EX-4.1



 Exhibit 4.1 
 THIS WARRANT AND THE SHARES ISSUABLE HEREUNDER HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE AND, EXCEPT AS SET
FORTH IN SECTIONS 5.3 AND 5.4 BELOW, MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED UNLESS AND UNTIL REGISTERED UNDER SAID ACT AND LAWS OR, IN THE OPINION OF LEGAL COUNSEL IN FORM AND SUBSTANCE SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY, SUCH OFFER,
SALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER TRANSFER IS EXEMPT FROM SUCH REGISTRATION. 
 WARRANT TO PURCHASE STOCK 

 

			
	Company:	  	Nanosphere, Inc., a Delaware corporation
	Number of Shares:	  	61,827
	Type/Series of Stock:	  	Common Stock
	Warrant Price:	  	$2.6467 per share
	Issue Date:	  	May 6, 2013
	Expiration Date:	  	May 6, 2020. See also Section 5.1(b).
	Credit Facility:	  	This Warrant to Purchase Stock (“Warrant”) is issued in connection with that certain Loan and Security Agreement of even date herewith among Oxford Finance LLC, as
Lender and Collateral Agent, the Lenders from time to time party thereto, including Silicon Valley Bank and the Company (as modified, amended and/or restated from time to time, the “Loan Agreement”).

 THIS WARRANT CERTIFIES THAT, for good and valuable consideration, SILICON VALLEY BANK (together with any
successor or permitted assignee or transferee of this Warrant or of any shares issued upon exercise hereof, “Holder”) is entitled to purchase the number of fully paid and non-assessable shares (the “Shares”) of the
above-stated Type/Series of Stock (the “Class”) of the above-named company (the “Company”) at the above-stated Warrant Price, all as set forth above and as adjusted pursuant to Section 2 of this Warrant,
subject to the provisions and upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Warrant. Reference is made to Section 5.4 of this Warrant whereby Silicon Valley Bank shall transfer this Warrant to its parent company, SVB Financial Group.

 SECTION 1. EXERCISE. 
 1.1 Method of Exercise. Holder may at any time and from time to time exercise this Warrant, in whole or in part, by delivering to the Company the original of this Warrant together with a duly
executed Notice of Exercise in substantially the form attached hereto as Appendix 1 and, unless Holder is exercising this Warrant pursuant to a cashless exercise set forth in Section 1.2, a check, wire transfer of same-day funds (to an account
designated by the Company), or other form of payment acceptable to the Company for the aggregate Warrant Price for the Shares being purchased. 
 1.2 Cashless Exercise. On any exercise of this Warrant, in lieu of payment of the aggregate Warrant Price in the manner as specified in Section 1.1 above, but otherwise in accordance with the
requirements of Section 1.1, Holder may elect to receive Shares equal to the value of this Warrant, or portion hereof as to which this Warrant is being exercised. Thereupon, the Company shall issue to the Holder such number of fully paid and
non-assessable Shares as are computed using the following formula: 
 X = Y(A-B)/A 

where: 
  

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

  

	 	Y =	the number of Shares with respect to which this Warrant is being exercised (inclusive of the Shares surrendered to the Company in payment of the aggregate Warrant
Price); 


  
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	 	A =	the Fair Market Value (as determined pursuant to Section 1.3 below) of one Share; and 


 

	 	B =	the Warrant Price. 

 1.3 Fair
Market Value. The fair market value of a Share shall be the closing price or last sale price of a share of common stock reported for the Business Day immediately before the date on which Holder delivers this Warrant together with its Notice of
Exercise to the Company. 
 1.4 Delivery of Certificate and New Warrant. Within a reasonable time after Holder exercises
this Warrant in the manner set forth in Section 1.1 or 1.2 above, the Company shall deliver to Holder a certificate representing the Shares issued to Holder upon such exercise and, if this Warrant has not been fully exercised and has not
expired, a new warrant of like tenor representing the Shares not so acquired. 
 1.5 Replacement of Warrant. On receipt
of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant and, in the case of loss, theft or destruction, on delivery of an indemnity agreement reasonably satisfactory in form, substance and
amount to the Company or, in the case of mutilation, on surrender of this Warrant to the Company for cancellation, the Company shall, within a reasonable time, execute and deliver to Holder, in lieu of this Warrant, a new warrant of like tenor and
amount. 
 1.6 Treatment of Warrant Upon Acquisition of Company. 

