FORM OF WARRANT] KANDI TECHNOLOGIES, CORP. Warrant To Purchase Common Stock
[FORM
OF WARRANT]
KANDI
TECHNOLOGIES, CORP.
Warrant
No.: __________
Date of
Issuance: December [___], 2010 (“Issuance Date”)
Kandi
Technologies, Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), hereby certifies
that, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which
are hereby acknowledged, [CRANSHIRE CAPITAL, L.P.], [OTHER BUYERS], the
registered holder hereof or its permitted assigns (the “Holder”), is entitled, subject
to the terms set forth below, to purchase from the Company, at the Exercise
Price (as defined below) then in effect, upon exercise of this Warrant to
Purchase Common Stock (including any Warrants to Purchase Common Stock issued in
exchange, transfer or replacement hereof, the “Warrant”), at any time or
times on or after the Issuance Date, but not after 11:59 p.m., New York time, on
the Expiration Date (as defined below), [______________]1
(subject to adjustment as provided herein) fully paid and non-assessable shares
of Common Stock (as defined below) (the “Warrant Shares”). Except as
otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms in this Warrant shall have the
meanings set forth in Section 17. This Warrant is one of the Warrants to
Purchase Common Stock (the “SPA
Warrants”) issued pursuant to Section 1 of that certain Securities
Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 21, 2010, by and among the Company and
the investors (the “Buyers”) referred to therein
(the “Securities Purchase
Agreement”).
1 40%
warrant coverage.
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EXERCISE OF
WARRANT.
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(a) Mechanics of
Exercise. Subject
to the terms and conditions hereof (including, without limitation, the
limitations set forth in Section 1(f)), this Warrant may be exercised by the
Holder on any day on or after the Issuance Date, in whole or in part, by
delivery (whether via facsimile or otherwise) of a written notice, in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit
A (the “Exercise
Notice”), of the Holder’s election to exercise this Warrant. Within one
(1) Trading Day following an exercise of this Warrant as aforesaid, the Holder
shall deliver payment to the Company of an amount equal to the Exercise Price in
effect on the date of such exercise multiplied by the number of Warrant Shares
as to which this Warrant was so exercised (the “Aggregate Exercise Price”) in
cash or via wire transfer of immediately available funds if, subject to the
provisions of Section 1(d), the Holder did not notify the Company in such
Exercise Notice that such exercise was made pursuant to a Cashless Exercise (as
defined in Section 1(d)). The Holder shall not be required to deliver the
original of this Warrant in order to effect an exercise hereunder. Execution and
delivery of an Exercise Notice with respect to less than all of the Warrant
Shares shall have the same effect as cancellation of the original of this
Warrant and issuance of a new Warrant evidencing the right to purchase the
remaining number of Warrant Shares. Execution and delivery of an Exercise Notice
for all of the then-remaining Warrant Shares shall have the same effect as
cancellation of the original of this Warrant after delivery of the Warrant
Shares in accordance with the terms hereof. On or before the first (1st)
Trading Day following the date on which the Company has received an Exercise
Notice, the Company shall transmit by facsimile an acknowledgment of
confirmation of receipt of such Exercise Notice, in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit
B, to the Holder and the Company’s transfer agent (the “Transfer Agent”). On or before
the third (3rd)
Trading Day following the date on which the Company has received such Exercise
Notice, the Company shall (X) provided that the Transfer Agent is participating
in The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) Fast Automated
Securities Transfer Program, upon the request of the Holder, credit such
aggregate number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled
pursuant to such exercise to the Holder’s or its designee’s balance account with
DTC through its Deposit/ Withdrawal at Custodian system, or (Y) if the Transfer
Agent is not participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer
Program, issue and deliver to the Holder or, at the Holder’s instruction
pursuant to the Exercise Notice, the Holder’s agent or designee, in each case,
sent by reputable overnight courier to the address as specified in the
applicable Exercise Notice, a certificate, registered in the Company’s share
register in the name of the Holder or its designee (as indicated in the
applicable Exercise Notice), for the number of shares of Common Stock to which
the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise. Upon delivery of an Exercise
Notice, the Holder shall be deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the
holder of record of the Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has
been exercised, irrespective of the date such Warrant Shares are credited to the
Holder’s DTC account or the date of delivery of the certificates evidencing such
Warrant Shares (as the case may be). If this Warrant is submitted in connection
with any exercise pursuant to this Section 1(a) and the number of Warrant
Shares represented by this Warrant submitted for exercise is greater than the
number of Warrant Shares being acquired upon an exercise, then, at the request
of the Holder, the Company shall as soon as practicable and in no event later
than three (3) Business Days after any exercise and at its own expense, issue
and deliver to the Holder (or its designee) a new Warrant (in accordance with
Section 7(d)) representing the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares
purchasable immediately prior to such exercise under this Warrant, less the
number of Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant is exercised. No
fractional shares of Common Stock are to be issued upon the exercise of this
Warrant, but rather the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued shall be
rounded up to the nearest whole number. The Company shall pay any and all taxes
and fees which may be payable with respect to the issuance and delivery of
Warrant Shares upon exercise of this Warrant.
(b) Exercise
Price. For
purposes of this Warrant, “Exercise Price” means $6.30,
subject to adjustment as provided herein.
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(c) Company’s Failure to Timely
Deliver Securities. If the
Company shall fail, for any reason or for no reason, to issue to the Holder
within three (3) Trading Days after receipt of the applicable Exercise Notice, a
certificate for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is
entitled and register such shares of Common Stock on the Company’s share
register or to credit the Holder’s balance account with DTC for such number of
shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder’s
exercise of this Warrant (as the case may be) and if on or after such third
(3rd)
Trading Day the Holder (or any other Person in respect, or on behalf, of the
Holder) purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) shares of Common
Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of all or any portion
of the number of shares of Common Stock, or a sale of a number of shares of
Common Stock equal to all or any portion of the number of shares of Common
Stock, issuable upon such exercise that the Holder so anticipated receiving from
the Company, then, in addition to all other remedies available to the Holder,
the Company shall, within three (3) Business Days after the Holder’s request and
in the Holder’s discretion, either (i) pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal
to the Holder’s total purchase price (including reasonable brokerage commissions
and other reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, if any) for the shares of Common
Stock so purchased (including, without limitation, by any other Person in
respect, or on behalf, of the Holder) (the “Buy-In Price”), at which point
the Company’s obligation to so issue and deliver such certificate or credit the
Holder’s balance account with DTC for the number of shares of Common Stock to
which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder’s exercise hereunder (as the case
may be) (and to issue such shares of Common Stock) shall terminate, or (ii)
promptly honor its obligation to so issue and deliver to the Holder a
certificate or certificates representing such shares of Common Stock or credit
the Holder’s balance account with DTC for the number of shares of Common Stock
to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder’s exercise hereunder (as the
case may be) and pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the excess (if
any) of the Buy-In Price over the product of (A) such number of shares of Common
Stock multiplied by (B) the lowest Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on any
Trading Day during the period commencing on the date of the applicable Exercise
Notice and ending on the date of such issuance and payment under this clause
(ii).
(d) Cashless
Exercise.
Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary (other than Section
1(f) below), if, at the time of exercise hereof, the Registration Statement (as
defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) is not effective (or the
prospectus contained therein is not available for use) for the issuance by the
Company to the Holder of all of the Warrant Shares, then the Holder may, in its
sole discretion, exercise this Warrant in whole or in part and, in lieu of
making the cash payment otherwise contemplated to be made to the Company upon
such exercise in payment of the Aggregate Exercise Price, elect instead to
receive upon such exercise the “Net Number” of shares of Common Stock determined
according to the following formula (a “Cashless
Exercise”):
Net
Number = (A x B) - (A
x C)
B
For purposes of the foregoing
formula:
A= the
total number of shares with respect to which this Warrant is then being
exercised.
