BIOLARGO, INC. FORM OF WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK (Thirty-Six Month Warrant)
THIS
WARRANT AND THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS WARRANT HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 OR THE SECURITIES ACT OF ANY STATE AND MAY NOT
BE SOLD OR TRANSFERRED UNLESS THERE IS AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
SUCH ACTS COVERING THIS WARRANT AND THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS WARRANT
OR PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION AND PROSPECTUS DELIVERY
REQUIREMENTS OF SUCH ACTS.
BIOLARGO, INC.
FORM
OF WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK
(Thirty-Six
Month Warrant)
WARRANT
NO. W-XXX
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ISSUED: XXXX,
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THIS
CERTIFIES THAT, for value received, XXXX (the “Holder”), is entitled
to subscribe for and purchase from BIOLARGO, INC., a corporation organized under
the laws of the state of Delaware (the “Company”), subject to
Section 1(b) hereof, commencing at the time periods prescribed herein and ending
at 5:00 p.m. California time on January 15, 2013, XXXX shares (the
“Shares”) of
common stock, par value, $0.00067, of the Company (the “Common Stock”). The
exercise price for each Share subject to this Warrant (the “Warrant Price”) is
equal to $1.00. The number of Shares and the Warrant Price are subject to
adjustment from time to time as provided in Section 4 of this
Warrant.
This
Warrant is issued in connection with and as consideration for the Convertible
Note due April 15, 2013 dated the date hereof and issued by the Company in favor
of the Holder, which Convertible Note has been issued pursuant the Holder’s
investment in the Company.
1. Method of Exercise; Payment;
Issuance of New Warrant.
(a) The
purchase right represented by this Warrant may be exercised by the Holder, in
whole or in part, subject to the limitation set forth below, and from time to
time, by (i) the surrender of this Warrant (with a notice of exercise in
the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, duly
executed) at the principal office of the Company and (ii) the payment to
the Company, by check or wire transfer of funds to an account specified in
writing by the Company, of an amount equal to the aggregate Warrant Price. The
Shares so purchased, representing the aggregate number of shares specified in
the executed Exhibit
A, shall be delivered to the Holder within a reasonable time, not
exceeding ten (10) business days, after this Warrant shall have been so
exercised. Upon receipt by the Company of this Warrant at the office of the
Company, in proper form for exercise and accompanied by the amount equal to the
aggregate Warrant Price, the Holder shall be deemed to be the holder of record
of the Shares issuable upon such exercise, notwithstanding that the stock
transfer books of the Company shall then be closed or that certificates
representing such Shares shall not then be actually delivered to the
Holder.
(b) If
this Warrant shall have been exercised only in part, the Company shall, at the
time of delivery of such Shares, deliver to the Holder a new Warrant evidencing
the right to purchase the remaining Shares called for by this Warrant, which new
Warrant shall in all other respects be identical with this Warrant, or, at the
request of Holder, appropriate notation may be made on this Warrant which shall
then be returned to Holder.
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2. Stock Fully Paid;
Reservation of Shares. All Shares that may be issued upon the
exercise of the rights represented by this Warrant will, upon issuance, be fully
paid and nonassessable, and free from all preemptive rights, taxes, liens and
charges with respect to the issue thereof; provided, however, that the Company
shall not be required to pay any transfer taxes with respect to the issue of
shares in any name other than that of the registered holder
hereof. During the period within which the rights represented by this
Warrant may be exercised, the Company will at all times have authorized, and
reserved for the purpose of the issue upon exercise of the purchase rights
evidenced by this Warrant, a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock to
provide for the exercise of the rights represented by this
Warrant. The Company shall at all times take all such action and
obtain all such permits or orders as may be necessary to enable the Company
lawfully to issue such Common Stock as duly and validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable shares upon exercise in full of this Warrant.
3. Fractional
Shares. No fractional shares of Common Stock will be issued in
connection with any exercise hereunder, but in lieu of such fractional shares
the Company shall make a cash payment therefor upon the basis of the Fair Market
Value of such Shares.
4. Adjustment. This
Warrant shall be subject to adjustment from time to time upon the occurrence of
certain events, as follows:
(a) Adjustment for Stock Splits
and Combinations. If the Company shall at any time or from
time to time after the date hereof effect a subdivision of the outstanding
Common Stock, the Warrant Price then in effect immediately before that
subdivision shall be proportionately decreased. If the Company shall
at any time or from time to time after the date hereof combine the outstanding
Common Stock, the Warrant Price then in effect immediately before the
combination shall be proportionately increased. Any adjustment under
this subsection shall become effective at the close of business on the date the
subdivision or combination becomes effective.
