BATHGATE CAPITAL PARTNERS LLC REPRESENTATIVE’S SHARE OPTION AGREEMENT Dated as of
Exhibit 1.4
BATHGATE CAPITAL PARTNERS LLC
Dated as of
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Definitions |
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Options and Issuance of Option Certificates |
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Form of Option Certificate |
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4 |
Term of Options; Exercise of Options |
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Reservation of Option Securities |
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Payment of Taxes |
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Option Securities to be Fully Paid |
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Limitation on Transfer |
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9 |
Adjustment of Exercise Price and Number of Shares |
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Merger or Consolidation of Company |
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Modification of Agreement |
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Notice to Holders |
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Registration Rights |
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Restrictions on Transfer |
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No Rights as Stockholder |
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Notices |
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17 |
Arbitration |
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Miscellaneous Provisions |
THIS REPRESENTATIVE’S SHARE OPTION AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”), dated as of
, is made and entered into by and between PELION SYSTEMS, INC. (the “Company”), a Colorado corporation (the “Company”), and BATHGATE CAPITAL PARTNERS LLC
(“BCP”).
The Company agrees to issue and sell, and BCP agrees to purchase, for the price of $100,
Options to purchase up to an aggregate of shares (“Shares”) of the Company’s Common Stock, subject to the terms and conditions set forth below.
In consideration of the foregoing and for the purpose of defining the terms and provisions of the Options and the respective
rights and obligations thereunder, the Company and BCP, for value received, hereby agree as follows:
SECTION 1. Definitions
The following terms used in this
agreement shall have the following meanings (unless otherwise expressly provided herein):
The
“Act.” The Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
The
“Commission.” The Securities and Exchange Commission.
The “Company.” Pelion Systems, Inc., a Colorado corporation.
“Common Stock.” The Common Stock, no par value per share, of the Company, whether now or hereafter authorized, holders of which have the right to participate in the distribution of
earnings and assets of the Company without limit as to the amount or percentage.
“Current Market Price.” The Current Market Price shall be determined as follows:
(a) if the security at issue is listed on a national securities exchange or admitted to unlisted trading privileges on such an exchange or quoted on the Nasdaq National Market, the Nasdaq Small Cap Market, or the
OTC Bulletin Board, the Current Market Price shall be the last reported sale price of that security on such exchange or system on the day for which the Current Market Price is to be calculated; or, if no such sale is made on such day, the average of
the highest closing bid and lowest asked price for such day on such exchange or system; or
(b) if the security at issue is not so listed or quoted or admitted to unlisted trading privileges and bid and asked prices are not reported, the Current Market Price shall be determined in such reasonable manner as may be
prescribed from time to time by the Board of Directors of the Company, subject to the objection and arbitration procedure as described in Section 9.9 below.
“Effective Date.” .
“Exercise Date.” 9:00 a.m. Denver,
Colorado, local time, on [one year after the Effective Date].
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“Exercise Period.” The
period commencing on the Exercise Date and extending to and through the Expiration Date.
“Exercise Price.” $7.08 per Share, as modified in accordance with Section 4, below.
“Expiration Date.” 5:00 p.m. Denver, Colorado, local time or [five years after the Effective Date]; provided, however, if such date shall be a holiday or a day on which banks are
authorized to close in the State of Colorado, the Expiration Date shall mean 5:00 p.m. Denver, Colorado, local time on the next following day which in the State of Colorado is not a holiday or a day on which banks are authorized to close.
“Holder” or “Option Holder.” The person to
whom an Option Certificate is issued and any valid transferee thereof pursuant to Section 8 below.
“Majority Holder.” Any Holder, any holder of Option Securities, or any combination of Holders and such holders of Option Securities; and any Holder of Warrant Options, any holder of Warrant
Option Securities, or any combination of such Holders and such holders of Warrant Option Securities, if they hold, in the aggregate, unexercised Options plus issued and outstanding Option Securities equal to more than 50% of the total of (i) all
Option Securities issued and outstanding as a result of the exercise of the Option, and (ii) all Option Securities that may at that time be purchased by exercising the unexercised portion of the Option. For purposes hereof, a Holder of an Option
which entitles the Holder to purchase more than one share or Warrant shall be deemed to hold Options equal to the number of shares or Warrants which may be acquired pursuant to any such Option.
“NASD.” The National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
“NASDAQ.” The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc.
“Options.” The Options issued in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and
any Options issued in substitution for or replacement of such Options, or any Options into which such Options may be divided or exchanged.
“Option Securities.” The Common Stock receivable upon exercise or conversion of an Option, and the Common Stock underlying the unexercised portion of an Option.
“OTC Bulletin Board.” An electronic quotation medium
operated by NASDAQ.
“Public Offering.” The public
offering by the Company of shares of Common Stock and warrants pursuant to an underwriting agreement dated as of , between the Company and BCP as the Underwriter named in the
underwriting agreement.
“Underwriter.” A broker-dealer
identified as an Underwriter in the Final Prospectus for the Public Offering.
“Warrant
Options.” Those options to purchase Warrants issued to the Holder concurrently with the issuance of the Share Options under this Agreement, pursuant to a Representative’s Warrant Option Agreement dated the date
of this Agreement.
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SECTION 2. Options and Issuance of Option
Certificates
2.1 Description of Options. Each Option shall initially
entitle the Option Holder to purchase one share of Common Stock on exercise thereof, subject to modification and adjustment as hereinafter provided in Section 10. Option Certificates representing up to
Options and evidencing the right to purchase an aggregate of up to shares of Common Stock of the
Company shall be executed by the proper officers of the Company. The Company shall deliver Option Certificates in required whole number denominations to the person entitled thereto in connection with the original issuance of Option Certificates or
any transfer or exchange permitted under this Agreement.
2.2 Option
Securities. Certificates representing the Option Securities shall be issued only on or after the Exercise Date upon exercise of the Options or upon transfer or exchange of the Option Securities following exercise of the
Options.
SECTION 3. Form of Option Certificate
3.1 Form of Certificates. The Option Certificates shall be substantially in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit A and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends, summaries or endorsements printed, lithographed or engraved thereon as the Company may deem appropriate and as are not inconsistent with the
provisions of this Agreement. The Option Certificates shall be dated as of the date of issuance, whether on initial issuance, transfer, exchange or in lieu of mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed Option Certificates.
3.2 Execution of Certificates. The Option Certificates shall be executed on behalf of the Company
by its President and Secretary, by manual signatures thereon, and shall have imprinted thereon a facsimile of the Company’s seal. Any Option Certificate may be signed by any person who at the actual date of the preparation of such Option
Certificate shall be a proper officer of the Company to sign such Option Certificate even though such person was not such an officer upon the date of this Agreement.
