Contract
Exhibit
10.17
THIS
WARRANT AND THE COMMON SHARES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT HAVE NOT
BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”), OR ANY
APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THIS WARRANT AND THE COMMON SHARES ISSUABLE
UPON EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT MAY NOT BE SOLD, OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED,
ASSIGNED, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT UNDER THE ACT OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO
XXXXXX.XXX, INC. THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED.
XXXXXX.XXX,
INC.
COMMON
STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT
No. 0000-00-000
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Number
of Shares: 500,000
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Issue
Date: July 8, 2008
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(subject
to adjustment as
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provided
herein)
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XXXXXX.XXX,
INC., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (the
“Company”), hereby certifies that, for value received, PENG XXXX XXXX, 8th
Floor, 00 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxx., Xxxxxxxxx 000000,Xxxxx telecopier
number: (00) 00 0000 0000, or its assigns (the “Registered Holder”), is
entitled, pursuant to a certain Sale and Purchase Agreement, dated as of
July 8, 2008, between PENG XXXX XXXX and the Company subject to the terms
set forth below, to purchase from the Company at any time or from time to time
before 5:00 p.m., New York time, July 7, 2013 (the “Expiration Date”),
up to 500,000 fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock (as
hereinafter defined), par value $.001 per share, of the Company, at an exercise
price of $4.00 per share (the “Exercise Price”). The shares purchasable upon
exercise of this warrant (the “Warrant”) and the exercise price per share, are
subject to adjustment from time to time pursuant to the provisions of this
Warrant.
As
used
herein the following terms, unless the context otherwise requires, have the
following respective meanings:
(a) The
term
“Company” shall include XXXXXX.XXX, Inc. and any corporation which shall succeed
or assume the obligations of XXXXXX.XXX, Inc. hereunder.
(b) The
term
“Common Stock” includes (a) the Company’s Common Stock, $.001 par value per
share, (b) any other capital stock of any class or classes (however
designated) of the Company, authorized on or after such date, the Registered
Holders of which shall have the right, without limitation as to amount, either
to all or to a share of the balance of current dividends and liquidating
dividends after the payment of dividends and distributions on any shares
entitled to preference, and the Registered Holders of which shall ordinarily,
in
the absence of contingencies, be entitled to vote for the election of a majority
of directors of the Company (even if the right so to vote has been suspended
by
the happening of such a contingency) and (c) any other securities into
which or for which any of the securities described in (a) or (b) may
be converted or exchanged pursuant to a plan of recapitalization,
reorganization, merger, sale of assets or otherwise.
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(c) The
term
“Other Securities” refers to any stock (other than Common Stock) and other
securities of the Company or any other person (corporate or otherwise) which
the
Registered Holder of the Warrant at any time shall be entitled to receive,
or
shall have received, on the exercise of the Warrant, in lieu of or in addition
to Common Stock, or which at any time shall be issuable or shall have been
issued in exchange for or in replacement of Common Stock or Other Securities
pursuant to Section 4 or otherwise.
1. Exercise
of Warrant.
1.1 Number
of Shares Issuable upon Exercise.
From
and after July 8, 2008 (the “Issue Date”) through and including the Expiration
Date, the Registered Holder hereof shall be entitled to receive, upon exercise
of this Warrant in whole in accordance with the terms of subsection 1.2 or
upon exercise of this Warrant in part in accordance with subsection 1.3,
shares of Common Stock of the Company, subject to adjustment pursuant to
Section 4.
1.2 Full
Exercise.
This
Warrant may be exercised in full by the Registered Holder hereof by delivery
of
an original or facsimile copy of the form of Notice of Exercise attached as
Exhibit A hereto (the “Notice of Exercise”) duly executed by such
Registered Holder and surrender of the original Warrant within seven (7) days
of
exercise, to the Company at its principal office or at the office of its Warrant
Agent (as provided hereinafter), accompanied by payment, in cash, wire transfer
or by certified or official bank check payable to the order of the Company,
in
the amount obtained by multiplying the number of shares of Common Stock for
which this Warrant is then exercisable by the Exercise Price then in effect.
1.3 Partial
Exercise.
This
Warrant may be exercised in part (but not for a fractional share) by surrender
of this Warrant in the manner and at the place provided in subsection 1.2
except that the amount payable by the Registered Holder on such partial exercise
shall be the amount obtained by multiplying (a) the number of whole shares
of Common Stock designated by the Registered Holder in the Notice of Exercise
by
(b) the Exercise Price then in effect. On any such partial exercise, the
Company, at its expense, will forthwith issue and deliver to or upon the order
of the Registered Holder hereof a new Warrant of like tenor, in the name of
the
Registered Holder hereof or as such Registered Holder (upon payment by such
Registered Holder of any applicable transfer taxes) may request, the whole
number of shares of Common Stock for which such Warrant may still be
exercised.
1.4 Fair
Market Value.
Fair
Market Value of a share of Common Stock as of a particular date (the
“Determination Date”) shall mean:
(a) If
the
Company’s Common Stock is traded on a securities exchange or is quoted on the
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Automated Quotation (“NASDAQ”)
National Market System or the NASDAQ SmallCap Market, then the closing or last
sale price, respectively, reported for the last business day immediately
preceding the Determination Date;
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(b) If
the
Company’s Common Stock is not traded on a securities exchange or on the NASDAQ
National Market System or the NASDAQ SmallCap Market but is traded in the
over-the-counter market, then the average of the closing bid and ask prices
reported for the last business day immediately preceding the Determination
Date;
(c) Except
as
provided in clause (d) below, if the Company’s Common Stock is not publicly
traded, then as the Registered Holder and the Company agree, or in the absence
of such an agreement, by arbitration in accordance with the rules then standing
of the American Arbitration Association, before a single arbitrator to be chosen
from a panel of persons qualified by education and training to pass on the
matter to be decided; or
(d) If
the
Determination Date is the date of a liquidation, dissolution or winding up,
or
any event deemed to be a liquidation, dissolution or winding up pursuant to
the
Company’s charter, then all amounts to be payable per share to Registered
Holders of the Common Stock pursuant to the charter in the event of such
liquidation, dissolution or winding up, plus all other amounts to be payable
per
share in respect of the Common Stock in liquidation under the charter, assuming
for the purposes of this clause (d) that all of the shares of Common Stock
then issuable upon exercise of all of the Warrants are outstanding at the
Determination Date.
