercise Limitations
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The Company shall not effect any exercise of this Warrant, and a Holder shall
not have the right to exercise any portion of this Warrant, pursuant to Section
2 or otherwise, to the extent that after giving effect to such issuance after
exercise as set forth on the applicable Notice of Exercise, the Holder (together
with the Holder’s Affiliates, and any other person or entity acting as a group
together with the Holder or any of the Holder’s Affiliates), would beneficially
own in excess of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation (as defined below).
For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the number of shares of Common Stock
beneficially owned by the Holder and its Affiliates shall include the number of
shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant with respect to
which such determination is being made, but shall exclude the number of shares
of Common Stock which would be issuable upon (A) exercise of the remaining,
nonexercised portion of this Warrant beneficially owned by the Holder or any of
its Affiliates and (B) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or nonconverted
portion of any other securities of the Company (including, without limitation,
any other Common Stock Equivalents) subject to a limitation on
conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein beneficially
owned by the Holder or any of its affiliates. Except as set forth in the
preceding sentence, for purposes of this Section 2(d), beneficial ownership
shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, it being acknowledged by the
Holder 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. To the extent that the limitation contained in this
Section 2(d) applies, the determination of whether this Warrant is exercisable
(in relation to other securities owned by the Holder together with any
Affiliates) and of which portion of this Warrant is exercisable shall be in the
sole discretion of the Holder, and the submission of a Notice of Exercise shall
be deemed to be the Holder’s determination of whether this Warrant is
exercisable (in relation to other securities owned by the Holder together with
any Affiliates) and of which portion of this Warrant is exercisable, in each
case subject to the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, and the Company shall have
no obligation to verify or confirm the accuracy of such
determination. In addition, a determination as to any group
status as contemplated above shall be determined in accordance with Section
13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder. For purposes of this Section 2(d), in determining the
number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, a Holder may rely on the number of
outstanding shares of Common Stock as reflected in (x) the Company’s most recent
periodic or annual report, as the case may be, (y) a more recent public
announcement by the Company or (z) any other notice by the Company or the
Transfer Agent setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding. Upon the written or oral request of a Holder, the Company
shall within five Trading 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 or its Affiliates since the date as of which such number of
outstanding shares of Common Stock was reported. The “
Beneficial Ownership
Limitation
” shall be 4.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock
outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common
Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant. The Holder, upon not
less than 61 days’ prior notice to the Company, may increase or decrease the
Beneficial Ownership Limitation provisions of this Section 2(d), provided that
the Beneficial Ownership Limitation in no event exceeds 9.99% of the number of
shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the
issuance of shares of Common Stock upon exercise of this Warrant held by the
Holder and the provisions of this Section 2(d) shall continue to
apply. Any such increase or decrease will not be effective until the
61
st
day after such notice is delivered to the Company. The provisions of
this paragraph shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in
strict conformity with the terms of this Section 2(d) to correct this paragraph
(or any portion hereof) which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended
Beneficial Ownership Limitation herein contained or to make changes or
supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation.
The limitations contained in this paragraph shall apply to a successor holder of
this Warrant
e)
Mechanics of
Exercise
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i.
Delivery
of Certificates Upon Exercise
. Certificates for shares
purchased hereunder shall be transmitted by the Transfer Agent to the Holder by
crediting the account of the Holder’s prime broker with the Depository Trust
Company through its Deposit Withdrawal Agent Commission (“
DWAC
”) system if the
Company is a participant in such system and either (A) there is an effective
Registration Statement permitting the resale of the Warrant Shares by the Holder
or (B) the shares are eligible for resale without volume or manner-of-sale
limitations pursuant to Rule 144, and otherwise by physical delivery to the
address specified by the Holder in the Notice of Exercise within 3 Trading Days
from the delivery to the Company of the Notice of Exercise Form, surrender of
this Warrant (if required) and payment of the aggregate Exercise Price as set
forth above (“
Warrant
Share Delivery Date
”). This Warrant shall be deemed to have
been exercised on the date the Exercise Price is received by the
Company. The Warrant Shares shall be deemed to have been issued, and
Holder or any other person so designated to be named therein shall be deemed to
have become a holder of record of such shares for all purposes, as of the date
the Warrant has been exercised by payment to the Company of the Exercise Price
(or by cashless exercise, if permitted) and all taxes required to be paid by the
Holder, if any, pursuant to Section 2(e)(v) prior to the issuance of such
shares, have been paid.
ii.
Delivery of New Warrants
Upon Exercise
. If this Warrant shall have been exercised in
part, the Company shall, at the request of a Holder and upon surrender of this
Warrant certificate, at the time of delivery of the certificate or certificates
representing Warrant Shares, deliver to Holder a new Warrant evidencing the
rights of Holder to purchase the unpurchased Warrant Shares called for by this
Warrant, which new Warrant shall in all other respects be identical with this
Warrant.
iii.
Rescission
Rights
. If the Company fails to cause its the Transfer Agent
to transmit to the Holder a certificate or certificates representing the Warrant
Shares pursuant to Section 2(e)(i) by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, then the
Holder will have the right to rescind such exercise.
iv.
No Fractional Shares or
Scrip
. No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional
shares shall be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant. As to any
fraction of a share which Holder would otherwise be entitled to purchase upon
such exercise, the Company shall at its election, either pay a cash adjustment
in respect of such final fraction in an amount equal to such fraction multiplied
by the Exercise Price or round up to the next whole share.
v.