3.3 Mutilated, Lost, Stolen, or Destroyed Certificate. In case the certificate or certificates evidencing the Options shall be
mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall, at the request of the Option Holder, issue and deliver in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation of the mutilated certificate or certificates, or in lieu of and substitution for
the certificate or certificates lost, stolen or destroyed, a new Option Certificate or Certificates of like tenor and representing an equivalent right or interest, but only upon receipt of evidence satisfactory to the Company of such loss, theft or
destruction of such Option and a bond of indemnity, if requested, also satisfactory in form and amount, at the applicant’s cost. Applicants for such substitute Option Certificate shall also comply with such other reasonable regulations and pay
such other reasonable charges as the Company may prescribe.
3.4 Exchange of
Certificate. Any Option Certificate may be exchanged for another certificate or certificates entitling the Option Holder to purchase a like aggregate number of Shares as the certificate or certificates surrendered then
entitled such Option Holder to purchase. Any Option Holder desiring to exchange an Option Certificate shall make such request in writing delivered to the Company, and shall surrender, properly endorsed, with signatures guaranteed, the certificate
evidencing the Option to be so exchanged. Thereupon, the Company shall execute and deliver to the person entitled thereto a new Option Certificate as so requested.
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SECTION 4. Term of Options; Exercise of
Option
4.1 Exercise of Option. Subject to the terms of this
Agreement, the Option holder shall have the right, at any time during the four-year period commencing at 9:00 a.m., Denver Time, on the Exercise Date and ending at 5:00 p.m., Denver Time, on the Expiration Date to purchase from the Company up to the
number of fully paid and nonassessable Shares to which the Option holder may at the time be entitled to purchase pursuant to this Agreement, upon surrender to the Company, at its principal office, of the certificate evidencing the Options to be
exercised, together with the purchase form on the reverse thereof, duly filled in and signed, and upon payment to the Company of the Exercise Price for the number of Shares in respect of which such Options are then exercised, but in no event for
less than 100 Shares (unless fewer than an aggregate of 100 shares are then purchasable under all outstanding Options held by a Option holder).
4.2 Payment of Exercise Price. Payment of the aggregate Exercise Price shall be made in cash or by check, or any combination thereof.
4.3. Issuance of Shares. Subject to the provisions of Section 9, upon receipt of an Option
Certificate with the exercise form thereon duly executed, together with payment in full of the Exercise Price for the Option Securities being purchased by such exercise, or upon exercise of the conversion Right described in Section 4.6, the Company
shall requisition from the Company’s transfer agent certificates for Option Securities and upon receipt shall make delivery of certificates evidencing the total number of whole Option Securities for which Options are then being exercised or
converted, together with cash as provided in Section 4.8 hereof in respect of any fractional Option Securities otherwise issuable upon such surrender. The certificates shall be in such names and denominations as are required for delivery to, or in
accordance with the instructions of the Option Holder; provided that if fewer than all Option Securities issuable on exercise of an Option Certificate are purchased, the Company (if so requested) shall issue such balance Option Certificate for the
balance of the Option Securities. Such certificates for the Option Securities shall be deemed to be issued, and the person to whom such Option Securities are issued of record shall be deemed to have become a holder of record of such Option
Securities, as of the date of the surrender of such Option Certificate and payment of the Exercise Price, whichever shall last occur; provided further that if the books of the Company with respect to the Option Securities shall be closed as of such
date, the certificates for such Option Securities shall be deemed to be issued, and the person to whom such Option Securities are issued of record shall be deemed to have become a record holder of such Option Securities, as of the date on which such
books shall next be open (whether before, on or after the applicable Expiration date) but at the Exercise Price and upon the other conditions in effect upon the date of surrender of the Option Certificate and payment of the Exercise Price, whichever
shall have last occurred, to the Company.
4.4 Cancellation of
Certificates. All Certificates surrendered upon exercise of Options shall be canceled.
4.5 Status as Shareholder. Upon receipt of the Option Certificate by the Company as described in Sections 4.1 or 4.3 above, the Holder shall be deemed to be the holder of record of the Option
Securities issuable upon such exercise, notwithstanding that the transfer books of the Company may then be closed or that certificates representing such Option Securities may not have been prepared or actually delivered to the Holder.
4.6 Conversion Right. In addition to and without limiting the rights of the Holder
under the terms of the Option Agreement, the Holder shall have the right (the “Conversion Right”) to convert the Option
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evidenced by a certificate or any portion thereof into shares of Common Stock as provided in this Section 4.6 at any time or from time to time
prior to its expiration.
a. Upon exercise of the Conversion Right with respect to a
particular number of shares of Common Stock (the “Converted Shares”), the Company shall deliver to the Holder, without payment by the Holder of any Exercise Price or any cash or other consideration, that number of Converted Shares equal to
the quotient obtained by dividing the Net Value (as hereinafter defined in this paragraph 4.6(a)) of the Converted Shares by the Current Market Price of a single Share, determined in each case as of the close of business on the Conversion Date (as
hereinafter defined). The “Net Value” of the Converted Shares shall be determined by subtracting the aggregate Exercise Price of the Converted Shares from the aggregate Current Market Price of the Converted Shares on the Conversion Date.
No fractional securities shall be issuable upon exercise of the Conversion Right, and if the number of securities to be issued in accordance with the foregoing formula is other than a whole number, the Company shall pay to the Holder an amount in
cash equal to the Current Market Price of the resulting fractional share.
b. The
Conversion Right may be exercised by the Holder by the surrender of the Option Certificate at the principal office of the Company or at the office of the Company’s stock transfer agent, if any, together with a written statement specifying that
the Holder thereby intends to exercise the Conversion Right and indicating the number of Shares subject to the Options which are being surrendered (referred to in subparagraph 4.6(a) above as the Converted Shares), on the reverse side of the Option
Certificate, in exercise of the Conversion Right. Such conversion shall be effective upon receipt by the Company of the Option Certificate, or on such later date as is specified therein (the “Conversion Date”), but not later than the
Expiration Date. Certificates for the Converted Shares issuable upon exercise of the Conversion Right, together with a check in payment of any fractional Converted Share and, in the case of a partial exercise a new Option evidencing the Option
Securities remaining subject to the Option, shall be issued as of the Conversion Date and shall be delivered to the Holder within seven (7) days following the Conversion Date.
4.7 Fractional Shares. On exercise of the Options by the Option Holders, the Company shall not be required to deliver fractions of
shares of Common Stock; provided, however, that the Company shall purchase such fraction for an amount in cash equal to the Current Market Price of such fraction, computed on the trading day immediately preceding the day upon which such Option
Certificate was surrendered for exercise. By accepting an Option Certificate, the holder thereof expressly waives any right to receive an Option Certificate evidencing any fraction of a Share or to receive any fractional share of securities upon
exercise of an Option, except as expressly provided in this Section 4.7.
