FORM OF WARRANT AGREEMENT
FORM OF WARRANT AGREEMENT
WARRANT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) dated as of ___________, 2010 between
Vishay Precision Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and American Stock Transfer & Trust
Co., a New York corporation, as warrant agent (the “Warrant Agent”).
WHEREAS,
Vishay Intertechnology, Inc, a Delaware corporation (“Vishay Intertechnology”), and American Stock Transfer & Trust
Co. entered into that certain Warrant Agreement, dated as of December 13, 2002
(the “Vishay Intertechnology Warrant
Agreement”);
and
WHEREAS,
pursuant to the Vishay Intertechnology Warrant Agreement, Vishay Intertechnology
agreed that, in case it shall at any time pay a dividend or make a distribution
to all holders of its common stock consisting of the capital stock of any class
or series, or similar interests, of or relating to a subsidiary or other
business entity of Vishay Intertechnology, then each holder of a class A warrant
and each holder of a class B warrant issued pursuant to the Vishay
Intertechnology Warrant Agreement shall be entitled to a warrant evidencing a
right to purchase shares of capital stock of the subsidiary or other business
entity whose capital stock was paid as a dividend or distributed by Vishay
Intertechnology, with such terms as are specified in the Vishay Intertechnology
Warrant Agreement; and
WHEREAS,
Vishay Intertechnology and the Company entered into that certain Master
Separation Agreement, dated as of _______, 2010 (the “Master Separation Agreement”), providing for the spin-off of the Company
by Vishay Intertechnology in the form of a tax free dividend of the common stock
of the Company to the holders of the common stock of Vishay Intertechnology and
the class B common stock of the Company to the holders of class B common stock
of Vishay Intertechnology; and
WHEREAS, the Company has agreed under the
terms of the Master Separation Agreement to comply with the obligation under the
Vishay Intertechnology Warrant Agreement to issue the Company’s warrants to the
holders of the Vishay Intertechnology class A warrants and the class B warrants;
and
WHEREAS,
in furtherance of its obligations under the Vishay Intertechnology Warrant
Agreement and the Master Separation Agreement, the Company desires to enter into
this Warrant Agreement and to issue (i) to the holders of the Vishay
Intertechnology class A warrants, the Company’s warrants to purchase up to an
aggregate of _____________shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.__
per share, as evidenced by warrant certificates in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit A (the “Class A Warrants”) at the Class A Exercise Price and (ii) to
the holders of the Vishay Intertechnology class B warrants, the Company’s
warrants to purchase up to ________ shares of the Company’s common stock, par
value $0.__ per share, as evidenced by warrant certificates in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit B (the “Class B Warrants”) at the Class B Exercise Price; and
WHEREAS,
the Company desires the Warrant Agent to act on behalf of the Company, and the
Warrant Agent is willing to so act, in connection with the issuance, exercise,
exchange and replacement of the certificates representing the Warrants (as
defined herein) (the “Warrant Certificates”) and other matters provided herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the
premises and the mutual agreements herein set forth, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
SECTION
1. Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following
terms, when capitalized, shall have the meanings assigned below:
“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any
entity which controls such Person, any entity which such Person controls,
or any entity which is under common control with such Person.
“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday,
Sunday or legal holiday on which the commercial banks in the City of New
York, Borough of Manhattan, are required or permitted by law to remain
closed.
“Class A Warrants” has the meaning specified in the
preamble.
“Class A Exercise
Price” means
US$_____, as such price may be modified from time to time in accordance
with the provisions herein.
“Class B Warrants” has the meaning specified in the
preamble.
“Class B Exercise
Price” means
US$_____, as such price may be modified from time to time in accordance
with the provisions herein.
“Common Stock” means the common stock, par value
$0.10 per share, of the Company and any other security exchanged or
substituted for such common stock or into which such common stock is
converted in any recapitalization, reorganization, merger, consolidation,
share exchange or other business combination transaction, including any
reclassification consisting of a change in par value or a change from par
value to no par value or vice versa.
“Daily Market Price” for any trading day means the
volume-weighted average of the per share selling prices on the New York
Stock Exchange or other principal United States securities exchange or
inter-dealer quotation system on which the relevant security is then
listed or quoted or, if there are no reported sales of the relevant equity
security on such trading day, the average of the high bid and low ask
price for the relevant equity security on the last trading day on which
such sale was reported or, if there are no high bid and low ask prices,
the Daily Market Price shall be the per share fair market value of the
relevant equity security as determined by an investment banking firm of
national reputation and standing selected by the Company and reasonably
acceptable to a Majority of the Warrant Holders (in which case, only a
single determination of value need be made by an investment banking firm,
notwithstanding any provision in the Agreement requiring an average over
more than one (1) trading day).
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“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as
the same may be amended from time to time.
“Exercise Notice” has the meaning specified in Section
5.
“Exercise Price” means the Class A Exercise Price (with
respect to the Class A Warrants) or the Class B Exercise Price (with
respect to the Class B Warrants).
“Expiration Date” means 5:00 P.M. New York City time,
December 13, 2012.
“Holder” means the Initial Holders and their
successors and permitted assigns who become holders of Warrants in a
manner permitted under this Agreement, in each case until the relevant
person ceases to be a Holder of Warrants in accordance with the provisions
hereof.
“ Initial
Holder ” means the persons to whom or
for whose benefit Warrants are issued in accordance with the terms of the
Master Separation Agreement, in each case until the relevant person ceases
to be a Holder of Warrants in accordance with the provisions
hereof.
“Issue Date” means the date of this Agreement,
which is the date as of which the Warrants are first being issued.
“Majority of the Warrant
Holders” means, at
any relevant time, the Holders of Warrants that are exercisable for more
than 50% of the Warrant Shares for which all outstanding Warrants are
exercisable at such time.
“Master Separation
Agreement” has the
meaning specified in the preamble.
“Person” means any individual, corporation,
partnership, limited liability company, trust, foundation, joint venture,
association, joint stock company, unincorporated organization, government
agency, estate or other entity of any nature.
“Regulation S” means Regulation S under the
Securities Act, including any successor rule or regulation.
“Rule 144” means Rule 144 under the Securities
Act, including any successor rule or regulation.
“Rule 144A” means Rule 144A under the Securities
Act, including any successor rule or regulation.
“SEC” means the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission.
“Securities Act” means the United States Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder,
as the same may be amended from time to time.
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“Transfer” means any disposition of any Warrants
or of any interest therein, which would constitute a “sale” within the
meaning of the Securities Act.
“Transfer Agent” has the meaning specified in Section
10.
“Transfer Document” has the meaning specified in Section
4.
“Vishay Intertechnology Warrant
Agreement” has the
meaning specified in the preamble.
“Warrants” means Class A Warrants or Class B
Warrants, subject to adjustment as specified in this Agreement.
“Warrant Agent” has the meaning specified in the
preamble.
“Warrant Certificates” has the meaning specified in the
preamble.
“Warrant Register” has the meaning specified in Section
3.
“Warrant Shares” means shares of Common Stock issuable
or issued upon exercise of the Warrants, which shall be subject to
adjustment as specified in this Agreement.
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Where
the reference “hereof,” “hereby” or “herein” appears in this Agreement, such
reference shall be deemed to be a reference to this Agreement as a whole.
Whenever the words “include,” “includes” or “including” are used in this
Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without
limitation.” Words denoting the singular include the plural, and vice versa, and
references to it or its or words denoting any gender shall include all
genders.
SECTION
2. Warrant Certificates.
(a) Initial Issuance. Promptly following the execution of this
Agreement, the Company shall deliver to the Warrant Agent a list of the names of
the Initial Holders and the number and class of Warrants to which each Initial
Holder is entitled, totaling, in the aggregate, Warrants to issue _______ shares
of Common Stock. The Company shall deliver to the Warrant Agent, along with this
Agreement, a sufficient number of duly executed Warrant Certificates. The
Warrant Agent is hereby authorized by the Company to promptly issue and deliver
(i) the Class A Warrants, as evidenced by warrant certificates in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit A, to purchase the number of shares of Common
Stock of the Company as set forth in the Purchase Agreement and (ii) the Class B
Warrants, as evidenced by warrant certificates in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit B, to purchase the number of shares of Common
Stock of the Company as set forth in the Purchase Agreement. The Warrant
Certificates requested by the Company shall be completed and countersigned by
the Warrant Agent and promptly delivered to the Company to be mailed or
delivered to the Holders pursuant to the terms hereof.
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(b) Forms of Warrant
Certificates. Each Warrant
Certificate to be delivered pursuant to the Vishay Intertechnology Warrant
Agreement and the Master Separation Agreement, and any additional Warrant
Certificate that may be issued upon partial exercise, replacement or transfer of
any Warrant, shall be in registered form only and shall be substantially in the
form set forth in Exhibit A hereto (if such Warrant is a Class A Warrant) or
Exhibit B (if such Warrant is a Class B Warrant) (including the form of election
and the form of assignment). A single Warrant Certificate may evidence the
issuance to a holder thereof of more than one Warrant; provided, however, that
Class A Warrants and Class B Warrants may not be evidenced together by the same
certificate. Warrants may be divided or combined with other Warrants owned by
the same Holder upon presentation at the office of the Warrant Agent, together
with a written notice specifying the denominations in which new Warrants are to
be issued, signed by the Holder thereof or its agent or attorney. As to any such
division or combination, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or
Warrants in exchange for the Warrant or Warrants to be divided or combined.