Charges, Taxes and
Expenses
. Issuance of certificates for Warrant Shares shall be
made without charge to the Holder for any issue or transfer tax or other
incidental expense in respect of the issuance of such certificate, all of which
taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Company, and such certificates shall be
issued in the name of the Holder or in such name or names as may be directed by
the Holder;
provided
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however
, that in the
event certificates for Warrant Shares are to be issued in a name other than the
name of the Holder, this Warrant when surrendered for exercise shall be
accompanied by the Assignment Form attached hereto duly executed by the Holder;
and the Company may require, as a condition thereto, the payment of a sum
sufficient to reimburse it for any transfer tax incidental thereto.
vi.
Closing of
Books
. The Company will not close its stockholder books or
records in any manner which prevents the timely exercise of this Warrant,
pursuant to the terms hereof.
Section
3
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Certain
Adjustments
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a)
Stock Dividends and
Splits
. If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding:
(A) pays a stock dividend or otherwise make a distribution or distributions on
shares of its Common Stock or any other equity or equity equivalent securities
payable in shares of Common Stock (which, for avoidance of doubt, shall not
include any shares of Common Stock issued by the Company upon exercise of this
Warrant), (B) subdivides outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number
of shares, (C) combines (including by way of reverse stock split) outstanding
shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issues by
reclassification of shares of the Common Stock any shares of capital stock of
the Company, then in each case the Exercise Price shall be multiplied by a
fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock
(excluding treasury shares, if any) outstanding immediately before such event
and of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding immediately after such event and the number of shares issuable upon
exercise of this Warrant shall be proportionately adjusted such that the
aggregate Exercise Price of this Warrant shall remain unchanged. Any
adjustment made pursuant to this Section 3(a) shall become effective immediately
after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive
such dividend or distribution and shall become effective immediately after the
effective date in the case of a subdivision, combination or
re-classification.
b)
Calculations
. All
calculations under this Section 3 shall be made to the nearest cent or the
nearest 1/100th of a share, as the case may be. For purposes of this Section 3,
the number of shares of Common Stock deemed to be issued and outstanding as of a
given date shall be the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding
treasury shares, if any) issued and outstanding.
c)
Voluntary Adjustment By
Company
. The Company may at any time during the term of this Warrant
reduce the then current Exercise Price to any amount and for any period of time
deemed appropriate by the Board of Directors of the Company.
d)
Notice to
Holder
.
i.
Adjustment to Exercise
Price
. Whenever the Exercise Price is adjusted pursuant to any provision
of this Section 3, the Company shall within 45 calendar days, mail to the Holder
a notice setting forth the Exercise Price after such adjustment and setting
forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment..
ii.
Notice to Allow Exercise by
Holder
. If (A) the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other
distribution in whatever form) on the Common Stock; (B) the Company shall
declare a special nonrecurring cash dividend on or a redemption of the Common
Stock; (C) the Company shall authorize the granting to all holders of the Common
Stock rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any shares of capital
stock of any class or of any rights; (D) the approval of any stockholders of the
Company shall be required in connection with any reclassification of the Common
Stock, any consolidation or merger to which the Company is a party, any sale or
transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, of any
compulsory share exchange whereby the Common Stock is converted into other
securities, cash or property; (E) the Company shall authorize the voluntary or
involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the
Company; then, in each case, the Company shall cause to be mailed to the Holder
at its last address as it shall appear upon the Warrant Register of the Company,
at least 5 calendar days prior to the applicable record or effective date
hereinafter specified, a notice stating (x) the date on which a record is to be
taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution, redemption, rights or
warrants, or if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of
the Common Stock of record to be entitled to such dividend, distributions,
redemption, rights or warrants are to be determined or (y) the date on which
such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange
is expected to become effective or close, and the date as of which it is
expected that holders of the Common Stock of record shall be entitled to
exchange their shares of the Common Stock for securities, cash or other property
deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or
share exchange; provided that the failure to mail such notice or any defect
therein or in the mailing thereof shall not affect the validity of the corporate
action required to be specified in such notice. The Holder is
entitled to exercise this Warrant during the period commencing on the date of
such notice to the effective date of the event triggering such
notice.
Section
4
.
Transfer of
Warrant
.
a)
Transferability
. This
Warrant is not transferable accept upon the express written permission of the
Company. Upon receipt of such permission, and subject to compliance
with any applicable securities laws and the conditions set forth in Section 4(d)
hereof, this Warrant and all rights hereunder (including, without limitation,
any registration rights) are transferable, in whole or in part, upon surrender
of this Warrant at the principal office of the Company or its designated agent,
together with a written assignment of this Warrant substantially in the form
attached hereto duly executed by the Holder or its agent or attorney and funds
sufficient to pay any transfer taxes payable upon the making of such
transfer. Upon such surrender and, if required, such payment, the
Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in the name of the
assignee or assignees, as applicable, and in the denomination or denominations
specified in such instrument of assignment, and shall issue to the assignor a
new Warrant evidencing the portion of this Warrant not so assigned, and this
Warrant shall promptly be cancelled. The Warrant, if properly
assigned, may be exercised by a new holder for the purchase of Warrant Shares
without having a new Warrant issued.