SECTION
5. Reservation of Option Securities
There has been reserved, and the Company shall at
all times keep reserved so long as the Options remain outstanding, out of its authorized and unissued Common Stock, such number of shares of Common Stock as shall be subject to purchase under the Options. Every transfer agent for the Common Stock
and other securities of the Company issuable upon the exercise of the Options will be irrevocably authorized and directed at all times to reserve such number of authorized shares and other securities as shall be requisite for such purpose. The
Company will keep a copy of this Agreement on file with every transfer agent for the Common Stock and other securities of the Company issuable upon the exercise of the Options. The Company will supply every such transfer agent with duly executed
stock and other certificates, as appropriate, for such
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purpose and will provide or otherwise make available any cash which may be payable as provided in Section 4.7 hereof.
SECTION 6. Payment of Taxes
The Company will pay all documentary stamp taxes, if any, attributable to the initial issuance of the Options or the Option Securities and any tax (except federal or state income tax) which may be
payable in respect of any transfer of the Options or the Option Securities.
SECTION 7. Option Securities to be Fully Paid
The
Company covenants that all Option Securities that may be issued and delivered to a Holder of this Option upon the exercise of an Option and payment of the Exercise Price, and all Converted Shares that may be issued and delivered to a Holder upon a
conversion of an Option, will be, upon such delivery, validly and duly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
SECTION
8. Limitation on Transfer
This Option may not be sold, transferred, assigned, pledged
or hypothecated until the Exercise Date, except for (a) the sale, transfer, or assignment, in whole or in part, to or among the officers of BCP and other Underwriters and the officers or partners of those Underwriters, (b) the transfer by operation
of law as a result of the death of any transferee to whom all or a portion of this Option may be transferred, and (c) the transfer to any successor to the business of an Underwriter. All sales, transfers, assignments or hypothecations of this Option
must be in compliance with this Section 8. Any assignment or transfer of this Option shall be made by the presentation and surrender of this Option to the Company at its principal office or the office of its transfer agent, if any, accompanied by a
duly executed Assignment Form, in the form attached to and by this reference incorporated in this Option as Exhibit B. Upon the presentation and surrender of these items to the Company, the Company, at its sole expense, shall execute and deliver to
the new Holder or Holders a new Option or Options, containing the same terms and conditions as this Option, in the name of the new Holder or Holders as named in the Assignment Form, and this Option shall at that time be canceled.
SECTION 9. Adjustment of Exercise Price and Number of Shares
9.1. Adjustments. The number and kind of securities purchasable upon the exercise of the Options
and the Option Price shall be subject to adjustment from time to time upon the happening of certain events, as follows:
(a) In case the Company shall (i) pay a dividend in Common Stock or make a distribution to its stockholders in Common Stock, (ii) subdivide its outstanding Common Stock, (iii) combine its outstanding Common Stock
into a smaller number of shares of Common Stock, or (iv) issue by classification of its Common Stock other securities of the Company, the number of Shares purchasable upon exercise of the Options immediately prior thereto shall be adjusted so that
the Option holder shall be entitled to receive the kind and number of Shares or other securities of the Company which it would have owned or would have been entitled to receive immediately after the happening of any of the events described above,
had the Options been exercised immediately prior to the happening of such event or any record date with respect thereto. Any adjustment made pursuant to this subsection
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9.1(a) shall become effective immediately after the effective date of such event retroactive to the record
date, if any, for such event.
(b) If, prior to the expiration of the Options by
exercise, by their terms, or by redemption, the Company shall be recapitalized by reclassifying its outstanding shares of Common Stock into shares with a different par value, or by changing its outstanding shares of Common Stock into shares without
par value or in the event of any other material change of the capital structure of the Company or of any successor corporation by reason of any reclassification, recapitalization or conveyance, prompt, proportionate, equitable, lawful and adequate
provision shall be made whereby any Option Holder shall thereafter have the right to purchase, on the basis and the terms and conditions specified in this Agreement, in lieu of the Option Securities theretofore purchasable on the exercise of any
Option, such securities or assets as may be issued or payable with respect to or in exchange for the number of Option Securities theretofore purchasable on exercise of the Option had such reclassification, recapitalization or conveyance not taken
place; and in any such event, the rights of any Option Holder to any adjustment in the number of Option Securities purchasable on exercise of such Option, as set forth above, shall continue to be preserved in respect of any stock, securities or
assets which the Option Holder becomes entitled to purchase.
(c) In case the Company
shall issue rights, options, warrants, or convertible securities to all or substantially all holders of its Common Stock, without any charge to such holders, entitling them to subscribe for or purchase Common Stock at a price per share which is
lower at the record date mentioned below than the then Current Market Price, the number of Shares thereafter purchasable upon the exercise of each Option shall be determined by multiplying the number of Shares theretofore purchasable upon exercise
of the Options by a fraction, of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the issuance of such rights, options, warrants or convertible securities plus the number of additional shares of
Common Stock offered for subscription or purchase, and of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the issuance of such rights, options, warrants, or convertible securities plus the number
of shares which the aggregate offering price of the total number of shares offered would purchase at such Current Market Price. Such adjustment shall be made whenever such rights, options, warrants, or convertible securities are issued, and shall
become effective immediately and retroactively to the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such rights, options, warrants, or convertible securities.
(d) In case the Company shall distribute to all or substantially all holders of its Common Stock evidences of its indebtedness or assets
(excluding cash dividends or distributions out of earnings) or rights, options, warrants, or convertible securities containing the right to subscribe for or purchase Common Stock (excluding those referred to in subsection 9.1(b) above), then in each
case the number of Shares thereafter purchasable upon the exercise of the Options shall be determined by multiplying the number of Shares theretofore purchasable upon exercise of the Options by a fraction, of which the numerator shall be the then
Current Market Price on the date of such distribution, and of which the denominator shall be such Current Market Price on such date minus the then fair value (determined as provided in subsection 9.1(g) below) of the portion of the assets or
evidences of indebtedness so distributed or of such subscription rights, options, warrants, or convertible securities applicable to one share. Such adjustment shall be made whenever any such distribution is made and shall become effective on the
date of distribution retroactive to the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such distribution.
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(e) No adjustment in the number of Shares purchasable
pursuant to the Options shall be required unless such adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least one percent in the number of Shares then purchasable upon the exercise of the Options or, if the Options are not then exercisable, the
number of Shares purchasable upon the exercise of the Options on the first date thereafter that the Options become exercisable; provided, however, that any adjustments which by reason of this subsection 9.1(d) are not required to be made immediately
shall be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent adjustment.
(f) Whenever the number of Shares purchasable upon the exercise of the Option is adjusted, as herein provided, the Exercise Price payable upon exercise of the Option shall be adjusted by multiplying such Exercise Price
immediately prior to such adjustment by a fraction, of which the numerator shall be the number of Option Shares purchasable upon the exercise of the Option immediately prior to such adjustment, and of which the denominator shall be the number of
Option Shares so purchasable immediately thereafter.