B= as
applicable: (i) the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day
immediately preceding the date of the applicable Exercise Notice if such
Exercise Notice is (1) both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 1(a)
hereof on a day that is not a Trading Day or (2) both executed and delivered
pursuant to Section 1(a) hereof on a Trading Day prior to the opening of
“regular trading hours” (as defined in Rule 600(b)(64) of Regulation NMS
promulgated under the federal securities laws) on such Trading Day, (ii) the Bid
Price of the Common Stock as of the time of the Holder’s execution of the
applicable Exercise Notice if such Exercise Notice is executed during “regular
trading hours” on a Trading Day and is delivered within two (2) hours thereafter
pursuant to Section 1(a) hereof or (iii) the Closing Sale Price of the Common
Stock on the date of the applicable Exercise Notice if the date of such Exercise
Notice is a Trading Day and such Exercise Notice is both executed and delivered
pursuant to Section 1(a) hereof after the close of “regular trading hours” on
such Trading Day.
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C=
the Exercise Price then in effect for the applicable Warrant Shares at the
time of such exercise.
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(e) Disputes. In
the case of a dispute as to the determination of the Exercise Price or the
arithmetic calculation of the number of Warrant Shares to be issued pursuant to
the terms hereof, the Company shall promptly issue to the Holder the number of
Warrant Shares that are not disputed and resolve such dispute in accordance with
Section 14.
(f) Limitations on
Exercises. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
Warrant, this Warrant shall not be exercisable by the Holder hereof to the
extent (but only to the extent) that the Holder or any of its affiliates would
beneficially own in excess of 4.9% (the “Maximum Percentage”) of the
Common Stock. To the extent the above limitation applies, the determination
of whether this Warrant shall be exercisable (vis-à-vis other convertible,
exercisable or exchangeable securities owned by the Holder or any of its
affiliates) and of which such securities shall be exercisable (as among all such
securities owned by the Holder) shall, subject to such Maximum Percentage
limitation, be determined on the basis of the first submission to the Company
for conversion, exercise or exchange (as the case may be). No prior inability to
exercise this Warrant pursuant to this paragraph shall have any effect on the
applicability of the provisions of this paragraph with respect to any
subsequent determination of exercisability. For the purposes of this paragraph,
beneficial ownership and all determinations and calculations (including, without
limitation, with respect to calculations of percentage ownership) shall be
determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the 1934 Act (as defined in the
Securities Purchase Agreement) and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder. The provisions of this paragraph shall be implemented in a manner
otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this paragraph to correct
this paragraph (or any portion hereof) which may be defective or inconsistent
with the intended Maximum Percentage beneficial ownership limitation herein
contained or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly
give effect to such Maximum Percentage limitation. The limitations contained in
this paragraph shall apply to a successor Holder of this Warrant. The holders of
Common Stock shall be third party beneficiaries of this paragraph and the
Company may not waive this paragraph without the consent of holders of a
majority of its Common Stock. For any reason at any time, upon the written or
oral request of the Holder, the Company shall within one (1) Business Day
confirm orally and in writing to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock
then outstanding, including by virtue of any prior conversion or exercise of
convertible or exercisable securities into Common Stock, including, without
limitation, pursuant to this Warrant or securities issued pursuant to the
Securities Purchase Agreement.
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(g) Insufficient Authorized
Shares. The
Company shall at all times keep reserved for issuance under this Warrant a
number of shares of Common Stock as shall be necessary to satisfy the Company’s
obligation to issue shares of Common Stock hereunder (without regard to any
limitation otherwise contained herein with respect to the number of shares of
Common Stock that may be acquirable upon exercise of this Warrant). If,
notwithstanding the foregoing, and not in limitation thereof, at any time while
any of the SPA Warrants remain outstanding the Company does not have a
sufficient number of authorized and unreserved shares of Common Stock to satisfy
its obligation to reserve for issuance upon exercise of the SPA Warrants at
least a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the number of shares of Common
Stock as shall from time to time be necessary to effect the exercise of all of
the SPA Warrants then outstanding (the “Required Reserve Amount”) (an
“Authorized Share
Failure”), then the Company shall immediately take all action necessary
to increase the Company’s authorized shares of Common Stock to an amount
sufficient to allow the Company to reserve the Required Reserve Amount for all
the SPA Warrants then outstanding. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing sentence, as soon as practicable after the date of the occurrence of
an Authorized Share Failure, but in no event later than sixty (60) days after
the occurrence of such Authorized Share Failure, the Company shall hold a
meeting of its stockholders for the approval of an increase in the number of
authorized shares of Common Stock. In connection with such meeting, the Company
shall provide each stockholder with a proxy statement and shall use its best
efforts to solicit its stockholders’ approval of such increase in authorized
shares of Common Stock and to cause its board of directors to recommend to the
stockholders that they approve such proposal.
2. ADJUSTMENT
OF EXERCISE PRICE AND NUMBER OF WARRANT SHARES. The Exercise Price and number
of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant are subject to
adjustment from time to time as set forth in this Section 2.
(a) Stock Dividends and
Splits. Without
limiting any provision of Section 2(b) or Section 4, if the Company, at any time
on or after the date of the Securities Purchase Agreement, (i) pays a stock
dividend on one or more classes of its then outstanding shares of Common Stock
or otherwise makes a distribution on any class of capital stock that is payable
in shares of Common Stock, (ii) subdivides (by any stock split, stock dividend,
recapitalization or otherwise) one or more classes of its then outstanding
shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares or (iii) combines (by
combination, reverse stock split or otherwise) one or more classes of its then
outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, then in each
such case the Exercise Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the
numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately
before such event and of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of
Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event. Any adjustment
made pursuant to clause (i) of this paragraph shall become effective immediately
after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive
such dividend or distribution, and any adjustment pursuant to clause (ii) or
(iii) of this paragraph shall become effective immediately after the effective
date of such subdivision or combination. If any event requiring an adjustment
under this paragraph occurs during the period that an Exercise Price is
calculated hereunder, then the calculation of such Exercise Price shall be
adjusted appropriately to reflect such event.
(b) Adjustment Upon Issuance of
Shares of Common Stock. If and
whenever on or after the date of the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Company
issues or sells, or in accordance with this Section 2 is deemed to have
issued or sold, any shares of Common Stock (including the issuance or sale of
shares of Common Stock owned or held by or for the account of the Company, but
excluding any Excluded Securities (as defined in the Securities Purchase
Agreement) issued or sold or deemed to have been issued or sold) for a
consideration per share (the “New Issuance Price”) less than
a price equal to the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such issue or
sale or deemed issuance or sale (such Exercise Price then in effect is referred
to as the “Applicable
Price”) (the foregoing a “Dilutive Issuance”), then
immediately after such Dilutive Issuance, the Exercise Price then in effect
shall be reduced to an amount equal to the New Issuance Price. For all purposes
of the foregoing (including, without limitation, determining the adjusted
Exercise Price and consideration per share under this Section 2(b)), the
following shall be applicable:
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(i) Issuance of Options.
If the Company in any manner grants or sells any Options and the lowest price
per share for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon the exercise of
any such Option or upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible
Securities issuable upon exercise of any such Option is less than the Applicable
Price, then such share of Common Stock shall be deemed to be outstanding and to
have been issued and sold by the Company at the time of the granting or sale of
such Option for such price per share. For purposes of this Section 2(b)(i), the
“lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon the
exercise of any such Options or upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any
Convertible Securities issuable upon exercise of any such Option” shall be equal
to (1) the lower of (x) the sum of the lowest amounts of consideration (if any)
received or receivable by the Company with respect to any one share of Common
Stock upon the granting or sale of such Option, upon exercise of such Option and
upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Security issuable upon
exercise of such Option and (y) the lowest exercise price set forth in such
Option for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon the exercise of any
such Options or upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible
Securities issuable upon exercise of any such Option minus (2) the sum of all
amounts paid or payable to the holder of such Option (or any other Person) upon
the granting or sale of such Option, upon exercise of such Option and upon
conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Security issuable upon
exercise of such Option plus the value of any other consideration received or
receivable by, or benefit conferred on, the holder of such Option (or any other
Person). Except as contemplated below, no further adjustment of the Exercise
Price shall be made upon the actual issuance of such shares of Common Stock or
of such Convertible Securities upon the exercise of such Options or upon the
actual issuance of such shares of Common Stock upon conversion, exercise or
exchange of such Convertible Securities.