1.5 Company
Acknowledgment.
The
Company will, at the time of the exercise of the Warrant, upon the request
of
the Registered Holder hereof acknowledge in writing its continuing obligation
to
afford to such Registered Holder any rights to which such Registered Holder
shall continue to be entitled after such exercise in accordance with the
provisions of this Warrant. If the Registered Holder shall fail to make any
such
request, such failure shall not affect the continuing obligation of the Company
to afford to such Registered Holder any such rights.
1.6 Trustee
for Warrant Registered Holders.
In the
event that a bank or trust company shall have been appointed as trustee for
the
Registered Holder of the Warrants pursuant to Section 15, such bank or
trust company shall have all the powers and duties of a warrant agent (as
hereinafter described) and shall accept, in its own name for the account of
the
Company or such successor person as may be entitled thereto, all amounts
otherwise payable to the Company or such successor, as the case may be, on
exercise of this Warrant pursuant to this Section 1.
2. Procedure
for Exercise.
2.1 Delivery
of Stock Certificates, etc. on Exercise.
The
Company agrees that the shares of Common Stock purchased upon exercise of this
Warrant shall be deemed to be issued to the Registered Holder hereof as the
record owner of such shares as of the close of business on the date on which
this Warrant shall have been surrendered and payment made for such shares as
aforesaid. As soon as practicable after the exercise of this Warrant in full
or
in part, and in any event within five (5) days thereafter (“Delivery Date”), the
Company at its expense (including the payment by it of any applicable issue
taxes) will cause to be issued in the name of and delivered to the Registered
Holder hereof, or as such Registered Holder (upon payment by such Registered
Holder of any applicable transfer taxes) may direct in compliance with
applicable securities laws, a certificate or certificates for the number of
duly
and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock (or
Other Securities) to which such Registered Holder shall be entitled on such
exercise, plus, in lieu of any fractional share to which such Registered Holder
would otherwise be entitled, cash equal to such fraction multiplied by the
then
Fair Market Value of one full share of Common Stock, together with any other
stock or other securities and property (including cash, where applicable) to
which such Registered Holder is entitled upon such exercise pursuant to
Section 1 or otherwise; provided, however, that the Company shall not be
required to pay any tax that may be payable in respect of any transfer involving
the issuance and delivery of any such certificate upon exercise in a name other
than that of the Registered Holder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Registered Holder shall be solely responsible for any income taxes payable
and
arising from the issuance and exercise of this warrant, or any ad valorem
property or intangible tax assessed against the Registered Holder.
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2.2 Exercise.
(a) If
a
registration statement is effective and the Registered Holder may sell its
shares of Company Common Stock upon exercise hereof thereunder, this Warrant
may
be exercisable in whole or in part for cash only as set forth in Section 1
above. If no such Registration Statement is available, payment upon exercise
may
be made at the option of the Registered Holder either in (i) cash or by
certified or certified cashier’s check payable to the order of the Company (or
wire transfer of immediately available funds), in lawful money of the United
States equal to the applicable aggregate Exercise Price payable in respect
of
the number of shares of Common Stock purchased upon such exercise, (ii) on
a “cashless” exercise basis by delivery of Common Stock issuable upon exercise
of the Warrants in accordance with Section (b) below or (iii) by
a combination of any of the foregoing methods, for the number of common shares
specified in such form (as such exercise number shall be adjusted to reflect
any
adjustment in the total number of shares of Common Stock issuable to the
Registered Holder per the terms of this Warrant) and the Registered Holder
shall
thereupon be entitled to receive the number of duly authorized, validly issued,
fully-paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock (or Other Securities)
determined as provided herein.
(b) Notwithstanding
any provisions herein to the contrary, if the Fair Market Value of one share
of
Common Stock is greater than the Exercise Price (at the date of calculation
as
set forth below), in lieu of exercising this Warrant for cash, upon consent
of
the Company, the Registered Holder may elect to receive shares equal to the
value (as determined below) of this Warrant (or the portion thereof being
cancelled) by surrender of this Warrant at the principal office of the Company
together with the properly endorsed Notice of Exercise form in which event
the
Company shall issue to the Registered Holder a number of shares of Common Stock
computed using the following formula:
X=Y
(A-B)
A
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Where
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X=
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the
number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to the Registered
Holder
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Y=
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the
number of shares of Common Stock purchasable under the Warrant or,
if only
a portion of the Warrant is being exercised, the portion of the Warrant
being exercised (at the date of such calculation)
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A=
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the
Fair Market Value of one share of the Company’s Common Stock (at the date
of such calculation)
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B=
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Exercise
Price (as adjusted to the date of such
calculation)
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(c) The
Registered Holder may not employ the cashless exercise feature described above
at any time that the Common Stock to be issued upon exercise is included for
unrestricted resale in an effective registration statement.
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3. Requirements
for Transfer.
(a) This
Warrant and the shares of Common Stock shall not be sold or transferred unless
either (i) they first shall have been registered under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, (the “Act”) or (ii) the Company first shall have been
furnished with an opinion of legal counsel to the effect that such sale or
transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the Act.
