Exhibit 4.3
No. CW-38
THIS WARRANT HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS
AMENDED, OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND MAY NOT BE SOLD OR
TRANSFERRED UNLESS SUCH SALE OR TRANSFER IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REGISTRATION
REQUIREMENTS OF SUCH ACT AND APPLICABLE LAWS OR SOME OTHER EXEMPTION FROM THE
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF SUCH ACT AND APPLICABLE LAWS IS AVAILABLE WITH
RESPECT THERETO.
THE SHARES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT ARE SUBJECT TO A RIGHT OF
FIRST REFUSAL OPTION IN FAVOR OF THE COMPANY AND/OR ITS ASSIGNEE(S) AS PROVIDED
IN THE BYLAWS OF THE COMPANY.
BE INCORPORATED
WARRANT TO PURCHASE UP TO 103,177 SHARES OF
COMMON STOCK
Void after June 17, 2000
1. Issuance. For valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby
acknowledged, this Warrant is issued to Financial Square Partners, L.P. (the
"Purchaser") by Be Incorporated (hereinafter with its successors called the
"Company") in connection with Section 2 of that certain letter agreement dated
June 17, 1997 by and between the Purchaser and the Company.
2. General. This Warrant is exercisable at the option of the holder of
record hereof at any time from June 17, 1998 (the "Exercise Eligibility Date")
up to the Expiration Date (as set forth in Section 6). Subject to the terms of
the Warrant, the registered holder of this Warrant (the "Holder") is entitled to
purchase from the Company up to One Hundred Three Thousand One Hundred Seventy-
Seven (103,177) shares of Common Stock of the Company (the "Shares") at a price
per share of Three Dollars and Fifty-Eight Cents ($3.58) (the "Exercise Price")
upon surrender to the Company at its principal office of this Warrant with the
subscription form attached hereto duly executed in accordance with the
provisions hereof. Until such time as this Warrant is exercised in full or
expires, the Shares and the Exercise Price of this Warrant is subject to
adjustment as hereinafter provided. The person or persons in whose name or names
any certificate representing Common Stock issued hereunder shall be deemed to
have become the holder of record of the Common Stock represented thereby as of
the close of business on the date this Warrant is exercised with respect to such
Common Stock, whether or not the transfer books of the Company will be closed.
3. Payment of Exercise Price. The Exercise Price may be paid (i) in cash
or, (ii) by the surrender by the Holder to the Company of any promissory notes
or other obligations issued by the Company, with all such notes and obligations
so surrendered being credited against the Exercise Price in an amount equal to
the principal amount thereof plus accrued interest to the date of surrender, or
(iii) by any combination of the foregoing.
4. Partial Exercise. After the Exercise Eligibility Date, this Warrant
may be exercised, in part, and the Holder shall be entitled to receive a new
warrant, which shall be dated as of the date of this Warrant, covering the
number of shares in respect of which this Warrant shall not have been exercised;
provided however, if Holder shall exercise this Warrant in part, Holder shall do
so in minimum increments of $10,000, with the exception of the final exercise.
5. Fractional Shares. In no event shall any fractional share of Common
Stock be issued upon any exercise of this Warrant. In lieu of fractional shares
the Company shall make a cash payment based upon the Exercise Price then in
effect.
6. Expiration Date. This Warrant shall expire and shall no longer be
exercisable upon the earlier to occur of (such earlier date being referred to
herein as the "Expiration Date"):
(a) 5:00 p.m., California local time, on June 17, 2000;
(b) The closing of a merger, consolidation or any other
reorganization of the Company into another entity pursuant to which the
Company's shareholders, immediately prior to such transaction or series of
transactions, own less than fifty percent (50%) of the surviving entity
immediately after such transaction; or
(c) The closing of a sale of all or substantially all of the assets of
the Company.
The Company shall provide Holder at least 15 days prior notice of the
events set forth in this Section 6(b) and 6(c) hereof.