(ii) Issuance of Convertible
Securities. If the Company in any manner issues or sells any Convertible
Securities and the lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is
issuable upon the conversion, exercise or exchange thereof is less than the
Applicable Price, then such share of Common Stock shall be deemed to be
outstanding and to have been issued and sold by the Company at the time of the
issuance or sale of such Convertible Securities for such price per share. For
the purposes of this Section 2(b)(ii), the “lowest price per share for which one
share of Common Stock is issuable upon the conversion, exercise or exchange
thereof” shall be equal to (1) the lower of (x) the sum of the lowest amounts of
consideration (if any) received or receivable by the Company with respect to one
share of Common Stock upon the issuance or sale of the Convertible Security and
upon conversion, exercise or exchange of such Convertible Security and (y) the
lowest conversion price set forth in such Convertible Security for which one
share of Common Stock is issuable upon conversion, exercise or exchange thereof
minus (2) the sum of all amounts paid or payable to the holder of such
Convertible Security (or any other Person) upon the issuance or sale of such
Convertible Security plus the value of any other consideration received or
receivable by, or benefit conferred on, the holder of such Convertible Security
(or any other Person). Except as contemplated below, no further adjustment of
the Exercise Price shall be made upon the actual issuance of such shares of
Common Stock upon conversion, exercise or exchange of such Convertible
Securities, and if any such issue or sale of such Convertible Securities is made
upon exercise of any Options for which adjustment of this Warrant has been or is
to be made pursuant to other provisions of this Section 2(b), except as
contemplated below, no further adjustment of the Exercise Price shall be made by
reason of such issue or sale.
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(iii) Change in Option 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 Convertible Securities, or the rate at
which any Convertible Securities are convertible into or exercisable or
exchangeable for shares of Common Stock increases or decreases at any time, the
Exercise Price in effect at the time of such increase or decrease shall be
adjusted to the Exercise Price which would have been in effect at such time had
such Options or Convertible Securities 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 2(b)(iii), if the terms of any Option or Convertible
Security 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 Option or Convertible Security 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 2(b) shall be made if such adjustment would
result in an increase of the Exercise Price then in effect.
(iv) Calculation of Consideration
Received. If any shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible
Securities are issued or sold or deemed to have been issued or sold for cash,
the consideration received therefor will be deemed to be the net amount of
consideration received by the Company therefor. If any shares of Common Stock,
Options or Convertible Securities are issued or sold for a consideration other
than cash, the amount of such consideration received by the Company will be the
fair value of such consideration, except where such consideration consists of
publicly traded securities, in which case the amount of consideration received
by the Company for such securities will be the arithmetic average of the VWAPs
of such security for each of the five (5) Trading Days immediately preceding the
date of receipt. If any shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible
Securities are issued to the owners of the non-surviving entity in connection
with any merger in which the Company is the surviving entity, the amount of
consideration therefor will be deemed to be the fair value of such portion of
the net assets and business of the non-surviving entity as is attributable to
such shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities, as the case may
be. The fair value of any consideration other than cash or publicly traded
securities will be determined jointly by the Company and the Holder. If such
parties are unable to reach agreement within ten (10) days after the occurrence
of an event requiring valuation (the “Valuation Event”), the fair
value of such consideration will be determined within five (5) Trading Days
after the tenth (10th) day
following such Valuation Event by an independent, reputable appraiser jointly
selected by the Company and the Holder. The determination of such appraiser
shall be final and binding upon all parties absent manifest error and the fees
and expenses of such appraiser shall be borne by the Company.
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(v) Record Date. If the
Company takes a record of the holders of shares of Common Stock for the purpose
of entitling them (A) to receive a dividend or other distribution payable
in shares of Common Stock, Options or in Convertible Securities or (B) to
subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible
Securities, then such record date will be deemed to be the date of the issue or
sale of the shares of Common Stock deemed to have been issued or sold upon the
declaration of such dividend or the making of such other distribution or the
date of the granting of such right of subscription or purchase (as the case may
be).
(vi) January Warrants.
Notwithstanding anything contained in this Section 2(b), no adjustment shall be
made to the Exercise Price pursuant to this Section 2(b) if a downward
adjustment to the exercise price of the warrants issued pursuant to the January
Purchase Agreement (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) (the “January Warrants”) is made
pursuant to Section 2(b) of the January Warrants solely as a result of the
issuance and sale of the Common Shares (as defined in the Securities Purchase
Agreement) and the SPA Warrants on the Closing Date (as defined in the
Securities Purchase Agreement).
(c) Number of Warrant
Shares.
Simultaneously with any adjustment to the Exercise Price pursuant to only
paragraph (a) of this Section 2, the number of Warrant Shares that may be
purchased upon exercise of this Warrant shall be increased or decreased
proportionately, so that after such adjustment the aggregate Exercise Price
payable hereunder for the adjusted number of Warrant Shares shall be the same as
the aggregate Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment
(without regard to any limitations on exercise contained herein).
(d) Other
Events. In the
event that the Company (or any Subsidiary (as defined in the Securities Purchase
Agreement)) shall take any action to which the provisions hereof are not
strictly applicable, or, if applicable, would not operate to protect the Holder
from dilution or if any event occurs of the type contemplated by the provisions
of this Section 2 but not expressly provided for by such provisions (including,
without limitation, the granting of stock appreciation rights, phantom stock
rights or other rights with equity features), then the Company’s board of
directors shall in good faith determine and implement an appropriate adjustment
in the Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares (if applicable) so as to
protect the rights of the Holder, provided that no such adjustment pursuant to
this Section 2(d) will increase the Exercise Price or decrease the number of
Warrant Shares as otherwise determined pursuant to this Section 2, provided
further that if the Holder does not accept such adjustments as appropriately
protecting its interests hereunder against such dilution, then the Company’s
board of directors and the Holder shall agree, in good faith, upon an
independent investment bank of nationally recognized standing to make such
appropriate adjustments, whose determination shall be final and binding and
whose fees and expenses shall be borne equally by the Holder and the
Company.
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(e) Calculations. All
calculations under this Section 2 shall be made by rounding to the nearest cent
or the nearest 1/100th of a
share, as applicable. The number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at any
given time shall not include shares owned or held by or for the account of the
Company, and the disposition of any such shares shall be considered an issue or
sale of Common Stock.
3. RIGHTS UPON DISTRIBUTION OF
ASSETS. In addition to any adjustments pursuant to Section 2 above, if
the Company shall declare or make any dividend or other distribution of its
assets (or rights to acquire its assets) to holders of shares of Common Stock,
by way of return of capital or otherwise (including, without limitation, any
distribution of cash, stock or other securities, property or options by way of a
dividend, spin off, reclassification, corporate rearrangement, scheme of
arrangement or other similar transaction) (a “Distribution”), at any time
after the issuance of this Warrant, then, in each such case, the Holder shall be
entitled to participate in such Distribution to the same extent that the Holder
would have participated therein if the Holder had held the number of shares of
Common Stock acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant (without regard
to any limitations on exercise hereof, including without limitation, the Maximum
Percentage) immediately before the date on which a record is taken for such
Distribution, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record
holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the participation in
such Distribution (provided, however, to the extent that the Holder’s right to
participate in any such Distributions would result in the Holder exceeding the
Maximum Percentage, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such
Distribution to such extent (or the beneficial ownership of any such shares of
Common Stock as a result of such Distribution to such extent) and such
Distribution to such extent shall be held in abeyance for the benefit of the
Holder until such time, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the
Holder exceeding the Maximum Percentage).