(c) Execution of Warrant
Certificates. Warrant
Certificates shall be signed on behalf of the Company by the Chairman or Vice
Chairman of the Board or its President or a Vice President and by its Secretary
or an Assistant Secretary under its corporate seal, and countersigned by an
authorized officer of the Warrant Agent. Each such signature upon the Warrant
Certificates may be in the form of a facsimile signature of the present or any
future Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Board, President, Vice President,
Secretary or Assistant Secretary and may be imprinted or otherwise reproduced on
the Warrant Certificates, and for that purpose the Company may adopt and use the
facsimile signature of any person who shall have been Chairman or Vice Chairman
of the Board, President, Vice President, Secretary or Assistant Secretary,
notwithstanding the fact that at the time the Warrant Certificates shall be
delivered or disposed of he shall have ceased to hold such office. The seal of
the Company may be in the form of a facsimile thereof and may be impressed,
affixed, imprinted or otherwise reproduced on the Warrant Certificates.
In
case any officer of the Company who shall have signed any of the Warrant
Certificates shall cease to be such officer before the Warrant Certificates so
signed shall have been disposed of by the Company, such Warrant Certificates
nevertheless may be delivered or disposed of as though such person had not
ceased to be such officer of the Company; and any Warrant Certificate may be
signed on behalf of the Company by any person who, at the actual date of the
execution of such Warrant Certificate, shall be a proper officer of the Company
to sign such Warrant Certificate, although at the date of the execution of this
Warrant Agreement any such person was not such an officer.
(d) Rights Conferred. Each Class A Warrant shall evidence the
right to purchase one share of Common Stock at the Class A Exercise Price of
$_____ (subject to adjustment as described herein). Each Class B Warrant shall
evidence the right to purchase one share of Common Stock at the Class B Exercise
Price of $_____ (subject to adjustment as described herein). Following the
Expiration Date, any Warrant not previously exercised shall be null and void.
SECTION
3. Warrant Register. The Warrant Agent shall number and register
the Warrant Certificates in a register (the “Warrant Register”) as they are
issued. The Company may deem and treat such registered Holders of the Warrant
Certificates as the absolute owners thereof (notwithstanding any notation of
ownership or other writing thereon made by anyone), for all purposes, and shall
not be affected by any notice to the contrary.
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SECTION
4. Transfers.
(a) Restrictions on Transfer. Each Holder agrees that any proposed
Transfer of any Warrant may be effected only (1)(w) inside the United States (I)
to a person who the seller reasonably believes is a qualified institutional
buyer within the meaning of Rule 144A in a transaction meeting the requirements
of Rule 144A, (II) in accordance with Rule 144 or (III) pursuant to another
exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, (x) to the
Company, (y) outside the United States (I) to a non-U.S. person (within the
meaning of Regulation S) in a transaction meeting the requirements of Regulation
S or (II) pursuant to another exemption from the registration requirements of
the Securities Act or (z) pursuant to an effective registration statement and
(2) in each case, in accordance with the applicable securities laws of any state
of the United States or any other applicable jurisdiction. Each Holder agrees to
notify any purchaser of the resale restrictions set forth above.
(b) Requirements Prior to
Transfer. Prior to any
Transfer or proposed Transfer of any restricted Warrants, the Holder thereof
shall deliver written notice, a form of which is attached hereto, to the Company
and the Warrant Agent of such holder’s intention to effect such transfer. If the
Transfer or proposed Transfer is pursuant to clause (1)(w) or (1)(y) of the
first sentence of the preceding paragraph, then upon receipt of such notice, the
Company may request any or all of the following (each, a “Transfer Document”) in
a form reasonably acceptable to the Company:
(i) an agreement by such transferee to the
impression of the restrictive investment legend set forth below on the
Warrant;
(ii) an agreement by such transferee, in form
and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to be bound by the
provisions of this Section 4 relating to the transfer of such Warrant; and
(iii) an opinion of counsel with expertise in
securities law matters reasonably satisfactory to the Company that such
Transfer complies with applicable securities laws.
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If the
Company requests any Transfer Document(s), it shall do so as promptly as
practicable following receipt of the Holder’s notice of intention to Transfer.
The Company shall thereafter cause the Transfer to be recorded and a certificate
or other evidence of ownership in the name of the transferee to be delivered as
soon as practicable after it has received Transfer Documents complying with the
terms of this Section 4(b).
(c) Legend. The Holders agree that each Warrant
Certificate shall bear a legend to the following effect:
THE SECURITIES
EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED
STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”), OR ANY OTHER
APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS AND HAVE BEEN ISSUED IN RELIANCE UPON AN
EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND
SUCH OTHER SECURITIES LAWS. NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR ANY INTEREST OR
PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED,
ENCUMBERED, OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF, EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE ACT OR PURSUANT TO A TRANSACTION THAT IS
EXEMPT FROM SUCH REGISTRATION.
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The foregoing legend shall be in
addition to any other legend required by law.
(d) Termination of Restrictions. The restrictions referenced in Section 4(a),
4(b), and 4(c) of this Agreement, including the legend, shall cease and
terminate as to any particular Warrants or Warrant Certificates when (x) such
Warrants or Warrant Shares have been transferred in a transaction pursuant to
Rule 144 or a registration statement or (y) in the reasonable opinion of counsel
for the Company, such restriction is no longer required in order to assure
compliance with the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws.
Whenever such restrictions shall cease and terminate as to any Warrants, the
Holder of such Warrants shall be entitled to receive from the Company, without
expense (other than applicable transfer taxes, if any, if such unlegended shares
are being delivered and transferred to any person other than the registered
Holder thereof), new certificates for a like number of Warrants not bearing the
relevant legend(s) set forth in Section 4(c).
(e) Registration of Warrants. The Warrant Agent shall from time to time
register the Transfer of any outstanding Warrant Certificates in the Warrant
Register upon surrender thereof accompanied by a written instrument or
instruments of transfer in the form set forth herein, duly executed by the
registered Holder or Holders thereof or by the duly appointed legal
representative thereof or by a duly authorized attorney. Upon any such
registration of Transfer, the Warrant Agent shall issue a new Warrant
Certificate to the transferee(s), and the surrendered Warrant Certificate shall
be canceled and disposed of by the Warrant Agent. If less than all of the
Warrants represented by a Warrant Certificate are Transferred, the Warrant Agent
shall issue to the Holder a Warrant Certificate representing the remaining
Warrants.
SECTION
5. Exercise of Warrants.
(a) Exercise. A Warrant may be exercised upon surrender to
the Warrant Agent (at its office designated for such purpose, the initial
address of such office being listed in Section 15 hereof) of the Warrant
Certificate or Certificates evidencing the Warrants to be exercised with the
form of election to purchase attached hereto (the “Exercise Notice”) duly filled
in and signed, together with any documentation or opinion reasonably required by
the Company or the Warrant Agent specified in Section 5(b) below, and (except as
provided in Section 5(e)) upon payment to the Company of the applicable Exercise
Price for the number of Warrant Shares in respect of which such Warrants are
then exercised. Payment of such aggregate Exercise Price shall be made by wire
transfer to an account of the Company or by certified or official bank check to
the order of the Company. All Warrant Certificates surrendered upon exercise of
Warrants shall be canceled and disposed of by the Warrant Agent. Each Warrant
initially shall be exercisable for one share of Common Stock, subject to
adjustment as provided herein.
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(b) Certain Conditions of
Exercise. Unless the
issuance of Warrant Shares upon exercise of the Warrants shall have been
registered under the Securities Act, the Warrants may only be exercised pursuant
to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act (which in the case of
non-U.S. persons may be pursuant to Regulation S). As a condition of any
proposed exercise of the Warrants in these circumstances, if requested by the
Company, the Holder shall deliver to the Company (i) an agreement by the Holder
(or any transferee of the Holder if the Warrant Shares are to be issued in a
name other than the name in which the Warrant Certificate is registered), in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that
the Warrant Shares may not be transferred except pursuant to an exemption from
registration under the Securities Act and (ii) an opinion of counsel with
expertise in securities law matters reasonably satisfactory to the Company that
such exercise complies with applicable securities laws. In addition, the Holders
agree that each certificate representing the Warrant Shares shall bear a legend
to the effect recited in Section 4(c). If the Warrant Shares are issued without
registration, they shall be subject to the same restrictions and have the same
rights with respect to termination of restrictions as provided with respect to
the Warrants under Section 4.
(c) Exercise in Whole or in
Part. The Warrants
represented by a Warrant Certificate shall be exercisable, at the election of
the Holder thereof, either in full or from time to time in part and, in the
event that a Warrant Certificate is exercised in respect of fewer than all of
the Warrants represented thereby at any time prior to the date of expiration of
the Warrants, a new Warrant Certificate evidencing the remaining Warrant or
Warrants will be issued and delivered by the Warrant Agent pursuant to the
provisions of this Section and of Section 2 hereof.
(d) Issuance of Warrant Shares. Subject to the provisions of this Agreement
(including, but not limited to Section 5(e)), upon such surrender of the Warrant
Certificates and receipt of the Exercise Price, the Company shall issue and
cause to be delivered to or upon the written order of the Holder and, subject to
Section 5(b) above, in such name or names as the Warrant Holder may designate, a
certificate or certificates or other evidences of ownership for the aggregate
number of fully paid and nonassessable Warrant Shares issuable upon the exercise
of such Warrants together with payment of the applicable Exercise Price. The
stock certificate or certificates representing such Warrant Shares shall be
delivered in such denominations as may be specified in the Exercise Notice
received by the Company and shall be registered in the name of such holder or in
such other name or names as shall have been designated in the Exercise Notice.
Such certificate or certificates shall be deemed to have been issued and any
person so designated to be named therein shall be deemed to have become a Holder
of record of such Warrant Shares as of the date of the surrender of such Warrant
Certificates and payment of the Exercise Price.