(b) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, no registration or opinion of counsel shall be required for
(i) a
transfer by a Registered Holder which is a corporation to a subsidiary or
affiliate of such corporation, provided that the transferee in each case agrees
in writing to be subject to the terms of this Section 3, or (ii) a transfer
made
in accordance with Rule 144 under the Act.
(c) Each
Warrant shall bear legends in substantially the following forms:
“NEITHER
THIS WARRANT NOR THE SHARES ISSUABLE UPON ITS EXERCISE HAVE BEEN REGISTERED
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”), OR ANY APPLICABLE
STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANS-FERRED,
PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED UNLESS AND UNTIL SUCH SECURITIES ARE REGISTERED UNDER
THE ACT OR UNLESS SOLD PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION THEREFROM OR AN OPINION OF
COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY IS OBTAINED TO THE EFFECT THAT SUCH
REGIS-TRATION IS NOT REQUIRED.”
(d) Each
certificate representing shares of Common Stock shall bear a legend
substantially in the following form:
“THE
SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECU-RITIES LAWS
AND
MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED
UNLESS AND UNTIL SUCH SECURITIES ARE REGISTERED UNDER SUCH ACT OR UNLESS SOLD
PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION THEREFROM OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO
THE
COMPANY IS OBTAINED TO THE EFFECT THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT
REQUIRED.”
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The
foregoing legend shall be removed from the certificates representing any shares
of Common Stock, at the request of the Registered Holder thereof, at such time
as they become eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144(k) under the
Act.
4. Adjustment.
In
order to prevent the dilution of rights granted under this Warrant and to grant
the Registered Holder certain additional rights, the Exercise Price shall be
subject to adjustment as provided in this Section 4.
(a) Adjustments
for Share Issuance.
During
the period this Warrant is outstanding, if the Company shall issue any shares
of
Common Stock, except for the granting of stock or stock options to employees
or
directors, or equity or debt issued in connection with an acquisition of a
business or assets by the Company or the issuance by the Company of stock in
connection with the establishment of a joint venture partnership or licensing
agreement, prior to the complete exercise of this Warrant for a consideration
less than the Exercise Price that would be in effect at the time of such issue,
then, and thereafter successively upon each such issue, the Exercise Price
shall
be reduced to such other lower issue price. For purposes of this adjustment,
the
issuance of any security or debt instrument of the Company carrying the right
to
convert such security or debt instrument into shares of Common Stock or of
any
warrant, right or option to purchase Common Stock shall result in an adjustment
to the Exercise Price upon the issuance of the above-described security, debt
instrument, warrant, right, or option. The reduction of the Exercise Price
described in this Section 4 is in addition to the other rights of the Registered
Holder described in the Sale and Purchase Agreement.
(b) Adjustment
for Stock Split, Dividend, Distribution, etc.
In the
event that the Company shall (a) issue additional shares of the Common
Stock as a dividend or other distribution on outstanding Common Stock,
(b) subdivide its outstanding shares of Common Stock, or (c) combine
its outstanding shares of the Common Stock into a smaller number of shares
of
the Common Stock, then, in each such event, the Exercise Price shall,
simultaneously with the happening of such event, be adjusted by multiplying
the
then Exercise Price by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number
of
shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such event and the
denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding
immediately after such event, and the product so obtained shall thereafter
be
the Exercise Price then in effect. The Exercise Price, as so adjusted, shall
be
readjusted in the same manner upon the happening of any successive event or
events described herein in this Section 4. The number of shares of Common
Stock that the Registered Holder of this Warrant shall thereafter, on the
exercise hereof as provided in Section 1, be entitled to receive shall be
adjusted to a number determined by multiplying the number of shares of Common
Stock that would otherwise (but for the provisions of this Section 4) be
issuable on such exercise by a fraction of which (a) the numerator is the
Exercise Price that would otherwise (but for the provisions of this
Section 4) be in effect, and (b) the denominator is the Exercise Price
in effect on the date of such exercise.
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(c) Adjustment
for Reorganization, Consolidation, Merger, etc.
In case
at any time or from time to time, the Company shall (a) effect a
reorganization, (b) consolidate with or merge into any other person or
(c) transfer all or substantially all of its properties or assets to any
other person under any plan or arrangement contemplating the dissolution of
the
Company, then, in each such case, as a condition to the consummation of such
a
transaction, proper and adequate provision shall be made by the Company whereby
the Registered Holder of this Warrant, on the exercise hereof as provided in
Section 1, at any time after the consummation of such reorganization,
consolidation or merger or the effective date of such dissolution, as the case
may be, shall receive, in lieu of the Common Stock (or Other Securities)
issuable on such exercise prior to such consummation or such effective date,
the
stock and other securities and property (including cash) to which such
Registered Holder would have been entitled upon such consummation or in
connection with such dissolution, as the case may be, if such Registered Holder
had so exercised this Warrant, immediately prior thereto, all subject to further
adjustment thereafter as provided in this Section 4.
(d) Certificate
as to Adjustments.
In each
case of any adjustment or readjustment in the shares of Common Stock (or Other
Securities) issuable on the exercise of the Warrants, the Company at its expense
will promptly cause its chief financial officer or other appropriate designee
to
compute such adjustment or readjustment in accordance with the terms of the
Warrant and prepare a certificate setting forth such adjustment or readjustment
and showing in detail the facts upon which such adjustment or readjustment
is
based, including a statement of (a) the consideration received or
receivable by the Company for any additional shares of Common Stock (or Other
Securities) issued or sold or deemed to have been issued or sold, (b) the
number of shares of Common Stock (or Other Securities) outstanding or deemed
to
be outstanding, and (c) the Exercise Price and the number of shares of
Common Stock to be received upon exercise of this Warrant, in effect immediately
prior to such adjustment or readjustment and as adjusted or readjusted as
provided in this Warrant. The Company will forthwith mail a copy of each such
certificate to the Registered Holder of the Warrant and any Warrant Agent of
the
Company (appointed pursuant to Section 12 hereof).