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PURCHASE RIGHTS;
FUNDAMENTAL TRANSACTIONS.
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(a) Purchase
Rights. In
addition to any adjustments pursuant to Section 2 above, if at any time the
Company grants, issues or sells any Options, Convertible Securities or rights to
purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to the record
holders of any class of shares of Common Stock (the “Purchase Rights”), then the
Holder will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase
Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which the Holder could have acquired if
the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon
complete exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on exercise
hereof, including without limitation, the Maximum Percentage) immediately before
the date on which a record is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of such
Purchase Rights, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record
holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the grant, issue or
sale of such Purchase Rights (provided, however, to the extent that the Holder’s
right to participate in any such Purchase Right would result in the Holder
exceeding the Maximum Percentage, then the Holder shall not be entitled to
participate in such Purchase Right to such extent (or beneficial ownership of
such shares of Common Stock as a result of such Purchase Right to such extent)
and such Purchase Right to such extent shall be held in abeyance for the Holder
until such time, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the Holder
exceeding the Maximum Percentage).
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(b) Fundamental
Transactions. The
Company shall not enter into or be party to a Fundamental Transaction unless
(i) the Successor Entity assumes in writing all of the obligations of the
Company under this Warrant and the other Transaction Documents (as defined in
the Securities Purchase Agreement) in accordance with the provisions of this
Section 4(b) pursuant to written agreements in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Holder and approved by the Holder prior to such Fundamental
Transaction, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or
delayed, including agreements to deliver to the Holder in exchange for this
Warrant a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument
substantially similar in form and substance to this Warrant, including, without
limitation, which is exercisable for a corresponding number of shares of capital
stock equivalent to the shares of Common Stock acquirable and receivable upon
exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on the exercise of
this Warrant) prior to such Fundamental Transaction, and with an exercise price
which applies the exercise price hereunder to such shares of capital stock (but
taking into account the relative value of the shares of Common Stock pursuant to
such Fundamental Transaction and the value of such shares of capital stock, such
adjustments to the number of shares of capital stock and such exercise price
being for the purpose of protecting the economic value of this Warrant
immediately prior to the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction) and
(ii) the Successor Entity (including its Parent Entity) is a publicly
traded corporation whose common stock is quoted on or listed for trading on an
Eligible Market. Upon the consummation of each Fundamental Transaction, the
Successor Entity shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and
after the date of the applicable Fundamental Transaction, the provisions of this
Warrant and the other Transaction Documents referring to the “Company” shall
refer instead to the Successor Entity), and may exercise every right and power
of the Company and shall assume all of the obligations of the Company under this
Warrant and the other Transaction Documents with the same effect as if such
Successor Entity had been named as the Company herein. Upon consummation of each
Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall deliver to the Holder
confirmation that there shall be issued upon exercise of this Warrant at any
time after the consummation of the applicable Fundamental Transaction, in lieu
of the shares of Common Stock (or other securities, cash, assets or other
property (except such items still issuable under Sections 3 and 4(a) above,
which shall continue to be receivable thereafter)) issuable upon the exercise of
this Warrant prior to the applicable Fundamental Transaction, such shares of
publicly traded common stock (or its equivalent) of the Successor Entity
(including its Parent Entity) which the Holder would have been entitled to
receive upon the happening of the applicable Fundamental Transaction had this
Warrant been exercised immediately prior to the applicable Fundamental
Transaction (without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant),
as adjusted in accordance with the provisions of this
Warrant. Nothwithstanding the foregoing, the Holder may elect, at its
sole option, by delivery of written notice to the Company to waive this Section
4(b) to permit the Fundamental Transaction without the assumption of this
Warrant. In addition to and not in substitution for any other rights
hereunder, prior to the consummation of each Fundamental Transaction pursuant to
which holders of shares of Common Stock are entitled to receive securities or
other assets with respect to or in exchange for shares of Common Stock (a “Corporate Event”), the Company
shall make appropriate provision to insure that the Holder will thereafter have
the right to receive upon an exercise of this Warrant at any time after the
consummation of the applicable Fundamental Transaction but prior to the
Expiration Date, in lieu of the shares of the Common Stock (or other securities,
cash, assets or other property (except such items still issuable under Sections
3 and 4(a) above, which shall continue to be receivable thereafter)) issuable
upon the exercise of the Warrant prior to such Fundamental Transaction, such
shares of stock, securities, cash, assets or any other property whatsoever
(including warrants or other purchase or subscription rights) which the Holder
would have been entitled to receive upon the happening of the applicable
Fundamental Transaction had this Warrant been exercised immediately prior to the
applicable Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitations on the
exercise of this Warrant). Provision made pursuant to the preceding sentence
shall be in a form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Holder.
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(c) Black Scholes
Value.
Notwithstanding the foregoing and the provisions of Section 4(b) above, at the
request of the Holder delivered at any time commencing on the earliest to occur
of (x) the public disclosure of any Fundamental Transaction, (y) the
consummation of any Fundamental Transaction and (z) the Holder first becoming
aware of any Fundamental Transaction through the date that is ninety (90) days
after the public disclosure of the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction
by the Company pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC, the
Company or the Successor Entity (as the case may be) shall purchase this Warrant
from the Holder on the date of such request by paying to the Holder cash in an
amount equal to the Black Scholes Value.
(d) Application. The
provisions of this Section 4 shall apply similarly and equally to successive
Fundamental Transactions and Corporate Events and shall be applied as if this
Warrant (and any such subsequent warrants) were fully exercisable and without
regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant (provided that the
Holder shall continue to be entitled to the benefit of the Maximum Percentage,
applied however with respect to shares of capital stock registered under the
1934 Act and thereafter receivable upon exercise of this Warrant (or any such
other warrant)).
5. NONCIRCUMVENTION. The
Company hereby covenants and agrees that the Company will not, by amendment of
its Certificate of Incorporation (as defined in the Securities Purchase
Agreement), Bylaws (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) or through
any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, scheme of
arrangement, dissolution, issue or sale of securities, or any other voluntary
action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms
of this Warrant, and will at all times in good faith carry out all the
provisions of this Warrant and take all action as may be required to protect the
rights of the Holder. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
Company (a) shall not increase the par value of any shares of Common Stock
receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant above the Exercise Price then in
effect, (b) shall take all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate
in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and
non-assessable shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of this Warrant, and (c)
shall, so long as any of the SPA Warrants are outstanding, take all action
necessary to reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued
shares of Common Stock, solely for the purpose of effecting the exercise of the
SPA Warrants, the maximum number of shares of Common Stock as shall from time to
time be necessary to effect the exercise of the SPA Warrants then outstanding
(without regard to any limitations on exercise).
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6. WARRANT HOLDER NOT DEEMED A
STOCKHOLDER. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the
Holder, solely in its capacity as a holder of this Warrant, shall not be
entitled to vote or receive dividends or be deemed the holder of share capital
of the Company for any purpose, nor shall anything contained in this Warrant be
construed to confer upon the Holder, solely in its capacity as the Holder of
this Warrant, any of the rights of a stockholder of the Company or any right to
vote, give or withhold consent to any corporate action (whether any
reorganization, issue of stock, reclassification of stock, consolidation,
merger, conveyance or otherwise), receive notice of meetings, receive dividends
or subscription rights, or otherwise, prior to the issuance to the Holder of the
Warrant Shares which it is then entitled to receive upon the due exercise of
this Warrant. In addition, nothing contained in this Warrant shall be
construed as imposing any liabilities on the Holder to purchase any securities
(upon exercise of this Warrant or otherwise) or as a stockholder of the Company,
whether such liabilities are asserted by the Company or by creditors of the
Company. Notwithstanding this Section 6, the Company shall provide the Holder
with copies of the same notices and other information given to the stockholders
of the Company generally, contemporaneously with the giving thereof to the
stockholders.