b)
New
Warrants
. This Warrant may be divided or combined with other Warrants
upon presentation hereof at the aforesaid office of the Company, together with a
written notice specifying the names and denominations in which new Warrants are
to be issued, signed by the Holder or its agent or attorney. Subject
to compliance with Section 4(a), as to any transfer which may be involved in
such division or combination, the Company shall execute and deliver a new
Warrant or Warrants in exchange for the Warrant or Warrants to be divided or
combined in accordance with such notice. All Warrants issued on transfers or
exchanges shall be dated the original Issue Date and shall be identical with
this Warrant except as to the number of Warrant Shares issuable pursuant
thereto.
c)
Warrant Register
. The
Company shall register this Warrant, upon records to be maintained by the
Company for that purpose (the “
Warrant Register
”),
in the name of the record Holder hereof from time to time. The
Company may deem and treat the registered Holder of this Warrant as the absolute
owner hereof for the purpose of any exercise hereof or any distribution to the
Holder, and for all other purposes, absent actual notice to the
contrary.
d)
Transfer
Restrictions
.
If
, at the
time of the surrender of this Warrant in connection with
any transfer of this Warrant, the transfer of this Warrant shall not be eligible
for resale without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions pursuant to Rule 144,
the Company may require, as a condition of allowing such transfer, that the
Holder or transferee of this Warrant, as the case may be, may be required by the
Company to provide an opinion of counsel with regard to such assignment or
transfer.
Section
5
.
Miscellaneous
.
a)
No Rights as Shareholder
Until Exercise
. This Warrant does not entitle the Holder to
any voting rights or other rights as a shareholder of the Company prior to the
exercise hereof as set forth in Section 2(e)(i).
b)
Loss, Theft, Destruction or
Mutilation of Warrant
. The Company covenants that upon receipt by the
Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the loss, theft,
destruction or mutilation of this Warrant or any stock certificate relating to
the Warrant Shares, and in case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity or
security reasonably satisfactory to it (which, in the case of the Warrant, shall
not include the posting of any bond), and upon surrender and cancellation of
such Warrant or stock certificate, if mutilated, the Company will make and
deliver a new Warrant or stock certificate of like tenor and dated as of such
cancellation, in lieu of such Warrant or stock certificate.
c)
Saturdays, Sundays,
Holidays, etc
. If the last or appointed day for the taking of
any action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein shall not
be a Business Day, then such action may be taken or such right may be exercised
on the next succeeding Business Day.
d)
Governing Law and
Venue
. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement
and interpretation of this Warrant shall be governed by and construed and
enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Delaware, without
regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof. Each party
agrees that all legal proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement
and defense of the transactions contemplated by this Warrant (whether brought
against a party hereto or its respective affiliates, directors, officers,
shareholders, employees or agents) shall be commenced exclusively in the courts
located in Los Angeles county, California. Each party hereby
irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state or federal courts
located in the County of Los Angeles, state of California for the adjudication
of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction
contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and
agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not
personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action
or proceeding is improper or is an inconvenient venue for such
proceeding. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of
process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or
proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or
overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in
effect for notices and agrees that such service shall constitute good and
sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained
herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any
other manner permitted by law. If either party shall commence
an action or proceeding to enforce any provisions of this Warrant, then the
prevailing party in such action or proceeding shall be reimbursed by the other
party for its reasonable attorneys’ fees and other costs and expenses incurred
with the investigation, preparation and prosecution of such action or
proceedings or questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and
interpretation of this Warrant.
e)
Restrictions
. The
Holder acknowledges that the Warrant Shares acquired upon the exercise of this
Warrant, if not registered, will have restrictions upon resale imposed by state
and federal securities laws.
f)
Nonwaiver and
Expenses
. No course of dealing or any delay or failure to
exercise any right hereunder on the part of Holder shall operate as a waiver of
such right or otherwise prejudice Holder’s rights, powers or remedies,
notwithstanding the fact that all rights hereunder terminate on the Termination
Date. If the Company willfully and knowingly fails to comply with any
provision of this Warrant, which results in any material damages to the Holder,
the Company shall pay to Holder such amounts as shall be sufficient to cover any
costs and expenses including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys’ fees,
including those of appellate proceedings, incurred by Holder in collecting any
amounts due pursuant hereto or in otherwise enforcing any of its rights, powers
or remedies hereunder.
g)
Notices
. Any
and all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to
be provided hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given and
effective on the earliest of (a) the date of transmission, if such notice or
communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number set forth on
the signature pages attached hereto prior to 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on a
Trading Day, (b) the next Trading Day after the date of transmission, if such
notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number set
forth on the signature pages attached hereto on a day that is not a Trading Day
or later than 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day, (c) the second
Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally recognized
overnight courier service, or (d) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such
notice is required to be given. The address for such notices and
communications shall be: (i) if to Holder, at its address of records
as contained in the Warrant Register, and (ii) if to Company, at its corporate
headquarters.
h)
Limitation of
Liability
. No provision hereof, in the absence of any
affirmative action by Holder to exercise this Warrant to purchase Warrant
Shares, and no enumeration herein of the rights or privileges of Holder, shall
give rise to any liability of Holder for the purchase price of any Common Stock
or as a stockholder of the Company, whether such liability is asserted by the
Company or by creditors of the Company.