(b) Adjustment for Certain
Dividends and Distributions. In the event the Company at any
time or from time to time after the date hereof shall make or issue a dividend
or other distribution payable in additional shares of Common Stock, then and in
each such event the Warrant Price shall be decreased as of the time of such
issuance, by multiplying the Warrant Price by a fraction:
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(x)
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the
numerator of which shall be the total number of shares of Common Stock
issued and outstanding immediately prior to the time of such issuance;
and
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(y)
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the
denominator of which shall be the total number of shares of Common Stock
issued and outstanding immediately prior to the time of such issuance plus
the number of shares of Common Stock issuable in payment of such dividend
or distribution.
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(c) Adjustment of Number of
Shares. Upon each adjustment of the Warrant Price pursuant to
either Section 4(a) or
4(b) of this
Warrant, the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable upon exercise of this
Warrant shall be adjusted to the number of shares of Common Stock, calculated to
the nearest one hundredth of a share, obtained by multiplying the number of
shares of Common Stock purchasable immediately prior to such adjustment upon the
exercise of the Warrant by the Warrant Price in effect prior to such adjustment
and dividing the product so obtained by the new Warrant Price.
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(d) Adjustment for
Reclassification, Exchange and Substitution. If the Common
Stock issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant are changed into the same or
different number of shares of any class or classes of stock, whether by
recapitalization, reclassification or otherwise (other than a subdivision or
combination provided for in Section 4(a)
above, a dividend or distribution provided for in Section 4(b)
above, or a reorganization, merger, consolidation or sale of assets, provided
for in Section 4(e)
below), then and in any such event the Holder shall have the right thereafter to
exercise this Warrant into the kind and amount of stock and other securities
receivable upon such recapitalization, reclassification or other change, by
holders of the number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant might
have been exercised immediately prior to such recapitalization, reclassification
or change.
(e) Reorganization, Mergers,
Consolidations or Sales of Assets. If at any time or from time
to time there is a capital reorganization of the Common Stock (other than a
subdivision or combination provided for in Section 4(a)
above, a dividend or distribution provided for in Section 4(b)
above, or a reclassification or exchange of shares provided for in Section 4(d)
above) or a merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another entity,
or a sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s properties and assets to
any other person or entity, then, as a part of such reorganization, merger,
consolidation or sale, provision shall be made so that the Holder shall
thereafter be entitled to receive upon exercise of this Warrant the number of
shares of stock or other securities, money or property of the Company, or of the
successor entity resulting from such merger or consolidation or sale, to which a
holder of Common Stock deliverable upon conversion would have been entitled on
such capital reorganization, merger, consolidation, or sale. The
Company shall not effect any reorganization, merger, consolidation or sale
unless prior to the consummation thereof each entity or person (other than the
Company) that may be required to deliver any cash, securities or other property
upon the exercise of this Warrant shall assume, by written instrument delivered
to the Holder, the obligation to deliver to the Holder such cash, securities or
other property as in accordance with the foregoing provisions the Holder may be
entitled to receive. The foregoing provisions of this Section 4(e)
shall similarly apply to successive reorganizations, mergers, consolidations and
sales.
(f) No
Impairment. The Company will not, by amendment of its Articles
of Incorporation or through any reorganization, transfer of assets,
consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other
voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of
the terms to be observed or performed hereunder by the Company but will at all
times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all the provisions of this
Section and in the taking of all such action as may be necessary or appropriate
in order to protect the conversion rights of the Holder against dilution or
other impairment. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company
will not issue any capital stock of any class which is preferred as to dividends
or as to the distribution of assets upon the voluntary or involuntary
dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company.
(g) Notice of
Adjustments. Whenever this Warrant shall be adjusted pursuant
to this Section 4, the
Company shall make a certificate signed by an officer of the Company setting
forth, in reasonable detail, the event requiring the adjustment, the amount of
the adjustment, the method by which such adjustment was calculated, and the new
Warrant Price and the type or the number of Shares purchasable after giving
effect to such adjustment, and shall cause copies of such certificate to be
mailed (by first class mail, postage prepaid) to the Holder.
5. The Company’s Obligation to
Make Payments.
(a) Dividends and
Distributions. In the event the Company at any time or from
time to time after the date hereof shall make or issue a dividend or other
distribution, whether payable in cash, securities or other property of the
Company, with respect to any of its capital stock for which an adjustment is not
made pursuant to Section 4 of this
Warrant, then and in each such event, the Company shall concurrently make a cash
payment to the Holder equal to the product of (i) the quotient obtained by
dividing (x) the amount of cash plus the fair value of any property or
securities distributed by (y) the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding
on the record date for such dividend or distribution and (ii) the number of
Shares on such record date.