7. Reserved Shares; Valid Issuance. The Company covenants that it will at
all times from and after the date hereof reserve and keep available such number
of its authorized but unissued shares of shares of Common Stock, or other
property, as will be sufficient to provide for the exercise of the rights
represented by this Warrant in full. The Company further covenants that such
shares or other securities as may be issued pursuant to such exercise and/or
conversion will, upon issuance and payment by Holder pursuant to the terms
hereof, be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from
all taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issuance thereof.
8. Adjustments. Subject to the provisions of Section 6 hereof, the number
and kind of securities purchasable upon the exercise of this Warrant and the
Exercise Price therefor shall be subject to adjustment from time to time upon
the occurrence of certain events, as follows:
(a) Reclassification. In case of any reclassification or change of the
Shares (other than a change in par value, or as a result of a subdivision or
combination), the Company shall execute a new Warrant, providing that the Holder
of this Warrant shall have the right to exercise such new Warrant, and procure
upon such exercise and payment of the same aggregate Exercise Price, in lieu of
the shares of the Shares theretofore issuable upon exercise of this Warrant, the
kind and amount of shares of stock, other securities, money and property
receivable upon such reclassification or change, by a Holder of an equivalent
number of shares of the Shares. Such new Warrant shall provide for adjustments
which shall be as nearly equivalent as may be practicable to the adjustments
provided for in this Section 8. The provisions of this subsection (a), subject
to Section 6 hereof, shall similarly apply to successive reclassifications or
changes.
(b) Stock Splits, Dividends and Combinations. In the event that the
Company shall at any time subdivide the outstanding shares of Common Stock or
shall issue a stock dividend
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on its outstanding shares of Common Stock the number of Shares issuable upon
exercise of this Warrant immediately prior to such subdivision or to the
issuance of such stock dividend shall be proportionately increased, and the
Exercise Price shall be proportionately decreased, and in the event that the
Company shall at any time combine the outstanding shares of Common Stock the
number of Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant immediately prior to
such combination shall be proportionately decreased, and the Exercise Price
shall be proportionately increased, effective at the close of business on the
date of such subdivision, stock dividend or combination, as the case may be.
9. Notice of Adjustments. Whenever the number of Shares purchasable
hereunder or the Exercise Price thereof shall be adjusted pursuant to Section 8
hereof, the Company shall provide notice to the Holder setting forth, the event
requiring the adjustment, the amount of the adjustment, the method by which such
adjustment was calculated, and the number and class of Shares which may be
purchased and the Exercise Price therefor after giving effect to such
adjustment.
10. Amendment. The terms of this Warrant may be amended, modified or
waived only with the written consent of the Company and the Holder.
11. Representation and Covenants of the Holder. This Warrant has been
entered into by the Company in reliance upon the following representations and
covenants of the Holder, which by its execution hereof the Holder hereby
confirms:
(a) Purchase for Own Account. Holder represents that it is acquiring
the Warrant and the equity securities issuable upon conversion of the Warrant
(collectively, the "Warrant and Underlying Securities") solely for its own
account and beneficial interest for investment and not for sale or with a view
to distribution of the Warrant and Underlying Securities or any part thereof,
has no present intention of selling (in connection with a distribution or
otherwise), granting any participation in, or otherwise distributing the same,
and does not presently have reason to anticipate a change in such intention.
(b) Information and Sophistication. Holder acknowledges that it has
received all the information it has requested from the Company and considers
necessary or appropriate for deciding whether to acquire the Warrant. Holder
represents that it has had an opportunity to ask questions and receive answers
from the Company regarding the terms and conditions of the offering of the
Warrant and to obtain any additional information necessary to verify the
accuracy of the information given to the Holder. Holder further represents that
it has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that it
is capable of evaluating the merits and risk of this investment.
(c) Further Limitations on Disposition. Without in any way limiting the
representations set forth above, Holder further agrees not to make any
disposition of all or any portion of the Common Stock unless and until: (a)
there is then in effect a Registration Statement under the 1933 Act covering
such proposed disposition and such disposition is made in accordance with such
Registration Statement; or (b) Holder shall have notified the Company of the
proposed disposition and shall have furnished the Company with a detailed
statement of the circumstances surrounding the proposed disposition, and if
reasonably requested by the Company, Holder shall have furnished the Company
with an opinion of counsel, reasonably satisfactory to the Company, that such
disposition will not require registration under the 1933 Act.
