Form of Common Stock Warrant between AspenBio and Liolios Group, Inc

THE SECURITIES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT, AS AMENDED, OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS AND HAVE BEEN ISSUED IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND SUCH OTHER SECURITIES LAWS.  NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED, OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF, EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED PURSUANT TO A VALID EXEMPTION THEREFROM UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.

Warrant No. [_____________]

Issue Date: [______________]

 

THIS CERTIFIES that, for value received, Liolios Group, Inc., is entitled to purchase from ASPENBIO PHARMA, INC., a Colorado corporation (the “Corporation”), subject to the terms and conditions hereof, 5,000 shares (the “Warrant Shares”) of common stock, no par value (the “Common Stock”).  This warrant, together with all warrants hereafter issued in exchange or substitution for this warrant, is referred to as the “Warrant” and the holder of this Warrant is referred to as the “Holder.”  The number of Warrant Shares is subject to adjustment as hereinafter provided.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, this Warrant shall expire at 5:00pm EST on [_______________], three years from Issue Date (the “Termination Date”).

1.  Exercise of Warrants.   (a)  The Holder may, at any time prior to the Termination Date, exercise this Warrant in whole or in part at an exercise price per share equal to $[_____] per share, subject to adjustment as provided herein (the “Warrant Price”), by the surrender of this Warrant (properly endorsed) at the principal office of the Corporation, or at such other agency or office of the Corporation in the United States of America as the Corporation may designate by notice in writing to the Holder at the address of such Holder appearing on the books of the Corporation, and by payment to the Corporation of the Warrant Price in lawful money of the United States by check or wire transfer for each share of Common Stock being purchased.  Upon any partial exercise of this Warrant, there shall be executed and issued to the Holder a new Warrant in respect of the shares of Common Stock as to which this Warrant shall not have been exercised.  In the event of the exercise of the rights represented by this Warrant, a certificate or certificates for the Warrant Shares so purchased, as applicable, registered in the name of the Holder, shall be delivered to the Holder hereof as soon as practicable after the rights represented by this Warrant shall have been so exercised.

 

 

 

(b)          Holder is granted “Cashless Exercise Rights”, whereby if notice of exercise by Holder specifies that the exercise of this Warrant is made pursuant to this Section 1, then the Company shall deliver to Holder, without payment by Holder of any Exercise Price or any cash or other consideration, the number of Company Shares computed using the following formula:

 

 

	X =	Y(A-B)
		A

 

Where:

X =

the number of Warrant Shares to be issued to the Holder pursuant to the exercise of this Warrant pursuant to this Section 4;

Y =

the number of Shares that may be purchased upon exercise of this Warrant;

A =

the Market Price, as defined below, of one share of Common Stock; and

B =

the Exercise Price per share of Common Stock.

“Market Price” of an security means the average of the closing prices of such security’s sales on all securities exchanges on which such security may at the time be listed based upon the average of the ten preceding business days prior to the date of exercise, or, if there has been no sales on any such exchanges on any day, the average of the highest bid and the lowest asked prices on all such exchanges for such period, or, if on a day any such security is not listed, the average of the representative bid and asked prices quoted in the NASDAQ System as of 4:00pm Eastern Time.

2. Reservation of Warrant Shares.  The Corporation agrees that, prior to the expiration of this Warrant, it will at all times have authorized and in reserve, and will keep available, solely for issuance or delivery upon the exercise of this Warrant, the number of Warrant Shares as from time to time shall be issuable by the Corporation upon the exercise of this Warrant.

3.  No Holder Rights.  This Warrant shall not entitle the holder hereof to any voting rights or other rights as a Holder of the Corporation.

4.  Transferability of Warrant.  Prior to the Termination Date and subject to compliance with applicable laws, this Warrant and all rights hereunder are transferable, in whole or in part, at the office or agency of the Company by the Holder in person or by duly authorized attorney, upon surrender of this Warrant together with the Assignment Form annexed hereto properly endorsed for transfer.

 

 

 

5.  Certain Adjustments.  With respect to any rights that Holder has to exercise this Warrant and convert into shares of Common Stock, Holder shall be entitled to the following adjustments:

(a)           Merger or Consolidation.  If at any time there shall be a merger or a consolidation of the Corporation with or into another corporation when the Corporation is not the surviving corporation, then, as part of such merger or consolidation, lawful provision shall be made so that the holder hereof shall thereafter be entitled to receive upon exercise of this Warrant, during the period specified herein and upon payment of the aggregate Warrant Price then in effect, the number of shares of stock or other securities or property (including cash) of the successor corporation resulting from such merger or consolidation, to which the holder hereof as the holder of the stock deliverable upon exercise of this Warrant would have been entitled in such merger or consolidation if this Warrant had been exercised immediately before such merger or consolidation.  In any such case, appropriate adjustment shall be made in the application of the provisions of this Warrant with respect to the rights and interests of the holder hereof as the holder of this Warrant after the merger or consolidation.

