INNOVUS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. Common Stock Purchase Warrant

Issuance Date: August___, 2015

Common Stock Purchase Warrant

THIS CERTIFIES THAT, for value received, _____________________(the “Holder”), is entitled to subscribe for and purchase, at the Exercise Price (as defined below), from INNOVUS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 (the “Common Stock”), at any time prior to the 5:00 p.m., Eastern time, on August___, 2020 (the “Warrant Exercise Term”).

 

This Warrant is issued in connection and subject to, the terms and conditions described in the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated August___, 2015, between the initial Holder and the Company (the “Agreement”).  Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the definitions ascribed to such terms in the Agreement.  As used herein, the term “Trading Day” means any day that shares of Common Stock are listed for trading or quotation on the OTCBB (as defined in the Agreement), any tier of the NASDAQ Stock Market, the New York Stock Exchange or the NYSE MKT (the “Trading Market”).

This Warrant is subject to the following terms and conditions:

1.           Shares.  The Holder has, subject to the terms set forth herein, the right to purchase up to an aggregate of One Hundred Twenty Five Thousand (125,000) shares (the “Shares”) of Common Stock at a per share exercise price of $0.30 (as subject to adjustment as provided for herein, the “Exercise Price”).

 

1.           Exercise of Warrant.

 

(a)           Exercise.  This Warrant may be exercised by the Holder at any time prior to the expiration of the Warrant Exercise Term, in whole or in part, by delivering the notice of exercise attached as Exhibit A hereto (the “Notice of Exercise”), duly executed by the Holder to the Company at its principal office, or at such other office as the Company may designate, accompanied by payment, in cash by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the order of the Company and to an account designated by the Company, of the amount obtained by multiplying the number of Shares designated in the Notice of Exercise by the Exercise Price (the “Purchase Price”).  For purposes hereof, “Exercise Date” shall mean the date on which all deliveries required to be made to the Company upon exercise of this Warrant pursuant to this Section 2(a) shall have been made.

 

(b)           Issuance of Shares.  Upon receipt by the Company from the Holder of a facsimile transmission or e-mail (or other reasonable means of communication) followed by a telephonic confirmation to its CEO or CFO, of a Notice of Exercise, and receipt confirmation of applicable funds, the Company shall issue and deliver or cause to be issued and delivered to or upon the order of the Holder certificates for the Shares (or cause the electronic delivery of the Shares as contemplated by Section 2(d) hereof) within three (3) Trading Days after such receipt (the “Deadline

 

(d)           Delivery of Shares by Electronic Transfer. In lieu of delivering physical certificates representing the Shares issuable upon exercise hereof, provided the Company is participating in the Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) Fast Automated Securities Transfer  program, upon request of the Holder, the Company shall use its best efforts to cause its transfer agent to electronically transmit the Share issuable upon exercise hereof to the Holder by crediting the account of Holder’s Prime Broker with DTC through its Deposit Withdrawal Agent Commission system.

 

(e)           Taxes.  The issuance of the Shares upon the exercise of this Warrant, and the delivery of certificates or other instruments representing such Shares, shall be made without charge to the Holder for any tax if applicable, and the Holder shall bear any such taxes in respect of such issuance if needed.

 

(f)           Limitation on Beneficial Ownership.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, that in no event shall the Holder be entitled to exercise any portion of this Warrant in excess of that portion of this Warrant upon conversion of which the sum of (1) the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Holder and its affiliates (other than shares of Common Stock which may be deemed beneficially owned through the ownership of the unexercised portion of this Warrant or the unexercised or unconverted portion of any other security of the Company subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitations contained herein) and (2) the number of Shares issuable upon the exercise of the portion of this Warrant with respect to which the determination of this proviso is being made, would result in beneficial ownership by the Holder and its affiliates of more than 4.99% of the then outstanding shares of Common Stock.  The “beneficial ownership” of the Holder shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the 1934 Act, and Regulations 13D-G thereunder, except as otherwise provided in clause (1) of above, provided, however, that the limitations on exercise may be waived by the Holder upon, at the election of the Holder, not less than 61 days’ prior notice to the Company, and the provisions of the conversion limitation shall continue to apply until such 61st day (or such later date, as determined by the Holder, as may be specified in such notice of waiver).

