NOBLE ROMAN’S, INC. REDEEMABLE COMMON STOCK PURCHASE CLASS A WARRANT
EXHIBIT 4.3
THIS WARRANT AND ANY SHARES ACQUIRED UPON THE EXERCISE OF THIS
WARRANT HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF EXCEPT
PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER SUCH ACT OR
AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY THAT
REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER SUCH ACT.
NOBLE ROMAN’S, INC.
REDEEMABLE COMMON STOCK PURCHASE CLASS A WARRANT
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2016
THIS
COMMON STOCK PURCHASE CLASS A WARRANT (this “Warrant”) of Noble
Roman’s, Inc., a corporation duly organized and validly
existing under the laws of Indiana (the “Company”), is issued to
the Holder (as defined below). This Warrant is part of a series of
Class A Warrants (the "Class A Warrants"), all with
the same terms and conditions as those set forth herein, which may
be issued by the Company exercisable for up to an aggregate
1,600,000 shares of Common Stock, as defined below, subject to
adjustment pursuant to the anti dilution provisions herein. It is
being issued as part of a unit purchased by the Holder, as defined
below, from the Company pursuant to which the Holder is also
purchasing a subordinated convertible note (the “Note”) from the
Company.
FOR
VALUE RECEIVED, the Company hereby certifies that the registered
holder hereof ___________,
with an address at ____________ (the “Holder”), and the
Holder’s successors and assigns, is entitled to purchase from
the Company _________ duly authorized,
validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable common shares of the
Company, no par value (the “Common Stock”), at a
purchase price equal to $1.00 per share, as may be adjusted
pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions set forth herein (the
“Warrant
Price”). The Person, as defined in Section 3.2 below, in whose
name this Warrant (or one or more predecessor Warrants) is
registered on the records of the Company regarding registration and
transfers of the Class A Warrants (the “Warrant Register”) is the
owner and holder thereof for all purposes, except as described in
Section 13
hereof.
1.
Vesting of Warrant. This
Warrant shall vest and become exercisable as of the date that the
Company shall have effected the Share Authorizarion defined in
Section 3.7
below.
2.
Expiration of Warrant. This
Warrant shall expire on _________, 2019 unless further
extended pursuant the terms of Section 3,7 below (the
“Expiration
Date”).
3.
Exercise of Warrant. This
Warrant shall be exercisable pursuant to the terms of Section 1 and this Section 3 hereof.
Redeemable Common Stock Purchase Class A Warrant
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(a)
This Warrant may only be exercised by the Holder hereof, in
accordance with the terms and conditions hereof, in whole or in
part with respect to any portion of this Warrant, into shares of
Common Stock (the “Warrant Shares”), during
normal business hours on any day other than a Saturday or a Sunday
or a day on which commercial banking institutions in New York, New
York are authorized by law to be closed (a “Business Day”) on or
prior to the Expiration Date with respect to such portion of this
Warrant, by surrender of this Warrant to the Company at its office
maintained pursuant to Section 13.2(a) hereof,
accompanied by an exercise notice (the “Exercise Notice”) in
substantially the form attached to this Warrant as Exhibit A (or a reasonable
facsimile thereof) duly executed by the Holder, together with the
payment of the Warrant Price.
(A) =
the closing price of the Company’s Common Stock on the
Business Day immediately preceding the date on which Holder elects
to exercise this Warrant by means of a “cashless
exercise,” as set forth in the applicable Exercise
Notice;
(B) =
the Exercise Price of this Warrant, as adjusted hereunder;
and
(X) =
the number of Warrant Shares that would be issuable upon exercise
of this Warrant in accordance with the terms of this Warrant if
such exercise were by means of a cash exercise rather than a
cashless exercise.
Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, on the Expiration Date, unless the
Holder notifies the Company otherwise, if there is no effective
Registration Statement registering, or no current prospectus
available for, the resale of the Warrant Shares by the Holder, then
this Warrant shall be automatically exercised via cashless exercise
pursuant to this Section 3.1(b).
Redeemable Common Stock Purchase Class A Warrant
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Redeemable Common Stock Purchase Class A Warrant
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3.7
Agreement to Increase
Authorization to Issue Common Stock. As of the date hereof
the Company is authorized to issue up to 25,000,000 shares of
Common Stock and there are 20,783,032 shares of Common Stock
currently issued and outstanding. Total additional shares needed
for: currently exercisable outstanding stock options, the
conversion of the Notes and the exercise of the Class A Warrants
are 6,675,091 shares. Accordingly, the Company will not have a
sufficient number of authorized shares to satisfy the above
requirement. The Company covenants that, within 150 days after the
date hereof it will take whatever action may be required, including
obtaining stockholder approval to amend the Company’s
Certificate of Incorporation to increase the number of shares that
the Company is authorized to issue so it can satisfy this issuance
requirement (the “Share Authorization”). The Company
agrees that in the event that it fails to effect the Share
Authorization within 150 days after the date hereof it will extend
the Expiration Date for each day that it fails to obtain the Share
Authorization after the termination of the aforesaid 150 day
period.