i)
Remedies
. Holder,
in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law, including
recovery of damages, will be entitled to specific performance of its rights
under this Warrant. The Company agrees that monetary damages would
not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by it
of the provisions of this Warrant and hereby agrees to waive and not to assert
the defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be
adequate.
j)
Successors and
Assigns
. Subject to applicable securities laws, this Warrant
and the rights and obligations evidenced hereby shall inure to the benefit of
and be binding upon the successors of the Company and the successors and
permitted assigns of Holder. The provisions of this Warrant are
intended to be for the benefit of all Holders from time to time of this Warrant
and shall be enforceable by the Holder or holder of Warrant Shares.
k)
Amendment
. This
Warrant may be modified or amended or the provisions hereof waived with the
written consent of the Company and the Holder.
l)
Severability
. Wherever
possible, each provision of this Warrant shall be interpreted in such manner as
to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this
Warrant shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision
shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without
invalidating the remainder of such provisions or the remaining provisions of
this Warrant.
m)
Headings
. The
headings used in this Warrant are for the convenience of reference only and
shall not, for any purpose, be deemed a part of this Warrant.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be executed by its
officer thereunto duly authorized as of the date first above
indicated.
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GENSPERA,
INC.
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By:
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Name:
Title:
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NOTICE
OF EXERCISE
TO: GENSPERA,
INC.
(1) The
undersigned hereby elects to purchase ________ Warrant Shares of the Company
pursuant to the terms of the attached Warrant (only if exercised in full), and
tenders herewith payment of the exercise price in full, together with all
applicable transfer taxes, if any.
(2) Payment
shall take the form of (check applicable box):
o
in lawful money of the
United States; or
o
[if permitted] the
cancellation of such number of Warrant Shares as is necessary, in accordance
with the formula set forth in subsection 2(c), to exercise this Warrant with
respect to the maximum number of Warrant Shares purchasable pursuant to the
cashless exercise procedure set forth in subsection 2(c).
(3) Please
issue a certificate or certificates representing said Warrant Shares in the name
of the undersigned or in such other name as is specified below:
_______________________________
The
Warrant Shares shall be delivered to the following DWAC Account Number or by
physical delivery of a certificate to:
_______________________________
_______________________________
_______________________________
(4)
Accredited
Investor
. The undersigned is an “accredited investor” as
defined in Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
[SIGNATURE
OF HOLDER]
Name of
Investing Entity:
_____________________________________________________________________________
Signature of Authorized Signatory of
Investing Entity
:
______________________________________________________
Name of
Authorized Signatory:
________________________________________________________________________
Title of
Authorized Signatory:
_________________________________________________________________________
Date:
_____________________________________________________________________________________________
ASSIGNMENT
FORM
(To
assign the foregoing warrant, execute
this form
and supply required information.
Do not
use this form to exercise the warrant.)
ALL
ASSIGNMENTS OF THIS WARRANT REQUIRE THE EXPRESS WRITTEN PERMISSION
OF
THE COMPANY. ANY ASSIGNMENT MADE WITHOUT SUCH PERMISSION SHALL
BE
NULL
AND VOID ON THE COMPANY’S WARRANT REGISTERY.
FOR VALUE
RECEIVED, [____] all of or [_______] shares of the foregoing Warrant and all
rights evidenced thereby are hereby assigned to
_______________________________________________
whose address is
_______________________________________________________________.
_______________________________________________________________
Dated: ______________,
_______
Holder’s
Signature: _____________________________
Holder’s
Address: _____________________________
_____________________________
Signature
Guaranteed: ___________________________________________
NOTE: The
signature to this Assignment Form must correspond with the name as it appears on
the face of the Warrant, without alteration or enlargement or any change
whatsoever, and must be guaranteed by a bank or trust
company. Officers of corporations and those acting in a fiduciary or
other representative capacity should file proper evidence of authority to assign
the foregoing Warrant.
NEITHER
THIS SECURITY NOR THE SECURITIES FOR WHICH THIS SECURITY IS EXERCISABLE HAVE
BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES
COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY,
MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM,
OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE
SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AS
EVIDENCED BY A LEGAL OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE TRANSFEROR TO SUCH EFFECT, THE
SUBSTANCE OF WHICH SHALL BE REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE
COMPANY. THIS SECURITY AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF
THIS SECURITY MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR
OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.
COMMON
STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT
GENSPERA,
INC.
Warrant
Shares:
_________
Initial Exercise
Date: _________, 2009
THIS
COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT (the “
Warrant
”) certifies
that, for value received, _________ (the “
Holder
”) is entitled,
upon the terms and subject to the limitations on exercise and the conditions
hereinafter set forth, at any time on or after the date hereof (the “
Initial Exercise
Date
”) and on or prior to the close of business on the _____ year
anniversary of the Initial Exercise Date (the “
Termination Date
”)
but not thereafter, to subscribe for and purchase from GenSpera, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the “
Company
”), up to
______ shares (the “
Warrant Shares
”) of
Common Stock. The purchase price of one share of Common Stock under
this Warrant shall be equal to the Exercise Price, as defined in Section
2(b).
Section
1
.
Definitions
.
“
Affiliate
” means any
Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls
or is controlled by or is under common control with a Person, as such terms are
used in and construed under Rule 405 under the Securities Act. With
respect to a Holder, any investment fund or managed account that is managed on a
discretionary basis by the same investment manager as such Holder will be deemed
to be an Affiliate of such Holder.