(a) Acquisition. For the purpose of this Warrant, “Acquisition” means any transaction or series of related
transactions involving: (i) the sale, lease, exclusive license, or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company (ii) any merger or consolidation of the Company into or with another person or entity (other than
a merger or consolidation effected exclusively to change the Company’s domicile), or any other corporate reorganization, in which the stockholders of the Company in their capacity as such immediately prior to such merger, consolidation or
reorganization, own less than a majority of the Company’s (or the surviving or successor entity’s) outstanding voting power immediately after such merger, consolidation or reorganization (or, if such Company stockholders beneficially own a
majority of the outstanding voting power of the surviving or successor entity as of immediately after such merger, consolidation or reorganization, such surviving or successor entity is not the Company); or (iii) any sale or other transfer by
the stockholders of the Company of shares representing at least a majority of the Company’s then-total outstanding combined voting power. 
 (b) Treatment of Warrant at Acquisition. In the event of an Acquisition in which the consideration to be received by the Company’s stockholders consists solely of cash, solely of Marketable
Securities or a combination of cash and Marketable Securities (a “Cash/Public Acquisition”), either (i) Holder shall exercise this Warrant pursuant to Section 1.1 and/or 1.2 and such exercise will be deemed effective
immediately prior to and contingent upon the consummation of such Acquisition or (ii) if Holder elects not to exercise the Warrant, this Warrant will expire immediately prior to the consummation of such Acquisition. 

(c) The Company shall provide Holder with written notice of its request relating to the Cash/Public Acquisition (together with such
reasonable information as Holder may reasonably require regarding the treatment of this Warrant in connection with such contemplated Cash/Public Acquisition giving rise to such notice), which is to be delivered to Holder not less than seven
(7) Business Days prior to the closing of the proposed Cash/Public Acquisition. In the event the Company does not provide such notice, then if, immediately prior to the Cash/Public Acquisition, the fair market value of one Share (or other
security issuable upon the exercise hereof) as determined in accordance with Section 1.3 above would be greater than the Warrant Price in effect on such date, then this Warrant shall automatically be deemed on and as of such date to be
exercised pursuant to Section 1.2 above as to all Shares (or such other securities) for which it shall not previously have been exercised, and the Company shall promptly notify the Holder of the number of Shares (or such other securities)
issued upon such exercise to the Holder and Holder shall be deemed to have restated each of the representations and warranties in Section 4 of the Warrant as the date thereof. 

  
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 (d) Upon the closing of any Acquisition other than a Cash/Public Acquisition defined above,
the acquiring, surviving or successor entity shall assume the obligations of this Warrant, and this Warrant shall thereafter be exercisable for the same securities and/or other property as would have been paid for the Shares issuable upon exercise
of the unexercised portion of this Warrant as if such Shares were outstanding on and as of the closing of such Acquisition, subject to further adjustment from time to time in accordance with the provisions of this Warrant. 