5. Dissolution.
In the
event of any dissolution of the Company following the transfer of all or
substantially all of its properties or assets, the Company, prior to such
dissolution, shall at its expense deliver or cause to be delivered the stock
and
other securities and property (including cash, where applicable) receivable
by
the Registered Holder of the Warrants after the effective date of such
dissolution pursuant to this Section 5 to a bank or trust company (a
“Trustee”) having its principal office in New York, NY, as trustee for the
Registered Holder of the Warrants.
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6. Continuation
of Terms.
Upon
any reorganization, consolidation, merger or transfer (and any dissolution
following any transfer) referred to in Sections 4 and 5, this Warrant shall
continue in full force and effect and the terms hereof shall be applicable
to
the Other Securities and property receivable on the exercise of this Warrant
after the consummation of such reorganization, consolidation or merger or the
effective date of dissolution following any such transfer, as the case may
be,
and shall be binding upon the issuer of any Other Securities, including, in
the
case of any such transfer, the person acquiring all or substantially all of
the
properties or assets of the Company, whether or not such person shall have
expressly assumed the terms of this Warrant as provided in Section 4. In
the event this Warrant does not continue in full force and effect after the
consummation of the transaction described in 4, then only in such event will
the
Company’s securities and property (including cash, where applicable) receivable
by the Registered Holder of the Warrants be delivered to the Trustee as
contemplated by Section 5.
7. Reservation
of Stock.
The
Company will at all times reserve and keep available, solely for issuance and
delivery on the exercise of the Warrants, all shares of Common Stock (or Other
Securities) from time to time issuable on the exercise of the Warrant. This
Warrant entitles the Registered Holder hereof to receive copies of all financial
and other information distributed or required to be distributed to the
Registered Holders of the Company’s Common Stock.
8. Assignment;
Exchange of Warrant.
Subject
to compliance with applicable securities laws, this Warrant, and the rights
evidenced hereby, may be transferred by any registered holder hereof (a
“Transferor”) with respect to any or all of the shares of Common Stock. On the
surrender for exchange of this Warrant, with the Transferor’s endorsement in the
form of Exhibit B attached hereto (the “Transferor Endorsement Form”) and
together with evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company demonstrating
compliance with applicable securities laws, the Company at its expense, but
with
payment by the Transferor of any applicable transfer taxes, will issue and
deliver to or on the order of the Transferor thereof a new Warrant or Warrants
of like tenor, in the name of the Transferor and/or the transferee(s) specified
in such Transferor Endorsement Form (each a “Transferee”), calling in the
aggregate on the face or faces thereof for the number of shares of Common Stock
called for on the face or faces of the Warrant so surrendered by the
Transferor.
9. 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 any such loss,
theft or destruction of this Warrant, on delivery of an indemnity agreement
or
security reasonably satisfactory in form and amount to the Company or, in the
case of any such mutilation, on surrender and cancellation of this Warrant,
the
Company at its expense will execute and deliver, in lieu thereof, a new Warrant
of like tenor.
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10. Registration
Rights.
10.1 Piggyback
Registration.
If at
any time and from time to time after the Issue Date and prior to the Expiration
Date, the Company proposes to register shares of its Common Stock under the
Securities Act on any form for registration thereunder (the “Registration
Statement”) for the account of stockholders (other than one relating to (i) a
registration of shares of Common Stock underlying a stock option, restricted
stock, stock purchase or compensation or incentive plan or of stock issued
or
issuable pursuant to any such plan, or a dividend investment plan; (ii) a
registration of securities proposed to be issued in exchange for securities
or
assets of, or in connection with a merger or consolidation with, another
corporation or other entity; or (iii) a registration of securities proposed
to
be issued in exchange for other securities of the Company) in a manner which
would permit registration of the Shares of Common Stock under the Warrant for
sale to the public under the Securities Act (a “Piggyback Registration”), it
will at such time give prompt written notice to the Registered Holder of its
intention to do so and of the Registered Holder’s rights under this Section 10.1
(the “Section 10.1 Notice”). The rights are referred to in this Section 10.1 are
“Piggyback Registration Rights”. Upon the written request of the Registered
Holder to the Company, to be received by the Company within ten (10) days after
the giving of any Section 10.1 Notice, setting forth the number of Shares
intended to be disposed of by the Registered Holder and the intended method
of
disposition thereof, the Company will include in the Registration Statement
the
Shares which the Registered Holder has requested to register, to the extent
provided in this Section 10. (The Shares set forth in the Section 10.1 Notice
or
the Section 10.2 Demand being for purposes of this Section 10, the “Registrable
Shares”.)
10.2 Demand
Registration.
(a) If
at any
time and from time to time after the Issue Date and prior to the Expiration
Date, the Registered Holder desires to effect the registration under the
Securities Act of its Common Stock Shares, the Registered Holder may make a
written request that the Company effect such registration (a “Demand
Registration”); provided that such registration covers at least 51% of the
Shares initially issuable upon exercise in full of the Warrants, (the “Section
10.2 Demand”). The Section 10.2 Demand shall specify the number of Registrable
Shares proposed to be sold and will also specify the intended method of
disposition thereof. The Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts
to
file, within sixty (60) days of its receipt of such Demand, the registration
under the Securities Act of the Registrable Shares which the Company has been
so
requested to register by the Registered Holder.
(b) Notwithstanding
Section 10.2(a), the Company shall not be obligated to file a Registration
Statement relating to a registration request pursuant to this Section 10.2
at
any time during the six-month period immediately following the effective date
of
another Registration Statement filed by the Company (other than a Registration
Statement on Form S-4 or Form S-8 or any successor or similar form). The Company
shall be obligated to file and cause the effectiveness of only one (1) Demand
Registration.
