Contract
EXHIBIT 10.21
This Warrant and the securities represented hereby have not been registered under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), or under the securities laws of any state of the
united states. this warrant and the securities represented hereby are subject to restrictions on
transferability and resale and may not be transferred or resold
except (i) in conjunction with an
effective registration statement for the shares under the act, (ii) in compliance with rule 144,
or (iii) pursuant to an opinion of counsel, satisfactory to the issuer, that such registration or
compliance is not required as to said sale, offer or distribution. purchaser should be aware that
they may be required to bear the financial risks of this investment for an indefinite period of time.
No. PS-1 | March 6, 2003 | |
(“Warrant Issue Date”) |
WARRANT TO PURCHASE PREFERRED STOCK
Of
SORRENT, INC.
Of
SORRENT, INC.
Void
after March 6, 2008
For
value received, NEW ENTERPRISE ASSOCIATES 10, L.P., or its registered
assigns (“Holder”),
is entitled, subject to the terms set forth below, to purchase from SORRENT, INC., a California
corporation (the “Company”), either (i) a number of shares of the Company’s preferred stock of the
same series (the “Series B Shares”) as shall be sold in an equity financing with aggregate gross
proceeds to the Company of at least $4,000,000 or such smaller amount approved by the Company’s
Board of Directors, which amount shall include the conversion of the Convertible Promissory Notes
(the “Notes”) issued pursuant to that certain Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement dated as of March
6, 2003 by and among the Company, the Holder and certain other
parties (the “Purchase Agreement”
and such financing the “Approved Financing”), if such Approved Financing is closed prior to the
Maturity Date (as defined in the Notes); or (ii) a number of shares of the Company’s Series A
Preferred Stock (the “Series A Shares”), if the Approved Financing is not closed on or before the
Maturity Date, hi the event of an Approved Financing as described in clause (i) above, the number
of Series B Shares purchasable upon exercise of this Warrant is the number obtained by dividing (x)
$74,565.00 (ten percent (10%) of the principal amount of the March 6, 2003 Note issued to Holder),
plus all accrued interest thereon, by (y) the price per share at which the Company sells the Series
B Shares in the Approved Financing. In the event that an Approved Financing does not occur as
described in clause (ii) above, the number of Series A Shares purchasable upon exercise of this
Warrant is the number obtained by dividing (x) $74,565.00 (ten percent (10%) of the principal
amount of the March 6, 2003 Note issued to Holder), plus all accrued interest thereon, by (y)
$0,616. The Series B Shares or the Series A Shares purchasable upon exercise of this Warrant, as
the case may be, and the Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series B Shares or the Series
A Shares, as the case may be, as adjusted from time to time pursuant to provisions of this Warrant,
are hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Warrant Stock.”
Upon surrender hereof, at the principal office of the Company referred to below, with
the subscription form attached hereto duly executed, and simultaneous payment therefor in lawful
money of the United States or otherwise as hereinafter provided, the shares shall be issued at the
Exercise Price as set forth in Section 2 below. The number, character and Exercise Price of the
shares are subject to adjustment as provided below. This Warrant is issued pursuant to the
Purchase Agreement.
1. Term of Warrant. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, this
Warrant shall be exercisable, in whole or in part, during the term commencing on the earlier of
(i) the date of the closing of the Approved Financing, or (ii) the date upon which the Holder
demands payment of the Note under the terms of such Note, and ending at 5:00 p.m., Pacific
standard time, on March 7, 2008, and shall be void thereafter
(the “Term”). If, during the
Term of this Warrant, the Company consummates a Change in Control (as described in Section 11
below) in which the Warrant Stock is converted into property other than securities, this
Warrant shall terminate upon the closing of such Change in Control; provided however, that the Company
shall have complied with the provisions of Section 9 hereof.
2. Exercise Price. The exercise price per (i) Series B Share shall be the price at
which the Company issues its Series B Shares in the Approved Financing, or (ii) Series A Share
shall be $0,616 (the “Exercise Price”).
3. Exercise of Warrant.
(a) The purchase rights represented by this Warrant are exercisable by the Holder in
whole or in part, at any time, or from time to time, during the Term as described in Section 1
above, by the surrender of this Warrant and the notice of exercise attached hereto as
Exhibit A (the “Notice of Exercise”) duly completed and executed on behalf of the Holder, at the office
of the Company (or such other office or agency of the Company as it may designate by notice in
writing to the Holder at the address of the Holder appearing on the books of the Company),
upon payment (i) in cash or by check acceptable to the Company, (ii) by cancellation by the Holder
of indebtedness or other obligations of the Company to the Holder, or (iii) by a combination of
(i) and (ii), of the aggregate purchase price of the shares to be purchased.
