Form of Warrant Issued Pursuant to the Common Stock and Warrant Purchase Agreement dated November 30, 2005

EX-4.5 8 a05-21212_1ex4d5.htm INSTRUMENTS DEFINING THE RIGHTS OF SECURITY HOLDERS, INCLUDING INDENTURES

Exhibit 4.5

 

Form of Warrant Issued Pursuant to the

Common Stock and Warrant Purchase Agreement

dated November 30, 2005

 



 

EXHIBIT C

 

[EXHIBIT A to the Purchase Agreement]

 

FORM OF WARRANT

 

THIS WARRANT (“WARRANT”) AND THE WARRANT SHARES (AS DEFINED BELOW) HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AND HAVE BEEN (OR WILL BE, IN THE CASE OF THE WARRANT SHARES) ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT AND NOT WITH A VIEW TO, OR IN CONNECTION WITH, THE SALE OR DISTRIBUTION THEREOF.  NO SUCH SALE OR DISTRIBUTION MAY BE EFFECTED WITHOUT AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT RELATED THERETO OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IN A FORM SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933.

 

No.                     

 

THIS WARRANT SHALL BE VOID AFTER 5:00 P.M. EASTERN TIME ON SEPTEMBER 30, 2010 (THE “EXPIRATION DATE”).

 

LPATH THERAPEUTICS INC.

 

WARRANT TO PURCHASE                SHARES OF

COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $0.001 PER SHARE

 

For VALUE RECEIVED,                                          (“Warrantholder”), is entitled to purchase, subject to the provisions of this Warrant, from Lpath Therapeutics Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), at any time not later than 5:00 P.M., Eastern time, on the Expiration Date (as defined above), at an exercise price per share equal to $1.50 (the exercise price in effect being herein called the “Warrant Price”),                        shares (“Warrant Shares”) of the Company’s Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Common Stock”).  The number of Warrant Shares purchasable upon exercise of this Warrant and the Warrant Price shall be subject to adjustment from time to time as described herein.  This Warrant is being issued pursuant to that certain Common Stock and Purchase Agreement, dated as of                 , 2005, by and between the Warrantholder and the Company (the “Purchase Agreement”).

 

Section 1.               Registration.  The Company shall maintain books for the transfer and registration of this Warrant.  Upon the initial issuance of this Warrant, the Company shall issue and register the Warrant in the name of the Warrantholder.

 

Section 2.               Transfers.  As provided herein, this Warrant may be transferred only pursuant to a registration statement filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or an exemption from such registration.  Subject to such restrictions, the Company shall transfer this Warrant from time to time upon the books to be maintained by the

 

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Company for that purpose, upon surrender thereof for transfer properly endorsed or accompanied by appropriate instructions for transfer and such other documents as may be reasonably required by the Company, including, if required by the Company, an opinion of its counsel to the effect that such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, to establish that such transfer is being made in accordance with the terms hereof, and a new Warrant shall be issued to the transferee and the surrendered Warrant shall be canceled by the Company.

 

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Section 3.               Exercise of Warrant.  Subject and pursuant to the provisions hereof, including Section 3(b) below, the exercise of Warrant(s) by Warrantholder shall be subject to the terms set forth hereinafter.

 

(a)           The Warrantholder may exercise this Warrant in whole or in part at any time prior to its expiration upon surrender of the Warrant, together with delivery of the duly executed Warrant exercise form attached hereto as Appendix A (the “Exercise Agreement”) and payment by cash, certified check or wire transfer of funds in United States Dollars for the aggregate Warrant Price for that number of Warrant Shares then being purchased, to the Company during normal business hours on any business day at the Company’s principal executive offices (or such other office or agency of the Company as it may designate by notice to the Warrantholder).  The Warrant Shares so purchased shall be deemed to be issued to the Warrantholder or the Warrantholder’s designee, as the record owner of such shares, as of the close of business on the date on which all of the following has occurred:  (i) this Warrant shall have been surrendered (or evidence of loss, theft or destruction thereof and security or indemnity satisfactory to the Company), (ii) the Warrant Price shall have been paid and (iii) the completed Exercise Agreement shall have been delivered.  Certificates for the Warrant Shares so purchased, representing the aggregate number of shares specified in the Exercise Agreement, shall be delivered to the Warrantholder within a reasonable time, not exceeding five (5) business days, after this Warrant shall have been so exercised.  The certificates so delivered shall be in such denominations as may be requested by the Warrantholder and shall be registered in the name of the Warrantholder or such other name as shall be designated by the Warrantholder.  If this Warrant shall have been exercised only in part, then, unless this Warrant has expired, the Company shall, at its expense, at the time of delivery of certificates representing the Warrant Shares purchased upon such exercise, deliver to the Warrantholder a new Warrant representing the number of shares with respect to which this Warrant shall not then have been exercised.  As used herein, “business day” means a day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, on which banks in New York City are open for the general transaction of business.  Each exercise hereof shall constitute the re-affirmation by the Warrantholder that the representations and warranties contained in Section 2.2 of the Purchase Agreement are true and correct in all material respects with respect to the Warrantholder as of the time of such exercise.

