AGENT’S WARRANT TO PURCHASE 171,000 SHARES OF COMMON STOCK OF NAVARRE CORPORATION
Exhibit 4.5
NEITHER THESE SECURITIES NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THESE SECURITIES ARE EXERCISABLE HAVE
BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY
STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED
(THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN
EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION
FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND
IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AS EVIDENCED BY A LEGAL OPINION OF COUNSEL TO
THE TRANSFEROR TO SUCH EFFECT, THE SUBSTANCE OF WHICH SHALL BE REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE
COMPANY. THESE SECURITIES AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THESE SECURITIES MAY BE
PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.
AGENT’S WARRANT
TO PURCHASE 171,000 SHARES OF COMMON STOCK
OF
NAVARRE CORPORATION
OF
NAVARRE CORPORATION
THIS CERTIFIES THAT, for good and valuable consideration, Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Capital Group LLC
(the “Agent”), or its registered assigns, is entitled to subscribe for and purchase from Navarre
Corporation, a Minnesota corporation (the “Company”), at any time and from time to time on and
after the six month anniversary of the date hereof and up to and including 5:00 p.m. Minneapolis,
Minnesota time on March ___, 2008 (the “Expiration Date”), One Hundred Seventy-One Thousand
(171,000) fully paid and nonassessable shares of the Common Stock of the Company at the price of
$5.00 per share (the “Warrant Exercise Price”), subject to the antidilution provisions of this
Warrant. The shares which may be acquired upon exercise of this Warrant are referred to herein as
the “Warrant Shares.” As used herein, the term “Holder” means the Agent or any party who acquires
all or a part of this Warrant as a registered transferee of the Agent. As used herein, the term
“Common Stock” means and includes the Company’s presently authorized common stock, no par value per
share, and shall also include any capital stock of any class of the Company hereafter authorized
which shall not be limited to a fixed sum or percentage in respect of the rights of the Holders
thereof to participate in dividends or in the distribution of assets upon the voluntary or
involuntary liquidation, dissolution, or winding up of the Company.
This Warrant is subject to the following provisions, terms and conditions:
1. Exercise: Transferability.
(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 3 hereof, the rights represented by this Warrant may
be exercised by the Holder hereof, in whole or in part (but not as to a fractional share of Common
Stock), by written notice of exercise (in the form attached hereto) delivered to the Company at the
principal office of the Company prior to the Expiration Date and accompanied or preceded by the
surrender of this Warrant along with a check in payment of the Warrant Exercise Price for such
shares.
(b) Subject to the provisions of Section 7 hereof, this Warrant is immediately assignable.
Each successive holder of this Warrant, or of any portion of the rights represented thereby, shall
be bound by the terms and conditions set forth herein.
2. Exchange and Replacement. Subject to Sections 1 and 7 hereof, this Warrant is
exchangeable upon the surrender hereof by the Holder to the Company at its office for new Warrants
of like tenor and date representing in the aggregate the right to purchase the number of Warrant
Shares purchasable hereunder, each of such new Warrants to represent the right to purchase such
number of Warrant Shares (not to exceed the aggregate total number purchasable hereunder) as shall
be designated by the Holder at the time of such surrender. Upon receipt by the Company of evidence
reasonably satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant, and,
in case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to it, and
upon surrender and cancellation of this Warrant, if mutilated, the Company will make and deliver a
new Warrant of like tenor, in lieu of this Warrant. This Warrant shall be promptly canceled by the
Company upon the surrender hereof in connection with any exchange or replacement. The Company
shall pay all expenses, taxes (other than stock transfer taxes), and other charges payable in
connection with the preparation, execution and delivery of Warrants pursuant to this Section 2.