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(b) Redemption of Capital
Stock. In the event the Company at any time or from time to
time after the date hereof shall repurchase or redeem any of its capital stock
or any rights, including without limitation, options, warrants or other
convertible or exchangeable securities, to acquire such capital stock, then and
in each such event, the Company shall concurrently make a cash payment to the
Holder equal to the product of (i) the quotient obtained by dividing
(x) the aggregate amount of cash and the aggregate fair value of any
property paid out by the Company in connection with any such repurchase or
redemption by (y) the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on a fully
diluted basis immediately after such repurchase or redemption and (2) the number
of Shares.
6. Notice of Record
Date. In the event:
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(1)
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that
the Company declares a dividend (or any other distribution) on any of its
capital stock (including without limitation, its Common
Stock);
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(2)
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that
the Company repurchases or redeems any of its capital stock (including
without limitation, its Common Stock) or any rights to acquire such
capital stock;
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(3)
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that
the Company subdivides or combines its outstanding shares of Common
Stock;
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(4)
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of
any reclassification of the Common Stock, or of any consolidation, merger
or share exchange of the Company into or with another entity, or of the
sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the
Company;
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(5)
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of
the involuntary or voluntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the
Company; or
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(6)
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of
any offer of its Common Stock or any rights to acquire such Common Stock
for consideration paid per share of Common Stock less than the Warrant
Price then in effect.
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then the
Company shall notify the Holder at least 30 days prior to the date
specified in (A), (B) or (C) below, in writing stating:
(A) the
record date of such dividend, distribution, repurchase, redemption, subdivision
or combination, or, if a record is not to be taken, the date as to which the
holders of Common Stock of record to be entitled to such dividend, distribution,
repurchase, redemption, subdivision or combination are to be
determined;
(B) the
date on which such reclassification, consolidation, merger, share exchange,
sale, dissolution, liquidation or winding up is expected to become effective,
and the date as of which it is expected that holders of Common Stock of record
shall be entitled to exchange their shares of Common Stock for securities or
other property deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger,
sale, dissolution or winding up; or
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(C) the
date on which such offering of its Common Stock or any rights to acquire such
Common Stock for consideration paid per share of Common Stock less than the
Warrant Price is expected to become consummated.
7. Compliance with Securities
Act; Disposition of Warrant or Common Stock.
(a) Compliance with Securities
Act. The Holder, by acceptance hereof, agrees that this
Warrant and the Shares to be issued upon exercise hereof are being acquired for
investment and that such Holder will not offer, sell or otherwise dispose of
this Warrant or any Common Stock to be issued upon exercise hereof except under
circumstances which will not result in a violation of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the “Act”). All
Shares issued upon exercise of this Warrant (unless registered under the Act or
sold or transferred pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated under the Act) shall be
stamped or imprinted with a legend in substantially the following
form:
“THIS
SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 OR THE
SECURITIES ACTS OF ANY STATE AND MAY NOT BE SOLD OR TRANSFERRED UNLESS THERE IS
AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER SUCH ACTS COVERING THIS SECURITY OR
PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION AND PROSPECTUS DELIVERY
REQUIREMENTS OF SUCH ACTS.”
(b) Disposition of Warrant or
Shares. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Warrant
and applicable securities laws, this Warrant and the rights represented by this
Warrant may be transferred, assigned or pledged, in whole or in part with prior
written notice to the Company. Any transfer shall be accompanied by the Notice
of Transfer form attached hereto as Exhibit
B.
8. Rights as
Shareholders. The Holder shall not, by virtue hereof, be
entitled to any rights of a shareholder in the Company, either at law or equity,
and the rights of the Holder are limited to those expressed in this Warrant and
are not enforceable against the Company except to the extent set forth
herein.
9. Representations and
Warranties. The Company represents and warrants to the Holder
as follows:
(a) This
Warrant has been duly authorized and executed by the Company and is a valid and
binding obligation of the Company enforceable in accordance with its
terms;
(b) The
Shares have been duly authorized and reserved for issuance by the Company and,
when issued in accordance with the terms hereof, will be validly issued, fully
paid and nonassessable;
(c) The
rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions granted to or imposed upon the
Shares and the holders thereof are as set forth in the Company’s Certificate of
Incorporation;
(d) The
execution and delivery of this Warrant are not, and the issuance of the Shares
upon exercise of this Warrant in accordance with the terms hereof will not be,
inconsistent with the Company’s Articles of Incorporation or by-laws, do not and
will not contravene any law, governmental rule or regulation, judgment or order
applicable to the Company, and, except for consents that have already been
obtained by the Company, do not and will not conflict with or contravene any
provision of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, contract
or other instrument of which the Company is a party or by which it is bound or
require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration
with or the taking of any action in respect of or by, any federal, state or
local government authority or agency or other person; and
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10. Modification and
Waiver. This Warrant and any provision hereof may be changed,
waived, discharged or terminated only by an instrument in writing signed by the
party against which enforcement of the same is sought.
