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EXHIBIT 4.11  


        RIGEL PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
  and
                         , AS WARRANT AGENT

FORM OF DEBT SECURITIES

WARRANT AGREEMENT
  DATED AS OF            





 
RIGEL PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

Form of Debt Securities Warrant Agreement  


        DEBT SECURITIES WARRANT AGREEMENT, dated as
of                        , between RIGEL PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the "COMPANY") and
                        , a [corporation] [national banking association] organized and existing under the laws
of                        and having a corporate trust
office in                        , as warrant agent (the "WARRANT AGENT"). 


        WHEREAS,
the Company has entered into an indenture dated as of [                        (the "SENIOR INDENTURE"),
with                        , as trustee (such trustee, and any successors
to such trustee, herein called the "SENIOR TRUSTEE"), providing for the issuance from time to time of its unsubordinated debt securities, to be issued in one or more series as provided in the Senior
Indenture (the "DEBT SECURITIES");] [                        (the "SUBORDINATED INDENTURE"),
with                        , as trustee (such trustee, and any successors to such trustee, herein
called the "SUBORDINATED TRUSTEE"), providing for the issuance from time to time of its subordinated debt securities, to be issued in one or more series as provided in the Subordinated Indenture (the
"DEBT SECURITIES");] 


        WHEREAS,
the Company proposes to sell [If Warrants are sold with other securities—title of such other Securities being offered (the "OTHER SECURITIES")
with] warrant certificates evidencing one or more warrants (the "WARRANTS" or, individually, a "WARRANT") representing the right to purchase [title of Debt Securities
purchasable through exercise of Warrants] (the "WARRANT DEBT SECURITIES"), such warrant certificates and other warrant certificates issued pursuant to this Agreement being herein called
the "WARRANT CERTIFICATES"; and 


        WHEREAS,
the Company desires the Warrant Agent to act on behalf of the Company, and the Warrant Agent is willing so to act, in connection with the issuance, registration, transfer,
exchange, exercise and replacement of the Warrant Certificates, and in this Agreement wishes to set forth, among other things, the form and provisions of the Warrant Certificates and the terms and
conditions on which they may be issued, registered, transferred, exchanged, exercised and replaced; 


        NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual agreements herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows: 


ARTICLE 1

ISSUANCE OF WARRANTS AND EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF WARRANT CERTIFICATES  


        1.1    ISSUANCE OF WARRANTS.    [If Warrants alone—Upon issuance, each Warrant Certificate
shall evidence one or more Warrants.][If Other Securities and Warrants—Warrant Certificates shall be [initially] issued in connection with
the issuance of the Other Securities [but shall be separately transferable on and after                        (the "DETACHABLE
DATE")] [and shall not be separately
transferable] and each Warrant Certificate shall evidence one or more Warrants.] Each Warrant evidenced thereby shall represent the right, subject to the provisions contained
herein and therein, to purchase one Warrant Debt Security. [If Other Securities and Warrants—Warrant Certificates shall be initially issued in units with the Other Securities
and each Warrant Certificate included in such a unit shall evidence                        Warrants for each
[$                        principal amount]
[                        
shares] of Other Securities included in such unit.]. 


        1.2    EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF WARRANT CERTIFICATES.    Each Warrant Certificate, whenever issued, shall be in
registered form substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto, shall be dated the date of its countersignature by the Warrant Agent and may have such letters, numbers, or other marks
of identification or designation and such legends or endorsements printed, lithographed or engraved thereon as the officers of the Company executing the same may approve (execution thereof to be
conclusive evidence of such approval) and as are not inconsistent with the 


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provisions
of this Agreement, or as may be required to comply with any law or with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or regulation of any securities exchange on which the
Warrants may be listed, or to conform to usage. The Warrant Certificates shall be signed on behalf of the Company by any of its present or future chief executive officers, presidents, senior vice
presidents, vice presidents, chief financial officers, chief legal officers, treasurers, assistant treasurers, controllers, assistant controllers, secretaries or assistant secretaries under its
corporate seal reproduced thereon. Such signatures may be manual or facsimile signatures of such authorized officers and may be imprinted or otherwise reproduced on the Warrant Certificates. The seal
of the Company may be in the form of a facsimile thereof and may be impressed, affixed, imprinted or otherwise reproduced on the Warrant Certificates. 


        No
Warrant Certificate shall be valid for any purpose, and no Warrant evidenced thereby shall be exercisable, until such Warrant Certificate has been countersigned by the manual
signature of the Warrant Agent. Such signature by the Warrant Agent upon any Warrant Certificate executed by the Company shall be conclusive evidence that the Warrant Certificate so countersigned has
been duly issued hereunder. 


        In
case any officer of the Company who shall have signed any of the Warrant Certificates either manually or by facsimile signature shall cease to be such officer before the Warrant
Certificates so signed shall have been countersigned and delivered by the Warrant Agent, such Warrant Certificates may be countersigned and delivered notwithstanding that the person who signed Warrant
Certificates ceased to be such officer of the Company; and any Warrant Certificate may be signed on behalf of the Company by such persons as, at the actual date of the execution of such Warrant
Certificate, shall be the proper officers of the Company, although at the date of the execution of this Agreement any such person was not such officer. 