3. Issuance of the Warrant Shares.
(a) The Company agrees that the shares of Common Stock purchased hereby shall be and are
deemed to be issued to the Holder as of the close of business on the date on which this Warrant
shall have been surrendered and the payment made for such Warrant Shares as aforesaid. Subject to
the provisions of the next section, certificates for the Warrant Shares so purchased shall be
delivered to the Holder within a reasonable time, not exceeding fifteen (15) days after the rights
represented by this Warrant shall have been so exercised and, unless this Warrant has expired, a
new Warrant representing the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares, if any, with respect
to which this Warrant shall not then have been exercised shall also be delivered to the Holder
within such time.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, the Company shall not be required to deliver any
certificate for Warrant Shares upon exercise of this Warrant except in accordance with exemptions
from the applicable securities registration requirements or registrations under applicable
securities laws. Such Holder shall also provide the Company with written representations from the
Holder and the proposed transferee satisfactory to the Company regarding the transfer or, at the
election of the Company, an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company to the effect
that the proposed transfer of this Warrant or disposition of shares may be effected without
registration or qualification (under any Federal or State law) of
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this Warrant or the Warrant Shares. Upon receipt of such written notice and either such
representations or opinion by the Company, such Holder shall be entitled to transfer this Warrant,
or to exercise this Warrant in accordance with its terms and dispose of the Warrant Shares, all in
accordance with the terms of the notice delivered by such Holder to the Company, provided that an
appropriate legend, if any, respecting the aforesaid restrictions on transfer and disposition may
be endorsed on this Warrant or the certificates for the Warrant Shares. Nothing herein, however,
shall obligate the Company to effect registration under federal or state securities laws, except as
provided in Section 9. If a registration is not in effect and if an exemption is not available
when the Holder seeks to exercise the Warrant, the Warrant exercise period will be extended, if
need be, to prevent the Warrant from expiring, until such time as either registration becomes
effective or an exemption is available, and the Warrant shall then remain exercisable for a period
of at least thirty (30) calendar days from the date the Company delivers to the Holder written
notice of the availability of such registration or exemption. The Holder agrees to execute such
documents and make such representations, warranties and agreements as may be required solely to
comply with the exemption relied upon by the Company, or the registration made, for the issuance of
the Warrant Shares.
4. Covenants of the Company. The Company covenants and agrees that all Warrant Shares
will, upon issuance, be duly authorized and issued, fully paid, nonassessable and free from all
taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issue thereof except for all taxes, liens and charges
imposed on or with respect to the property of the Holder. The Company further covenants and agrees
that 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 issue or transfer upon
exercise of the subscription 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.
5. Antidilution Adjustments. The provisions of this Warrant are subject to adjustment
as provided in this Section 5.
(a) The Warrant Exercise Price shall be adjusted from time to time such that in case the
Company shall hereafter:
(i) pay any dividends on any class of stock of the Company payable in Common Stock or
securities convertible into Common Stock;
(ii) subdivide its then outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares; or
(iii) combine outstanding shares of Common Stock, by reclassification or otherwise;
then, in any such event, the Warrant Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such event shall
(until adjusted again pursuant hereto) be adjusted immediately after such event to a price
(calculated to the nearest full cent) determined by dividing (a) the number of shares of Common
Stock outstanding immediately prior to such event, multiplied by the then existing Warrant
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Exercise Price, by (b) the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after
such event (including in each case the maximum number of shares of Common Stock issuable in respect
of any securities convertible into Common Stock), and the resulting quotient shall be the adjusted
Warrant Exercise Price per share. An adjustment made pursuant to this Subsection shall become
effective immediately after the record date in the case of a dividend or distribution and shall
become effective immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision, combination or
reclassification. If, as a result of an adjustment made pursuant to this Subsection, the Holder of
any Warrant thereafter surrendered for exercise shall become entitled to receive shares of two or
more classes of capital stock or shares of Common Stock and other capital stock of the Company, the
Board of Directors (whose determination shall be conclusive) shall determine the allocation of the
adjusted Warrant Exercise Price between or among shares of such classes of capital stock or shares
of Common Stock and other capital stock. All calculations under this Subsection shall be made to
the nearest cent or to the nearest 1/100 of a share, as the case may be. In the event that at any
time as a result of an adjustment made pursuant to this Subsection, the Holder of any Warrant
thereafter surrendered for exercise shall become entitled to receive any shares of the Company
other than shares of Common Stock, thereafter the Warrant Exercise Price of such other shares so
receivable upon exercise of any Warrant 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 Common
Stock contained in this Section 5.