7. REISSUANCE OF
WARRANTS.
(a) Transfer of
Warrant. If this
Warrant is to be transferred, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the
Company, whereupon the Company will forthwith issue and deliver upon the order
of the Holder a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 7(d)), registered as the
Holder may request, representing the right to purchase the number of Warrant
Shares being transferred by the Holder and, if less than the total number of
Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant is being transferred, a new Warrant
(in accordance with Section 7(d)) to the Holder representing the right to
purchase the number of Warrant Shares not being transferred.
(b) Lost, Stolen or Mutilated
Warrant. Upon
receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the
loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant (as to which a written
certification and the indemnification contemplated below shall suffice as such
evidence), and, in the case of loss, theft or destruction, of any
indemnification undertaking by the Holder to the Company in customary and
reasonable form and, in the case of mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation
of this Warrant, the Company shall execute and deliver to the Holder a new
Warrant (in accordance with Section 7(d)) representing the right to purchase the
Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant.
(c) Exchangeable for Multiple
Warrants. This
Warrant is exchangeable, upon the surrender hereof by the Holder at the
principal office of the Company, for a new Warrant or Warrants (in accordance
with Section 7(d)) representing in the aggregate the right to purchase the
number of Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant, and each such new Warrant
will represent the right to purchase such portion of such Warrant Shares as is
designated by the Holder at the time of such surrender; provided, however, no
warrants for fractional shares of Common Stock shall be given.
(d) Issuance of New
Warrants.
Whenever the Company is required to issue a new Warrant pursuant to the terms of
this Warrant, such new Warrant (i) shall be of like tenor with this Warrant,
(ii) shall represent, as indicated on the face of such new Warrant, the right to
purchase the Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant (or in the case of a
new Warrant being issued pursuant to Section 7(a) or Section 7(c), the Warrant
Shares designated by the Holder which, when added to the number of shares of
Common Stock underlying the other new Warrants issued in connection with such
issuance, does not exceed the number of Warrant Shares then underlying this
Warrant), (iii) shall have an issuance date, as indicated on the face of such
new Warrant which is the same as the Issuance Date, and (iv) shall have the same
rights and conditions as this Warrant.
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8. NOTICES; CURRENCY;
PAYMENTS.
(a) Whenever
notice is required to be given under this Warrant, unless otherwise provided
herein, such notice shall be given in accordance with Section 8(f) of the
Securities Purchase Agreement. The Company shall provide the Holder with prompt
written notice of all actions taken pursuant to this Warrant, including in
reasonable detail a description of such action and the reason therefor. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company will give written notice
to the Holder (i) immediately upon each adjustment of the Exercise Price and the
number of Warrant Shares, setting forth in reasonable detail, and certifying,
the calculation of such adjustment(s) and (ii) at least fifteen (15) days prior
to the date on which the Company closes its books or takes a record (A) with
respect to any dividend or distribution upon the shares of Common Stock, (B)
with respect to any grants, issuances or sales of any Options, Convertible
Securities or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property
to holders of shares of Common Stock or (C) for determining rights to vote with
respect to any Fundamental Transaction, dissolution or liquidation, provided in
each case that such information shall be made known to the public prior to or in
conjunction with such notice being provided to the Holder and (iii) at least ten
(10) Trading Days prior to the consummation of any Fundamental
Transaction. To the extent that any notice provided hereunder
constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information regarding the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries, the Company shall simultaneously file such notice
with the SEC (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) pursuant to a
Current Report on Form 8-K. It is expressly understood and agreed that the time
of execution specified by the Holder in each Exercise Notice shall be definitive
and may not be disputed or challenged by the Company.
(b) Currency. All
amounts owing under this Warrant that, in accordance with their terms, are paid
in cash shall be paid in United States dollars (“U.S. Dollars”). All amounts
denominated in other currencies (if any) shall be converted into the U.S. Dollar
equivalent amount in accordance with the Exchange Rate on the date of
calculation. “Exchange
Rate” means, in relation to any amount of currency to be converted into
U.S. Dollars pursuant to this Warrant, the U.S. Dollar exchange rate as
published in the Wall Street Journal on the relevant date of calculation (it
being understood and agreed that where an amount is calculated with reference
to, or over, a period of time, the date of calculation shall be the final date
of such period of time).
(c) Payments. Whenever
any payment is to be made by the Company to any Person pursuant to this Warrant,
such payment shall be made in lawful money of the United States of America via
wire transfer of U.S. Dollars in immediately available funds in accordance with
the Holder’s wire transfer instructions delivered to the Company on or prior to
such payment date or, in the absence of such instructions, by a certified check
drawn on the account of the Company and sent via overnight courier service to
such Person at such address as previously provided to the Company in writing
(which address, in the case of each of the Buyers, shall initially be as set
forth on the Schedule of Buyers attached to the Securities Purchase
Agreement).
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9. AMENDMENT AND
WAIVER. Except as otherwise provided herein, the provisions of
this Warrant (other than Section 1(f)) may be amended and the Company may take
any action herein prohibited, or omit to perform any act herein required to be
performed by it, only if the Company has obtained the written consent of the
Holder. The Holder shall be entitled, at its option, to the benefit of any
amendment of (a) any other similar warrant issued under the Securities Purchase
Agreement or (b) any other similar warrant. No consideration shall be offered or
paid to the Holder to amend or consent to a waiver or modification of any
provision of this Warrant unless the same consideration is also offered to all
of the holders of the other SPA Warrants. No waiver shall be effective unless it
is in writing and signed by an authorized representative of the waiving
party.
10. SEVERABILITY. If
any provision of this Warrant is prohibited by law or otherwise determined to be
invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the provision
that would otherwise be prohibited, invalid or unenforceable shall be deemed
amended to apply to the broadest extent that it would be valid and enforceable,
and the invalidity or unenforceability of such provision shall not affect the
validity of the remaining provisions of this Warrant so long as this Warrant as
so modified continues to express, without material change, the original
intentions of the parties as to the subject matter hereof and the prohibited
nature, invalidity or unenforceability of the provision(s) in question does not
substantially impair the respective expectations or reciprocal obligations of
the parties or the practical realization of the benefits that would otherwise be
conferred upon the parties. The parties will endeavor in good faith negotiations
to replace the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s) with a valid
provision(s), the effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the
prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s).
11. GOVERNING LAW. This
Warrant shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with, and
all questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and
performance of this Warrant shall be governed by, the internal laws of the State
of New York, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law
provision or rule (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdictions)
that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the
State of New York. The Company hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive
jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in The City of New York,
Borough of Manhattan, for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in
connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed
herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit,
action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the
jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is brought
in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is
improper. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right
to serve process in any manner permitted by law. Nothing contained herein shall
be deemed or operate to preclude the Holder from bringing suit or taking other
legal action against the Company in any other jurisdiction to collect on the
Company’s obligations to the Holder or to enforce a judgment or other court
ruling in favor of the Holder. The Company hereby appoints CT Corporation
System, with offices at 000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 as its agent
for service of process in the United States. If service of process is effected
pursuant to the above sentence, such service will be deemed sufficient under New
York law and the Company shall not assert otherwise. Nothing contained herein
shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner
permitted by law. THE COMPANY
HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO, AND AGREES NOT TO REQUEST, A
JURY TRIAL FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH
OR ARISING OUT OF THIS WARRANT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED
HEREBY.
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12. JUDGMENT
CURRENCY.
(a) If
for the purpose of obtaining or enforcing judgment against the Company in any
court in any jurisdiction it becomes necessary to convert into any other
currency (such other currency being hereinafter in this Section 12 referred to
as the “Judgment
Currency”) an amount due in U.S. Dollars under this Warrant, the
conversion shall be made at the Exchange Rate prevailing on the Trading Day
immediately preceding:
(i) the
date actual payment of the amount due, in the case of any proceeding in the
courts of New York or in the courts of any other jurisdiction that will give
effect to such conversion being made on such date: or
(ii) the
date on which the foreign court determines, in the case of any proceeding in the
courts of any other jurisdiction (the date as of which such conversion is made
pursuant to this Section 12(a)(ii) being hereinafter referred to as the “Judgment Conversion
Date”).