        The
term "holder" or "holder of a Warrant Certificate" as used herein shall mean any person in whose name at the time any Warrant Certificate shall be registered upon the books to be
maintained by the Warrant Agent for that purpose [If Other Securities and Warrants are not immediately detachable—or upon the registration of the Other Securities prior to the
Detachable Date. Prior to the Detachable Date, the Company will, or will cause the registrar of the Other Securities to, make available at all times to the Warrant Agent such information as to holders
of the Other Securities as may be necessary to keep the Warrant Agent's records up to date]. 


        1.3    ISSUANCE OF WARRANT CERTIFICATES.    Warrant Certificates evidencing the right to purchase Warrant Debt
Securities may be executed by the Company and delivered to the Warrant Agent upon the execution of this Warrant Agreement or from time to time thereafter. The Warrant Agent shall, upon receipt of
Warrant Certificates duly executed on behalf of the Company, countersign such Warrant Certificates and shall deliver such Warrant Certificates to or upon the order of the Company. 


 
 

ARTICLE 2
  
    WARRANT PRICE, DURATION AND EXERCISE OF WARRANTS    
    



        2.1    WARRANT PRICE.    During the period specified in Section 2.2, each Warrant shall, subject to the terms
of this Warrant Agreement and the applicable Warrant Certificate, entitle the holder thereof, to purchase the principal amount of Warrant Debt Securities specified in the applicable Warrant
Certificate at an exercise price of            % of the principal amount thereof [plus accrued amortization, if any, of the original issue discount of the Warrant Debt
Securities] [plus accrued interest, if any, from the most recent date from which interest shall have been paid on the Warrant Debt Securities or, if no interest shall have been
paid on the Warrant Debt Securities, from the date of their initial issuance.] [The original issue discount
($                        for each $1,000 principal amount of Warrant Debt
Securities) will be amortized at a            % annual rate, computed on a[n][semi-] annual 


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basis
[using a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months].] Such purchase price for the Warrant Debt Securities is referred to in this
Agreement as the "WARRANT PRICE." 


        2.2    DURATION OF WARRANTS.    Each Warrant may be exercised in whole or in part at any time, as specified herein, on
or after [the date thereof] [    ] and at or before [    ] p.m., [City] time,
on or such later date as the Company may designate by notice to the Warrant Agent and the holders of Warrant Certificates mailed to their addresses as set forth in the record books of the Warrant
Agent (the "EXPIRATION DATE"). Each Warrant not exercised at or before [    ] p.m., [City] time, on the Expiration Date shall become
void, and all rights of the holder of the Warrant Certificate evidencing such Warrant under this Agreement shall cease. 


        2.3    EXERCISE OF WARRANTS.    


        (a)   During
the period specified in Section 2.2, the Warrants may be exercised to purchase a whole number of Warrant Debt Securities in registered form by providing
certain information as set forth on the reverse side of the Warrant Certificate and by paying in full, in lawful money of the United States of America, [in cash or by certified check or
official bank check in New York Clearing House funds] [by bank wire transfer in immediately available funds] the Warrant Price for each Warrant Debt Security with
respect to which a Warrant is being exercised to the Warrant Agent at its corporate trust office, provided that such exercise is subject to receipt within five business days of such payment by the
Warrant Agent of the Warrant Certificate with the form of election to purchase Warrant Debt Securities set forth on the reverse side of the Warrant Certificate properly completed and duly executed.
The date on which payment in full of the Warrant Price is received by the Warrant Agent shall, subject to receipt of the Warrant Certificate as aforesaid, be deemed to be the date on which the Warrant
is exercised; provided, however, that if, at the date of receipt of such Warrant Certificates and payment in full of the Warrant Price, the transfer books for the Warrant Debt Securities purchasable
upon the exercise of such Warrants shall be closed, no such receipt of such Warrant Certificates and no such payment of such Warrant Price shall be effective to constitute the person so designated to
be named as the holder of record of such Warrant Debt Securities on such date, but shall be effective to constitute such person as the holder of record of such Warrant Debt Securities for all purposes
at the opening of business on the next succeeding day on which the transfer books for the Warrant Debt Securities purchasable upon the exercise of such Warrants shall be opened, and the certificates
for the Warrant Debt Securities in respect of which such Warrants are then exercised shall be issuable as of the date on such next succeeding day on which the transfer books shall next be opened, and
until such date the Company shall be under no duty to deliver any certificate for such Warrant Debt Securities. The Warrant Agent shall deposit all funds received by it in payment of the Warrant Price
in an account of the Company maintained with it and shall advise the Company by telephone at the end of each day on which a payment for the exercise of Warrants is received of the amount so deposited
to its account. The Warrant Agent shall promptly confirm such telephone advice to the Company in writing. 


        (b)   The
Warrant Agent shall, from time to time, as promptly as practicable, advise the Company of (i) the number of Warrant Debt Securities with respect to which
Warrants were exercised, (ii) the instructions of each holder of the Warrant Certificates evidencing such Warrants with respect to delivery of the Warrant Debt Securities to which such holder
is entitled upon such exercise, (iii) delivery of Warrant Certificates evidencing the balance, if any, of the Warrants for the remaining Warrant Debt Securities after such exercise, and
(iv) such other information as the Company or the [Senior][Subordinated] Trustee shall reasonably require. 


        (c)   As
soon as practicable after the exercise of any Warrant, the Company shall issue, pursuant to the Indenture, in authorized denominations, to or upon the order of the
holder of the Warrant Certificate evidencing such Warrant, the Warrant Debt Securities to which such holder is entitled, in fully registered form, registered in such name or names as may be directed
by such holder. If fewer than all of the Warrants evidenced by such Warrant Certificate were exercised, the Company shall 


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execute,
and an authorized officer of the Warrant Agent shall manually countersign and deliver, a new Warrant Certificate evidencing Warrants for the number of Warrant Debt Securities remaining
unexercised. 