(b) Upon each adjustment of the Warrant Exercise Price pursuant to Section 5(a) above, the
Holder of each Warrant shall thereafter (until another such adjustment) be entitled to purchase at
the adjusted Warrant Exercise Price the number of shares, calculated to the nearest full share,
obtained by multiplying the number of shares specified in such Warrant (as adjusted as a result of
all adjustments in the Warrant Exercise Price in effect prior to such adjustment) by the Warrant
Exercise Price in effect prior to such adjustment and dividing the product so obtained by the
adjusted Warrant Exercise Price.
(c) In case of any consolidation or merger to which the Company is a party, other than a
merger or consolidation in which the Company is the continuing corporation, or in case of any sale
or conveyance to another corporation of the property of the Company as an entirety or substantially
as an entirety, or in the case of any statutory exchange of securities with another corporation
(including any exchange effected in connection with a merger of a third corporation into the
Company), there shall be no adjustment under Subsection (a) of this Section but the Holder of each
Warrant then outstanding shall have the right thereafter to convert such Warrant into the kind and
amount of shares of stock and other securities and property which such Holder would have owned or
have been entitled to receive immediately after such consolidation, merger, statutory exchange,
sale, or conveyance had such Warrant been converted immediately prior to the effective date of such
consolidation, merger, statutory exchange, sale, or conveyance and, in any such case, if necessary,
appropriate adjustment shall be made in the application of the provisions set forth in this Section
with respect to the rights and interests thereafter of any Holders of the Warrant, to the end that
the provisions set forth in this Section shall thereafter correspondingly be made applicable, as
nearly as may reasonably be, in relation to any shares of stock and other securities and property
thereafter deliverable on the exercise of the Warrant. The
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provisions of this Subsection shall similarly apply to successive consolidations, mergers,
statutory exchanges, sales or conveyances.
(d) Upon any adjustment of the Warrant Exercise Price, then and in each such case, the Company
shall within ten (10) days after the date when the circumstances giving rise to the adjustment
occurred give written notice thereof, by first-class mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the Holder
as shown on the books of the Company, which notice shall state the Warrant Exercise Price resulting
from such adjustment and the increase or decrease, if any, in the number of shares of Common Stock
purchasable at such price upon the exercise of this Warrant, setting forth in reasonable detail the
method of calculation and the facts upon which such calculation is based.
6. No Voting Rights. This Warrant shall not entitle the Holder to any voting rights or
other rights as a shareholder of the Company for any purpose whatsoever until and unless this
Warrant is duly exercised.
7. Notice of Transfer of Warrant or Resale of the Warrant Shares.
(a) Subject to the sale, assignment, hypothecation or other transfer restrictions set forth in
Section 1 hereof, the Holder, by acceptance hereof, agrees to give written notice to the Company
before transferring this Warrant or transferring any Warrant Shares of such Xxxxxx’s intention to
do so, describing briefly the manner of any proposed transfer. Promptly upon receiving such
written notice, the Company shall present copies thereof to the Company’s counsel and to counsel to
the original purchaser of this Warrant. If in the opinion of each such counsel, the proposed
transfer may be effected without registration or qualification (under any federal or state
securities laws), the Company, as promptly as practicable, shall notify the Holder of such opinion,
whereupon the Holder shall be entitled to transfer this Warrant or to dispose of Warrant Shares
received upon the previous exercise of this Warrant, all in accordance with the terms of the notice
delivered by the Holder to the Company; provided that an appropriate legend may be endorsed on this
Warrant or the certificates for such Warrant Shares respecting restrictions upon transfer thereof
necessary or advisable in the opinion of counsel to the Company and satisfactory to the Company to
prevent further transfers which would be in violation of Section 5 of the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the “1933 Act”), and applicable state securities laws; and provided further that the
Holder and prospective transferee or purchaser shall execute such documents and make such
representations, warranties, and agreements as may be required solely to comply with the exemptions
relied upon by the Company for the transfer or disposition of the Warrant or Warrant Shares.