11. Notices. Except
as otherwise expressly provided herein, all notices and other communications
provided for hereunder shall be in writing (including telegraphic, telex,
telecopier or cable communication) and mailed, telegraphed, telexed, telecopied,
cabled or delivered to the applicable party at its address specified opposite
its signature below, or at such other address as shall be designated by such
party in a written notice to the other. All such notices and
communications shall, when mailed, telegraphed, telexed, telecopied or cabled or
sent by overnight courier, be effective when deposited in the mails, delivered
to the telegraph company, cable company or overnight courier, as the case may
be, or sent by telex or telecopier.
12. Descriptive
Headings. The descriptive headings of the several sections of
this Warrant are inserted for convenience only and do not constitute a part of
this Warrant.
13. Governing
Law. THIS WARRANT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE
PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
14. Binding Effect on
Successors. This Warrant shall be binding upon any entity
succeeding the Company by merger, consolidation or acquisition of all or
substantially all of the Company’s assets, and all of the obligations of the
Company relating to the Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant
shall survive the exercise, and termination of this Warrant and all of the
covenants and agreements of the Company shall inure to the benefit of the
successors and assigns of the Holder.
15. Severability. In
case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Warrant shall be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and
enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not in any way
be affected or impaired thereby. The parties shall endeavor in good
faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions
with valid provisions, the economic effect of which comes as close as possible
to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.
16. Lost Warrants or Stock
Certificates. The Company covenants to the Holder that upon
receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft,
destruction, or mutilation of this Warrant or any stock certificate and, in the
case of any such loss, theft or destruction, upon receipt of an indemnity
reasonably satisfactory to the Company, or in the case of any such mutilation
upon surrender and cancellation of such Warrant or stock certificate, the
Company will make and deliver a new Warrant or stock certificate, of like tenor,
in lieu of the lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Warrant or stock
certificate.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has
caused this Warrant to be executed and delivered by its duly authorized officer
on the day and year first above written.
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By:
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Name:
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, President
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Address:
16333 Phoebe
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Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention:
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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ACKNOWLEDGED
AND ACCEPTED:
By:
Print
Name:
Address:
__________________________
__________________________
Federal
ID
or Social
Security No.
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EXHIBIT
A
NOTICE
OF EXERCISE
TO: BIOLARGO,
INC.
(1) The
undersigned hereby elects to purchase __________ shares of Common Stock of
BIOLARGO, INC. (the “Company”) pursuant to the terms of the attached Warrant,
and, unless such Warrant allows the exercise to be “cashless,” tenders herewith
payment of the Warrant Price for such shares in full.
(2) The
undersigned represents and warrants to the Company that, as of the date hereof,
the undersigned is an “accredited investor” as that term is defined in Rule
501(a) of Regulation D under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
(3) Please
issue a certificate or certificates representing said shares of Common Stock in
the name of the undersigned or in such other name as is specified
below:
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(Name)
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(Name)
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(4) Please
issue a new Warrant for the unexercised portion of the attached Warrant in the
name of the undersigned or in such other name as is specified
below:
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(Name)
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(Address)
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(Federal
ID or Social Security No.)
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(Signature)
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(Date)
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EXHIBIT
B
NOTICE
OF TRANSFER
(To be
signed only upon transfer of Warrant and subject to other conditions of this
Warrant)
FOR VALUE
RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto
____________________________________________ the right represented by the
attached Warrant to purchase __________ shares of the Common Stock of BIOLARGO,
INC., to which the attached Warrant relates, and appoints _____________________
as Attorney-in-fact to transfer such right on the books of BIOLARGO, INC., with
full power of substitution in the premises.
The
undersigned understands that any transfer of the attached Warrant is subject to
full compliance with Federal and applicable state securities laws and other
requirements, which requirements shall be determined and which issues shall be
decided by BIOLARGO, INC., in its sole and absolute discretion, prior to
consenting to and recognizing such transfer.
Dated:
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(Signature
must conform in all respects to the name of the Holder as specified on the
face of the Warrant)
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(Address)
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Signed in
the presence of:
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