(g) Whenever the number of Shares
purchasable upon exercise of the Options is adjusted as herein provided, the Company shall cause to be promptly mailed to the Option holder by first class mail, postage prepaid, notice of such adjustment and a certificate of the chief financial
officer of the Company setting forth the number of Shares purchasable upon the exercise of the Options after such adjustment, a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment and the computation by which such adjustment was made.
(h) For the purpose of this subsection 9.1, the term “Common Stock” shall
mean (i) the class of stock designated as the Common Stock of the Company at the date of this Agreement, or (ii) any other class of stock resulting from successive changes or reclassifications of such Common Stock consisting solely of changes in par
value, or from par value to no par value, or from no par value to par value. In the event that at any time, as a result of an adjustment made pursuant to this Section 9, the Option holder shall become entitled to purchase any securities of the
Company other than Common Stock, (y) if the Option holder’s right to purchase is on any other basis than that available to all holders of the Company’s Common Stock, the Company shall obtain an opinion of an independent investment banking
firm valuing such other securities; and (z) thereafter the number of such other securities so purchasable upon exercise of the Options 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 Shares contained in this Section 9.
(i) Upon the
expiration of any rights, options, warrants, or conversion privileges, if such shall have not been exercised, the number of Shares purchasable upon exercise of the Options, to the extent the Options have not then been exercised, shall, upon such
expiration, be readjusted and shall thereafter be such as they would have been had they been originally adjusted (or had the original adjustment not been required, as the case may be) on the basis of (i) the fact that the only shares of Common Stock
so issued were the shares of Common Stock, if any, actually issued or sold upon the exercise of such rights, options, warrants, or conversion privileges, and (ii) the fact that such shares of Common Stock, if any, were issued or sold for the
consideration actually received by the Company upon such exercise plus the consideration, if any, actually received by the Company for the issuance, sale or grant of all such rights, options, warrants, or conversion privileges whether or not
exercised; provided, however, that no such readjustment shall have the effect of decreasing the number of Shares
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purchasable upon exercise of the Options by an amount in excess of the amount of the adjustment initially made in respect
of the issuance, sale, or grant of such rights, options, warrants, or conversion rights.
9.2. No
Adjustment for Dividends. Except as provided in subsection 9.1, no adjustment in respect of any dividends or distributions out of earnings shall be made during the term of the Options or upon the exercise of the Options.
9.3. No Adjustment in Certain Cases. No adjustments shall be made
pursuant to Section 9 hereof in connection with the issuance of the Common Stock sold as part of the public sale pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement or the issuance of Shares upon exercise of the Options. No adjustments shall be made pursuant to
Section 9 hereof in connection with the grant or exercise of presently authorized or outstanding options to purchase, or the issuance of shares of Common Stock under the Company’s director or employee benefit plans disclosed in the Registration
Statement relating to the Public Offering.
9.4. Preservation of Purchase Rights upon
Reclassification, Consolidation, etc. In case of any consolidation of the Company with or merger of the Company into another corporation, or in case of any sale or conveyance to another corporation of the property, assets,
or business of the Company as an entirety or substantially as an entirety, the Company or such successor or purchasing corporation, as the case may be, shall execute with the Option holder an agreement that the Option holder shall have the right
thereafter upon payment of the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such action to purchase, upon exercise of the Options, the kind and amount of shares and other securities and property which it would have owned or have been entitled to
receive after the happening of such consolidation, merger, sale, or conveyance had the Options been exercised immediately prior to such action. In the event of a merger described in Section 368(a)(2)(E) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, in which
the Company is the surviving corporation, the right to purchase Shares under the Options shall terminate on the date of such merger and thereupon the Options shall become null and void, but only if the controlling corporation shall agree to
substitute for the Options, its Options which entitle the holder thereof to purchase upon their exercise the kind and amount of shares and other securities and property which it would have owned or been entitled to receive had the Options been
exercised immediately prior to such merger. Any such agreements referred to in this subsection 9.4 shall provide for adjustments, which shall be as nearly equivalent as may be practicable to the adjustments provided for in Section 9 hereof. The
provisions of this subsection 9.4 shall similarly apply to successive consolidations, mergers, sales, or conveyances.
9.5. Par Value of Shares of Common Stock. Before taking any action which would cause an adjustment effectively reducing the portion of the Exercise Price allocable to each Share below the par
value per share of the Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Options, the Company will take any corporate action which may, in the opinion of its counsel, be necessary in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and
nonassessable Common Stock upon exercise of the Options.
9.6. Independent Public
Accountants. The Company may retain a firm of independent public accountants of recognized national standing (which may be any such firm regularly employed by the Company) to make any computation required under this
Section 9, and a certificate signed by such firm shall be conclusive evidence of the correctness of any computation made under this Section 9.
9.7. Statement on Option Certificates. Irrespective of any adjustments in the number of securities issuable upon exercise of the Options, Option certificates
theretofore or thereafter issued may continue to
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express the same number of securities as are stated in the similar Option certificates initially issuable pursuant to this Agreement. However,
the Company may, at any time in its sole discretion (which shall be conclusive), make any change in the form of Option certificate that it may deem appropriate and that does not affect the substance thereof; and any Option certificate thereafter
issued, whether upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange or substitution for, an outstanding Option certificate, may be in the form so changed.
9.8. Treasury Stock. For purposes of this Section 9, shares of Common Stock owned or held at any relevant time by, or for the account of, the Company, in its
treasury or otherwise, shall not be deemed to be outstanding for purposes of the calculations and adjustments described.
9.9. Officers’ Certificate. Whenever the Exercise Price or the aggregate number of Option Securities purchasable pursuant to this Option shall be adjusted as required by the provisions of
this Section 9, the Company shall promptly file with its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary at its principal office, and with its transfer agent, if any, an officers’ certificate executed by the Company’s President and Secretary or
Assistant Secretary, describing the adjustment and setting forth, in reasonable detail, the facts requiring such adjustment and the basis for and calculation of such adjustment in accordance with the provisions of this Option. Each such
officers’ certificate shall be made available to the Holder or Holders of this Option for inspection at all reasonable times, and the Company, after each such adjustment, shall promptly deliver a copy of the officers’ certificate relating
to that adjustment to the Holder or Holders of this Option. If the officers’ certificate is not accompanied by the certificate described in Section 8.6, the officers’ certificate described in this Section 6 shall be deemed to be conclusive
as to the correctness of the adjustment reflected therein if, and only if, no Holder of this Option delivers written notice to the Company of an objection to the adjustment within 30 days after the officers’ certificate is delivered to the
Holder or Holders of this Option. The Company will make its books and records available for inspection and copying during normal business hours by the Holder so as to permit a determination as to the correctness of the adjustment. If written notice
of an objection is delivered by a Holder to the Company and the parties cannot reconcile the dispute, the Holder and the Company shall submit the dispute to arbitration pursuant to the provisions of Section 17 below. Failure to prepare or provide
the officers’ certificate shall not modify the parties’ rights hereunder.
