-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, N44yr8qIZhrxOYbURxQCX/aRKZVFYLh5Qm5wcAaImEVD1x7sOsTusti56q67AP1o iKt/DSRCHhldeK6T81WntA== 0001193125-04-018237.txt : 20040210 0001193125-04-018237.hdr.sgml : 20040210 20040210145924 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-04-018237 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 5 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20040206 ITEM INFORMATION: Other events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial statements and exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20040210 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ANTARES PHARMA INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001016169 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SURGICAL & MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS & APPARATUS [3841] IRS NUMBER: 411350192 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MN FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-20945 FILM NUMBER: 04581544 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 707 EAGLEVIEW BOULEVARD STREET 2: SUITE 414 CITY: EXTON STATE: PA ZIP: 19341 BUSINESS PHONE: 610-458-6200 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 707 EAGLEVIEW BOULEVARD STREET 2: SUITE 414 CITY: EXTON STATE: PA ZIP: 19341 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ANTARES PHARMA INC /MN/ DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20010604 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: MEDI JECT CORP /MN/ DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19960605 8-K 1 d8k.htm FORM 8-K FORM 8-K

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 10, 2004

 


 

ANTARES PHARMA, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 


 

Minnesota   0-20945   41-1350192

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

  (Commission File Number)  

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

707 Eagleview Boulevard, Suite 414, Exton, PA   19341
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (610) 458-6200

 

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 



THE FOLLOWING IS A SUMMARY OF THE DOCUMENTS DISCUSSED BELOW AND IS NOT INTENDED TO BE A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION OF SUCH DOCUMENTS OR THE TRANSACTIONS WHICH ARE THE SUBJECT OF SUCH DOCUMENTS. REFERENCE IS MADE TO THE COPIES OF SUCH DOCUMENTS ATTACHED HERETO AS EXHIBITS FOR A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SUCH DOCUMENTS.

 

Item 5. Other Events.

 

On February 10, 2004, Antares Pharma, Inc. (the “Company”) completed a private placement of its common stock and warrants to several investors. Specifically, the Company sold 9,550,000 shares of its common stock, par value $.01 per share, for an aggregate purchase price of $9,550,000. As part of the transaction, the Company also issued to the investors five-year warrants (the “Warrants”) to purchase an aggregate of 3,183,333 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $1.25 per share. The Company granted the investors customary demand and piggyback registration rights with respect to the shares of its common stock issued and that are issuable upon exercise of the Warrants.

 

SCO Securities LLC acted as placement agent for the transaction. Pursuant to the Company’s agreement with SCO, the Company paid SCO $764,000 (consisting of cash compensation of 7% of the aggregate amount received by the Company and expense reimbursement of 1%) and issued to SCO a warrant to purchase 955,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $1.00 (the “Agent’s Warrant”). Other than the difference in exercise price, the Agent’s Warrant and the Warrants are identical in form.

 

On February 10, 2004, the Company issued a press release pursuant to Rule 135c of the Securities Act of 1933 announcing the completion of this transaction, a copy of which is attached hereto.

 

Item 7. Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits.

 

(c) Exhibits.

 

            10.62   Form of Purchase Agreement, dated February 10, 2004, by and among Antares Pharma, Inc. and the Investors
            10.63   Form of Registration Rights Agreement, dated February 10, 2004, by and among Antares Pharma, Inc. and the Investors
            10.64   Form of Warrant, dated February 10, 2004
            99.1   Press Release dated February 10, 2004


SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: February 10, 2004

          ANTARES PHARMA, INC.
    By  

    /s/ Lawrence M. Christian


        Lawrence M. Christian
        Chief Financial Officer, Vice President – Finance
EX-10.62 3 dex1062.htm FORM OF PURCHASE AGREEMENT FORM OF PURCHASE AGREEMENT

Exhibit 10.62

 

PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

THIS PURCHASE AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) is made as of this 10th day of February, 2004 by and among Antares Pharma, Inc., a Minnesota corporation (the “Company”), and the Investors set forth on Schedule I affixed hereto, as such Schedule may be amended from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement (each an “Investor” and collectively the “Investors”).

 

Recitals:

 

A. The Company desires to raise up to $15,000,000 through the issuance and sale of up to 15,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), to the Investors at a per share purchase price of $1.00, together with a warrant to acquire one-third of a share of Common Stock, at an exercise price of $1.25 per share, in the form of Exhibit A annexed hereto and made a part hereof (the “Investor Warrants”), for each share of Common Stock purchased by the Investors pursuant to this Agreement (the “Private Placement”); and

 

B. The Investors wish to purchase from the Company, and the Company wishes to sell and issue to the Investors, upon the terms and conditions stated in this Agreement, such number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock as is set forth next to each such Investor’s name on Schedule I affixed hereto; and

 

C. The Company has agreed that, upon consummation of the purchase of the Common Stock, the Company will issue to each Investor, or its designee, Investor Warrants to purchase such number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock as is set forth next to each such Investor’s name on Schedule I affixed hereto; and

 

D. The Company has engaged SCO Securities LLC as its placement agent (the “Placement Agent”) for the Private Placement on a “best efforts” basis; and

 

E. Contemporaneous with the sale of the Common Stock, the parties hereto will enter into a Registration Rights Agreement, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), pursuant to which, among other things, the Company will agree to provide certain registration rights under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and applicable state securities laws (the “1933 Act”); and

 

F. The Company and the Investors are executing and delivering this Agreement in reliance upon the exemption from securities registration afforded by the provisions of Regulation D (“Regulation D”), as promulgated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under the 1933 Act, as amended.


NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises made herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

1. Definitions. In addition to those terms defined above and elsewhere in this Agreement, for the purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth in this Section 1:

 

Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person which directly or indirectly Controls, is Controlled by, or is under common Control with, such Person.

 

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.

 

Common Stock” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals, and also includes any securities into which the Common Stock may be reclassified.

 

Company’s Knowledge” means the actual knowledge of the officers of the Company, after due inquiry and investigation.

 

Confidential Information” means trade secrets, confidential information and know-how (including but not limited to ideas, formulae, compositions, processes, procedures and techniques, research and development information, computer program code, performance specifications, support documentation, drawings, specifications, designs, business and marketing plans, and customer and supplier lists and related information).

 

Control” means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

 

Intellectual Property” means all of the following: (i) patents, patent applications, patent disclosures and inventions (whether or not patentable and whether or not reduced to practice); (ii) trademarks, service marks, trade dress, trade names, corporate names, logos, slogans and Internet domain names, together with all goodwill associated with each of the foregoing; (iii) copyrights and copyrightable works; (iv) registrations, applications and renewals for any of the foregoing; (v) trade secrets, Confidential Information and know-how (including, but not limited to, ideas, formulae, compositions, manufacturing and production processes and techniques, research and development information, drawings, specifications, designs, business and marketing plans, and customer and supplier lists and related information); and (vi) computer software (including, but not limited to, data, data bases and documentation).

 

Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on (i) the assets, liabilities, results of operations, condition (financial or otherwise), business, or prospects of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, or (ii) the ability of the Company to issue and sell the securities contemplated hereby and to perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents.

 

Material Contract” means any contract of the Company or any Subsidiary that was filed as an exhibit to the SEC Filings pursuant to Item 601(b)(4) or Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K.

 

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Net Escrow Amount” means the Escrow Amount (as defined in Section 3.1) less the Cash Placement Agent Fee (as defined in Section 5.20) and the Placement Agent Counsel Fees (as defined in Section 10.5).

 

Person” means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust, business trust, association, joint stock company, joint venture, sole proprietorship, unincorporated organization, governmental authority or any other form of entity not specifically listed herein.

 

Placement Agent Agreement” means that certain Agreement, dated as of August 1, 2003, by and between the Company and SCO Financial Group LLC, an affiliate of the Placement Agent.

 

SEC Filings” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.6.

 

Securities” means the Shares, the Warrants and the Warrant Shares.

 

Shares means the shares of Common Stock being purchased by the Investors hereunder.

 

Subsidiary” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1.

 

Transaction Documents” means this Agreement, the Warrants, and the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

Warrants” means the Investor Warrants and the Placement Agent Warrants (as defined in Section 5.20).

 

Warrant Shares” means the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants.

 

1934 Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

2. Purchase and Sale of the Shares. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, at the Closing (as defined in Section 4), the Investors listed on Schedule I attached hereto, which Schedule I may be amended from time to time to add additional Investors who agree to purchase Common Stock in the Private Placement by executing a counterpart to this Agreement following the date hereof (collectively, the “Investors”), shall severally, and not jointly, purchase, and the Company shall sell and issue to the Investors, the Shares in the respective amounts set forth opposite their names on Schedule I affixed hereto, in exchange for the cash consideration set forth opposite their respective names on Schedule I affixed hereto. Also at the Closing, the Company shall issue the Warrants to the Investors, or their respective designees, in such amounts as set forth opposite their respective names on Schedule I affixed hereto.

 

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3. Escrow of Purchase Price.

 

3.1. Simultaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement by an Investor, such Investor shall (i) promptly cause a wire transfer of immediately available funds (U.S. dollars) in an amount representing such Investor’s “Aggregate Purchase Price”, as set forth on such Investor’s signature page and opposite such Investor’s name on Schedule I affixed hereto, to be paid to the non-interest bearing escrow account of Lowenstein Sandler PC, the Placement Agent’s counsel (“Placement Agent Counsel”), set forth on Schedule II affixed hereto (the aggregate amounts being held in escrow are referred to herein as the “Escrow Amount”) and (ii) deliver to the Placement Agent a duly executed counterpart to the Registration Rights Agreement. Placement Agent Counsel shall hold the Escrow Amount in escrow until Placement Agent Counsel receives written instructions from the Company and the Placement Agent authorizing the release of the Escrow Amount in accordance with Section 4. The Company hereby authorizes the Placement Agent Counsel to release from the Escrow Amount, at the Closing, without further action or deed, the (i) Cash Placement Agent Fee (as defined in Section 5.20), the (ii) Placement Agent Counsel Fees, and (iii) the Net Escrow Amount. If Placement Agent Counsel has not released the Escrow Amount to the Company pursuant to this Section 3.1, then, on the sooner of (x) February 16, 2004, or (y) written instructions from the Company or the Placement Agent to terminate the escrow and return the Escrow Amount to the Investors, Placement Agent Counsel shall return to each Investor the portion of the Escrow Amount such Investor delivered to the Placement Agent Counsel, but only to the extent of the funds actually received by the Placement Agent Counsel pursuant to this Agreement.

 

3.2. The Company and the Investors acknowledge and agree for the benefit of Placement Agent Counsel (which shall be deemed to be a third party beneficiary of this Section 3) as follows:

 

(a) Placement Agent Counsel (i) is not responsible for the performance by the Company, the Investors or Placement Agent of this Agreement or any of the Transaction Documents or for determining or compelling compliance therewith, (ii) is only responsible for (A) holding the Escrow Amount in escrow pending receipt of written instructions from Placement Agent and/or the Company (as provided herein) directing the release of the Escrow Amount and (B) disbursing the Escrow Amount in accordance with the written instructions from the Company and the Placement Agent, each of the responsibilities of Placement Agent Counsel in clause (A) and (B) is ministerial in nature, and no implied duties or obligations of any kind shall be read into this Agreement against or on the part of Placement Agent Counsel (collectively, the “Placement Agent Counsel Duties”), (iii) shall not be obligated to take any legal or other action hereunder which might in its judgment involve or cause it to incur any expense or liability unless it shall have been furnished with indemnification acceptable to it, in its sole discretion, (iv) may rely on and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any written notice, instruction (including, without limitation, wire transfer instructions, whether incorporated herein or provided in a separate written instruction), instrument, statement, certificate, request or other document furnished to it hereunder and believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper Person, and shall have no responsibility for making inquiry as to, or for determining, the genuineness, accuracy or validity thereof, or of the

 

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authority of the Person signing or presenting the same, (v) may consult counsel satisfactory to it, and the written opinion or advice of such counsel in any instance shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with the opinion or advice of such counsel, and (vi) shall be authorized to distribute, at the Closing, to Placement Agent Counsel the Placement Agent Counsel Fees. Documents and written materials referred to in this Section 3.2(a) include, without limitation, e-mail and other electronic transmissions capable of being printed, whether or not they are in fact printed; and any such e-mail or other electronic transmission may be deemed and treated by Placement Agent Counsel as having been signed or presented by a Person if it bears, as sender, the Person’s e-mail address.