(b) If in the opinion of either of the counsel referred to in this Section 7, the proposed
transfer or disposition of this Warrant or such Warrant Shares described in the written notice
given pursuant to this Section 7 may not be effected without registration or qualification of this
Warrant or such Warrant Shares, the Company shall promptly give written notice thereof to the
Holder, and the Holder will limit its activities in respect to such as, in the opinion of both such
counsel, are permitted by law.
8. Fractional Shares. Fractional shares shall not be issued upon the exercise of this
Warrant, but in any case where the Holder would, except for the provisions of this Section, be
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entitled under the terms hereof to receive a fractional share, the Company shall, upon the exercise
of this Warrant for the largest number of whole shares then called for, pay a sum in cash equal to
the same fraction of the market price per share of Common Stock on the day of exercise.
9. Registration Rights.
(a) If at any time prior to the expiration of two (2) years from the date hereof, the Company
proposes to register under the 1933 Act (except for a registration under a Form S-4 or Form S-8
Registration Statement or any successor forms thereto) or qualify for a public distribution under
Section 3(b) of the 1933 Act, any of its equity securities or debt with equity features, it will
give written notice to all Holders of this Warrant, any Warrants issued pursuant to Section 2
and/or Section 3(a) hereof, and any Warrant Shares of its intention to do so and, on the written
request of any such Holder given within twenty (20) days after receipt of any such notice (which
request shall specify the Warrant Shares intended to be sold or disposed of by such Holder and
describe the nature of any proposed sale or other disposition thereof), the Company will use its
best efforts to cause all such Warrant Shares, the Holders of which shall have requested the
registration or qualification thereof, to be included in such registration statement proposed to be
filed by the Company; provided, however, that nothing herein shall prevent the Company from, at any
time, abandoning or delaying any registration. If any registration pursuant to this Section 9(a)
is underwritten in whole or in part, the Company may require that the Warrant Shares requested for
inclusion pursuant to this Section 9(a) be included in the underwriting on the same terms and
conditions as the securities otherwise being sold through the underwriters. If a greater number of
Warrant Shares is offered for participation in the proposed offering than in the reasonable opinion
of the managing underwriter of the proposed offering can be accommodated without adversely
affecting the proposed offering, then the amount of Warrant Shares proposed to be offered by such
Holders for registration, as well as the number of securities of any other selling shareholders
participating in the registration, shall be proportionately reduced to a number deemed satisfactory
by the managing underwriter.
(b) With respect to each inclusion of securities in a registration statement pursuant to this
Section 9, the Company shall bear the following fees, costs and expenses: all registration, filing
and NASD fees, printing expenses, fees and disbursements of counsel and accountants for the
Company, fees and disbursements of counsel for the underwriter or underwriters of such securities
(if the offering is underwritten and the Company is required to bear such fees and disbursements),
all internal expenses, the premiums and other costs of policies of insurance against liability
arising out of the public offering, and legal fees and disbursements and other expenses of
complying with state securities laws of any jurisdictions in which the securities to be offered are
to be registered or qualified. Fees and disbursements of special counsel and accountants for the
selling Holders, underwriting discounts and commissions and transfer taxes for selling Holders and
any other expenses relating to the sale of securities by the selling Holders not expressly included
above shall be borne by the selling Holders.