        (d)   The
Company shall not be required to pay any stamp or other tax or other governmental charge required to be paid in connection with any transfer involved in the issue of
the Warrant Debt Securities, and in the event that any such transfer is involved, the Company shall not be required to issue or deliver any Warrant Debt Securities until such tax or other charge shall
have been paid or it has been established to the Company's satisfaction that no such tax or other charge is due. 


 
 

ARTICLE 3
  
    OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO RIGHTS OF HOLDERS OF WARRANT CERTIFICATES    
    


        3.1    NO RIGHTS AS HOLDERS OF WARRANT DEBT SECURITIES CONFERRED BY WARRANTS OR WARRANT CERTIFICATES.    No Warrant
Certificate or Warrant evidenced thereby shall entitle the holder thereof to any of the rights of a holder of Warrant Debt Securities, including, without limitation, the right to receive the payment
of principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on the Warrant Debt Securities or to enforce any of the covenants in the Indenture. 


        3.2    LOST, STOLEN, MUTILATED OR DESTROYED WARRANT CERTIFICATES.    Upon receipt by the Warrant Agent of evidence
reasonably satisfactory to it and the Company of the ownership of and the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of any Warrant Certificate and/or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Warrant
Agent and the Company and, in the case of mutilation, upon surrender of the mutilated Warrant Certificate to the Warrant Agent for cancellation, then, in the absence of notice to the Company or the
Warrant Agent that such Warrant Certificate has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute, and an authorized officer of the Warrant Agent shall manually countersign and
deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of the lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Warrant Certificate, a new Warrant Certificate of the same tenor and evidencing Warrants for a like principal amount of
Warrant Debt Securities. Upon the issuance of any new Warrant Certificate under this Section 3.2, 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 any other expenses (including the
fees and expenses of the Warrant Agent) in connection therewith. Every substitute Warrant Certificate executed and delivered pursuant to this Section 3.2 in lieu of any lost, stolen or
destroyed Warrant Certificate shall represent an additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the 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
Section 3.2 are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement of mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed Warrant Certificates. 



        3.3    HOLDER OF WARRANT CERTIFICATE MAY ENFORCE RIGHTS.    Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this Agreement,
any holder of any Warrant Certificate, without the consent of the Warrant Agent, the [Senior] [Subordinated] Trustee, the holder of any Warrant Debt
Securities or the holder of any other Warrant Certificate, may, in such holder's own behalf and for such holder's own benefit, enforce, and may institute and maintain any suit, action or proceeding
against the Company suitable to enforce, or otherwise in respect of, such holder's right to exercise the Warrants evidenced by such holder's Warrant Certificate in the manner provided in such holder's
Warrant Certificates and in this Agreement. 


        3.4    MERGER, SALE, CONVEYANCE OR LEASE.    In case of (a) any share exchange, merger or similar transaction
of the Company with or into another person or entity (other than a share exchange, merger or similar transaction in which the Company is the acquiring or surviving corporation) or (b) the sale,
exchange, lease, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of 


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the
properties and assets of the Company as an entirety (in any such case, a "REORGANIZATION EVENT"), then, as a condition of such Reorganization Event, lawful provisions shall be made, and duly
executed documents evidencing the same from the Company's successor shall be delivered to the holders of the Warrants, so that such successor shall succeed to and be substituted for the Company, and
assume all the Company's obligations under, this Agreement and the Warrants. The Company shall thereupon be relieved of any further obligation hereunder or under the Warrants, and the Company as the
predecessor corporation may thereupon or at any time thereafter be dissolved, wound up or liquidated. Such successor or assuming entity thereupon may cause to be signed, and may issue either in its
own name or in the name of the Company, any or all of the Warrants issuable hereunder which heretofore shall not have been signed by the Company, and may execute and deliver securities in its own
name, in fulfillment of its obligations to deliver Warrant Debt Securities upon exercise of the Warrants. All the Warrants so issued shall in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under
this Agreement as the Warrants theretofore or thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of this Agreement as though all of such Warrants had been issued at the date of the execution hereof. In
any case of any such Reorganization Event, such changes in phraseology and form (but not in substance) may be made in the Warrants thereafter to be issued as may be appropriate. 



        The
Warrant Agent may receive a written opinion of legal counsel as conclusive evidence that any such Reorganization Event complies with the provisions of this Section 3.4. 


        3.5    NOTICE TO WARRANTHOLDERS.    In case the Company shall (a) effect any Reorganization Event or
(b) make any distribution on or in respect of the [title of Warrant Debt Securities] in connection with the dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company, then
the Company shall mail to each holder of Warrants at such holder's address as it shall appear on the books of the Warrant Agent, at least ten days prior to the applicable date hereinafter specified, a
notice stating the date on which such Reorganization Event, dissolution, liquidation or winding up is expected to become effective, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of
[title of Warrant Debt Securities] of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares of [title of Warrant Debt Securities] for securities or other
property deliverable upon such Reorganization Event, dissolution, liquidation or winding up. No failure to mail such notice nor any defect therein or in the mail in thereof shall affect any such
transaction. 