SECTION
10. Merger or Consolidation of the Company
The Company will not merge or consolidate
with or into any other corporation or sell all or substantially all of its property to another corporation, unless the provisions of Section 9.3 are complied with.
SECTION 11. Modification of Agreement.
The Company may by supplemental agreement make any changes or corrections in this Agreement it shall deem appropriate to cure any ambiguity or to correct any defective or inconsistent provision or
mistake or error herein contained. Additionally, the Company may make any changes or corrections deemed necessary which shall not adversely affect the interests of the Warrant Holders, including lowering the exercise price or extending the Exercise
Period of the Warrants; provided, however, this Agreement shall not otherwise be modified, supplemented or altered in any respect except with the consent in writing of the Warrant Holders who hold not less than a majority of the Warrants then
outstanding and provided further that no such amendment shall accelerate the Warrant Expiration Date or increase the Exercise Price without the approval of all the holders of all outstanding Warrants.
SECTION 12. Notice to Holders
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If, prior to the expiration of this Option either by its terms or by its exercise
in full, any of the following shall occur:
(i) the Company shall declare a dividend or
authorize any other distribution on its Common Stock; or
(ii) the Company shall
authorize the granting to the shareholders of its Common Stock of rights to subscribe for or purchase any securities or any other similar rights; or
(iii) any reclassification, reorganization or similar change of the Common Stock, or any consolidation or merger to which the Company is a party,
or the sale, lease, or exchange of any significant portion of the assets of the Company; or
(iv) the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company; or
(v) any purchase, retirement or redemption by the Company of its Common Stock;
then, and in any such
case, the Company shall deliver to the Holder or Holders written notice thereof at least 30 days prior to the earliest applicable date specified below with respect to which notice is to be given, which notice shall state the following:
(a) the purpose for which a record of stockholders is to be taken;
(b) the number, amount, price and nature of the shares of Common Stock or other stock, securities, or assets
which will be deliverable on Option Securities following exercise of the Options if such exercise occurs prior to the record date for such action;
(c) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution or rights, or, if a record is not to be taken, the
date as of which the shareholders of Common Stock of record to be entitled to such dividend, distribution or rights are to be determined;
(d) the date on which such reclassification, reorganization, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer, dissolution, liquidation, winding up or purchase, retirement or redemption is expected to
become effective, and the date, if any, as of which the Company’s shareholders of Common Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their Common Stock for securities or other property deliverable upon such reclassification, reorganization,
consolidation, merger, sale, transfer, dissolution, liquidation, winding up, purchase, retirement or redemption; and
(e) if any matters referred to in the foregoing clauses are to be voted upon by shareholders of Common Stock, the date as of which those shareholders to be entitled to vote are to be determined.
SECTION 13. Registration Rights
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13.1. Demand Registration Right. Upon
the written request of a Majority Holder, made at any time after the Exercise Date, but before the Expiration Date, the Company shall file within 90 days of such written request a registration statement or Regulation A offering statement pursuant to
the Act, and all necessary amendments thereto, to register or qualify the Option, Option Securities and the Option Securities underlying the unexercised portion of this Option. No additional securities shall be included in such registration
statement or offering statement without the written consent of the Majority Holder. The Company may use the Regulation A exemption if available, but the Company must file a registration statement if the securities that are to be covered cannot be
sold pursuant to Regulation A because of the limitations applicable to the use of the Regulation A exemption. The Company agrees to use its best efforts to cause this registration or qualification to become effective as promptly as practicable and
to keep such registration effective for a period of the lesser of 180 days or the date of completion of the distribution described in the Registration Statement; and its officers, directors, consultants, auditors and counsel shall cooperate in all
matters necessary or advisable to pursue this objective. All of the expenses of this registration or qualification shall be borne by the Company, including, but not limited to, legal, accounting, consulting, printing, filing and NASD fees,
out-of-pocket expenses incurred by counsel, accountants, and consultants retained by the Company and miscellaneous expenses directly related to the registration statement or offering statement and the offering, and the underwriter’s accountable
and nonaccountable expense allowances and fees; but the Company shall not pay any brokerage fees, commissions or underwriting discounts except to the extent they are attributable to other securities that the Company has been permitted to register or
qualify or to offer in conjunction with the registration and qualification of the Option, Option Securities or the Option Securities underlying the unexercised portion of this Option. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if, as a qualification of any
offering in any state or jurisdiction in which the Company (by vote of its Board of Directors) or any underwriter determines in good faith that it wishes to offer securities registered in the offering, it is required that offering expenses be
allocated in a manner different from that provided above, then the offering expenses shall be allocated in whatever manner is most nearly in compliance with the provisions set out above. The Majority Holder shall be entitled to exercise the rights
described in this subsection 13.1 one time only.
Within 10 days after the delivery by the Majority Holder to the
Company of the notice described above, the Company shall deliver written notice to all other Holders of this Option and holders of the Option Securities, if any, advising them that the Company is proceeding with a registration statement or offering
statement and offering them the right to include the Option and Option Securities of those Holders or holders therein. If any Holder of an Option and Option Securities delivers written acceptance of that offer to the Company within 30 days after the
delivery of the Company’s notice, the Company shall be obligated to include that holder’s Option and that holder’s Option Securities in the contemplated registration statement or offering statement.
13.2. Piggy-Back Registration Right. If at any time prior to the Expiration Date the Company
files a registration statement with the Commission pursuant to the Act, or pursuant to any other act passed after the date of this Agreement, which filing provides for the sale of securities by the Company to the public, or files a Regulation A
offering statement under the Act, the Company shall offer to the Holder or Holders of this Option and the holders of any Option Securities the opportunity to register or qualify the Option Securities and any Option Securities underlying the
unexercised portion of this Option, if any, at the Company’s sole expense, regardless of whether the Holder or Holders of this Option or the holders of Option Securities or both may have previously availed themselves of any of the registration
rights described in this Section 13; provided, however, that in the case of a Regulation A offering, the opportunity to qualify shall be limited to the amount of the available exemption after taking into account the securities that the Company
wishes to qualify.
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, this subsection 13.2 shall not be applicable to a registration statement registering securities issued
pursuant to an employee benefit plan or as to a transaction subject to Rule 145 promulgated under the Act or which a form S-4 registration statement could be used.