(b) If
in the case of any proceeding in the court of any jurisdiction referred to in
Section 12(a)(ii) above, there is a change in the Exchange Rate prevailing
between the Judgment Conversion Date and the date of actual payment of the
amount due, the applicable party shall pay such adjusted amount as may be
necessary to ensure that the amount paid in the Judgment Currency, when
converted at the Exchange Rate prevailing on the date of payment, will produce
the amount of U.S. Dollars which could have been purchased with the amount of
Judgment Currency stipulated in the judgment or judicial order at the Exchange
Rate prevailing on the Judgment Conversion Date.
(c) Any
amount due from the Company under this provision shall be due as a separate debt
and shall not be affected by judgment being obtained for any other amounts due
under or in respect of this Warrant.
13. CONSTRUCTION;
HEADINGS. This Warrant shall be deemed to be jointly drafted by the
Company and the Holder and shall not be construed against any Person as the
drafter hereof. The headings of this Warrant are for convenience of
reference and shall not form part of, or affect the interpretation of, this
Warrant. Terms used in this Warrant but defined in the other Transaction
Documents shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms on the Closing Date in
such other Transaction Documents unless otherwise consented to in writing by the
Holder.
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14. DISPUTE RESOLUTION.
In the case of a dispute as to the determination of the Exercise Price, the
Closing Sale Price, the Bid Price or fair market value or the arithmetic
calculation of the Warrant Shares (as the case may be), the Company or the
Holder (as the case may be) shall submit the disputed determinations or
arithmetic calculations (as the case may be) via facsimile (a) within two (2)
Business Days after receipt of the applicable notice giving rise to such dispute
to the Company or the Holder (as the case may be) or (b) if no notice gave rise
to such dispute, at any time after the Holder learned of the circumstances
giving rise to such dispute (including, without limitation, as to whether any
issuance or sale or deemed issuance or sale was an issuance or sale or deemed
issuance or sale of Excluded Securities). If the Holder and the Company are
unable to agree upon such determination or calculation (as the case may be) of
the Exercise Price, the Closing Sale Price, the Bid Price or fair market value
or the number of Warrant Shares (as the case may be) within three (3) Business
Days of such disputed determination or arithmetic calculation being submitted to
the Company or the Holder (as the case may be), then the Company shall, within
two (2) Business Days submit via facsimile (i) the disputed determination of the
Exercise Price, the Closing Sale Price, the Bid Price or fair market value (as
the case may be) to an independent, reputable investment bank selected by the
Holder or (ii) the disputed arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares to the
Company’s independent, outside accountant. The Company shall cause at its
expense the investment bank or the accountant (as the case may be) to perform
the determinations or calculations (as the case may be) and notify the Company
and the Holder of the results no later than ten (10) Business Days from the time
it receives such disputed determinations or calculations (as the case may be).
Such investment bank’s or accountant’s determination or calculation (as the case
may be) shall be binding upon all parties absent demonstrable
error.
15. REMEDIES, CHARACTERIZATION,
OTHER OBLIGATIONS, BREACHES AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF. The remedies provided
in this Warrant shall be cumulative and in addition to all other remedies
available under this Warrant and the other Transaction Documents, at law or in
equity (including a decree of specific performance and/or other injunctive
relief), and nothing herein shall limit the right of the Holder to pursue actual
damages for any failure by the Company to comply with the terms of this Warrant.
The Company covenants to the Holder that there shall be no characterization
concerning this instrument other than as expressly provided herein. Amounts set
forth or provided for herein with respect to payments, exercises and the like
(and the computation thereof) shall be the amounts to be received by the Holder
and shall not, except as expressly provided herein, be subject to any other
obligation of the Company (or the performance thereof). The Company acknowledges
that a breach by it of its obligations hereunder will cause irreparable harm to
the Holder and that the remedy at law for any such breach may be inadequate. The
Company therefore agrees that, in the event of any such breach or threatened
breach, the holder of this Warrant shall be entitled, in addition to all other
available remedies, to an injunction restraining any breach, without the
necessity of showing economic loss and without any bond or other security being
required. The Company shall provide all information and documentation to the
Holder that is requested by the Holder to enable the Holder to confirm the
Company’s compliance with the terms and conditions of this Warrant (including,
without limitation, compliance with Section 2 hereof). The issuance of shares
and certificates for shares as contemplated hereby upon the exercise of this
Warrant shall be made without charge to the Holder or such shares for any
issuance tax or other costs in respect thereof, provided that the Company shall
not be required to pay any tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer
involved in the issuance and delivery of any certificate in a name other than
the Holder or its agent on its behalf.
16. TRANSFER. This
Warrant may be offered for sale, sold, transferred or assigned without the
consent of the Company.
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17. CERTAIN
DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this Warrant, the following terms
shall have the following meanings:
(a) “Bid Price” means, for any
security as of the particular time of determination, the bid price for such
security on the Principal Market as reported by Bloomberg as of such time of
determination, or, if the Principal Market is not the principal securities
exchange or trading market for such security, the bid price of such security on
the principal securities exchange or trading market where such security is
listed or traded as reported by Bloomberg as of such time of determination, or
if the foregoing does not apply, the bid price of such security in the
over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security as
reported by Bloomberg as of such time of determination, or, if no bid price is
reported for such security by Bloomberg as of such time of determination, the
average of the bid prices of any market makers for such security as reported in
the “pink sheets” by Pink Sheets LLC (formerly the National Quotation Bureau,
Inc.) as of such time of determination. If the Bid Price cannot be calculated
for a security as of the particular time of determination on any of the
foregoing bases, the Bid Price of such security as of such time of determination
shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company and the
Holder. If the Company and the Holder are unable to agree upon the fair market
value of such security, then such dispute shall be resolved in accordance with
the procedures in Section 14. All such determinations shall be
appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination or
other similar transaction during such period.
(b) “Black Scholes Value” means the
value of the unexercised portion of this Warrant remaining on the date of the
Holder’s request pursuant to Section 4(c), which value is calculated using the
Black Scholes Option Pricing Model obtained from the “OV” function on Bloomberg
utilizing (i) an underlying price per share equal to the greater of (A) the
highest Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock during the period beginning on
the Trading Day immediately preceding the earliest to occur of (1) the public
disclosure of the applicable Fundamental Transaction, (2) the consummation of
the applicable Fundamental Transaction and (3) the date on which the Holder
first became aware of the applicable Fundamental Transaction and ending on the
Trading Day of the Holder’s request pursuant to Section 4(c) and (B) the sum of
the price per share being offered in cash in the applicable Fundamental
Transaction (if any) plus the value of the non-cash consideration being offered
in the applicable Fundamental Transaction (if any), (ii) a strike price equal to
the Exercise Price in effect on the date of the Holder’s request pursuant to
Section 4(c), (iii) a risk-free interest rate corresponding to the U.S. Treasury
rate for a period equal to the greater of (A) the remaining term of this Warrant
as of the date of the Holder’s request pursuant to Section 4(c) and (B) the
remaining term of this Warrant as of the date of consummation of the applicable
Fundamental Transaction or as of the date of the Holder’s request pursuant to
Section 4(c) if such request is prior to the date of the consummation of the
applicable Fundamental Transaction and (iv) an expected volatility equal to the
greater of 90% and the 100 day volatility obtained from the HVT function on
Bloomberg (determined utilizing a 365 day annualization factor) as of the
Trading Day immediately following the earliest to occur of (A) the public
disclosure of the applicable Fundamental Transaction, (B) the consummation of
the applicable Fundamental Transaction and (C) the date on which the Holder
first became aware of the applicable Fundamental Transaction.