The
Warrant Price and the number of shares purchasable upon exercise of
this Warrant shall be subject to adjustment with respect to events
after the date hereof as follows:
Redeemable Common Stock Purchase Class A Warrant
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Redeemable Common Stock Purchase Class A Warrant
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ii.
Change in Price or Rate of Conversion. If the purchase or exercise
price provided for in any options, the additional consideration, if
any, payable upon the issue, conversion, exercise or exchange of
any Common Stock Equivalents, or the rate at which any Common Stock
Equivalents are convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for
shares of Common Stock increases or decreases at any time, the
Warrant Price in effect at the time of such increase or decrease
shall be adjusted to the Warrant Price which would have been in
effect at such time had such options or Common Stock Equivalents
provided for such increased or decreased purchase price, additional
consideration or increased or decreased conversion rate, as the
case may be, at the time initially granted, issued or sold. For
purposes of this section, if the terms of any Common Stock
Equivalent that was outstanding as of the date of issuance of this
Warrant are increased or decreased in the manner described in the
immediately preceding sentence, then such Common Stock Equivalent
and the shares of Common Stock deemed issuable upon exercise,
conversion or exchange thereof shall be deemed to have been issued
as of the date of such increase or decrease. No adjustment pursuant
to this section shall be made if such adjustment would result in an
increase of the Warrant Price then in effect.
iii.
“Exempt
Issuance” means the issuance of (a) shares of Common
Stock and options to officers, employees, or directors of the
Company issued pursuant to plans that have been approved by a
majority of the board of directors of the Company, (b) securities
upon the exercise or exchange of or conversion of any securities
issued in the Offering and/or other securities exercisable or
exchangeable for or convertible into shares of Common Stock issued
and outstanding on the date immediately prior to the initial
closing of this Offering, provided that such securities and any
term thereof have not been amended since such date to increase the
number of such securities or to decrease the issue price, exercise
price, exchange price or conversion price of such securities, (c)
full or partial consideration in connection with a strategic
merger, acquisition, consolidation or purchase of substantially all
of the securities or assets of a corporation or other entity which
holders of such securities or debt are not at any time granted any
registration rights but shall not include a transaction in which
the Company is issuing securities primarily for the purpose of
raising capital or to an entity whose primary business is investing
in securities, and (d) securities in connection with strategic
license agreements and other partnering arrangements so long as
such issuances are not primarily for the purpose of raising capital
and which holders of such securities or debt are not at any time
granted registration rights.
Redeemable Common Stock Purchase Class A Warrant
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(f)
Action to Permit Valid Issuance of Common Stock. Before taking any
action which would cause an adjustment reducing the Warrant Price
below the then par value, if any, of the shares of Common Stock
issuable upon exercise of this Warrant, the Company will take all
corporate action which may, in the opinion of its counsel, be
necessary in order that the Company may validly and legally issue
shares of such Common Stock at such adjusted Warrant
Price.
(k) Prohibition
against Certain Reductions of Warrant Price. Anything to the
contrary notwithstanding, in no event shall the Warrant Price be
reduced below the par value of the Common Stock.
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5.
Fractional Shares.
If the number of Warrant Shares purchasable upon the exercise of
this Warrant is adjusted pursuant to Section 4 hereof, the Company
shall nevertheless not be required to issue fractions of shares
upon exercise of this Warrant or otherwise, or to distribute
certificates that evidence fractional shares. Instead the Company
will round any fractional share to the nearest share so that if the
fraction is less than 0.5 no share shall be issued and if the
fraction is 0.5 or higher the Company shall issue one full
share
6.
Right to
Registration. The Holder has the right to require the
Company to register the Warrant Shares pursuant to a registration statement (the
“Registration
Statement”)
under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Act”)
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“Commission”)
in accordance with the terms of an agreement (the
“Registration Rights
Agreement”) dated as of the date hereof among the
Company, the Holder and the holders of other Class A Warrants. The
date that the first Registration Statement filed pursuant to the
Registration Rights Agreement is declared effective by the
Commission is herein referred to as the “Effective
Date.”
7.
Redeemable Common Stock Purchase Class A Warrant
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Redeemable Common Stock Purchase Class A Warrant
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9.