 
 

ARTICLE 4
  
    EXCHANGE AND TRANSFER OF WARRANT CERTIFICATES    
    



        4.1    EXCHANGE AND TRANSFER OF WARRANT CERTIFICATES.    [If Other Securities with Warrants which are
immediately detachable—Upon][If Other Securities with Warrants which are not immediately detachable—Prior to the Detachable Date, a Warrant Certificate
may be exchanged or transferred only together with the Other Security to which the Warrant Certificate was initially attached, and only for the purpose of effecting or in conjunction with an exchange
or transfer of such Other Security. Prior to any Detachable Date, each transfer of the Other Security shall operate also to transfer the related Warrant Certificates. After the Detachable Date,
upon] surrender at the corporate trust office of the Warrant Agent, Warrant Certificates evidencing Warrants may be exchanged for Warrant Certificates in other denominations evidencing
such Warrants or the transfer thereof may be registered in whole or in part; provided that such other Warrant Certificates evidence Warrants for the same aggregate principal amount of Warrant Debt
Securities as the Warrant Certificates so surrendered. The Warrant Agent shall keep, at its corporate trust office, books in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, it shall
register Warrant Certificates and exchanges and transfers of outstanding Warrant Certificates, upon surrender of the Warrant Certificates to the Warrant Agent at its corporate trust office for
exchange or registration of transfer, properly endorsed or accompanied by appropriate instruments of registration of transfer and written instructions for transfer, all in form satisfactory to the
Company and the Warrant Agent. No service charge shall be made for 


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any
exchange or registration of transfer of Warrant Certificates, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any stamp or other tax or other governmental charge that may be
imposed in connection with any such exchange or registration of transfer. Whenever any Warrant Certificates are so surrendered for exchange or registration of transfer, an authorized officer of the
Warrant Agent shall manually countersign and deliver to the person or persons entitled thereto a Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates duly authorized and executed by the Company, as so
requested. The Warrant Agent shall not be required to effect any exchange or registration of transfer which will result in the issuance of a Warrant Certificate evidencing a Warrant for a fraction of
a Warrant Debt Security or a number of Warrants for a whole number of Warrant Debt Securities and a fraction of a Warrant Debt Security. All Warrant Certificates issued upon any exchange or
registration of transfer 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
Certificate surrendered for such exchange or registration of transfer. 


        4.2    TREATMENT OF HOLDERS OF WARRANT CERTIFICATES.    [If Other Securities and Warrants are not
immediately detachable—Prior to the Detachable Date, the Company, the Warrant Agent and all other persons may treat the owner of the Other Security as the owner of the Warrant Certificates
initially attached thereto for any purpose and as the person entitled to exercise the rights represented by the Warrants evidenced by such Warrant Certificates, any notice to the contrary
notwithstanding. After the Detachable Date and prior to due presentment of a Warrant Certificate for registration of transfer, the][The] Company, the Warrant Agent
and all other persons may treat the registered holder of a Warrant Certificate as the absolute owner thereof for any purpose and as the person entitled to exercise the rights represented by the
Warrants evidenced thereby, any notice to the contrary notwithstanding. 


        4.3    CANCELLATION OF WARRANT CERTIFICATES.    Any Warrant Certificate surrendered for exchange, registration of
transfer or exercise of the Warrants evidenced thereby 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 canceled by the Warrant Agent and shall not be reissued and, except as expressly permitted by this Agreement, no Warrant Certificate shall be issued hereunder in exchange
therefor or in lieu thereof. The Warrant Agent shall deliver to the Company from time to time or otherwise dispose of canceled Warrant Certificates in a manner satisfactory to the Company. 


 
 

ARTICLE 5
  
    CONCERNING THE WARRANT AGENT    
    


        5.1    WARRANT AGENT.    The Company hereby appoints                        as Warrant
Agent of the Company in respect of the
Warrants and the Warrant Certificates upon the terms and subject to the conditions herein set forth,
and                        hereby accepts such appointment. The Warrant Agent shall have the powers and
authority granted to and conferred upon it in the Warrant Certificates and hereby and such further power and authority to act on behalf of the Company as the Company may hereafter grant to or confer
upon it. All of the terms and provisions with respect to such power and authority contained in the Warrant Certificates are subject to and governed by the terms and provisions hereof. 


        5.2    CONDITIONS OF WARRANT AGENT'S OBLIGATIONS.    The Warrant Agent accepts its obligations herein set forth upon
the terms and conditions hereof, including the following to all of which the Company agrees and to all of which the rights hereunder of the holders from time to time of the Warrant Certificates shall
be subject: 



        (a)   COMPENSATION
AND INDEMNIFICATION.    The Company agrees promptly to pay the Warrant Agent the compensation to be agreed upon with the Company for all services 



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rendered
by the Warrant Agent and to reimburse the Warrant Agent for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable counsel fees) incurred without negligence, bad
faith or willful misconduct by the Warrant Agent in connection with the services rendered hereunder by the Warrant Agent. The Company also agrees to indemnify the Warrant Agent for, and to hold it
harmless against, any loss, liability or expense incurred without negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct on the part of the Warrant Agent, arising out of or in connection with its acting as
Warrant Agent hereunder, including the reasonable costs and expenses of defending against any claim of such liability. 


        (b)   AGENT
FOR THE COMPANY.    In acting under this Warrant Agreement and in connection with the Warrant Certificates, the Warrant Agent is acting solely as agent
of the Company and does not assume any obligations or relationship of agency or trust for or with any of the holders of Warrant Certificates or beneficial owners of Warrants. 



