Exhibit 10.9
WARRANT
WARRANT HOLDER: ______________________ WARRANT NO. _______
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NUMBER OF WARRANT SHARES: ______________________
THE WARRANT AND THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK PURCHASABLE HEREUNDER HAVE NOT BEEN
REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE
SECURITIES LAWS. THE WARRANT AND SUCH SHARES HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT
AND NOT WITH A VIEW TO DISTRIBUTION, AND MAY NOT BE DISPOSED OF WITHOUT AN
EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR SUCH SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF
1933, AS AMENDED, AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL
REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER
SUCH ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.
UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION
Common Stock Purchase Warrant
Universal Display Corporation, a Pennsylvania corporation (the
"Company"), for value received, hereby grants to the warrant holder identified
above, its successors and permitted assigns (collectively, the "Holder"), this
right (the "Warrant"), subject to the terms set forth below, to purchase at the
Exercise Price (as defined in Section 1.1 below), up to ______ shares of common
stock, $0.01 par value per share, of the Company (the "Common Stock"), subject
to adjustment as herein provided. The total number of shares of Common Stock
that may be purchased hereunder are referred to herein as the "Warrant Shares."
1. Exercise of Warrant.
1.1 Purchase Price. The Warrant may be exercised, subject to the terms
specified herein, at the purchase price of $_______ per Warrant Share (as may be
adjusted from time to time, the "Exercise Price"), by payment of lawful money of
the United States.
1.2 Exercise Period. The Warrant may be exercised at any time until
____________.
1.3 Exercise in Full. Subject to the limitations stated above, this
Warrant may be exercised in full at the option of the Holder by surrender of
this Warrant, with the form of subscription at the end hereof duly executed by
the Holder, to the Company at its principal office in the United States,
accompanied by payment in the amount obtained by multiplying the number of
Warrant Shares for which this Warrant may be exercised by the Exercise Price.
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1.4 Partial Exercise. This Warrant may be exercised in part by
surrender of this Warrant in the manner and at the place provided in subsection
1.3 along with payment in the amount determined by multiplying (a) the number of
Warrant Shares designated by the Holder in the subscription at the end hereof by
(b) the Exercise Price. On any such partial exercise, the Company at its expense
will forthwith issue and deliver to or upon the order of the Holder a new
Warrant or Warrants of like tenor, in the name of the Holder or as the Holder
(upon payment by the Holder of any applicable transfer taxes) may request,
representing in the aggregate the number of Warrant Shares for which such
Warrant or Warrants may still be exercised.
1.5 Cashless Exercise.
(a) During the period in which the Common Stock is listed or
admitted to trading on any national securities exchange or is quoted on the
NASDAQ Small Cap Market or a similar organization, all or any portion of this
Warrant may be exercised on a "cashless" basis, by stating in the form of
subscription the Holder's intention to purchase Warrant Shares in consideration
of cancellation of Warrants in payment for such exercise. The number of Warrant
Shares the Holder shall receive upon such cashless exercise shall equal the
difference between the number of Warrant Shares for which such exercise is made
(the "Cashless Exercise Number") and the quotient that is obtained when the
product of the Cashless Exercise Number and the then current Exercise Price is
divided by the Current Market Price per share of Common Stock on date of
exercise (as hereinafter determined).
(b) The "Current Market Price" per share of Common Stock on
any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices for the
most recent five trading days prior to such date. The closing price for any day
shall be the last reported sales price or, in case no such reported sale takes
place on such day, the closing bid price, in either case on the principal
national securities exchange (including, for purposes hereof, the NASDAQ
National Market or the NASDAQ Small Cap Market) on which the Common Stock is
listed or admitted to trading, or, in case no such bid prices are available on
such day, the highest reported bid price for the Common Stock as furnished by
the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. through NASDAQ or a similar
organization if NASDAQ is no longer reporting such information.
2. Delivery of Share Certificates on Exercise.
2.1 As soon as practicable after the exercise of this Warrant in full
or in part, the Company, at its expense (including the payment by it of any
applicable issue taxes) will cause to be issued in the name of and delivered to
the Holder, or as the Holder (upon payment by the Holder of any applicable
transfer taxes) may direct, a certificate or certificates for the number of
fully paid and non-assessable Warrant Shares (or Other Securities, as defined
below) to which the Holder shall be entitled on such exercise, plus, in lieu of
any fractional share to which the Holder would otherwise be entitled, cash equal
to such fraction multiplied by the Current Market Price (as defined above) of
one full share, together with any other stock or other securities and property
(including cash, where applicable) to which the Holder is entitled upon such
exercise pursuant to Section 1 or otherwise. "Other Securities" refers to any
stock (other than the Warrant Shares) or other securities of the Company or any
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other person (corporate or otherwise) that the Holder at any time shall be
entitled to receive, or shall have received, on the exercise of this Warrant, in
lieu of or in addition to the Warrant Shares, or which at any time shall be
issuable or shall have been issued in exchange for or in replacement of the
Warrant Shares, including securities of the same class issued in exchange for or
in respect of the Warrant Shares pursuant to a plan of merger, consolidation,
recapitalization or reorganization, the sale of substantially all of the
Company's assets or a similar transaction.