(e) As used in this Warrant, “Marketable Securities” means securities meeting all of the following requirements: (i) the
issuer thereof is then subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and is then current in its filing of all required reports and
other information under the Act and the Exchange Act; (ii) the class and series of shares or other security of the issuer that would be received by Holder in connection with the Acquisition were Holder to exercise this Warrant on or prior to
the closing thereof is then listed for trading on a national securities exchange or another nationally recognized trading system or approved for quotation on an automated inter-dealer quotation system, and (iii) Holder would not be
contractually restricted from publicly reselling such securities after the expiration of the three (3) month period following the closing of such Acquisition, nor restricted under applicable federal or state securities laws from publicly
reselling such securities after the expiration of the six (6) month period following the closing of such Acquisition, all of the issuer’s shares and/or other securities that would be received by Holder in such Acquisition were Holder to
exercise this Warrant in full on or prior to the closing of such Acquisition. 
 SECTION 2. ADJUSTMENTS TO THE SHARES AND
WARRANT PRICE. 
 2.1 Stock Dividends, Splits, Etc. If the Company declares or pays a dividend or distribution on the
outstanding shares of the Class payable in common stock or other securities or property (other than cash), then upon exercise of this Warrant, for each Share acquired, Holder shall receive, without additional cost to Holder, the total number and
kind of securities and property which Holder would have received had Holder owned the Shares of record as of the date the dividend or distribution occurred. If the Company subdivides the outstanding shares of the Class by reclassification or
otherwise into a greater number of shares, the number of Shares purchasable hereunder shall be proportionately increased and the Warrant Price shall be proportionately decreased. If the outstanding shares of the Class are combined or consolidated,
by reclassification or otherwise, into a lesser number of shares, the Warrant Price shall be proportionately increased and the number of Shares shall be proportionately decreased. 

2.2 Reclassification, Exchange, Combinations or Substitution. Upon any event whereby all of the outstanding shares of the Class
are reclassified, exchanged, combined, substituted, or replaced for, into, with or by Company securities of a different class and/or series, then from and after the consummation of such event, this Warrant will be exercisable for the number, class
and series of Company securities that Holder would have received had the Shares been outstanding on and as of the consummation of such event, and subject to further adjustment thereafter from time to time in accordance with the provisions of this
Warrant. The provisions of this Section 2.2 shall similarly apply to successive reclassifications, exchanges, combinations substitutions, replacements or other similar events. 

2.3 No Fractional Share. No fractional Share shall be issuable upon exercise of this Warrant and the number of Shares to be issued
shall be rounded down to the nearest whole Share. If a fractional Share interest arises upon any exercise of the Warrant, the Company shall eliminate such fractional Share interest by paying Holder in cash the amount computed by multiplying the
fractional interest by (i) the fair market value (as determined in accordance with Section 1.3 above) of a full Share, less (ii) the then-effective Warrant Price. 

2.4 Notice/Certificate as to Adjustments. Upon each adjustment of the Warrant Price, Class and/or number of Shares, the Company,
at the Company’s expense, shall notify Holder in writing within a reasonable time setting forth the adjustments to the Warrant Price, Class and/or number of Shares and facts upon which such adjustment is based. The Company shall, upon written
request from Holder, furnish Holder with a certificate of an authorized officer reasonably acceptable to Holder, including computations of such adjustment and the Warrant Price, Class and number of Shares in effect upon the date of such adjustment.


  
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 SECTION 3. REPRESENTATIONS AND COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY. 

3.1 Representations and Warranties. The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Holder as follows: 

(a) The initial Warrant Price referenced on the first page of this Warrant is not greater than the average price per share at which
shares of the Class were sold for the three (3) trading days prior to the Issue Date hereof in a transaction conducted on the NASDAQ Global Market. 
 (b) All Shares which may be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant, and all securities, if any, issuable upon conversion of the Shares, shall, upon issuance, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully
paid and non-assessable, and free of any liens and encumbrances except for restrictions on transfer provided for herein or under applicable federal and state securities laws. The Company covenants that it shall at all times cause to be reserved and
kept available out of its authorized and unissued capital stock such number of shares of the Class, common stock and other securities as will be sufficient to permit the exercise in full of this Warrant and the conversion of the Shares into common
stock or such other securities. 
 3.2 Notice of Certain Events. If the Company proposes at any time to: 