“
Board of Directors
”
means the board of directors of the Company.
“
Business Day
” means
any day except any Saturday, any Sunday, any day which is a federal legal
holiday in the United States or any day on which banking institutions in the
State of New York are authorized or required by law or other governmental action
to close.
“
Commission
” means the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
“
Common Stock
” means
the common stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share, and any other class
of securities into which such securities may hereafter be reclassified or
changed into.
“
Exchange Act
” means
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
“
Market Price
” means:
(a) the closing bid price reported on the Company’s Trading Market on the
Trading Day immediately preceding any applicable measuring date, (b) if the
Company’s Common Shares are not then listed on a Trading Market, the price
offered by any acquirer in a Fundamental Transaction, or (b) in all other
cases, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by the
Company’s Board of Directors.
“
Rule 144
” means Rule
144 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule
may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter
adopted by the Commission having substantially the same effect as such
Rule.
“
Securities Act
” means
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
“
Trading Day
” means a
day on which the New York Stock Exchange is open for trading.
“
Trading Market
” means
the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted
for trading on the date in question: the American Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq
Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, or
the New York Stock Exchange.
“
Transfer Agent
” means
American Stock Transfer and Trust Company, the current transfer agent of the
Company with a mailing address of 59 Maiden Lane, New York, New York 10038 and a
facsimile number of (718) 921-8336, and any successor transfer agent of the
Company.
“
VWAP
” means, for any
date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies:
(a) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the daily
volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest
preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed
or quoted as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m.
New York City time to 4:02 p.m. New York City time); (b) if the OTC
Bulletin Board is not a Trading Market, the volume weighted average price of the
Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the OTC Bulletin
Board; (c) if the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted on the OTC Bulletin
Board and if prices for the Common Stock are then reported in the “Pink Sheets”
published by Pink Sheets, LLC (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to
its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share of the
Common Stock so reported; or (d) in all other cases, the fair market value
of a share of Common Stock as determined by an independent appraiser selected in
good faith by the Purchasers of a majority in interest of the Securities then
outstanding and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the fees and expenses of
which shall be paid by the Company.
Section
2
.
Exercise
.
a)
Exercise of
Warrant
. Exercise of the purchase rights represented by this
Warrant may be made, in whole or in part, at any time or times on or after the
Initial Exercise Date and on or before the Termination Date by delivery to the
Company (or such other office or agency of the Company as it may designate by
notice in writing to the registered Holder at the address of the Holder
appearing on the books of the Company) of a duly executed facsimile copy of the
Notice of Exercise Form annexed hereto; and, within 3 Business Days of the date
said Notice of Exercise is delivered to the Company, the Company shall have
received payment of the aggregate Exercise Price of the shares
thereby purchased by wire transfer or cashier’s check drawn on a United States
bank. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Holder
shall not be required to physically surrender this Warrant to the Company until
the Holder has purchased all of the Warrant Shares available hereunder and the
Warrant has been exercised in full, in which case, the Holder shall surrender
this Warrant to the Company for cancellation within 3 Business Days of the date
the final Notice of Exercise is delivered to the Company. Partial
exercises of this Warrant resulting in purchases of a portion of the total
number of Warrant Shares available hereunder shall have the effect of lowering
the outstanding number of Warrant Shares purchasable hereunder in an amount
equal to the applicable number of Warrant Shares purchased. The
Holder and the Company shall maintain records showing the number of Warrant
Shares purchased and the date of such purchases. The Company shall
deliver any objection to any Notice of Exercise Form within 1 Business Day of
receipt of such notice. In the event of any dispute or discrepancy,
the records of the Company shall be controlling and determinative in the absence
of manifest error.
The Holder
and any assignee, by acceptance of this Warrant, acknowledge and agree that, by
reason of the provisions of this paragraph, following the purchase of a portion
of the Warrant Shares hereunder, the number of Warrant Shares available for
purchase hereunder at any given time may be less than the amount stated on the
face hereof.
b)
Exercise
Price
. The exercise price per share of the Common Stock under
this Warrant shall be
$1.50
, subject to adjustment
hereunder (the “
Exercise
Price
”).
c)
Cashless
Exercise
. This Warrant may also be exercised by means of a
“cashless exercise” in which the Holder shall be entitled to receive a
certificate for the number of Warrant Shares equal to the quotient obtained by
dividing [(A-B) (X)] by (A), where:
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= the VWAP on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of such
election;
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(B)
= the Exercise Price of this Warrant, as adjusted;
and
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(X)
= the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant in
accordance with the terms of this Warrant by means of a cash exercise
rather than a cashless exercise.
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d)
Mechanics of
Exercise
.
i.