10.3 Suspension
in Filing.
(a) If
the
Company determines, in its good faith reasonable judgment, that it should not
file any Demand Registration otherwise required to be filed pursuant to Section
10.2(a) or should withdraw any previously filed Registration Statement filed
pursuant to Section 10.1 or 10.2 because the Company is engaged in or in good
faith plans to engage in any financing, acquisition or other material
transaction which would be adversely affected by the filing or maintenance
of a
Registration Statement otherwise required to be filed or maintained pursuant
to
this Section 10, or that the Company is in the possession of material nonpublic
information required to be disclosed in such Registration Statement or an
amendment or supplement thereto, the disclosure of which in such Registration
Statement would be materially disadvantageous to the Company (a “Disadvantageous
Condition”), the Company shall be entitled to postpone for the shortest
reasonable period of time (but not exceeding 180 days from the date of the
determination), the filing of such Registration Statement or, if such
Registration Statement has already been filed, may withdraw such Registration
Statement and shall promptly give the Registered Holder written notice of such
determination, containing a general statement of the reasons for such
postponement and an approximation of the anticipated delay. If the Company
shall
so postpone the filing or effect the withdrawal of the Registration Statement,
the Registered Holder shall have the right to withdraw the Section 10.2 Demand
within thirty (30) days after receipt of the notice of postponement. The
Company’s right to delay a request for registration or to withdraw a
Registration Statement pursuant to this Section 10.3 may not be exercised more
than once in any twelve (12) month period.
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(b) If
the
Company determines to take any action pursuant to (a) above after a Registration
Statement is filed, upon receipt of any notice of suspension, the Registered
Holder shall forthwith discontinue use of the prospectus contained in such
Registration Statement. In addition, if so directed by the Company, the
Registered Holder shall deliver to the Company all copies of the prospectus
then
covering such Registrable Shares current at the time of receipt of such notice.
If no Registration Statement has yet been filed, at the request of the Company
the Registered Holder shall return all drafts of the prospectus covering such
Registrable Shares.
(c) If
any
Disadvantageous Condition shall cease to exist, he Company shall promptly notify
the Registered Holder to such effect. If any Demand Registration shall have
been
withdrawn, the Company shall, if requested by the Registered Holder, at such
time as it is possible or, if earlier, at the end of the 180-day period
following such withdrawal, file a new Registration Statement covering the
Registrable Shares that were covered by such withdrawn Registration Statement,
and the effectiveness of such Registration Statement shall be maintained for
such time as may be necessary so that the period of effectiveness of such new
Registration Statement, when aggregated with the period during which such
withdrawn Registration Statement was effective, if any, shall be such time
as
may be otherwise required by this Agreement.
10.4 Company
Covenants.
Whenever required under this Section 10 to include Registrable Shares in a
Registration Statement, the Company shall, as expeditiously as reasonably
possible:
(a) Use
its
commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become
effective and cause such Registration Statement to remain effective until the
earlier of the Registered Holder have completed the distribution of all its
Registrable Shares described in the Registration Statement or six (6) months
from the effective date of the Registration Statement (or such later date by
reason of suspensions the effectiveness as provided hereunder). The Company
will
also use its commercially reasonable efforts to, during the period that such
Registration Statement is required to be maintained hereunder, file such
post-effective amendments and supplements thereto as may be required by the
Act
and the rules and regulations thereunder or otherwise to ensure that the
Registration Statement does not contain any untrue statement of material fact
or
omit to state a fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements contained therein, in light of the circumstances under which they
are
made, not misleading; provided, however, that if applicable rules under the
Act
governing the obligation to file a post-effective amendment permits, in lieu
of
filing a post-effective amendment that (i) includes any prospectus required
by
Section 10(a)(3) of the Act or (ii) reflects facts or events representing a
material or fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration
Statement, the Company may incorporate by reference information required to
be
included in (i) and (ii) above to the extent such information is contained
in
periodic reports filed pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) in the Registration
Statement.
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(b) Prepare
and file with the SEC such amendments and supplements to such Registration
Statement, and the prospectus used in connection with such Registration
Statement, as may be necessary to comply with the provisions of the Act with
respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such Registration
Statement.
(c) Furnish
to the Registered Holder such numbers of copies of a prospectus, including
a
preliminary prospectus as amended or supplemented from time to time, in
conformity with the requirements of the Act, and such other documents as it
may
reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of Registrable Shares
owned by the Registered Holder.
(d) Use
its
commercially reasonable efforts to register and qualify the securities covered
by such Registration Statement under such other federal or state securities
laws
of such jurisdictions as shall be reasonably requested by the Registered
Holders; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required in connection
therewith or as a condition thereto to qualify to do business or to file a
general consent to service of process in any such states or jurisdictions,
unless the Company is already subject to service in such jurisdiction and except
as may be required by the Act.
(e) In
the
event of any underwritten public offering, enter into and perform its
obligations under an underwriting agreement, in usual and customary form, with
the managing underwriter of such offering.
(f) Notify
the Registered Holder, at any time when a prospectus relating thereto is
required to be delivered under the Act, (i) when the Registration Statement
or
any post-effective amendment and supplement thereto has become effective; (ii)
of the issuance by the SEC of any stop order or the initiation of proceedings
for that purpose (in which event the Company shall make every effort to obtain
the withdrawal of any order suspending effectiveness of the Registration
Statement. at the earliest possible time or prevent the entry thereof); of
the
receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of
the
qualification of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or
the
initiation of any proceeding for such purpose; and (iv) of the happening of
any
event as a result of which the prospectus included in such Registration
Statement, as then in effect, includes an untrue statement of a material fact
or
omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances
then existing.