(a) declare any dividend or distribution upon the outstanding shares of the Class or common stock, whether in cash, property, stock, or
other securities and whether or not a regular cash dividend; 
 (b) offer for subscription or sale pro rata to the holders of
the outstanding shares of the Class any additional shares of any class or series of the Company’s stock (other than pursuant to contractual pre-emptive rights); 
 (c) effect any reclassification, exchange, combination, substitution, reorganization or recapitalization of the outstanding shares of the Class; or 

(d) effect an Acquisition or to liquidate, dissolve or wind up, 
 then, in connection with each such event, the Company shall give Holder: 
 (1) at
least seven (7) Business Days prior written notice of the date on which a record will be taken for such dividend, distribution, or subscription rights (and specifying the date on which the holders of outstanding shares of the Class will be
entitled thereto) or for determining rights to vote, if any, in respect of the matters referred to in (a) and (b) above; and 
 (2) in the case of the matters referred to in (c) and (d) above at least seven (7) Business Days prior written notice of the date when the same will take place (and specifying the date on
which the holders of outstanding shares of the Class will be entitled to exchange their shares for the securities or other property deliverable upon the occurrence of such event). 
 Reference is made to Section 1.6(c) whereby this Warrant will be deemed to be exercised pursuant to Section 1.2 hereof if the Company does not give written notice to Holder of a Cash/Public
Acquisition as required by the terms hereof. Company will also provide information requested by Holder that is reasonably necessary to enable Holder to comply with Holder’s accounting or reporting requirements. 

SECTION 4. REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES OF THE HOLDER. 
 The Holder represents and warrants to the Company as follows: 
 4.1 Purchase
for Own Account. This Warrant and the securities to be acquired upon exercise of this Warrant by Holder are being acquired for investment for Holder’s and/or its affiliate company SVB Financial Group’s account, not as a nominee or
agent, and not with a view to the public resale or distribution within the meaning of the Act. Holder also represents that it has not been formed for the specific purpose of acquiring this Warrant or the Shares. 

  
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 4.2 Disclosure of Information. Holder is aware of the Company’s business affairs
and financial condition and has received or has had full access to all the information it considers necessary or appropriate to make an informed investment decision with respect to the acquisition of this Warrant and its underlying securities.
Holder further has had an opportunity to ask questions and receive answers from the Company regarding the terms and conditions of the offering of this Warrant and its underlying securities and to obtain additional information (to the extent the
Company possessed such information or could acquire it without unreasonable effort or expense) necessary to verify any information furnished to Holder or to which Holder has access. 

4.3 Investment Experience. Holder understands that the purchase of this Warrant and its underlying securities involves substantial
risk. Holder has experience as an investor in securities of companies in the development stage and acknowledges that Holder can bear the economic risk of such Holder’s investment in this Warrant and its underlying securities and has such
knowledge and experience in financial or business matters that Holder is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of its investment in this Warrant and its underlying securities and/or has a preexisting personal or business relationship with the
Company and certain of its officers, directors or controlling persons of a nature and duration that enables Holder to be aware of the character, business acumen and financial circumstances of such persons. 

4.4 Accredited Investor Status. Holder is an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Regulation D promulgated under
the Act. 
 4.5 The Act. Holder understands that this Warrant and the Shares issuable upon exercise hereof have not been
registered under the Act in reliance upon a specific exemption therefrom, which exemption depends upon, among other things, the bona fide nature of the Holder’s investment intent as expressed herein. Holder understands that this Warrant and the
Shares issued upon any exercise hereof must be held indefinitely unless subsequently registered under the Act and qualified under applicable state securities laws, or unless exemption from such registration and qualification are otherwise available.
Holder is aware of the provisions of Rule 144 promulgated under the Act. 
 4.6 No Voting Rights. Holder, as a Holder of
this Warrant, will not have any voting rights until the exercise of this Warrant. 
 SECTION 5. MISCELLANEOUS. 