The Company shall deliver written notice to the Holder or Holders of this Option and to any holders of the Option Securities of its intention to file a registration
statement or Regulation A offering statement under the Act at least 60 days prior to the filing of such registration statement or offering statement, and the Holder or Holders and holders of Option Securities shall have 30 days thereafter to request
in writing that the Company register or qualify the Option Securities or the Option Securities underlying the unexercised portion of this Option in accordance with this subsection 13.2. Upon the delivery of such a written request within the
specified time, the Company shall be obligated to include in its contemplated registration statement or offering statement all information necessary or advisable to register or qualify the Option Securities or Option Securities underlying the
unexercised portion of this Option for a public offering, if the Company does file the contemplated registration statement or offering statement; provided, however, that neither the delivery of the notice by the Company nor the delivery of a request
by a Holder or by a holder of Option Securities shall in any way obligate the Company to file a registration statement or offering statement. Furthermore, notwithstanding the filing of a registration statement or offering statement, the Company may,
at any time prior to the effective date thereof, determine not to offer the securities to which the registration statement or offering statement relates, other than the Option, Option Securities and Option Securities underlying the unexercised
portion of this Option. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if, as a qualification of any offering in any state or jurisdiction in which the Company (by vote of its Board of Directors) or any underwriter determines in good faith that it wishes to offer
securities registered in the offering, it is required that offering expenses be allocated in a manner different from that provided above, then the offering expenses shall be allocated in whatever manner is most nearly in compliance with the
provisions set out above.
The Company shall comply with the requirements of this subsection 13.2 and the related
requirements of subsection 13.7 at its own expense. That expense shall include, but not be limited to, legal, accounting, consulting, printing, federal and state filing fees, NASD fees, out-of-pocket expenses incurred by counsel, accountants and
consultants retained by the Company, and miscellaneous expenses directly related to the registration statement or offering statement and the offering. However, this expense shall not include the portion of any underwriting commissions, transfer
taxes and the underwriter’s accountable and nonaccountable expense allowances attributable to the offer and sale of the Option, Option Securities and the Option Securities underlying the unexercised portion of this Option, all of which expenses
shall be borne by the Holder or Holders of this Option and the holders of the Option Securities registered or qualified.
13.3. Inclusion of Information. In the event that the Company registers or qualifies the Option, Option Securities or the Option Securities underlying the
unexercised portion of this Option pursuant to subsections 13.1 or 13.2 above, the Company shall include in the registration statement or qualification, and the prospectus included therein, all information and materials necessary or advisable to
comply with the applicable statutes and regulations so as to permit the public sale of the Option Securities or the Option Securities underlying the unexercised portion of this Option. As used in subsections 13.1 and 13.2, reference to the
Company’s securities shall include, but not be limited to, any class or type of the Company’s securities or the securities of any of the Company’s subsidiaries or affiliates.
13.3. Registration Statement Filed by Holder. In addition to the registration rights described in subsections 13.1 and 13.2 above,
upon the written request of any Majority Holder, the Company, as promptly as possible after delivery of such request, shall cooperate with the requesting Majority Holder or holder in
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preparing and signing any registration statement or offering statement that the Holder or holder may desire to file in order to sell or transfer
the Option and Option Securities. Within 10 days after the delivery of the written request described above, the Company shall deliver written notice to all other Holders of this Option and holders of Option Securities, if any, advising them that the
Company is proceeding with a registration statement or offering statement and that their Option and Option Securities will be included therein if they so desire and agree to pay their pro rata share of the cost of registration or qualification and
provided that the Holder or holder delivers written notice to the Company of their desire to be included and their agreement to pay their pro rata share of the cost within 30 days after the delivery of the Company’s notice to them. The Company
will supply all information necessary or advisable for any such registration statements or offering statements; provided, however, that all the costs and expenses of such registration statements or offering statements shall be borne, in a manner
proportionate to the number of securities for which they indicate a desire to register, by the Holders of this Option and the holders of Option Securities who seek the registration or qualification of their Option, Option Securities or Option
Securities underlying the unexercised portion of their Option. In determining the amount of costs and expenses to be borne by those Holders or holders, the only costs and expenses of the Company to be included are the additional costs and expenses
that would not have otherwise been incurred by the Company if those Holders or holders had not desired to file a registration statement or offering statement. As an example, and without limitation, audit fees would not be charged to those Holders or
holders if or to the extent that the Company would have incurred the same audit fees for its year-end or other use in the absence of the registration statement or offering statement. The Holders or holders responsible for the costs and expenses
shall reimburse the Company for those reimbursable costs and expenses reasonably incurred by the Company within 30 days after the initial effective date of the registration statement or qualification at issue.
13.5. Payment of Exercise Price from Proceeds. In the event that any such Registration Statement
is utilized for a public offering of any of the Shares to be received upon exercise of the Options pursuant to this Section 13, the Option holder may elect to pay the exercise price of the Options to the Company out of the proceeds of the sale of
the Shares pursuant to the Registration Statement concurrently with the closing of such sale of the Shares; provided that if such sale is not closed within 90 days of the effective date of such Registration Statement, then the Option holder shall be
obligated to pay the exercise price of the Options to the Company on such 90th day.
13.6. Condition
of Company’s Obligations. As to each registration statement or offering statement, the Company’s obligations contained in this Section 13 shall be conditioned upon a timely receipt by the Company in writing of
the following:
(a) Information as to the terms of the contemplated public offering
furnished by and on behalf of each Holder or holder intending to make a public distribution of the Option Securities or Option Securities underlying the unexercised portion of the Option; and
(b) Such other information as the Company may reasonably require from such Holders or holders, or any underwriter for any of them, for
inclusion in the registration statement or offering statement.
13.7. Additional
Requirements. In each instance in which the Company shall take any action to register or qualify the Option Securities or the Option Securities underlying the unexercised portion of this Option, if any, pursuant to this
Section 13, the Company shall do the following:
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(a) supply to BCP, as the representative of the
Holders of the Option and the holders of Option Securities whose Option Securities are being registered or qualified, two (2) manually signed copies of each registration statement or offering statement, and all amendments thereto, and a reasonable
number of copies of the preliminary, final or other prospectus or offering circular, all prepared in conformity with the requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and such other documents as BCP shall reasonably
request;
(b) cooperate with respect to (i) all necessary or advisable actions relating
to the preparation and the filing of any registration statements or offering statements, and all amendments thereto, arising from the provisions of this Section 13, (ii) all reasonable efforts to establish an exemption from the provisions of the Act
or any other federal or state securities statutes, (iii) all necessary or advisable actions to register or qualify the public offering at issue pursuant to federal securities statutes and the state “blue sky” securities statutes of each
jurisdiction that the Holders of the Option or holders of Option Securities shall reasonably request, and (iv) all other necessary or advisable actions to enable the Holders of the Option Securities to complete the contemplated disposition of their
securities in each reasonably requested jurisdiction; and
(c) keep all registration
statements or offering statements to which this Section 13 applies, and all amendments thereto, effective under the Act for a period of at least 180 days after their initial effective date and cooperate with respect to all necessary or advisable
actions to permit the completion of the public sale or other disposition of the securities subject to a registration statement or offering statement.