Delivery of Certificates
Upon Exercise
. Certificates for shares purchased hereunder
shall be transmitted by the Transfer Agent to the Holder by crediting the
account of the Holder’s prime broker with the Depository Trust Company through
its Deposit Withdrawal Agent Commission (“
DWAC
”) system if the
Company is a participant in such system and either (A) there is an effective
Registration Statement permitting the resale of the Warrant Shares by the Holder
or (B) the shares are eligible for resale without volume or manner-of-sale
limitations pursuant to Rule 144, and otherwise by physical delivery to the
address specified by the Holder in the Notice of Exercise within 3 Trading Days
from the delivery to the Company of the Notice of Exercise Form, surrender of
this Warrant (if required) and payment of the aggregate Exercise Price as set
forth above (“
Warrant
Share Delivery Date
”). This Warrant shall be deemed to have
been exercised on the date the Exercise Price is received by the
Company. The Warrant Shares shall be deemed to have been issued, and
Holder or any other person so designated to be named therein shall be deemed to
have become a holder of record of such shares for all purposes, as of the date
the Warrant has been exercised by payment to the Company of the Exercise Price
(or by cashless exercise, if permitted) and all taxes required to be paid by the
Holder, if any, pursuant to Section 2(d)(v) prior to the issuance of such
shares, have been paid.
ii.
Delivery of New Warrants
Upon Exercise
. If this Warrant shall have been exercised in
part, the Company shall, at the request of a Holder and upon surrender of this
Warrant certificate, at the time of delivery of the certificate or certificates
representing Warrant Shares, deliver to Holder a new Warrant evidencing the
rights of Holder to purchase the unpurchased Warrant Shares called for by this
Warrant, which new Warrant shall in all other respects be identical with this
Warrant.
iii.
Rescission
Rights
. If the Company fails to cause its the Transfer Agent
to transmit to the Holder a certificate or certificates representing the Warrant
Shares pursuant to Section 2(d)(i) by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, then the
Holder will have the right to rescind such exercise.
iv.
No Fractional Shares or
Scrip
. No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional
shares shall be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant. As to any
fraction of a share which Holder would otherwise be entitled to purchase upon
such exercise, the Company shall at its election, either pay a cash adjustment
in respect of such final fraction in an amount equal to such fraction multiplied
by the Exercise Price or round up to the next whole share.
v.
Charges, Taxes and
Expenses
. Issuance of certificates for Warrant Shares shall be
made without charge to the Holder for any issue or transfer tax or other
incidental expense in respect of the issuance of such certificate, all of which
taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Company, and such certificates shall be
issued in the name of the Holder or in such name or names as may be directed by
the Holder;
provided
,
however
, that in the
event certificates for Warrant Shares are to be issued in a name other than the
name of the Holder, this Warrant when surrendered for exercise shall be
accompanied by the Assignment Form attached hereto duly executed by the Holder;
and the Company may require, as a condition thereto, the payment of a sum
sufficient to reimburse it for any transfer tax incidental thereto.
vi.
Closing of
Books
. The Company will not close its stockholder books or
records in any manner which prevents the timely exercise of this Warrant,
pursuant to the terms hereof.
Section
3
.
Certain
Adjustments
.
a)
Stock Dividends and
Splits
. If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding:
(A) pays a stock dividend or otherwise make a distribution or distributions on
shares of its Common Stock or any other equity or equity equivalent securities
payable in shares of Common Stock (which, for avoidance of doubt, shall not
include any shares of Common Stock issued by the Company upon exercise of this
Warrant), (B) subdivides outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number
of shares, (C) combines (including by way of reverse stock split) outstanding
shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issues by
reclassification of shares of the Common Stock any shares of capital stock of
the Company, then in each case the Exercise Price shall be multiplied by a
fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock
(excluding treasury shares, if any) outstanding immediately before such event
and of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding immediately after such event and the number of shares issuable upon
exercise of this Warrant shall be proportionately adjusted such that the
aggregate Exercise Price of this Warrant shall remain unchanged. Any
adjustment made pursuant to this Section 3(a) shall become effective immediately
after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive
such dividend or distribution and shall become effective immediately after the
effective date in the case of a subdivision, combination or
re-classification.
b)
Calculations
. All
calculations under this Section 3 shall be made to the nearest cent or the
nearest 1/100th of a share, as the case may be. For purposes of this Section 3,
the number of shares of Common Stock deemed to be issued and outstanding as of a
given date shall be the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding
treasury shares, if any) issued and outstanding.
c)
Voluntary Adjustment By
Company
. The Company may at any time during the term of this Warrant
reduce the then current Exercise Price to any amount and for any period of time
deemed appropriate by the Board of Directors of the Company.
d)
Notice to
Holder
.
i.
Adjustment to Exercise
Price
. Whenever the Exercise Price is adjusted pursuant to any provision
of this Section 3, the Company shall within 45 calendar days, mail to the Holder
a notice setting forth the Exercise Price after such adjustment and setting
forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment..
ii.
Notice to Allow Exercise by
Holder
. If (A) the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other
distribution in whatever form) on the Common Stock; (B) the Company shall
declare a special nonrecurring cash dividend on or a redemption of the Common
Stock; (C) the Company shall authorize the granting to all holders of the Common
Stock rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any shares of capital
stock of any class or of any rights; (D) the approval of any stockholders of the
Company shall be required in connection with any reclassification of the Common
Stock, any consolidation or merger to which the Company is a party, any sale or
transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, of any
compulsory share exchange whereby the Common Stock is converted into other
securities, cash or property; (E) the Company shall authorize the voluntary or
involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the
Company; then, in each case, the Company shall cause to be mailed to the Holder
at its last address as it shall appear upon the Warrant Register of the Company,
at least 5 calendar days prior to the applicable record or effective date
hereinafter specified, a notice stating (x) the date on which a record is to be
taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution, redemption, rights or
warrants, or if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of
the Common Stock of record to be entitled to such dividend, distributions,
redemption, rights or warrants are to be determined or (y) the date on which
such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange
is expected to become effective or close, and the date as of which it is
expected that holders of the Common Stock of record shall be entitled to
exchange their shares of the Common Stock for securities, cash or other property
deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or
share exchange; provided that the failure to mail such notice or any defect
therein or in the mailing thereof shall not affect the validity of the corporate
action required to be specified in such notice. The Holder is
entitled to exercise this Warrant during the period commencing on the date of
such notice to the effective date of the event triggering such
notice.