5.1 Term; Automatic Cashless Exercise Upon Expiration. 
 (a) Term. Subject to the provisions of Section 1.6 above, this Warrant is exercisable in whole or in part at any time and from time to time on or before 6:00 PM, Pacific time, on the
Expiration Date and shall be void thereafter. 
 (b) Automatic Cashless Exercise upon Expiration. In the event that, upon
the Expiration Date, the fair market value of one Share (or other security issuable upon the exercise hereof) as determined in accordance with Section 1.3 above is greater than the Warrant Price in effect on such date, then this Warrant shall
automatically be deemed on and as of such date to be exercised pursuant to Section 1.2 above as to all Shares (or such other securities) for which it shall not previously have been exercised, and the Company shall, within a reasonable time,
deliver a certificate representing the Shares (or such other securities) issued upon such exercise to Holder. 
 5.2
Legends. Each certificate evidencing Shares (and each certificate evidencing the securities issued upon conversion of any Shares, if any) shall be imprinted with a legend in substantially the following form: 

  
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 THE SHARES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT
OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE AND, EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN THAT CERTAIN WARRANT TO PURCHASE STOCK ISSUED BY THE ISSUER TO SILICON VALLEY BANK DATED MAY 6, 2013, MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED
OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED UNLESS AND UNTIL REGISTERED UNDER SAID ACT AND LAWS OR, IN THE OPINION OF LEGAL COUNSEL IN FORM AND SUBSTANCE SATISFACTORY TO THE ISSUER, SUCH OFFER, SALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER TRANSFER IS EXEMPT FROM SUCH REGISTRATION.

 5.3 Compliance with Securities Laws on Transfer. This Warrant and the Shares issued upon exercise of this Warrant (and
the securities issuable, directly or indirectly, upon conversion of the Shares, if any) may not be transferred or assigned in whole or in part except in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws by the transferor and the
transferee (including, without limitation, the delivery of investment representation letters and legal opinions reasonably satisfactory to the Company, as reasonably requested by the Company). The Company shall not require Holder to provide an
opinion of counsel if the transfer is to SVB Financial Group (Silicon Valley Bank’s parent company) or any other affiliate of Holder, provided that any such transferee is an “accredited investor” as defined in Regulation D promulgated
under the Act. Additionally, the Company shall also not require an opinion of counsel if there is no material question as to the availability of Rule 144 promulgated under the Act. 

5.4 Transfer Procedure. After receipt by Silicon Valley Bank of the executed Warrant, Silicon Valley Bank will transfer all of
this Warrant to its parent company, SVB Financial Group. By its acceptance of this Warrant, SVB Financial Group hereby makes to the Company each of the representations and warranties set forth in Section 4 hereof and agrees to be bound by all
of the terms and conditions of this Warrant as if the original Holder hereof. Subject to the provisions of Section 5.3 and upon providing the Company with written notice, SVB Financial Group and any subsequent Holder may transfer all or part of
this Warrant or the Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant (or the securities issuable directly or indirectly, upon conversion of the Shares, if any) to any transferee, provided, however, in connection with any such transfer, SVB Financial
Group or any subsequent Holder will give the Company notice of the portion of the Warrant being transferred with the name, address and taxpayer identification number of the transferee and Holder will surrender this Warrant to the Company for
reissuance to the transferee(s) (and Holder if applicable); and provided further, that any subsequent transferee other than SVB Financial Group shall agree in writing with the Company to be bound by all of the terms and conditions of this Warrant.