(e) Exercise in Connection with Certain
Transfers. If a Holder or
Holders shall sell Warrant Shares in an underwritten offering, the Company shall
cooperate with the Holders and the underwriters for such offering so that the
Warrants may be exercised and the Warrant Shares delivered to the underwriters
for sale in the offering and, upon consummation of the offering, the
underwriters shall deliver the Exercise Price for the Warrants to the Company
out of the proceeds of the offering.
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SECTION 6. Specific Limitations on the Rights of Warrant
Holders. Prior to the
exercise of the Warrants, except as may be specifically provided for herein and,
without prejudice to Section 11(b)(ii) hereof, (i) no Holder of a Warrant
Certificate, as such, shall be entitled to any of the rights of a holder of
Common Stock, including, without limitation, the right to vote at or receive any
notice of any meetings of stockholders; (ii) the consent of any such Holder
shall not be required with respect to any action or proceeding of the Company;
(iii) no such Holder, by reason of the ownership or possession of a Warrant or
the Warrant Certificate representing the same, shall have any right to receive
any cash dividends, stock dividends, allotments or rights or other distributions
paid, allotted or distributed or distributable to the stockholders of the
Company prior to, or for which the relevant record date preceded, the date of
the exercise of such Warrant; and (iv) no such Holder shall have any right not
expressly conferred by the Warrant or Warrant Certificate held by such Holder.
SECTION
7. Exercise Period; Expiration.
(a) Exercise Period. Each Warrant shall be exercisable at any
time during the period from and after the Issue Date until its respective
Expiration Date.
(b) Expiration. Any Warrant not exercised prior to its
respective Expiration Date shall become void, and all rights thereunder and all
rights in respect thereof under this Agreement shall cease as of such time.
SECTION
8. Payment of Taxes. The Company will pay all documentary stamp
taxes attributable to the initial issuance of Warrant Shares upon the exercise
of Warrants; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to pay
any tax or taxes which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the
issue of any Warrant Certificates or any certificates for Warrant Shares in a
name other than that of the registered Holder of a Warrant Certificate
surrendered for registration of transfer or upon the exercise of a Warrant, and
the Company shall not be required to issue or deliver such Warrant Certificates
unless and until the person or persons requesting the issuance thereof shall
have paid to the Company the amount of such tax or shall have established to the
reasonable satisfaction of the Company that such tax has been paid.
SECTION
9. Mutilated or Missing Warrant
Certificates. In case any
of the Warrant Certificates shall be mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the
Warrant Agent shall issue, in exchange and substitution for and upon
cancellation of the mutilated Warrant Certificate, or in lieu of and
substitution for the Warrant Certificate lost, stolen or destroyed, a new
Warrant Certificate of like tenor and representing an equivalent number of
Warrants, and may in its discretion require evidence reasonably satisfactory to
it of such loss, theft or destruction of such Warrant Certificate and indemnity
reasonably satisfactory to it. Applicants for such substitute Warrant
Certificates shall also comply with such other reasonable regulations and pay
such other reasonable charges as the Company may require.
SECTION
10. Covenants of the Company.
(a) Reservation of Warrant
Shares. The Company will
at all times reserve and keep available, out of the aggregate of its authorized
but unissued shares of Common Stock or its authorized and issued shares of
Common Stock held in its treasury, for the purpose of enabling it to satisfy any
obligation to issue Warrant Shares upon exercise of Warrants, the maximum number
of shares of Common Stock which may then be deliverable upon the exercise of all
outstanding Warrants. The Company or, if appointed, the transfer agent for the
Common Stock (the “Transfer Agent”) and every subsequent transfer agent for any
shares of the Company’s capital stock issuable upon the exercise of any of the
Warrants shall be authorized and directed at all times to reserve such number of
authorized shares as shall be required for such purpose. The Company shall keep
a copy of this Agreement on file with the Transfer Agent and with every
subsequent transfer agent for any shares of the Company’s capital stock issuable
upon the exercise of the Warrants. The Company will furnish such Transfer Agent
a copy of all notices of adjustments and certificates related thereto,
transmitted to each Holder.
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(b) Due Issuance. Warrant Shares, when issued pursuant to the
terms and conditions hereof, shall be duly and validly issued and fully-paid and
non-assessable, and free from all liens, encumbrances and other charges thereon.
(c) Authorizations. Before taking any action which would result
in an adjustment in the number of shares of Common Stock, the Company shall
obtain all authorizations or exemptions thereof, or consents thereto, as may be
required by law, except where failure to do so would not result in a material
adverse effect on the rights of the Holders or the Company.
(d) Listing. The Company will list or cause to have
quoted such Common Stock issuable upon exchange of the Warrants on each
securities exchange or such other market on which the Common Stock is then
listed or quoted.
SECTION
11. Adjustment of Number of Warrant Shares and
Exercise Price. The number
of Warrant Shares issuable upon the exercise of each Warrant and its Exercise
Price are subject to adjustment from time to time upon the occurrence of the
events enumerated in this Section 11.
(a) Declaration of Stock Dividend, Splits, Reverse
Splits or Reclassification or Reorganization; Other
Distributions.
(i) In case the Company shall declare any
dividend or other distribution upon its outstanding shares of Common Stock
payable in Common Stock or shall subdivide its outstanding shares of
Common Stock into a greater number of shares, then the number of shares of
Common Stock which may thereafter be purchased upon the exercise of any
Warrant shall be increased in proportion to the increase in the number of
shares of Common Stock outstanding through such dividend, other
distribution, or subdivision and the Exercise Price per share shall be
decreased in such proportion such that the amount payable to the Company
upon the exercise of a Warrant shall be the same after such adjustment as
before such adjustment. In case the Company shall at any time combine the
outstanding shares of its Common Stock into a smaller number of shares,
the number of shares of Common Stock which may thereafter be purchased
upon the exercise of any Warrant shall be decreased in proportion to the
decrease in the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding through such
combination and the Exercise Price per share shall be increased in such
proportion such that the amount payable to the Company upon the exercise
of a Warrant shall be the same after such adjustment as before such
adjustment. The Company shall cause a notice to be mailed to each Holder
at least ten (10) Business Days prior to the applicable record date for
the activity covered by this Section 11(a)(i). The Company’s failure to
give the notice required by this Section 11(a)(i) or any defect therein
shall not affect the validity of the activity covered by this Section
11(a)(i). Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this paragraph will
prejudice the rights of the Holders pursuant to this Agreement.
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(ii) In case the Company shall at any time
(including in connection with any merger, consolidation or sale of all or
substantially all the assets of the Company in which Section 11(d) hereof
is not applicable) (i) issue any evidence of indebtedness, shares of its
stock or any other securities to all holders of shares of Common Stock by
reclassification of its shares of Common Stock, (ii) distribute any
rights, options or warrants to purchase or subscribe for any evidence of
indebtedness, shares of its stock (other than distributions for which
adjustment may be made pursuant to Section 11(b) or Section 11(e)) or any
other securities to all holders of shares of Common Stock, (iii)
distribute cash (other than regular quarterly or semi-annual cash
dividends) or other property to all holders of shares of Common Stock, or
(iv) issue by means of a capital reorganization other securities of the
Company in lieu of the Common Stock or in addition to the Common Stock,
then the Warrant shall be adjusted so that the Warrant shall be
exercisable into the kind and number of shares or other securities of the
Company or the successor entity or cash or other property as that the
Holder would have owned or have been entitled to receive after the
happening of the event described above, had such Warrant been exercised
immediately prior to the happening of such event or any record date with
respect thereto. The Company shall cause a notice to be mailed to each
Holder at least ten (10) Business Days prior to the applicable record date
for the activity covered by this Section 11(a)(ii). The Company’s failure
to give the notice required by this Section 11(a)(ii) or any defect
therein shall not affect the validity of the activity covered by this
Section 11(a)(ii). Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this
paragraph will prejudice the rights of the Holders pursuant to this
Agreement.
(iii) An adjustment made pursuant to this
Section 11(a) shall become effective immediately after the effective date
of such event retroactive to the record date, if any, for such event.
(b) Adjustment for Rights
Issuance.
(i) (A) In case the Company shall at any
time distribute any rights, options or warrants to all holders of Common
Stock entitling them, for a period expiring sixty (60) days or less after
the date of determination of the stockholders entitled to receive such
rights (the “Record Date”) (or any longer period resulting from
the extension of the exercise period which is announced following the time
that the rights, options or warrants are first issued) for such
distribution, to purchase or subscribe for shares of Common Stock at a
price per share less than ninety percent (90%) of the Daily Market Price
of the Common Stock on the Record Date, then the number of shares issuable
upon exercise of each Warrant immediately prior thereto shall be adjusted
in accordance with the formula:
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N = No x (O + A)/ (O + (C/M))
where:
N | = |
the adjusted
number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of such
Warrant.
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No | = |
the number of
Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of such Warrant prior to such
adjustment.
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O | = |
the number of
shares outstanding immediately prior to the issuance of such rights,
options or warrants as referred to in this Section 11(b)(i)(A).
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A | = |
the maximum
number of shares issuable pursuant to such rights, options or warrants as
referred to in this Section 11(b)(i)(A).
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C | = |
the aggregate
consideration receivable by the Company for the issuance of Common Stock
upon exercise of such rights, options or warrants as referred to in this
Section 11(b)(i)(A).
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M | = |
the average of
the Daily Market Prices of the Common Stock for the ten (10) consecutive
trading days immediately preceding the Record Date.
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Provided that, in no adjustment
shall N be less than No.