3. Covenants.
3.1 Issuance of Shares upon Exercise. All Warrant Shares that may be
issued upon the exercise of the rights represented by this Warrant will, upon
issuance, be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and free from all
taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issue thereof. The Company will at
all times have authorized and reserved, free from preemptive rights, a
sufficient number of shares of Common Stock to provide for the exercise of the
rights represented by this Warrant. The Company shall not, by amendment of its
Articles of Incorporation or through any reorganization, transfer of assets,
consolidation, merger, issuance or sale of securities or otherwise, avoid or
take any action that would have the effect of avoiding the observance or
performance of any of the terms to be observed or performed hereunder by the
Company, and shall at all times in good faith assist in carrying out all of the
provisions of this Warrant. If any Warrant Shares required to be reserved for
the purpose of exercise of this Warrant require registration with or approval of
any governmental authority under any federal law (other than the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act")) or under any state law, before such
Warrant Shares may be issued upon exercise of this Warrant, the Company shall,
at its expense, use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Warrant Shares
to be duly registered or approved, as the case may be.
3.2 Restrictions on Transfer. By acceptance of this Warrant, Holder
represents to the Company that it is acquiring the Warrant for its own
investment account and without a view to the subsequent public distribution of
the Warrant or Warrant Shares otherwise than pursuant to an effective
registration statement under the Securities Act and applicable state securities
laws. This Warrant and each certificate for Warrant Shares issued to the Holder
and any subsequent holder that have not been sold to the public pursuant to an
effective registration statement under the Securities Act or as to which the
restrictions on transfer have not been removed as hereinafter provided, shall
bear a restrictive legend reciting that the same have not been registered
pursuant to the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws and may not
be transferred in the absence of an effective registration statement under the
Securities Act. Each proposed transfer shall be accompanied by a notice which
shall describe the manner of the proposed transfer and shall be accompanied by
an opinion of counsel experienced in securities laws matters and reasonably
acceptable to the Company and its counsel to the effect that the proposed
transfer may be effected without registration under the Securities Act,
whereupon, the holder of such Warrants or Warrant Shares shall be entitled to
transfer such securities in accordance with the terms of its notice and such
opinion. Restrictions imposed under this Section 3 upon the transferability of
the Warrants or of Warrant Shares shall cease when:
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(a) a registration statement covering such Warrant Shares
becomes effective under the Securities Act and such Warrant Shares have been
disposed of pursuant to such effective registration statement, or
(b) the Company receives from the holder thereof an opinion of
counsel experienced in securities laws matters, which counsel shall be
reasonably acceptable to the Company, that such restrictions are no longer
required in order to insure compliance with the Securities Act.
When such restrictions terminate, the Company shall, or shall instruct the
warrant agent or transfer agent, if any, to issue new securities in the name of
the holder not bearing the legends required by this Section 3.
4. Adjustment for Reorganization; Consolidation or Merger.
If at any time or from time to time, the Company shall (a) effect a
plan of merger, consolidation, recapitalization or reorganization or similar
transaction with a corporation (the "Acquiror") whereby the shareholders of the
Company will exchange their shares of the Company for the shares of the
Acquiror, or (b) transfer all or substantially all of its properties or assets
to any other person (which along with any transactions set forth in (a) hereof
shall be an "Extraordinary Transaction"), then as a condition of such
Extraordinary Transaction, adequate provision will be made whereby the holder of
this Warrant will have the right to acquire and receive upon exercise of this
Warrant in lieu of the Warrant Shares immediately theretofore acquirable upon
the exercise of this Warrant, such shares of stock, securities or assets as may
be issued or payable with respect to or in exchange for the number of Warrant
Shares immediately theretofore acquirable and receivable upon exercise of this
Warrant had such Extraordinary Transaction not taken place. In any such case,
the Company will make appropriate provision to insure that the provisions of
this Section 4 hereof will thereafter be applicable as nearly as may be
practicable in relation to any shares of stock or securities thereafter
deliverable upon the exercise of this Warrant. The Company will not effect any
Extraordinary Transaction unless prior to the consummation thereof, the
successor corporation (if other than the Company) assumes by written instrument
the obligations under this Section 4 and the obligations to deliver to the
holder of this Warrant such shares of stock, securities or assets as, in
accordance with the foregoing provisions, the holder may be entitled to acquire.