13.8. Reciprocal Indemnification. In each instance in which pursuant to this Section 13 the Company shall take any action to register or qualify the Securities
or the Option Securities underlying the unexercised portion of this Option, prior to the effective date of any registration statement or offering statement, the Company and each Holder or holder of Options or Option Securities being registered or
qualified shall enter into reciprocal indemnification and contribution agreements, in the form customarily used by reputable investment bankers with respect to public offerings of securities.
13.9. BCP as Representative. For purposes of subsection 13.6 (a) above, by the receipt of this Option or any Option
Securities, all Holders and all holders of Option Securities acknowledge and agree that BCP is and shall be their representative.
13.10. Survival. The Company’s obligations described in this Section 13 shall continue in full force and effect regardless of the exercise, surrender, cancellation or expiration of this
Option.
SECTION 14. Restrictions on Transfer
14.1. Restrictions on Transfer. This Option, the Option Securities, and all other securities
issued or issuable upon exercise of this Option, may not be offered, sold or transferred, in whole or in part, except in compliance with the Act, and except in compliance with all applicable state securities laws. The Option holder agrees that prior
to making any disposition of the Options, other than to persons or entities identified in Section 8, the Option holder shall give written notice to the Company describing briefly the manner in which any such proposed disposition is to be made; and
no such disposition shall be made if the Company has notified the Option holder that in the opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Option holder a registration statement or other notification or post-effective amendment thereto
(hereinafter collectively a “Registration
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Statement”) under the Act is required with respect to such disposition and no such Registration Statement has been filed by the Company
with, and declared effective, if necessary, by, the Commission.
14.2. Restrictive
Legend. The Company may cause substantially the following legends, or their equivalents, to be set forth on each certificate representing the Options, the Option Securities, or any other security issued or issuable upon
exercise of this Option, not theretofore distributed to the public or sold to underwriters, as defined by the Act:
(a) “THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, EXCHANGED, HYPOTHECATED OR TRANSFERRED IN ANY
MANNER EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE AGREEMENT PURSUANT TO WHICH THEY WERE ISSUED.
(b) Any legend required by applicable state securities laws.
Any certificate issued at
any time in exchange or substitution for any certificate bearing such legends (except a new certificate issued upon completion of a public distribution pursuant to a registration statement under the Act, or the securities represented thereby) shall
also bear the above legends unless, in the opinion of the Company’s counsel, the securities represented thereby need no longer be subject to such restrictions.
SECTION 15. No Rights as Stockholder
Nothing contained in this Agreement or in the Options shall be construed as conferring upon the Option holder or its transferees any rights as a stockholder of the Company, including the right to vote, receive dividends, consent or
receive notices as a stockholder in respect to any meeting of stockholders for the election of directors of the Company or any other matter. The Company covenants, however, that for so long as this Option is at least partially unexercised, it will
furnish any Holder of this Option with copies of all reports and communications furnished to the shareholders of the Company.
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SECTION 16. Notices
16.1. The Company. All notices, demands, claims, elections, opinions, requests or other
communications hereunder (however characterized or described) shall be in writing and shall be deemed duly given or made if (and then two business days after) sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid and
addressed to, in the case of the Company as follows:
Pelion Systems, Inc.
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
16.2. The Option Holders. Any distribution, notice or demand required or authorized by this Agreement to be given or made by the Company to or on the Option
Holders shall be sufficiently given or made if sent by mail, first class, certified or registered, postage prepaid, addressed to the Option Holders at their last known addresses as they shall appear on the registration books for the Option
Certificates maintained by the Company.
16.3. Effectiveness of
Notice. The Company may send any notice, demand, claim, election, opinion, request or communication hereunder to the intended recipient at the address set forth above using any other means (including personal delivery,
expedited courier, messenger service, telecopy, telex, ordinary mail or electronic mail), but no such notice, demand, claim, election, opinion, request or other communication shall be deemed to have been duly given or made unless and until it
actually is received by the intended recipient. The Company may change the address to which notices, demands, claims, elections, opinions, requests and other communications hereunder are to be delivered by giving the Warrant Holders notice in the
manner herein set forth.
SECTION 17. Arbitration
The Company and the Holder, and by receipt of a Certificate or any Option Securities, all subsequent Holders or holders of Option Securities, agree to submit all
controversies, claims, disputes and matters of difference with respect to this Agreement and the Certificates, including, without limitation, the application of this Section 17, to arbitration in Denver, Colorado, according to the rules and
practices of the American Arbitration Association from time to time in force; provided, however, that if such rules and practices conflict with the applicable procedures of Colorado courts of general jurisdiction or any other provisions of Colorado
law then in force, those Colorado rules and provisions shall govern. This agreement to arbitrate shall be specifically enforceable. Arbitration may proceed in the absence of any party if notice of the proceeding has been given to that party. The
parties agree to abide by all awards rendered in any such proceeding. These awards shall be final and binding on all parties to the extent and in the manner provided by the rules of civil procedure enacted in Colorado. All awards may be filed, as a
basis of judgment and of the issuance of execution for its collection, with the clerk of one or more courts, state or federal, having jurisdiction over either the party against whom that award is rendered or its property. No party shall be
considered in default hereunder during the pendency of arbitration proceedings relating to that default.
SECTION
18. Miscellaneous Provisions
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18.1. Persons Benefiting. This Agreement
shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Company; the Holders, and their respective successors and assigns. By his acceptance of a Warrant Certificate, the Holder accepts and agrees to comply with all of the terms and provisions hereof.
Nothing in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to confer on any other person any right, remedy or claim or to impose on any other person any duty, liability or obligation.
18.2. Severability. If any term contained herein shall be held, declared or pronounced void, voidable, invalid, unenforceable or
inoperative for any reason by any court of competent jurisdiction, government authority or otherwise, such holding, declaration or pronouncement shall not affect adversely any other term, which shall otherwise remain in full force and effect, and
the effect of such holding, declaration or pronouncement shall be limited to the territory or jurisdiction in which made.
18.3. Termination. This Agreement shall terminate as of the close of business on the Expiration Date, or such earlier date upon which all Options shall have been exercised or redeemed; except
that the exercise of an Option in full or the Expiration Date shall not terminate the provisions of this Agreement as it relates to holders of Option Securities.
18.4. Governing Law. These terms and each Certificate issued hereunder shall be deemed to be a contract under the laws of the State of Colorado and for all
purposes shall be construed in accordance with the laws of said state without giving effect to conflicts of laws provisions of such state.
18.5. Agreement Available to Holders. A copy of these terms shall be available at all reasonable times at the office of the Company for inspection by any Holder. As a condition of
such inspection, the Company may require any Holder to submit a Certificate held of record for inspection.