 

(b)           If at any time after one year from the date of issuance of this Warrant there is no effective Registration Statement registering the resale of the Warrant Shares by the Warrantholder at a time when such Registration Statement is otherwise required to be effective pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement (and subject to any suspension or blackout periods provided for therein), this Warrant may also be exercised during such time 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:

 

(A)        = the Closing Price (as hereinafter defined) on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of such election;

 

(B)          = the Warrant Price of the Warrants, as adjusted; and

 

(X) = the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants in accordance with the terms of this Warrant.

 

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Warrantholder shall be permitted to use the “cashless exercise” during an Allowed Delay (as such term is defined in paragraph 2(c) of the Registration Rights Agreement) that occurs during the period commencing on February 14 and ending on March 1 of each calendar and that relates to the updating of the Registration Statement.  If such Allowed Delay continues after March 1 of such calendar year, then the Warrantholder may use the cashless exercise until such time as the Registration Statement has become effective again.

 

Section 4.               Compliance with the Securities Act of 1933.  The Company may cause the legend set forth on the first page of this Warrant to be set forth on each Warrant or similar legend on any Warrant Shares issued upon exercise of this Warrant, unless counsel for the Company is of the opinion as to any such security that such legend is unnecessary.

 

Section 5.               Payment of Taxes.  The Company will pay any documentary stamp taxes attributable to the initial issuance of Warrant Shares issuable upon the exercise of the Warrant; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to pay any tax or taxes which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance or delivery of any certificates for Warrant Shares in a name other than that of the Warrantholder in respect of which such shares are issued, and in such case, the Company shall not be required to issue or deliver any certificate for Warrant Shares or any Warrant until the person requesting the same has paid to the Company the amount of such tax or has established to the Company’s reasonable satisfaction that such tax has been paid.  The Warrantholder shall be responsible for income taxes due under federal, state or other law, if any such tax is due.

 

Section 6.               Mutilated or Missing Warrants.  In case this Warrant shall be mutilated, lost, stolen, or destroyed, the Company shall issue in exchange and substitution of and upon cancellation of the mutilated Warrant, or in lieu of and substitution for the Warrant lost, stolen or destroyed, a new Warrant of like tenor and for the purchase of a like number of Warrant Shares, but only upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company and its legal counsel of such loss, theft or destruction of the Warrant, and with respect to a lost, stolen or destroyed Warrant, reasonable indemnity or bond with respect thereto, if requested by the Company.

 

Section 7.               Reservation of Common Stock.  The Company hereby represents and warrants that there have been reserved, and the Company shall at all applicable times keep reserved until issued (if necessary) as contemplated by this Section 7, out of the authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock, sufficient shares to provide for the exercise of the rights of purchase represented by this Warrant.  The Company agrees that all Warrant Shares issued upon due exercise of the Warrant shall be, at the time of delivery of the certificates for such Warrant Shares, duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock of the Company.

 

Section 8.               Adjustments.  Subject and pursuant to the provisions of this Section 8, the Warrant Price and number of Warrant Shares subject to this Warrant shall be subject to adjustment from time to time as set forth hereinafter.

 

(a)           If the Company shall, at any time or from time to time while this Warrant is outstanding, pay a dividend or make a distribution on its Common Stock in shares of Common Stock, subdivide its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares or

 

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combine its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares or issue by reclassification of its outstanding shares of Common Stock any shares of its capital stock (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing corporation), then the number of Warrant Shares purchasable upon exercise of the Warrant and the Warrant Price in effect immediately prior to the date upon which such change shall become effective, shall be adjusted by the Company so that the Warrantholder thereafter exercising the Warrant shall be entitled to receive the number of shares of Common Stock or other capital stock which the Warrantholder would have received if the Warrant had been exercised immediately prior to such event upon payment of a Warrant Price that has been adjusted to equal the product of (A) the Warrant Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is equal to the number of Warrant Shares purchasable pursuant hereto immediately prior to such adjustment and the denominator of which is the number of Warrant Shares or other securities of the Company resulting from such adjustment.  An adjustment made pursuant to this paragraph shall become effective immediately after the effective date of such event.