Section
4
.
Transfer of
Warrant
.
a)
Transferability
. This
Warrant is not transferable accept upon the express written permission of the
Company. Upon receipt of such permission, and subject to compliance
with any applicable securities laws and the conditions set forth in Section 4(d)
hereof, this Warrant and all rights hereunder (including, without limitation,
any registration rights) are transferable, in whole or in part, upon surrender
of this Warrant at the principal office of the Company or its designated agent,
together with a written assignment of this Warrant substantially in the form
attached hereto duly executed by the Holder or its agent or attorney and funds
sufficient to pay any transfer taxes payable upon the making of such
transfer. Upon such surrender and, if required, such payment, the
Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in the name of the
assignee or assignees, as applicable, and in the denomination or denominations
specified in such instrument of assignment, and shall issue to the assignor a
new Warrant evidencing the portion of this Warrant not so assigned, and this
Warrant shall promptly be cancelled. The Warrant, if properly
assigned, may be exercised by a new holder for the purchase of Warrant Shares
without having a new Warrant issued.
b)
New Warrants
. This
Warrant may be divided or combined with other Warrants upon presentation hereof
at the aforesaid office of the Company, together with a written notice
specifying the names and denominations in which new Warrants are to be issued,
signed by the Holder or its agent or attorney. Subject to compliance
with Section 4(a), as to any transfer which may be involved in such division or
combination, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in
exchange for the Warrant or Warrants to be divided or combined in accordance
with such notice. All Warrants issued on transfers or exchanges shall be dated
the original Issue Date and shall be identical with this Warrant except as to
the number of Warrant Shares issuable pursuant thereto.
c)
Warrant Register
. The
Company shall register this Warrant, upon records to be maintained by the
Company for that purpose (the “
Warrant Register
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in the name of the record Holder hereof from time to time. The
Company may deem and treat the registered Holder of this Warrant as the absolute
owner hereof for the purpose of any exercise hereof or any distribution to the
Holder, and for all other purposes, absent actual notice to the
contrary.
d)
Transfer
Restrictions
.
If
, at the
time of the surrender of this Warrant in connection with
any transfer of this Warrant, the transfer of this Warrant shall not be
eligible for resale without volume or
manner-of-sale restrictions pursuant to Rule 144
, the Company may require, as a condition of allowing
such transfer
, that
the Holder or transferee of this Warrant, as the case
may be,
may be required by the Company to
provide an opinion of counsel with regard to such assignment or
transfer.
Section
5
.
Miscellaneous
.
a)
No Rights as Shareholder
Until Exercise
. This Warrant does not entitle the Holder to
any voting rights or other rights as a shareholder of the Company prior to the
exercise hereof as set forth in Section 2(d)(i).
b)
Loss, Theft, Destruction or
Mutilation of Warrant
. The Company covenants that upon receipt by the
Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the loss, theft,
destruction or mutilation of this Warrant or any stock certificate relating to
the Warrant Shares, and in case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity or
security reasonably satisfactory to it (which, in the case of the Warrant, shall
not include the posting of any bond), and upon surrender and cancellation of
such Warrant or stock certificate, if mutilated, the Company will make and
deliver a new Warrant or stock certificate of like tenor and dated as of such
cancellation, in lieu of such Warrant or stock certificate.
c)
Saturdays, Sundays,
Holidays, etc
. If the last or appointed day for the taking of
any action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein shall not
be a Business Day, then such action may be taken or such right may be exercised
on the next succeeding Business Day.
d)
Governing Law and
Venue
. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement
and interpretation of this Warrant shall be governed by and construed and
enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Delaware, without
regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof. Each party
agrees that all legal proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement
and defense of the transactions contemplated by this Warrant (whether brought
against a party hereto or its respective affiliates, directors, officers,
shareholders, employees or agents) shall be commenced exclusively in the courts
located in Los Angeles county, California. Each party hereby
irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state or federal courts
located in the County of Los Angeles, state of California for the adjudication
of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction
contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and
agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not
personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action
or proceeding is improper or is an inconvenient venue for such
proceeding. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of
process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or
proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or
overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in
effect for notices and agrees that such service shall constitute good and
sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained
herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any
other manner permitted by law. If either party shall commence
an action or proceeding to enforce any provisions of this Warrant, then the
prevailing party in such action or proceeding shall be reimbursed by the other
party for its reasonable attorneys’ fees and other costs and expenses incurred
with the investigation, preparation and prosecution of such action or
proceedings or questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and
interpretation of this Warrant.
e)
Restrictions
. The
Holder acknowledges that the Warrant Shares acquired upon the exercise of this
Warrant, if not registered, will have restrictions upon resale imposed by state
and federal securities laws.