        (c)   COUNSEL.    The
Warrant Agent may consult with counsel satisfactory to it, which may include counsel for the Company, and the written advice of such counsel
shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with the advice of such counsel. 


        (d)   DOCUMENTS.    The
Warrant Agent shall be protected and shall incur no liability for or in respect of any action taken or omitted by it in reliance upon any
Warrant Certificate, notice, direction, consent, certificate, affidavit, statement or other paper or document reasonably believed by it to be genuine and to have been presented or signed by the proper
parties. 


        (e)   CERTAIN
TRANSACTIONS.    The Warrant Agent, and its officers, directors and employees, may become the owner of, or acquire any interest in, Warrants, with the
same rights that it or they would have if it were not the Warrant Agent hereunder, and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, it or they may engage or be interested in any financial or other
transaction with the Company and may act on, or as depositary, trustee or agent for, any committee or body of holders of Warrant Securities or other obligations of the Company as freely as if it were
not the Warrant Agent hereunder. Nothing in this Warrant Agreement shall be deemed to prevent the Warrant Agent from acting as [Senior] [Subordinated]
Trustee under the [Senior][Subordinated] Indenture. 


        (f)    NO
LIABILITY FOR INTEREST.    Unless otherwise agreed with the Company, the Warrant Agent shall have no liability for interest on any monies at any time
received by it pursuant to any of the provisions of this Agreement or of the Warrant Certificates. 


        (g)   NO
LIABILITY FOR INVALIDITY.    The Warrant Agent shall have no liability with respect to any invalidity of this Agreement or any of the Warrant Certificates
(except as to the Warrant Agent's countersignature thereon). 


        (h)   NO
RESPONSIBILITY FOR REPRESENTATIONS.    The Warrant Agent shall not be responsible for any of the recitals or representations herein or in the Warrant
Certificates (except as to the Warrant Agent's countersignature thereon), all of which are made solely by the Company. 


        (i)    NO
IMPLIED OBLIGATIONS.    The Warrant Agent shall be obligated to perform only such duties as are herein and in the Warrant Certificates specifically set
forth and no implied duties or obligations shall be read into this Agreement or the Warrant Certificates against the Warrant Agent. The Warrant Agent shall not be under any obligation to take any
action hereunder which may tend to involve it in any expense or liability, the payment of which within a reasonable time is not, in its reasonable opinion, assured to it. The Warrant Agent shall not
be accountable or under any duty or responsibility for the use by the Company of any of the Warrant Certificates authenticated by the Warrant Agent and delivered by it to the Company pursuant to this
Agreement or for the application by the Company of the proceeds of the Warrant Certificates. The 



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Warrant
Agent shall have no duty or responsibility in case of any default by the Company in the performance of its covenants or agreements contained herein or in the Warrant Certificates or in the
case of the receipt of any written demand from a holder of a Warrant Certificate with respect to such default, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any duty or responsibility
to initiate or attempt to initiate any proceedings at law or otherwise or, except as provided in Section 6.2 hereof, to make any demand upon the Company. 




        5.3    RESIGNATION, REMOVAL AND APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSORS.    


        (a)   The
Company agrees, for the benefit of the holders from time to time of the Warrant Certificates, that there shall at all times be a Warrant Agent hereunder until all
the Warrants have been exercised or are no longer exercisable. 


        (b)   The
Warrant Agent may at any time resign as agent by giving written notice to the Company of such intention on its part, specifying the date on which its desired
resignation shall become effective; provided that such date shall not be less than three months after the date on which such notice is given unless the Company otherwise agrees. The Warrant Agent
hereunder may be removed at any time by the filing with it of an instrument in writing signed by or on behalf of the Company and specifying such removal and the intended date when it shall become
effective. Such resignation or removal shall take effect upon the appointment by the Company, as hereinafter provided, of a successor Warrant Agent (which shall be a bank or trust company authorized
under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization to exercise corporate trust powers) and the acceptance of such appointment by such successor Warrant Agent. The obligation of the Company under
Section 5.2(a) shall continue to the extent set forth therein notwithstanding the resignation or removal of the Warrant Agent. 


        (c)   In
case at any time the Warrant Agent shall resign, or shall be removed, or shall become incapable of acting, or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent, or shall
commence a voluntary case under the Federal bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter constituted, or under any other applicable Federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law or shall consent to
the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, custodian, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official) of the Warrant Agent or its property or affairs, or shall make
an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or shall take corporate action in furtherance of any such action, or
a decree or order for relief by a court having jurisdiction in the premises shall have been entered in respect of the Warrant Agent in an involuntary case under the Federal bankruptcy laws, as now or
hereafter constituted, or any other applicable Federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law, or a decree or order by a court having jurisdiction in the premises shall have been entered for
the appointment of a receiver, custodian, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or similar official) of the Warrant Agent or of its property or affairs, or any public officer shall take charge
or control of the Warrant Agent or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation, winding up or liquidation, a successor Warrant Agent, qualified as aforesaid, shall be
appointed by the Company by an instrument in writing, filed with the successor Warrant Agent. Upon the appointment as aforesaid of a successor Warrant Agent and acceptance by the successor Warrant
Agent of such appointment, the Warrant Agent shall cease to be Warrant Agent hereunder. 