(B) If any adjustment is made to increase
the number of shares issuable upon exercise of any Warrant pursuant to
this Section 11(b), the Exercise Price per share of such Warrant shall be
correspondingly decreased, such that the amount payable to the Company
upon the exercise of a Warrant shall be the same after such adjustment as
before such adjustment. The adjustment shall become effective immediately
after the Record Date for the determination of shareholders entitled to
receive the rights, warrants or options to which this Section 11(b)
applies. If less than all of such rights, warrants or options have been
exercised when such rights, warrants or options expire, then the number of
shares issuable upon the exercise of each Warrant and corresponding
adjustment to the Exercise Price of each such Warrant shall promptly be
readjusted to the number of shares issuable upon the exercise of each
Warrant and the Exercise Price that would then be in effect had the
adjustment upon the issuance of such rights, warrants or options been made
on the basis of the actual number of shares of Common Stock issued upon
the exercise of such rights, warrants or options.
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(ii) In case the Company shall at any time
distribute any rights, options or warrants to all holders of Common Stock
entitling them, for a period expiring more than sixty (60) days after the
Record Date therefor (excluding any rights, options or warrants originally
issued with an exercise period of sixty (60) days or less, which, by
virtue of one or more extensions, expire more than sixty (60) days after
the Record Date therefor), to purchase or subscribe for shares of Common
Stock at a price per share less than ninety percent (90%) of the Daily
Market Price of the Common Stock as of such Record Date, then the Company
shall similarly distribute such rights, options or warrants to the Holders
on such Record Date (without any exercise of Warrants by Holders) as if
such Holders had exercised their Warrants immediately prior to the Record
Date.
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(c) Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding
Up. Notwithstanding any
other provisions hereof, in the event of the liquidation, dissolution, or
winding up of the affairs of the Company (other than in connection with a
consolidation, merger or sale or conveyance of all or substantially all of its
assets or a Change or Spin-Off), the right to exercise this Warrant shall
terminate and expire at the close of business on the last full business day
before the earliest date fixed for the payment of any distributable amount on
the Common Stock. The Company shall cause a notice to be mailed to each Holder
at least ten (10) Business Days prior to the applicable record date for such
payment stating the date on which such liquidation, dissolution or winding up is
expected to become effective, and the date on which it is expected that holders
of record of shares of Common Stock shall be entitled to exchange their shares
of Common Stock for securities or other property or assets (including cash)
deliverable upon such liquidation, dissolution or winding up, and that each
Holder may exercise outstanding Warrants during such ten (10) Business Day
period and, thereby, receive consideration in the liquidation on the same basis
as other previously outstanding shares of the same class as the shares acquired
upon exercise. The Company’s failure to give notice required by this Section
11(c) or any defect therein shall not affect the validity of such liquidation,
dissolution or winding up. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this
paragraph will prejudice the rights of the Holders pursuant to this Agreement.
(d) Merger, Consolidation, Etc.
(i) In any event when (A) any person (the
“Acquirer”) directly or indirectly acquires the Company in a transaction
in which the Company is merged with or into or consolidated with another
person or (B) the Company sells or conveys all or substantially all of its
assets to another person (unless, subsequent to such merger, consolidation
or the transaction, the Company is the surviving entity and has reporting
obligations under the Exchange Act as a result of having common equity
securities outstanding, in which case, this Section shall not apply with
respect to such merger, consolidation or other transaction)(such merger,
consolidation or other transaction referred to hereinafter as a
“Change”), then, upon exercise of each Warrant
at any time after the consummation of the Change but prior to the
Expiration Date, in lieu of the shares of the Company’s Common Stock (or
other securities, cash, assets or other property) purchasable upon the
exercise of the Warrant prior to such Change, the Holder shall be entitled
to receive such shares of stock, securities, cash, assets or any other
property whatsoever (including warrants or other purchase or subscription
rights) which such Holder would have been entitled to receive after the
happening of such Change had such Warrant been exercised immediately prior
to such Change.
(ii) Notwithstanding the foregoing, but
subject to the following sentence, if a Holder of a Warrant so elects by
giving written notice thereof to the Company on or before the day
immediately preceding the date of the consummation of such Change, the
Holder shall not be required to make any payment upon exercise of the
Warrant, and shall be entitled to receive from the Company or the Acquirer
(in lieu of the adjustment provided for in Section 11(d)(i) above) a cash
amount equal to the Black-Scholes Value of the Warrant (the “Cash-Out Option”) upon surrender of the Warrant
Certificate representing such Warrant. The right of a Holder to elect the
Cash-Out Option shall not be available if
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(A) |
the payment or offering of any Cash-Out
Option would
(x) in the reasonable opinion of counsel
to the Company, prevent a Change from otherwise being treated as a
tax-free reorganization; or
(y) in the
reasonable opinion of counsel or accountants to the Company, prevent a
Change from being accounted for using a pooling of interests accounting
method or other similar accounting method, if any, under US GAAP which
would otherwise be available; and
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the payment of
the Cash-Out Option in the form of securities of the Acquirer, as
described below, would not preserve such tax or accounting treatment.
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If the payment
of the Cash-Out Option in the form of Acquirer securities issued to the
Company’s stockholders in the Change (the “Acquirer Securities”) would
preserve the tax or accounting treatment of the Change, the Holders shall
have the right to elect the Cash-Out Option, but only in the form of
Acquirer Securities. In such case,
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(1) the
Cash-Out Option will be payable in the Acquirer Securities; and
(2) the number
of securities payable to the Holder on exercise of the Cash-Out Option
will equal (x) the dollar amount of the Cash-Out Option divided by (y) the
per share (or other unit) fair market value of the securities in which the
Cash-Out Option is payable.
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“Fair market
value” for this purpose means the average Daily Market Price of the
securities of the Acquirer for the first ten (10) consecutive trading days
immediately preceding but not including the date of effectiveness of the
Change; provided, however, that if the securities of the Acquirer are not
listed or traded on an exchange or interdealer quotation system, then the
“fair market value” of such securities shall be determined by an
investment banking firm of national reputation and standing selected by
the Company and reasonably acceptable to a Majority of the Warrant
Holders. If the Holders of the Warrants do not have the right to elect the
Cash-Out Option provided in Section 11(d)(ii) herein, the adjustment
provided for in Section 11(d)(i) above shall apply.
(iii) Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the
case of any such Change where,
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(A) the Acquirer is a company with reporting
obligations under the Exchange Act with respect to common equity
securities (such common equity securities being referred to herein as the
“Acquirer Shares”), and
(B) the Acquirer is offering as
consideration with respect to the Change a combination of Acquirer Shares
and cash or other consideration,
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if a Holder of
a Warrant so elects by giving written notice thereof to the Company on or
before the day immediately preceding the effective date of such Change,
then, in lieu of the adjustment to the Warrant provided under Section
11(d)(i), upon the consummation of the Change and surrender of the
Certificate representing the Warrant, the Holder shall receive (x) a
warrant (an “Acquirer Warrant”) exercisable for Acquirer Shares, in
an amount and for an exercise price calculated as described below, and (y)
a cash amount, calculated as described below (the “Adjusted Cash-Out
Option”). The terms
of the Acquirer Warrants shall be identical to the terms of the Warrants
mutatis mutandis, except that the exercise price and the number of
securities issuable upon the exercise of the Acquirer Warrants (subject to
adjustment as provided therein) shall be determined as provided below:
the Exercise
Price of the Acquirer Warrants shall be calculated as follows:
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Ew = (Eo x (Pa/Pt))
where:
Ew | = |
the adjusted
Exercise Price of the Acquirer Warrants.
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Eo | = |
the Exercise
Price of the Warrants immediately prior to such
adjustment.
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Pt | = |
the average of
the Daily Market Prices of the Common Stock for the ten (10) consecutive
trading days immediately preceding the effective date of the
Change.
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Pa | = |
the fair market
value per share of the Acquirer Shares. As used in this formula, “fair
market value” shall mean the average Daily Market Price of the Acquirer
Shares for the ten (10) consecutive trading days immediately preceding the
effective date of the Change.
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The number of
Acquirer Shares issuable upon exercise of an Acquirer Warrant shall be
calculated as follows:
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N = a x No
where:
N | = |
the number of
shares issuable by the Acquirer upon exercise of the Acquirer Warrant.
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a | = |
the number of
Acquirer Shares delivered in the Change to holders of Common Stock for
each share of Common Stock.
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No | = |
the number of
Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the original Warrant in exchange
for which the Acquirer Warrant was issued.
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If the Holders
of Common Stock may elect to receive in the Change Acquirer Shares, cash
or other consideration, or a combination of Acquirer Shares and cash or
other consideration as selected by the Holders (whether or not subject to
proration), then the number of Acquirer Shares delivered in the Change for
each share of Common Stock shall be determined, for purposes of the
preceding formula and the determination below of the amount of the
Adjusted Cash-Out Option, as follows:
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a = Nas/Nts
where
Nas | = |
the aggregate
number of Acquirer Shares delivered in the Change to holders of Common
Stock.
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Nts | = |
the total
number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the
effectiveness of the Change and exchanged for consideration in the Change.
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The amount of
the Adjusted Cash-Out Option for a Warrant shall be calculated as follows:
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AC = BSw x (1-((a x Pa) /C ))
where the
symbols previously defined in this Section have their previously defined
meanings and:
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AC | = |
the amount of
the Adjusted Cash-Out Option of the Warrant
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BSw | = |
the
Black-Scholes Value of the Warrant, ignoring the effect of the Change, as
determined pursuant to (iv) below.