(b) This Warrant shall be deemed to have been exercised immediately prior to the
close of business on the date of its surrender for exercise as provided above, and the person
entitled to receive the Series B Shares or Series A Shares, as the case may be, issuable upon
such exercise shall be treated for all purposes as the holder of record of such shares as of the
close of business on such date. As promptly as practicable on or after such date and in any event
within ten (10) days thereafter, the Company at its expense shall issue and deliver to the person or
persons entitled to receive the Series B Shares or Series A Shares, as the case may be, certificate or
certificates for the number of Series B Shares or Series A Shares, as the case
may be, issuable upon such exercise. In the event that this Warrant is exercised in part, the
Company at its expense will execute and deliver a new Warrant of like tenor exercisable for the number
of shares for which this Warrant may then be exercised.
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(c) Notwithstanding any provisions herein to the contrary, if the fair market value of a
Series B Share or a Series A Share is greater than the applicable Exercise Price (at the date of
calculation as set forth below), in lieu of exercising this Warrant for cash, the Holder may elect
to receive shares equal to the value (as determined below) of this Warrant (or the portion thereof
being canceled) by surrender of this Warrant at the principal office of the Company together with
the properly endorsed Notice of Exercise and notice of such election in which event the Company
shall issue to the Holder a number of Series B Shares or Series A Shares, as the case may be,
computed using the following formula:
X =
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Y(A-B) | |||
A |
Where
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X | = | the number of Series B Shares or Series A Shares to be issued to the Holder | |||
Y | = | the number of Series B Shares or Series A Shares purchasable under the Warrant or, if only a portion of the Warrant is being exercised, the portion of the Warrant being canceled (at the date of such calculation) | ||||
A | = | the fair market value of a Series B Share or Series A Share (at the date of such calculation) | ||||
B | = | the Exercise Price (as adjusted to the date of such calculation) |
For purposes of the above calculation, fair market value of a Series B Share or a Series A Share
shall be determined by the Company’s Board of Directors in good faith; provided, however, that
where there exists a public market for the Company’s common stock at the time of such exercise, the
fair market value of a Series B Share or Series A Share, as the case may be, shall be the number of
shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the a Series B Share or a Series A Share, as the
case may be, multiplied by the average of the closing bid and asked prices of the common stock
quoted in the Over-The-Counter Market Summary or the last reported sale price of the common stock
or the closing price quoted on the NASDAQ National Market or on any exchange on which the common
stock is listed, whichever is applicable, as published in the Western Edition of The Wall Street
Journal for the five (5) trading days prior to the date of determination of fair market value.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event the Warrant is exercised in connection with the
Company’s initial public offering of common stock, the fair market value per share of Common Stock
shall be the per share offering price to the public of the Company’s initial public offering.
4. No Fractional Shares or Scrip. No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional
shares shall be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant. In lieu of any fractional share to which
the Holder would otherwise be entitled, the Company shall make a cash payment equal to the
Exercise Price multiplied by such fraction.
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5. Replacement of Warrant. On receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the
Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant and, in the case of
loss, theft or destruction, on delivery of an indemnity agreement reasonably satisfactory in form and
substance to the Company or, in the case of mutilation, on surrender and cancellation of this
Warrant, the Company at its expense shall execute and deliver, in lieu of this Warrant a new
warrant of like tenor and amount.
6. Rights of Shareholders. Subject to Sections 9 and 11 of this Warrant, the Holder
shall not be entitled to vote or receive dividends or be deemed the holder of Warrant Stock or
any other securities of the Company that 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 shareholder of the Company or any right to vote for the election
of directors or upon any matter submitted to shareholders 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, or change of stock to no par value,
consolidation, merger, conveyance, or otherwise) or to receive notice of meetings, or to receive dividends or
subscription rights or otherwise until the Warrant shall have been exercised as provided
herein.
7. Transfer of Warrant.
(a) Warrant Register. The Company will maintain a register (the “Warrant
Register”) containing the names and addresses of the Holder. Any Holder of this Warrant or any
portion thereof may change his or her address as shown on the Warrant Register by written
notice to the Company requesting such change. Any notice or written communication required
or permitted to be given to the Holder may be delivered or given by mail to such Holder as
shown on the Warrant Register and at the address shown on the Warrant Register. Until this
Warrant is transferred on the Warrant Register of the Company, the Company may treat the
Holder as shown on the Warrant Register as the absolute owner of this Warrant for all
purposes, notwithstanding any notice to the contrary.