(c) “Bloomberg” means Bloomberg,
L.P.
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(d) “Business Day” means any day
other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in The City
of New York are authorized or required by law to remain closed.
(e) “Closing Sale Price” means, for
any security as of any date, the last closing trade price for such security on
the Principal Market, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if the Principal Market
begins to operate on an extended hours basis and does not designate the closing
trade price, then the last trade price of such security prior to 4:00 p.m., New
York time, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if the Principal Market is not the
principal securities exchange or trading market for such security, the last
trade price of such security on the principal securities exchange or trading
market where such security is listed or traded as reported by Bloomberg, or if
the foregoing does not apply, the last trade price of such security in the
over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security as
reported by Bloomberg, or, if no last trade price is reported for such security
by Bloomberg, the average of the ask prices of any market makers for such
security as reported in the “pink sheets” by Pink Sheets LLC (formerly the
National Quotation Bureau, Inc.). If the Closing Sale Price cannot be calculated
for a security on a particular date on any of the foregoing bases, the Closing
Sale Price of such security on such date shall be the fair market value as
mutually determined by the Company and the Holder. If the Company and the Holder
are unable to agree upon the fair market value of such security, then such
dispute shall be resolved in accordance with the procedures in Section 14.
All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend,
stock split, stock combination or other similar transaction during such
period.
(f) “Common Stock” means
(i) the Company’s shares of common stock, $0.001 par value per share, and
(ii) any capital stock into which such common stock shall have been changed or
any share capital resulting from a reclassification of such common
stock.
(g) “Convertible Securities” means
any stock or other security (other than Options) that is at any time and under
any circumstances, directly or indirectly, convertible into, exercisable or
exchangeable for, or which otherwise entitles the holder thereof to acquire, any
shares of Common Stock.
(h) “Eligible Market” means The New
York Stock Exchange, the NYSE Amex, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the Nasdaq
Global Market or the Principal Market.
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(i) “Equity Conditions” means: (i)
on each day during the period beginning one month prior to the applicable date
of determination and ending on and including the applicable date of
determination the Registration Statement is effective and the prospectus
contained therein shall be available for the issuance by the Company to the
Holder of all of the Warrant Shares (disregarding any limitation on exercise of
this Warrant); (ii) on each day during the period beginning three months prior
to the applicable date of determination and ending on and including the
applicable date of determination (the “Equity Conditions Measuring
Period”), the Common Stock (including all of the Warrant Shares) is
listed or designated for quotation (as applicable) on an Eligible Market and
shall not have been suspended from trading on an Eligible Market (other than
suspensions of not more than two (2) days and occurring prior to the applicable
date of determination due to business announcements by the Company) nor shall
delisting or suspension by an Eligible Market have been threatened (with a
reasonable prospect of delisting occurring) or pending either (A) in writing by
such Eligible Market or (B) by falling below the minimum listing maintenance
requirements of the Eligible Market on which the Common Stock is then listed or
designated for quotation (as applicable); (iii) on each day during the Equity
Conditions Measuring Period, the Company shall have delivered all shares of
Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant on a timely basis as set
forth in Section 1(a) hereof and all other shares of capital stock required to
be delivered by the Company on a timely basis as set forth in the other
Transaction Documents; (iv) any shares of Common Stock to be issued in
connection with the event requiring determination may be issued in full without
violating Section 1(f) hereof; (v) any shares of Common Stock to be issued in
connection with the event requiring determination may be issued in full without
violating the rules or regulations of the Eligible Market on which the Common
Stock is then listed or designated for quotation (as applicable); (vi) on each
day during the Equity Conditions Measuring Period, no public announcement of a
pending, proposed or intended Fundamental Transaction shall have occurred which
has not been abandoned, terminated or consummated; (vii) the Company shall have
no knowledge of any fact that would reasonably be expected to cause the
Registration Statement to not be effective or the prospectus contained therein
to not be available for the issuance by the Company to the Holder of all of the
Warrant Shares (disregarding any limitation on exercise of this Warrant); (viii)
the Holder shall not be in (and no other Buyer shall be in) possession of any
material, non-public information provided to any of them by the Company, any of
its Subsidiaries or any of their respective affiliates, employees, officers,
representatives, agents or the like; and (ix) on each day during the Equity
Conditions Measuring Period, the Company otherwise shall have been in compliance
with each provision, covenant, representation or warranty of any of the
Transaction Documents and shall not have breached any, provision, covenant,
representation or warranty of any of the Transaction Documents.
(j) “Equity Conditions Failure”
means, with respect to a particular date of determination, that on any day
during the period commencing twenty (20) Trading Days immediately prior to such
date of determination, the Equity Conditions have not been satisfied (or waived
in writing by the Holder).
(k) “Expiration Date” means the
date that is the third (3rd)
anniversary of the Issuance Date or, if such date falls on a day other than a
Business Day or on which trading does not take place on the Principal Market (a
“Holiday”), the next
date that is not a Holiday.
(l) “Fundamental Transaction” means
that (i) the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall, directly or indirectly,
in one or more related transactions, (A) consolidate or merge with or into
(whether or not the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is the surviving
corporation) any other Person, or (B) sell, lease, license, assign, transfer,
convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its respective
properties or assets to any other Person, or (C) allow any other Person to make
a purchase, tender or exchange offer that is accepted by the holders of more
than 50% of the outstanding shares of Voting Stock of the Company (not including
any shares of Voting Stock of the Company held by the Person or Persons making
or party to, or associated or affiliated with the Persons making or party to,
such purchase, tender or exchange offer), or (D) consummate a stock or share
purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation,
a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off or scheme of arrangement) with any
other Person whereby such other Person acquires more than 50% of the outstanding
shares of Voting Stock of the Company (not including any shares of Voting Stock
of the Company held by the other Person or other Persons making or party to, or
associated or affiliated with the other Persons making or party to, such stock
or share purchase agreement or other business combination), or (E) (1)
reorganize, recapitalize or reclassify the Common Stock, (2) effect or
consummate a stock combination, reverse stock split or other similar transaction
involving the Common Stock or (3) make any public announcement or disclosure
with respect to any stock combination, reverse stock split or other similar
transaction involving the Common Stock (including, without limitation, any
public announcement or disclosure of (a) any potential, possible or actual stock
combination, reverse stock split or other similar transaction involving the
Common Stock or (b) board or stockholder approval thereof, or the intention of
the Company to seek board or stockholder approval of any stock combination,
reverse stock split or other similar transaction involving the Common Stock), or
(ii) any “person” or “group” (as these terms are used for purposes of Sections
13(d) and 14(d) of the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder) is or shall become the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3
under the 1934 Act), directly or indirectly, of 50% of the aggregate ordinary
voting power represented by issued and outstanding Voting Stock of the
Company.
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(m) “Options” means any rights,
warrants or options to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock or
Convertible Securities.
(n) “Parent Entity” of a Person
means an entity that, directly or indirectly, controls the applicable Person and
whose common stock or equivalent equity security is quoted or listed on an
Eligible Market, or, if there is more than one such Person or Parent Entity, the
Person or Parent Entity with the largest public market capitalization as of the
date of consummation of the Fundamental Transaction.
(o) “Person” means an individual, a
limited liability company, a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, a
trust, an unincorporated organization, any other entity or a government or any
department or agency thereof.
(p) “Principal Market” means the
Nasdaq Capital Market.
(q) “Successor Entity” means the
Person (or, if so elected by the Holder, the Parent Entity) formed by, resulting
from or surviving any Fundamental Transaction or the Person (or, if so elected
by the Holder, the Parent Entity) with which such Fundamental Transaction shall
have been entered into.