18.6. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of such counterparts shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original and all such counterparts shall
together constitute but one and the same instrument.
18.7. Failure to
Perform. If the Company fails to perform any of its obligations hereunder, it shall be liable to the Holder for all damages, costs and expenses resulting from the failure, including, but not limited to, all reasonable
attorney’s fees and disbursements.
18.8. Paragraph
Headings. Paragraph headings used in this Option Agreement are for convenience only and shall not be taken or construed to define or limit any of the terms or provisions of this Agreement. Unless otherwise provided, or
unless the context shall otherwise require, the use of the singular shall include the plural and the use of any gender shall include all genders.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be duly executed, all as of the day and year first above written.
PELION SYSTEMS, INC. | ||
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EXHIBIT A
THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE SOLD, EXCHANGED, HYPOTHECATED OR TRANSFERRED IN ANY MANNER EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE AGREEMENT PURSUANT TO
WHICH THEY WERE ISSUED.
Option Certificate No.
REPRESENTATIVE’S OPTIONS TO
PURCHASE
SHARES OF COMMON STOCK
INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS
OF THE STATE OF
COLORADO
This
Option Certificate certifies that or registered assigns (the “Holder”) is the registered owner of the above-indicated number of Options (“Options”) expiring
at 5:00 p.m. Denver, Colorado local time, on (the “Expiration Date”). Each Option entitles the Holder to purchase from (the “Company”) a corporation, at any
time during the period commencing at 9:00 a.m., Denver, Colorado local time, on , and expiring on the Expiration Date, one fully paid and non-assessable share of Common Stock of
the Company at a purchase price per Share of (the “Exercise Price”), upon surrender of this Certificate, with the exercise form hereon duly completed and executed,
with payment of the Exercise Price, at the principal office of the Company, but only subject to the conditions set forth herein and in the Representative’s Share Option Agreement between Pelion Systems, Inc. and Bathgate Capital Partners LLC,
dated (the “Option Agreement”). In addition, the Holder has the right to convert Options evidenced by this Certificate into shares of Common Stock as provided in
Section 4.3 of the Option Agreement. The Exercise Price, the Expiration Date, and the number of shares of Common Stock of the Company purchasable upon exercise of the Options evidenced hereby shall be subject to adjustment from time to time as set
forth in the Option Agreement. Reference is hereby made to the other provisions of the Option Agreement, all of which are hereby incorporated by reference herein and made a part of this Certificate and which shall for all purposes have the same
effect as though fully set forth at this place.
Upon due presentment for registration of transfer of this
Certificate at the office of the Company a new Certificate or Certificates of like tenor and evidencing in the aggregate a like number of Options, subject to any adjustments made in accordance with the Option Agreement, shall be issued to the
transferee in exchange for this Certificate, subject to the limitations provided in the Option Agreement.
The
Holder of the Options evidenced by this Certificate may exercise all or any whole number of such Options in the manner stated hereon and in the Option Agreement. The Exercise Price shall be payable in lawful money of the United States of America in
cash or by certified or cashier’s check or bank draft payable to the order of the Company. Upon any partial exercise of the Options evidenced hereby, there shall be signed and issued to the Option holder a new Option Certificate in respect of
the Shares as to which the Options evidenced hereby shall not have been exercised. These Options may be exchanged at the office of the Company by surrender of this Option Certificate properly endorsed for one or more new Options of the same
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aggregate number of Shares as here evidenced by the Option or Options exchanged. No fractional shares of
Common Stock will be issued upon the exercise of rights to purchase hereunder, but the Company shall pay the cash value of any fraction upon the exercise of one or more Options. These Options are transferable at the office of the Company in the
manner and subject to the limitations set forth in the Option Agreement.
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This Option Certificate does not entitle any Option holder to any of the rights
of a stockholder of the Company.
PELION SYSTEMS, INC. | ||
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Dated:
[Seal]
Attest:
Secretary
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NOTICE OF EXERCISE
(To be executed by a Holder desiring to exercise the right to purchase Shares pursuant to an Option.)
The undersigned Holder of a Option hereby
(a) irrevocably elects to exercise the Option to the extent of purchasing
Shares;
(b) makes payment in full of the aggregate Exercise Price for those Shares
in the amount of $ by the delivery of certified funds or a bank cashier’s check in the amount
of $ ;
(c) requests that certificates evidencing the securities underlying such Shares be issued in the name of the undersigned, or, if the name and
address of some other person is specified below, in the name of such other person:
(Name and address of person other than the undersigned in whose name Shares are to be registered) |
(d) requests, if the number of Shares
purchased are not all the Shares purchasable pursuant to the unexercised portion of the Option, that a new Option of like tenor for the remaining Shares purchasable pursuant to the Option be issued and delivered to the undersigned at the address
stated below.
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Signature (This
signature must conform in all respects to name of the Holder as specified on the face of the Option.) | |||
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned,
hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto:
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the right to purchase
Shares of common stock of Pelion Systems, Inc. (the “Company”) pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Option held by the
undersigned. The undersigned hereby authorizes and directs the Company (i) to issue and deliver to the above-named assignee at the above address a new Option pursuant to which the rights to purchase being assigned may be exercised, and (ii) if there
are rights to purchase Shares remaining pursuant to the undersigned’s Option after the assignment contemplated herein, to issue and deliver to the undersigned at the address stated below a new Option evidencing the right to purchase the number
of Shares remaining after issuance and delivery of the Option to the above-named assignee. Except for the number of Shares purchasable, the new Options to be issued and delivered by the Company are to contain the same terms and conditions as the
undersigned’s Option. To complete the assignment contemplated by this Assignment Form, the undersigned hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints
as the undersigned’s attorney-in-fact to transfer the Options and the rights thereunder on
the books of the Company with full power of substitution for these purposes.
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Signature (This
signature must conform in all respects to the name of the Holder as specified on the face of the Option) | ||||
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OPTION CONVERSION EXERCISE FORM
TO:
Pursuant to Section
4.6 of the Option Agreement, the Holder hereby irrevocably elects to convert Options into Shares of the Company. A conversion calculation is attached hereto as Exhibit B-1.
The undersigned requests that certificates for such Shares be issued as follows:
Name:
Address:
Deliver
to:
and that a new Certificate for the balance remaining of the Options, if any, be registered in
the name of, and delivered to, the undersigned at the address stated above.
Signature
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Exhibit B-1
CALCULATION OF OPTION CONVERSION
Converted Securities |
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Net Value FMV | ||
FMV |
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Net Value |
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Aggregate FMV—Aggregate Exercise Price | ||
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$ -
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Converted Shares |
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Fractional Converted Shares |
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(1) |
(1) |
to pay for fractional Shares in cash @ $ per Share.
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