(c) The Company hereby indemnifies each of the Holders of this Warrant and of any Warrant
Shares, and the officers and directors, if any, who control such Holders, within the meaning of
Section 15 of the 1933 Act, against all losses, claims, damages and liabilities caused by (1) any
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any
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Registration Statement or Prospectus prepared in connection with any registration statement
pursuant to this Section 9 (and as amended or supplemented if the Company shall have furnished any
amendments thereof or supplements thereto), any Preliminary Prospectus or any state securities law
filings; (2) any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading except insofar as such
losses, claims, damages or liabilities are caused by any untrue statement or omission contained in
information furnished in writing to the Company by such Holder expressly for use therein; and each
such Holder by its acceptance hereof severally agrees that it will indemnify and hold harmless the
Company, each of its officers who signs such Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who
controls the Company, within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act, with respect to losses,
claims, damages or liabilities which are caused by any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement
or omission or alleged omission contained in information furnished in writing to the Company by
such Holder expressly for use therein.
(d) If the Warrant Shares are included in a registration statement filed pursuant to the
Registration Rights Agreement dated as of March ___, 2006 (the “Rights Agreement”), the registration
rights and obligations of the Company and the Holders will be the registration rights as set forth
in the Rights Agreement.
10. Mandatory Exercise. If the average closing price of the Company’s Common Stock as
quoted on the Nasdaq stock market (or the exchange on which the Company’s Common Stock is then
traded) is equal to or greater than one hundred and fifty percent (150%) of the Warrant Exercise
Price then in effect for any thirty (30) consecutive trading days (the “Event”), then the Company
will have the right to require all Holders to exercise their Warrants in full within ten business
days of receipt of a notice from the Company that the Event has been achieved. Any such notice must
be given by the Company within thirty (30) days of the Event.
11. Miscellaneous. The Company will not, by amendment of its Articles of
Incorporation or through reorganization, consolidation, merger, dissolution or sale of assets, or
by any other voluntary act or deed, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of
the covenants, stipulations or conditions to be observed or performed hereunder by the Company, but
will, at all times in good faith, assist, insofar as it is able, in the carrying out of all
provisions hereof and in the taking of all other action which may be necessary in order to protect
the rights of the Holder hereof against dilution.
Upon written request of the Holder of this Warrant, the Company will promptly provide such
holder with a then current written list of the names and addresses of all Holders of warrants
originally issued under the terms of, and concurrent with, this Warrant.
The representations, warranties and agreements herein contained shall survive the exercise of
this Warrant. This Common Stock Purchase Warrant shall be interpreted under the laws of the State
of Minnesota.
Neither this Warrant nor any term hereof may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated
orally but only by an instrument in writing signed by the part against which enforcement of the
change, waiver, discharge or termination is sought.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be duly executed by its authorized
officer as of the date first indicated above.
| NAVARRE CORPORATION | ||||||
| By: | ||||||
| Name: X. Xxxx Xxxxxx | ||||||
| Its: Chief Financial Officer | ||||||
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WARRANT EXERCISE FORM
To be signed only upon exercise of Warrant.
The undersigned, the holder of the within Warrant, hereby irrevocably elects to exercise the
purchase right represented by such Warrant for, and to purchase thereunder, of
the shares of Common Stock of Navarre Corporation to which such Warrant relates and herewith makes
payment of $ therefor in cash or by certified check, and requests that such shares be
issued and be delivered to, , the address for which is set forth below the
signature of the undersigned.
Dated: |
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| (Taxpayer’s I.D. Number) | (Signature)* | |||||||
| * | The signature on the Warrant Exercise Form must correspond to the name as written upon the face of the Warrant in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever. When signing on behalf of a corporation, partnership, trust or other entity, please indicate your position(s) and title(s) with such entity. |
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
To be signed only upon authorized transfer of Warrants.
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns, and transfers unto
the right to purchase the securities of Navarre Corporation to which the
within Warrant relates and appoints , attorney, to transfer said right on the
books of Navarre Corporation with full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated: |
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| (Taxpayer’s I.D. Number) | (Signature)* | |||||||
| * | The signature on the Warrant Exercise Form must correspond to the name as written upon the face of the Warrant in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever. When signing on behalf of a corporation, partnership, trust or other entity, please indicate your position(s) and title(s) with such entity. |
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