 

(b) Placement Agent Counsel shall not be liable to anyone for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it hereunder, except in the case of Placement Agent Counsel’s gross negligence or willful misconduct in breach of the Placement Agent Counsel Duties. IN NO EVENT SHALL PLACEMENT AGENT BE LIABLE FOR INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGE OR LOSS (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOST PROFITS) WHATSOEVER, EVEN IF PLACEMENT AGENT COUNSEL HAS BEEN INFORMED OF THE LIKELIHOOD OF SUCH LOSS OR DAMAGE AND REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF ACTION.

 

(c) The Company and the Investors hereby indemnify and hold harmless Placement Agent Counsel from and against, any and all loss, liability, cost, damage and expense, including, without limitation, reasonable counsel fees and expenses, which Placement Agent Counsel may suffer or incur by reason of any action, claim or proceeding brought against Placement Agent Counsel arising out of or relating to the performance of the Placement Agent Counsel Duties, unless such action, claim or proceeding is the result of the willful misconduct, bad faith or gross negligence of Placement Agent Counsel.

 

(d) Placement Agent Counsel has acted as legal counsel to the Placement Agent in connection with this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, is merely acting as a stakeholder under this Agreement and is, therefore, hereby authorized to continue acting as legal counsel to Placement Agent including, without limitation, with regard to any dispute arising out of this Agreement, the other Transaction Documents, the Escrow Amount or any other matter. Each of the Company and the Investors hereby expressly consents to permit Placement Agent Counsel to represent the Placement Agent in connection with all matters relating to this Agreement, including, without limitation, with regard to any dispute arising out of this Agreement, the other Transaction Documents, the Escrow Amount or any other matter, and hereby waives any conflict of interest or appearance of conflict or impropriety with respect to such representation. Each of the Company and the Investors has consulted with its own counsel specifically about this Section 3 to the extent they deemed necessary, and has entered into this Agreement after being satisfied with such advice.

 

4. Closing. Upon satisfaction of the conditions to Closing set forth in Section 7 hereof, the Company and the Placement Agent shall jointly instruct Placement Agent Counsel to release (i) the Net Escrow Amount to the Company (the date of receipt of the Net Escrow Amount by the Company is hereinafter referred to as the “Closing Date”), (ii) the Cash Placement Agent Fee to the Placement Agent and (iii) the Placement Agent Counsel Fees to

 

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Placement Agent Counsel. On the Closing Date, the Company shall issue to each Investor a certificate or certificates, registered in such name or names as each such Investor may designate, representing the number of shares of Common Stock as is set forth opposite such Investor’s name on Schedule I affixed hereto, and Company shall also issue to each such Investor, or such Investor’s respective designees, the number of Investor Warrants as is set forth opposite such Investor’s name on Schedule I affixed hereto (the “Closing”). The purchase and sale of the Shares and the issuance of the Investor Warrants in the Closing shall take place at the offices of Placement Agent Counsel, 1330 Avenue of the Americas, 21st Floor, New York, New York 10019, or at such other location and on such other date as the Company and the Placement Agent shall mutually agree.

 

5. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company hereby represents and warrants to the Investors and the Placement Agent on and as of the Closing Date, that, except as set forth in the schedules delivered herewith (collectively, the “Disclosure Schedules”):

 

5.1. Organization, Good Standing and Qualification. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries, a complete list of which is set forth in Schedule 5.1 hereto (“Subsidiaries”), is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation and has all requisite corporate power and authority to carry on its business as now conducted and to own its properties. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or its ownership or its leasing of property makes such qualification or licensing necessary, unless the failure to so qualify would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

5.2. Authorization. The Company has full power and authority and has taken all requisite action on the part of the Company, its officers, directors and stockholders necessary for (i) the authorization, execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents, (ii) authorization of the performance of all obligations of the Company hereunder or thereunder, and (iii) the authorization, issuance (or reservation for issuance) and delivery of the Securities. The Transaction Documents constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability, relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally.

 

5.3. Capitalization.

 

(a) Schedule 5.3 sets forth (i) the authorized capital stock of the Company on the date hereof, (ii) the number of shares of capital stock issued and outstanding, (iii) the number of shares of capital stock issuable pursuant to the Company’s stock plans, and (iv) the number of shares of capital stock issuable and reserved for issuance pursuant to securities (other than the Securities) exercisable for, or convertible into or exchangeable for any shares of capital stock of the Company. All of the issued and outstanding shares of the Company’s capital stock have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid, nonassessable and free of pre-emptive rights and were issued in full compliance with applicable law and any rights of third parties. All of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of each Subsidiary have been duly

 

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authorized and validly issued and are fully paid, nonassessable and free of pre-emptive rights, were issued in full compliance with applicable law and any rights of third parties and are owned by the Company, beneficially and of record, and, except as described on Schedule 5.3, are subject to no lien, encumbrance or other adverse claim. No Person is entitled to pre-emptive or similar statutory or contractual rights with respect to any securities of the Company. Except as described on Schedule 5.3, there are no outstanding warrants, options, convertible securities or other rights, agreements or arrangements of any character under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or may be obligated to issue any equity securities of any kind and, except as contemplated by this Agreement, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is currently in negotiations for the issuance of any equity securities of any kind. Except as described on Schedule 5.3 and except for the Registration Rights Agreement, there are no voting agreements, buy-sell agreements, option or right of first purchase agreements or other agreements of any kind among the Company and any of the security holders of the Company relating to the securities of the Company. Except as described on Schedule 5.3, the Company has not granted any Person the right to require the Company to register any securities of the Company under the 1933 Act, whether on a demand basis or in connection with the registration of securities of the Company for its own account or for the account of any other Person.

 

(b) Schedule 5.3 sets forth a true and complete table setting forth the pro forma capitalization of the Company on a fully diluted basis giving effect to (i) the issuance of the Shares and the Warrants, (ii) any adjustments in other securities resulting from the issuance of the Shares and the Warrants, and (iii) the exercise or conversion of all outstanding securities. Except as described on Schedule 5.3 and except for the Placement Agent Warrants, the issuance and sale of the Securities hereunder will not obligate the Company to issue shares of Common Stock or other securities to any other Person (other than the Investors) and will not result in the adjustment of the exercise, conversion, exchange or reset price of any outstanding security.

 

(c) Except as set forth on Schedule 5.3, the Company does not have outstanding shareholder purchase rights or any similar arrangement in effect giving any Person the right to purchase any equity interest in the Company upon the occurrence of certain events.

 

5.4. Valid Issuance. The Shares have been duly and validly authorized and, when issued and paid for pursuant to this Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and shall be free and clear of all encumbrances and restrictions, except for restrictions on transfer set forth in the Transaction Documents or imposed by applicable securities laws. The Warrants have been duly and validly authorized. Upon the due exercise of the Warrants, the Warrant Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, free and clear of all encumbrances and restrictions, except for restrictions on transfer set forth in the Transaction Documents or imposed by applicable securities laws. The Company has reserved a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock for issuance upon the exercise of the Warrants, free and clear of all encumbrances and restrictions, except for restrictions on transfer set forth in the Transaction Documents or imposed by applicable securities laws.

 

5.5. Consents. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Transaction Documents and the offer, issuance and sale of the Securities require no consent of, action by or in respect of, or filing with, any Person, governmental body, agency, or official other than those consents set forth on Schedule 5.5 and filings that have been made pursuant to

 

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applicable state securities laws and post-sale filings pursuant to applicable state and federal securities laws which the Company undertakes to file within the applicable time periods. The Company has taken all action necessary to exempt (i) the issuance and sale of the Securities, (ii) the issuance of the Warrant Shares upon due exercise of the Warrants, and (iii) the other transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents from the provisions of any anti-takeover, business combination or control share law or statute binding on the Company or to which the Company or any of its assets and properties may be subject or any provision of the Company’s Articles of Incorporation, by-laws or any shareholder rights agreement that is or could become applicable to the Investors as a result of the transactions contemplated hereby, including without limitation, the issuance of the Securities and the ownership, disposition or voting of the Securities by the Investors or the exercise of any right granted to the Investors pursuant to this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents.

 

5.6. Delivery of SEC Filings; Business. The Company has provided the Investors with copies of the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002 (the “10-K”), and all other reports filed by the Company pursuant to the 1934 Act since the filing of the 10-K and prior to the date hereof (collectively, the “SEC Filings”). The SEC Filings are the only filings required of the Company pursuant to the 1934 Act for such period. The Company and its Subsidiaries are engaged only in the business described in the SEC Filings and the SEC Filings contain a complete and accurate description in all material respects of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

 

5.7. Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of the sale of the Shares hereunder shall be used by the Company for sales, research and development and general corporate purposes consistent with its business as of the Closing Date.

 

5.8. No Material Adverse Change. Except as identified and described in the SEC Filings or as described on Schedule 5.8(a), since September 30, 2003, there has not been:

 

(i) any change in the consolidated assets, liabilities, financial condition or operating results of the Company from that reflected in the financial statements included in the SEC Filings, except for changes in the ordinary course of business which have not and could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, individually or in the aggregate;

 

(ii) any declaration or payment of any dividend, or any authorization or payment of any distribution, on any of the capital stock of the Company, or any redemption or repurchase of any securities of the Company;

 

(iii) any material damage, destruction or loss, whether or not covered by insurance to any assets or properties of the Company or its Subsidiaries;

 

(iv) any waiver, not in the ordinary course of business, by the Company or any Subsidiary of a material right or of a material debt owed to it;

 

(v) any satisfaction or discharge of any lien, claim or encumbrance or

 

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payment of any obligation by the Company or a Subsidiary, except in the ordinary course of business and which is not material to the assets, properties, financial condition, operating results, prospects or business of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole;

 

(vi) any change or amendment to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation or by-laws, or material change to any material contract or arrangement by which the Company or any Subsidiary is bound or to which any of their respective assets or properties is subject;

 

(vii) any material labor difficulties or labor union organizing activities with respect to employees of the Company or any Subsidiary;

 

(viii) any transaction entered into by the Company or a Subsidiary other than in the ordinary course of business;

 

(ix) the loss of the services of any key employee, or material change in the composition or duties of the senior management of the Company or any Subsidiary;

 

(x) the loss or threatened loss of any customer which has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; or

 

(xi) any other event or condition of any character that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

5.9. SEC Filings.

 

(a) At the time of filing thereof, the SEC Filings complied as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the 1934 Act and did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The Company is not (with or without the lapse of time or the giving of notice, or both) in breach or default of any Material Contract and, to the Company’s Knowledge, no other party to any Material Contract is (with or without the lapse of time or the giving of notice, or both) in breach or default of any Material Contract. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received any notice of the intention of any party to terminate any Material Contract.

 

(b) Each registration statement and any amendment thereto filed by the Company since January 1, 2001 pursuant to the 1933 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, as of the date such statement or amendment became effective, complied as to form in all material respects with the 1933 Act and did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and each prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the 1933 Act, as of its issue date and as of the closing of any sale of securities pursuant thereto did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

 

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5.10. No Conflict, Breach, Violation or Default. The execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents by the Company and the issuance and sale of the Securities will not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default under (i) the Company’s Articles of Incorporation or the Company’s Bylaws, both as in effect on the date hereof (true and accurate copies of which have been provided to the Investors before the date hereof), or (ii)(a) any statute, rule, regulation or order of any governmental agency or body or any court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company, any Subsidiary or any of their respective assets or properties, or (b) except as set forth on Schedule 5.10, any agreement or instrument to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by which the Company or a Subsidiary is bound or to which any of their respective assets or properties is subject.