(b)           Reclassification, Recapitalization, etc.  If the Corporation at any time shall, by subdivision, combination or reclassification of securities, recapitalization, automatic conversion, or other similar event affecting the number or character of outstanding shares of Common Stock, or otherwise, change any of the securities as to which purchase rights under this Warrant exist into the same or a different number of securities of any other class or classes, this Warrant shall thereafter represent the right to acquire such number and kind of securities as would have been issuable as the result of such change with respect to the securities that were subject to the purchase rights under this Warrant immediately prior to such subdivision, combination, reclassification or other change.

(c)           Split or Combination of Common Stock and Stock Dividend.  In case the

Corporation shall at any time subdivide, re-divide, recapitalize, split (forward or reverse) or change its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares or declare a dividend upon its Common Stock payable solely in shares of Common Stock, the Warrant Price shall be proportionately reduced and the number of Warrant Shares proportionately increased.  Conversely, in case the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Corporation shall be combined into a smaller number of shares, the Warrant Price shall be proportionately increased and the number of Warrant Shares proportionately reduced.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event will the Warrant Price be reduced below the par value of the Common Stock.

6.  Legend and Stop Transfer Orders. Unless the Warrant Shares have been registered under the Securities Act, upon exercise of any part of the Warrant, the Corporation shall instruct its transfer agent to enter stop transfer orders with respect to such Warrant Shares, and all certificates or instruments representing the Warrant Shares shall bear on the face thereof substantially the following legend:

 

 

 

THE SECURITIES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT, AS AMENDED, OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS AND HAVE BEEN ISSUED IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND SUCH OTHER SECURITIES LAWS.  NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED, OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF, EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE CORPORATION THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED PURSUANT TO A VALID EXEMPTION THEREFROM UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.

7.  Vesting.  The right to exercise this Warrant shall vest at the date of issuance and rights shall be 100% vested and exercisable.

8.  Registration Rights.  This Warrant is subject to the REGISTRATION RIGHTS ADDENDUM – LIOLIOS AGREEMENT attached hereto and made a part of the Warrant.

9.  Miscellaneous.  This Warrant shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Colorado.  All the covenants and provisions of this Warrant by or for the benefit of the Corporation shall bind and inure to the benefit of its successors and assigns hereunder.  Nothing in this Warrant shall be construed to give to any person or corporation other than the Corporation and the holder of this Warrant any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Warrant.  This Warrant shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Corporation and the holder of this Warrant.  The section headings herein are for convenience only and are not part of this Warrant and shall not affect the interpretation hereof.  Upon receipt of evidence satisfactory to the Corporation of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant, and of indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation, if lost, stolen or destroyed, and upon surrender and cancellation of this Warrant, if mutilated, the Corporation shall execute and deliver to the Holder a new Warrant of like date, tenor and denomination.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Warrant to be executed by its duly authorized officers under its seal, this __ day of [____________].

 

 

 

 

 

 

To:	AspenBio Pharma, Inc. 1585 S. Perry Street Castle Rock, CO  80104 Attention:  Chief Financial Officer

 

Dated:____________

 

The undersigned, pursuant to the provisions set forth in the attached Warrant No. ______, hereby irrevocably elects to purchase (check applicable box):

 

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_________ shares of the Common Stock of AspenBio Pharma, Inc. covered by such Warrant; or

 

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the maximum number of shares of Common Stock covered by such Warrant pursuant to the cashless exercise procedure set forth in subsection 1(b) (if applicable).

 

The undersigned herewith makes payment of the full purchase price for such shares at the price per share provided for in such Warrant.  Such payment takes the form of (check applicable box or boxes):

 

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if the provisions of subsection 1(b) of this Warrant are in effect, the cancellation of such portion of the attached Warrant as is exercisable for a total of _____ Warrant Shares (using a Fair Market Value of $_____ per share for purposes of this calculation); and/or

 

The undersigned hereby requests that certificates for the Warrant Shares purchased hereby be issued in the name of:

 

 

 

 

 

 

(please print or type name and address)

 

 

 

and be delivered as follows:

 

 

 

and if such number of shares of Common Stock shall not be all the shares evidenced by this Warrant Certificate, that a new Warrant for the balance of such shares be registered in the name of, and delivered to, Holder.

 

 

 

 

 

(To assign the foregoing warrant, execute

this form.  Do not use this form to exercise the warrant.)

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the foregoing Warrant and all rights evidenced thereby are hereby assigned to

 

________________________________________________________________ whose address is

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

 

 

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 Corporation.  Officers of corporations and those acting in a fiduciary or other representative capacity should file proper evidence of authority to assign the foregoing Warrant.