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C | = |
the total fair
market value of the consideration delivered in the Change to Holders of
Common Stock for each share of Common Stock. For purposes of determining
this amount—
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(A) |
the fair market
value of the component of the consideration consisting of Acquirer Shares
shall equal (x) the average Daily Market Price of the Acquirer Shares for
the first ten (10) consecutive trading days immediately preceding the
effective date of the Change multiplied by (y) the number of Acquirer
Shares delivered in the Change for each share of Common Stock;
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(B) |
the fair market
value of any cash component shall be the amount of the cash delivered in
the Change for each share of Common Stock; and
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(C) |
the fair market
value of any other consideration delivered in the Change for each share of
Common Stock shall be as determined by an investment banking firm of
national reputation and standing selected by the Company and reasonably
acceptable to a Majority of the Warrant Holders.
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The right to
make the election to receive Acquirer Shares and the Adjusted Cash-Out
Option as provided in this Section 11(d)(iii) shall be subject to the same
limitations as provided in Section 11(d)(ii)(A) and (B) above regarding
the right to elect the Cash-Out Option; provided, however, that if the
payment of the Adjusted Cash-Out Option in the form of Acquirer Securities
would preserve the tax or accounting treatment of the Change, the election
may be exercised with the Adjusted Cash-Out Option being paid in Acquirer
Securities as provided in clauses (1) and (2) of Section 11(d)(ii).
(iv) As used herein, “Black-Scholes Value” of the Warrants, shall be determined
on the basis of the Black-Scholes methodology by an investment banking
firm of national reputation and standing, selected by the Company and
reasonably acceptable to a Majority of the Warrant Holders; provided,
however, that no Black-Scholes Value of a Warrant shall exceed the Daily
Market Price of the Common Stock on the day immediately preceding the
Change. For purposes of applying the Black-Scholes methodology, (i) the
price per share of the Common Stock shall be deemed to be the average of
the Daily Market Prices for the ten (10) full trading days ending ten (10)
trading days prior to the first public announcement of the Change, and
(ii) the methodology shall be applied as if the relevant Change had not
occurred.
(v) The Company shall give written notice of
any Change to each Holder, in accordance with Section 15 hereof, at least
ten (10) Business Days prior to the effective date of the Change;
provided, however, that if either Section 11(d)(ii) or (iii) is
applicable, one or more notices shall be given to the Holders sufficiently
in advance of the Change to allow for selection of the investment banking
firm referred to in the previous paragraph and for notice to the Holders
of the Black-Scholes Value at least ten (10) Business Days prior to the
effective date of the Change. The Company’s failure to give notice
required by this Section 11(d) or any defect therein shall not affect the
validity of the Change covered by this Section 11(d). However, if the
Company fails to give notice, the responsibilities of the Company with
respect to this Section 11(d) shall be assumed by the Acquirer and nothing
in this paragraph will prejudice the rights of the Holders pursuant to
this Agreement.
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(e) Spin-Off.
(i) In case the Company shall at any time
pay a dividend or make a distribution to all holders of its Common Stock
consisting of the capital stock of any class or series, or similar
interests, of or relating to a subsidiary or other business unit of the
Company (such transaction, a “Spin-Off”; such capital stock or other
interests, the “Spin-Off Shares”; and such subsidiary or business unit,
the “Spin-Off Company”), then each holder of a Warrant outstanding and
unexercised on the date of the Spin Off shall become entitled to a
spin-off warrant (“Spin-Off Warrants”) evidencing a right to purchase a
number of shares of capital stock of the Spin-Off Company that the Holder
would have received had the Holder exercised such Warrants immediately
prior to the record date for the Spin-Off (the “Spin-Off Record Date”); provided, however, that in the event that the
distribution of Spin-Off Shares to the Holders would, in the reasonable
opinion of counsel to the Company, (y) prevent the tax-free nature of such
Spin-Off or (z) require registration with the SEC in circumstances where
registration would not otherwise be required, then at the election of the
Company, either (y) the Holders shall not receive Spin-Off Warrants
pursuant to this Section 11(e)(i) and the Warrants shall instead be
adjusted pursuant to the terms of Section 11(e)(ii) or (z) the Holders
shall receive Spin-Off Warrants as contemplated above in this Section
11(e)(i). The terms of the Spin-Off Warrants shall be identical to the
terms of the Warrants mutatis mutandis, except that the exercise price of a
Spin-Off Warrant (subject to adjustment as provided therein) shall be
determined by the following formula:
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Es = Eo x Ps / (Pp+ (r x Ps))
where:
Es | = |
the Exercise
Price per Spin-Off Share of the Spin-Off Warrants.
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Eo | = |
the Exercise
Price per share of Common Stock of the relevant Warrant immediately prior
to adjustment for the relevant Spin-Off.
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Pp | = |
the average of
the Daily Market Prices of the Common Stock for the ten (10) full
consecutive trading days following the date on which the Spin-Off is
consummated.
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r | = |
the number of
Spin-Off Shares (which may be one or a fraction less than or greater than
one) distributed pursuant to the Spin-Off in respect of each share of
Common Stock.
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Ps | = |
the fair market
value per share of the Spin-Off Shares. As used in this section, “fair
market value” shall mean the average Daily Market Price of the Spin-Off
Shares for the first ten (10) consecutive trading days following the date
on which the Spin-Off is consummated; provided, however, that if such distributed securities do
not begin trading within two trading days of the consummation of such
Spin-Off or do not trade for at least ten (10) consecutive trading days
within twenty (20) days after the Spin-Off, then the “fair market value”
of such distributed securities shall be determined by an investment
banking firm of national reputation and standing selected by the Company
and reasonably acceptable to a Majority of the Warrant Holders on the
Spin-Off Record Date.
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Following the Spin-Off, the
Exercise Price of each Warrant shall be adjusted in accordance with the
following formula:
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En = Eo x Pp / (Pp+ (r x Ps))
where:
En | = |
the adjusted
exercise price per share of Common Stock of the
Warrants.
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(with the other symbols in such formula
having the meanings specified in the preceding
formula).
(ii) In case the Company shall engage in a
Spin-Off, and Section 11(e)(i) shall not be available to the Holders as a
result of the proviso in the first paragraph of Section 11(e)(i), then the
Holders shall not receive Spin-Off Warrants and instead the number of
shares issuable upon the exercise of each Warrant immediately prior
thereto shall be adjusted in accordance with the formula:
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N = No x (Pp + (Ps x r))/Pp
where:
N | = |
the adjusted
number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of such Warrant.
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No | = |
the number of
Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of such Warrant prior to such
adjustment.
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Pp | = |
the average of
the Daily Market Prices of the Common Stock for the ten (10) full
consecutive trading days following the date on which the Spin-Off is
consummated.
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Ps | = |
the average
Daily Market Price of the Spin-Off Shares for the first ten (10) full
consecutive trading days following the date on which the Spin-Off is
consummated; provided, however, that if such distributed securities do
not begin trading within two trading days of the consummation of such
Spin-Off or do not trade for at least ten (10) consecutive trading days
within twenty (20) days after the Spin-Off, then this quantity shall mean
the “fair market value” per share of the Spin-Off Shares as of the date
the Spin-Off is consummated, determined by an investment banking firm of
national reputation and standing selected by the Company and acceptable to
a Majority of the Warrant Holders on the Spin-Off Record Date.
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r | = |
the number of
Spin-Off Shares (which may be one or a fraction less than or greater than
one) distributed pursuant to the Spin-Off in respect of each share of
Common Stock.
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If any adjustment is made to increase
the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of any Warrant
pursuant to this Section 11(e)(ii), the Exercise Price per share of such
Warrant shall be adjusted in accordance with the following formula.
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En = Eo x (No/N)
Where:
En | = |
the adjusted
exercise price per share of Common Stock of the Warrants.
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Eo
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= |
the Exercise
Price per share of Common Stock of the relevant Warrant immediately prior
to adjustment for the relevant Spin-Off.
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(with the other
symbols in such formula having the meanings specified in the preceding
formula).
(iii) An adjustment made pursuant to Section
11(e)(ii) shall become effective immediately after the determination of
the adjusted number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the
Warrants, retroactive to the date for the Spin-Off.
(iv) The Company shall give written notice of
any Spin-Off, in accordance with Section 15 hereof, at least ten (10)
Business Days prior to the Record Date therefor. The Company’s failure to
give notice required by this Section 11(e)(iv) or any defect therein shall
not affect the validity of the Spin-Off covered by this Section 11(e).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this paragraph will prejudice
the rights of the Holders pursuant to this Agreement.
(f) Good Faith
Determination.
(i) Subject to the following clause (ii),
any determination as to whether an adjustment or limitation of exercise is
required pursuant to this Section 11 (and the amount of any adjustment)
shall be binding upon the Holders and the Company if made in good faith by
the board of directors of the Company.
(ii) If a Majority of the Warrant Holders
shall object to any determination of the board of directors of the Company
within ten (10) Business Days of receipt of notice of such determination,
then such determination shall be referred to a national independent
accounting firm in the United States (the “Accounting Firm”) selected by the Company and
reasonably acceptable to a Majority of the Warrant Holders. The
determination of the adjustment made by the Accounting Firm shall be
strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and shall be
binding upon the Holders and the Company. The Accounting Firm shall be
instructed to notify the Company and such Majority of the Warrant Holders
of its determination regarding the adjustment within fifteen (15) Business
Days of such referral.
(iii) Whenever this Agreement provides for the
reasonable approval or acceptance of a Majority of the Warrant Holders of
any action or determination, such approval or acceptance shall be deemed
to be given if a Majority of the Warrant Holders do not reasonably object
to such action or determination by written notice to the Company within
ten (10) Business Days of the date on which notice thereof is first given
to the Holders. No objection shall be deemed reasonable if the reasons for
such objection are not set forth in reasonable detail in the notice of
objection given to the Company as aforesaid.