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(g) Cause
all
such Registrable Securities registered hereunder to be listed on each securities
exchange or quotation service on which similar securities issued by the Company
are then listed or quoted.
(h) Provide
a
transfer agent and registrar for all Registrable Securities registered pursuant
hereunder and CUSIP number for all such Registrable Securities, in each case
not
later than the effective date of such registration.
10.5 Furnish
Information.
It
shall be a condition precedent to the obligation of the Company to take any
action pursuant to this Section 10 with respect to the Registrable Shares that
the Registered Holder shall furnish to the Company such information regarding
the Registered Holder, the Registrable Shares held by the Registered Holder,
the
intended method of disposition of such securities and such other information
as
shall be reasonably required by the Company or any underwriter to effect the
registration of the Registered Holder’s Registrable Shares.
10.6 Expenses
of Company Registration.
The
Company shall bear and pay all expenses incurred in connection with any
registration, filing or qualification of Registrable Shares with respect to
the
registrations effected pursuant to Section 10.1 or 10.2 for the Registered
Holder, including (without limitation) all registration, filing, and
qualification fees, printers and accounting fees relating or apportionable
thereto, but excluding underwriting discounts and commissions relating to
Registrable Shares; provided, however, that the Company shall not bear the
cost
of any professional fees or costs of accounting, financial or legal advisors
to
the Registered Holder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Registered Holder
shall pay all registration expenses that it is required to pay under applicable
law.
10.7 Underwriting
Requirements.
In
connection with any offering involving an underwriting of shares of the
Company’s capital stock, the Company shall not be required under Section 10.1 or
10.2 to include any of the Registered Holder’s Registrable Shares in such
underwriting unless the Registered Holder accepts the terms of the underwriting
as agreed upon between the Company and the underwriters selected by it (or
by
other persons entitled to select the underwriters), and then only in such
quantity as the underwriters determine in their sole discretion will not
jeopardize the success of the offering by the Company, and the Registered Holder
enters into such lock-up agreements as may be required of other selling
stockholders in such Registration Statement. If the total amount of securities,
including Registrable Shares, requested by stockholders to be included in such
offering exceeds the amount of securities sold other than by the Company that
the underwriters determine in their sole discretion is compatible with the
success of the offering, then the Company shall be required to include in the
offering only that number of such securities, including Registrable Securities,
which the underwriters determine in their sole discretion will not jeopardize
the success of the offering (the securities so included to be apportioned pro
rata among the selling stockholders according to the total amount of securities
entitled to be included therein owned by each selling stockholder or in such
other proportions as shall mutually be agreed to by such selling stockholders).
For purposes of the preceding parenthetical concerning apportionment, for any
selling stockholder who is a holder of Registrable Securities and is a
partnership or corporation, the partners, retired partners and stockholders
of
such holder, or the estates and family members of any such partners and retired
partners and any trusts for the benefit of any of the foregoing persons shall
be
deemed to be a single “selling stockholder”, and any pro-rata reduction with
respect to such “selling stockholder” shall be based upon the aggregate amount
of shares carrying registration rights owned by all entities and individuals
included in such “selling stockholder”, as defined in this
sentence.
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10.8 Delay
of Registration.
No
Registered Holder shall have any right to obtain or seek an injunction
restraining or otherwise delaying any such registration as the result of any
controversy that might arise with respect to the interpretation or
implementation of this Section 10.
10.9 Indemnification.
In the
event that any Registrable Shares are included in a Registration Statement
under
this Section 10.
(a) To
the
extent permitted by law, the Company will indemnify and hold harmless the
Registered Holder, any underwriter (as defined in the Securities Act) for the
Registered Holder and each person, if any, who controls the Registered Holder
or
underwriter within the meaning of the Act or the Exchange Act, against any
losses, claims, damages, or liabilities (joint or several) to which they may
become subject under the Act, or the Exchange Act, insofar as such losses,
claims, damages, or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of
or
are based upon any of the following statements, omissions or violations
(collectively a “Violation”): (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact contained in such Registration Statement, including
any preliminary prospectus or final prospectus contained therein or any
amendments or supplements thereto, (ii) the omission or alleged omission to
state therein a material fact required to be stated therein, or necessary to
make the statements therein not misleading, or (iii) any violation or alleged
violation by the Company of the Act, the Exchange Act, or any rule or regulation
promulgated under the Act, or the Exchange Act, and the Company will pay to
the
Registered Holder, underwriter or controlling person, as incurred, any legal
or
other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating
or
defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability, or action; provided, however,
that the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 10.9(a) shall not apply
to amounts paid in settlement of any such loss, claim, damage, liability, or
action if such settlement is effected without the consent of the Company (which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), nor shall the Company or the
Placement Agent be liable in any such case for any such loss, claim, damage,
liability, or action to the extent that it arises out of or is based upon a
Violation which occurs in reliance upon and in conformity with written
information furnished expressly for use in connection with such registration
by
the Registered Holder, underwriter or controlling person.
(b) To
the
extent permitted by law, the Registered Holder will indemnify and hold harmless
the Company, its directors, officers, and each person, if any, who controls
the
Company within the meaning of the Act or the Exchange Act, any underwriter,
any
other holder selling securities in such Registration Statement and any
controlling person of any such underwriter or other holder, against any losses,
claims, damages, or liabilities (joint or several) to which any of the foregoing
persons may become subject, under the Act, or the Exchange Act, insofar as
such
losses, claims, damages, or liabilities (or actions in respect thereto) arise
out of or are based upon any Violation, in each case to the extent (and only
to
the extent) that such Violation occurs in reliance upon and in conformity with
written information furnished by the Registered Holder expressly for use in
connection with such registration; and the Registered Holder will pay, as
incurred, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by any person intended
to be indemnified pursuant to this Section 10.9(b), in connection with
investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability, or action;
provided,
however,
that
the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 10.9(b) shall not apply to
amounts paid in settlement of any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action
if such settlement is effected without the consent of the Registered Holder,
which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld; provided,
further,
that,
in no event shall any indemnity under this Section 10.9(b) exceed the cash
value
of the gross proceeds from the offering received by the Registered
Holder.