        (d)   Any
successor Warrant Agent appointed hereunder shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to its predecessor and to the Company an instrument accepting such appointment
hereunder, and thereupon such successor Warrant Agent, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the authority, rights, powers, trusts, immunities, duties and
obligations of such predecessor with like effect as if originally named as Warrant Agent hereunder, and such predecessor, upon payment of its charges and disbursements then unpaid, shall thereupon
become obligated to transfer, deliver and pay over, and such successor Warrant Agent shall be entitled to receive, all 


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monies,
securities and other property on deposit with or held by such predecessor, as Warrant Agent hereunder. 


        (e)   Any
corporation into which the Warrant Agent hereunder may be merged or converted or any corporation with which the Warrant Agent may be consolidated, or any corporation
resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Warrant Agent shall be a party, or any corporation to which the Warrant Agent shall sell or otherwise transfer all or substantially
all the assets and business of the Warrant Agent, provided that it shall be qualified as aforesaid, shall be the successor Warrant Agent under this Agreement without the execution or filing of any
paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto. 


 
 

ARTICLE 6
  
    MISCELLANEOUS    
    


        6.1    AMENDMENT.    This Agreement may be amended by the parties hereto, without the consent of the holder of any
Warrant Certificate, for the purpose of curing any ambiguity, or of curing, correcting or supplementing any defective provision contained herein, or making any other provisions with respect to matters
or questions arising under this Agreement as the Company and the Warrant Agent may deem necessary or desirable; provided that such action shall not materially adversely affect the interests of the
holders of the Warrant Certificates. 


        6.2    NOTICES AND DEMANDS TO THE COMPANY AND WARRANT AGENT.    If the Warrant Agent shall receive any notice or
demand addressed to the Company by the holder of a Warrant Certificate pursuant to the provisions of the Warrant Certificates, the Warrant Agent shall promptly forward such notice or demand to the
Company. 


        6.3    ADDRESSES.    Any communication from the Company to the Warrant Agent with respect to this Agreement shall be
addressed to                        ,
Attention:                        , and any communication from the Warrant Agent to the Company with respect to this Agreement
shall be addressed to Rigel
Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 1180 Veterans Boulevard, South San Francisco, California 94080, Attention: General Counsel (or such other address as shall be specified in writing by the Warrant Agent or
by the Company). 


        6.4    GOVERNING LAW.    This Agreement and each Warrant Certificate issued hereunder shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. 


        6.5    DELIVERY OF PROSPECTUS.    The Company shall furnish to the Warrant Agent sufficient copies of a prospectus
meeting the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to the Warrant Debt Securities deliverable upon exercise of the Warrants (the "PROSPECTUS"), and the Warrant Agent agrees
that upon the exercise of any Warrant, the Warrant Agent will deliver to the holder of the Warrant Certificate evidencing such Warrant, prior to or concurrently with the delivery of the Warrant Debt
Securities issued upon such exercise, a Prospectus. The Warrant Agent shall not, by reason of any such delivery, assume any responsibility for the accuracy or adequacy of such Prospectus. 


        6.6    OBTAINING OF GOVERNMENTAL APPROVALS.    The Company will from time to time take all action which may be
necessary to obtain and keep effective any and all permits, consents and approvals of governmental agencies and authorities and securities act filings under United States Federal and state laws
(including without limitation a registration statement in respect of the Warrants and Warrant Debt Securities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended), which may be or become requisite in
connection with the issuance, sale, transfer, and delivery of the Warrant Debt Securities issued upon exercise of the Warrants, the issuance, sale, transfer and delivery of the Warrants or upon the
expiration of the period during which the Warrants are exercisable. 


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        6.7    PERSONS HAVING RIGHTS UNDER WARRANT AGREEMENT.    Nothing in this Agreement shall give to any person other than
the Company, the Warrant Agent and the holders of the Warrant Certificates any right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement. 


        6.8    HEADINGS.    The descriptive headings of the several Articles and Sections of this Agreement are inserted for
convenience only and shall not control or affect the meaning or construction of any of the provisions hereof. 



        6.9    COUNTERPARTS.    This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which as so executed
shall be deemed to be an original, but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. 


        6.10    INSPECTION OF AGREEMENT.    A copy of this Agreement shall be available at all reasonable times at the
principal corporate trust office of the Warrant Agent for inspection by the holder of any Warrant Certificate. The Warrant Agent may require such holder to submit his Warrant Certificate for
inspection by it. 


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        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed, all as of the day and year first above written. 



	

RIGEL PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.	

 
	

By:	

  
	

 
	

Its:	

  
	

 
	

Attest:	

  
	

 
	

  
	

, as
	Warrant Agent	 
	

By:	

  
	

 
	

Its:	

  
	

 
	

Attest:	

  
	

 




[SIGNATURE
PAGE TO COMMON STOCK WARRANT AGREEMENT] 


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EXHIBIT A    
    


FORM OF WARRANT CERTIFICATE

[FACE OF WARRANT CERTIFICATE]  



	[[Form if Warrants are attached to Other Securities and are not immediately detachable.]	 	[Prior to                        , this Warrant Certificate cannot be transferred or exchanged unless
attached to a [Title of Other Securities].]
	

[Form of Legend if Warrants are not immediately exercisable.]	
 	

[Prior to                        , Warrants evidenced by this Warrant Certificate cannot be exercised.]




EXERCISABLE
ONLY IF COUNTERSIGNED BY THE WARRANT AGENT AS PROVIDED HEREIN 


VOID
AFTER [            ] P.M., [CITY] TIME,
ON                        , 


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RIGEL PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.    
    