Chief Financial
Officer’s Report as to Adjustments. In the case of any
adjustment or re-adjustment in the shares of Common Stock issuable
upon the exercise of this Warrant, the Company at its expense will
promptly compute the adjustment or re-adjustment in accordance with
the terms of this Warrant and cause its Chief Financial Officer to
certify the computation (other than any computation of the fair
value of property as determined in good faith by the Board of
Directors of the Company) and prepare a report setting forth the
adjustment or re-adjustment and showing in reasonable detail the
method of calculation thereof and the facts upon which the
adjustment or re-adjustment is based, including a statement of (a)
the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding or deemed to be
outstanding and (b) the Warrant Price in effect immediately prior
to the deemed issuance or sale and as adjusted and re-adjusted (if
required by Section
4 hereof) on account thereof. The Company will forthwith
mail a copy of each report to the Holder and will, upon the written
request at any time of the Holder, furnish to the Holder a like
report setting forth the Warrant Price at the time in effect and
showing in reasonable detail how it was calculated. The Company
will also keep copies of all reports at its office maintained
pursuant to Section
13.2(a) hereof and will cause them to be available for
inspection at the office during normal business hours upon
reasonable notice by the Holder or any prospective purchaser of
this Warrant designated by the Holder.
10.
Reservation of
Shares. The Company shall at all times after the Share
Authorization has been effected reserve and keep available out of
its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock, free from all
taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issue thereof and not
be subject to preemptive rights or other similar rights of
stockholders of the Company, solely for the purpose of effecting
the exercise of this Warrant, such number of its shares of Common
Stock as shall from time to time be sufficient to effect the
exercise thereof, and if at any time after the Share Authorization
has been effected the number of authorized but unissued shares of
Common Stock shall not be sufficient to effect the exercise of this
Warrant, in addition to such other remedies as shall be available
to the Holder, the Company will take such corporate action as may,
in the opinion of its counsel, be necessary to increase the number
of authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock to such number of
shares as shall be sufficient for such purposes, including without
limitation, using its best efforts to obtain the requisite
stockholder approval necessary to increase the number of authorized
shares of the Company’s Common Stock. After the Share
Authorization has been effected all shares of Common Stock issuable
upon exercise of this Warrant shall be duly authorized and, when
issued upon exercise, shall be validly issued and, in the case of
shares, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all preemptive
or similar rights, taxes, liens and charges with respect to the
issue thereof, and that upon issuance such shares shall be listed
on each securities exchange, if any, on which the other shares of
outstanding Common Stock of the Company are then
listed.
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11.
Listing. The
Company shall at all times comply in all respects with the
Company’s reporting, filing and other obligations under the
by-laws or rules of each national securities exchange or
inter-dealer quotation system upon which shares of Common Stock are
then listed and shall list the shares issuable upon the exercise of
this Warrant on such national securities exchange or inter-dealer
quotation system.
These
securities have not been registered under the Securities Act of
1933 or qualified under any state securities laws. They may not be
sold, hypothecated or otherwise transferred in the absence of an
effective registration statement under that Act and qualification
under applicable state securities laws without an opinion counsel
reasonably acceptable to the Company that such registration and
qualification are not required.
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(i) If
in the opinion of counsel for the Holder reasonably satisfactory to
the Company the proposed transfer (i.e. private sale of Restricted
Securities) may be effected without registration of Restricted
Securities under the Act (which opinion shall state the bases for
the legal conclusions reached therein), the Holder shall thereupon
be entitled to transfer the Restricted Securities in accordance
with the terms of the notice delivered by the Holder to the
Company. Each certificate representing the Restricted Securities
issued upon or in connection with any transfer shall bear the
restrictive legends required by Section 12.1
hereof.
(ii) If
the opinion called for in (i) above is not delivered, the Holder
shall not be entitled to transfer the Restricted Securities until
either (x) receipt by the Company of a further notice from such
Holder pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 12.2 and fulfillment of
the provisions of clause (i) above, or (y) such Restricted
Securities have been effectively registered under the
Act.
(a) The
Company will maintain an office (which may be an agency maintained
at a bank) at 0 Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000 , Xxxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000 (until the
Company notifies the Holder of any change of location of the
office) where notices, presentations and demands in respect of this
Warrant may be made upon it.
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(b) The
Company shall cause to be kept at its office maintained pursuant to
Section 13.2(a)
hereof a Warrant Register for the registration and transfer of the
Class A Warrants. The names and addresses of holders of the Class A
Warrants, the transfers thereof and the names and addresses of
transferees of the Class A Warrants shall be registered in such
Warrant Register. The Person in whose name any Class A Warrant
shall be so registered shall be deemed and treated as the owner and
holder thereof for all purposes of such Class A Warrant, and the
Company shall not be affected by any notice or knowledge to the
contrary.