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(c) Promptly
after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 10.9 of notice of
the
commencement of any action (including any governmental action), such indemnified
party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against any
indemnifying party under this Section 10.9, deliver to the indemnifying party
a
written notice of the commencement thereof and the indemnifying party shall
have
the right to participate in, and, to the extent the indemnifying party so
desires, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume
the defense thereof with counsel selected by the indemnifying party and approved
by the indemnified party (whose approval shall not be unreasonably withheld);
provided, however, that an indemnified party (together with all other
indemnified parties which may be represented without conflict by one counsel)
shall have the right to retain one separate counsel, with the fees and expenses
to be paid by the indemnifying party, if representation of such indemnified
party by the counsel retained by the indemnifying party would be inappropriate
due to actual or potential differing interests between such indemnified party
and any other party represented by such counsel in such proceeding. The failure
to deliver written notice to the indemnifying party within a reasonable time
of
the commencement of any such action, if prejudicial to its ability to defend
such action, shall relieve such indemnifying party of any liability to the
indemnified party under this Section 10.9, but the omission so to deliver
written notice to the indemnifying party will not relieve it of any liability
that it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under this Section
10.9.
(d) If
the
indemnification provided for in this Section 10.9 is held by a court of
competent jurisdiction to be unavailable to an indemnified party with respect
to
any loss, liability, claim, damage, or expense referred to therein, then the
indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party hereunder,
shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as
a
result of such loss, liability, claim, damage, or expense in such proportion
as
is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party on the
one hand and of the indemnified party on the other in connection with the
statements or omissions that resulted in such loss, liability, claim, damage,
or
expense as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative
fault of the indemnifying party and of the indemnified party shall be determined
by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact or the alleged omission to state a material fact
relates to information supplied by the indemnifying party or by the indemnified
party and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information, and
opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
(e) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, to the extent that the provisions on indemnification and
contribution contained in the underwriting agreement entered into in connection
with the underwritten public offering are in conflict with the foregoing
provisions, the provisions in the underwriting agreement shall
control.
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(f) The
obligations of the Company and the Registered Holder under this Section 10.9
shall survive the completion of any offering of Registrable Shares in a
Registration Statement under this Section 7, and otherwise.
10.10 Reports
Under Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
With a
view to making available to the Registered Holder the benefits of Rule 144
and
any other rule or regulation of the SEC that may at any time permit the
Registered Holder to sell shares of the Company’s Common Stock to the public
without registration, the Company agrees to:
(a) make
and
keep public information available, as those terms are understood and defined
in
Rule 144;
(b) file
with
the SEC in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of the
Company under the Act and the Exchange Act; and
(c) furnish
to the Registered Holder, so long as the Registered Holder owns any Registrable
Securities, forthwith upon request (i) a copy of the most recent annual or
quarterly report of the Company and such other reports and documents so filed
by
the Company, and (ii) such other information as may be reasonably requested
in
availing any Registered Holder of any rule or regulation of the SEC which
permits the selling of any such securities without registration or pursuant
to
such form.
10.11 Permitted
Transferees.
The
rights to cause the Company to register Registrable Shares granted to the
Registered Holder by the Company under this Section 10 may be assigned in full
by a Registered Holder in connection with a transfer by the Registered Holder
of
its Registrable Securities if: (a) the Registered Holder gives prior written
notice to the Company; (b) such transferee agrees to comply with and be bound
by
the terms and provisions of this Agreement; (c) such transfer is otherwise
in
compliance with this Agreement and (d) such transfer is otherwise effected
in
accordance with applicable securities laws. Except as specifically permitted
by
this Section 10.11, the rights of a Registered Holder with respect to
Registrable Shares as set out herein shall not be transferable to any other
person, and any attempted transfer shall cause all rights of the Registered
Holder therein to be forfeited.
10.12 Termination
of Registration Rights.
The
right of the Registered Holder to request or demand inclusion in any
registration pursuant to Section 10.1 and Section 10.2 shall terminate if all
Shares held by the Registered Holder may immediately be sold under Rule 144(k)
after if this Warrant has then been exercised in full.
11. Replacement
of Warrant.
Upon
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) upon delivery of an indemnity agreement, and if requested by the
Board of Directors, a bond in an amount reasonably satisfactory to it, or (in
the case mutilation) upon surrender and cancellation hereof, the Company will
issue in lieu thereof a new Warrant of like tenor.
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12. Rights
as a Warrant Holder.
The
Registered Holder shall not, by virtue hereof, be entitled to any rights of
a
stockholder in the Company, either at law or equity except with respect to
certificates representing shares of Common Stock issued upon exercise of this
Warrant. The rights of the Registered Holder are limited to those expressed
in
this Warrant and are not enforceable against the Company except to the extent
set forth herein. Prior to due presentment for transfer of this Warrant, the
Company may deem and treat the Registered Holder as the absolute owner of this
Warrant for purposes of any exercise hereof and for all other purposes and
such
right of the Company shall not be affected by any notice to the
contrary.
13. Subdivision
of Rights.
This
Warrant (as well as any new warrant issued pursuant to the provisions of this
Section) is exchangeable upon the surrender hereof by the Registered Holder
at
the principal office of the Company for any number of new warrants of like
tenor
and date representing in the aggregate the right to subscribe for and purchase
the number of shares of Common Stock of the Company that may be subscribed
for
and purchased hereunder.