 

5.11. Tax Matters. Each of the Company and each Subsidiary has timely prepared and filed all tax returns required to have been filed by the Company or such Subsidiary with all appropriate governmental agencies and timely paid all taxes shown thereon or otherwise owed by it. The charges, accruals and reserves on the books of the Company in respect of taxes for all fiscal periods are adequate in all material respects, and there are no material unpaid assessments against the Company or any Subsidiary nor, to the Company’s Knowledge, any basis for the assessment of any additional taxes, penalties or interest for any fiscal period or audits by any federal, state or local taxing authority except for any assessment which is not material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole. All taxes and other assessments and levies that the Company or any Subsidiary is required to withhold or to collect for payment have been duly withheld and collected and paid to the proper governmental entity or third party when due. There are no tax liens or claims pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened against the Company or any Subsidiary or any of their respective assets or property. Except as described on Schedule 5.11, there are no outstanding tax sharing agreements or other such arrangements between the Company and any Subsidiary or other corporation or entity. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is presently undergoing any audit by a taxing authority, or has waived or extended any statute of limitations at the request of any taking authority.

 

5.12. Title to Properties. Except as disclosed in the SEC Filings or as set forth on Schedule 5.12, the Company and each Subsidiary has good and marketable title to all real properties and all other properties and assets owned by it, in each case free from liens, encumbrances and defects that would materially affect the value thereof or materially interfere with the use made or currently planned to be made thereof by them; and except as disclosed in the SEC Filings, the Company and each Subsidiary holds any leased real or personal property under valid and enforceable leases with no exceptions that would materially interfere with the use made or currently planned to be made thereof by them.

 

5.13. Certificates, Authorities and Permits. The Company and each Subsidiary possess adequate certificates, authorities or permits issued by appropriate governmental agencies or bodies necessary to conduct the business now operated by it, and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such certificate, authority or permit that, if determined adversely to the Company or such Subsidiary, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, individually or in the aggregate.

 

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5.14. No Labor Disputes. No material labor dispute with the employees of the Company or any Subsidiary exists or, to the Company’s Knowledge, is imminent.

 

5.15. Intellectual Property.

 

(a) All Intellectual Property of the Company and its Subsidiaries is currently in compliance with all legal requirements (including timely filings, proofs and payments of fees) and is valid and enforceable. Except as listed on Schedule 5.15(a), no Intellectual Property of the Company or its Subsidiaries which is necessary for the conduct of Company’s and each of its Subsidiaries’ respective businesses as currently conducted or as currently proposed to be conducted has been or is now involved in any cancellation, dispute or litigation, and, to the Company’s Knowledge, no such action is threatened. Except as listed on Schedule 5.15(a), no patent of the Company or its Subsidiaries has been or is now involved in any interference, reissue, re-examination or opposition proceeding.

 

(b) All of the licenses and sublicenses and consent, royalty or other agreements concerning Intellectual Property which are necessary for the conduct of the Company’s and each of its Subsidiaries’ respective businesses as currently conducted or as currently proposed to be conducted to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by which any of their assets are bound (other than generally commercially available, non-custom, off-the-shelf software application programs having a retail acquisition price of less than $10,000 per license) (collectively, “License Agreements”) are valid and binding obligations of the Company or its Subsidiaries that are parties thereto and, to the Company’s Knowledge, the other parties thereto, enforceable in accordance with their terms, except to the extent that enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, and there exists no event or condition which will result in a material violation or breach of or constitute (with or without due notice or lapse of time or both) a default by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under any such License Agreement.

 

(c) The Company and its Subsidiaries own or have the valid right to use all of the Intellectual Property that is necessary for the conduct of the Company’s and each of its Subsidiaries’ respective businesses as currently conducted or as currently proposed to be conducted, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, adverse claims or obligations to license all such owned Intellectual Property and Confidential Information, other than licenses entered into in the ordinary course of the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ businesses. The Company and its Subsidiaries have a valid and enforceable right to use all third party Intellectual Property and Confidential Information used or held for use in the respective businesses of the Company and its Subsidiaries as currently conducted or as currently proposed to be conducted.

 

(d) The conduct of the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ businesses as currently conducted and as currently proposed to be conducted does not and will not infringe any Intellectual Property rights of any third party or any confidentiality obligation owed to a third party. To the Company’s Knowledge, the Intellectual Property and Confidential Information of the Company and its Subsidiaries which are necessary for the conduct of Company’s and each of its Subsidiaries’ respective businesses as currently conducted or as currently proposed to be conducted are not being infringed by any third party. Except as set forth on Schedule 5.15(d),

 

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there is no litigation or order pending or outstanding or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened or imminent, that seeks to limit or challenge or that concerns the ownership, use, validity or enforceability of any Intellectual Property or Confidential Information of the Company and its Subsidiaries and the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ use of any Intellectual Property or Confidential Information owned by a third party, and, to the Company’s Knowledge, there is no valid basis for the same.

 

(e) The consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not result in the alteration, loss, impairment of or restriction on the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ ownership or right to use any of the Intellectual Property or Confidential Information which is necessary for the conduct of the Company’s and each of its Subsidiaries’ respective businesses as currently conducted or as currently proposed to be conducted.

 

(f) To the Company’s knowledge, all software owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and, to the Company’s Knowledge, all software licensed from third parties by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (i) is free from any material defect, bug, virus, or programming, design or documentation error; (ii) operates and runs in a reasonable and efficient business manner; and (iii) conforms in all material respects to the specifications and purposes thereof.

 

(g) The Company and its Subsidiaries have taken reasonable steps to protect the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ rights in their Intellectual Property and Confidential Information. Each employee, consultant and contractor who has had access to Confidential Information which is necessary for the conduct of Company’s and each of its Subsidiaries’ respective businesses as currently conducted or as currently proposed to be conducted has executed an agreement to maintain the confidentiality of such Confidential Information and has executed appropriate agreements that are substantially consistent with the Company’s standard forms therefor. To the Company’s knowledge, there has been no material disclosure of any of the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ Confidential Information to any third party without the Company’s consent.

 

5.16. Environmental Matters. To the Company’s knowledge, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary (i) is in violation of any statute, rule, regulation, decision or order of any governmental agency or body or any court, domestic or foreign, relating to the use, disposal or release of hazardous or toxic substances or relating to the protection or restoration of the environment or human exposure to hazardous or toxic substances (collectively, “Environmental Laws”), (ii) owns or operates any real property contaminated with any substance that is subject to any Environmental Laws, (iii) is liable for any off-site disposal or contamination pursuant to any Environmental Laws, and (iv) is subject to any claim relating to any Environmental Laws; which violation, contamination, liability or claim has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, individually or in the aggregate; and there is no pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened investigation that might lead to such a claim.

 

5.17. Litigation. Except as disclosed in the SEC Filings, there are no pending actions, suits or proceedings against or affecting the Company, its Subsidiaries or any of its or their properties; and to the Company’s Knowledge, no such actions, suits or proceedings are threatened or contemplated.

 

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5.18. Financial Statements. The financial statements included in each SEC Filing fairly present the consolidated financial position of the Company as of the dates shown and its consolidated results of operations and cash flows for the periods shown, and such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with United States generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis. Except as set forth in the financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Filings filed prior to the date hereof, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has incurred any liabilities, contingent or otherwise, except those which, individually or in the aggregate, have not had or could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

5.19. Insurance Coverage. The Company and each Subsidiary maintains in full force and effect insurance coverage listed on Schedule 5.19 and the Company reasonably believes such insurance coverage is adequate.

 

5.20. Brokers and Finders. Except for the cash commission to be paid (the “Cash Placement Agent Fee”) and warrants to be issued (the “Placement Agent Warrants”) to the Placement Agent pursuant to the terms of the Placement Agent Agreement, no Person will have, as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, any valid right, interest or claim against or upon the Company, any Subsidiary or any Investor for any commission, fee or other compensation pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding entered into by or on behalf of the Company.

 

5.21. No Directed Selling Efforts or General Solicitation. Neither the Company nor any Person acting on its behalf has conducted any “general solicitation” or “general advertising” (as those terms are used in Regulation D) in connection with the offer or sale of any of the Securities.

 

5.22. No Integrated Offering. Neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates, nor any Person acting on its or their behalf has, directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales of any Company security or solicited any offers to buy any security, under circumstances that would adversely affect reliance by the Company on Section 4(2) of the 1933 Act for the exemption from the registration requirements imposed under Section 5 of the 1933 Act for the transactions contemplated hereby or would require such registration the 1933 Act.

 

5.23. Private Placement. Subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Investors contained in Section 6 hereof, the offer and sale of the Securities to the Investors as contemplated hereby is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act.

 

5.24. Questionable Payments. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the Company’s Knowledge, any of their respective current or former shareholders, directors, officers, employees, agents or other Persons acting on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary, has on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary or in connection with their respective businesses: (a) used any corporate funds for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to political activity; (b) made any direct or

 

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indirect unlawful payments to any governmental officials or employees from corporate funds; (c) established or maintained any unlawful or unrecorded fund of corporate monies or other assets; (d) made any false or fictitious entries on the books and records of the Company or any Subsidiary; or (e) made any unlawful bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment of any nature.

 

5.25. Transactions with Affiliates. Except as disclosed in SEC Filings made on or prior to the date hereof, none of the officers or directors of the Company and, to the Company’s Knowledge, none of the employees of the Company is presently a party to any transaction with the Company or a Subsidiary or to a presently contemplated transaction (other than for services as employees, officers and directors) that would be required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404 of Regulation S-K promulgated under the 1933 Act, without regard to the dollar thresholds contained in such Item.

 

5.26. Disclosures. The written materials delivered to the Investors in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

 

6. Representations and Warranties of the Investors. Each of the Investors hereby severally, and not jointly, represents and warrants to the Company and the Placement Agent that:

 

6.1. Authorization. The execution, delivery and performance by the Investor of the Transaction Documents to which such Investor is a party have been duly authorized and will each constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of the Investor, enforceable against the Investor in accordance with their respective terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability, relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally.

 

6.2. Purchase Entirely for Own Account. The Securities to be received by the Investor hereunder will be acquired for the Investor’s own account, not as nominee or agent, and not with a view to the resale or distribution of any part thereof in violation of the 1933 Act, and the Investor has no present intention of selling, granting any participation in, or otherwise distributing the same in violation of the 1933 Act. The Investor is not a registered broker dealer or an entity engaged in the business of being a broker dealer.

 

6.3. Investment Experience. The Investor acknowledges that it can bear the economic risk and complete loss of its investment in the Securities and has such knowledge and experience in financial or business matters that it is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the investment contemplated hereby. The Investor is experienced in making private investments in public equities, similar to the purchase of the Securities hereunder.

 

6.4. Disclosure of Information. The Investor has had an opportunity to receive all additional information related to the Company requested by it and to ask questions of and receive answers from the Company regarding the Company, its business and the terms and conditions of the offering of the Securities. The Investor acknowledges receipt of copies of and

 

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its satisfactory review of the SEC Filings. Neither such inquiries nor any other due diligence investigation conducted by the Investor shall modify, amend or affect the Investor’s right to rely on the Company’s representations and warranties contained in this Agreement.

 

6.5. Restricted Securities. The Investor understands that the Securities are characterized as “restricted securities” under the U.S. federal securities laws inasmuch as they are being acquired from the Company in a transaction not involving a public offering and that under such laws and applicable regulations such securities may be resold without registration under the 1933 Act only in certain limited circumstances.

 

6.6. Legends.

 

(a) It is understood that, except as provided below, certificates evidencing such Securities may bear the following or any similar legend:

 

“The securities represented hereby may not be transferred unless (i) such securities have been registered for sale pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or (ii) the Company has received an opinion of counsel satisfactory to it that such transfer may lawfully be made without registration under the Securities Act of 1933 or qualification under applicable state securities laws.”

 

(b) If required by the authorities of any state in connection with the issuance of sale of the Securities, the legend required by such state authority.