(b) Warrant Agent. The Company may, by written notice to the Holder, appoint an
agent for the purpose of maintaining the Warrant Register referred to in Section 7(a) above,
issuing the Warrant Stock or other securities then issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant,
exchanging this Warrant, replacing this Warrant, or any or all of the foregoing. Thereafter,
any such registration, issuance, exchange, or replacement, as the case may be, shall be made at
the office of such agent.
(c) Transferability and Non-negotiability of Warrant. This Warrant may not be
transferred or assigned in whole or in part without compliance with the provisions set forth
in the Purchase Agreement and all applicable federal and state securities laws by the transferor and
the transferee. Subject to the provisions of this Warrant with respect to compliance with the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), title to this Warrant may be transferred by
endorsement (by the Holder executing the Assignment Form annexed hereto) and delivery in the
same manner as a negotiable instrument transferable by endorsement and delivery.
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(d) Exchange of Warrant Upon a Transfer. On surrender of this Warrant for exchange,
properly endorsed on the Assignment Form and subject to the provisions of this Warrant with
respect to compliance with the Act and with the limitations on assignments and transfers contained
in this Section 7, the Company at its expense shall issue to or on the order of the Holder a new
warrant or warrants of like tenor, in the name of the Holder or as the Holder (on payment by the
Holder of any applicable transfer taxes) may direct, for the number of shares issuable upon
exercise hereof.
8. Reservation of Stock. Subject to the amendment of the Company’s Amended and
Restated Articles of Incorporation to authorize the Series B Shares or additional shares of
the Series A Shares, as the case may be, the Company will at all times reserve and keep available,
solely for the issuance and delivery upon the exercise of this Warrant, such shares of Warrant
Stock and other stock, securities and property, as from time to time shall be issuable upon
the exercise of this Warrant. The Company covenants that all shares that may be issued upon the
exercise of rights represented by this Warrant and payment of the Exercise Price, all as set
forth herein, will be free from all taxes, liens and charges in respect of the issue thereof (other
than taxes in respect of any transfer occurring contemporaneously or otherwise specified herein).
The Company agrees that its issuance of this Warrant shall constitute full authority to its
officers who are charged with the duty of executing stock certificates to execute and issue the necessary
certificates for shares of Warrant Stock upon the exercise of this Warrant.
9. Notices.
(a) Whenever the Exercise Price or number of shares of Warrant Stock purchasable
hereunder shall be adjusted pursuant to Section 11 hereof, the Company shall issue a
certificate signed by its Chief Financial Officer setting forth, in reasonable detail, the event requiring
the adjustment, the amount of the adjustment, the method by which such adjustment was calculated,
and the Exercise Price and number of shares of Warrant Stock purchasable hereunder after
giving effect to such adjustment.
(b) In case:
(i) the Company shall take a record of the holders of its Warrant Stock (or other stock or
securities at the time receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant) for the purpose of entitling
them to receive any dividend or other distribution, or any right to subscribe for or purchase any
shares of stock of any class or any other securities, or to receive any other right;
(ii) of any capital reorganization of the Company, any reclassification of the capital stock
of the Company, any consolidation or merger of the Company with or into another corporation, or
any conveyance of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company to another corporation; or
(iii) of any voluntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company, then, and in
each such case, the Company will mail or cause to be mailed to the Holder a notice specifying, as
the case may be, (A) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend,
distribution or right, and stating the amount and character of such dividend, distribution or
right, or (B) the date on which such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation,
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merger, conveyance, dissolution, liquidation or winding up is to take place, and the time, if
any is to be fixed, as of which the holders of record of common stock shall be entitled to
exchange their shares of common stock (or such other stock or securities) for securities or other
property deliverable upon such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger,
conveyance, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up. Such notice shall be mailed at least thirty
(30) days prior to the effective date of the event therein specified.
(c) All such notices, advices and communications shall be sent and deemed to have been
received as provided in the Purchase Agreement.
10. Amendments.
(a) Any term of this Warrant may be amended or waived with the written consent of the Company and the Holder.
(b) No waivers of, or exceptions to, any term, condition or provision of this Warrant,
in any one or more instances, shall be deemed to be, or construed as, a further or continuing waiver of any such term, condition or provision.