14. INTENTIONALLY
OMITTED
15. Warrant
Agent.
The
Company may, by written notice to the Registered Holder of the Warrant, appoint
an agent (a “Warrant Agent”) for the purpose of issuing Common Stock (or Other
Securities) on the exercise of this Warrant pursuant to Section 1,
exchanging this Warrant pursuant to Section 8, and replacing this Warrant
pursuant to Section 9, or any of the foregoing, and thereafter any such
issuance, exchange or replacement, as the case may be, shall be made at such
office by such Warrant Agent.
16. Transfer
on the Company’s Books.
Until
this Warrant is transferred on the books of the Company, the Company may treat
the Registered Holder hereof as the absolute owner hereof for all purposes,
notwithstanding any notice to the contrary.
17. Notices.
All
notices, demands, requests, consents, approvals, and other communications
required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and, unless otherwise
specified herein, shall be (i) personally served, (ii) deposited in the mail,
registered or certified, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, (iii)
delivered by reputable air courier service with charges prepaid, or (iv)
transmitted by hand delivery, telegram, or facsimile, addressed as set forth
below or to such other address as such party shall have specified most recently
by written notice. Any notice or other communication required or permitted
to be
given hereunder shall be deemed effective (a) upon hand delivery or delivery
by
facsimile, with accurate confirmation generated by the transmitting facsimile
machine, at the address or number designated below (if delivered on a business
day during normal business hours where such notice is to be received), or the
first business day following such delivery (if delivered other than on a
business day during normal business hours where such notice is to be received)
or (b) on the second business day following the date of mailing by express
courier service, fully prepaid, addressed to such address, or upon actual
receipt of such mailing, whichever shall first occur. The addresses for such
communications shall be: (i) if to the Company to: XXXXXX.XXX, Inc., 3/F.,74
Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, XX000000 Xxxxx Attn: Xxx Xxx, Chief Executive
Officer, telecopier (00) 00 0000 0000, with a copy by telecopier only to: Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxxx, Esq., Partner K&L GATES LLP 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, XX, XX 00000,
telecopier: 212.536.3901, and (ii) if to the Registered Holder, to the address
and telecopier number listed on the first paragraph of this Warrant, with a
copy
by telecopier only to: PENG XXXX XXXX, 8th Floor, 00 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx
Xxxx., Xxxxxxxxx 000000,Xxxxx telecopier number: (00) 00 0000 0000.
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18. Miscellaneous.
This
Warrant and any term hereof may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated
only by an instrument in writing signed by the party against which enforcement
of such change, waiver, discharge or termination is sought. This Warrant shall
be construed and enforced in accordance with and governed by the laws of the
State of New York (without reference to the conflicts of law provisions
thereof). Any dispute relating to this Warrant shall be adjudicated in
New York County in the State of New York. The headings in this Warrant
are for purposes of reference only, and shall not limit or otherwise affect
any
of the terms hereof. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision hereof
shall in no way affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision.
19. Successors
and Assigns.
This
warrant shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the registered owner
and its assigns, and shall be binding upon nay entity succeeding to the Company
by consolidation or merger. The company may not assign this warrant or any
rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the
registered holder. Subject to Section 8 hereof, the registered holder may assign
this warrant without the Company’s prior written consent.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has executed this Warrant as of the date first
written above.
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Title:
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Exhibit A
FORM
OF
NOTICE OF EXERCISE
(to
be
signed only on exercise of Warrant)
TO:
XXXXXX.XXX, INC.
The
undersigned, pursuant to the provisions set forth in the attached Warrant
(No.____), hereby irrevocably elects to purchase (check applicable
box):
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shares of the Common Stock covered by such Warrant; or
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maximum number of shares of Common Stock covered by such Warrant pursuant to
the
cashless exercise procedure set forth in Section 2.
The
undersigned herewith makes payment of the full Exercise Price for such shares
at
the price per share provided for in such Warrant, which is $___________. Such
payment takes the form of (check applicable box or boxes):
___ $__________
in lawful money of the United States; and/or
___ the
cancellation of such portion of the attached Warrant as is exercisable for
a
total of _______ shares of Common Stock (using a Fair Market Value of $_______
per share for purposes of this calculation); and/or
___ the
cancellation of such number of shares of Common Stock as is necessary, in
accordance with the formula set forth in Section 2, to exercise this
Warrant with respect to the maximum number of shares of Common Stock purchasable
pursuant to the cashless exercise procedure set forth in Section 2.
The
undersigned requests that the certificates for such shares be issued in the
name
of, and delivered
to ______________________________________________________ whose address
is
The
undersigned represents and warrants that all offers and sales by the undersigned
of the securities issuable upon exercise of the within Warrant shall be made
pursuant to registration of the Common Stock under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the “Securities Act”), or pursuant to an exemption from registration
under the Securities Act.
Dated:
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must conform to name of Registered Holder as specified on the face
of the
Warrant)
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Exhibit B
FORM
OF
TRANSFEROR ENDORSEMENT
(To
be
signed only on transfer of Warrant)
For
value
received, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns, and transfers unto the
person(s) named below under the heading “Transferees” the right represented by
the within Warrant to purchase the percentage and number of shares of Common
Stock of XXXXXX.XXX, INC. to which the within Warrant relates specified under
the headings “Percentage Transferred” and “Number Transferred,” respectively,
opposite the name(s) of such person(s) and appoints each such person Attorney
to
transfer its respective right on the books of XXXXXX.XXX, INC. with full power
of substitution in the premises.
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(Signature
must conform to name of Registered Holder as specified on the face
of the
warrant)
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in the presence of:
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ACCEPTED
AND AGREED:
TRANSFEREE]
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