 

(b)           Except in the event of the NCI Merger, as defined below, if any capital reorganization, reclassification of the capital stock of the Company, consolidation or merger of the Company with another corporation in which the Company is not the survivor, or sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets to another corporation shall be effected, then, as a condition of such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or other disposition, lawful and adequate provision shall be made whereby each Warrantholder shall thereafter have the right to purchase and receive upon the basis and upon the terms and conditions herein specified and in lieu of the Warrant Shares immediately theretofore issuable upon exercise of the Warrant, such shares of stock, securities or assets as would have been issuable or payable with respect to or in exchange for a number of Warrant Shares equal to the number of Warrant Shares immediately theretofore issuable upon exercise of this Warrant had such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or other disposition not taken place, and in any such case appropriate provision shall be made with respect to the rights and interests of each Warrantholder to the end that the provisions hereof (including, without limitation, provision for adjustment of the Warrant Price) shall thereafter be applicable, as nearly equivalent as may be practicable in relation to any shares of stock, securities or assets thereafter deliverable upon the exercise hereof.  The Company shall not effect any such consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or other disposition unless prior to or simultaneously with the consummation thereof the successor corporation (if other than the Company) resulting from such consolidation or merger, or the corporation purchasing or otherwise acquiring such assets or other appropriate corporation or entity shall assume the obligation to deliver to the Warrantholder, at the last address of the Warrantholder appearing on the books of the Company, such shares of stock, securities or assets as, in accordance with the foregoing provisions, the Warrantholder may be entitled to purchase, and the other obligations under this Warrant.  The provisions of this paragraph (b) shall similarly apply to successive reorganizations, reclassifications, consolidations, mergers, sales, transfers or other dispositions.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon the closing of the merger (the “NCI Merger”) pursuant to that certain Agreement and Plan of Reorganization, dated as of July       , 2005, by and among Neighborhood Connections, Inc. (“NCI”), [Neighborhood Connections Acquisition Corporation] (the “Merger Sub”), Ruth Selmon and the Company in which the Company will merge into Merger Sub in exchange for shares of Class A Common Stock of NCI (the “NCI Shares”), this Warrant shall be exchanged for a warrant with substantially similar terms as set forth herein

 

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(including the same Exercise Price) which warrant will be exercisable for such number of NCI Shares as the Warrantholder would have received for the Warrant Shares issuable upon the exercise hereof as of the closing of the NCI Merger as if the Warrantholder has exercised this Warrant.

 

(c)           In case the Company shall fix a payment date for the making of a distribution to all holders of Common Stock (including any such distribution made in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing corporation) of evidences of indebtedness or assets (other than cash dividends or cash distributions payable out of consolidated earnings or earned surplus or dividends or distributions referred to in Section 8(a)), or subscription rights or warrants, the Warrant Price to be in effect after such payment date shall be determined by multiplying the Warrant Price in effect immediately prior to such payment date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding multiplied by the Market Price (as defined below) per share of Common Stock immediately prior to such payment date, less the fair market value (as determined by the Company’s Board of Directors in good faith) of said assets or evidences of indebtedness so distributed, or of such subscription rights or warrants, and the denominator of which shall be the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding multiplied by such Market Price per share of Common Stock immediately prior to such payment date.  “Market Price” as of a particular date (the “Valuation Date”) shall mean the following: (a) if the Common Stock is then listed on a national stock exchange, the closing sale price of one share of Common Stock on such exchange on the last trading day prior to the Valuation Date; (b) if the Common Stock is then quoted on The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. (“Nasdaq”) (whether through the National Market System, the SmallCapMarket or the OTC Bulletin Board), the closing sale price of one share of Common Stock on Nasdaq on the last trading day prior to the Valuation Date or, if no such closing sale price is available, the average of the high bid and the low asked price quoted on Nasdaq on the last trading day prior to the Valuation Date; or (c) if the Common Stock is not then listed on a national stock exchange or quoted on Nasdaq, the fair market value of one share of Common Stock as of the Valuation Date, shall be determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company and the Warrantholder.  If the Common Stock is not then listed on a national securities exchange or quoted on Nasdaq, the Board of Directors of the Company shall respond promptly, in writing, to an inquiry by the Warrantholder prior to the exercise hereunder as to the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company.  In the event that the Board of Directors of the Company and the Warrantholder are unable to agree upon the fair market value in respect of subpart (c) hereof, the Company and the Warrantholder shall jointly select an appraiser, who is experienced in such matters.  The decision of such appraiser shall be final and conclusive, and the cost of such appraiser shall be borne equally by the Company and the Warrantholder.  Such adjustment shall be made successively whenever such a payment date is fixed.