(c)
Upon the surrender of this Warrant, properly endorsed, for
registration of transfer or for exchange at the office of the
Company maintained pursuant to Section 13.2(a) hereof, the
Company at its expense will (subject to compliance with
Section 12 hereof,
if applicable) execute and deliver to or upon the order of the
Holder thereof a new Class A Warrant of like tenor, in the name of
such holder or as such holder (upon payment by such holder of any
applicable transfer taxes) may direct, calling in the aggregate on
the face thereof for the number of shares of Common Stock called
for on the face of the Class A Warrant so surrendered.
14.
No Rights or Liabilities
as Stockholder. Except as may
otherwise be provided herein, no Holder shall be entitled to vote
or receive dividends or be deemed the holder of any shares of
Common Stock or any other securities of the Company which may at
any time be issuable on the exercise hereof for any purpose, nor
shall anything contained herein be construed to confer upon the
Holder, as such, any of the rights of a stockholder of the Company
or any right to vote for the election of directors or upon any
matter submitted to stockholders at any meeting thereof, or to give
or withhold consent to any corporate action (whether upon any
recapitalization, issuance of stock, reclassification of stock,
change of par value, consolidation, merger, conveyance, or
otherwise) or to receive notice of meetings, or to receive
dividends or subscription rights or otherwise until this Warrant
shall have been exercised and the shares of Common Stock
purchasable upon the exercise hereof shall have become deliverable,
as provided herein. The Holder will not be entitled to share in the
assets of the Company in the event of liquidation, dissolution or
the winding up of the Company.
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15.
Notices. Any notice
or other communication in connection with this Warrant shall be
deemed to be given if in writing addressed as hereinafter provided
and actually delivered at such address: (a) if to any Holder, at
the registered address of such holder as set forth in the Warrant
Register kept at the office of the Company maintained pursuant to
Section 13.2(a)
hereof, or (b) if to the Company, to the attention of its Chief
Financial Officer at its office maintained pursuant to Section 13.2(a) hereof;
provided,
however, that the
exercise of any Warrant shall be effective in the manner provided
in Section 3
hereof.
16.
Payment of Taxes.
The Company will pay all documentary stamp taxes attributable to
the issuance of shares of Common Stock underlying this Warrant upon
exercise of this Warrant; provided, however, that the Company shall
not be required to pay any tax which may be payable in respect of
any transfer involved in the registration of any certificate for
shares of Common Stock underlying this Warrant in a name other that
of the Holder. The Holder is responsible for all other tax
liability that may arise as a result of holding or transferring
this Warrant or receiving shares of Common Stock underlying this
Warrant upon exercise hereof.
17.
Warrant Agent. The
Company shall serve as warrant agent under this Warrant. Upon 30
days notice to the Holder, the Company may appoint a new warrant
agent. Any corporation into which the Company or any new warrant
agent may be merged or any corporation resulting from any
consolidation to which the Company or any new warrant agent shall
be a party or any corporation to which the Company or any new
warrant agent transfers substantially all of its corporate trust or
stockholders services business shall be successor warrant agent
under this Warrant without any further act. Any such successor
warrant agent shall promptly cause notice of its succession as
warrant agent to be mailed (by first class mail, postage prepaid)
to the Holder at the Holder’s last address as shown on the
Warrant Register.
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 the change, waiver, discharge or
termination is sought. This Warrant shall be construed and enforced
in accordance with and governed by the laws of Indiana. The section
headings in this Warrant are for purposes of convenience only and
shall not constitute a part hereof. If one or more of the
provisions or portions of this Warrant shall be deemed by any court
or quasi-judicial authority to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable
in any respect, the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of
the remaining provisions, or portions of provisions contained
herein shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. The
use herein of the masculine pronouns or similar terms shall be
deemed to include the feminine and neuter genders as well and vice
versa and the use of the singular pronouns shall be deemed to
include the plural as well and vice versa.
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NOBLE
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EXHIBIT
A
EXERCISE
NOTICE
To Be
Executed by the Holder
in
Order to Exercise Class A Warrants
TO: NOBLE
ROMAN’S, INC.
(1) The
undersigned hereby elects to purchase ________ Warrant Shares of
the Company pursuant to the terms of the attached Warrant, and
tenders herewith payment of the exercise price in full, together
with all applicable transfer taxes, if any.
(2) Payment
shall be in lawful money of the United States.
(3) Please
issue a certificate or certificates representing the Warrant Shares
in the name of the undersigned or in such other name as is
specified below:
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The
Warrant Shares shall be delivered to the following DWAC Account
Number or by physical delivery of a certificate to:
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EXHIBIT B
[FORM
OF ASSIGNMENT]
To be
executed by the registered holder if such holder
desires
to transfer the Warrant Certificate.
FOR
VALUE RECEIVED
hereby
sells, assigns and transfers unto
(Please
print name and address of transferee)
this
Warrant Certificate, together with all right, title and interest
therein, and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint
Attorney, to transfer the within Warrant Certificate on the books
of the within-named Company, with full power of
substitution.
Dated:
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