(r) “Trading Day” means any day on
which the Common Stock is traded on the Principal Market, or, if the Principal
Market is not the principal trading market for the Common Stock, then on the
principal securities exchange or securities market on which the Common Stock is
then traded, provided that “Trading Day” shall not include any day on which the
Common Stock is scheduled to trade on such exchange or market for less than 4.5
hours or any day that the Common Stock is suspended from trading during the
final hour of trading on such exchange or market (or if such exchange or market
does not designate in advance the closing time of trading on such exchange or
market, then during the hour ending at 4:00 p.m., New York time) unless such day
is otherwise designated as a Trading Day in writing by the Holder.
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(s) “Voting Stock” of a Person
means capital stock of such Person of the class or classes pursuant to which the
holders thereof have the general voting power to elect, or the general power to
appoint, at least a majority of the board of directors, managers or trustees of
such Person (irrespective of whether or not at the time capital stock of any
other class or classes shall have or might have voting power by reason of the
happening of any contingency).
(t) “VWAP” means, for any security
as of any date, the dollar volume-weighted average price for such security on
the Principal Market (or, if the Principal Market is not the principal trading
market for such security, then on the principal securities exchange or
securities market on which such security is then traded) during the period
beginning at 9:30:01 a.m., New York time, and ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York
time, as reported by Bloomberg through its “Volume at Price” function or, if the
foregoing does not apply, the dollar volume-weighted average price of such
security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for
such security during the period beginning at 9:30:01 a.m., New York time, and
ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no
dollar volume-weighted average price is reported for such security by Bloomberg
for such hours, the average of the highest closing bid price and the lowest
closing ask price of any of the market makers for such security as reported in
the “pink sheets” by Pink Sheets LLC (formerly the National Quotation Bureau,
Inc.). If VWAP cannot be calculated for such security on such date on any of the
foregoing bases, the VWAP of such security on such date shall be the fair market
value as mutually determined by the Company and the Holder. If the Company and
the Holder are unable to agree upon the fair market value of such security, then
such dispute shall be resolved in accordance with the procedures in Section 14.
All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend,
stock split, stock combination or other similar transaction during such
period.
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18. MANDATORY EXERCISE.
If at any time after the Issuance Date (the “Mandatory Exercise Eligibility
Date”), (i) the daily VWAP of the Common Stock is equal to or greater
than $12.60 (as adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination
or other similar transaction occurring after the date of the Securities Purchase
Agreement) (the “Trigger
Price”) for a period of fifteen (15) consecutive Trading Days following
the Mandatory Exercise Eligibility Date (the fifteen (15) consecutive Trading
Days on which the condition in this clause (i) is satisfied are referred to
herein as the “Mandatory
Exercise Measuring Period”), (ii) the aggregate dollar trading volume (as
reported on Bloomberg) of the Common Stock on the applicable Eligible Market for
each Trading Day during the Mandatory Exercise Measuring Period exceeds $3,000,000 per
day and (iii) no Equity Conditions Failure shall have occurred, then the
Company shall have the right to require the Holder to exercise all, but not less
than all, of this Warrant for all of the then-remaining Warrant Shares in
accordance with Section 1 hereof (a “Mandatory Exercise”). The
Company may exercise its right to require exercise under this Section 18 on one
occasion by delivering (provided that all of the conditions set forth in clauses
(i) through (iii) above are then satisfied), on the first (1st)
Trading Day immediately following the end of the Mandatory Exercise Measuring
Period, a written notice thereof by facsimile and overnight courier to the
Holder (the “Mandatory Exercise
Notice” and the date the Holder receives such notice by facsimile is
referred to as the “Mandatory
Exercise Notice Date”). The Mandatory Exercise Notice shall be
irrevocable. The Mandatory Exercise Notice shall (1) state the Trading Day
selected for the Mandatory Exercise in accordance with this Section 18, which
Trading Day shall be at least five (5) Trading Days but not more than sixty (60)
Trading Days following the Mandatory Exercise Notice Date (the “Mandatory Exercise Date”), (2)
state the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to the Holder on the
Mandatory Exercise Date (subject to any adjustments thereto pursuant to Section
2 that may occur prior to the Mandatory Exercise Date), (3) contain a
certification from the Chief Executive Officer of the Company that there is then
no Equity Conditions Failure and (4) contain a certification from the Chief
Executive Officer of the Company that the Company has simultaneously taken the
same action with respect to all of the SPA Warrants. Any portion of this Warrant
exercised by the Holder after the Mandatory Exercise Notice Date shall reduce
the number of Warrant Shares for which this Warrant is required to be exercised
on the Mandatory Exercise Date. If the Company has elected a Mandatory Exercise,
the mechanics of exercise set forth in Section 1 shall apply, to the extent
applicable, as if the Company had received from the Holder on the Mandatory
Exercise Date an Exercise Notice with respect to all of the then-remaining
Warrant Shares. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Section 18 to the
contrary, if (I) any daily VWAP of the Common Stock is less than the Trigger
Price on any day during the period commencing on the Mandatory Exercise Notice
Date and ending on the Trading Day immediately preceding the Mandatory Exercise
Date; (II) the aggregate dollar trading volume (as reported on Bloomberg) of the
Common Stock on the applicable Eligible Market on any Trading Day during the
period commencing on the Mandatory Exercise Notice Date and ending on the
Trading Day immediately preceding the Mandatory Exercise Date is less than
$3,000,000 per day; or (III) an Equity Conditions Failure occurs on any day
during the period commencing on the Mandatory Exercise Notice Date and ending on
the Mandatory Exercise Date which has not been waived in writing by the Holder,
then, in either case, the Mandatory Exercise Notice delivered to the Holder
shall be null and void ab initio and the Mandatory Exercise shall not occur. If
the Company elects to cause a Mandatory Exercise of this Warrant pursuant to
this Section 18, then it must simultaneously take the same action with respect
to all of the other SPA Warrants.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
Company has caused this Warrant to Purchase Common Stock to be duly executed as
of the Issuance Date set out above.
KANDI
TECHNOLOGIES, CORP.
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EXHIBIT
A
EXERCISE
NOTICE
TO
BE EXECUTED BY THE REGISTERED HOLDER TO EXERCISE THIS
KANDI
TECHNOLOGIES, CORP.
The
undersigned holder hereby exercises the right to purchase _________________ of
the shares of Common Stock (“Warrant Shares”) of Kandi
Technologies, Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), evidenced by
Warrant to Purchase Common Stock No. _______ (the “Warrant”). Capitalized terms
used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings set
forth in the Warrant.
1. Form of Exercise
Price. The Holder intends that payment of the Exercise Price
shall be made as:
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a
“Cash
Exercise” with respect to _________________ Warrant Shares;
and/or
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a
“Cashless
Exercise” with respect to _______________ Warrant
Shares.
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In the
event that the Holder has elected a Cashless Exercise with respect to some or
all of the Warrant Shares to be issued pursuant hereto, the Holder hereby
represents and warrants that (i) this Exercise Notice was executed by the Holder
at __________ [a.m.][p.m.] on the date set forth below and (ii) if applicable,
the Bid Price as of such time of execution of this Exercise Notice was
$________.
2. Payment of Exercise
Price. In the event that the Holder has elected a Cash Exercise with
respect to some or all of the Warrant Shares to be issued pursuant hereto, the
Holder shall pay the Aggregate Exercise Price in the sum of $___________________
to the Company in accordance with the terms of the Warrant.
3. Delivery of Warrant
Shares. The Company shall deliver to Holder, or its designee
or agent as specified below, __________ Warrant Shares in accordance with the
terms of the Warrant. Delivery shall be made to Holder, or for its
benefit, to the following address:
_______________________
_______________________
_______________________
_______________________
Date:
_______________ __, ______
Name
of Registered Holder
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EXHIBIT
B
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The
Company hereby acknowledges this Exercise Notice and hereby directs
______________ to issue the above indicated number of shares of Common Stock in
accordance with the Transfer Agent Instructions dated _________, 20__, from the
Company and acknowledged and agreed to by _______________.
KANDI
TECHNOLOGIES, CORP.
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