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(g) Notice of Adjustment. Whenever the number of shares of Common
Stock purchasable upon the exercise of the Warrants or the Exercise Price is
adjusted, the Company shall promptly file, in the custody of its Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary at its principal office and with the Warrant Agent, an
officer’s certificate setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock
purchasable upon the exercise of the Warrants, the Exercise Price after such
adjustment, a statement, in reasonable detail, of the facts requiring such
adjustment and the computation by which such adjustment was made. Each such
officer’s certificate shall be made available during regular business hours for
inspection by the Holders at the office of the Warrant Agent.
(h) No Change of Warrant
Necessary. Irrespective of
any adjustment in the Exercise Price or in the number or kind of shares issuable
upon exercise of the Warrants, the Warrant Certificates may continue to express
the same price and number and kind of shares as are stated in the Warrant
Certificates as initially issued.
(i) Subsequent Adjustments. The adjustment provisions of this Section 11
shall be applied successively and from time to time as the circumstances
requiring such adjustments shall occur. If as a result of an adjustment made
pursuant to this Section 11 (except as otherwise specifically provided herein)
the Holder of any Warrants thereafter surrendered for conversion shall be
entitled to receive any securities other than shares of Common Stock, the number
and kind of the securities issuable upon exercise of the Warrants and the
Exercise Price therefor shall be subject to adjustment, from time to time, in a
manner and on terms as nearly equivalent as practicable to the provisions with
respect to the Common Stock contained in this Section 11.
SECTION
12. Fractional Interests. The Company shall not be required to issue
fractional shares of Common Stock on the exercise of the Warrants. If any
fraction of a share of Common Stock would be issuable upon the exercise of the
Warrants (or any specified portion thereof), the Company shall pay an amount in
cash equal to the product of (x) such fraction and (y) the Daily Market Price of
the Common Stock on the trading day prior to the date the Warrant is exercised.
SECTION
13. Appointment of Warrant
Agent. The Company hereby
appoints the Warrant Agent as its agent to issue the Warrant Certificates, as
set forth herein, subject to resignation or replacement of the Warrant Agent as
provided herein. The Warrant Agent agrees to accept such appointment, subject to
the terms and conditions as set forth herein and to issue, transfer and exchange
the Warrant Certificates pursuant to the terms provided for herein and to notify
the Company to issue or cause to be issued the certificates or other evidence of
ownership representing the appropriate number of shares of Common Stock (or
other consideration) upon exercise of the Warrants.
SECTION
14. Duties of the Warrant Agent. The Warrant Agent acts hereunder as agent
and in a ministerial capacity for the Company, and its duties shall be
determined solely by the provisions hereof. The Warrant Agent shall not by
issuing and delivering Warrant Certificates, or by any other act hereunder, be
deemed to make any representations (i) as to the validity, value or
authorization of the Warrant Certificates or the Warrants represented thereby or
of any securities or other property delivered upon exercise of any Warrant, or
(ii) whether any stock issued upon exercise of any Warrant is fully paid and
nonassessable.
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Without prejudice to any liability of any
other party hereof, the Warrant Agent shall not at any time be under any duty or
responsibility to any Holder of Warrant Certificates to make or cause to be made
any adjustment of the Warrant Price provided in this Agreement, or to determine
whether any fact exists that may require any such adjustment, or with respect to
the nature or extent of any such adjustment, when made, or with respect to the
method employed in making the same. The Warrant Agent shall not (i) be liable
for any recital or statement of facts contained herein or for any action taken,
suffered or omitted by it in reliance on any Warrant Certificate or other
document or instrument believed by it in good faith to be genuine and to have
been signed or presented by the proper party or parties, (ii) be responsible for
any failure on the part of the Company to comply with any of its covenants and
obligations contained in this Agreement or in any Warrant Certificate, or (iii)
be liable for any act or omission in connection with this Agreement except for
its own gross negligence or willful misconduct.
Any
notice, statement, instruction, request, direction, order or demand of the
Company shall be sufficiently evidenced by an instrument signed by the Company’s
Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Board, President, any Vice President, its
Secretary, or Assistant Secretary (unless other evidence in respect thereof is
herein specifically prescribed). Without prejudice to any liability of any other
party hereof, the Warrant Agent shall not be liable for any action taken,
suffered or omitted by it in accordance with such notice, statement,
instruction, request, direction, order or demand believed by it to be genuine.
The
Company agrees to pay the Warrant Agent reasonable compensation for its services
hereunder and to reimburse it for its reasonable expenses hereunder and further
agrees to indemnify the Warrant Agent and save it harmless against any and all
losses, expenses and liabilities, including judgments, costs and counsel fees,
for anything done or omitted by the Warrant Agent in the execution of its duties
and powers hereunder except losses, expenses and liabilities arising as a result
of the Warrant Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct.
The
Warrant Agent may resign its duties and be discharged from all further duties
and liabilities hereunder (except liabilities arising as a result of the Warrant
Agent’s own gross negligence or willful misconduct), after giving thirty days’
prior written notice to the Company. At least fifteen (15) days prior to the
date such resignation is to become effective, the Warrant Agent shall cause a
copy of such notice of resignation to be mailed to the Holder of each Warrant
Certificate at the Company’s expense. Upon such resignation, or any inability of
the Warrant Agent to act as such hereunder, the Company shall appoint a new
warrant agent in writing. The Company shall have complete discretion in the
naming of a new warrant agent, who may be an affiliate, subsidiary or department
of the Company, or any person used by the Company as transfer agent for the
Common Stock. If the Company shall fail to make such appointment within a period
of thirty (30) days after it has been notified in writing of such resignation by
the resigning Warrant Agent, then the Holder of any Warrant Certificate may
apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a new
warrant agent.
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The Company may, upon notice to the Holders,
remove and replace the Warrant Agent if the Warrant Agent is the transfer agent
for the Company’s Common Stock and the Warrant Agent ceases to be the transfer
agent for the Company’s Common Stock for any reason.
After
acceptance in writing of an appointment by a new warrant agent is received by
the Company, such new warrant agent shall be vested with the same powers,
rights, duties and responsibilities as if it had been originally named herein as
the Warrant Agent, without any further assurance, conveyance, act or deed. Any
former warrant agent hereby agrees to cooperate with and deliver all records and
Warrant Certificates to the new warrant agent at the direction of the new agent
and the Company.
Any
corporation into which the Warrant Agent or any new warrant agent may be
converted or merged or any corporation resulting from any consolidation to which
the Warrant Agent or any new warrant agent shall be a party or any corporation
succeeding to the trust business of the Warrant Agent shall be a successor
warrant agent under this Agreement without any further act. Any such successor
warrant agent shall promptly cause notice of its succession as warrant agent to
be mailed to the Company and to each Holder.
The
Warrant Agent shall perform its duties with all due care and attention. If for
any period no person is acting as Warrant Agent, then the Company shall
discharge the obligations that would otherwise fall to be discharged by the
Warrant Agent during such period.
Nothing
herein shall preclude the Warrant Agent from acting in any other capacity for
the Company.
SECTION
15. Notices. Any notice or demand authorized by this
Agreement to be given or made to or on the Company or the Warrant Agent shall be
sufficiently given or made when and if delivered by a recognized international
courier service or hand delivery, or by telecopier with copy sent by first class
or registered mail, postage prepaid, to the applicable address set forth below
(until the Holders are otherwise notified in accordance with this Section by the
Company):
If to
the Company, then to:
Vishay Precision
Group, Inc.
0 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000
Attn.: Chief Financial Officer
Telecopier No.: (000)-000-0000
Confirm No.: (000)-000-0000
0 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000
Attn.: Chief Financial Officer
Telecopier No.: (000)-000-0000
Confirm No.: (000)-000-0000
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If to the Warrant Agent, then to:
American Stock
Transfer & Trust Co.,
00 Xxxxxx Xxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attn.: Exchange Department
Telecopier No. 000-000-0000
Confirm No. 718-921-8200
00 Xxxxxx Xxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attn.: Exchange Department
Telecopier No. 000-000-0000
Confirm No. 718-921-8200
Any
notice pursuant to this Agreement to be given to any Holder of any Warrant
Certificate shall be sufficiently given when and if delivered to such Holder at
the address appearing on the Warrant Register of the Company (until the Company
and the Warrant Agent are otherwise notified in accordance with this Section by
such Holder). Any such notice shall be delivered by overnight or hand delivery,
by telecopier with copy sent by first class mail, postage prepaid, or by first
class or registered mail, postage prepaid.
SECTION
16. Supplements and Amendments. The Company and the Warrant Agent may from
time to time amend or supplement this Agreement in good faith without the
approval of any Holders only in order to cure any ambiguity or to correct or
supplement any provision contained herein which may be defective or inconsistent
with any other provision herein. Any other amendment or supplement to this
Agreement shall require the written consent of a Majority of the Warrant
Holders.
SECTION
17. Successors. All the covenants and provisions of this
Agreement by or for the benefit of the Company or the Warrant Agent shall bind
and inure to the benefit of its successors and assigns hereunder; provided, however, that any assignment by the Company shall not
relieve the Company of any of its obligations hereunder. This Agreement shall be
binding upon and inure to the benefit of the successors and registered assigns
of the Initial Holders and all subsequent Holders of Warrants.
SECTION
18. Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT AND EACH WARRANT CERTIFICATE
ISSUED HEREUNDER SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A CONTRACT MADE UNDER THE LAWS OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK AND FOR ALL PURPOSES SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
INTERNAL LAWS OF SAID STATE.
SECTION
19. No Third Party
Beneficiaries. Nothing in
this Agreement shall be construed to give to any Person other than the Company,
the Warrant Agent and the Holders of the Warrants or holders of Warrant Shares
any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Agreement; but this
Agreement shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Company, the
Warrant Agent and the Holders of the Warrants and the holders of Warrant Shares.