 

(c) From and after the registration of the Shares and the Warrant Shares for resale pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company shall, upon an Investor’s written request, promptly cause certificates evidencing the Securities to be replaced with certificates which do not bear such restrictive legends, and Warrant Shares subsequently issued upon due exercise of the Investor Warrants shall not bear such restrictive legends. When the Company is required to cause unlegended certificates to replace previously issued legended certificates, if unlegended certificates are not delivered to an Investor within three (3) Business Days of submission by that Investor of legended certificate(s) to the Company’s transfer agent together with a representation letter in customary form, the Company shall be liable to the Investor for liquidated damages equal to 1.5% of the aggregate purchase price of the Securities evidenced by such certificate(s) for each 10-day period (or portion thereof) beyond such three (3) Business Day-period that the unlegended certificates have not been so delivered.

 

6.7. Accredited Investor. The Investor is an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D, as amended, under the 1933 Act.

 

6.8. No General Solicitation. The Investor did not learn of the investment in the Securities as a result of any “general advertising” or “general solicitation” as those terms are contemplated in Regulation D, as amended, under the 1933 Act.

 

6.9. Brokers and Finders. No Person will have, as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, any valid right, interest or claim against or upon the Company, any Subsidiary or an Investor for any commission, fee or other compensation pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding entered into by or on behalf of the Investors.

 

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7. Conditions to Closing.

 

7.1. Conditions to the Investors’ Obligations. The obligation of the Investors to purchase the Securities at the Closing is subject to the fulfillment to the Placement Agent’s satisfaction, on or prior to the Closing Date, of the following conditions:

 

(a) The representations and warranties made by the Company in Section 5 hereof shall be true and correct at all times prior to and on the Closing Date. The Company shall have performed in all material respects all obligations and conditions herein required to be performed or observed by it on or prior to the Closing Date.

 

(b) The Company shall have obtained in a timely fashion any and all consents, permits, approvals, registrations and waivers necessary or appropriate for consummation of the purchase and sale of the Securities, and all of which shall be and remain so long as necessary in full force and effect.

 

(c) The Company shall have executed and delivered the Registration Rights Agreement to the Placement Agent.

 

(d) No judgment, writ, order, injunction, award or decree of or by any court, or judge, justice or magistrate, including any bankruptcy court or judge, or any order of or by any governmental authority, shall have been issued, and no action or proceeding shall have been instituted by any governmental authority, or self-regulatory organization enjoining or preventing the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or in the other Transaction Documents.

 

(e) The Company shall have delivered a Certificate, executed on behalf of the Company by its Chief Executive Officer or its Chief Financial Officer, dated as of the Closing Date, certifying to the fulfillment of the conditions specified in subsections (a), (b), (d) and (h) of this Section 7.1.

 

(f) The Company shall have delivered a Certificate, executed on behalf of the Company by its Secretary, dated as of the Closing Date, certifying the resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company approving the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and the issuance of the Securities, certifying the current versions of the Articles of Incorporation and by-laws of the Company and certifying as to the signatures and authority of persons signing the Transaction Documents and related documents on behalf of the Company.

 

(g) The Investors and the Placement Agent shall have received an opinion from Leonard, Street and Deinard Professional Association, the Company’s counsel, dated as of the Closing Date, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C.

 

(h) No stop order or suspension of trading shall have been imposed by any Person with respect to public trading in the Common Stock.

 

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7.2. Conditions to Obligations of the Company. The Company’s obligation to sell and issue the Securities at the Closing is subject to the fulfillment to the satisfaction of the Company on or prior to the Closing Date of the following conditions, any of which may be waived by the Company:

 

(a) The representations and warranties made by the Investors in Section 6 hereof shall be true and correct in all material respects when made, and shall be true and correct in all material respects on the Closing Date with the same force and effect as if they had been made on and as of said date.

 

(b) The Investors shall have executed and delivered the Registration Rights Agreement to the Placement Agent at or prior to Closing; provided, that, this condition shall be satisfied with respect to each Investor who has executed and delivered the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

(c) Each of the Investors shall have delivered to Placement Agent Counsel prior to Closing the “Aggregate Purchase Price” set forth opposite such Investor’s name on Schedule I affixed hereto.

 

(d) No judgment, writ, order, injunction, award or decree of or by any court, or judge, justice or magistrate, including any bankruptcy court or judge, or any order of or by any governmental authority, shall have been issued, and no action or proceeding shall have been instituted by any governmental authority, or self-regulatory organization enjoining or preventing the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or in the other Transaction Documents.

 

8. Covenants and Agreements of the Company.

 

8.1. Reservation of Common Stock. The Company shall at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock, solely for the purpose of providing for the exercise of the Warrants, such number of shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time equal the number of shares sufficient to permit the exercise of the Warrants (including the Placement Agent Warrants) issued pursuant to this Agreement in accordance with their respective terms.

 

8.2. Reports. The Company will furnish to such Investors and/or their assignees such information relating to the Company and its Subsidiaries as from time to time may reasonably be requested by such Investors and/or their assignees; provided, however, that the Company shall not disclose material nonpublic information to the Investors, or to advisors to or representatives of the Investors, unless prior to disclosure of such information the Company identifies such information as being material nonpublic information and provides the Investors, such advisors and representatives with the opportunity to accept or refuse to accept such material nonpublic information for review and any Investor wishing to obtain such information enters into an appropriate confidentiality agreement with the Company with respect thereto.

 

8.3. No Conflicting Agreements. The Company will not take any action, enter into any agreement or make any commitment that would conflict or interfere in any material respect with the obligations to the Investors under the Transaction Documents.

 

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8.4. Insurance. The Company shall not materially reduce the insurance coverages described in Section 5.19.

 

8.5. Compliance with Laws. The Company will comply in all material respects with all applicable laws, rules, regulations, orders and decrees of all governmental authorities, except to the extent non-compliance would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

8.6. Termination of Certain Covenants. The provisions of Sections 8.2 through 8.5 shall terminate and be of no further force and effect upon the date on which the Company’s obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement to register and maintain the effectiveness of any registration covering the Registrable Securities (as such term is defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) shall terminate.

 

9. Survival and Indemnification.

 

9.1. Survival. All representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to be representations, warranties, covenants and agreements as of the date hereof and shall survive the Closing Date for a period of three (3) years; provided, however, that the provisions contained in Section 8 hereof shall survive in accordance therewith.

 

9.2. Indemnification. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless, each Investor and the Placement Agent and their respective Affiliates and the directors, officers, employees and agents of each Investor, the Placement Agent and their respective Affiliates, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses (including without limitation reasonable attorney fees and disbursements and other expenses incurred in connection with investigating, preparing or defending any action, claim or proceeding, pending or threatened and the costs of enforcement hereof) (collectively, “Losses”) to which such Person may become subject as a result of any breach of representation, warranty, covenant or agreement made by, or to be performed on the part of, the Company under the Transaction Documents, and will reimburse any such Person for all such amounts as they are incurred by such Person.

 

9.3. Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings. Promptly after receipt by any Person (the Indemnified Person”) of notice of any demand, claim or circumstances which would or might give rise to a claim or the commencement of any action, proceeding or investigation in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to Section 9.2, such Indemnified Person shall promptly notify the Company in writing and the Company shall assume the defense thereof, including the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Person, and shall assume the payment of all fees and expenses; provided, however, that the failure of any Indemnified Person so to notify the Company shall not relieve the Company of its obligations hereunder except to the extent that the Company is actually and materially prejudiced by such failure to notify. In any such proceeding, any Indemnified Person shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Person unless: (i) the Company and the Indemnified Person shall have mutually agreed to the retention of such counsel; or (ii) in the reasonable judgment of counsel to such Indemnified Person representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them. The Company shall not

 

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be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned, but if settled with such consent, or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the Company shall indemnify and hold harmless such Indemnified Person from and against any Losses by reason of such settlement or judgment. Without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Person, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned, the Company shall not effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Person is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Party, unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Person from all liability arising out of such proceeding.

 

10. Miscellaneous.

 

10.1. Successors and Assigns. This Agreement may not be assigned by a party hereto without the prior written consent of the Company or the Investors, as applicable; provided, however, that an Investor may assign its rights and delegate its duties hereunder in whole or in part to an Affiliate or to a third party acquiring some or all of its Securities in a private transaction without the prior written consent of the Company or the other Investors, after notice duly given by such Investor to the Company, provided, that no such assignment or obligation shall affect the obligations of such Investor hereunder. The provisions of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the respective permitted successors and assigns of the parties. Except for Placement Agent and Placement Agent Counsel, which are express intended third party beneficiaries of this Agreement, and except for provisions of this Agreement expressly to the contrary, nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to confer upon any party other than the parties hereto or their respective successors and assigns any rights, remedies, obligations, or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement.

 

10.2. Counterparts; Faxes. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. This Agreement may also be executed via facsimile, which shall be deemed an original.

 

10.3. Titles and Subtitles. The titles and subtitles used in this Agreement are used for convenience only and are not to be considered in construing or interpreting this Agreement.

 

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10.4. Notices. Unless otherwise provided, any notice required or permitted under this Agreement 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 telex or telecopier, then such notice shall be deemed given upon receipt of confirmation of 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 day after delivery to such carrier. All notices shall be addressed to the party to be notified at the address as follows, or at such other address as such party may designate by ten days’ advance written notice to the other party:

 

If to the Company:

   

Antares Pharma, Inc.

   

707 Eagleview Boulevard, Suite 414

   

Exton, Pennsylvania 19314

   

Attention: Roger G. Harrison

   

Fax: 610-458-0756

With a copy to:

   

Leonard, Street and Deinard, Professional Association

   

150 South Fifth Street, Suite 2300

   

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402

   

Attention: Morris M. Sherman, Esq.

   

Fax: 612-335-1657

If to any of the Investors:

   

to the addresses set forth on Schedule I hereto.

With a copy to:

   

SCO Securities LLC

   

1285 Avenue of the Americas

   

35th Floor

   

New York, New York 10019

   

Attn: Jeffrey B. Davis

   

Fax: 212-554-4058

 

10.5. Expenses. The Company shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of Placement Agent Counsel in connection with the Private Placement (the “Placement Agent Counsel Fees”), which Placement Agent Counsel Fees shall include, without limitation, the fees and expenses associated with the negotiation, preparation and execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and any amendments, modifications or waivers thereto. The Placement Agent Counsel Fees shall be paid to Placement Agent Counsel at the Closing by release to Placement Agent Counsel of the portion of the Escrow Amount equal to the Placement Agent Counsel Fees. Except as set forth above, the Company and the Investors shall each bear their own expenses in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution and delivery of this Agreement. In the event that legal proceedings are commenced by any party to this Agreement against another party to this Agreement in connection with this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents, the party or parties which do not prevail in such proceedings shall severally, but not jointly, pay their pro rata share of the reasonable attorneys’ fees and other reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by the prevailing party in such proceedings.

 

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10.6. Amendments and Waivers. Any term of this Agreement may be amended and the observance of any term of this Agreement shall not be waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively), without the prior written consent of the Company and the Placement Agent; provided, however, that any provision hereof which impairs the rights or increases the obligations of a specific Investor shall not be amended or waived without the prior written consent of the Company, the Placement Agent and that particular Investor; provided, further, that any provision affecting the rights or obligations of Placement Agent or Placement Agent Counsel, as the case may be, shall not be waived or amended without the prior written consent of the Placement Agent or Placement Agent Counsel, as applicable. Any amendment or waiver effected in accordance with this Section 10.6 shall be binding upon each holder of any Securities purchased under this Agreement at the time outstanding, each future holder of all such Securities, and the Company.

 

10.7. Publicity. No public release or announcement concerning the transactions contemplated hereby shall be issued by the Company or the Investors without the prior consent of the Company (in the case of a release or announcement by the Investors) or the Placement Agent, as representative of the Investors (in the case of a release or announcement by the Company) (which consents shall not be unreasonably withheld), except as such release or announcement may be required by law or the applicable rules or regulations of any securities exchange or securities market on which the Securities are then listed and trading, in which case the Company or the Placement Agent, as the case may be, shall allow the Investors or the Company, as applicable, to the extent reasonably practicable in the circumstances, reasonable time to comment on such release or announcement in advance of such issuance.