 

(d)           An adjustment to the Warrant Price shall become effective immediately after the payment date in the case of each dividend or distribution and immediately after the effective date of each other event which requires an adjustment.

 

(e)           In the event that, as a result of an adjustment made pursuant to this Section 8, the Warrantholder shall become entitled to receive any shares of capital stock of the Company other than shares of Common Stock, the number of such other shares so receivable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be subject thereafter to adjustment from time to time in a manner and on

 

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terms as nearly equivalent as practicable to the provisions with respect to the Warrant Shares contained in this Warrant.

 

Section 9.               Fractional Interest.  The Company shall not be required to issue fractions of Warrant Shares upon the exercise of this Warrant.  If any fractional share of Common Stock would, except for the provisions of the first sentence of this Section 9, be deliverable upon such exercise, the Company, in lieu of delivering such fractional share, shall pay to the exercising Warrantholder an amount in cash equal to the Market Price of such fractional share of Common Stock on the date of exercise.

 

Section 10.             Benefits.  Nothing in this Warrant shall be construed to give any person, firm or corporation (other than the Company and the Warrantholder) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim, it being agreed that this Warrant shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Company and the Warrantholder.

 

Section 11.             Notices to Warrantholder.  Upon the happening of any event requiring an adjustment of the Warrant Price, the Company shall promptly give written notice thereof to the Warrantholder at the address appearing in the records of the Company, stating the adjusted Warrant Price and the adjusted number of Warrant Shares resulting from such event and setting forth in reasonable detail the method of calculation and the facts upon which such calculation is based.  Failure to give such notice to the Warrantholder or any defect therein shall not affect the legality or validity of the subject adjustment.

 

Section 12.             Notices.  Unless otherwise provided, any notice required or permitted under this Warrant shall be given in writing and shall be deemed effectively given as hereinafter described (i) if given by personal delivery, then such notice shall be deemed given upon such delivery, (ii) if given by Email or facsimile, then such notice shall be deemed given upon receipt of confirmation of delivery or complete transmittal, (iii) if given by mail, then such notice shall be deemed given upon the earlier of (A) receipt of such notice by the recipient or (B) three days after such notice is deposited in first class mail, postage prepaid, and (iv) if given by an internationally recognized overnight air courier, then such notice shall be deemed given one business day after delivery to such carrier.  All notices shall be addressed as follows: if to the Warrantholder, at its address as set forth in the Company’s books and records and, if to the Company, at the address as follows, or at such other address as the Warrantholder or the Company may designate by ten days’ advance written notice to the other:

 

If to the Company:

 

6335 Ferris Square

Suite A

San Diego, CA 92121

Attention:  Controller

Fax:  (858) 678-0900

 

With a copy to:

 

Ehrenreich Eilenberg & Krause LLP

11 East 44th Street, 17th Floor

New York, NY 10017

Attention.: Adam D. Eilenberg, Esq.

Fax:  (212) 986-2399

 

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Section 13.             Registration Rights.  The initial Warrantholder is entitled to the benefit of certain registration rights with respect to the Warrant Shares issued and issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant as provided in the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of               , 2005, by and among the Company, the Warrantholder and the other investors listed therein; and any subsequent Warrantholder may be entitled to such rights.

 

Section 16.             Successors.  All the covenants and provisions hereof by or for the benefit of the Warrantholder shall bind and inure to the benefit of its respective successors and assigns hereunder.

 

Section 17.             Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial.  This Warrant shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the internal laws of the State of California, without reference to the choice of law provisions thereof.  The Company and, by accepting this Warrant, the Warrantholder, each irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and Federal courts of the State of California located in San Diego County for the purpose of any suit, action, proceeding or judgment relating to or arising out of this Warrant and the transactions contemplated hereby.  Service of process in connection with any such suit, action or proceeding may be served on each party hereto anywhere in the world by the same methods as are specified for the giving of notices under this Warrant.  The Company and, by accepting this Warrant, the Warrantholder, each irrevocably consents to the jurisdiction of any such court in any such suit, action or proceeding and to the laying of venue in such court.  The Company and, by accepting this Warrant, the Warrantholder, each irrevocably waives any objection to the laying of venue of any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such courts and irrevocably waives any claim that any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.  EACH OF THE COMPANY AND, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, THE WARRANTHOLDER HEREBY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO REQUEST A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LITIGATION WITH RESPECT TO THIS WARRANT AND REPRESENTS THAT COUNSEL HAS BEEN CONSULTED SPECIFICALLY AS TO THIS WAIVER.