 

(g)           Cashless Exercise.  Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, if and only if a registration statement pursuant to the 1933 Act covering the resale of all or any portion of the Warrant Shares is not available for the resale of such Warrant Shares (such unregistered portion of the Warrant Shares, the “Unavailable Warrant Shares”), the Holder may, in its sole discretion two weeks after informaing the Company, exercise this Warrant solely with respect to the Unavailable Warrant Shares and, in lieu of making the cash payment otherwise contemplated to be made to the Company upon such exercise in payment of the aggregate Exercise Price for such Unavailable Warrant Shares, elect instead to receive upon such exercise the “Net Number” of shares of Common Stock determined according to the following formula (a “Cashless Exercise”):

 

X           =           Y  (A - B)

 

       A

 

with:

 

X =           the number of Warrant Shares to be issued to the Holder

 

Y =           the number of Unavailable Warrant Shares with respect to which the Warrant is being exercised

 

A =           the fair value per share of Common Stock on the date of exercise of this Warrant

 

B =           the then-current Exercise Price of the Warrant

 

 

Solely for the purposes of this paragraph, “fair value” per share of Common Stock shall mean (A) the average of the closing sales prices on the Trading Market for the twenty (20) Trading Days immediately preceding the date on which the Notice of Exercise is deemed to have been sent to the Company, or (B) if the Common Stock is not publicly traded as set forth above, as reasonably and in good faith determined by the Board of Directors of the Company as of the date which the Notice of Exercise is deemed to have been sent to the Company.

 

For purposes of Rule 144 promulgated under the 1933 Act, it is intended, understood and acknowledged that the Warrant Shares issued in a Cashless Exercise transaction shall be deemed to have been acquired by the Holder, and the holding period for such shares shall be deemed to have commenced, on the date this Warrant was originally issued.

 

3.           Adjustment of Exercise Price and Other Events.

(e)           Fundamental Transactions.  The Company shall not enter into or be party to a Fundamental Transaction unless the entity succeeding to the Company (the “Successor Entity”) assumes in writing all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant and the Agreement pursuant to written agreements in form and substance..  Upon occurrence or consummation of the Fundamental Transaction, and it shall be a required condition to the occurrence or consummation of such Fundamental Transaction that, the Company and the Successor Entity shall deliver to the Holder confirmation that there shall be issued upon exercise of this Warrant at any time after the occurrence or consummation of the Fundamental Transaction, as elected by the Company and Successor Entity solely at their option, shares of Common Stock, shares of capital stock of the Successor Entity (“Successor Capital Stock”)