SECTION
20. Notification of Delisting. Prior to the occurrence of a Delisting
Event, the Company will, at least ten (10) Business Days before the occurrence
thereof, notify each Holder of such event. Any notice will be in writing and
shall specify the date of such Delisting Event. For these purposes “Delisting Event” means the common stock of the Company being
delisted from the principal United States national or regional securities
exchange or national quotation system on which the shares of common stock are
then listed or traded.
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SECTION 21. Headings. The descriptive headings of the several
sections and subsections of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only, do
not constitute a part of this Agreement and shall not affect in any way the
meanings or interpretation of this Agreement.
SECTION
22. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in
counterparts and all 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.
[Signature Page
Follows.]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have
caused this Agreement to be duly executed, as of the day and year first above
written.
By:
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Title:
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AMERICAN STOCK
TRANSFER & TRUST CO.
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EXHIBIT A
[Form of Class A
Warrant Certificate]
[Face]
THE SECURITIES
EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”), OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE
SECURITIES LAWS AND HAVE BEEN ISSUED IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM THE
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND SUCH OTHER SECURITIES LAWS.
NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE SOLD,
ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED, OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF, EXCEPT
PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE ACT OR PURSUANT TO A
TRANSACTION THAT IS EXEMPT FROM SUCH REGISTRATION.
EXERCISABLE ON OR
BEFORE 5:00 P.M. NEW YORK CITY TIME ON__________.
No. ____ |
_______ Warrants
|
Class A Warrant
Certificate
Vishay Precision Group, Inc.
Vishay Precision Group, Inc.
This Warrant Certificate certifies that
_______________, or registered assigns, is the registered holder (the “Holder”)
of ___________ Class A Warrants expiring ____________ (the “Warrants” or “Class
A Warrants”) to purchase Common Stock, $0.10 par value per share (the “Common
Stock”), of Vishay Precision Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
“Company”). Each Class A Warrant entitles the Holder upon exercise to receive
from the Company, on or before 5:00 p.m. New York City Time on ______________
(the “Expiration Date”), one fully paid and nonassessable share of Common Stock
(a “Warrant Share”) at the initial exercise price (the “Exercise Price”) of
$_____share (subject to adjustment as provided herein), payable in lawful money
of the United States of America upon surrender of this Warrant Certificate at
the office of the Company designated for such purpose, but only subject to the
conditions set forth herein and in the Warrant Agreement, as defined below.
Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed
to them in the Warrant Agreement.
This
Warrant Certificate and each Class A Warrant represented hereby are issued
pursuant to and are subject in all respects to the terms and conditions set
forth in the Warrant Agreement (the “Warrant Agreement”), dated __________, 2010
by and between the Company and American Stock Transfer & Trust Co.(the
“Warrant Agent”), which Warrant Agreement is hereby incorporated by reference in
and made a part of this instrument and is hereby referred to for a description
of the rights, limitation of rights, obligations, duties and immunities
thereunder of the Company and the Holders (the words “Holder” or “Holders”
meaning the registered holder or registered holders of the Warrants). A copy of
the Warrant Agreement may be obtained by the Holder from the Company at 0 Xxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000 by a written request from the Holder
hereof and may be inspected by the Holder or his agent at the principal office
of the Warrant Agent.
____________________
* This legend may be
removed if such removal is permitted pursuant to the Warrant
Agreement.
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This Class A Warrant shall be exercisable at
any time during the period from and after the Issue Date until the Expiration
Date.
The
number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants and the Exercise
Price are subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of certain events set forth
in the Warrant Agreement.
No
Warrant may be exercised after 5:00 p.m., New York City time on the Expiration
Date, and to the extent not exercised by such time, such Warrants shall become
void.
The
Holder of Class A Warrants evidenced by this Warrant Certificate may exercise
them by surrendering this Warrant Certificate, with the form of election to
purchase set forth hereon properly completed and executed, together with payment
of the Exercise Price in cash at the office of the Company designated for such
purpose. In the event that upon any exercise of Class A Warrants evidenced
hereby the number of Class A Warrants exercised shall be less than the total
number of Class A Warrants evidenced hereby, there shall be issued to the Holder
hereof or his assignee a new Warrant Certificate evidencing the number of Class
A Warrants not exercised.
The
Warrant Agreement provides that upon the occurrence of certain events the number
of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of each Warrant set forth on the face
hereof and the Exercise Price thereof shall be adjusted. No fractions of a share
of Common Stock will be issued upon the exercise of any Class A Warrant, but the
Company will pay the cash value thereof determined as provided in the Warrant
Agreement.
Warrant
Certificates, when surrendered at the office of the Company by the registered
Holder thereof in person or by its legal representative or attorney duly
authorized in writing, may be exchanged, in the manner and subject to the
limitations provided in the Warrant Agreement, but without payment of any
service charge, for another Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates of like
tenor evidencing in the aggregate a like number of Class A Warrants.
Upon
due presentation for registration of transfer of this Warrant Certificate at the
office of the Company, a new Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates of like
tenor and evidencing in the aggregate a like number of Class A Warrants shall be
issued to the transferee(s) in exchange for this Warrant Certificate, subject to
the limitations provided in the Warrant Agreement, without charge except for any
tax or other governmental charge imposed in connection therewith.
The
Company may deem and treat the registered Holder(s) of this Warrant Certificate
as the absolute owner(s) thereof (notwithstanding any notation of ownership or
other writing hereon made by anyone), for the purpose of any exercise hereof, of
any distribution to the Holder(s) hereof, and for all other purposes, and the
Company shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary. Neither the Class A
Warrants nor this Warrant Certificate entitles any Holder hereof to any rights
of a stockholder of the Company.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Vishay Precision Group,
Inc. has caused this Class A Warrant Certificate to be signed by its President
and by its Secretary, each by a facsimile of his signature, and has caused a
facsimile of its corporate seal to be affixed hereunto or implied hereon.
Dated: _______, 2010
By:
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By:
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AMERICAN STOCK
TRANSFER & TRUST CO.
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
If you, the Holder, want to assign this Class
A Warrant, fill in the form below: I or we assign and transfer this Class A
Warrant to:
(Print or type name,
address and zip code and
social security or tax ID number of assignee)
social security or tax ID number of assignee)
and irrevocably
appoint _________________________________________ agent to transfer this Class A
Warrant on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for
him.
Date:
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Signed:
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(Signed exactly
as your name appears on the
other side of this Warrant) |
In
connection with any transfer of this Class A Warrant occurring prior to the date
of the declaration by the Securities and Exchange Commission of the
effectiveness of a registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the “Securities Act”), covering resales of this Class A Warrant (which
effectiveness shall not have been suspended or terminated at the date of
transfer) at all times when such securities are deemed to be “restricted
securities” within the meaning of the Securities Act, the undersigned confirms
that it has not utilized any general solicitation or general advertising in
connection with the transfer and that this Class A Warrant is being transferred:
[Check One]
(1) | [ ] |
to the Company
or a subsidiary thereof; or
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(2) | [ ] |
pursuant to and
in compliance with Rule 144A under the Securities; or
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(3) | [ ] |
to an
institutional “accredited investor” (as defined in Rule 501(a)(1),(2), (3)
or (7) under the Securities Act); or
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(4) | [ ] |
outside the
United States to a person who is not a “US person,” in compliance with
Rule 904 of Regulation S under the Securities Act; or
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(5) | [ ] |
pursuant to the
exemption from registration provided by Rule 144 under the Securities Act;
or
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(6) | [ ] |
pursuant to
another available exemption from the registration requirements of the
Securities Act.
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Unless one of the
boxes is checked, the Company shall not be obligated to register any of the
Class A Warrants evidenced by this certificate in the name of any person other
than the registered Holder thereof. If box (3), (4), (5) or (6) is checked, the
Company may require, upon the terms described in the Warrant Agreement, prior to
registering any such transfer of the Warrant Certificate, such legal opinions,
certifications and other information as the Company reasonably requests to
confirm that such transfer is being made pursuant to an exemption from, or in a
transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act.
Date:
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Signed:
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(Sign exactly
as your name appears on
the other side of this Warrant Certificate) |
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ELECTION TO PURCHASE
FORM
If you, the Holder, want to exercise the Class
A Warrants represented by this Certificate, fill in the form below.
I or we, the
registered owner of the Class A Warrants represented by this Certificate
irrevocably exercise ________________________________ Class A Warrants for the
purchase of _________________________________ shares or other securities or
property
of Common Stock of
Vishay Precision Group, Inc., at the price and on the terms and conditions
specified in the Class A Warrants and request that certificates for the shares
of Common Stock hereby purchased (and any securities or other property issuable
or transferable upon such exercise) be issued in the name of and delivered to:
(Print or type name,
address and zip code and
social security or tax ID number of owner)
social security or tax ID number of owner)
and, if such Class A
Warrants shall not constitute all of the Class A Warrants represented by this
Certificate, that a new Class A Warrant Certificate of like tenor and date for
the balance of the Class A Warrants represented hereby be delivered to the
undersigned.
Number of Class A Warrants represented by this Certificate | ________ |
Number of Class A Warrants being exercised | ________ |
Balance | ________ |
Date:
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Signed:
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(Signed exactly
as your name appears on
this Warrant) |
Note: |
Each
certificate represents a certain number of Warrants. Each Warrant is
exercisable for one share, subject to adjustment (which may result in
exercisability for other securities on property).
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EXHIBIT B
[Form of Class B
Warrant Certificate]
[Face]
THE SECURITIES
EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”), OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE
SECURITIES LAWS AND HAVE BEEN ISSUED IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM THE
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND SUCH OTHER SECURITIES LAWS.
NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE SOLD,
ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED, OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF, EXCEPT
PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE ACT OR PURSUANT TO A
TRANSACTION THAT IS EXEMPT FROM SUCH REGISTRATION.*
EXERCISABLE ON OR
BEFORE 5:00 P.M. NEW YORK CITY TIME ON _________.
No. ____ |
_______ Class B
Warrants
|
Class B Warrant
Certificate
Vishay Precision Group, Inc.
Vishay Precision Group, Inc.
This Warrant Certificate certifies that
_______________, or registered assigns, is the registered holder (the “Holder”)
of ___________ Class B Warrants expiring ____________ (the “Warrants” or “Class
B Warrants”) to purchase Common Stock, $0.10 par value per share (the “Common
Stock”), of Vishay Precision Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
“Company”). Each Class B Warrant entitles the Holder upon exercise to receive
from the Company, on or before 5:00 p.m. New York City Time
on ______________ (the “Expiration Date”), one fully paid and nonassessable
share of Common Stock (a “Warrant Share”) at the initial exercise price (the
“Exercise Price”) of $_____ per share (subject to adjustment as provided
herein), payable in lawful money of the United States of America upon surrender
of this Warrant Certificate at the office of the Company designated for such
purpose, but only subject to the conditions set forth herein and in the Warrant
Agreement, as defined below. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein
shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Warrant Agreement.
This
Warrant Certificate and each Class B Warrant represented hereby are issued
pursuant to and are subject in all respects to the terms and conditions set
forth in the Warrant Agreement (the “Warrant Agreement”), dated _________, 2010
by and between the Company and American Stock Transfer & Trust Co.(the
“Warrant Agent”), which Warrant Agreement is hereby incorporated by reference in
and made a part of this instrument and is hereby referred to for a description
of the rights, limitation of rights, obligations, duties and immunities
thereunder of the Company and the Holders (the words “Holder” or “Holders”
meaning the registered holder or registered holders of the Warrants). A copy of
the Warrant Agreement may be obtained by the Holder from the Company at 0 Xxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000 by a written request from the Holder
hereof and may be inspected by the Holder or his agent at the principal office
of the Warrant Agent.
____________________
* This legend may be
removed if such removal is permitted pursuant to the Warrant
Agreement.
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This Class B Warrant shall be exercisable at
any time during the period from and after the Issue Date until the Expiration
Date.
The
number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants and the Exercise
Price are subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of certain events set forth
in the Warrant Agreement.
No
Class B Warrant may be exercised after 5:00 p.m., New York City time on the
Expiration Date, and to the extent not exercised by such time, such Class B
Warrants shall become void.
The
Holder of Class B Warrants evidenced by this Warrant Certificate may exercise
them by surrendering this Warrant Certificate, with the form of election to
purchase set forth hereon properly completed and executed, together with payment
of the Exercise Price in cash at the office of the Company designated for such
purpose. In the event that upon any exercise of Class B Warrants evidenced
hereby the number of Class B Warrants exercised shall be less than the total
number of Class B Warrants evidenced hereby, there shall be issued to the Holder
hereof or his assignee a new Warrant Certificate evidencing the number of Class
B Warrants not exercised.
The
Warrant Agreement provides that upon the occurrence of certain events the number
of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of each Class B Warrant set forth on
the face hereof and the Exercise Price thereof shall be adjusted. No fractions
of a share of Common Stock will be issued upon the exercise of any Class B
Warrant, but the Company will pay the cash value thereof determined as provided
in the Warrant Agreement.
Warrant
Certificates, when surrendered at the office of the Company by the registered
Holder thereof in person or by its legal representative or attorney duly
authorized in writing, may be exchanged, in the manner and subject to the
limitations provided in the Warrant Agreement, but without payment of any
service charge, for another Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates of like
tenor evidencing in the aggregate a like number of Class B Warrants.
Upon
due presentation for registration of transfer of this Warrant Certificate at the
office of the Company, a new Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates of like
tenor and evidencing in the aggregate a like number of Class B Warrants shall be
issued to the transferee(s) in exchange for this Warrant Certificate, subject to
the limitations provided in the Warrant Agreement, without charge except for any
tax or other governmental charge imposed in connection therewith.
The
Company may deem and treat the registered Holder(s) of this Warrant Certificate
as the absolute owner(s) thereof (notwithstanding any notation of ownership or
other writing hereon made by anyone), for the purpose of any exercise hereof, of
any distribution to the Holder(s) hereof, and for all other purposes, and the
Company shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary. Neither the Class B
Warrants nor this Warrant Certificate entitles any Holder hereof to any rights
of a stockholder of the Company.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Vishay Precision Group,
Inc. has caused this Class B Warrant Certificate to be signed by its President
and by its Secretary, each by a facsimile of his signature, and has caused a
facsimile of its corporate seal to be affixed hereunto or implied
hereon.
Dated: _______, 2010
By:
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By:
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AMERICAN STOCK
TRANSFER & TRUST CO.
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
If you, the Holder, want to assign this Class
B Warrant, fill in the form below:
I or we assign and
transfer this Class B Warrant to:
(Print or type name,
address and zip code and
social security or tax ID number of assignee)
social security or tax ID number of assignee)
and irrevocably
appoint _________________________________________ agent to transfer this Class B
Warrant on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for
him.
Date:
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Signed:
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(Signed exactly
as your name appears on
the other side of this Warrant) |
In
connection with any transfer of this Class B Warrant occurring prior to the date
of the declaration by the Securities and Exchange Commission of the
effectiveness of a registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the “Securities Act”), covering resales of this Class B Warrant (which
effectiveness shall not have been suspended or terminated at the date of
transfer) at all times when such securities are deemed to be “restricted
securities” within the meaning of the Securities Act, the undersigned confirms
that it has not utilized any general solicitation or general advertising in
connection with the transfer and that this Class B Warrant is being
transferred:
[Check One]
(1) | [ ] |
to the Company
or a subsidiary thereof; or
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(2) | [ ] |
pursuant to and
in compliance with Rule 144A under the Securities; or
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(3) | [ ] |
to an
institutional “accredited investor” (as defined in Rule 501(a)(1),(2), (3)
or (7) under the Securities Act); or
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(4) | [ ] |
outside the
United States to a person who is not a “US person,” in compliance with
Rule 904 of Regulation S under the Securities Act; or
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(5) | [ ] |
pursuant to the
exemption from registration provided by Rule 144 under the Securities Act;
or
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(6) | [ ] |
pursuant to
another available exemption from the registration requirements of the
Securities Act.
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Unless one of the
boxes is checked, the Company shall not be obligated to register any of the
Class B Warrants evidenced by this certificate in the name of any person other
than the registered Holder thereof. If box (3), (4), (5) or (6) is checked, the
Company may require, upon the terms described in the Warrant Agreement, prior to
registering any such transfer of the Warrant Certificate, such legal opinions,
certifications and other information as the Company reasonably requests to
confirm that such transfer is being made pursuant to an exemption from, or in a
transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act.
Date:
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Signed:
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(Sign exactly
as your name appears on
the other side of this Warrant Certificate) |
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ELECTION TO PURCHASE
FORM
If you, the Holder, want to exercise the Class
B Warrants represented by this Certificate, fill in the form below.
I or we, the
registered owner of the Class B Warrants represented by this Certificate
irrevocably exercise ________________________________ Class B Warrants for
the purchase of _________________________________ shares or other
securities or property
of Common Stock of
Vishay Precision Group, Inc., at the price and on the terms and conditions
specified in the Class B Warrants and request that certificates for the shares
of Common Stock hereby purchased (and any securities or other property issuable
or transferable upon such exercise) be issued in the name of and delivered to:
(Print or type name,
address and zip code and
social security or tax ID number of owner)
social security or tax ID number of owner)
and, if such Class B
Warrants shall not constitute all of the Class B Warrants represented by this
Certificate, that a new Class B Warrant Certificate of like tenor and date for
the balance of the Class A Warrants represented hereby be delivered to the
undersigned.
Number of Class B Warrants represented
by this Certificate
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________ |
Number
of Class B Warrants being exercised
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________ |
Balance
|
________ |
Date:
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Signed:
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(Signed exactly
as your name appears on
this Warrant) |
Note: |
Each
certificate represents a certain number of Warrants. Each Warrant is
exercisable for one share, subject to adjustment (which may result in
exercisability for other securities on property).
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*****ELECTION TO
PURCHASE FORM
If
you, the Holder, want to exercise the Class B Warrants represented by this
Certificate, fill in the form below.
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I or we, the registered owner of the Class B
Warrants represented by this Certificate irrevocably exercise
________________________________ Class B Warrants for the purchase of
_________________________________ shares or other securities or property of
Common Stock of Vishay Precision Group, Inc., at the price and on the terms and
conditions specified in the Class B Warrants and request that certificates for
the shares of Common Stock hereby purchased (and any securities or other
property issuable or transferable upon such exercise) be issued in the name of
and delivered to:
(Print or type name,
address and zip code and
social security or tax ID number of owner)
social security or tax ID number of owner)
and, if such Class B
Warrants shall not constitute all of the Class B Warrants represented by this
Certificate, that a new Class B Warrant Certificate of like tenor and date for
the balance of the Class A Warrants represented hereby be delivered to the
undersigned.
Number
of Class B Warrants represented by this Certificate
|
________ |
Number
of Class B Warrants being exercised
|
________ |
Balance
|
________ |
Date:
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Signed:
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(Signed exactly
as your name appears on
this Warrant) |
Note: |
Each
certificate represents a certain number of Warrants. Each Warrant is
exercisable for one share, subject to adjustment (which may result in
exercisability for other securities or property).
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