f)
Nonwaiver and
Expenses
. No course of dealing or any delay or failure to
exercise any right hereunder on the part of Holder shall operate as a waiver of
such right or otherwise prejudice Holder’s rights, powers or remedies,
notwithstanding the fact that all rights hereunder terminate on the Termination
Date. If the Company willfully and knowingly fails to comply with any
provision of this Warrant, which results in any material damages to the Holder,
the Company shall pay to Holder such amounts as shall be sufficient to cover any
costs and expenses including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys’ fees,
including those of appellate proceedings, incurred by Holder in collecting any
amounts due pursuant hereto or in otherwise enforcing any of its rights, powers
or remedies hereunder.
g)
Notices
. Any
and all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to
be provided hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given and
effective on the earliest of (a) the date of transmission, if such notice or
communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number set forth on
the signature pages attached hereto prior to 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on a
Trading Day, (b) the next Trading Day after the date of transmission, if such
notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number set
forth on the signature pages attached hereto on a day that is not a Trading Day
or later than 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day, (c) the second
Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally recognized
overnight courier service, or (d) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such
notice is required to be given. The address for such notices and
communications shall be: (i) if to Holder, at its address of records
as contained in the Warrant Register, and (ii) if to Company, at its corporate
headquarters.
h)
Limitation of
Liability
. No provision hereof, in the absence of any
affirmative action by Holder to exercise this Warrant to purchase Warrant
Shares, and no enumeration herein of the rights or privileges of Holder, shall
give rise to any liability of Holder for the purchase price of any Common Stock
or as a stockholder of the Company, whether such liability is asserted by the
Company or by creditors of the Company.
i)
Remedies
. Holder,
in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law, including
recovery of damages, will be entitled to specific performance of its rights
under this Warrant. The Company agrees that monetary damages would
not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by it
of the provisions of this Warrant and hereby agrees to waive and not to assert
the defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be
adequate.
j)
Successors and
Assigns
. Subject to applicable securities laws, this Warrant
and the rights and obligations evidenced hereby shall inure to the benefit of
and be binding upon the successors of the Company and the successors and
permitted assigns of Holder. The provisions of this Warrant are
intended to be for the benefit of all Holders from time to time of this Warrant
and shall be enforceable by the Holder or holder of Warrant Shares.
k)
Amendment
. This
Warrant may be modified or amended or the provisions hereof waived with the
written consent of the Company and the Holder.
l)
Severability
. Wherever
possible, each provision of this Warrant shall be interpreted in such manner as
to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this
Warrant shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision
shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without
invalidating the remainder of such provisions or the remaining provisions of
this Warrant.
m)
Headings
. The
headings used in this Warrant are for the convenience of reference only and
shall not, for any purpose, be deemed a part of this Warrant.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be executed by its
officer thereunto duly authorized as of the date first above
indicated.
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NOTICE
OF EXERCISE
TO: GENSPERA,
INC.
(1) The
undersigned hereby elects to purchase ________ Warrant Shares of the Company
pursuant to the terms of the attached Warrant (only if exercised in full), and
tenders herewith payment of the exercise price in full, together with all
applicable transfer taxes, if any.
(2) Payment
shall take the form of (check applicable box):
[ ]
in lawful money of the United States; or
[ ] [if
permitted] the cancellation of such number of Warrant Shares as is necessary, in
accordance with the formula set forth in subsection 2(c), to exercise this
Warrant with respect to the maximum number of Warrant Shares purchasable
pursuant to the cashless exercise procedure set forth in subsection
2(c).
(3) Please
issue a certificate or certificates representing said Warrant Shares in the name
of the undersigned or in such other name as is specified below:
_______________________________
The
Warrant Shares shall be delivered to the following DWAC Account Number or by
physical delivery of a certificate to:
_______________________________
_______________________________
_______________________________
(4)
Accredited
Investor
. The undersigned is an “accredited investor” as
defined in Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
[SIGNATURE
OF HOLDER]
Name of
Investing Entity:
________________________________________________________________________
Signature of Authorized Signatory of
Investing Entity
:
_________________________________________________
Name of
Authorized Signatory:
___________________________________________________________________
Title of
Authorized Signatory:
____________________________________________________________________
Date:
________________________________________________________________________________________
ASSIGNMENT
FORM
(To
assign the foregoing warrant, execute
this form
and supply required information.
Do not
use this form to exercise the warrant.)
ALL
ASSIGNMENTS OF THIS WARRANT REQUIRE THE EXPRESS WRITTEN PERMISSION OF THE
COMPANY. ANY ASSIGNMENT MADE WITHOUT SUCH PERMISSION SHALL BE NULL
AND VOID ON THE COMPANY’S WARRANT REGISTERY.
FOR VALUE
RECEIVED, [____] all of or [_______] shares of the foregoing Warrant and all
rights evidenced thereby are hereby assigned to
_______________________________________________
whose address is
_______________________________________________________________.
_______________________________________________________________
Dated: ______________,
_______
Holder’s
Signature: _____________________________
Holder’s
Address: _____________________________
_____________________________
Signature
Guaranteed: ___________________________________________
NOTE: The
signature to this Assignment Form must correspond with the name as it appears on
the face of the Warrant, without alteration or enlargement or any change
whatsoever, and must be guaranteed by a bank or trust
company. Officers of corporations and those acting in a fiduciary or
other representative capacity should file proper evidence of authority to assign
the foregoing Warrant.