 

10.8. Severability. Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof but shall be interpreted as if it were written so as to be enforceable to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the parties hereby waive any provision of law which renders any provision hereof prohibited or unenforceable in any respect.

 

10.9. Entire Agreement. This Agreement, including the Schedules, Exhibits and the Disclosure Schedules, and the other Transaction Documents constitute the entire agreement among the parties hereof with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, both oral and written, between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof. Prior drafts or versions of this Agreement shall not be used to interpret this Agreement.

 

10.10. Further Assurances. The parties shall execute and deliver all such further instruments and documents and take all such other actions as may reasonably be required to carry out the transactions contemplated hereby and to evidence the fulfillment of the agreements herein contained.

 

10.11. Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the internal laws of the State of New York

 

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without regard to the choice of law principles thereof. Each of the parties hereto irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York located in New York County and the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York for the purpose of any suit, action, proceeding or judgment relating to or arising out of this Agreement 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 Agreement. Each of the parties hereto 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. Each party hereto 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.

 

[signature page follows]

 

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[Company Signature Page]

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Purchase Agreement or caused its duly authorized officers to execute this Purchase Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

ANTARES PHARMA, INC.

By:


Name: Roger G. Harrison

Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

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[Investor Signature Page]

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Purchase Agreement or caused its duly authorized officers to execute this Purchase Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

Date:                             

   

IF AN INDIVIDUAL:

 

IF A CORPORATION, PARTNERSHIP, TRUST, ESTATE OR OTHER ENTITY:


   

(Signature)

 
   

Print name of entity


   

(Printed Name)

 

By:


   

Name:


   

Title:


Address:

 

Address:

 


 

 


 

 


 
   

 

Aggregate dollar amount of shares of Common Stock committed to be purchased pursuant to the terms of the the Agreement:

 

[Insert dollar amount] $                     (the “Investment Amount”).

(Shares of Common Stock to be received = the Investment Amount divided by $1.00)

 

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EX-10.63 4 dex1063.htm FORM OF REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT FORM OF REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

Exhibit 10.63

 

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

This Registration Rights Agreement (the “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of this 10th day of February, 2004 by and among Antares Pharma, Inc. a Minnesota corporation (the “Company”), the “Investors” named in that certain Purchase Agreement, dated February 10, 2004, by and among the Company and the Investors (the “Purchase Agreement”), and SCO Securities LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Placement Agent”). Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Purchase Agreement.

 

The parties hereby agree as follows:

 

1. Certain Definitions.

 

As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

Affiliate” shall mean, with respect to any person, any other person which directly or indirectly Controls, is Controlled by, or is under common Control with, such person.

 

Business Day” shall mean a day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, on which banks in New York City are open for the general transaction of business.

 

Common Stock” shall mean the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share, and any securities into which such shares may hereinafter be reclassified.

 

Control” means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

 

Holders” shall mean the Investors, the Placement Agent and any Affiliate or permitted transferee thereof who is a subsequent holder of any Warrants, the Placement Agent Warrants or Registrable Securities.

 

Investors” shall mean the Investors identified in the Purchase Agreement.

 

Prospectus” shall mean the prospectus included in any Registration Statement, as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion of the Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement and by all other amendments and supplements to the prospectus, including post-effective amendments and all material incorporated by reference in such prospectus.

 

Register,” “registered” and “registration” refer to a registration made by preparing and filing a Registration Statement or similar document in compliance with the 1933 Act (as defined below), and the declaration or ordering of effectiveness of such Registration Statement or document.

 

Registrable Securities” shall mean the shares of Common Stock issuable (i) pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, (ii) upon the exercise of the Warrants, (iii) upon exercise of the Placement Agent Warrants, and (iv) issuable with respect to or in exchange for Registrable Securities; provided, that, a security shall cease to be a Registrable Security upon sale pursuant to a Registration Statement.


Registration Statement” shall mean any registration statement of the Company filed under the 1933 Act that covers the resale of any of the Registrable Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, amendments and supplements to such Registration Statement, including post-effective amendments, and all exhibits and all material incorporated by reference in such Registration Statement.

 

SEC” shall mean the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

1933 Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

1934 Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

2. Registration.

 

(a) Registration Statements.

 

(i) Promptly following the closing of the purchase and sale of the securities contemplated by the Purchase Agreement (the “Closing Date”), but in no event after (x) the later of fifteen (15) days following the Company’s filing of its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003, or (y) March 31, 2004 (the “Filing Deadline”), the Company shall prepare and file with the SEC one Registration Statement on Form S-2 (or, if Form S-2 is not then available to the Company, on such form of Registration Statement as is then available to effect a registration for resale of the Registrable Securities, subject to the Holders’ consent), covering the resale of all of the Registrable Securities without regard to any limitation on the exercise of the Warrants or the Placement Agent Warrants. Such Registration Statement also shall cover, to the extent allowable under the 1933 Act and the rules promulgated thereunder (including Rule 416), such indeterminate number of additional shares of Common Stock resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions with respect to the Registrable Securities. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain from each person who has piggyback registration rights a waiver of those rights with respect to the Registration Statement. The Registration Statement (and each amendment or supplement thereto, and each request for acceleration of effectiveness thereof) shall be provided in accordance with Section 3(c) to the Holders and Placement Agent Counsel prior to its filing or other submission. If a Registration Statement covering the Registrable Securities is not filed with the SEC on or prior to the Filing Deadline, the Company will make pro rata payments to each Holder, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, in an amount equal to 1.5% of the aggregate amount invested by such Holder (for purposes of this Agreement, the Placement Agent shall be deemed to have invested an amount equal to ten percent (10%) of the aggregate purchase price of the Shares sold in the Private Placement, and for all other Holders, the amount invested by a Holder shall include the purchase price of the Common Stock acquired by such Holder and shall exclude any amount attributable to the Warrants acquired by such Holder in the Private Placement) for each 10-day period or pro rata for any portion thereof following the date by which such Registration Statement should have been filed for which no Registration Statement is filed with respect to the Registrable Securities. Such payments shall be in partial compensation to the Holders, and shall not constitute the Holders’ exclusive remedy for such events. Such payments shall be made to each Holder in cash. The amounts payable as liquidated damages pursuant to this paragraph

 

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shall be payable in lawful money of the United States, and amounts payable as liquidated damages shall be paid within two (2) Business Days of the last day of each such 10-day period during which the Registration Statement should have been filed for which no Registration Statement was filed with respect to the Registrable Securities.

 

(ii) Additional Registrable Securities. Upon the written demand of any Holder and upon any change in the “Warrant Price” (as that term is defined in the Warrants and the Placement Agent Warrants) or any change in the number of “Warrant Shares” (as that term is defined in the Warrants and the Placement Agent Warrants) purchasable under the Warrants or the Placement Agent Warrants, as the case may be, such that additional shares of Common Stock become issuable upon the exercise of any such warrants, the Company shall prepare and file with the SEC one or more Registration Statements on Form S-3 (or, if Form S-3 is not then available to the Company, on such form of Registration Statement as is then available to effect a registration for resale of such additional shares of Common Stock (the “Additional Shares”)) covering the resale of the Additional Shares, but only to the extent the Additional Shares are not at the time covered by an effective Registration Statement. Such Registration Statement also shall cover, to the extent allowable under the 1933 Act and the rules promulgated thereunder (including Rule 416), such indeterminate number of additional shares of Common Stock resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions with respect to the Additional Shares. The Company shall use its best efforts to obtain from each person who has piggyback registration rights a waiver of those rights with respect to such Registration Statement. The Registration Statement (and each amendment or supplement thereto, and each request for acceleration of effectiveness thereof) shall be provided in accordance with Section 3(c) to the Holders and their counsel prior to its filing or other submission. If a Registration Statement covering the Additional Shares is required to be filed under this Section 2(a)(ii) and is not filed with the SEC within ten (10) days of the request of any Holder, the Company will make pro rata payments to each Holder, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, in an amount equal to 1.5% of the aggregate amount invested by such Holder (for purposes of this Agreement, the Placement Agent shall be deemed to have invested an amount equal to ten percent (10%) of the aggregate purchase price of the Shares sold in the Private Placement, and for all other Holders, the amount invested by a Holder shall include the purchase price of the Common Stock acquired by such Holder and shall exclude any amount attributable to the Warrants acquired by such Holder in the Private Placement) for each 10-day period or pro rata for any portion thereof following the date by which such Registration Statement should have been filed for which no Registration Statement is filed with respect to the Additional Shares. The amounts payable as liquidated damages pursuant to this paragraph shall be payable in lawful money of the United States, and amounts payable as liquidated damages shall be paid within two (2) Business Days of the last day of each such 10-day period during which the Registration Statement should have been filed for which no Registration Statement was filed with respect to the Additional Shares.

 

(b) Expenses. The Company will pay all expenses associated with each registration, including filing and printing fees, counsel and accounting fees and expenses, costs associated with clearing the Registrable Securities for sale under applicable state securities laws and listing fees, but excluding the fees and disbursements of more than one law firm serving as counsel to the Holders and more than one law firm serving as counsel to the Placement Agent, and discounts, commissions, fees of underwriters, selling brokers, dealer managers or similar securities industry professionals with respect to the Registrable Securities being sold.

 

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(c) Effectiveness.

 

(i) The Company shall use its best efforts to have the Registration Statement declared effective not later than the earlier to occur of (y) 120 days after the date of filing of such Registration Statement, or (z) five (5) Business Days following the Company’s receipt of a no-review letter from the SEC relating to the Registration Statement; provided, however, if the Registration Statement is not declared effective within the time period set forth above, the Company shall continue to use its best efforts to have the Registration Statement declared effective as soon as possible thereafter. If (A) the Company does not use its best efforts to have the Registration Statement declared effective in accordance with the preceding sentence, or (B) after a Registration Statement has been declared effective by the SEC sales cannot be made pursuant to such Registration Statement for any reason (including, without limitation, by reason of a stop order, or the Company’s failure to update the Registration Statement), but except as excused pursuant to subsection (ii) below, then the Company will make pro rata payments to each Holder, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, in an amount equal to 1.5% of the aggregate amount invested by such Holder (for purposes of this Agreement, the Placement Agent shall be deemed to have invested an amount equal to ten percent (10%) of the aggregate purchase price of the Shares sold in the Private Placement, and for all other Holders, the amount invested by a Holder shall include the purchase price of the Common Stock acquired by such Holder and shall exclude any amount attributable to the Warrants acquired by such Holder in the Private Placement) for each 10-day period or pro rata for any portion thereof following the date (1) by which such Registration Statement should have been effective as described in (A) above had the Company used its best efforts to have the Registration Statement declared effective or (2) sales cannot be made pursuant to such Registration Statement after it has been declared effective as described in (B) above (the “Blackout Period”). Such payments shall be in partial compensation to the Holders, and shall not constitute the Holders’ exclusive remedy for such events. The Blackout Period shall terminate upon (x) the effectiveness of the Registration Statement in the case of (A) above; and (y) the Registration Statement again being available for sales by the Holders in the case of (B) above. The amounts payable as liquidated damages pursuant to this paragraph shall be payable in lawful money of the United States, and amounts payable as liquidated damages shall be paid within two (2) Business Days of the last day of each 10-day period following the commencement of the Blackout Period until the termination of the Blackout Period. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company shall not be required to pay any penalties to or otherwise compensate the Holders solely with regard to the failure to maintain the effectiveness of the Registration Statement as it applies to the Common Stock issued or issuable upon conversion of the Warrants (the “Warrant Shares”) if the Company fails to maintain such effectiveness and (i) the Company is subsequently required to issue unregistered Warrant Shares or (ii) the Holders are subsequently unable to sell the Warrant Shares.

 

(ii) For not more than fifteen (15) consecutive days or for a total of not more than thirty (30) days in any twelve (12) month period, the Company may delay the disclosure of material non-public information concerning the Company, by terminating or suspending effectiveness of any registration contemplated by this Section 2, if the disclosure of

 

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such material non-public information at the time is not, in the good faith opinion of the Company, in the best interests of the Company (an “Allowed Delay”); provided, that the Company shall promptly (a) notify the Holders in writing of the existence of (but in no event, without the prior written consent of a Holder, shall the Company disclose to such Holder any of the facts or circumstances regarding) material non-public information giving rise to an Allowed Delay, and (b) advise the Holders in writing to cease all sales under the Registration Statement until the end of the Allowed Delay.