11. Adjustments. The Exercise Price and the number of shares
purchasable hereunder are subject to adjustment from time to time as follows:
(a) Merger, Sale of Assets, etc. If at any time while this Warrant or any portion hereof, is
outstanding and unexpired there shall be (i) a reorganization (other than a combination,
reclassification, exchange or subdivision of shares otherwise provided for herein), merger or
consolidation of the Company with or into another corporation in which the shareholders of the
Company immediately prior to such reorganization, merger or consolidation own less than fifty
percent (50%) of the Company’s voting power immediately after such reorganization, merger or
consolidation in which the Company is the surviving entity, but the shares of the Company’s capital
stock outstanding immediately prior to the merger are converted by virtue of the merger into other
property, whether in the form of securities, cash, or otherwise, or (ii) a sale or transfer of all
or substantially all of the Company’s properties and assets to any other person or entity (a
“Change in Control”), then, as a part of such Change in Control, lawful provision shall be made so
that the Holder shall thereafter be entitled to receive upon exercise of this Warrant, during the
period specified herein and upon payment of the Exercise Price then in effect, the number of shares
of stock or other securities or property of the successor corporation resulting from such Change in
Control that a holder of the shares deliverable upon exercise of this Warrant would have been
entitled to receive in such Change in Control if this Warrant had been exercised immediately before
such Change in Control, all subject to further adjustment as provided in this Section 11. A
transaction shall not constitute a Change in Control if its sole purpose is to change the state of
the Company’s incorporation or to create a holding company that will be owned in substantially the
same proportions by the persons who held the Company’s securities immediately before such
transaction. If the per share consideration payable to the Holder for shares of Warrant Stock in
connection with any such transaction is in a form other than cash or marketable securities, then
the value of such consideration shall be determined in good faith by the Company’s Board of
Directors. In all events, appropriate adjustment (as determined in good
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faith by the Company’s Board of Directors) shall be made in the application of the provisions
of this Warrant with respect to the rights and interests of the Holder after the transaction to the
end that the provisions of this Warrant shall be applicable after that event, as near as reasonably
may be, in relation to any shares or other property deliverable after that event upon exercise of
this Warrant.
(b) Reclassification,
etc. If the Company, at any time while this Warrant, or any
portion hereof, remains outstanding and unexpired by reclassification of securities or
otherwise, shall change any of the securities as to which purchase rights under this Warrant exist into
the same or a different number of securities of any other class or classes, this Warrant shall
thereafter represent the right to acquire such number and kind of securities as would have
been issuable as the result of such change with respect to the securities that were subject to the
purchase rights under this Warrant immediately prior to such reclassification or other change
and the Exercise Price therefor shall be appropriately adjusted, all subject to further adjustment
as provided in this Section 11.
(c) Split,
Subdivision or Combination of Shares. If the Company at any time while
this Warrant, or any portion hereof, remains outstanding and unexpired shall split, subdivide
or combine the securities as to which purchase rights under this Warrant exist, into a different
number of securities of the same class, the Exercise Price for such securities shall be
proportionately decreased in the case of a split or subdivision or proportionately increased
in the case of a combination. When any adjustment is required to be made in the Exercise Price, the
number of shares of Warrant Stock purchasable upon the exercise of this Warrant shall be
changed to the number determined by dividing (i) an amount equal to the number of shares
issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant immediately prior to such adjustment, multiplied by
the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment, by (ii) the Exercise Price
in effect immediately after such adjustment.
(d) Redemption
or Conversion of Preferred Stock. If all of the Series B Shares or
Series A Shares are redeemed or converted into shares of Common Stock, then this Warrant
shall automatically become exercisable for that number of shares of Common Stock equal to the
number of shares of Common Stock that would have been received if this Warrant had been
exercised in full and the shares of Warrant Stock received thereupon had been simultaneously
converted into shares of Common Stock immediately prior to such event, and the Exercise Price
shall be automatically adjusted to equal the number obtained by dividing (i) the aggregate
purchase price of Series B Shares or Series A Shares, as the case may be, for which this
Warrant was exercisable immediately prior to such redemption or conversion, by (ii) the number of
shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is exercisable immediately after such redemption or conversion.