    WARRANT CERTIFICATE REPRESENTING    
    
    WARRANTS TO PURCHASE    
    
    [TITLE OF WARRANT DEBT SECURITIES]    
    


No.            



                        Warrants



        This
certifies that                        or registered assigns is the registered owner of the above indicated number of Warrants,
each Warrant entitling such owner [If Warrants
are attached to Other Securities and are not immediately detachable—, subject to the registered owner qualifying as a "Holder" of this Warrant Certificate, as hereinafter
defined)] to
purchase, at any time [after [            ] p.m., [City] time,
on                        and] on or before
[            ] p.m., [City] time, on                        ,
$                        principal amount of [Title of Warrant Debt
Securities] (the "WARRANT DEBT SECURITIES"), of Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the "COMPANY"), issued or to be issued under the Indenture (as hereinafter defined), on the following
basis: during the period from                        , through and
including                        , each Warrant shall entitle the Holder thereof, subject to the provisions of this Agreement, to
purchase the
principal amount of Warrant Debt Securities stated in the Warrant Certificate at the warrant price (the "WARRANT PRICE") of            % of the principal amount thereof [plus accrued
amortization, if any, of the original issue discount of the Warrant Debt Securities] [plus accrued interest, if any, from the most recent date from which interest shall have
been paid on the Warrant Debt Securities or, if no interest shall have been paid on the Warrant Debt Securities, from the date of their original issuance]. [The original issue
discount ($                        for each $1,000 principal amount of Warrant Debt Securities) will be amortized at
a            % annual rate, computed on a[n]
[semi-]annual basis [using a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months]. The Holder may exercise the Warrants
evidenced hereby by providing certain information set forth on the back hereof and by paying in full, in lawful money of the United States of America, [in cash or by certified check or
official bank check in New York Clearing House funds] [by bank wire transfer in immediately available funds], the Warrant Price for each Warrant Debt Security with
respect to which this Warrant is exercised to the Warrant Agent (as hereinafter defined) and by surrendering this Warrant Certificate, with the purchase form on the back hereof duly executed, at the
corporate trust office of [name of Warrant Agent], or its successor as warrant agent (the "WARRANT AGENT"), which is, on the date hereof, at the address specified on the
reverse hereof, and upon compliance with and subject to the conditions set forth herein and in the Warrant Agreement (as hereinafter defined). 


        The
term "HOLDER" as used herein shall mean [If Warrants are attached to Other Securities and are not immediately detachable—, prior
to                        ,
                        , (the "DETACHABLE DATE"), the registered owner of the Company's [title of Other Securities] to which this
Warrant Certificate was initially attached, and after
such Detachable Date,] the person in whose name at the time this Warrant Certificate shall be registered upon the books to be maintained by the Warrant Agent for that purpose pursuant to
Section 4 of the Warrant Agreement. 


        The
Warrants evidenced by this Warrant Certificate may be exercised to purchase Warrant Debt Securities in the principal amount of $1,000 or any integral multiple thereof in registered
form. Upon any exercise of fewer than all of the Warrants evidenced by this Warrant Certificate, there shall be issued to the Holder hereof a new Warrant Certificate evidencing Warrants for the
aggregate principal amount of Warrant Debt Securities remaining unexercised. 


        This
Warrant Certificate is issued under and in accordance with the Warrant Agreement dated as of                        ,
                        (the "WARRANT AGREEMENT"), between the Company and the
 


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Warrant
Agent and is subject to the terms and provisions contained in the Warrant Agreement, to all of which terms and provisions the Holder of this Warrant Certificate consents by acceptance hereof.
Copies of the Warrant Agreement are on file at the above-mentioned office of the Warrant Agent. 


        The
Warrant Debt Securities to be issued and delivered upon the exercise of Warrants evidenced by this Warrant Certificate will be issued under and in accordance with an Indenture,
[dated as of                        ,
                        (the "SENIOR INDENTURE"), between the Company
and                        , as trustee (such trustee, and any successors to such trustee, the "SENIOR
TRUSTEE")] [dated as of                        ,
                        , (the "SUBORDINATED INDENTURE"), between the Company and, as trustee (such trustee, and any successors to
such trustee,
the "SUBORDINATED TRUSTEE")] and will be subject to the terms and provisions contained in the Warrant Debt Securities and in the Indenture. Copies of the [Senior]
[Subordinated] Indenture, including the form of the Warrant Debt Securities, are on file at the corporate trust office of the Trustee. 


        [If
Warrants are attached to Other Securities and are not immediately detachable—Prior to the Detachable Date, this Warrant Certificate may be exchanged or
transferred only together with the [Title of Other Securities] (the "OTHER SECURITIES") to which this Warrant Certificate was initially attached, and only for the purpose of
effecting or in conjunction with, an exchange or transfer of such Other Security. Additionally, on or prior to the Detachable Date, each transfer of such Other Security on the register of the Other
Securities shall operate also to transfer this Warrant Certificate. After such date, transfer of this] [If Warrants are attached to Other Securities and are immediately
detachable—Transfer of this] Warrant Certificate may be registered when this Warrant Certificate is surrendered at the corporate trust office of the Warrant Agent by the
registered owner or such owner's assigns, in the manner and subject to the limitations provided in the Warrant Agreement. 


        [If
Other Securities with Warrants which are not immediately detachable-Except as provided in the immediately preceding paragraph, after] [If Other
Securities with Warrants which are immediately detachable or Warrants alone—After] countersignature by the Warrant Agent and prior to the expiration of this Warrant
Certificate, this Warrant Certificate may be exchanged at the corporate trust office of the Warrant Agent for Warrant Certificates representing Warrants for the same aggregate principal amount of
Warrant Debt Securities. 