 

(d) Underwritten Offering. If any offering pursuant to a Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof involves an underwritten offering, the Company shall have the right to select an investment banker and manager to administer the offering, which investment banker or manager shall be reasonably satisfactory to a majority of the Holders.

 

3. Company Obligations. The Company will use its best efforts to effect the registration of the Registrable Securities in accordance with the terms hereof, and pursuant thereto the Company will, as expeditiously as possible:

 

(a) use its best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective and to remain continuously effective for a period that will terminate upon the date on which all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement, as amended from time to time, have been sold;

 

(b) prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as may be necessary to keep the Registration Statement effective for the period specified in Section 3(a) and to comply with the provisions of the 1933 Act and the 1934 Act with respect to the distribution of all Registrable Securities;

 

(c) provide copies to and permit Placement Agent Counsel to review each Registration Statement and all amendments and supplements thereto no fewer than five (5) days prior to their filing with the SEC and not file any document to which such counsel reasonably objects within four (4) days following receipt by the Holders and counsel designated by the Holders of such Registration Statement and/or amendments and supplements thereto;

 

(d) furnish to the Holders and Placement Agent Counsel (i) promptly after the same is prepared and publicly distributed, filed with the SEC, or received by the Company (but not later than two (2) Business Days after the filing date, receipt date or sending date, as the case may be), at least five (5) copies of any Registration Statement and any amendment thereto, each preliminary prospectus and Prospectus and each amendment or supplement thereto, and each letter written by or on behalf of the Company to the SEC or the staff of the SEC, and each item of correspondence from the SEC or the staff of the SEC, in each case relating to such Registration Statement (other than any portion thereof which contains information for which the Company has sought confidential treatment), and (ii) such number of copies of a Prospectus, including a preliminary prospectus, and all amendments and supplements thereto and such other documents as each Holder may reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by such Holder, which in any event, shall not exceed ten (10) Prospectuses;

 

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(e) in the event the Company selects an underwriter for the offering, the Company shall enter into and perform its reasonable obligations under an underwriting agreement, in usual and customary form, including, without limitation, customary indemnification and contribution obligations, with the underwriter of such offering;

 

(f) if required by the underwriter, the Company shall furnish, on the effective date of the Registration Statement (i) an opinion, dated as of such date, from independent legal counsel representing the Company for purposes of such Registration Statement, in form, scope and substance as is customarily given in an underwritten public offering, addressed to the underwriter and (ii) a letter, dated such date, from the Company’s independent certified public accountants in form and substance as is customarily given by independent certified public accountants to underwriters in an underwritten public offering, addressed to the underwriter and the Holders;

 

(g) use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or other suspension of effectiveness and, if such order is issued, obtain the withdrawal of any such order at the earliest possible moment;

 

(h) prior to any public offering of Registrable Securities, use its reasonable best efforts to register or qualify or cooperate with the Holders and their counsel in connection with the registration or qualification of such Registrable Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions reasonably requested by the Holders and do any and all other reasonable acts or things necessary or advisable to enable the distribution in such jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement;

 

(i) cause all Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement to be listed on each securities exchange, interdealer quotation system or other market on which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed;

 

(j) immediately notify the Holders, at any time when a Prospectus relating to the Registrable Securities is required to be delivered under the 1933 Act, upon discovery that, or upon the happening of any event as a result of which, the Prospectus included in such Registration Statement, as then in effect, includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances then existing, and at the request of any such holder, promptly prepare and furnish to such holder a reasonable number of copies of a supplement to or an amendment of such Prospectus as may be necessary so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of such Registrable Securities, such Prospectus shall not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances then existing; and

 

(k) otherwise use its best efforts to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the SEC under the 1933 Act and the 1934 Act and take such other actions as may be reasonably necessary to facilitate the registration of the Registrable Securities hereunder; and make available to its security holders, as soon as reasonably practicable, but not later than

 

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the Availability Date (as defined below), an earnings statement covering a period of at least twelve (12) months, beginning after the effective date of each Registration Statement, which earnings statement shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the 1933 Act (for the purpose of this subsection 3(k), “Availability Date” means the 45th day following the end of the fourth fiscal quarter that includes the effective date of such Registration Statement, except that, if such fourth fiscal quarter is the last quarter of the Company’s fiscal year, “Availability Date” means the 90th day after the end of such fourth fiscal quarter).

 

4. Due Diligence Review; Information. The Company shall make available, during normal business hours, for inspection and review by the Holders, advisors to and representatives of the Holders (who may or may not be affiliated with the Holders), and any underwriter participating in any disposition of Common Stock on behalf of the Holders pursuant to a Registration Statement or amendments or supplements thereto or any blue sky, NASD or other filing, all financial and other records, all filings with the SEC, and all other corporate documents and properties of the Company as may be reasonably necessary for the purpose of such review, and cause the Company’s officers, directors and employees, within a reasonable time period, to supply all such information reasonably requested by the Holders or any such representative, advisor or underwriter in connection with such Registration Statement (including, without limitation, in response to all questions and other inquiries reasonably made or submitted by any of them), prior to and from time to time after the filing and effectiveness of the Registration Statement for the sole purpose of enabling the Holders and such representatives, advisors and underwriters and their respective accountants and attorneys to conduct initial and ongoing due diligence with respect to the Company and the accuracy of such Registration Statement.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not disclose material nonpublic information to the Holders, or to advisors to or representatives of the Holders, unless prior to disclosure of such information the Company identifies such information as being material nonpublic information and provides the Holders, such advisors and representatives with the opportunity to accept or refuse to accept such material nonpublic information for review.

 

5. Obligations of the Holders.

 

(a) Each Holder shall furnish in writing to the Company such information regarding itself, the Registrable Securities held by it and the intended method of disposition of the Registrable Securities held by it, as shall be reasonably required to effect the registration of such Registrable Securities and shall execute such documents in connection with such registration as the Company may reasonably request. At least fifteen (15) Business Days prior to the first anticipated filing date of any Registration Statement, the Company shall notify each Holder of the information the Company requires from such Holder if such Holder elects to have any of the Registrable Securities included in the Registration Statement. A Holder shall provide such information to the Company at least five (5) Business Days prior to the first anticipated filing date of such Registration Statement if such Holder elects to have any of the Registrable Securities included in the Registration Statement. For purposes of the first sentence of this Section 3(a), the methods of distribution to be specified by the Holders shall include, without limitation, the sale of the Registrable Securities through (i) options transactions relating to the Registrable Securities, whether such options are listed on an options exchange or otherwise, or (ii) short sales of the Registrable Securities. The Registration Statement shall also

 

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provide that, for purposes of the distribution of the Registrable Securities, the Holders may (i) enter into hedging transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions, which may in turn engage in short sales of the Registrable Securities and deliver the Registrable Securities to close out their short positions or (ii) loan or pledge the Registrable Securities to broker-dealers or other financial institutions, which in turn may sell the Registrable Securities.

 

(b) Each Holder, by its acceptance of the Registrable Securities, agrees to cooperate with the Company as reasonably requested by the Company in connection with the preparation and filing of a Registration Statement hereunder, unless such Holder has notified the Company in writing of its election to exclude all of its Registrable Securities from such Registration Statement.

 

(c) In the event the Company, at the request of the Holders, determines to engage the services of an underwriter, such Holder agrees to enter into and perform its obligations under an underwriting agreement, in usual and customary form, including, without limitation, customary indemnification and contribution obligations, with the managing underwriter of such offering and take such other actions as are reasonably required in order to expedite or facilitate the dispositions of the Registrable Securities.

 

(d) Each Holder agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the happening of any event rendering a Registration Statement no longer effective, such Holder will immediately discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement covering such Registrable Securities, until the Holder’s receipt of copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus filed with the SEC and declared effective and, if so directed by the Company, the Holder shall deliver to the Company (at the expense of the Company) or destroy (and deliver to the Company a certificate of destruction) all copies in the Holder’s possession of the Prospectus covering the Registrable Securities current at the time of receipt of such notice.

 

(e) No Holder may participate in any third party underwritten registration hereunder unless it (i) agrees to sell the Registrable Securities on the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements in usual and customary form entered into by the Company, (ii) completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements and other documents reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements, and (iii) agrees to pay its pro rata share of all underwriting discounts and commissions. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Holder shall be required to make any representations to such underwriter, other than those with respect to itself and the Registrable Securities owned by it, including its right to sell the Registrable Securities, and any indemnification in favor of the underwriter by the Holders shall be several and not joint and limited in the case of any Holder, to the net proceeds received by such Holder from the sale of its Registrable Securities. The scope of any such indemnification in favor of an underwriter shall be limited to the same extent as the indemnity provided in Section 6(b) hereof.

 

6. Indemnification.

 

(a) Indemnification by the Company. The Company will indemnify and hold harmless each Holder and their respective Affiliates, officers, directors, members,

 

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employees and agents, successors and assigns, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such Holder, Affiliate, officer, director, member, employee, agent, successor or assign may become subject under the 1933 Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon: (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in any Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or final prospectus contained therein, or any amendment or supplement thereof; (ii) any blue sky application or other document executed by the Company specifically for blue sky compliance or based upon written information furnished by the Company filed in any state or other jurisdiction in order to qualify any or all of the Registrable Securities under the securities laws thereof (any such application, document or information herein called a Blue Sky Application); (iii) the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; (iv) any violation by the Company, or its directors, officers, employees or agents of any rule or regulation promulgated under the 1933 Act applicable to the Company or its directors, officers, employees or agents and relating to action or inaction required of the Company or any of them in connection with such registration; or (v) any failure to use its best efforts to register or qualify the Registrable Securities included in any such Registration Statement in any state where the Company or its agents has affirmatively undertaken or agreed in writing that the Company will undertake such registration or qualification on a Holder’s behalf (the undertaking of any underwriter chosen by the Company being attributed to the Company) and will reimburse such Holder, and each such officer, director or member and each such controlling person for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided, however, that the Company will not be liable in any such case if and to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in conformity with information furnished in writing by such Holder or any such controlling person specifically for use in such Registration Statement or Prospectus.

 

(b) Indemnification by the Holders. In connection with any Registration Statement pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, each Holder will furnish to the Company in writing such information as the Company reasonably requests concerning such Holder or the proposed manner of such Holder’s distribution for use in connection with any Registration Statement or Prospectus and agrees, severally but not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company, its Subsidiaries and its and their respective directors, officers, employees, shareholders and each person who controls the Company (within the meaning of the 1933 Act) against any losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses (including reasonable attorney fees) resulting from any untrue statement of a material fact or any omission of a material fact required to be stated in the Registration Statement or Prospectus or preliminary prospectus or amendment or supplement thereto or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, to the extent, but only to the extent that such untrue statement or omission is contained in any information furnished in writing by such Holder to the Company specifically for inclusion in such Registration Statement or Prospectus or amendment or supplement thereto. In no event shall the liability of a Holder be greater in amount than the aggregate dollar amount of the proceeds (net of all expenses paid by such Holder and the amount of any damages such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue statement or omission) received by such Holder upon the sale of the Registrable Securities included in the Registration Statement giving rise to such indemnification obligation.

 

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(c) Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings. Any person entitled to indemnification hereunder shall (i) give prompt notice to the indemnifying party of any claim with respect to which it seeks indemnification and (ii) permit such indemnifying party to assume the defense of such claim with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party; provided that any person entitled to indemnification hereunder shall have the right to employ separate counsel and to participate in the defense of such claim, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such person unless (a) the indemnifying party has agreed to pay such fees or expenses, or (b) the indemnifying party shall have failed to assume the defense of such claim and employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to such person or (c) in the reasonable judgment of any such person, based upon advice of its counsel, a conflict of interest exists between such person and the indemnifying party with respect to such claims (in which case, if the person notifies the indemnifying party in writing that such person elects to employ separate counsel at the expense of the indemnifying party, the indemnifying party shall not have the right to assume the defense of such claim on behalf of such person); and provided, further, that the failure of any indemnified party to give notice as provided herein shall not relieve the indemnifying party of its obligations hereunder, except to the extent that such failure to give notice shall materially adversely affect the indemnifying party in the defense of any such claim or litigation. It is understood that the indemnifying party shall not, in connection with any proceeding in the same jurisdiction, be liable for fees or expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys at any time for all such indemnified parties. No indemnifying party will, except with the consent of the indemnified party, consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement that does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such indemnified party of a release from all liability in respect of such claim or litigation.