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(d) Private Issue. The Holder understands (i) that the Common Stock is not
registered under the 1933 Act or qualified under applicable state securities
laws on the ground that the issuance contemplated by this Warrant will be exempt
from the registration and qualification requirements thereof, and (ii) that the
Company's reliance on such exemption is predicated on the representations set
forth in this Section 11.
12. Restrictive Legends. The Holder understands that the certificates or
other instruments representing the Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of
the Holder's rights contained hereto shall have endorsed thereon legends in
substantially the following forms (in addition to any other legend which may be
required by other agreements between the parties hereto):
(a) "THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE OR INSTRUMENT HAVE NOT
BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR ANY APPLICABLE
STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED OR
HYPOTHECATED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AS TO THE
SECURITIES UNDER SAID ACT OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY
THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED."
(b) "THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO A RIGHT
OF FIRST REFUSAL OPTION IN FAVOR OF THE COMPANY AND/OR ITS ASSIGNEE(S) AS
PROVIDED IN THE BYLAWS OF THE COMPANY."
(c) Any legend required by appropriate blue sky officials.
13. Notices, Transfers, Lost Warrants. Any notice or written communication
required or permitted to be given to the Holder may be given by certified mail
or by overnight courier or delivered to the Holder at the address most recently
provided by the Holder to the Company. Subject to compliance with applicable
federal and state securities laws, this Warrant and all rights hereunder are
transferable, in whole or in part, without charge to the holder thereof (except
for transfer taxes), upon surrender of this Warrant properly endorsed. Each
taker and holder of this Warrant, by taking or holding the same, consents and
agrees to the terms of this Warrant and that this Warrant, when endorsed in
blank, shall be deemed negotiable, and that the holder hereof, when this Warrant
shall have been so endorsed, may be treated by the Company, at the Company's
option, and all other persons dealing with this Warrant as the absolute owner
hereof for any purpose and as the person entitled to exercise the rights
represented by this Warrant, or the transfer hereof on the books of the Company
any notice to the contrary notwithstanding; but until such transfer on such
books, the Company may treat the registered owner hereof as the owner for all
purposes. In case this Warrant shall be mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed,
the Company shall issue a new warrant of like tenor and denomination and deliver
the same (i) in exchange and substitution for and upon surrender and
cancellation of any mutilated Warrant, or (ii) in lieu of any Warrant lost,
stolen or destroyed, upon receipt of an affidavit of the Holder or other
evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft or
destruction of such Warrant.
14. Governing Law. The provisions and terms of this Warrant shall be
governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California
excluding its conflict of laws principle.
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15. Successors and Assigns. This Warrant shall be binding upon the
Company's successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of the Holder's
successors, legal representatives and permitted assigns.
Date of Grant: May 31, 1998 BE INCORPORATED
By:/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
__________________________
Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
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EXHIBIT A
SUBSCRIPTION FORM
(To be signed only upon exercise of Warrant)
Date:______________
Be Incorporated
000 Xx Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned hereby elects to exercise the warrant issued to it by Be
Incorporated (the "Company") and dated May 31, 1998, Warrant No. CW-38 (the
"Warrant") and to purchase thereunder ________________________ shares of the
Common Stock of the Company (the "Securities") at a purchase price of
______________________________________ dollars ($___________) per share or unit
or an aggregate purchase price of __________________________________ dollars
($______________) (the "Exercise Price"), and requests that the certificates for
such shares be issued in the name of, and delivered to,
_____________________________ whose address is
The undersigned represents that it is acquiring such Common Stock for its
own account for investment and not with a view to or for sale in connection with
any distribution thereof (subject, however, to any requirement of law that the
disposition thereof shall at all times be within its control.)
Pursuant to the terms of the Warrant the undersigned has delivered the
aggregate Exercise Price herewith in full in cash or by certified check or wire
transfer.
Very truly yours,
___________________________
By:________________________
Title:_____________________
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