5. Adjustments for Other Events.
5.1 If the outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be subdivided or
split into a greater number of shares, or a dividend in shares of Common Stock
shall be paid in respect of the shares of Common Stock, then the Exercise Price
in effect immediately prior to such subdivision or at the record date of such
dividend shall, simultaneously with the effectiveness of such subdivision or
split or immediately after the record date of such dividend, be proportionately
reduced. If the outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be combined or
reverse-split into a smaller number of shares, then the Exercise Price in effect
immediately prior to such combination or reverse-split shall, simultaneously
with the effectiveness of such combination or reverse-split be proportionately
increased. When any adjustment is required to be made in the Exercise Price, the
number of Warrant Shares purchasable upon the exercise of this Warrant shall be
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changed to the number determined by dividing (i) an amount equal to the number
of Warrant Shares issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant immediately prior
to such adjustment, multiplied by the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior
to such adjustment, by (ii) the Exercise Price in effect immediately after such
adjustment.
5.2 Except as provided in Sections 4, 5.1 and 5.6, if and whenever on
or after the date of issuance of this Warrant, the Company issues, or in
accordance with Section 5.3(c) hereof is deemed to have issued, any shares of
Common Stock ("Additional Stock"), for no consideration or for a consideration
per share less than the Exercise Price on the date of issuance of such
Additional Stock (a "Dilutive Issuance"), then immediately upon the Dilutive
Issuance, the Exercise Price will be reduced to a price determined by
multiplying the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to the Dilutive
Issuance by a fraction, (i) the numerator of which is an amount equal to the sum
of (x) the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the
Dilutive Issuance, plus (y) the quotient of the aggregate consideration,
calculated as set forth in Section 5.3 hereof, received by the Company upon such
Dilutive Issuance divided by the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to
the Dilutive Issuance, and (ii) the denominator of which is the number of shares
of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Dilutive Issuance, plus the
number of shares of such Additional Stock; provided that, for purposes of this
Section 5.2, all shares of Common Stock (except as otherwise provided in Section
5.3) issuable upon the conversion, exchange or exercise of any convertible
preferred stock, warrant, option, right or other security shall be deemed to be
outstanding, and immediately after any shares of Additional Stock are deemed to
be issued pursuant to Section 5.3(c), such shares of Additional Stock shall be
deemed to be outstanding. In such event, the number of Warrant Shares issuable
upon the exercise of this Warrant shall be increased to the number obtained by
dividing (x) the product of (A) the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon the
exercise of this Warrant before such adjustment, and (B) the Exercise Price in
effect immediately prior to the issuance giving rise to this adjustment by (y)
the new Exercise Price.
5.3 For the purposes of any adjustment of the Exercise Price pursuant
to subsection 5.2 above, the following provisions shall be applicable:
(a) In the case of the issuance of shares of Common Stock for
cash, the consideration shall be deemed to be the amount of cash received by the
Company therefor.
(b) In the case of the issuance of shares of Common Stock for
a consideration in whole or in part other than cash, the consideration other
than cash shall be deemed to be the "fair value" of such consideration, as
determined in the good faith judgment of the board of directors of the Company.
(c) In the case of the issuance of any (x) option to purchase
or right to subscribe for shares of Common Stock, (y) security by its terms
convertible into or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock or (z) option to
purchase or right to subscribe for such convertible or exchangeable security:
(i) the aggregate maximum number of shares of Common
Stock deliverable upon exercise of any such option to purchase or right to
subscribe for shares of Common Stock shall be deemed to have been issued at the
time such option or right was issued and for a consideration equal to the
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consideration (determined in the manner provided in Sections 5.3(a) and 5.3(b)
above), if any, received by the Company upon the issuance of such option or
right, plus the minimum purchase price provided in such option or right for the
shares of Common Stock covered thereby;
(ii) the aggregate maximum number of shares of Common
Stock deliverable upon conversion of or in exchange for any such convertible or
exchangeable securities or upon the exercise of such option to purchase or right
to subscribe for such convertible or exchangeable securities and subsequent
conversion or exchange thereof shall be deemed to have been issued at the time
such securities were issued or such option or tight was issued and for a
consideration equal to the consideration received by the Company for any such
security and related options or rights (excluding any cash received on account
of accrued interest or accrued dividends), plus the additional consideration, if
any, to be received by the Company upon the conversion or exchange of such
securities or the exercise of any related options or rights (the consideration
in each case to be determined in the manner provided in subdivisions (a) and (b)
above);
(iii) on any change in the consideration payable to the
Company upon exercise of any such option or right or upon the conversion or
exchange of any such convertible or exchangeable security (other than a change
resulting from the anti-dilution provisions thereof), the Exercise Price in
effect at the time of such change shall forthwith be readjusted to the Exercise
Price that would have been in effect at such time had such option, right or
convertible or exchangeable securities still outstanding at such time provided
for such changed consideration at the time initially granted, issued or sold;
and
(iv) on the expiration of any such option or right, the
termination of any right to convert or exchange or the expiration of any option
or right related to such convertible or exchangeable securities, the Exercise
Price then in effect shall forthwith be readjusted to the Exercise Price that
would have been in effect at the time of such expiration or termination had such
options, rights, securities or options or rights related to such securities, to
the extent outstanding immediately prior to such expiration or termination
(other than in respect of the actual number of shares of Common Stock issued
upon exercise or conversion thereof), never been issued.