        This
Warrant Certificate shall not entitle the Holder hereof to any of the rights of a holder of the Warrant Debt Securities, including, without limitation, the right to receive payments
of principal of
(and premium, if any) or interest, if any, on the Warrant Debt Securities or to enforce any of the covenants of the Indenture. 


        Reference
is hereby made to the further provisions of this Warrant Certificate set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if
set forth at this place. 


        This
Warrant Certificate shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until countersigned by the Warrant Agent. 


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        IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be executed in its name and on its behalf by the facsimile signatures of its duly authorized officers. 



	

Dated:	

  
	
 	

RIGEL PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
	

 	

 	
 	

By:	

  

	

 	

 	
 	

Its:	

  

	

Attest:	

 	
 	

 	

 
	

  
	
 	

 	

 
	

 	

 	
 	

Countersigned:
	

 	

 	
 	

  
 As Warrant Agent
	

 	

 	
 	

By:	

  
 Authorized Signature




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[REVERSE OF WARRANT CERTIFICATE]    
    


(Instructions
for Exercise of Warrant) 


        To
exercise any Warrants evidenced hereby for Warrant Debt Securities (as hereinafter defined), the Holder must pay, in lawful money of the United States of America, [in cash
or by certified check or official bank check in New York Clearing House funds] [by bank wire transfer in immediately available funds], the Warrant Price in full for
Warrants exercised, to [Warrant Agent] [address of Warrant Agent], Attn:                        , which payment must specify the
name of the Holder and the
number of Warrants exercised by such Holder. In addition, the Holder must complete the information required below and present this Warrant Certificate in person or by mail (certified or registered
mail is recommended) to the Warrant Agent at the appropriate address set forth above. This Warrant Certificate, completed and duly executed, must be received by the Warrant Agent within five business
days of the payment. 


(To
be executed upon exercise of Warrants) 


        The
undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise                        Warrants, evidenced by this Warrant Certificate, to
purchase $                        principal amount of the
[Title of Warrant Debt Securities], (the "WARRANT DEBT SECURITIES"), of Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and represents that he has tendered payment for such Warrant Debt
Securities, in lawful money of the United States of America, [in cash or by certified check or official bank check in New York Clearing House funds] [by bank wire
transfer in immediately available funds], to the order of Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc., c/o [insert name and address of Warrant Agent], in the amount of
$                        in accordance with the terms hereof. The undersigned requests that said Warrant Debt Securities be in
fully registered form in the authorized denominations, registered in such names
and delivered all as specified in accordance with the instructions set forth below. 


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        If
the number of Warrants exercised is less than all of the Warrants evidenced hereby, the undersigned requests that a new Warrant Certificate evidencing the Warrants for the number of
Warrant Debt Securities remaining unexercised be issued and delivered to the undersigned unless otherwise specified in the instructions below. 



	

Dated:	

  
	
 	

Name:	

  
 (Please Print)
	Address:	  
	 	 	 
	

  
	
 	

 	

 
	

  
 (Insert Social Security or Other Identifying Number of Holder)	
 	

 	

 





	

Signature Guaranteed:	

  
 Signature	
 	

 





(Signature
must conform in all respects to name of holder as specified on the face of this Warrant Certificate and must bear a signature guarantee by a bank, trust company or member broker of the New
York, Midwest or Pacific Stock Exchange). This Warrant may be exercised at the following addresses: 



	

By hand at	

  
	
 	

 
	

  
	
 	

 
	

  
	
 	

 
	

By mail at:	

  
	
 	

 
	

  
	
 	

 
	

  
	
 	

 





[Instructions
as to form and delivery of Warrant Debt Securities and, if applicable, Warrant Certificates evidencing Warrants for the number of Warrant Debt Securities remaining
unexercised—complete as appropriate.] 


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ASSIGNMENT    
    


[Form
of assignment to be executed if Warrant Holder desires to transfer Warrant) 


        FOR
VALUE RECEIVED,                        hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto: 



	

  
	
 	

 
	

  
	
 	

 
	

  
 (Please print name and address including zip code)	
 	

  
 Please insert Social Security or other identifying number





the
right represented by the within Warrant to purchase $                  aggregate principal amount of [Title of Warrant Debt Securities] of Rigel Pharmaceuticals,
 Inc.
to which
the within Warrant relates and appoints            attorney to transfer such right on the books of the Warrant Agent with full power of substitution in the premises. 



	

Dated:	

  
	
 	

  
 Signature
	

(Signature must conform in all respects to name of holder as specified on the face of the Warrant)
	

Signature Guaranteed	
 	

 
	

  
	
 	

 




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ARTICLE 2 WARRANT PRICE, DURATION AND EXERCISE OF WARRANTS

ARTICLE 3 OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO RIGHTS OF HOLDERS OF WARRANT CERTIFICATES

ARTICLE 4 EXCHANGE AND TRANSFER OF WARRANT CERTIFICATES

ARTICLE 5 CONCERNING THE WARRANT AGENT

ARTICLE 6 MISCELLANEOUS


EXHIBIT A

RIGEL PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. WARRANT CERTIFICATE REPRESENTING WARRANTS TO PURCHASE [TITLE OF WARRANT DEBT SECURITIES]


[REVERSE OF WARRANT CERTIFICATE]

ASSIGNMENT