(g)           As used herein, the term “Fundamental Transaction” means (A) that the Company shall, directly or indirectly, including through subsidiaries, Affiliates or otherwise, in one or more related transactions, (i) consolidate or merge with or into (whether or not the Company is the surviving corporation) another entity, or (ii) sell, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company to one or more entities, or (iii) make, or allow one or more entities to make, or allow the Company to be subject to or have its Common Stock be subject to or party to one or more entities making, a purchase, tender or exchange offer that is accepted by the holders of at least either (x) 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, (y) 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock calculated as if any shares of Common Stock held by all entities making or party to, or affiliated with any entities making or party to, such purchase, tender or exchange offer were not outstanding; or (z) such number of shares of Common Stock such that all entities making or party to, or Affiliated with any entity making or party to, such purchase, tender or exchange offer, become collectively the beneficial owners (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the 1934 Act) of at least 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, or (iv) consummate a stock purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off or scheme of arrangement) with one or more entities whereby all such entities, individually or in the aggregate, acquire, either (x) at least 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, (y) at least 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock calculated as if any shares of Common Stock held by all the entities making or party to, or affiliated with any entity making or party to, such stock purchase agreement or other business combination were not outstanding; or (z) such number of shares of Common Stock such that the entities become collectively the beneficial owners (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the 1934 Act) of at least 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, or (v) reorganize, recapitalize or reclassify its Common Stock such that such modified Common Stock no longer has the residual right to dividends or distributions form the Company or the residual right to vote on matters given to the common stock holders under Nevada law, (B) that the Company shall, directly or indirectly, including through subsidiaries, affiliates or otherwise, in one or more related transactions, allow any entity individually or entities in the aggregate to be or become the "beneficial owner" (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the 1934 Act), directly or indirectly, whether through acquisition, purchase, assignment, conveyance, tender, tender offer, exchange, reduction in outstanding shares of Common Stock, merger, consolidation, business combination, reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off, scheme of arrangement, reorganization, recapitalization or reclassification or otherwise in any manner whatsoever, of either (x) at least 50% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by issued and outstanding Common Stock, (y) at least 50% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by issued and outstanding Common Stock not held by all such entities as of the date of this Warrant calculated as if any shares of Common Stock held by all such entities were not outstanding, or (z) a percentage of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock or other equity securities of the Company sufficient to allow such entities to effect a statutory short form merger or other transaction requiring other stockholders of the Company to surrender their shares of Common Stock without approval of the stockholders of the Company or (C) directly or indirectly, including through subsidiaries, affiliates or otherwise, in one or more related transactions, the issuance of or the entering into any other instrument or transaction structured in a manner to circumvent, or that circumvents, the intent of this definition in which case this definition shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this definition to the extent necessary to correct this definition or any portion of this definition which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended treatment of such instrument or transaction.

 

(i)           Notice of Adjustments.  Upon any adjustment of the Exercise Price and any increase or decrease in the number of Shares purchasable upon the exercise of this Warrant, then, and in each such case, the Company, within 30 business days thereafter, shall give written notice thereof to the Holder at the address of such Holder as shown on the books of the Company, which notice shall state the Exercise Price as adjusted and, if applicable, the increased or decreased number of Shares purchasable upon the exercise of this Warrant, setting forth in reasonable detail the method of calculation of each.

4.           Notices.  Any notice or other communication required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be in writing and shall be undertaken in accordance with the provisions of Section 8(f) of the Agreement.

 

5.           Removal of Legend.  The Holder shall have the right to cause restrictive legends removed from the Shares as provided for in the Agreement.

 

6.           Fractional Shares.  No fractional Shares will be issued in connection with any exercise hereunder.  Instead, the Company shall round up, as nearly as practicable to the nearest whole Share, the number of Shares to be issued.

 

7.           Rights of Stockholder.  Except as expressly provided in Section 3 hereof, the Holder, as such, shall not be entitled to vote or receive dividends or be deemed the holder of the Shares or any other securities of the Company that may at any time be issuable on the exercise hereof for any purpose, nor shall anything contained herein be construed to confer upon the Holder, as such, any of the rights of a stockholder of the Company or any right to vote for the election of directors or upon any matter submitted to stockholders at any meeting thereof, or to give or withhold consent to any corporate action (whether upon any recapitalization, issuance of stock, reclassification of stock, change of par value, consolidation, merger, conveyance, or otherwise) or to receive notice of meetings, or otherwise until this Warrant shall have been exercised and the Shares purchasable upon the exercise hereof shall have been issued, as provided herein.