(d) In the case of the issuance of (v) shares of Common Stock,
(w) options to purchase or rights or warrants to subscribe for shares of Common
Stock, (x) securities by their terms which are convertible into or exchangeable
for shares of Common Stock, or (y) options to purchase or rights or warrants to
subscribe for such convertible or exchangeable securities (each of the
securities referred to in the clauses (v), (w), (x) or (y) above, an "Additional
Security"), together with other shares or securities (including another
Additional Security) of the Company, the consideration for such Additional
Securities and other shares or securities shall be the proportion of the
aggregate consideration received for such Additional Securities and other shares
or securities, computed as provided in (a), (b) and (c) above, as determined
reasonably and in good faith by the board of directors of the Company.
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5.4 No adjustment in the per share Exercise Price shall be required
unless such adjustment would require an increase or decrease in the Exercise
Price of at least $0.01; provided, however, that any adjustments which by reason
of this Section 5.4 are not required to be made shall be carried forward and
taken into account in any subsequent adjustment. All calculations under this
Section 5 shall be made to the nearest cent or to the nearest 1/100th of a
share, as the case may be.
5.5 Whenever the Exercise Price or the number of Warrant Shares
issuable upon exercise of the Warrants shall be adjusted as provided in this
Section 5, the Company shall forthwith file, at its principal office or at such
other place as may be designated by the Company, a statement, signed by its
president or chief financial officer and by its treasurer, showing in detail the
facts requiring such adjustment to the Exercise Price and the number of Warrant
Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants that shall be in effect after such
adjustment. The Company shall within 15 business days of any adjustment cause a
copy of such statement to be sent by first-class, certified mail, return receipt
requested, postage prepaid, to each Holder of Warrants at such holder's address
appearing in the Company's records. Where appropriate, such copy may be given in
advance and may be included as part of a notice required to be mailed under the
provisions of this Warrant.
5.6 No adjustment to the Exercise Price will be made (i) upon the
exercise of any warrants, options or convertible securities granted, issued and
outstanding as of the date of issuance of the Warrant; (ii) upon the exercise of
the Warrant or (iii) upon the grant or exercise of any stock or options which
may hereafter be granted or exercised under any employee benefit plan of the
Company now existing or to be implemented in the future, so long as the issuance
of such stock or options is approved by a majority of the independent members of
the Board of Directors of the Company or a majority of the members of a
committee of independent directors established for such purpose.
6. Notices of Record Date, etc. In the event of:
6.1 any taking by the Company of a record of the holders of any class
of securities for the purpose of determining the holders thereof who are
entitled to receive any dividend or other distribution, or any right to
subscribe for, purchase or otherwise acquire any shares of stock of any class or
any other securities or property, or to receive any other right, or
6.2 any merger, consolidation or capital reorganization of the Company,
any reclassification or recapitalization of the capital stock of the Company
with or into any other person, or any transfer of all or substantially all of
the assets of the Company, or
6.3 any voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding-up
of the Company,
then and in each such event the Company will mail or cause to be mailed to the
Holder a notice specifying (a) the date on which any such record is to be taken
for the purpose of such dividend, distribution or right, and stating the amount
and character of such dividend, distribution or right, and (b) the date on which
any such reorganization, reclassification, recapitalization, transfer,
consolidation, merger, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up is to take place,
and the time, if any is to be fixed, as of which the holders of record of shares
of Common Stock (or Other Securities) shall be entitled to exchange their shares
of Common Stock (or Other Securities) for securities or other property
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deliverable on such reorganization, reclassification, recapitalization,
transfer, consolidation, merger, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up. Such
notice shall be mailed at least 30 days prior, and not more than 90 days prior,
to the date specified in such notice on which any such action is to be taken.
