WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK OF VISTAGEN THERAPEUTICS, INC.

 

 

Dated: April 10, 2014

Warrant Number: CSW-___

This certifies that that ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI, or its permitted assigns (each a “Holder”), for value received, is entitled to purchase, at an exercise price equal to $0.50 per share (the “Exercise Price”) from VISTAGEN THERAPEUTICS, INC., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), up to THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND (300,000) shares of fully paid and nonassessable shares of the Company’s Common Stock, $.001 par value (“Common Stock”).

 

This Warrant shall be exercisable at any time from time to time from and after the date hereof (such date being referred to herein as the “Initial Exercise Date”) up to and including 5:00 p.m. (Pacific Time) on the first to occur of (і) March 31, 2019, or (ii) ten (10) days preceding the closing date of any of the following transactions: (A) the acquisition of the Company by another entity by means of any transaction or series of related transactions (including, without limitation, any reorganization, merger or consolidation but, excluding any merger effected exclusively for the purpose of changing the domicile of the Company); or (B) a sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company by means of a transaction or series of related transactions; unless the Company’s shareholders of record as constituted immediately prior to such acquisition or sale will, immediately after such acquisition or sale (by virtue of securities issued as consideration for the Company’s acquisition or sale or otherwise) hold at least 50% of the voting power of the surviving or acquiring entity (any such transaction, a “Change of Control”) (such earlier date being referred to herein as the “Expiration Date”).

 

1.           Method of Exercise.  The Holder hereof may exercise this Warrant, in whole or in part, by the surrender of this Warrant (with the Form of Subscription attached hereto duly completed and executed) at the principal office of the Company, and by the payment to the Company, or, at Holder’s option, cancellation of indebtedness by the Company to Holder, of an amount of consideration therefor equal to the Exercise Price in effect on the date of such exercise multiplied by the number of shares of Common Stock with respect to which this Warrant is then being exercised, payable at such Holder's election by certified or official bank check or by wire transfer to an account designated by the Company, or by notice of cancellation of Company indebtedness to Holder, as the case may be.

2.           Shares to be Fully Paid; Reservation of Shares.  The Company covenants and agrees that all shares of Common Stock which may be issued upon the exercise of the rights represented by this Warrant will, upon issuance, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all preemptive rights of any shareholder and free of all taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issue thereof.  The Company further covenants and agrees that during the period within which the rights represented by this Warrant may be exercised, the Company will at all times have authorized and reserved, for the purpose of issue or transfer upon exercise of the subscription rights evidenced by this Warrant, a sufficient number of shares of authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock.

 

3.           Adjustment of Exercise Price and Number of Shares.  The Exercise Price and the number of shares purchasable upon the exercise of this Warrant shall be subject to adjustment from time to time upon the occurrence of certain events described in this Section 3.  Upon each adjustment of the Exercise Price, the Holder of this Warrant shall thereafter be entitled to purchase, at the Exercise Price resulting from such adjustment, the number of shares obtained by multiplying the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment by the number of shares purchasable pursuant hereto immediately prior to such adjustment, and dividing the product thereof by the Exercise Price resulting from such adjustment.

 

3.1           Subdivision or Combination of Stock.  In case the Company shall at any time subdivide its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares, the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such subdivision shall be proportionately reduced, and conversely, in case the outstanding shares of the Common Stock of the Company shall be combined into a smaller number of shares, the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such combination shall be proportionately increased.

 

3.2           Reclassification.  If any reclassification of the capital stock of the Company shall be effected in such a way that holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive stock, securities, or other assets or property, then, as a condition of such reclassification, lawful and adequate provisions shall be made whereby the Holder hereof shall thereafter have the right to purchase and receive (in lieu of the shares of the Common Stock immediately theretofore purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of the rights represented hereby) such shares of stock, securities or other assets or property as may be issued or payable with respect to or in exchange for a number of outstanding shares of such Common Stock equal to the number of shares of such Common Stock immediately theretofore purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of the rights represented hereby.  In any reclassification described above, appropriate provision shall be made with respect to the rights and interests of the Holder of this Warrant to the end that the provisions hereof (including, without limitation, provisions for adjustments of the Exercise Price and of the number of shares purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant) shall thereafter be applicable, as nearly as may be, in relation to any shares of stock, securities or assets thereafter deliverable upon the exercise hereof.

 

3.3           Notice of Adjustment.  Upon any adjustment of the Exercise Price or any increase or decrease in the number of shares purchasable upon the exercise of this Warrant, the Company shall give written notice thereof, by first class mail postage prepaid, addressed to the registered Holder of this Warrant at the address of such Holder as shown on the books of the Company.  The notice shall be signed by the Company’s chief financial officer and shall state the Exercise Price resulting from such adjustment and the increase or decrease, if any, in the number of shares purchasable at such price upon the exercise of this Warrant, setting forth in reasonable detail the method of calculation and the facts upon which such calculation is based.

 

3.4           Other Notices.  If at any time:

 

(1)           the Company shall declare any cash dividend upon its Common Stock;

 

(2)           there shall be a Change of Control;

 

(3)           there shall be a voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding-up of the Company; or

 

(4)           there shall be an initial public offering of the Company’s equity securities;

 

then, in any one or more of said cases, the Company shall give, by first class mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the Holder of this Warrant at the address of such Holder as shown on the books of the Company, (a) at least twenty (20) days prior written notice of the date on which the books of the Company shall close or a record shall be taken for such dividend or for determining rights to vote in respect of any such Change of Control or dissolution, liquidation or winding-up, and (b) in the case of any such Change of Control or dissolution, liquidation, winding-up or initial public offering, at least twenty (20) days prior written notice of the date when the same shall take place; provided, however, that the Holder shall make a best efforts attempt to respond to such notice as early as possible after the receipt thereof.  Any notice given in accordance with the foregoing clause (a) shall also specify, in the case of any such dividend, the date on which the holders of Common Stock shall be entitled thereto.  Any notice given in accordance with the foregoing clause (b) shall also specify the date on which the holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to exchange their Common Stock for securities or other property deliverable upon such Change of Control, dissolution, liquidation, winding-up, conversion or initial public offering, as the case may be.

 

4.           No Voting or Dividend Rights.  Nothing contained in this Warrant shall be construed as conferring upon the Holder hereof the right to vote or to consent to receive notice as a shareholder of the Company or any other matters or any rights whatsoever as a shareholder of the Company.  No dividends or interest shall be payable or accrued in respect of this Warrant or the interest represented hereby or the shares purchasable hereunder until, and only to the extent that, this Warrant shall have been exercised.

5.           Warrants Transferable.  Subject to compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws, this Warrant and all rights hereunder may be transferred, in whole or in part, without charge to the holder hereof (except for transfer taxes), upon the prior written consent of the Company and, thereafter, upon surrender of this Warrant properly endorsed and compliance with the provisions of this Warrant.  Each taker and holder of this Warrant, by taking or holding the same, consents and agrees that this Warrant, when endorsed in blank, shall be deemed negotiable, and that the holder hereof, when this Warrant shall have been so endorsed, may be treated by the Company, at the Company’s option, and all other persons dealing with this Warrant as the absolute owner hereof for any purpose and as the person entitled to exercise the rights represented by this Warrant, or to the transfer hereof on the books of the Company and notice to the contrary notwithstanding; but until such transfer on such books, the Company may treat the registered owner hereof as the owner for all purposes.

 

6.           Lost Warrants.  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 receipt of an indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Company, or in the case of any such mutilation upon surrender and cancellation of such Warrant, the Company, at Holder’s expense, will make and deliver a new Warrant, of like tenor, in lieu of the lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Warrant.

 

7.           Modification and Waiver.  Any term of this Warrant may be amended and the observance of any term of this Warrant may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively) only with the prior written consent of the Company and the Holder hereof.  Any amendment or waiver affected in accordance with this Section 7 shall be binding upon the Company and the Holder.

 

8.           Notices.  All notices and other communications from the Company to the Holder, or vice versa, shall be deemed delivered and effective when given personally or mailed by first-class registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, at such address as may have been furnished to the Company or the Holder, as the case may be, in writing by the Company or such holder from time to time.

 

9.           Titles and Subtitles; Governing Law; Venue.  The titles and subtitles used in this Warrant are used for convenience only and are not to be considered in construing or interpreting this Warrant.  This Warrant is to be construed in accordance with and governed by the internal laws of the State of New York without giving effect to any choice of law rule that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the internal laws of the State of New York to the rights and duties of the Company and the Holder.  All disputes and controversies arising out of or in connection with this Warrant shall be resolved exclusively by the state and federal courts located in New York County in the State of New York, and each of the Company and the Holder hereto agrees to submit to the jurisdiction of said courts and agrees that venue shall lie exclusively with such courts.

 

10.           Definition of Warrant Shares. For purposes of this Warrant, “Warrant Shares” shall mean the number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant.

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be duly executed by its officers, thereunto duly authorized as of the date first above written.

 

VistaGen Therapeutics, Inc.

By:  ______________________                                                              

        Shawn K. Singh

        Chief Executive Officer

[Signature Page To Warrant]

(To be signed only upon exercise of Warrant)

To: VISTAGEN THERAPEUTICS, INC.

The undersigned, the holder of a right to purchase shares of Common Stock of VistaGen Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) pursuant to that certain Warrant to Purchase Common Stock of VistaGen Therapeutics, Inc. Number CSW-612 (the “Warrant”), dated as of April 10, 2014 hereby irrevocably elects to exercise the purchase right represented by such Warrant for, and to purchase thereunder, __________________________ (_________) shares of Common Stock of the Company and herewith makes payment of ________________________ Dollars ($__________) therefor in cash.

The undersigned represents that it is acquiring such securities for its own account for investment and not with a view to or for sale in connection with any distribution thereof.

DATED:  ________________

By:  _________________________                            

Name: _______________________                                                     

Its: __________________________

 

To:  HOLDER

The undersigned hereby acknowledges that as of the date hereof, __________________ (___________) shares of Common Stock remain subject to the right of purchase in favor of _____________ pursuant to that certain Warrant to Purchase Common Stock of VistaGen Therapeutics, Inc., number CSW-612 dated as of April 10, 2014.

DATED:  ________________

By: ______________________                                                  

Name:  ___________________

 

Its: ______________________

The undersigned, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, does hereby acknowledge receipt of Warrant Number CSW-612 dated, April 10, 2014, representing three hundred thousand (300,000) shares of the Common Stock Warrants of VistaGen Therapeutics, Inc.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Receipt as of the date set forth below.

Type:                                Common Stock Warrants

Warrant Number:            CSW-612

Number of Shares:          300,000

                               Name: ______________________

                              

                               Date: _______________________