 

(d) Contribution. If for any reason the indemnification provided for in the preceding paragraphs (a) and (b) is unavailable to an indemnified party or insufficient to hold it completely harmless, other than as expressly specified therein, then the indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by the indemnified party as a result of such loss, claim, damage or liability in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnified party and the indemnifying party, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the 1933 Act shall be entitled to contribution from any person not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. In no event shall the contribution obligation of a Holder be greater in amount than the aggregate dollar amount of the proceeds (net of all expenses paid by such holder and the amount of any damages such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission) received by it upon the sale of the Registrable Securities giving rise to such contribution obligation.

 

7. Miscellaneous.

 

(a) Amendments and Waivers. This Agreement may be amended only by a writing signed by the then current parties hereto. The Company may take any action herein prohibited, or omit to perform any act herein required to be performed by it, only if the Company shall have obtained the written consent to such amendment, action or omission to act, of each then current Holder.

 

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(b) Notices. All notices and other communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall be made as set forth in Section 10.4 of the Purchase Agreement; provided, however, as the Placement Agent is not a party to the Purchase Agreement, any notice or other communication to the Placement Agent shall be sent to the address for the Placement Agent set forth on the signature page hereof (which address the Placement Agent may change in accordance with Section 10.4 of the Purchase Agreement).

 

(c) Assignments and Transfers by Holders. The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Holders and their respective successors and assigns. An Holder may transfer or assign, in whole or from time to time in part, to one or more persons its rights hereunder in connection with the transfer of Registrable Securities by such Holder to such person, provided, that, such Holder complies with all applicable laws thereto and provides written notice of assignment to the Company promptly after such assignment is effected.

 

(d) Assignments and Transfers by the Company. This Agreement shall not be assigned by the Company without the prior written consent of each Holder, except that without the prior written consent of the Holders, but after notice duly given, the Company shall assign its rights and delegate its duties hereunder to any successor-in-interest corporation, and such successor-in-interest shall assume such rights and duties, in the event of a merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another corporation or the sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets.

 

(e) Benefits of the Agreement. The terms and conditions of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the respective permitted successors and assigns of the parties. Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to confer upon any party other than the parties hereto or their respective successors and assigns any rights, remedies, obligations, or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement, except as expressly provided in this Agreement.

 

(f) Counterparts; Faxes. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. This Agreement may also be executed via facsimile, which shall be deemed an original.

 

(g) Titles and Subtitles. The titles and subtitles used in this Agreement are used for convenience only and are not to be considered in construing or interpreting this Agreement.

 

(h) Severability. Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof but shall be interpreted as if it were written so as to be enforceable to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not

 

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invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the parties hereby waive any provision of law which renders any provisions hereof prohibited or unenforceable in any respect.

 

(i) Further Assurances. The parties shall execute and deliver all such further instruments and documents and take all such other actions as may reasonably be required to carry out the transactions contemplated hereby and to evidence the fulfillment of the agreements herein contained.

 

(j) Entire Agreement. This Agreement is intended by the parties as a final expression of their agreement and intended to be a complete and exclusive statement of the agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter contained herein. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings between the parties with respect to such subject matter.

 

(k) Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the internal laws of the State of New York without regard to the choice of law principles thereof. Each of the parties hereto irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York located in New York County and the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York for the purpose of any suit, action, proceeding or judgment relating to or arising out of this Agreement 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 Agreement. Each of the parties hereto 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. Each party hereto 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.

 

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[Company Signature Page]

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has executed this Registration Rights Agreement or caused its duly authorized officers to execute this Registration Rights Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

The Company:

  ANTARES PHARMA, INC.
    By:  

 


    Name:  

Roger G. Harrison

    Title:  

Chief Executive Officer

 

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[Holder Signature Page]

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Registration Rights Agreement or caused its duly authorized officers to execute this Registration Rights Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

IF AN INDIVIDUAL:

  

IF A CORPORATION, PARTNERSHIP, TRUST, ESTATE OR OTHER ENTITY:


    

(Signature)

  
    

Print name of entity


    

(Printed Name)

  

By:

 

 


    

Name:

 

 


    

Title:

 

 


Address:

  

Address:


  

  

  

 

 

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EX-10.64 5 dex1064.htm FORM OF WARRANT FORM OF WARRANT

Exhibit 10.64

 

THIS WARRANT HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT OR EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE FOREGOING LAWS.

 

SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 10 HEREOF, THIS WARRANT SHALL BE VOID AFTER 5:00 P.M. EASTERN TIME ON FEBRUARY 9, 2009 (THE “EXPIRATION DATE”).

 

No.     

 

ANTARES PHARMA, INC

 

WARRANT TO PURCHASE [                ] SHARES OF

COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $0.01 PER SHARE

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, [                     (“Warrantholder”), is entitled to purchase, subject to the provisions of this Warrant, from Antares Pharma, Inc. a Minnesota corporation (“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 $             (the exercise price in effect being herein called the “Warrant Price”), [                ] shares (“Warrant Shares”) of the Company’s Common Stock, par value $0.01 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.

 

Section 1. Registration. The Company shall maintain books for the transfer and registration of the 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 (“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 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.


Section 3. Exercise of Warrant.

 

(a) Subject to the provisions hereof, 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 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 holder hereof). The Warrant Shares so purchased shall be deemed to be issued to the holder hereof or such holder’s designee, as the record owner of such shares, as of the close of business on the date on which this Warrant shall have been surrendered (or evidence of loss, theft or destruction thereof and security or indemnity satisfactory to the Company), the Warrant Price shall have been paid and 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 holder hereof within a reasonable time, not exceeding three (3) 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 holder hereof and shall be registered in the name of such holder or such other name as shall be designated by such holder. 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 such certificates, deliver to the holder a new Warrant representing the number of shares with respect to which this Warrant shall not then have been exercised. As used in this Agreement, “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.

 

(b) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in no event shall the Warrantholder be entitled to exercise any portion of this Warrant in excess of that portion of this Warrant upon exercise of which the sum of (1) the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Warrantholder and its Affiliates (other than shares of Common Stock which may be deemed beneficially owned through the ownership of the unexercised portion of the Warrant or the unexercised or unconverted portion of any other security of the Warrantholder subject to a limitation on conversion analogous to the limitations contained herein) and (2) the number of shares of Common Stock 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 Warrantholder and its Affiliates of more than [9.99%] of the then outstanding shares of Common Stock. As used herein, the term “Affiliate” means any person or entity that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with a person or entity, as such terms are used in and construed under Rule 144 under the Securities Act. For purposes of the proviso to the immediately preceding sentence, beneficial ownership shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Regulations 13D-G thereunder, except as otherwise provided in clause (1) of such proviso. The Warrantholder may waive the limitations set forth herein by sixty-one (61) days written notice to the Company.

 

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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 security issued or issuable 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 registered holder of this Warrant 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 holder 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 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 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

 

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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 fully exercised immediately prior to such event upon payment of a Warrant Price that has been adjusted to reflect a fair allocation of the economics of such event to the Warrantholder. Such adjustments shall be made successively whenever any event listed above shall occur.

 

(b) 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, the Company shall use its best efforts to ensure that 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 the 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 thereof. 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 holder of the Warrant, at the last address of such holder appearing on the books of the Company, such shares of stock, securities or assets as, in accordance with the foregoing provisions, such holder 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.

 

(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

 

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date (the “Valuation Date”) shall mean the following: (p) if the Common Stock is then listed on a national stock exchange, the Market Price shall be the closing sale price of one share of Common Stock on such exchange on the last trading day prior to the Valuation Date, provided that if such stock has not traded in the prior ten (10) trading sessions, the Market Price shall be the average closing price of one share of Common Stock in the most recent ten (10) trading sessions during which the Common Stock has traded; (q) if the Common Stock is then included in The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. (“Nasdaq”), the Market Price shall be 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 ask price quoted on Nasdaq as of the end of the last trading day prior to the Valuation Date, provided that if such stock has not traded in the prior ten (10) trading sessions, the Market Price shall be the average closing price of one share of Common Stock in the most recent ten (10) trading sessions during which the Common Stock has traded; (s) if the Common Stock is then included in the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board, the Market Price shall be the closing sale price of one share of Common Stock on the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board 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 ask price quoted on the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board as of the end of the last trading day prior to the Valuation Date, provided that if such stock has not traded in the prior ten (10) trading sessions, the Market Price shall be the average closing price of one share of Common Stock in the most recent ten (10) trading sessions during which the Common Stock has traded, (t) if the Common Stock is then included in the “pink sheets,” the Market Price shall be the closing sale price of one share of Common Stock on the “pink sheets” 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 ask price quoted on the “pink sheets” as of the end of the last trading day prior to the Valuation Date, provided that if such stock has not traded in the prior ten (10) trading sessions, the Market Price shall be the average closing price of one share of Common Stock in the most recent ten (10) trading sessions during which the Common Stock has traded. 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 Market Price of a share of Common Stock as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

(d) For the term of this Warrant, in addition to the provisions contained above, the Warrant Price shall be subject to adjustment as provided below. 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) Except as provided in Section 8(f) hereof, if and whenever the Company shall issue or sell, or is, in accordance with any of Sections 8(e)(l) through (e)(5) hereof, deemed to have issued or sold, any shares of Common Stock for a consideration per share less than the Warrant Price in effect immediately prior to the time of such issue or sale, then and in each such case (a “Trigger Issuance”), effective as of the close of business on the effective date of the Trigger Issuance the then-existing Warrant Price shall be reduced to the lowest price per share at which any share of Common Stock was issued or sold or deemed to be issued or sold in such Trigger Issuance.

 

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For purposes of this subsection (e), “Additional Shares of Common Stock” shall mean all shares of Common Stock issued by the Company or deemed to be issued pursuant to this Section 8(e), other than those excluded issuances set forth in Section 8(f) hereof.

 

For purposes of this Section 8(e), the following subsections (e)(l) to (e)(5) shall also be applicable (subject, in each such case, to the provisions of Section 8(f) hereof and to each other subsection contained in this Section 8(e)):

 

(e)(1) Issuance of Convertible Securities; Issuance of Rights or Options. In case at any time after the date hereof the Company shall in any manner grant, issue or sell any stock or security convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock (“Convertible Securities”) or any warrants or other rights to subscribe for or to purchase, or any options for the purchase of, Common Stock or any Convertible Securities (such warrants, rights or options being called “Options”), whether or not the right to convert, exchange or exercise any such Convertible Securities or such Options are immediately exercisable, and the price per share for which Common Stock is issuable upon the conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities or upon the exercise of such Options (determined by dividing (i) the sum of (x) the total amount, if any, received or receivable by the Company as consideration for the issue or sale of such Convertible Securities or the granting of such Options, plus (y) the aggregate amount of additional consideration, if any, payable to the Company upon the conversion or exchange of all such Convertible Securities or the exercise of all such Options, plus (z), in the case of such Options to purchase Convertible Securities, the aggregate amount of additional consideration, if any, payable upon the conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities, by (ii) the maximum number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion or exchange of all such Convertible Securities, or upon the exercise of such Options, or upon the conversion or exchange of all such Convertible Securities issuable upon the exercise of such Options) shall be less than the Warrant Price in effect immediately prior to the time of the issue or sale of such Convertible Securities or the granting of such Options, then the total number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities, or the exercise of such Options, or upon the conversion or exchange of the maximum amount of such Convertible Securities issuable upon the exercise of such Options shall be deemed to have been issued for such price per share as of the date of the issuance or sale of such Convertible Securities or the granting of such Options (including Options to purchase Convertible Securities) and thereafter shall be deemed to be outstanding for purposes of adjusting the Warrant Price. Except as otherwise provided in Section 8(e)(2), no additional adjustment of the Warrant Price shall be made upon the actual issue of such Common Stock upon conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities or upon exercise of such Options.

 

(e)(2) Change in Option Price or Conversion Rate. Upon the happening of any of the following events, namely, if the purchase price provided for in any Option referred to in Section 8(e)(l) hereof, the additional consideration, if any, payable upon the conversion or exchange of any Convertible Securities referred to

 

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in Section 8(e)(l), or the rate at which Convertible Securities referred to in Section 8(e)(l) are convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock shall change at any time (including, but not limited to, changes under or by reason of provisions designed to protect against dilution), the Warrant Price in effect at the time of such event shall forthwith be readjusted to the Warrant Price which would have been in effect at such time had such Options or Convertible Securities still outstanding provided for such changed purchase price, additional consideration or conversion rate, as the case may be, at the time initially granted, issued or sold, but only if as a result of such adjustment the Warrant Price then in effect hereunder is thereby reduced. On the termination of any Option for which an adjustment was made pursuant to this Section 8(e) or any right to convert or exchange Convertible Securities for which an adjustment was made pursuant to this Section 8(e), the Warrant Price then in effect hereunder shall forthwith be changed to the Warrant Price which would have been in effect at the time of such termination had such Option or Convertible Securities, to the extent outstanding immediately prior to such termination, never been issued.

 

(e)(3) Consideration for Stock. In case any shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities shall be issued or sold for cash, the consideration received therefor shall be deemed to be the gross amount received by the Company therefor, before deduction therefrom of any expenses incurred or any underwriting commissions or concessions paid or allowed by the Company in connection therewith. In case any shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities shall be issued or sold for a consideration other than cash, the amount of the consideration other than cash received by the Company shall be deemed to be the fair value of such consideration as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company, before deduction of any expenses incurred or any underwriting commissions or concessions paid or allowed by the Company in connection therewith. In case any Options shall be issued in connection with the issue and sale of other securities of the Company, together comprising one integral transaction in which no specific consideration is allocated to such Options by the parties thereto, such Options shall be deemed to have been issued for such consideration as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

(e)(4) Record Date. In case the Company shall take a record of the holders of its Common Stock for the purpose of entitling them (i) to receive a dividend or other distribution payable in Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities or (ii) to subscribe for or purchase Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities, then such record date shall be deemed to be the date of the issue or sale of the shares of Common Stock deemed to have been issued or sold upon the declaration of such dividend or the making of such other distribution or the date of the granting of such right of subscription or purchase, as the case may be. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no anti-dilution adjustment shall be effected with respect to any transaction for which a record date is set by the Company if the transaction is abandoned by the Company prior to the time such transaction becomes effective.

 

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(e)(5) Treasury Shares. The number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at any given time shall not include shares owned or held by or for the account of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (as defined in the Purchase Agreement pursuant to which this Warrant was issued), and the disposition of any such shares (other than the cancellation or retirement thereof) shall be considered an issue or sale of Common Stock for the purpose of this subsection (e).

 

(f) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company shall not be required to make any adjustment to the Warrant Price or the number of Warrant Shares subject to this Warrant in the case of the following issuances of shares of Common Stock from and after the date of this Warrant: (i) issuances upon the exercise of any warrants, options or convertible securities granted, issued and outstanding on the date of issuance of this Warrant; (ii) issuances upon the grant or exercise of any stock or options which may hereafter be granted or exercised under any employee benefit plan, stock option plan or restricted stock plan of the Company in existence on the date of this Warrant, so long as the issuance of such stock or options is approved by a majority of the independent members of the Board of Directors of the Company or a majority of the members of a committee of independent directors established for such purpose; (iii) issuances of securities as compensation to marketing or investor relations firms that are not Affiliates of the Company (the primary purpose of which is not to raise equity capital); or (iv) issuances of securities as consideration for a merger or consolidation with, or purchase of assets from, a non-Affiliated third party or in connection with any strategic partnership or joint venture with a non-Affiliated third party with which the Company will enter into technology agreements (the primary purpose of any such action is not to raise equity capital).

 

(g) In the event that, as a result of an adjustment made pursuant to this Section 8, the holder of this Warrant 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 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 holder of this Warrant an amount in cash equal to the Market Price of such fractional share of Common Stock on the date of exercise.

 

Section 10. Extension of Expiration Date. If the Company fails to cause any Registration Statement covering Registrable Securities (unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms are as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement relating to the Warrant Shares (the “Registration Rights Agreement”)) to be declared effective prior to the applicable

 

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dates set forth therein, or if any of the events specified in Section 2(c)(ii) of the Registration Rights Agreement occurs, and the Blackout Period (whether alone, or in combination with any other Blackout Period) continues for more than 30 days in any 12 month period, or for more than a total of 90 days, then the Expiration Date of this Warrant shall be extended one day for each day beyond the 30-day or 90-day limits, as the case may be, that the Blackout Period continues.

 

Section 11. 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 12. 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 13. Identity of Transfer Agent. The Transfer Agent for the Common Stock is Wells Fargo Shareowner Services. Upon the appointment of any subsequent transfer agent for the Common Stock or other shares of the Company’s capital stock issuable upon the exercise of the rights of purchase represented by the Warrant, the Company will mail to the Warrantholder a statement setting forth the name and address of such transfer agent.

 

Section 14. 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 telex or facsimile, then such notice shall be deemed given upon receipt of confirmation of 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 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:

 

Antares Pharma, Inc.

707 Eagleview Boulevard, Suite 414

Exton, Pennsylvania 19314

Attention: Roger G. Harrison

Fax: 610-458-0756

 

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With a copy to:

 

Leonard, Street and Deinard Professional Association

150 South Fifth Street, Suite 2300

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402

Attention: Morris M. Sherman, Esq.

Fax: 612-335-1657

 

Section 15. Registration Rights. The initial holder of this Warrant is entitled to the benefit of certain registration rights with respect to the shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant as provided in the Registration Rights Agreement, and any subsequent holder hereof shall be entitled to such rights to the extent provided in the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

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. This Warrant shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the internal laws of the State of New York, 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 courts of the State of New York located in New York County and the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York 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.

 

Section 18. No Rights as Shareholder. Prior to the exercise of this Warrant, the Warrantholder shall not have or exercise any rights as a shareholder of the Company by virtue of its ownership of this Warrant.

 

Section 19. Cashless Exercise. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Warrantholder may elect to receive, without the payment by the Warrantholder of the aggregate Warrant Price in respect of the shares of Common Stock to be acquired upon exercise hereof, shares of Common Stock equal to the value of this Warrant or any portion hereof being exercised pursuant to this Section 19 by the surrender of this Warrant (or such portion of this Warrant being so exercised) together with the Net Issue Election Notice annexed hereto as Appendix B duly executed, at the office of the Company. Thereupon, and in no event later than

 

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three business days after the Company receipt of the Net Issue Election Notice, the Company shall issue to the Warrantholder certificate(s) for such number of fully paid, validly issued and nonassessable shares of Common Stock as is computed using the formula immediately below. The certificates so delivered shall be in such denominations as may be requested by the holder hereof and shall be registered in the name of such holder or such other name as shall be designated by such holder. 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 such certificates, deliver to the holder a new Warrant representing the number of shares with respect to which this Warrant shall not then have been exercised.

 

X    =    Y (A - B)

          A

 

where

 

X = the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to the Warrantholder upon exercise of this Warrant pursuant to this Section 19;

 

Y = the total number of shares of Common Stock covered by this Warrant which the Warrantholder has surrendered at such time for cashless exercise (including both shares to be issued to the Warrantholder and shares to be canceled as payment therefor);

 

A = the Market Price of one share of Common Stock as at the time the net issue election is made; and

 

B = the Warrant Price in effect under this Warrant at the time the net issue election is made.

 

The Warrant Shares issued pursuant to this Section 19 shall be deemed to be issued to the exercising holder or such holder’s designee, as the record owner of such shares, as of the close of business on the date on which the Net Issue Election Notice shall have been surrendered (or evidence of loss, theft or destruction thereof and security or indemnity satisfactory to the Company) to the Company.

 

Section 20. Amendments. This Warrant shall not be amended without the prior written consent of the Company and the then current 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 Page Follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be duly executed, as of the 10th day of February, 2004.

 

ANTARES PHARMA, INC.

By:


Name:

 

Lawrence M .Christian

Title:

 

Chief Financial Officer,

   

Vice President – Finance

 

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APPENDIX A

ANTARES PHARMA, INC.

WARRANT EXERCISE FORM

 

To: Antares Pharma, 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


 


Federal Tax ID or Social Security No.

 

and delivered by

 

¨

  

certified mail to the above address, or

¨

  

electronically (provide DWAC Instructions:                                 ),

or

    

¨

  

other (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:                     ,         

 

Note: The signature must correspond with the name of the registered holder 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 assigned.  

 

Signature:


 
 

Name (please print)

 

   

 


Address

   

Federal Identification or

 

A-1


Social Security No.

Assignee:




 

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APPENDIX B

ANTARES PHARMA, INC.

NET ISSUE ELECTION NOTICE

 

To: Antares Pharma, Inc.

 

Date:                                         

 

The undersigned hereby elects under Section 19 of this Warrant to surrender the right to purchase                  shares of Common Stock pursuant to this Warrant and hereby requests the issuance of                  shares of Common Stock. The certificate(s) for the shares issuable upon such net issue election shall be issued in the name of the undersigned or as otherwise indicated below.

 

   

Signature

   

Name for Registration

   

Mailing Address

 

B-1

EX-99.1 6 dex991.htm PRESS RELEASE PRESS RELEASE

Exhibit 99.1

 

[Logo of Antares Pharma]

 

Contact Information

         

Dr. Roger G. Harrison

           CEO and President    (610) 458-6200                

Lawrence M. Christian

           CFO and Vice President—Finance    (610) 458-6200

 

 

ANTARES PHARMA RAISES $9.55 MILLION IN

PRIVATE EQUITY PLACEMENT

 

Exton, Pennsylvania – February 10, 2004 – Antares Pharma, Inc. (OTCBB: ANTR) today announced that it completed a $9.55 million private placement of its common stock at a price of $1.00 per share. The Company also issued to the purchasers five-year warrants to purchase, at an exercise price of $1.25 per share, an aggregate number of shares of common stock equal to 33% of the total number of shares of common stock sold. SCO Securities, LLC acted as the placement agent for this transaction, and participants included, among others, Perceptive Life Sciences Fund and SDS Merchant Fund.

 

The Company also announced that it is in discussions with a number of other institutional investors regarding their interest in participating in this financing round. The Company believes that these investors may purchase between $2.0 and $4.0 million in a follow-on closing presently expected to occur within the next two weeks.

 

The securities sold in this offering have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent such registration or an applicable exemption from such registration.

 

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to purchase any of these securities, and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful. This press release is being issued pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 135c under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

About Antares Pharma

Antares Pharma develops specialty pharmaceutical products, including needle-free and mini-needle injector systems, transdermal gel technologies, and fast-melt oral tablet technology. These delivery systems are designed to improve both the efficiency of drug therapies and the patient’s quality of life. The Company currently distributes its needle-free injector systems in more than 20 countries. In addition, Antares Pharma conducts research and development with transdermal gel products and currently has several products in clinical evaluation with partners in the U.S. and Europe. The Company is also conducting ongoing research to create new products that combine various elements of the Company’s technology portfolio. Antares Pharma has corporate headquarters in Exton, Pennsylvania,

 

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with manufacturing and research facilities in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and research facilities in Basel, Switzerland.

 

Statements included in this press release that are not historical in nature are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The Company cautions readers that forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ materially and which are identified from time to time in the Company’s reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Antares Pharma claims the protection of the Safe Harbor for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.

 

For more information, visit Antares Pharma’s web site at www.antarespharma.com. Information included on the Company’s website is not incorporated herein by reference or otherwise.

 

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