EXHIBIT 4.14
AMENDMENT NO. 2
WARRANT
TO PURCHASE
COMMON SHARES
OF
CAPELLA EDUCATION COMPANY
This agreement is Amendment No. 2 (the "Amendment") to the Warrant
to purchase Common Shares of CAPELLA EDUCATION COMPANY (formerly known as
Learning Ventures International, Inc.), a Minnesota corporation (the "Company"),
issued to Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx, Incorporated, a Maryland corporation (the
"Holder"), on May 11, 2000 (the "Warrant"). This Amendment is entered into as of
the 22nd day of January, 2003.
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Warrant was amended by Amendment No. 1 to the Warrant
to purchase Common Shares of Capella Education Company ("Amendment No. 1")
effective February 21, 2002.
WHEREAS, the Company proposes to sell and issue up to 683,452.20
shares of its Class G Convertible Preferred Stock (the "Class G Preferred
Stock") pursuant to that certain Stock Purchase Agreement dated as of January
15, 2003 (the "Purchase Agreement");
WHEREAS, the Company intends to enter into an Exchange Agreement
(the "Exchange Agreement") pursuant to which the holders of Class F Convertible
Preferred Stock (the "Class F Investors") will agree severally to exchange each
of the outstanding shares of Class F Convertible Preferred Stock held by such
investor for shares of Class G Preferred Stock (the "Exchange"); and
WHEREAS, the purchase of the Class G Convertible Preferred Stock
under the Purchase Agreement and the Exchange are each conditioned upon the
Holder and the Company entering into this Amendment; and
WHEREAS, the Holder desires that shares of Class G Convertible
Preferred Stock be sold by the Company pursuant to the Purchase Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree the Warrant shall be amended as
follows:
1. Section 7, entitled "Registration Rights," shall be amended by
replacing the sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth sentences of the section, which
begins "If the number of warrant securities ...", with the following text:
"If the number of warrant securities to be included in the underwriting in
accordance with the foregoing is less than the total number of shares
which the holders of warrant
securities have requested to be included, then, (A) in the case of a
registration statement whose filing was initiated by the Company, the
securities to be included in such underwriting shall be allocated (x)
first to the Company and (y) second among the holders of warrant
securities, Class D Registrable Securities, Class E Registrable Securities
and Class G Registrable Securities who have requested registration, on a
pro rata basis based on the number of shares included in their respective
requests for registration and (B) in the case of a registration statement
whose filing was initiated by a selling stockholder, the securities to be
included in such underwriting shall be allocated among the holders of
warrant securities, Class D Registrable Securities, Class E Registrable
Securities and Class G Registrable Securities who have requested
registration on a pro rata basis based on the number of shares included in
their respective requests for registration. "Class D Registrable
Securities" means shares of the Company's Class D Convertible Preferred
Stock (and shares of Common Stock acquired upon exercise thereof) that are
"Registrable Securities" as defined in that certain Registration Rights
Agreement between the Company and National Computer Systems, Inc., dated
as of June 16, 1998 as amended by Amendment No. 1 to the Registration
Rights Agreement as of April 20, 2000, further amended by Amendment No. 2
to the Registration Rights Agreement as of the date of Amendment No. 1 to
this Warrant and further amended by Amendment No. 3 to the Registration
Rights Agreement as of the date of Amendment No. 2 to this Warrant. "Class
E Registrable Securities" means the Class E Convertible Preferred Stock
(and shares of Common Stock acquired upon exercise thereof) that are
"Registrable Shares" as defined in that certain Second Amended and
Restated Investor Rights Agreement between the Company, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx and
the investors on Schedule 1 thereto dated as of the date of Amendment No.
2 to this Warrant. "Class G Registrable Securities" means the Class G
Convertible Preferred Stock (and shares of Common Stock acquired upon
exercise thereof) that are "Registrable Shares" as defined in that certain
Second Amended and Restated Investor Rights Agreement between the Company,
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx and the investors on Schedule 1 thereto dated as of the
date of Amendment No. 2 to this Warrant."
2. No Other Changes. Except as otherwise expressly provided by this
Agreement, all of the terms, conditions and provisions of the Warrant remain
unaltered and in full force and effect. This Amendment along with Amendment No.
1 and the Warrant shall be read and construed as one agreement.
3. Effective Time. This Agreement shall become effective at the time
of Closing (as defined in the Purchase Agreement).
4. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original but all of which shall
be deemed but one and the same instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto each has caused this
Amendment to be duly executed in its name and on its behalf, all as of the day
and year first above written.
COMPANY: CAPELLA EDUCATION COMPANY
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Chief Executive Officer
HOLDER: XXXX XXXXX XXXX XXXXXX,
INCORPORATED
By: /s/
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