 

Section 18.             Call Provision.  Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein to the contrary, in the event that the closing bid price of a share of Common Stock as reported on the OTC Bulletin Board (or such other exchange or stock market on which the Common Stock may then be listed or quoted) equals or exceeds $1.80 (appropriately adjusted for any stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend or other reclassification or combination of the Common Stock occurring after the date hereof) for fifteen (15) consecutive trading days (“Trading-Day Period”) commencing after the Registration Statement (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) has been declared effective, the Company, upon thirty (30) days prior written notice (the “Notice Period”) given to the Warrantholder within one business day immediately following the end of such Trading-Day Period, may call this Warrant, in whole but not in part, at a redemption price equal to $0.001 per share of Common Stock then purchasable pursuant to this Warrant; provided that (i) the Company simultaneously calls all Company Warrants (as defined below) on the same terms and (ii) all of the shares of Common Stock issuable hereunder either (A) are registered pursuant to an effective Registration Statement (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement)

 

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which has not been suspended and for which no stop order is in effect, or (B) no longer constitute Registrable Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement).  Notwithstanding any such notice by the Company, the Warrantholder shall have the right to exercise this Warrant prior to the end of the Notice Period.

 

Section 19.             No Rights as Stockholder.  Prior to the exercise of this Warrant, the Warrantholder shall not have or exercise any rights as a stockholder of the Company by virtue of its ownership of this Warrant.

 

Section 20.             Amendment; Waiver.  This Warrant is one of a series of Warrants of like tenor issued by the Company pursuant to other purchase agreements with the same terms as the Purchase Agreement and initially covering an aggregate of                            shares of Common Stock (collectively, the “Company Warrants”).  Any term of this Warrant may be amended or waived (including the adjustment provisions included in Section 8 of this Warrant) upon the written consent of the Company and the holders of Company Warrants representing at least 50% of the number of shares of Common Stock then subject to all outstanding Company Warrants (the “Majority Holders”); provided, that (x) any such amendment or waiver must apply to all Company Warrants; and (y) the number of Warrant Shares subject to this Warrant, the Warrant Price and the Expiration Date may not be amended, and the right to exercise this Warrant may not be altered or waived, without the written consent of the Warrantholder.

 

Section 21.             Section Headings.  The section headings in this Warrant are for the convenience of the Company and the Warrantholder and in no way alter, modify, amend, limit or restrict the provisions hereof.

 

[Signature appears on the next page]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be duly executed, as of the              day of                 , 2005.

 

 

LPATH THERAPEUTICS INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

Scott Pancoast

 

Title:

Chief Executive Officer

 

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APPENDIX A

LPATH THERAPEUTICS INC.—WARRANT EXERCISE FORM

 

To Lpath Therapeutics Inc.:

 

The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise the right of purchase represented by the within Warrant (“Warrant”) for, and to purchase thereunder by the payment of the Warrant Price and surrender of the Warrant,                                shares of Common Stock (“Warrant Shares”) provided for therein, and requests that certificates for the Warrant Shares be issued as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

Name

 

 

 

 

 

Address

 

 

 

 

 

City, State and Zip Code

 

 

 

 

 

Federal Tax ID or Social Security No.

 

 

 

 

and delivered by

 

(certified mail to the above address, or

 

 

to such other address (specify):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

).

 

and, if the number of Warrant Shares shall not be all the Warrant Shares purchasable upon exercise of the Warrant, that a new Warrant for the balance of the Warrant Shares purchasable upon exercise of this Warrant be registered in the name of the undersigned Warrantholder or the undersigned’s Assignee as below indicated and delivered to the address stated below.

 

Dated:                                       , 200      

 

Note: The signature must correspond with the name of the

 

Signature:

 

 

Warrantholder as written on the first page of the Warrant

 

 

 

in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or

 

 

 

 

any change whatever, unless the Warrant has been

 

 

Name (please print)

 

assigned.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Address

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

City, State and Zip Code

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Federal Identification No. or

 

 

 

 

Social Security No.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assignee: