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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K/A
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 26, 2007
Marshall Edwards, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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DELAWARE
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000-50484
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51-0407811 |
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140 Wicks Road, North Ryde, NSW, 2113 Australia
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrants telephone number, including area code: (011) 61 2 8877-6196
Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy
the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General
Instruction A.2. below):
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
Marshall
Edwards, Inc. (Marshall Edwards) filed a Form 8-K for Items 1.01, 3.02 and 9.01 on August
6, 2007 (the Form 8-K). The terms of the warrants issued to Blue Trading, LLC were incorrectly
stated therein. The sole purpose of this Form 8-K/A is to clarify the correct terms of the
warrants issued to Blue Trading, LLC and to file (i) an Amended and Restated Warrant Agreement,
amending and restating the Warrant Agreement filed as Exhibit 10.3 to the Form 8-K, to reflect the
correct terms of such warrants, (ii) a Registration Rights Agreement and (iii) a Form of Warrant.
Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
As disclosed in the Form 8-K, on August 6, 2007, Marshall Edwards issued 62,091 warrants to
Blue Trading, LLC, which acted as the placement agent in the private placement, as part of the
placement fee. As reflected in the Amended and Restated Warrant Agreement and the form of Warrant,
these warrants were and continue to be exercisable immediately (rather than exercisable beginning
on February 6, 2008) and the exercise price of the warrants is $3.00 (rather than $3.60). Marshall
Edwards has entered into a registration rights agreement with Blue Trading, LLC, pursuant to which
Blue Trading, LLC has been granted certain registration rights with respect to the common stock
issuable upon exercise of the warrants.
The foregoing description of the Amended and Restated Warrant Agreement, the Registration
Rights Agreement and the Form of Warrant does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its
entirety by reference to the full text of those agreements filed as Exhibits 10.1, 10.2 and 10.3
hereto, respectively, and each such exhibit is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(c) Exhibits.
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Exhibit No. |
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Description |
10.1
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Amended and Restated Warrant Agreement, dated as of September
26, 2007, among Marshall Edwards, Inc., Computershare Inc. and
Computershare Trust Company, N.A. |
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10.2
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Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of September 26, 2007,
between Marshall Edwards, Inc. and Blue Trading, LLC |
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10.3
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Form of Warrant |
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 hereunto duly authorized.
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MARSHALL EDWARDS, INC.
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/s/ David R. Seaton
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David R. Seaton |
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Chief Financial Officer
(Duly Authorized Officer and Principal
Financial Officer) |
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Dated: September 27, 2007
Index to Exhibits
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Exhibit No. |
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Description |
10.1
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Amended and Restated Warrant Agreement, dated as of September
26, 2007, among Marshall Edwards, Inc., Computershare Inc. and
Computershare Trust Company, N.A. |
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10.2
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Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of September 26, 2007,
between Marshall Edwards, Inc. and Blue Trading, LLC |
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10.3
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Form of Warrant |
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Exhibit 10.1
AMENDED AND RESTATED
WARRANT AGREEMENT
among
MARSHALL EDWARDS, INC.
and
COMPUTERSHARE INC.
and
COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
Dated as of September 26, 2007
Warrants to Purchase up to 2,433,962 Shares of Common Stock
AMENDED AND RESTATED WARRANT AGREEMENT
This Amended and Restated Warrant Agreement, dated as of September 26, 2007, is entered into
between Marshall Edwards, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company), and Computershare Inc., a
Delaware corporation (Computershare), and its wholly owned subsidiary, Computershare Trust
Company, N.A. (the Trust Company), as warrant agent (Computershare and the Trust Company,
individually or collectively, the Warrant Agent).
RECITALS
A. The Company desires to hereby amend and restate the Warrant Agreement, dated as of August
1, 2007, among the Company, Computershare and the Trust Company in order to include under the
Agreement the Warrants issued to Blue Trading, LLC as of the Closing Date, subject to the terms and
conditions contained herein.
B. The Company issued 608,491 Warrants to purchase up to 2,433,962 shares of common stock, par
value $0.00000002 per share (the Common Stock) of the Company as of the Closing Date.
C. The Company desires the Warrant Agent to act on behalf of the Company, and the Warrant
Agent is willing to act on behalf of the Company, in connection with the issuance of the Warrant
Certificates (as defined below) and the other matters provided herein.
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements herein set forth,
the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS
Additional Common Stock shall mean all Common Stock issued or issuable by the Company after
the date of this Agreement, other than the Warrant Shares.
Affiliate shall mean, as to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling
or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control of such Person. For purposes of this
definition, control when used with respect to any Person means the power to direct the management
and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting
securities, by contract or otherwise, and the terms controlling and controlled have meanings
correlative to the foregoing. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Affiliate shall not include any
wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company.
Agreement shall mean this Amended and Restated Warrant Agreement, as the same may be
amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.
Business Day shall mean any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or a day on which the New York
Stock Exchange is not required to be open.
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Capital Stock of any Person shall mean any and all shares, interests, participations or
other equivalents however designated of corporate stock or other equity participations, including
partnership interests, whether general or limited, of such Person and any rights (other than debt
securities convertible or exchangeable into an equity interest), warrants or options to acquire an
equity interest in such Person.
Closing Date shall mean August 6, 2007.
Common Stock shall mean (i) the Common Stock, par value U.S. $0.00000002 per share, of the
Company, as constituted on the original issuance of the Warrants, (ii) any Capital Stock into which
such Common Stock may thereafter be changed and (iii) any share of the Company of any other class
issued to holders of such Common Stock upon any reclassification thereof.
Company shall mean the company identified in the preamble hereof and its successors and
assigns.
Company Order shall mean a written request or order signed in the name of the Company by its
Chairman of the Board, its Chief Executive Officer, its President, any Vice President, its Chief
Financial Officer and by its Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer its Secretary or any Assistant
Secretary, and delivered to the Warrant Agent.
Corporate Agency Office shall have the meaning given such term in Article 9.
Countersigning Agent shall mean any Person authorized by the Warrant Agent to act on behalf
of the Warrant Agent to countersign Warrant Certificates.
Effective Date shall mean the date that the Registration Statement is declared effective
under the Securities Act.
Effective Registration shall mean that the Company shall have filed and caused to become
effective a Registration Statement under the Securities Act for the sale of Warrants by the
Holders.
Exchange Act shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder.
Expiration Date shall mean August 6, 2012.
Holder or Warrantholder shall mean any Person in whose name at the time any Warrant
Certificate is registered upon the Warrant Register.
Institutional Accredited Investor shall mean an institution that is an accredited investor
as that term is defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act.
Non-Surviving Combination shall mean any merger, consolidation or other business combination
by the Company with one or more other entities in a transaction in which the Company is not the
surviving entity.
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Outstanding shall mean, as of the time of determination, when used with respect of any
Warrants, all Warrants originally issued under this Agreement except (i) Warrants that have been
exercised pursuant to Section 3.2(a), (ii) Warrants that have expired pursuant to Sections 3.2(b),
5 or 7 and (iii) Warrants that have otherwise been acquired by the Company; provided, however, that
in determining whether the Holders of the requisite amount of the outstanding Warrants have given
any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver under the provisions of
this Agreement, Warrants owned by the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate of the Company or any
Person that is at such time a party to a merger or acquisition agreement with the Company shall be
disregarded and deemed not to be outstanding.
Person shall mean an individual, a corporation, a partnership, a limited liability company,
an association, a trust or any other entity or organization, including a government or political
subdivision or an agency or instrumentality thereof.
Qualified Institutional Buyer shall have the meaning given such term in Rule 144A under the
Securities Act.
Recipient shall have the meaning given such term in Section 3.2(e).
Registration Rights Agreement shall mean that certain Registration Rights Agreement, dated
as of August 6, 2007, by and among the Company and the purchasers named on the signature pages
thereto, as such agreement may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.
Registration Statement shall have the meaning given such term in Section 1 of the
Registration Rights Agreement.
Restricted Warrants shall have the meaning given such term in Section 2.2(b).
Restricted Warrant Legend shall mean the legend so designated on the Warrant Certificate
attached hereto as Exhibit A.
Rule 144 shall mean Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act.
SEC shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor agency thereto.
Securities Act shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder.
Subsidiary shall mean, with respect to any Person, any corporation, association or other
business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock
entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of
directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly,
by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of such Person or a combination thereof.
Warrant Agent shall mean the warrant agent named in the preamble hereof or the successor or
successors of such Warrant Agent appointed in accordance with the terms hereof.
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Warrant Certificates shall mean those certain warrant certificates evidencing the Warrants,
substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto.
Warrant Price shall mean the exercise price per Warrant Share set at $3.60; provided,
however, that the exercise price per Warrant Share shall be set at $3.00 for the Warrant Shares to
be received upon exercise of the Warrants issued to Blue Trading, LLC.
Warrant Register shall have the meaning given such term in Article 9.
Warrant Shares shall mean the Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants, the
number of which is subject to adjustment from time to time in accordance with Article 6.
Warrants shall mean those warrants issued hereunder to purchase initially up to an aggregate
of 2,433,962 Warrant Shares at the Warrant Price, as the case may be, subject to adjustment
pursuant to Article 6.
ARTICLE 2
WARRANT CERTIFICATES
Section 2.1 Issuance of Warrants. Each Warrant Certificate shall evidence the number of
Warrants specified therein, and each Warrant evidenced thereby shall represent the right, subject
to the provisions contained herein and therein, to purchase four (4) Warrant Shares for each 10
Shares issued to such Purchaser on the Closing Date, subject to adjustment as provided in Article
6; provided, however, that each Warrant issued to Blue Trading, LLC (a Blue Trading Warrant)
shall entitle Blue Trading, LLC to acquire from the Company, for each Warrant evidenced thereby,
four (4) Warrant Shares whether or not any Shares have been issued to such Purchaser.
Section 2.2 Form, Denomination and Date of Warrants. (a) The Warrant Certificates shall be
substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto. The Warrants shall be numbered, lettered or
otherwise distinguished in such manner or in accordance with such plans as the officers of the
Company executing the same may determine with the approval of the Warrant Agent. Each Warrant
shall be dated the date of its authentication. Any of the Warrants may be issued with appropriate
insertions, omissions, substitutions and variations, and may have imprinted or otherwise reproduced
thereon such legend or legends, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement, as may be
required to comply with any law or with any rules or regulations pursuant thereto, or with the
rules of any securities market in which the Warrants are admitted to trading, or to conform to
general usage. All Warrants shall be otherwise substantially identical except as to denomination
and as provided herein.
(b) Purchasers of Warrants will receive certificated Warrants bearing the Restricted Warrant
Legend (Restricted Warrants). Restricted Warrants will bear the Restricted Warrant Legend unless
removed in accordance with Section 2.4.
Upon the occurrence of an Effective Registration, all requirements with respect to legends on
Warrants will cease to apply, and certificated Warrants without legends will be available to the
Holders.
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Section 2.3 Execution and Delivery of Warrant Certificates. (a) Warrant Certificates
evidencing the Warrants which may be countersigned and delivered under this Agreement are limited
to Warrant Certificates evidencing 608,491 Warrants, except for Warrant Certificates countersigned
and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, one or more
previously countersigned Warrant Certificates pursuant to Sections 2.6, 3.2(e), 7 and 9.
(b) At any time and from time to time on or after the date of this Agreement, Warrant
Certificates evidencing the Warrants may be executed by the Company and delivered to the Warrant
Agent for countersignature, and the Warrant Agent shall, upon receipt of a Company Order and at the
direction of the Company set forth therein, countersign and deliver such Warrant Certificates to
the Company for issuance. The Warrant Agent is further hereby authorized to countersign and
deliver Warrant Certificates as required by this Section 2.3 or by Sections 2.2, 2.6, 3.2(e), 7 or
9.
(c) The Warrant Certificates shall be executed in the corporate name and on behalf of the
Company by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief
Financial Officer or any one of the Vice Presidents of the Company under corporate seal reproduced
thereon and attested to by the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or any Assistant
Secretary of the Company, either manually or by facsimile signature printed thereon. The Warrant
Certificates shall be countersigned by the Warrant Agent and shall not be valid for any purpose
unless so countersigned. In case any officer of the Company whose signature shall have been placed
upon any of the Warrant Certificates shall cease to be such officer of the Company before
countersignature by the Warrant Agent and issue and delivery thereof, such Warrant Certificates
may, nevertheless, be countersigned by the Warrant Agent and issued and delivered with the same
force and effect as though such person had not ceased to be such officer of the Company, and any
Warrant Certificate may be signed on behalf of the Company by such person as, at the actual date of
the execution of such Warrant Certificate, shall be a proper officer of the Company, although at
the date of the execution of this Agreement any such person was not such an officer.
Section 2.4 Transfer and Exchange. (a) If a holder of a Restricted Warrant wishes at any
time to transfer such Restricted Warrant to a Person who wishes to take delivery thereof in the
form of a Restricted Warrant, such holder may, subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth
herein and in such Restricted Warrant, cause the exchange of such Restricted Warrants for one or
more Restricted Warrants of any authorized denomination or denominations and exercisable for the
same aggregate number of Warrant Shares. Upon receipt by the Warrant Agent at its Corporate Agency
Office of (1) such Restricted Warrant, duly endorsed as provided herein, (2) instructions from such
holder directing the Warrant Agent to authenticate and deliver one or more Restricted Warrants
exercisable for the same aggregate number of Warrant Shares as the Restricted Warrant to be
exchanged, such instructions to contain the name or names of the designated transferee or
transferees, the authorized denomination or denominations of the Restricted Warrants to be so
issued and appropriate delivery instructions, (3) a certificate in the form of Exhibit B
attached hereto given by the Person acquiring the Restricted Warrants, to the effect set forth
therein, and (4) an opinion of counsel to the transferor of such Restricted Warrant substantially
to the effect set forth in Exhibit C hereto, to the effect set forth therein, then the
Warrant Agent shall cancel or cause to be cancelled such Restricted Warrant and, concurrently
therewith, the Company shall execute, and the Warrant Agent shall authenticate and deliver, one
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or more Restricted Warrants to the effect set forth therein, in accordance with the
instructions referred to above.
(b) If Warrants are issued upon the transfer, exchange or replacement of Warrants bearing the
Restricted Warrant Legend, or if a request is made to remove such Restricted Warrant Legend, the
Warrants so issued shall bear the Restricted Warrant Legend; or the Restricted Warrant Legend shall
not be removed, as the case may be, unless (i) there is delivered to the Company and the Warrant
Agent satisfactory evidence, which shall include an opinion of counsel as may be reasonably
required by the Company and the Warrant Agent to the effect that neither the Restricted Warrant
Legend nor the restrictions on transfer set forth therein are required to ensure that transfers
thereof comply with the provisions of the Securities Act or, with respect to Restricted Warrants,
that such Warrants are not restricted within the meaning of Rule 144 under the Securities Act or
(ii) there is an Effective Registration with respect to the Warrants then in effect or the Warrants
as to which the Restricted Warrant Legend is sought to be removed have been disposed of in
accordance with the Registration Statement. Upon (i) provision of such satisfactory evidence, or
(ii) notification by the Company to the Warrant Agent of an Effective Registration with respect to
the Warrants and an opinion of counsel to that effect, the Warrant Agent, at the direction of the
Company, shall authenticate and deliver Warrant Certificates that do not bear the Restricted
Warrant Legend.
(c) No service charge shall be made to a Warrantholder for any registration of transfer or
exchange.
Section 2.5 Effective Registration. In the event the Company has an Effective Registration,
the Company shall notify the Warrant Agent within two Business Days after the Effective Date.
Promptly after delivering to the Warrant Agent notice of the Effective Registration and an opinion
of counsel to that effect, the Company shall cause to be delivered to the Warrant Agent
certificates for Warrants without legends and the Warrant Agent shall authenticate and deliver
certificated Warrants without legends to Holders presenting their certificated Warrants for
exchange to transferees of Warrants covered by the Registration Statement in the names and
denominations specified by them.
ARTICLE 3
EXERCISE, REDEMPTION AND EXPIRATION OF WARRANTS
Section 3.1 Right to Acquire Warrant Shares Upon Exercise. Each Warrant Certificate shall,
when countersigned by the Warrant Agent, entitle the Holder thereof, subject to the provisions
thereof and of this Agreement, to acquire from the Company, for each Warrant evidenced thereby,
four (4) Warrant Shares for each 10 Shares issued to such Purchaser on the Closing Date at the
Warrant Price, subject to adjustment as provided in this Agreement; provided, however, that each
Blue Trading Warrant shall entitle Blue Trading, LLC to acquire from the Company, for each Warrant
evidenced thereby, four (4) Warrant Shares at its respective Warrant Price whether or not any
Shares have been issued to such Purchaser. The Warrant Price shall be adjusted from time to time
as required by Section 6.1.
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Section 3.2 Exercise and Expiration of Warrants. (a) Exercise of Warrants. Subject to the
terms and conditions set forth herein, including, without limitation, the exercise procedure
described in Section 3.2(c), a Holder of a Warrant Certificate may exercise all or any whole number
of the Warrants evidenced thereby, on any Business Day from and after February 6, 2008 until 5:00
p.m., New York City time, on the Expiration Date (subject to earlier expiration pursuant to Article
5) for the Warrant Shares purchasable thereunder; provided, however, that each Blue Trading Warrant
shall be exercisable immediately as of the Closing Date.
(b) Expiration of Warrants. The Warrants shall terminate and become void as of 5:00 p.m., New
York time on the Expiration Date, subject to earlier expiration in accordance with Article 5. In
the event that the Warrants are to expire by reason of Article 5, the term Expiration Date shall
mean such earlier date for all purposes of this Agreement.
(c) Method of Exercise.
(i) Cash Exercise. The Holder may deliver to the Warrant Agent at the Corporate Agency Office
(A) a written notice of such Holders election to exercise Warrants, duly executed by such Holder
in the form set forth on the reverse of, or attached to, such Warrant Certificate, which notice
shall specify the number of Warrant Shares to be purchased, (B) the Warrant Certificate evidencing
such Warrants and (C) to Computershare, a sum equal to the aggregate Warrant Price for the Warrant
Shares into which such Warrants are being exercised, which sum shall be paid in any combination
elected by such Holder of (x) certified or official bank checks in New York Clearing House funds
payable to the order of the Company and delivered to Computershare at the Corporate Agency Office,
or (y) to Computershare, wire transfers in immediately available funds to the account of the
Company at such banking institution as the Company shall have given notice to the Warrant Agent and
the Holders in accordance with Section 13.1(b); or
If fewer than all the Warrants represented by a Warrant Certificate are exercised, such
Warrant Certificate shall be surrendered and a new Warrant Certificate of the same tenor and for
the number of Warrants which were not exercised shall be executed by the Company. The Warrant
Agent shall countersign the new Warrant Certificate, registered in such name or names, subject to
the provisions of Article 9, as may be directed in writing by the Holder, and shall deliver the new
Warrant Certificate to the Person or Persons in whose name such new Warrant Certificate is so
registered. The Company, whenever required by the Warrant Agent, will supply the Warrant Agent
with Warrant Certificates duly executed on behalf of the Company for such purpose.
(ii) Cashless Exercise. In lieu of exercising the Warrant, the Holder may elect to receive
shares of Common Stock equal to the value of the Warrant (or the portion thereof being canceled) by
surrender of the Warrant at the principal office of the Company together with notice of such
election, in which event the Company shall issue to the Holder a number of shares of Common Stock
computed using the following formula:
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the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to the Holder. |
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the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable under the Warrant. |
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For purposes of the Warrant, the fair market value of the Companys Common Stock shall be
determined as follows:
a. If the Common Stock is listed on a National Securities Exchange or admitted to unlisted
trading privileges on such exchange or listed for trading on the Nasdaq system, the current market
value shall be the last reported sale price of the Common Stock on such exchange or system on the
last business day prior to the date of exercise of the Warrant or, if no such sale is made on such
day, the average of the closing bid and asked prices for such day on such exchange or system; or
b. If the Common Stock is not so listed or admitted, the current market shall be the average
of the closing bid and asked prices as quoted by the OTC Bulletin Board; or
c. If the Common Stock is not so listed or admitted to unlisted trading privileges, the
current market value shall be the mean of the last reported bid and asked prices reported by the
National Quotation Bureau, Inc. on the last business day prior to the date of the exercise of the
Warrant; or
d. If the Common Stock is not so listed or admitted to unlisted trading privileges and bid and
asked prices are not so reported, the current market value shall be an amount, not less than book
value thereof as at the end of the most recent fiscal year of the Company ending prior to the date
of the exercise of the Warrant, determined in such reasonable manner as may be prescribed by the
Board of Directors of the Company.
(d) Issuance of Warrant Shares. Upon surrender of a Warrant Certificate evidencing Warrants
in conformity with the foregoing provisions and payment of the Warrant Price in respect of the
exercise of one or more Warrants evidenced thereby, the Warrant Agent shall, when such payment is
received, deliver to the Company the notice of exercise received pursuant to Section 3.2(c), and,
in accordance with Section 3.3, deliver or deposit all funds received as instructed in writing by
the Company and advise the Company by means of a weekly activity report of the amount of funds so
deposited to its account. The Company shall thereupon, as promptly as practicable, and in any
event within three Business Days after receipt by the Company of such notice of exercise, execute
or cause to be executed and deliver or cause to be delivered to the Recipient (as defined below) a
certificate or certificates representing the aggregate number of Warrant Shares issuable upon such
exercise (based upon the aggregate number of Warrants so exercised), determined in accordance with
Section 3.6, together with an amount in cash in lieu of any fractional share(s) determined in
accordance with Section 6.4. The certificate or certificates so delivered shall be, to the extent
possible, in such denomination or
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denominations as such Holder shall request in such notice of exercise and shall be registered
or otherwise placed in the name of, and delivered to, the Holder or, such other Person as shall be
designated by the Holder in such notice (the Holder or such other Person being referred to herein
as the Recipient).
(d) Time of Exercise. A Warrant shall be deemed to have been exercised immediately prior to
the close of business on the date on which all requirements set forth in Section 3.2(c) applicable
to such exercise have been satisfied. Subject to Section 6.1(e)(iv), certificate(s) evidencing the
Warrant Shares issued upon the exercise of such Warrant shall be deemed to have been issued and,
for all purposes of this Agreement, the Recipient shall, as between such Person and the Company, be
deemed to be and entitled to all rights of the holder of record of such Warrant Shares as of such
time.
Section 3.3 Application of Funds Upon Exercise of Warrants. Any funds delivered to
Computershare upon exercise of any Warrant(s) shall be held by Computershare pending delivery to
the Company. Computershare shall promptly deliver and pay to or upon the written order of the
Company all funds received by it upon the exercise of any Warrants by bank wire transfer to an
account designated by the Company or as Computershare otherwise may be directed in writing by the
Company.
Section 3.4 Payment of Taxes. The Company shall pay any and all taxes (other than income
taxes) and other charges that may be payable in respect of the issue or delivery of Warrant Shares
on exercise of Warrants pursuant hereto. Neither the Company nor the Warrant Agent shall be
required, however, to pay any tax or other charge imposed in respect of any transfer involved in
the issue and delivery of any certificates for Warrant Shares or payment of cash to any Recipient
other than the Holder of the Warrant Certificate surrendered upon the exercise of a Warrant, and in
case of such transfer or payment, the Warrant Agent and the Company shall not be required to issue
or deliver any certificate or, in the case of Computershare, pay any cash until (a) such tax or
charge has been paid or an amount sufficient for the payment thereof has been delivered to the
Warrant Agent or the Company or (b) it has been established to the Companys satisfaction that any
such tax or other charge that is or may become due has been paid.
Section 3.5 Surrender of Certificates. Any Warrant Certificate surrendered for exercise
shall, if surrendered to the Company, be delivered to the Warrant Agent, and all Warrant
Certificates surrendered or so delivered to the Warrant Agent shall be promptly cancelled by such
Warrant Agent and shall not be reissued by the Company. Warrant Certificates shall be retained by
the Company in accordance with applicable law.
Section 3.6 Shares Issuable. The number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of
Warrants at any time shall be the number of Warrant Shares into which such Warrants are then
exercisable. The number of Warrant Shares into which each Warrant is exercisable initially shall
be one share, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 6.1.
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ARTICLE 4
REGISTRATION RIGHTS
The Warrantholders and holders of Warrant Shares shall have the registration rights provided
for in the Registration Rights Agreement; provided, however, that Blue Trading, LLC is party to a
separate Piggyback Registration Rights Agreement (the Blue Trading Registration Rights
Agreement). The Company shall keep copies of the Registration Rights Agreement available for
inspection by the Holders (other than Blue Trading, LLC) and the Blue Trading Registration Rights
Agreement for inspection by Blue Trading, LLC during normal business hours at its office. The
Company shall supply the Warrant Agent from time to time with such numbers of copies of such
agreements as the Warrant Agent may request.
ARTICLE 5
DISSOLUTION, LIQUIDATION OR WINDING UP
If, on or prior to the Expiration Date, the Company (or any other Person controlling the
Company) shall propose a voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the
affairs of the Company, the Company shall give written notice thereof to the Warrant Agent and all
Holders of Warrant Certificates in the manner provided in Article 13 prior to the date on which
such transaction is expected to become effective or, if earlier, the record date for such
transaction. Such notice shall also specify the date as of which the holders of record of the
Common Stock shall be entitled to exchange their shares for monies, securities or other property
deliverable upon such dissolution, liquidation or winding up, as the case may be, on which date
each Holder of Warrant Certificates shall be entitled to receive the monies, securities or other
property which such Holder would have been entitled to receive had such Holder been the holder of
record of the Warrant Shares into which the Warrants were exercisable immediately prior to such
dissolution, liquidation or winding up (net of the then applicable Warrant Price) and the rights to
exercise the Warrants shall terminate.
In case of any such voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the
Company, the Company shall deposit with the Warrant Agent any monies, securities or other property
which the Holders are entitled to receive under this Agreement, together with a Company Order as to
the distribution thereof. After receipt of such deposit from the Company and after any Holder has
surrendered a Warrant Certificate to the Warrant Agent, the Warrant Agent shall make payment in the
appropriate amount to such Person or Persons as it may be directed in writing by the Holder
surrendering such Warrant Certificate. The Warrant Agent shall not be required to pay interest on
any money deposited pursuant to the provisions of this Article 5 except such as it shall agree with
the Company to pay thereon. Any monies, securities or other property which at any time shall be
deposited by the Company or on its behalf with the Warrant Agent pursuant to this Article 5 shall
be, and are hereby, assigned, transferred and set over to the Warrant Agent in trust for the
purpose for which such monies, securities or other property shall have been deposited; provided
that monies, securities or other property need not be segregated from other monies, securities or
other property held by the Warrant Agent except to the extent required by law.
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ARTICLE 6
ADJUSTMENTS
Section 6.1 Adjustments. The number of Warrant Shares into which each Warrant is exercisable
and the Warrant Price shall be subject to adjustment from time to time after the date hereof in
accordance (and only in accordance) with the provisions of this Article 6:
(a) Adjustment for Recapitalization, Reorganization, Consolidation, Merger, Etc. In
case (i) the outstanding shares of the Common Stock shall be subdivided into a greater number of
shares, (ii) a dividend or other distribution in Common Stock shall be paid in respect of Common
Stock, (iii) the outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be combined into a smaller number of
shares thereof, or (iv) any shares of the Companys capital stock are issued by reclassification of
the Common Stock (including any reclassification upon a consolidation or merger in which the
Company is the continuing corporation), the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such
subdivision, combination or reclassification or at the record date of such dividend or distribution
shall simultaneously with the effectiveness of such subdivision, combination or reclassification or
immediately after the record date of such dividend or distribution be proportionately adjusted to
equal the product obtained by multiplying the Exercise Price by a fraction, the numerator of which
is the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock (on a fully diluted basis) after giving effect
to such combination, subdivision, reclassification or dividend and the denominator of which is the
number of outstanding shares of Common Stock (on a fully diluted basis) outstanding immediately
prior to such combination, subdivision, reclassification or dividend.
(b) For purposes of the Warrant, on a fully diluted basis means that all outstanding
options, rights or Warrants to subscribe for shares of Common Stock and all securities convertible
into or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock (such options, rights, Warrants and securities are
collectively referred to herein as Convertible Securities) and all options or rights to acquire
Convertible Securities have been exercised, converted or exchanged.
(c) Whenever the Exercise Price per share is adjusted as provided in the immediately preceding
paragraph, the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable upon conversion of the Warrant
immediately prior to such Exercise Price adjustment shall be adjusted, effective simultaneous with
the Exercise Price adjustment, to equal the product obtained (calculated to the nearest full share)
by multiplying such number of shares of Common Stock by a fraction, the numerator of which is the
Exercise Price per share in effect immediately prior to such Exercise Price adjustment and the
denominator of which is the Exercise Price per share in effect upon such Exercise Price adjustment,
which adjusted number of shares of Common Stock shall thereupon be the number of shares of Common
Stock purchasable upon conversion of the Warrant until further adjusted as provided herein.
(d) Adjustment for Reorganization, Consolidation, Merger, Liquidation Etc. In case of
any reorganization of the Company (or any other corporation, the securities of which are at the
time receivable on the exercise of the Warrant) after the date hereof or in case after such date
the Company (or any such other corporation) shall consolidate with or merge into another
corporation or convey all or substantially all of its assets to another corporation or
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liquidate, then, and in each such case, the Holder of the Warrant upon the exercise thereof as
provided in Section 1 at any time after the consummation of such reorganization, consolidation,
merger, conveyance or liquidation, shall be entitled to receive, in lieu of the securities and
property receivable upon the exercise of the Warrant prior to such consummation, the securities or
property to which such Holder would have been entitled upon such consummation if such Holder had
exercised the Warrant immediately prior thereto; in each such case, the terms of the Warrant shall
be applicable to the securities or property receivable upon the exercise of the Warrant after such
consummation.
(e) No Dilution. The Company will not, by amendment of its Certificate of
Incorporation or through reorganization, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of
securities, sale of assets or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or
performance of any of the terms of the Warrant, but will at all times in good faith assist in the
carrying out of all such terms and in the taking of all such action as may be necessary or
appropriate in order to protect the rights of the Holder of the Warrant against dilution or other
impairment. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, while the Warrant is outstanding, the
Company (a) will not permit the par value, if any, of the shares of Common Stock receivable upon
the exercise of the Warrant to be above the amount payable therefor upon such exercise and (b) will
take all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and
legally issue or sell fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of the
Warrant.
(f) Certificate as to Adjustments. In each case of an adjustment in the number of
shares of Warrant Shares receivable on the exercise of the Warrant, the Company at its expense will
promptly compute such adjustment in accordance with the terms of the Warrant and prepare a
certificate executed by an executive officer of the Company setting forth such adjustment and
showing in detail the facts upon which such adjustment is based. The Company will forthwith mail a
copy of each such certificate to the Holder.
(g) Notices of Record Date, Etc. In case:
(i) the Company shall take a record of the holders of its Common Stock for the purpose of
entitling them to receive any dividend (other than a cash dividend at the same rate as the rate of
the last cash dividend theretofore paid) or other distribution, or any right to subscribe for,
purchase or otherwise acquire any shares of stock of any class or any other securities, or to
receive any other right; or
(ii) of any capital reorganization of the Company, any reclassification of the capital stock
of the Company, any consolidation or merger of the Company with or into another corporation, or any
conveyance of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company to another corporation; or
(iii) of any voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company,
then, and in each such case, the Company shall mail or cause to be mailed to each Holder of the
Warrant at the time outstanding a notice specifying, as the case may be, (i) the date on which a
record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution or right, and stating the
amount and character of such dividend, distribution or right, or (ii) the date on which
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such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, conveyance, dissolution, liquidation
or winding up is to take place, and the time, if any, is to be fixed, as to which the holders of
record of Common Stock (or such other securities at the time receivable upon the exercise of the
Warrant) shall be entitled to exchange their shares of Common Stock (or such other securities) for
securities or other property deliverable upon such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation,
merger, conveyance, dissolution, liquidation or winding up. Such notice shall be mailed at least 20
days prior to the date therein specified and the Warrant may be exercised prior to said date during
the term of the Warrant.
ARTICLE 7
LOSS OR MUTILATION
Upon (i) receipt by the Warrant Agent of an affidavit with respect to the ownership of and the
loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of any Warrant Certificate and an open penalty surety bond
satisfactory to the Warrant Agent holding both it and the Company harmless and other such security
or indemnity as may be reasonably required to save each of them harmless and (ii) surrender, in the
case of mutilation, of the mutilated Warrant Certificate to the Warrant Agent and cancellation
thereof, then, in the absence of notice to the Company or the Warrant Agent that the Warrants
evidenced thereby have been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute and upon
its written request the Warrant Agent shall countersign and deliver to the registered Holder of the
lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Warrant Certificate, in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof,
a new Warrant Certificate of the same tenor and for a like aggregate number of Warrants. At the
written request of such registered Holder, the new Warrant Certificate so issued shall be retained
by the Warrant Agent as having been surrendered for exercise, in lieu of delivery thereof to such
Holder, and shall be deemed for purposes of Section 3.2 to have been surrendered for exercise on
the date the conditions specified in clauses (i) and (ii) of the preceding sentence were first
satisfied.
Upon the issuance of any new Warrant Certificate under this Article 7, the Company may require
the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed
in relation thereto and other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Warrant Agent and of
counsel to the Company) in connection therewith.
Every new Warrant Certificate executed and delivered pursuant to this Article 7 in lieu of any
lost, stolen or destroyed Warrant Certificate shall constitute an additional contractual obligation
of the Company, whether or not the allegedly lost, stolen or destroyed Warrant Certificate shall be
at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to the benefits of this Agreement equally
and proportionately with any and all other Warrant Certificates duly executed and delivered
hereunder.
The provisions of this Article 7 are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all
other rights or remedies with respect to the replacement of mutilated, lost, stolen, or destroyed
Warrant Certificates.
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ARTICLE 8
RESERVATION AND AUTHORIZATION OF WARRANT SHARES
The Company shall at all times reserve and keep available, free from preemptive rights, solely
for issue upon the exercise of Warrants as herein provided, such number of its authorized but
unissued Warrant Shares deliverable upon the exercise of Warrants as will be sufficient to permit
the exercise in full of all outstanding Warrants. The Company covenants that all Warrant Shares
will, at all times that Warrants are exercisable, be duly approved for listing subject to official
notice of issuance on each securities exchange, if any, on which the Common Stock are then listed.
The Company covenants that (i) all Warrant Shares that may be issued upon exercise of Warrants
shall, upon issuance, be duly and validly authorized, issued and fully paid and nonassessable and
free of preemptive or similar rights, (ii) the Warrant Shares and the offering thereof are either
registered or subject to a valid exemption from registration under the Securities Act and (iii) the
stock certificates issued to evidence any such Warrant Shares will comply with the Delaware General
Corporation Law and any other applicable law.
The Company hereby authorizes and directs its current and future transfer agents for the
Common Stock at all times to reserve stock certificates for such number of authorized shares as
shall be requisite for such purpose. The Warrant Agent is hereby authorized to requisition from
time to time from any such transfer agents stock certificates required to honor outstanding
Warrants upon exercise thereof in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, and the Company
hereby authorizes and directs such transfer agents to comply with all such requests of the Warrant
Agent. The Company will supply such transfer agents with duly executed stock certificates for such
purposes. Promptly after the date of expiration of all of the Warrants in accordance with Section
3.2(c), the Warrant Agent shall certify to the Company the aggregate number of Warrants then
outstanding, and thereafter no Warrant Shares shall be reserved in respect of such Warrants.
ARTICLE 9
WARRANT TRANSFER BOOKS
The Warrant Agent will maintain an office (the Corporate Agency Office) in the United States
of America, where Warrant Certificates may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange
and where Warrant Certificates may be surrendered for exercise of Warrants evidenced thereby, which
office is Computershare Trust Company, N.A., 525 Washington Blvd. Suite 4690, Jersey City, N.J.
07310, on the date hereof. The Warrant Agent will give prompt written notice to all Holders of
Warrant Certificates of any change in the location of such office.
The Warrant Certificates evidencing the Warrants shall be issued in registered form only. The
Company shall cause to be kept at the office of the Warrant Agent designated for such purpose a
warrant register (the Warrant Register) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as the
Warrant Agent may prescribe and such regulations as may be prescribed by law, the Company shall
provide for the registration of Warrant Certificates and of transfers or exchanges of Warrant
Certificates as herein provided.
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Subject to Section 2.4, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Warrant Certificate
at the Corporate Agency Office, the Company shall execute, and the Warrant Agent shall countersign
and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Warrant
Certificates evidencing a like aggregate number of Warrants.
Subject to Section 2.4, (i) at the option of the Holder, Warrant Certificates may be exchanged
at the office of the Warrant Agent upon payment of the charges hereinafter provided for other
Warrant Certificates evidencing a like aggregate number of Warrants and (ii) whenever any Warrant
Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Warrant Agent
shall countersign and deliver, the Warrant Certificates of the same tenor and evidencing the same
number of Warrants as evidenced by the Warrant Certificates surrendered by the Holder making the
exchange.
All Warrant Certificates issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Warrant
Certificates shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same obligations, and
entitled to the same benefits under this Agreement, as the Warrant Certificates surrendered for
such registration of transfer or exchange.
Subject to Section 2.4, every Warrant Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or
exchange shall (if so required by the Company or the Warrant Agent) be duly endorsed, or be
accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Warrant
Agent, duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
The Warrant Agent shall, upon request of the Company from time to time, deliver to the Company
such reports of registered ownership of the Warrants and such records of transactions with respect
to the Warrants and the Warrant Shares as the Company may request. The Warrant Agent shall also
make available to the Company for inspection by the Companys agents or employees, from time to
time as the Company may request, such original books of accounts and records maintained by the
Warrant Agent in connection with the issuance and exercise of Warrants hereunder, such inspections
to occur at the Corporate Agency Office during normal business hours.
The Warrant Agent shall keep copies of this Agreement and any notices given to Holders
hereunder available for inspection by the Holders during normal business hours at the Corporate
Agency Office. The Company shall supply the Warrant Agent from time to time with such numbers of
copies of this Agreement as the Warrant Agent may request.
ARTICLE 10
WARRANTHOLDERS
Section 10.1 No Voting or Dividend Rights. Prior to the exercise of the Warrants, except as
may be specifically provided for herein, (i) no Holder of a Warrant Certificate, as such, shall be
entitled to any of the rights of a holder of Common Stock, including, without limitation, the right
to vote at or to receive any notice of any meetings of stockholders; (ii) the consent of any Holder
shall not be required with respect to any action or proceeding of the Company; (iii) except as
provided in Article 5, no Holder, by reason of the ownership or possession of a
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Warrant or the Warrant Certificate representing the same, shall have any right to receive any
stock or cash dividends, allotments or rights or other distributions paid, allotted or distributed
or distributable to the stockholders of the Company prior to, or for which the relevant record date
preceded, the date of the exercise of such Warrant; and (iv) no Holder shall have any right not
expressly conferred by this Agreement or Warrant Certificate held by such Holder.
Section 10.2 Treatment of Holders of Warrant Certificates. Every Holder of a Warrant
Certificate, by accepting the same, consents and agrees with the Company, with the Warrant Agent
and with every subsequent holder of such Warrant Certificate that, prior to due presentment of such
Warrant Certificate for registration of transfer, the Company and the Warrant Agent may treat the
Person in whose name the Warrant Certificate is registered as the owner thereof for all purposes
and as the Person entitled to exercise the rights granted under the Warrants, and neither the
Company, the Warrant Agent nor any agent thereof shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
Section 10.3 Communications to Holders. (a) If any Holder of a Warrant Certificate applies
in writing to the Warrant Agent and such application states that the applicant desires to
communicate with other Holders with respect to its rights under this Agreement or under the
Warrants, then the Warrant Agent shall, within five (5) Business Days after the receipt of such
application, and upon payment to the Warrant Agent by such applicant of the reasonable expenses of
preparing such list, provide to such applicant a list of the names and addresses of all Holders of
Warrant Certificates as of the most recent practicable date.
(b Every Holder of Warrant Certificates, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the
Company and the Warrant Agent that neither the Company nor the Warrant Agent nor any agent of
either of them shall be held accountable by reason of the disclosure of any such information as to
the names and addresses of the Holders in accordance with Section 10.3(a).
ARTICLE 11
CONCERNING THE WARRANT AGENT
Section 11.1 Nature of Duties and Responsibilities Assumed. The Company hereby appoints the
Warrant Agent to act as agent of the Company as set forth in this Agreement. The Warrant Agent
hereby accepts the appointment as agent of the Company and agrees to perform that agency upon the
terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement or as the Company and the Warrant Agent may
hereafter agree, by all of which the Company, by its acceptance thereof, shall be bound; provided,
however, that the terms and conditions contained in the Warrant Certificates are subject to and
governed by this Agreement or any other terms and conditions hereafter agreed to by the Company and
the Warrant Agent.
The Warrant Agent shall not, by countersigning Warrant Certificates or by any other act
hereunder, be deemed to make any representations as to validity or authorization of (i) the
Warrants or the Warrant Certificates (except as to its countersignature thereon), (ii) any
securities or other property delivered upon exercise of any Warrant, (iii) the accuracy of the
computation of the number or kind or amount of stock or other securities or other property
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deliverable upon exercise of any Warrant or (iv) the correctness of any of the representations
of the Company made in such certificates that the Warrant Agent receives. The Warrant Agent shall
not at any time have any duty to calculate or determine whether any facts exist that may require
any adjustments pursuant to Article 6 hereof with respect to the kind and amount of shares or other
securities or any property issuable to Holders upon the exercise of Warrants required from time to
time. The Warrant Agent shall have no duty or responsibility to determine the accuracy or
correctness of such calculation or with respect to the methods employed in making the same. The
Warrant Agent shall not be accountable with respect to the validity or value (or the kind or
amount) of any Warrant Shares or of any securities or property which may at any time be issued or
delivered upon the exercise of any Warrant or upon any adjustment pursuant to Article 6 hereof, and
it makes no representation with respect thereto. The Warrant Agent shall not be responsible for
any failure of the Company to make any cash payment or to issue, transfer or deliver any Warrant
Shares or stock certificates or other securities or property upon the surrender of any Warrant
Certificate for the purpose of exercise or upon any adjustment pursuant to Article 6 hereof or to
comply with any of the covenants of the Company contained in Article 12 hereof.
The Warrant Agent shall not (i) be liable for any recital or statement of fact contained
herein or in the Warrant Certificates or for any action taken, offered or omitted by it in good
faith on the belief that any Warrant Certificate or any other documents or any signatures are
genuine or properly authorized, (ii) be responsible for any failure on the part of the Company to
comply with any of its covenants and obligations contained in this Agreement or in the Warrant
Certificates or (iii) be liable for any act or omission in connection with this Agreement except
for its own gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct.
The Warrant Agent is hereby authorized to accept and is protected in accepting instructions
with respect to the performance of its duties hereunder by Company Order and to apply to any such
officer named in such Company Order for instructions (which instructions will be promptly given in
writing when requested), and the Warrant Agent shall be indemnified and held harmless for any
action taken or suffered to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the instructions in any
Company Order.
The Warrant Agent may execute and exercise any of the rights and powers hereby vested in it or
perform any duty hereunder either itself or by or through its attorneys, agents or employees,
provided that reasonable care has been exercised in the selection and in the continued employment
of any such attorney, agent or employee. The Warrant Agent shall not be under any obligation or
duty to institute, appear in or defend any action, suit or legal proceeding in respect hereof,
unless first indemnified to its satisfaction, but this provision shall not affect the power of the
Warrant Agent to take such action as the Warrant Agent may consider proper, whether with or without
such indemnity. The Warrant Agent shall promptly notify the Company in writing of any claim made
or action, suit or proceeding instituted against it arising out of or in connection with this
Agreement.
The Company shall perform, execute, acknowledge and deliver or cause to be performed,
executed, acknowledged and delivered all such further acts, instruments and assurances as may
reasonably be required by the Warrant Agent in order to enable it to carry out or perform its
duties under this Agreement.
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The Warrant Agent shall act solely as agent of the Company hereunder and does not assume any
obligation or relationship of agency or trust for or with any of the Holders or any beneficial
owners of Warrants. The Warrant Agent shall not be liable except for the failure to perform such
duties as are specifically set forth herein or specifically set forth in the Warrant Certificates,
and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Agreement against the Warrant Agent
whose duties and obligations shall be determined solely by the express provisions hereof or the
express provisions of the Warrant Certificates.
Section 11.2 Right to Consult Counsel. The Warrant Agent may at any time consult with legal
counsel satisfactory to it (who may be legal counsel for the Company), and the Warrant Agent shall
incur no liability or responsibility to the Company or to any Holder for any action taken, suffered
or omitted by it in good faith in accordance with the opinion or advice of such counsel.
Section 11.3 Compensation, Reimbursement and Indemnification. The Company agrees to pay the
Warrant Agent from time to time compensation for all fees and expenses relating to its services
hereunder as the Company and the Warrant Agent may agree from time to time and to reimburse the
Warrant Agent for reasonable expenses and disbursements, including reasonable counsel fees and
expenses incurred in connection with the execution and administration of this Agreement. The
Company further agrees to indemnify the Warrant Agent for and save it harmless against any losses,
liabilities or reasonable expenses arising out of or in connection with the acceptance and
administration of this Agreement, including the reasonable costs, legal fees and expenses of
investigating or defending any claim of such liability, except that the Company shall have no
liability hereunder to the extent that any such loss, liability or expense results from the Warrant
Agents own gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct.
Section 11.4 Warrant Agent May Hold Company Securities. The Warrant Agent, any Countersigning
Agent and any stockholder, director, officer or employee of the Warrant Agent or any Countersigning
Agent may buy, sell or deal in any of the Warrants or other securities of the Company or its
Affiliates, become pecuniarily interested in transactions in which the Company or its Affiliates
may be interested, contract with or lend money to the Company or its Affiliates or otherwise act as
fully and freely as though it were not the Warrant Agent or the Countersigning Agent, respectively,
under this Agreement. Nothing herein shall preclude the Warrant Agent or any Countersigning Agent
from acting in any other capacity for the Company or for any other legal entity.
Section 11.5 Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor. (a) The Warrant Agent may
resign its duties and be discharged from all further duties and liability hereunder (except
liability arising as a result of the Warrant Agents own gross negligence or willful misconduct)
after giving thirty (30) days prior written notice to the Company. The Company may remove the
Warrant Agent upon thirty (30) days written notice, and the Warrant Agent shall thereupon in like
manner be discharged from all further duties and liabilities hereunder, except as aforesaid. The
Warrant Agent shall, at the expense of the Company, cause notice to be given in accordance with
Section 13.1(b) to each Holder of a Warrant Certificate of said notice of resignation or notice of
removal, as the case may be. Upon such resignation or removal, the Company shall appoint in
writing a new Warrant Agent. If the Company shall fail to make such appointment within a period of
thirty (30) calendar days after it has been notified in writing of
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such resignation by the resigning Warrant Agent or after such removal, then the Holder of any
Warrant Certificate may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a new
Warrant Agent. Any new Warrant Agent, whether appointed by the Company or by such a court, shall
be a corporation doing business under the laws of the United States or any state thereof in good
standing, authorized under such laws to act as Warrant Agent, and having a combined capital and
surplus of not less than $50,000,000. The combined capital and surplus of any such new Warrant
Agent shall be deemed to be the combined capital and surplus as set forth in the most recent annual
report of its condition published by such Warrant Agent prior to its appointment, provided that
such reports are published at least annually pursuant to law or to the requirements of a Federal or
state supervising or examining authority. After acceptance in writing of such appointment by the
new Warrant Agent, it shall be vested with the same powers, rights, duties and responsibilities as
if it had been originally named herein as the Warrant Agent, without any further assurance,
conveyance, act or deed; but if for any reason it shall be reasonably necessary or expedient to
execute and deliver any further assurance, conveyance, act or deed, the same shall be done at the
reasonable expense of the Company and shall be legally and validly executed and delivered by the
resigning or removed Warrant Agent. Not later than the effective date of any such appointment, the
Company shall file notice thereof with the resigning or removed Warrant Agent. Failure to give any
notice provided for in this Section 11.5(a), however, or any defect therein, shall not affect the
legality or validity of the resignation or removal of the Warrant Agent or the appointment of a new
Warrant Agent, as the case may be.
(b) Any corporation into which the Warrant Agent or any new Warrant Agent that be merged, or
any corporation resulting from any consolidation to which the Warrant Agent or any new Warrant
Agent shall be a party, shall be a successor Warrant Agent under this Agreement without any further
act, provided that such corporation would be eligible for appointment as successor to the Warrant
Agent under the provisions of Section 11.5(a). Any such successor Warrant Agent shall promptly
cause notice of its succession as Warrant Agent to be given in accordance with Section 13.1(b) to
each Holder of a Warrant Certificate at such Holders last address as shown on the Warrant
Register.
Section 11.6 Appointment of Countersigning Agent. (a) The Warrant Agent may appoint a
Countersigning Agent or Agents which shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Warrant Agent to
countersign Warrant Certificates issued upon original issue and upon exchange, registration of
transfer or pursuant to Article 7, and Warrant Certificates so countersigned shall be entitled to
the benefits of this Agreement equally and proportionately with any and all other Warrant
Certificates duly executed and delivered hereunder. Wherever reference is made in this Agreement
to the countersignature and delivery of Warrant Certificates by the Warrant Agent or to Warrant
Certificates countersigned by the Warrant Agent, such reference shall be deemed to include
countersignature and delivery on behalf of the Warrant Agent by a Countersigning Agent and Warrant
Certificates countersigned by a Countersigning Agent. Each Countersigning Agent shall be
acceptable to the Company and shall at the time of appointment be a corporation doing business
under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof in good standing, authorized
under such laws to act as Countersigning Agent, and having a combined capital and surplus of not
less than $50,000,000. The combined capital and surplus of any such new Countersigning Agent shall
be deemed to be the combined capital and surplus as set forth in the most recent annual report of
its condition published by such
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Countersigning Agent prior to its appointment, provided that such reports are published at
least annually pursuant to law or to the requirements of a Federal or state supervising or
examining authority.
(b) Any corporation into which a Countersigning Agent may be merged, or any corporation
resulting from any consolidation to which such Countersigning Agent shall be a party, shall be a
successor Countersigning Agent without any further act, provided that such corporation would be
eligible for appointment as a new Countersigning Agent under the provisions of Section 11.6(a),
without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the Warrant Agent or
the Countersigning Agent. Any such successor Countersigning Agent shall promptly cause notice of
its succession as Countersigning Agent to be given in accordance with Section 13.1(b) to each
Holder of a Warrant Certificate at such Holders last address as shown on the Warrant Register.
(c) A Countersigning Agent may resign at any time by giving thirty (30) days prior written
notice thereof to the Warrant Agent and to the Company. The Warrant Agent may at any time
terminate the agency of a Countersigning Agent by giving thirty (30) days prior written notice
thereof to such Countersigning Agent and to the Company.
(d) The Warrant Agent agrees to pay to each Countersigning Agent from time to time reasonable
compensation for its services under this Section, and the Warrant Agent shall be entitled to be
reimbursed for such payments, subject to the provisions of Section 11.3.
(e) Any Countersigning Agent shall have the same rights and immunities as those of the Warrant
Agent set forth in Section 11.1.
ARTICLE 12
ADDITIONAL COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY
Section 12.1 Reports to Holders. (a) Whether or not required by Sections 13 or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act, the Company shall file with the SEC within any applicable time periods it prescribes
(i) such annual reports as would be required by Sections 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act,
(ii) quarterly reports for each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year and
(iii) all other reports and information as would be required by Sections 13 or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act. Within fifteen (15) days after the same shall be filed with the SEC, the Company
shall file with the Warrant Agent, and supply to each Holder of Warrants, without cost to such
Holder, copies of such reports or other information, unless such reports and information are filed
by EDGAR with the SEC.
(b) The Company shall provide the Warrant Agent with a sufficient number of copies of all
reports and other documents and information that the Warrant Agent may be required to deliver to
the Holders of the Warrants under this Section 12.1.
Section 12.2 Compliance with Agreements. The Company shall comply in all material respects
with the terms and conditions of each of the Registration Rights Agreement and the Blue Trading
Registration Rights Agreement.
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Section 12.3 Maintenance of Office. So long as any of the Warrants remain outstanding, the
Company will maintain in the City of New York the following: (a) an office or agency where the
Warrants may be presented for exercise, (b) an office or agency where the Warrants may be presented
for registration of transfer and for exchange as in this Agreement provided and (c) an office or
agency where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Warrants or of this
Agreement may be served. The Company will give to the Warrant Agent written notice of the location
of any such office or agency and of any change of location thereof. The Company hereby initially
designates the office of the Warrant Agent at Computershare Trust Company, N.A., 525 Washington
Blvd.-Suite 4690, Jersey City, N.J. 07310, or such other location as the Company may designate upon
notice from the Warrant Agent as the office or agency for each such purpose. In case the Company
shall fail to maintain any such office or agency or shall fail to give such notice of the location
or of any change in the location thereof, presentations and demands may be made and notices may be
served at the Corporate Agency Office.
ARTICLE 13
NOTICES
Section 13.1 Notices Generally. (a) Any request, notice, direction, authorization, consent,
waiver, demand or other communication permitted or authorized by this Agreement to be made upon;
given or furnished to or filed with the Company or the Warrant Agent by the other party hereto or
by any Holder shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if in writing (including telecopy
communication) and telecopied or delivered by hand (including by courier service) as follows:
If to the Company, to it at:
Marshall Edwards, Inc.
140 Wicks Road, North Ryde
NSW, 2113 Australia
Attention: David R. Seaton
Fax: +61 2 9878-8474
or
If to the Warrant Agent, to it at:
Computershare Trust Company, N.A.
250 Royal Street
Canton, Massachusetts 02021
Attn: Corporate Actions Department
or, in either case, such other address as shall have been set forth in a notice delivered in
accordance with this Section 13.1(a).
All such communications shall, when so telecopied or delivered by hand, be effective when
telecopied with confirmation of receipt or received by the addressee, respectively.
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Any Person that telecopies any communication hereunder to any Person shall, on the same date
as such telecopy is transmitted, also send, by first class mail, postage prepaid and addressed to
such Person as specified above, an original copy of the communication so transmitted.
(b) Where this Agreement provides for notice to Holders of any event, such notice shall be
sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed,
first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder affected by such event, at the address of such Holder
as it appears in the Warrant Register, not later than the latest date, and not earlier than the
earliest date, prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case where notice to Holders is
given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to
any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders.
Where this Agreement provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the
Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be
the equivalent of such notice.
In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it
shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail, then such notification as shall be made by a
method approved by the Warrant Agent as one which would be most reliable under the circumstances
for successfully delivering the notice to the addressees shall constitute a sufficient notification
for every purpose hereunder.
Section 13.2 Required Notices to Holders. In case the Company shall propose (i) to pay any
dividend payable in stock of any class to the holders of its Common Stock or to make any other
distribution to the holders of its Common Stock for which an adjustment is required to be made
pursuant to Article 6, (ii) to distribute to the holders of its Common Stock rights to subscribe
for or to purchase any Additional Common Stock or shares of stock of any class or any other
securities, rights or options, (iii) to effect any reclassification of its Common Stock, (iv) to
effect any transaction described in Section 6.1(g) or (v) to effect the liquidation, dissolution or
winding up of the Company, then, and in each such case, the Company shall cause to be filed with
the Warrant Agent and shall give to each Holder of a Warrant Certificate, in accordance with
Section 13.1(b), a notice of such proposed action or event. Such notice shall specify (x) the date
on which a record is to be taken for the purposes of such dividend or distribution; and (y) the
date on which such reclassification, transaction, event, liquidation, dissolution or winding up is
expected to become effective and the date as of which it is expected that holders of Common Stock
of record shall be entitled to exchange their Common Stock for securities, cash or other property
deliverable upon such reclassification, transaction, event, liquidation, dissolution or winding up.
Such notice shall be given, in the case of any action covered by clause (i) or (ii) above, at
least ten (10) days prior to the record date for determining holders of the Common Stock for
purposes of such action or, in the case of any action covered by clauses (iii) through (v), at
least twenty (20) days prior to the applicable effective or expiration date specified above or, in
any such case, prior to such earlier time as notice thereof shall be required to be given pursuant
to Rule 10b-17 under the Exchange Act, if applicable.
If at any time the Company shall cancel any of the proposed transactions for which notice has
been given under this Section 13.2 prior to the consummation thereof, the Company shall give each
Holder prompt notice of such cancellation in accordance with Section 13.1(b) hereof.
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ARTICLE 14
APPLICABLE LAW
THIS AGREEMENT, EACH WARRANT CERTIFICATE ISSUED HEREUNDER, EACH WARRANT EVIDENCED THEREBY AND ALL
RIGHTS ARISING HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK.
EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO CONSENTS TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF ANY COURT LOCATED WITHIN
THE CITY, COUNTY AND STATE OF NEW YORK. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO FURTHER IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO
THE SERVICE OF PROCESS OUT OF ANY OF THE AFOREMENTIONED COURTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK. NOTHING HEREIN SHALL IN ANY WAY BE DEEMED TO LIMIT THE ABILITY OF EITHER PARTY
HERETO TO SERVE ANY SUCH LEGAL PROCESS, SUMMONS, NOTICES AND DOCUMENTS IN ANY OTHER MANNER
PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR TO OBTAIN JURISDICTION OVER OR TO BRING ACTIONS, SUITS OR
PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THE OTHER PARTY HERETO IN SUCH OTHER JURISDICTIONS, AND IN SUCH MANNER, AS MAY
BE PERMITTED BY ANY APPLICABLE LAW.
ARTICLE 15
PERSONS BENEFITING
This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Company and the Warrant
Agent, and their respective successors and assigns. Nothing in this Agreement is intended or shall
be construed to confer upon any Person, other than the Company and the Warrant Agent, any right,
remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement or any part hereof.
ARTICLE 16
COUNTERPARTS
This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall for all
purposes be deemed to be an original, and all such counterparts shall together constitute but one
and the same instrument.
ARTICLE 17
AMENDMENTS
This Agreement may not be changed orally or modified, amended or supplemented without an
express written agreement executed by each of the parties hereto.
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ARTICLE 18
INSPECTION
The Company shall cause a copy of this Agreement to be available at all reasonable times at
its principal executive offices for inspection by the Holder of any Warrant Certificate. The
Company may require such Holder to submit his Warrant Certificate for inspection by it.
ARTICLE 19
SUCCESSOR TO THE COMPANY
So long as Warrants remain outstanding, the Company will not enter into any Non-Surviving
Combination unless the acquirer shall expressly assume by a supplemental agreement, executed and
delivered to the Warrant Agent, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Warrant Agent, the due and
punctual performance of every covenant of this Agreement on the part of the Company to be performed
and observed and shall have provided for exercise rights in accordance with Section 6.1(g). Upon
the consummation of such Non-Surviving Combination, the acquirer shall succeed to, and be
substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Agreement with
the same effect as if such acquirer had been named as the Company herein.
ARTICLE 20
ENTIRE AGREEMENT
This Agreement sets forth the entire agreement of the parties hereto as to the subject matter
hereof and supersedes all previous agreements among all or some of the parties hereto with respect
thereto, whether written, oral or otherwise.
ARTICLE 21
HEADINGS
The descriptive headings of the several Sections of this Agreement are inserted for
convenience and shall not control or affect the meaning or construction of any of the provisions
hereof.
ARTICLE 22
DAMAGES
No party shall be liable for any incidental, indirect, special or consequential damages of any
nature whatsoever, including, but not limited to, loss of anticipated profits, occasioned by a
breach of any provision of this Agreement even if apprised of the possibility of such damages.
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ARTICLE 23
THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARIES
Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the provisions of this Agreement
are intended to benefit only the Warrant Agent, the Company and their respective permitted
successors and assigns. No rights shall be granted to any other person by virtue of this Agreement
and there are no third party beneficiaries hereof.
[Signature page to follow.]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and
delivered as of the day and year first above written.
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EXHIBIT A
FORM OF WARRANT CERTIFICATE
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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF ACCREDITED INVESTOR TRANSFEREE CERTIFICATE
(Transfers Pursuant to §2.4(a) of the Warrant Agreement)
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Computershare Trust Company, N.A.
Attention:
Re: Marshall Edwards, Inc. Warrants to Purchase Common Stock (the Warrants)
Reference is hereby made to the Amended and Restated Warrant Agreement, dated as of September
26, 2007 (the Warrant Agreement) between Marshall Edwards, Inc. and Computershare Trust Company,
N.A., as Warrant Agent. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings
given them in the Warrant Agreement.
This letter relates to Warrants exercisable for an aggregate of Common Stock
(Warrant Shares), which Warrants are held in the name of [name of transferor] (the Transferor)
to effect the transfer of the Warrants to the undersigned.
In connection with such request, and in respect of such Warrants, we confirm that:
1. We understand that the Warrants and Warrant Shares have not been and may not be registered
under the Securities Act, and are being sold to us in a transaction that is exempt from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act.
2. We are a corporation, partnership or other entity or person having such knowledge and
experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of
an investment in the Warrants, and we are (or any account for which we are purchasing is) an
Institutional Accredited Investor or a Qualified Institutional Buyer (as such terms are defined
under the Securities Act), able to bear the economic risk of investment in the Warrants.
3. We are acquiring the Warrants for our own account (or for accounts as to which we exercise
sole investment discretion and have authority to make, and do make, the statements contained in
this letter) and not with a view to any distribution of the Warrants or Warrant Shares, subject,
nevertheless, to the understanding that the disposition of our property shall at all times be and
remain within our control.
4. We understand that (a) the Warrants will be delivered to us in registered form only and
that the certificate delivered to us in respect of the Warrants will bear a legend substantially to
the following effect:
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[Restricted Warrant Legend]
THIS WARRANT AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED
WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE AND,
ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE SECURITIES ACT), PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A
TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE
WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND IN THE CASE OF A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION,
UNLESS THE COMPANY HAS RECEIVED AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO IT THAT SUCH
TRANSACTION DOES NOT REQUIRE REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND SUCH OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS.
and (b) such certificates shall be reissued without the foregoing legend only in the event of a
disposition of the Warrants in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 5(c) or (d) below, or at
our request at such times as we would be permitted to dispose of the Warrants in accordance with
paragraph 5(d) below.
5. We agree that in the event that at some future time we wish to dispose of any of the
Warrants or Warrant Shares, we will not do so unless:
(a) the Warrants or Warrant Shares are sold to the Company or any Subsidiary thereof;
(b) the Warrants are sold to an Institutional Accredited Investor or a Qualified
Institutional Buyer, that, prior to such transfer, furnishes to the Warrant Agent a signed
letter containing certain representations and agreements relating to the restrictions on
transfer of the Warrants and Warrant Shares (the form of which letter can be obtained from
the Warrant Agent);
(c) the Warrants or Warrant Shares are sold by us pursuant to Rule 144 under the
Securities Act; or
(d) the Warrants or Warrant Shares are sold pursuant to an effective registration
statement under the Securities Act.
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EXHIBIT C
FORM OF LEGAL OPINION ON TRANSFER
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EquiServe Trust Company, N.A.
Attention:
Re: Marshall Edwards, Inc. Warrants to Purchase Common Stock
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This opinion is being furnished to you in connection with the sale by (the
Transferor) to (the Purchaser) of Warrants to Purchase Common Stock
exercisable for an aggregate of Common Stock, par value $.00000002 per share, of Marshall
Edwards, Inc. (the Warrants).
We have examined such documents and records as we have deemed appropriate. In our examination
of the foregoing, we have assumed the authenticity of all documents, the genuineness of all
signatures and the due authorization, execution and delivery of the aforementioned by each of the
parties thereto. We have further assumed the accuracy of the representations contained in the
Accredited Investor Transferee Certificate executed and delivered by the Purchaser in connection
with its purchase of the Warrants made by the parties executing such document. We have also
assumed that the sale of the Warrants to the Transferor was exempt from the registration and
prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act).
Based on the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the sale to the Purchaser of the Warrants
is subject to a valid exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and does
not require registration of such Warrants or the Common Stock issuable upon exercise thereof under
the Securities Act.
Very truly yours,
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Exhibit 10.2
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This Registration Rights Agreement (this Agreement) is made and entered into as of
September 26, 2007, among Marshall Edwards, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company),
and Blue Trading, LLC ( Blue Trading).
WHEREAS, the Company has entered into a Registration Rights Agreement with certain purchasers
(the Purchasers) of shares of Common Stock (as defined below) and Warrants (as defined
below), dated as of August 6, 2007 (the Purchaser Registration Rights Agreement),
pursuant to a Securities Subscription Agreement, dated as of August 1, 2007 (the Purchase
Agreement), among the Company and the Purchasers; and
WHEREAS, the Company has agreed to provide to Blue Trading certain piggyback registration
rights as provided herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Company and Blue Trading hereby agree as follows:
1. Definitions. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein that are
defined in the Purchase Agreement shall have the meanings given such terms in the Purchase
Agreement. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
Advice shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(c).
Common Stock means the common stock of the Company, par value $0.00000002,
and any other class of securities into which such shares may hereafter have been
reclassified or changed.
Holder or Holders means the holder or holders, as the case may be,
from time to time of Registrable Securities.
Indemnified Party shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(c).
Indemnifying Party shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(c).
Losses shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(a).
Permitted Shares means, in connection with the Purchaser Registration
Statement, that number of (i) Shares, (ii) Warrant Shares and (iii) Common Stock issued or
issuable upon any stock split, dividend or other distribution, recapitalization or similar
event with respect to the foregoing that the Commission permits the Company to register for
resale.
Proceeding means an action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding
(including, without limitation, an investigation or partial proceeding, such as a
deposition), whether commenced or threatened.
Prospectus means the prospectus included in any Registration Statement
(including, without limitation, a prospectus that includes any information previously
omitted from a prospectus filed as part of an effective registration statement in
reliance upon Rule 430A promulgated under the Securities Act), 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 the Registration Statement, and all other amendments and
supplements to the Prospectus, including post-effective amendments, and all material
incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such Prospectus.
Purchaser Registration Statement means the registration statement required to
be filed under the Purchaser Registration Rights Agreement, including the Prospectus,
amendments and supplements to such registration statement or Prospectus, including pre- and
post-effective amendments, all exhibits thereto, and all material incorporated by reference
or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such registration statement.
Registrable Securities means, (i) with respect to the Purchaser Registration
Statement, all of the Permitted Shares until, in the case of any such security, (A) the
earliest of (1) its effective registration under the Securities Act and resale in accordance
with the Registration Statement covering it, (2) expiration of the holding period that would
be applicable thereto under Rule 144(k) to a sale by a non-Affiliate of the Company or (3)
its sale to the public pursuant to Rule 144 (or any similar provision then in force, but not
Rule 144A) under the Securities Act, and (B) as a result of the event or circumstance
described in any of the foregoing clauses (A)(1) through (3), the legend with respect to
transfer restrictions therein is removed or removable in accordance with the terms of such
legend, and (ii) with respect to any other Registration Statement, all of the Warrant Shares
and Common Stock issued or issuable upon any stock split, dividend or other distribution,
recapitalization or similar event with respect to the foregoing held by Blue Trading or,
with respect to any other Holder, all of the Common Stock, Common Stock issued and issuable
upon exercise or exchange of any warrant or other convertible security and Common Stock
issued or issuable upon any stock split, dividend or other distribution, recapitalization or
similar event with respect to the foregoing held by such other Holder until, in the case of
any such security, (A) the earliest of (1) its effective registration under the Securities
Act and resale in accordance with the Registration Statement covering it, (2) expiration of
the holding period that would be applicable thereto under Rule 144(k) to a sale by a
non-Affiliate of the Company or (3) its sale to the public pursuant to Rule 144 (or any
similar provision then in force, but not Rule 144A) under the Securities Act, and (B) as a
result of the event or circumstance described in any of the foregoing clauses (A)(1) through
(3), the legend with respect to transfer restrictions therein is removed or removable in
accordance with the terms of such legend.
Registration Statement means any registration statement (including the
Purchaser Registration Statement) filed by the Company with the Commission, including the
Prospectus, amendments and supplements to such registration statement or Prospectus,
including pre- and post-effective amendments, all exhibits thereto, and all material
incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such registration
statement.
Rule 415 means Rule 415 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the
Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or
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regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same purpose
and effect as such Rule.
Rule 424 means Rule 424 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the
Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or
regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same purpose and
effect as such Rule.
Selling Security Holder Questionnaire shall mean the Questionnaire attached
to this form as Annex B.
Shares shall mean the Common Stock issued pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.
Warrants shall mean the warrants to purchase Common Stock issued pursuant to
the Purchase Agreement or to Blue Trading.
Warrant Shares shall mean the Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the
Warrants.
2. Piggyback Registration.
(a) Piggy-Back Registrations. If the Company shall determine to prepare and
file with the Commission a Registration Statement relating to an offering for its own
account or the account of others under the Securities Act of any of its equity securities,
other than on Form S-4 or Form S-8 (each as promulgated under the Securities Act) or their
then equivalents relating to equity securities to be issued solely in connection with any
acquisition of any entity or business or equity securities issuable in connection with the
stock option or other employee benefit plans (a Piggyback Registration), then the
Company shall send to Blue Trading a written notice of such determination and, if within
fifteen days after the date of such notice, Blue Trading shall so request in writing, the
Company shall include in such Registration Statement all or any part of such Registrable
Securities that Blue Trading requests to be registered; provided, however,
that, the Company shall not be required to register any Registrable Securities pursuant to
this Section 2(a) that are eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144(k) promulgated under the
Securities Act or that are the subject of a then effective Registration Statement.
(b) Priority Purchaser Registration Statement. In connection with the
Purchaser Registration Statement, if the Commission does not permit the registration of some
or all (i) Shares, (ii) Warrant Shares or (iii) Common Stock issued or issuable upon any
stock split, dividend or other distribution, recapitalization or similar event with respect
to the foregoing, the Permitted Shares shall include, and the Company shall cover in the
Purchaser Registration Statement, securities in the following order: (x) first, such
amount of Shares as the Commission shall permit, with the Holders thereof participating in
such registration on a pro rata basis in accordance with the percentage of Shares purchased
by each such Holder pursuant to the Purchase Agreement; and (y) second, such amount
of Warrant Shares as the Commission shall permit, with the Holders thereof participating in
such registration on a pro rata basis in accordance with the percentage of
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Warrants issued to Blue Trading and to each such other Holder pursuant to the Purchase
Agreement.
(c) Priority Other Registration Statement(s). In connection with any other
Registration Statement (other than the Purchaser Registration Statement),
(i) Priority on Primary Registrations. If a Piggyback Registration is
an underwritten, primary registration on behalf of the Company, and the managing
underwriters advise the Company in writing that, in their opinion, the number of
securities requested to be included in such registration are such that the success
of the offering would be materially and adversely affected, the Company shall
include any securities the Company is so advised can be sold in such Piggyback
Registration in the following order: (a) first, the securities which the
Company proposes to sell; (b) second, the Registrable Securities requested
to be included in such registration by Blue Trading and any other Holder with
piggyback registration rights, provided, that if the managing underwriters
determine in good faith that a lower number of Registrable Securities should be
included than those requested to be included pursuant to (b), then the Company shall
be required to include in such registration only that lower number of Registrable
Securities, and such Holders entitled to participate shall participate in such
registration on a pro rata basis in accordance with the number of Registrable
Securities requested to be included in such registration by each such Holder; and
(c) third, any other securities proposed to be included in such Piggyback
Registration.
(ii) Priority on Secondary Registrations. If a Piggyback Registration
is an underwritten, secondary registration on behalf of holders of the Companys
Common Stock, and the managing underwriters advise the Company in writing that, in
their opinion, the number of securities requested to be included in such
registration exceeds the number which the Company is advised can be sold in such
offering, the Company shall include in such registration (a) first, the
securities which such holders proposed to sell; and (b) second, the
Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration by Blue Trading
and any other Holder with piggyback registration rights, provided, that if
the managing underwriters determine in good faith that a lower number of Registrable
Securities should be included than those requested to be included pursuant to (b),
then the Company shall be required to include in such registration only that lower
number of Registrable Securities, and such Holders entitled to participate shall
participate in such registration on a pro rata basis in accordance with the number
of Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration by each such
Holder.
(d) Blue Trading agrees to furnish to the Company a completed Selling Security Holder
Questionnaire simultaneously with the execution of this Agreement.
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3. Registration Procedures.
In connection with the Companys registration obligations hereunder, the Company shall:
(a) (i) Prepare and file with the Commission such amendments, including post-effective
amendments, to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus used in connection therewith as
may be necessary to keep the Registration Statement continuously effective as to the
applicable Registrable Securities; (ii) cause the related Prospectus to be amended or
supplemented by any required Prospectus supplement (subject to the terms of this Agreement),
and as so supplemented or amended to be filed pursuant to Rule 424; (iii) respond as
promptly as reasonably possible to any comments received from the Commission with respect to
the Registration Statement or any amendment thereto; and (iv) comply in all material
respects with the provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act with respect to the
disposition of all Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement during the
applicable period in accordance (subject to the terms of this Agreement) with the intended
methods of disposition by the Holders thereof set forth in the Registration Statement as so
amended or in such Prospectus as so supplemented.
(b) Notify the Holders of Registrable Securities to be sold (which notice shall,
pursuant to clauses (ii) through (v) hereof, be accompanied by an instruction to suspend the
use of the Prospectus until the requisite changes have been made) as promptly as reasonably
possible and (if requested by any such Person) confirm such notice in writing no later than
one Trading Day following the day (i)(A) when a Prospectus or any Prospectus supplement or
post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement is filed; and (B) with respect to the
Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment, when the same has become effective;
(ii) of any request by the Commission or any other Federal or state governmental authority
for amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or Prospectus or for additional
information; (iii) of the issuance by the Commission or any other federal or state
governmental authority of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement covering any or all of the Registrable Securities or the initiation of any
Proceedings for that purpose; (iv) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with
respect to the suspension of the qualification or exemption from qualification of any of the
Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation or threatening of any
Proceeding for such purpose; and (v) of the occurrence of any event or passage of time that
makes the financial statements included in the Registration Statement ineligible for
inclusion therein or any statement made in the Registration Statement or Prospectus or any
document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference untrue in any
material respect or that requires any revisions to the Registration Statement, Prospectus or
other documents so that, in the case of the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, as the
case may be, it will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state
any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein,
in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided
that any and all of such information provided pursuant to clause (v) above shall remain
confidential to each Holder until such information otherwise becomes public, unless
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disclosure by a Holder is required by law; provide, further,
notwithstanding each Holders agreement to keep such information confidential, the Holders
make no acknowledgement that any such information is material, non-public information.
(c) Use its commercially reasonable best efforts to avoid the issuance of, or, if
issued, obtain the withdrawal of (i) any order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement, or (ii) any suspension of the qualification (or exemption from
qualification) of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, at the
earliest practicable moment.
(d) Furnish to each Holder, upon written request of such Holder, without charge, at
least one conformed copy of the Registration Statement and each amendment thereto, including
financial statements and schedules, all documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated
therein by reference to the extent requested by such Person, and all exhibits to the extent
requested by such Person (including those previously furnished or incorporated by
reference).
(e) Promptly deliver to each Holder, upon written request of such Holder, without
charge, as many copies of the Prospectus or Prospectuses (including each form of prospectus)
and each amendment or supplement thereto as such Persons may reasonably request in
connection with resales by the Holder of Registrable Securities. Subject to the terms of
this Agreement, the Company hereby consents to the use of such Prospectus and each amendment
or supplement thereto by each of the selling Holders in connection with the offering and
sale of the Registrable Securities covered by such Prospectus and any amendment or
supplement thereto, except after the giving of any notice pursuant to Section 3(b).
(f) Prior to any resale of Registrable Securities by a Holder, use its commercially
reasonable efforts to register or qualify or cooperate with the selling Holders in
connection with the registration or qualification (or exemption from the Registration or
qualification) of such Registrable Securities for the resale by the Holder under the
securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions within the United States as any Holder
reasonably requests in writing, to keep each registration or qualification (or exemption
therefrom) effective and to do any and all other acts or things reasonably necessary to
enable the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities covered by each
Registration Statement; provided that the Company shall not be required to qualify generally
to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified or subject the Company
to any material tax in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject or file a
general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction.
(g) If requested by the Holders, cooperate with the Holders to facilitate the timely
preparation and delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities to be delivered
to a transferee pursuant to the Registration Statement, which certificates shall be free, to
the extent permitted by the Purchase Agreement, of all restrictive legends, and to enable
such Registrable Securities to be in such denominations and registered in such names as any
such Holders may request.
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(h) Upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by this Section 3, as promptly as
reasonably possible under the circumstances taking into account the Companys good faith
assessment of any adverse consequences to the Company and its shareholders of the premature
disclosure of such event, prepare a supplement or amendment, including a post-effective
amendment, to the Registration Statement or a supplement to the related Prospectus or any
document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference, and file any other
required document so that, as thereafter delivered, neither the Registration Statement nor
such Prospectus will contain 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, in
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. If the Company
notifies the Holders in accordance with clauses (ii) through (v) of Section 3(b) above to
suspend the use of any Prospectus until the requisite changes to such Prospectus have been
made, then the Holders shall suspend use of such Prospectus. The Company will use its
commercially reasonable best efforts to ensure that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed
as promptly as is practicable. The Company will use its commercially reasonable best
efforts to ensure that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed as promptly as is
practicable. The Company shall be entitled to exercise its right under this Section 3(h) to
suspend the availability of the Registration Statement and Prospectus for a period not to
exceed 90 days (which need not be consecutive days) in any 365 day period.
(i) Comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission and the Trading
Market.
(j) The Company may require each selling Holder to furnish to the Company (i) a
certified statement as to the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by such
Holder, (ii) if required by the Commission, the person thereof that has voting and
dispositive control over the Shares and (iii) any further information required by the
Commission. During any periods that the Company is unable to meet its obligations hereunder
with respect to the registration of the Registrable Securities solely because any Holder
fails to furnish such information within three Trading Days of the Companys request, any
Liquidated Damages that are accruing at such time as to such Holder only shall be tolled and
any Registration Default that may otherwise occur solely because of such delay shall be
suspended as to such Holder only, until such information is delivered to the Company.
4. Blue Tradings Obligations. Blue Trading agrees, by acquisition of the Registrable
Securities, that it shall be not be entitled to sell any of such Registrable Securities pursuant to
the Registration Statement or to receive the Prospectus relating thereto, unless it has previously
furnished the Company at least five Trading Days prior to its proposed sale with a Selling Security
Holder Questionnaire as required by Section 2(c) (including the information required to be included
in such Selling Security Holder Questionnaire). Any sale of any Registrable Securities by Blue
Trading shall constitute a representation and warranty by it that the information relating to it
and its plan of distribution is as set forth in the Prospectus delivered by it in connection with
such disposition, that such Prospectus does not as of the time of such sale contain any untrue
statement of material fact provided by it and that the Prospectus does not as of the time of such
sale omit to state any material fact relating to or provided by it necessary to
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make the statements in the Prospectus, in light of the circumstances in which they are made,
not misleading.
5. Registration Expenses. All fees and expenses incident to the performance of or
compliance with this Agreement by the Company shall be borne by the Company whether or not any
Registrable Securities are sold pursuant to the Registration Statement. The fees and expenses
referred to in the foregoing sentence shall include, without limitation, (i) all registration and
filing fees (including, without limitation, fees and expenses (A) with respect to filings required
to be made with the Trading Market on which the Common Stock are then listed for trading and (B) in
compliance with applicable state securities or Blue Sky laws reasonably agreed to by the Company in
writing (including, without limitation, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company in
connection with Blue Sky qualifications or exemptions of the Registrable Securities and
determination of the eligibility of the Registrable Securities for investment under the laws of
such jurisdictions as requested by the Holders); (ii) printing expenses (including, without
limitation, expenses of printing certificates for Registrable Securities and of printing
prospectuses for a Holder if the printing of prospectuses is reasonably requested by such Holder);
(iii) messenger, telephone and delivery expenses related to the Companys obligations hereunder;
(iv) fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company; (v) Securities Act liability insurance, if
the Company so desires such insurance; and (vi) fees and expenses of all other Persons retained by
the Company in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
In addition, the Company shall be responsible for all of its internal expenses incurred in
connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including,
without limitation, all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or
accounting duties), the expense of any annual audit and the fees and expenses incurred in
connection with the listing of the Registrable Securities on any securities exchange as required
hereunder, including all fees and expenses of the depositary. In no event shall the Company be
responsible for any broker or similar commissions or, except to the extent provided for in the
Transaction Documents including Section 5.1 of the Purchase Agreement, any legal fees or other
costs of the Holders.
6. Indemnification.
(a) Indemnification by the Company. The Company shall, notwithstanding any
termination of this Agreement, indemnify and hold harmless Blue Trading, the officers,
directors, members, partners, agents, brokers (including brokers who offer and sell
Registrable Securities as principal as a result of a pledge or any failure to perform under
a margin call of Ordinary Shares), investment advisors and employees of Blue Trading, each
Person who controls Blue Trading (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or
Section 20 of the Exchange Act) and the officers, directors, members, partners, agents and
employees of each such controlling Person, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable
law, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, judgments, fines,
penalties, charges, costs (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys fees) and
expenses (collectively, Losses), as incurred, arising out of or relating to (i)
any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration
Statement, any Prospectus or any form of prospectus or in any amendment or supplement
thereto or in any preliminary prospectus, or arising out of or relating to any omission or
alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated
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therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any Prospectus or
form of prospectus or supplement thereto, in light of the circumstances under which they
were made) not misleading, except to the extent, but only to the extent, that (a) such
untrue statements or omissions are based solely upon information regarding Blue Trading
furnished in writing to the Company by Blue Trading expressly for use therein, or to the
extent that such information relates to Blue Trading or Blue Tradings proposed method of
distribution of Registrable Securities as set forth in Annex A hereto or any changes
to Annex A hereto that are expressly approved in writing by Blue Trading expressly
for, use in the Registration Statement, such Prospectus or such form of Prospectus or in any
amendment or supplement thereto or (b) in the case of an occurrence of an event of the type
specified in Section 3(b)(ii)-(v), the use by Blue Trading of an outdated or defective
Prospectus after the Company has notified such Holder in writing that the Prospectus is
outdated or defective and prior to the receipt by Blue Trading of the Advice contemplated in
Section 7(c); (ii) any violation by the Company of the Securities Act, or any other law,
including, without limitation, any state securities laws, or any rule or regulation
thereunder relating to the offer or sale of the Registrable Securities pursuant to the
Registration Statement; or (iii) any material violation of this Agreement by the Company,
its agents or representatives. The Company shall notify Blue Trading promptly of the
institution, threat or assertion of any Proceeding arising from or in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement of which the Company is aware.
(b) Indemnification by Blue Trading. Blue Trading shall, notwithstanding any
termination of this Agreement, severally and not jointly, indemnify and hold harmless the
Company, its directors, officers, agents and employees, each Person who controls the Company
(within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act),
and the directors, officers, agents or employees of such controlling Persons, to the fullest
extent permitted by applicable law, from and against all Losses as to the extent arising
solely out of or based solely upon (i) Blue Tradings failure to comply with the prospectus
delivery requirements of the Securities Act; or (ii) upon any untrue or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement, any Prospectus, or any
form of prospectus, or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary
prospectus, or arising out of or relating to any omission or alleged omission of a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading to the extent that (1) such untrue statements or omissions are based solely upon
information regarding Blue Trading furnished in writing to the Company by Blue Trading
expressly for use therein, or to the extent that such information relates to Blue Trading or
Blue Tradings proposed method of distribution of Registrable Securities as set forth in
Annex A hereto or any changes to Annex A hereto that are expressly approved
in writing by Blue Trading expressly for use in the Registration Statement, such Prospectus
or such form of Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or (2) in the case of
an occurrence of an event of the type specified in Section 3(b)(ii)-(v), the use by Blue
Trading of an outdated or defective Prospectus after the Company has notified Blue Trading
in writing that the Prospectus is outdated or defective and prior to the receipt by Blue
Trading of the Advice contemplated in Section 7(c). In no event shall the liability of Blue
Trading hereunder be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the net proceeds received
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sale of the Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement giving rise
to such indemnification obligation.
(c) Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings. If any Proceeding shall be brought
or asserted against any Person entitled to indemnity hereunder (an Indemnified
Party), such Indemnified Party shall promptly notify the Person from whom indemnity is
sought (the Indemnifying Party) in writing, and the Indemnifying Party shall have
the right to assume the defense thereof, including the employment of counsel reasonably
satisfactory to the Indemnified Party and the payment of all fees and expenses incurred in
connection with defense thereof; provided, that the failure of any Indemnified Party to give
such notice shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of its obligations or liabilities
pursuant to this Agreement, except (and only) to the extent that it shall be finally
determined by a court of competent jurisdiction (which determination is not subject to
appeal or further review) that such failure shall have prejudiced the Indemnifying Party.
An Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such
Proceeding and to participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such
counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Party or Parties unless: (1) the
Indemnifying Party has agreed in writing to pay such fees and expenses; (2) the Indemnifying
Party shall have failed promptly to assume the defense of such Proceeding; (3) the
Indemnifying Party shall have failed promptly to employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to
such Indemnified Party in any such Proceeding; or (4) the named parties to any such
Proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both such Indemnified Party and the
Indemnifying Party, and such Indemnified Party shall reasonably believe that a material
conflict of interest is likely to exist if the same counsel were to represent such
Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party (in which case, if such Indemnified Party
notifies the Indemnifying Party in writing that it elects to employ separate counsel at the
expense of the Indemnifying Party, the reasonable fees and expenses of one separate counsel
shall be at the expense of the Indemnifying Party). The Indemnifying Party shall not be
liable for any settlement of any such Proceeding effected without its written consent, which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. No Indemnifying Party shall, without the prior
written consent of the Indemnified Party, effect any settlement of any pending Proceeding in
respect of which any Indemnified Party is a party, unless such settlement includes an
unconditional release of such Indemnified Party from all liability on claims that are the
subject matter of such Proceeding.
The Indemnified Party shall promptly reimburse the Indemnifying Party for that portion
of such fees and expenses applicable to such actions for which such Indemnified Party is not
entitled to indemnification hereunder, determined based upon the relative faults of the
parties.
(d) Contribution. If the indemnification under Section 6(a) or 6(b) is
unavailable to an Indemnified Party or insufficient to hold an Indemnified Party harmless
for any Losses, then each Indemnifying Party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable
by such Indemnified Party, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative
fault of the Indemnifying Party and Indemnified Party in connection with the actions,
statements or omissions that resulted in such Losses as well as any other relevant
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equitable considerations. The relative fault of such Indemnifying Party and
Indemnified Party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any
action in question, including any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or
omission or alleged omission of a material fact, has been taken or made by, or relates to
information supplied by, such Indemnifying Party or Indemnified Party, and the parties
relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such
action, statement or omission. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of any
Losses shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 6(c), any
reasonable attorneys or other reasonable fees or expenses incurred by such party in
connection with any Proceeding to the extent such party would have been indemnified for such
fees or expenses if the indemnification provided for in this Section was available to such
party in accordance with its terms.
The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution
pursuant to this Section 6(d) were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method
of allocation that does not take into account the equitable considerations referred to in
the immediately preceding paragraph. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 6(d), no
Holder shall be required to contribute, in the aggregate, any amount in excess of the amount
by which the proceeds actually received by such Holder from the sale of the Registrable
Securities subject to the Proceeding exceeds the amount of any damages that such Holder has
otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or
omission or alleged omission, except in the case of fraud by such Holder.
The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section are in addition to
any liability that the Indemnifying Parties may have to the Indemnified Parties.
7. Miscellaneous.
(a) Remedies. In the event of a breach by the Company or by Blue Trading, of
any of their obligations under this Agreement, Blue Trading or the Company, as the case may
be, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law and under this
Agreement, including recovery of damages, will be entitled to specific performance of its
rights under this Agreement and the Company and Blue Trading agree that monetary damages
would not provide adequate compensation for any losses incurred by reason of a breach by it
of any of the provisions of this Agreement and hereby further agrees that, in the event of
any action for specific performance in respect of such breach, it shall waive the defense
that a remedy at law would be adequate
(b) Compliance. Blue Trading covenants and agrees that it will comply with the
prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act as applicable to it in connection
with sales of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement.
(c) Discontinued Disposition. Blue Trading agrees by its acquisition of such
Registrable Securities that, upon receipt of a notice from the Company of the occurrence of
any event of the kind described in Section 3(b)(ii) through Section 3(c)(v), Blue
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Trading will forthwith discontinue disposition of such Registrable Securities under the
Registration Statement until Blue Tradings receipt of the copies of the supplemented
Prospectus and/or amended Registration Statement or until it is advised in writing (the
Advice) by the Company that the use of the applicable Prospectus may be resumed,
and, in either case, has received copies of any additional or supplemental filings that are
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such Prospectus or Registration
Statement. The Company will use its commercially reasonable best efforts to ensure that the
use of the Prospectus may be resumed as promptly as it practicable.
(d) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement, including the
provisions of this sentence, may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or
consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given, unless the same shall be
in writing and signed by the Company and Blue Trading.
(e) Notices. Except as otherwise expressly specified herein, all notices,
requests and other communications required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and
shall be sent by an internationally recognized overnight courier service; by certified or
registered mail, return receipt requested (or, in the case of a notice sent to an address in
Australia, by international express mail, return receipt requested); by facsimile
transmission, by e-mail or by hand delivery.
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(f) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and
be binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of each of the parties and shall
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inure to the benefit of Blue Trading. The Company may not assign its rights or
obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of Blue Trading. Blue Trading may
assign its rights hereunder to any Person to whom Blue Trading assigns or transfers any
Registrable Securities, provided such transferee agrees in writing to be bound by the
provisions hereof.
(g) No Inconsistent Agreements. Neither the Company nor any of its
subsidiaries has entered, as of the date hereof, nor shall the Company or any of its
subsidiaries, on or after the date of this Agreement, enter into any agreement with respect
to its securities, that would have the effect of impairing the rights granted to Blue
Trading in this Agreement.
(h) Execution and Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number
of counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and, all
of which taken together shall constitute one and the same Agreement. In the event that any
signature is delivered by facsimile transmission, such signature shall create a valid
binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed)
the same with the same force and effect as if such facsimile signature were the original
thereof.
(i) Governing Law. All questions concerning the construction, validity,
enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by and construed and
enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to
the principles of conflicts of law thereof. Each party agrees that all legal proceedings
concerning the interpretations, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement (whether brought against a party hereto or its respective affiliates,
directors, officers, shareholders, employees or agents) shall be commenced exclusively in
the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York. Each party hereby irrevocably
submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in the City of
New York, borough of Manhattan for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in
connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and
hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any
claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such
suit, action or proceeding is improper or inconvenient venue for such proceeding. Each
party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being
served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or
certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the
address in effect for notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall
constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained
herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner
permitted by law. The parties hereby waive all rights to a trial by jury. If either party
shall commence an action or proceeding to enforce any provisions of this Agreement, then the
prevailing party in such action or proceeding shall be reimbursed by the other party for its
attorneys fees and other costs and expenses incurred with the investigation, preparation
and prosecution of such action or proceeding. The Company hereby irrevocably appoints CT
Corporation System, 111th 13th Avenue, New York, NY 10011, as its agent for the receipt of
service of process in the United States. The Company
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agrees that any document may be effectively served on it in connection with any action,
suit or proceeding in the United States by service on such agent
(j) Cumulative Remedies. The remedies provided herein are cumulative and not
exclusive of any remedies provided by law.
(k) Severability. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this
Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, void or
unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth
herein shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or
invalidated, and the parties hereto shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to find
and employ an alternative means to achieve the same or substantially the same result as that
contemplated by such term, provision, covenant or restriction. It is hereby stipulated and
declared to be the intention of the parties that they would have executed the remaining
terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions without including any of such that may be
hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable.
(l) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference
only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
(m) Independent Nature of Blue Tradings Obligations and Rights. The
obligations of Blue Trading hereunder are several and not joint with the obligations of any
other Holder, and Blue Trading shall not be responsible in any way for the performance of
the obligations of any other Holder. Nothing contained herein or in any other agreement or
document delivered at any closing, and no action taken by any Holder pursuant hereto or
thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Holders as a partnership, an association, a joint
venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Holders are in any way
acting in concert with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement. Blue Trading shall be entitled to protect and enforce its rights, including
without limitation the rights arising out of this Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Registration Rights Agreement as of the
date first written above.
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Annex A
Plan of Distribution
The selling security holders and any of their pledgees, donees, assignees and
successors-in-interest may, from time to time, sell any or all of their shares of common stock
being offered under this prospectus on any stock exchange, market or trading facility on which
shares of our common stock are traded or in private transactions. These sales may be at fixed or
negotiated prices. The selling security holders may use any one or more of the following methods
when disposing of shares:
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The shares may also be sold under Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(Securities Act), if available, rather than under this prospectus. The selling security holders
have the sole and absolute discretion not to accept any purchase offer or make any sale of shares
if they deem the purchase price to be unsatisfactory at any particular time.
The selling security holders may pledge their shares to their brokers under the margin
provisions of customer agreements. If a selling security holder defaults on a margin loan, the
broker may, from time to time, offer and sell the pledged shares.
Broker-dealers engaged by the selling security holders may arrange for other broker-dealers to
participate in sales. Broker-dealers may receive commissions or discounts from the selling security
holders (or, if any broker-dealer acts as agent for the purchaser of shares, from
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the purchaser) in amounts to be negotiated, which commissions as to a particular broker or
dealer may be in excess of customary commissions to the extent permitted by applicable law.
If sales of shares offered under this prospectus are made to broker-dealers as principals, we
would be required to file a post-effective amendment to the registration statement of which this
prospectus is a part. In the post-effective amendment, we would be required to disclose the names
of any participating broker-dealers and the compensation arrangements relating to such sales.
The selling security holders and any broker-dealers or agents that are involved in selling the
shares offered under this prospectus may be deemed to be underwriters within the meaning of the
Securities Act in connection with these sales. Commissions received by these broker-dealers or
agents and any profit on the resale of the shares purchased by them may be deemed to be
underwriting commissions or discounts under the Securities Act. Any broker-dealers or agents that
are deemed to be underwriters may not sell shares offered under this prospectus unless and until we
set forth the names of the underwriters and the material details of their underwriting arrangements
in a supplement to this prospectus or, if required, in a replacement prospectus included in a
post-effective amendment to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part.
The selling security holders and any other persons participating in the sale or distribution
of the shares offered under this prospectus will be subject to applicable provisions of the
Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations under that act, including Regulation M. These
provisions may restrict activities of, and limit the timing of purchases and sales of any of the
shares by, the selling security holders or any other person. Furthermore, under Regulation M,
persons engaged in a distribution of securities are prohibited from simultaneously engaging in
market making and other activities with respect to those securities for a specified period of time
prior to the commencement of such distributions, subject to specified exceptions or exemptions.
All of these limitations may affect the marketability of the shares.
If any of the shares of common stock offered for sale pursuant to this prospectus are
transferred other than pursuant to a sale under this prospectus, then subsequent holders could not
use this prospectus until a post-effective amendment or prospectus supplement is filed, naming such
holders. We offer no assurance as to whether any of the selling security holders will sell all or
any portion of the shares offered under this prospectus.
We have agreed to pay all fees and expenses we incur incident to the registration of the
shares being offered under this prospectus. However, each selling security holder and purchaser is
responsible for paying any discounts, commissions and similar selling expenses they incur.
We and the selling security holders have agreed to indemnify one another against certain
losses, damages and liabilities arising in connection with this prospectus, including liabilities
under the Securities Act.
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Annex B
Marshall Edwards, Inc.
Selling Security Holder Notice and Questionnaire
The undersigned beneficial owner of common stock, par value $0.00000002 (the Common
Stock), of Marshall Edwards, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company), (the
Registrable Securities) understands that the Company has filed or intends to file with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) a registration statement on Form
S-3 (the Registration Statement) for the registration and resale under Rule 415 of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), of the Registrable Securities.
All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the
Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of September 26, 2007 (the Registration Rights
Agreement), among the Company and Blue Trading, LLC Registration Rights Agreement. A copy of
the Registration Rights Agreement is available from the Company upon request at the address set
forth below.
Certain legal consequences arise from being named as a selling security holder in the
Registration Statement and the related prospectus. Accordingly, holders and beneficial owners of
Registrable Securities are advised to consult their own securities law counsel regarding the
consequences of being named or not being named as a selling security holder in the Registration
Statement and the related prospectus.
NOTICE
The undersigned beneficial owner (the Selling Security Holder) of Registrable
Securities hereby elects to include the Registrable Securities owned by it and listed below in Item
3 (unless otherwise specified under such Item 3) in the Registration Statement.
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The undersigned hereby provides the following information to the Company and represents and
warrants that such information is accurate:
QUESTIONNAIRE
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Except as set forth below, neither the undersigned nor any of its affiliates, officers,
directors or principal equity holders (owners of 5% of more of the equity securities of the
undersigned) has held any position or office or has had any other material relationship with the
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The undersigned agrees to promptly notify the Company of any inaccuracies or changes in the
information provided herein that may occur subsequent to the date hereof at any time while the
Registration Statement remains effective.
By signing below, the undersigned consents to the disclosure of the information contained
herein in its answers to Items 1 through 6 and the inclusion of such information in the
Registration Statement and the related prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto. The
undersigned understands that such information will be relied upon by the Company in connection with
the preparation or amendment of the Registration Statement and the related prospectus.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned, by authority duly given, has caused this Notice and
Questionnaire to be executed and delivered either in person or by its duly authorized agent.
PLEASE FAX A COPY OF THE COMPLETED AND EXECUTED NOTICE AND QUESTIONNAIRE, AND RETURN THE ORIGINAL
BY OVERNIGHT MAIL, TO:
Jodi L. Lashin
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
101 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10178-0060
Phone: 212-309-6334
Fax: 212-309-6001
E-mail: jlashin@morganlewis.com
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exv10w3
Exhibit 10.3
THIS WARRANT AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED
WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE AND,
ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE SECURITIES ACT), PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A
TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE
WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND IN THE CASE OF A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION,
UNLESS THE COMPANY HAS RECEIVED AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO IT THAT SUCH
TRANSACTION DOES NOT REQUIRE REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND SUCH OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS.
MARSHALL EDWARDS, INC.
(INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE)
WARRANT FOR THE PURCHASE OF SHARES OF COMMON STOCK
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, MARSHALL EDWARDS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the Company), hereby
certifies that BLUE TRADING, LLC (the Holder) is entitled, subject to the provisions of this
Warrant, to purchase from the Company, up to four (4) fully paid and non-assessable shares of
Common Stock at a price of $3.00 per share (the Exercise Price).
The term Common Stock means the Common Stock, par value $.00000002 per share, of the
Company. The number of shares of Common Stock to be received upon the exercise of this Warrant may
be adjusted from time to time as hereinafter set forth. The shares of Common Stock deliverable
upon such exercise, and as adjusted from time to time, are hereinafter referred to as Warrant
Shares. The term Company means and includes the corporation named above as well as (i) any
immediate or more remote successor corporation resulting from the merger or consolidation of such
corporation (or any immediate or more remote successor corporation of such corporation) with
another corporation, or (ii) any corporation to which such corporation (or any immediate or more
remote successor corporation of such corporation) has transferred its property or assets as an
entirety or substantially as an entirety.
Upon receipt by the Company or the Companys warrant agent, Computershare Trust Company, N.A.
(the Warrant Agent) of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or
mutilation of this Warrant, and (in the case of loss, theft or destruction) of reasonably
satisfactory indemnification, and upon surrender and cancellation of this Warrant, if mutilated,
the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant of like tenor and date. Any such new Warrant
executed and delivered shall constitute an additional contractual obligation on
the part of the
Company, whether or not this Warrant so lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated shall
be at any time enforceable by anyone.
The Holder agrees with the Company that this Warrant is issued, and all the rights hereunder
shall be held subject to, all of the conditions, limitations and provisions set forth herein.
1. CASH EXERCISE OF WARRANT. This Warrant may be exercised, in whole or in part, at
any time, or from time to time during the period commencing as of the date hereof and expiring 5:00
p.m. Eastern Time on August 6, 2012 (the Expiration Date), by presentation and surrender of this
Warrant to the Company at its principal office, or at the office of the Warrant Agent, with the
Warrant Exercise Form attached hereto duly executed and accompanied by payment (either in cash or
by certified or official bank check, payable to the order of the Company) of the Exercise Price for
the number of shares of Common Stock specified in such form and instruments of transfer, if
appropriate, duly executed by the Holder or his or her duly authorized attorney. If this Warrant
should be exercised in part only, the Company shall, upon surrender of this Warrant for
cancellation, execute and deliver a new Warrant of like terms evidencing the rights of the Holder
thereof to purchase the balance of the shares of Common Stock purchasable hereunder. Upon receipt
by the Company of this Warrant, together with the Exercise Price, at its office, or by the Warrant
Agent, in proper form for exercise, the Holder shall be deemed to be the holder of record of the
shares of Common Stock issuable upon such exercise, notwithstanding that the stock transfer books
of the Company shall then be closed or that certificates representing such shares of Common Stock
shall not then be actually delivered to the Holder. The Holder shall pay any and all documentary
stamp or similar issue or transfer taxes payable in respect of the issue or delivery of shares of
Common Stock on exercise of this Warrant.
2. CASHLESS EXERCISE OF WARRANT. In lieu of exercising this Warrant, the Holder may
elect to receive shares of Common Stock equal to the value of this Warrant (or the portion thereof
being canceled) by surrender of this Warrant at the principal office of the Company together with
notice of such election, in which event the Company shall issue to the Holder a number of shares of
Common Stock computed using the following formula:
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For purposes of this Warrant, the fair market value of the Companys Common Stock shall be
determined as follows:
(a) If the Common Stock is listed on a National Securities Exchange or admitted to unlisted
trading privileges on such exchange or listed for trading on the Nasdaq system, the current market
value shall be the last reported sale price of the Common Stock on such exchange or system on the
last business day prior to the date of exercise of this Warrant or, if no such sale is made on such
day, the average of the closing bid and asked prices for such day on such exchange or system; or
(b) If the Common Stock is not so listed or admitted, the current market shall be the average
of the closing bid and asked prices as quoted by the OTC Bulletin Board; or
(c) If the Common Stock is not so listed or admitted to unlisted trading privileges, the
current market value shall be the mean of the last reported bid and asked prices reported by the
National Quotation Bureau, Inc. on the last business day prior to the date of the exercise of this
Warrant; or
(d) If the Common Stock is not so listed or admitted to unlisted trading privileges and bid
and asked prices are not so reported, the current market value shall be an amount, not less than
book value thereof as at the end of the most recent fiscal year of the Company ending prior to the
date of the exercise of the Warrant, determined in such reasonable manner as may be prescribed by
the Board of Directors of the Company.
3. RESERVATION OF SHARES. The Company will at all times reserve for issuance and
delivery upon exercise of this Warrant all shares of Common Stock or other shares of capital stock
of the Company from time to time issuable upon exercise of this Warrant. All such shares shall be
duly authorized and, when issued upon such exercise, shall be validly issued, fully paid and
non-assessable and free of all preemptive rights.
4. FRACTIONAL SHARES. No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares
shall be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant, but the Company shall pay the Holder an amount
equal to the fair market value of such fractional share of Common Stock in lieu of each fraction of
a share otherwise called for upon any exercise of this Warrant. The fair market value of a share
of Common Stock shall be determined in accordance with Section 2 (a), (b), (c) or (d) as
applicable.
5. EXCHANGE, TRANSFER, ASSIGNMENT OR LOSS OF WARRANT. This Warrant is exchangeable,
without expense, at the option of the Holder, upon presentation and surrender hereof to the Company
or at the office of the Warrant Agent, for other Warrants of different denominations, entitling the
Holder or Holders thereof to purchase in the aggregate the same number of shares of Common Stock
purchasable hereunder. Upon surrender of this Warrant to the Company or at the office of its
Warrant Agent, if any, with an Assignment Form annexed hereto duly executed and funds sufficient to
pay any transfer tax, subject to the provisions of Sections 8 and 12 hereof, the Company shall,
without charge, execute and deliver a new Warrant in the name of the assignee named in such
instrument of assignment (and in the
event of a partial transfer, a new Warrant to the Holder for the portion of such Warrant not
transferred) and this Warrant shall promptly be cancelled. This Warrant may be divided or combined
with other Warrants that carry the same rights upon presentation hereof at the office of the
Company or at the office of its Warrant Agent, together with a written notice specifying the names
and denominations in which new Warrants are to be issued and signed by the Holder hereof.
6. RIGHTS OF THE HOLDER. The Holder shall not, by virtue hereof, be entitled to any
rights of a shareholder in the Company, either at law or in equity, and the rights of the Holder
are limited to those expressed in this Warrant.
7. ANTI-DILUTION PROVISIONS.
7.1 Adjustment for Recapitalization, Reorganization, Consolidation, Merger, Etc. In
case (i) the outstanding shares of the Common Stock shall be subdivided into a greater number of
shares, (ii) a dividend or other distribution in Common Stock shall be paid in respect of Common
Stock, (iii) the outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be combined into a smaller number of
shares thereof, or (iv) any shares of the Companys capital stock are issued by reclassification of
the Common Stock (including any reclassification upon a consolidation or merger in which the
Company is the continuing corporation), the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such
subdivision, combination or reclassification or at the record date of such dividend or distribution
shall simultaneously with the effectiveness of such subdivision, combination or reclassification or
immediately after the record date of such dividend or distribution be proportionately adjusted to
equal the product obtained by multiplying the Exercise Price by a fraction, the numerator of which
is the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock (on a fully diluted basis) after giving effect
to such combination, subdivision, reclassification or dividend and the denominator of which is the
number of outstanding shares of Common Stock (on a fully diluted basis) outstanding immediately
prior to such combination, subdivision, reclassification or dividend.
For purposes of this Warrant, on a fully diluted basis means that all outstanding options,
rights or Warrants to subscribe for shares of Common Stock and all securities convertible into or
exchangeable for shares of Common Stock (such options, rights, Warrants and securities are,
collectively, referred to herein as Convertible Securities) and all options or rights to acquire
Convertible Securities have been exercised, converted or exchanged.
Whenever the Exercise Price per share is adjusted as provided in the immediately preceding
paragraph, the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable upon conversion of the Warrant
immediately prior to such Exercise Price adjustment shall be adjusted, effective simultaneous with
the Exercise Price adjustment, to equal the product obtained (calculated to the nearest full share)
by multiplying such number of shares of Common Stock by a fraction, the numerator of which is the
Exercise Price per share in effect immediately prior to such Exercise Price adjustment and the
denominator of which is the Exercise Price per share in effect upon such Exercise Price adjustment,
which adjusted number of shares of Common Stock shall thereupon be the number of shares of Common
Stock purchasable upon conversion of the Warrant until further adjusted as provided herein.
7.2 Adjustment for Reorganization, Consolidation, Merger, Liquidation Etc. In case of
any reorganization of the Company (or any other corporation, the securities of which are at the
time receivable on the exercise of this Warrant) after the date hereof or in case after such date
the Company (or any such other corporation) shall consolidate with or merge into another
corporation or convey all or substantially all of its assets to another corporation or liquidate,
then, and in each such case, the Holder of this Warrant upon the exercise thereof as provided in
Section 1 or 2 at any time after the consummation of such reorganization, consolidation, merger,
conveyance or liquidation, shall be entitled to receive, in lieu of the securities and property
receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant prior to such consummation, the securities or property
to which such Holder would have been entitled upon such consummation if such Holder had exercised
this Warrant immediately prior thereto; in each such case, the terms of this Warrant shall be
applicable to the securities or property receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant after such
consummation.
7.3 No Dilution. The Company will not, by amendment of its Certificate of
Incorporation or through reorganization, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of
securities, sale of assets or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or
performance of any of the terms of this Warrant, but will at all times in good faith assist in the
carrying out of all such terms and in the taking of all such action as may be necessary or
appropriate in order to protect the rights of the Holder of this Warrant against dilution or other
impairment. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, while this Warrant is outstanding,
the Company (a) will not permit the par value, if any, of the shares of Common Stock receivable
upon the exercise of this Warrant to be above the amount payable therefor upon such exercise and
(b) will take all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may
validly and legally issue or sell fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock upon the
exercise of this Warrant.
7.4 Certificate as to Adjustments. In each case of an adjustment in the number of
shares of Warrant Shares receivable on the exercise of this Warrant, the Company at its expense
will promptly compute such adjustment in accordance with the terms of this Warrant and prepare a
certificate executed by an executive officer of the Company setting forth such adjustment and
showing in detail the facts upon which such adjustment is based. The Company will forthwith mail a
copy of each such certificate to the Holder.
7.5 Notices of Record Date, Etc. In case:
(a) the Company shall take a record of the holders of its Common Stock for the purpose of
entitling them to receive any dividend (other than a cash dividend at the same rate as the rate of
the last cash dividend theretofore paid) or other distribution, or any right to subscribe for,
purchase or otherwise acquire any shares of stock of any class or any other securities, or to
receive any other right; or
(b) of any capital reorganization of the Company, any reclassification of the capital stock of
the Company, any consolidation or merger of the Company with or into
another corporation, or any conveyance of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company to
another corporation; or
(c) of any voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company,
then, and in each such case, the Company shall mail or cause to be mailed to each Holder of the
Warrant at the time outstanding a notice specifying, as the case may be, (i) the date on which a
record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution or right, and stating the
amount and character of such dividend, distribution or right, or (ii) the date on which such
reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, conveyance, dissolution, liquidation or
winding up is to take place, and the time, if any, is to be fixed, as to which the holders of
record of Common Stock (or such other securities at the time receivable upon the exercise of the
Warrant) shall be entitled to exchange their shares of Common Stock (or such other securities) for
securities or other property deliverable upon such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation,
merger, conveyance, dissolution, liquidation or winding up. Such notice shall be mailed at least 20
days prior to the date therein specified and the Warrant may be exercised prior
to said date during the term of the Warrant.
8. TRANSFER TO COMPLY WITH THE SECURITIES ACT. Except as provided in the Registration
Rights Agreement, dated as of August 6, 2007, by and among the Company and the signatories thereto,
notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, this Warrant and any Warrant Shares have not
been and will not be registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act)
or the securities laws of any state of the United States and are therefore restricted securities
within the meaning of Rule 144 under the Securities Act, and that (A) can be offered, sold, pledged
or otherwise transferred only (1) (a) to a person who the seller reasonably believes is a Qualified
Institutional Buyer in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A under the Securities
Act, (b) in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144 under the Securities Act, (c)
outside the United States to a non-US person in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 903,
Rule 904 and Rule 905 under the Securities Act and in compliance with applicable local laws and
regulations or (d) in accordance with another exemption from the registration requirements of the
Securities Act (and based upon an opinion of counsel if the Company so requests), (2) to the
Company or (3) pursuant to an effective registration statement and, in each case, in accordance
with any applicable securities laws of any state of the United States or any other applicable
jurisdiction and (B) the purchaser will, and each subsequent holder is required to, notify any
subsequent purchaser from it of the resale restrictions set forth in (A) above.
9. LEGEND. Unless the shares of Warrant Shares have been registered under the
Securities Act, upon exercise of any of the Warrants and the issuance of any of the shares of
Warrant Shares, all certificates representing such securities shall bear on the face thereof
substantially the following legend:
THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE
SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE SECURITIES ACT), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR
SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION
NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH
APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND, IN THE CASE OF A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION, UNLESS
THE COMPANY HAS RECEIVED AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO IT THAT SUCH TRANSACTION
DOES NOT REQUIRE REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND SUCH OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS.
10. NOTICES. All notices required hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed
given when delivered personally, by facsimile or overnight delivery or within two days after
mailing when mailed by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, to the Company at
its principal office, or to the Holder at the address set forth on the record books of the Company,
or at such other address of which the Company or the Holder has been advised by notice hereunder.
11. APPLICABLE LAW. The Warrant is issued under and shall for all purposes be
governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without giving
effect to the choice of law rules thereof.
12. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. This Warrant cannot be transferred or assigned by the
Holder without the prior written consent of the Company.
(SIGNATURE ON FOLLOWING PAGE)
IN WITNESS HEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be signed on its behalf, in its
corporate name, by its duly authorized officer, all as of the day and year first above written.
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WARRANT EXERCISE FORM
The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise the rights contained within the Warrant
to the extent of purchasing
shares of Common Stock of Marshall Edwards, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the Company), and hereby makes payment of $ in payment
therefor. By its exercise hereof, the undersigned confirms and agrees that it has complied and will
comply with all applicable restrictions on the offer, sale, pledge or other transfer of the shares
of Common Stock of the Company as set forth in the Warrant.
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