 5.5 Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder from the Company to the Holder, or vice versa, shall be
deemed delivered and effective (i) when given personally, (ii) on the third (3rd) Business Day after being mailed by first-class registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, (iii) upon actual receipt if given by facsimile or
electronic mail and such receipt is confirmed in writing by the recipient, or (iv) on the first Business Day following delivery to a reliable overnight courier service, courier fee prepaid, in any case at such address as may have been furnished
to the Company or Holder, as the case may be, in writing by the Company or such Holder from time to time in accordance with the provisions of this Section 5.5. All notices to Holder shall be addressed as follows until the Company receives
notice of a change of address in connection with a transfer or otherwise: 
 SVB Financial Group 

Attn: Treasury Department 
 3003 Tasman Drive, HA 200 
 Santa Clara, CA 95054 

Telephone: 408-654-7400 
 Facsimile: 408-496-2405 
 Email: warradmi@svb.com 

Notice to the Company shall be addressed as follows until Holder receives notice of a change in address: 

  
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 Nanosphere, Inc. 
 4088 Commercial Avenue 
 Northbrook, IL 60062 

Attn: Chief Financial Officer 
 Telephone: (847) 400-9021 
 Facsimile: (847) 400-9199 

Email: rmoody@nanosphere.us 
 With a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to: 
 Seyfarth Shaw LLP

 620 Eighth Avenue 
 New York, NY 10018 
 Attn: Blake Hornick 

Telephone: (212) 218-3338 
 Facsimile: (212) 218-5526 
 Email: bhornick@seyfarth.com 

5.6 Waiver. This Warrant and any term hereof may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated (either generally or in a particular
instance and either retroactively or prospectively) only by an instrument in writing signed by the party against which enforcement of such change, waiver, discharge or termination is sought. 

5.7 Attorneys’ Fees. In the event of any dispute between the parties concerning the terms and provisions of this Warrant, the
party prevailing in such dispute shall be entitled to collect from the other party all costs incurred in such dispute, including reasonable attorneys’ fees. 
 5.8 Counterparts; Facsimile/Electronic Signatures. This Warrant may be executed in counterparts, all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Any signature page delivered
electronically or by facsimile shall be binding to the same extent as an original signature page with regards to any agreement subject to the terms hereof or any amendment thereto. 

5.9 Governing Law. This Warrant shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without
giving effect to its principles regarding conflicts of law. 
 5.10 Headings. The headings in this Warrant are for
purposes of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning of any provision of this Warrant. 
 5.11
Business Days. “Business Day” is any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or a day on which Silicon Valley Bank is closed. 
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Warrant to Purchase Stock to be executed by
their duly authorized representatives effective as of the Issue Date written above. 
  

			
	“COMPANY”
	
	NANOSPHERE, INC.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Roger Moody

	Name:	 	Roger Moody
		 	(Print)
	Title:	 	Chief Financial Officer
	
	“HOLDER”
	
	SILICON VALLEY BANK
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Nick Honzeman

	Name:	 	Nick Honzeman
		 	(Print)
	Title:	 	Vice President

 [Signature Page to Warrant to Purchase Stock]








 APPENDIX 1 
 NOTICE OF EXERCISE 
 1. The undersigned Holder hereby exercises its right
purchase             shares of the Common Stock of NANOSPHERE, INC. (the “Company”) in accordance with the attached Warrant To Purchase Stock, and tenders payment of the
aggregate Warrant Price for such shares as follows: 
  

	 	 ̈	check in the amount of $            payable to order of the Company enclosed herewith


  

	 	 ̈	Wire transfer of immediately available funds to the Company’s account 


 

	 	 ̈	Cashless Exercise pursuant to Section 1.2 of the Warrant 

  

	 	 ̈	Other [Describe]
                                         
                                    


 

	 	2.	Please issue a certificate or certificates representing the Shares in the name specified below: 


 

			
		 	  

		 	Holder’s Name
		
		 	  

		
		 	  

		 	(Address)

 3. By its execution below and for the benefit of the Company, Holder hereby restates each of the
representations and warranties in Section 4 of the Warrant to Purchase Stock as of the date hereof. 
  

			
	HOLDER:
	
	  

		
	By:	 	  

	Name:	 	  

	Title:	 	  

	Date:	 	  



 Appendix 1