(e) Adjustments
for Dividends in Stock or Other Securities or Property. If while
this Warrant, or any portion hereof, remains outstanding and unexpired, the holders of the
securities as to which purchase rights under this Warrant exist at the time shall have
received, or, on or after the record date fixed for the determination of eligible shareholders, shall have
become entitled to receive, without payment therefor, other or additional stock or other securities
or property (other than cash) of the Company by way of dividend, then and in each case, this
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Warrant shall represent the right to acquire, in addition to the number of shares of Warrant
Stock receivable upon exercise of this Warrant, and without payment of any additional
consideration therefor, the amount of such other or additional stock or other securities or
property (other than cash) of the Company that such holder would be entitled to receive on the
date of such dividend had it been the holder of record of the Warrant Stock receivable upon
exercise of this Warrant on the date hereof and had thereafter, during the period from the date
hereof to and including the date of such exercise, retained such shares and/or all other
additional stock available by it as aforesaid during such period, giving effect to all adjustments
called for during such period by the provisions of this Section 11.
(f) Acknowledgement.
In order to avoid doubt, it is acknowledged that the Holder of this
Warrant shall be entitled to the benefit of all adjustments in the number of shares of Common Stock
of the Company issuable upon conversion of the Series B Shares or Series A Shares, as the case may
be, which occur prior to the exercise of this Warrant, including without limitation, any increase
in the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion as a result of a dilutive issuance
of capital stock.
12. Miscellaneous.
(a) Governing
Law. This Warrant shall be deemed to be a contract made under the
laws of the State of California and for all purposes shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of such State applicable to contracts to be made and performed
entirely within such State.
(b) Counterparts.
This Warrant may be executed in any number of counterparts and
each of such counterparts shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original, and all such
counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
(c) Descriptive
Headings. Descriptive headings of the several Sections of this
Warrant are inserted for convenience only and shall not control or affect the meaning or
construction of any of the provisions hereof.
(d) No
Impairment. The Company will not, by amendment of its charter or through
reorganization, consolidation, merger, dissolution, sale of assets or any other voluntary
action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant, but
will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all such terms and in the taking
of all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order to protect the rights of the holder of
this Warrant against impairment.
Signature Page to Follow
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be executed by its officers
thereunto duly authorized as of the date above.
Sorrent, Inc. |
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By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxx | |||
Xxxx Xxxxxx, Chief Financial Officer | ||||
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EXHIBIT A
NOTICE OF EXERCISE
To: SORRENT,INC.
(1) The
undersigned hereby (A) elects to purchase
Series Shares of
SORRENT, INC., pursuant to the provisions of Section 3(a) of the attached Warrant, and tenders
herewith payment of the purchase price for such shares in full, or (B) elects to exercise this
Warrant for the purchase of
shares of Series Shares, pursuant to the
provisions of Section 3(c) of the attached Warrant.
(2) In exercising this Warrant, the undersigned hereby confirms and acknowledges
that the Series Shares thereof are being acquired solely for the account of the undersigned and
not as a nominee for any other party, and for investment, and that the undersigned will not offer,
sell or otherwise dispose of any such
Series Shares except under circumstances that will not
result in a violation of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any applicable state securities
laws.
(3) Please
issue a certificate or certificates representing
Series
Shares in the name of the undersigned or in such other name as is specified below:
(Name) | ||
(Name) |
(4) Please issue a new Warrant for the unexercised portion of the attached Warrant in
the name of the undersigned or in such other name as is specified below:
(Name) | ||
(Date)
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(Signature) |
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FORM OF ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned registered owner of this Warrant hereby sells, assigns
and transfers unto the Assignee named below all of the rights of the undersigned under the within
Warrant, with respect to the number of shares of Warrant Stock set forth below:
Name of Assignee
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Address | No. of Shares |
and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint Preston, Gates & Xxxxx LLP as Attorney to make
such transfer on the books of Sorrent, Inc. (the “Company”), maintained for the purpose, with full
power of substitution in the premises.
The undersigned also represents that, by assignment hereof, the Assignee acknowledges that
this Warrant and the shares of stock to be issued upon exercise hereof or conversion thereof are
being acquired for investment and that the Assignee will not offer, sell or otherwise dispose of
this Warrant or any shares of stock to be issued upon exercise hereof or conversion thereof except
under circumstances which will not result in a violation of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
or any state securities laws. Further, the Assignee has acknowledged that upon exercise of this
Warrant, the Assignee shall, if requested by the Company, confirm in writing, in a form
satisfactory to the Company, that the shares of stock so purchased are being acquired for
investment and not with a view toward distribution or resale.
Dated: |
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Signature of Holder |
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