7. Transfers.
7.1 The Warrants and the Warrant Shares are not transferable, in whole
or in part, without compliance with the Securities Act, and any applicable state
securities laws.
7.2 Subject to Section 7.1, this Warrant, or any portion hereof, may be
transferred by the Holder's execution and delivery of the form of assignment
attached hereto along with this Warrant upon reasonable prior notice to the
Company. Any transferee shall be required, as a condition to the assignment, to
deliver all such documentation as the Company deems appropriate. However, until
such assignment and such other documentation are presented to the Company at its
principal offices in the United States, the Company shall be entitled to treat
the registered holder hereof as the absolute owner hereof for all purposes.
7.3 Upon a transfer of this Warrant in accordance with this Section 7,
the Company, at its expense, will issue and deliver to or on the order of the
Holder a new Warrant or Warrants of like tenor, in the name of the Holder or as
the Holder (on payment by the Holder of any applicable transfer taxes) may
direct, representing the aggregate number of Warrant Shares represented by the
Warrant or Warrants so surrendered. if this Warrant is divided into more than
one Warrant, or if there is more than one Holder thereof, all references herein
to "this Warrant" shall be deemed to apply to the several Warrants, and all
references to "the Holder" shall be deemed to apply to the several Holders,
except in either case to the extent that the context indicates otherwise.
8. Replacement of Warrants.
8.1 On receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of
the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of any Warrant and, in the case of
any such loss, theft or destruction of any Warrant, on delivery of an indemnity
agreement or security reasonably satisfactory in form and amount to the Company
or, in the case of any such mutilation, on surrender and cancellation of such
Warrant, the Company at its expense will execute and deliver in the Holder's
name in exchange and substitution for the Warrant so lost, stolen, destroyed or
mutilated, a new Warrant of like tenor.
9. Notices.
9.1 All notices required hereunder shall be deemed to have been given
and shall be effective only when personally delivered or sent by Federal
Express, DHL or other express delivery service or by certified or registered
mail to the address of the Company's principal office in the United States as
follows:
Universal Display Corporation
000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx 00000
Attention: Corporate Secretary
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in the case of any notice to the Company, and until changed by notice to the
Company, to the address of the Holder set forth above in the case of any notice
to the Holder.
10. Miscellaneous.
10.1 This Warrant and any term hereof may be changed, waived,
discharged or terminated, other than on expiration, only by an instrument in
writing signed by the party against which enforcement of such change, waiver,
discharge or termination is sought. This Warrant shall be construed and enforced
in accordance with and governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
The headings in this Warrant are for purposes of reference only, and shall not
limit or otherwise affect any of the terms hereof. The invalidity or
unenforceability of any provision hereof shall in no way affect the validity or
enforceability of any other provision.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be signed by its duly
authorized officer on the date set forth below.
UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION
By:
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Name:
Title:
Date:
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FORM OF SUBSCRIPTION
WARRANT NO. __________
(To be signed only on exercise of the Warrant)
The undersigned, the holder of the above-referenced Warrant, hereby
irrevocably elects to exercise such Warrant for, and to purchase thereunder,
__________ Warrant Shares (as defined in the Warrant) and herewith makes payment
of $___________ therefor, including (i) $___________ by certified or bank
cashier's check, and/or (ii) cancellation of the Warrant with respect to the
purchase ___________ Warrant Shares based upon a Cashless Exercise Number (as
defined in the Warrant) of ____________ in accordance with the terms thereof,
representing the full Exercise Price for such Warrant Shares at the price per
share provided for in such Warrant, and requests that the certificates for such
shares be issued in the name of, and delivered to
_________________________________________________ at the following address
______________________________________________________________________.
Dated:
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(signature)
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(name)
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(title, if signing on behalf of an entity)
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(address)
Signed in the presence of:
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FORM OF ASSIGNMENT
WARRANT NO. ___________
(To be signed only on transfer of the Warrant, in whole or in part)
For value received, the undersigned, as Holder of the above-referenced
Warrant, hereby sells, assigns, and transfers unto
__________________________________________, whose address is
______________________________________________________________, the right
represented by the attached Warrant to purchase __________ Warrant Shares (as
defined in the Warrant), and appoints Universal Display Corporation's Corporate
Secretary as Xxxxxx's attorney-in-fact to transfer such right on the books of
Universal Display Corporation, with full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated:
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(signature)
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(name)
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(title, if signing on behalf of an entity)
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(address)
Signed in the presence of:
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