 

8.           Transfer; Multiple Warrants; Lost Warrant; New Warrants.  This Warrant and the Shares may be offered for sale, sold, transferred, pledged or assigned without the consent of the Company, provided that any such offer, sale, transfer, pledge or assignment must be undertaken in accordance with applicable law, rule and regulation (including the 1933 Act). This Warrant is exchangeable, upon the surrender hereof by the Holder at the principal office of the Company, for a new Warrant or Warrants representing in the aggregate the right to purchase the number of Shares then underlying this Warrant, and each such new Warrant will represent the right to purchase such portion of such Shares as is designated by the Holder at the time of such surrender.  Upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant, and, in the case of loss, theft or destruction, of any indemnification undertaking by the Holder to the Company in customary form and, in the case of mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation of this Warrant, the Company shall execute and deliver to the Holder at he Holder’s cost a new Warrant representing the right to purchase the Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant.  Whenever the Company is required to issue a new Warrant pursuant to the terms of this Warrant, such new Warrant (i) shall be of like tenor with this Warrant, (ii) shall represent, as indicated on the face of such new Warrant, the right to purchase the Shares then underlying this Warrant (or in the case of a new Warrant being issued pursuant to this Section 8, the Shares designated by the Holder which, when added to the number of shares of Common Stock underlying the other new Warrants issued in connection with such issuance, does not exceed the number of Shares then underlying this Warrant), (iii) shall have an issuance date, as indicated on the face of such new Warrant which is the same as the Issuance Date, and (iv) shall have the same rights and conditions as this Warrant.

 

 

9.           Miscellaneous.

 

(a)           This Warrant and disputes arising hereunder shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Nevada applicable to agreements made and to be performed wholly within such State, without regard to its conflict of law rules.  Venue for resolution of disptutes shall be as provided for in the Agreement.

 

(b)           The headings in this Warrant are for purposes of reference only, and shall not limit or otherwise affect any of the terms hereof.

 

(c)           The covenants of the respective parties contained herein shall survive the execution and delivery of this Warrant.

 

(d)           The terms of this Warrant shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of any successors or permitted assigns of the Company and of the Holder and of the Shares issued or issuable upon the exercise hereof.

 

(e)           This Warrant and the other documents delivered pursuant hereto constitute the full and entire understanding and agreement between the parties with regard to the subject hereof.

 

(f)           The Company shall not, by amendment of its Certificate or Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws, or through any other means, directly or indirectly, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant and shall at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all such terms and in the taking of all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order to protect the rights of the Holder contained herein against impairment.

 

(g)           Upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant and, in the case of any such loss, theft or destruction, upon delivery of an indemnity agreement reasonably satisfactory in form and amount to the Company, or, in the case of any such mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation of such Warrant, the Company, at the Holder’s expense, will execute and deliver to the Holder, in lieu thereof, a new Warrant of like date and tenor.

 

(h)           This Warrant and any provision hereof may be amended, waived or terminated only by an instrument in writing signed by the Company and the Holder.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be signed by its duly authorized officer.

By:                                                              

Name:  Bassam Damaj, Ph.D.

Title: President & CEO

 

The undersigned holder hereby exercises the right to purchase _________________ of the shares of Common Stock ("Warrant Shares") of INNOVUS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., a Nevada corporation (the "Company"), evidenced by the attached Common Stock Purchase Warrant (the "Warrant").  Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Warrant.

The holder shall tender payment for such shares of Common Stock in the sum of $___________________ to the Company in accordance with the terms of the Warrant.

The Company shall deliver to the holder __________ Warrant Shares:

______  in certificated form

_____   through the facilities of the DTC via the following instructions:

________________________________

________________________________

________________________________

Date: _______________ __, ______

   Name of Registered Holder

 

By:           

Name:

Title:

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, ___________________________________ hereby sells, assigns and transfers to each assignee set forth below all of the rights of the undersigned under the Warrant (as defined in and evidenced by the attached Warrant) to acquire the number of Shares set opposite the name of such assignee below and in and to the foregoing Warrant with respect to said acquisition rights and the shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrant:

Name of Assignee		Address		Number of Shares

If the total of the Shares are not all of the Shares evidenced by the foregoing Warrant, the undersigned requests that a new Warrant evidencing the right to acquire the Shares not so assigned be issued in the name of and delivered to the undersigned.

                                                       Name of Holder (print):       ________________________

                                                       (Signature):   ___________________________________

                                                       (By:)  _________________________________________

                                                       (Title:) ________________________________________

                                                       Dated:   ________________________________________