EXHIBIT 4.9
WARRANT PURCHASE AGREEMENT
THIS WARRANT PURCHASE AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") is made and entered
into this 15th day of June, 1999 by and between POSITRON CORPORATION, a Texas
corporation (the "Company") and XXXX X. XXXXXX (the "Investor").
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WHEREAS, the Company desires to issue to Investor and the Investor
desires to purchase from the Company a warrant (the "Warrant") to purchase
3,000,000 shares of the Company's common stock (the "Shares") all on the terms
and conditions hereinafter provided. The Warrant and the Shares are hereafter
collectively referred to as the "Securities".
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS AGREED AS FOLLOWS:
1. ISSUANCE OF WARRANT; REPURCHASE RIGHT. For a purchase price of
$0.0067 per warrant (the "Per Warrant Purchase Price") representing an aggregate
purchase price of $20,000 ("Aggregate Purchase Price") payable in cash upon
execution hereof, the Company agrees to issue to Investor the Warrant, the form
of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A. The Company reserves to itself the
right to repurchase any portion of the Warrant issued pursuant to this
Agreement, and the right to repurchase any stock issued upon exercise of any
portion of the Warrant ("Repurchase Right"), as of a date 90 days following
termination for any reason or for no reason of Investor's employment by the
Company. The price of repurchase will be equal to the Per Warrant Purchase Price
regarding any portion of the Warrant that remains unexercised at the time the
Company exercises its Repurchase Right, or the purchase price of the underlying
stock (i.e. the exercise price of the Warrant) regarding any portion of the
Warrant that has already been exercised at the time the Company exercises its
Repurchase Right. The Repurchase Right shall lapse as follows: immediately upon
issuance as to 750,000 shares; as to an additional 187,500 shares on September
15, 1999; and as to an additional 187,500 shares quarterly thereafter until the
Company's Repurchase Right shall have lapsed as to all shares.
2. INVESTOR REPRESENTATIONS. Investor hereby represents and warrants
to the Company as follows:
(a) The Investor understands that: (i)The offer and sale of the
Securities by the Company to Investor has not been registered under the
Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act"), in reliance on an exemption from
such registration available under the Securities Act and rules adopted
thereunder; (ii)The Investor must hold the Warrant indefinitely unless the
Securities are subsequently registered under the Securities Act and qualified
under
applicable state securities laws, or unless an exemption from such registration
and qualification is available.
(b) The Investor is acquiring the Securities for his or her own
account, for investment, and not with a view to any sale or distribution of any
interest therein.
(c) The Investor has such knowledge and experience in financial
and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of an
investment in the Securities, and the Investor is able to bear the economic
risks of such an investment.
(d) All statements made, and information furnished, by the
Investor in this certificate and all other information furnished by the Investor
to the Company, are true and complete, to the best of the Investor's knowledge.
3. RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER. The Investor agrees that:
(a) The Investor will not attempt to transfer the Securities in
violation of the restrictions set forth in this Agreement.
(b) The Company may note such restrictions on transfer in its
records and refuse to recognize any transfer which violates this agreement or
for which the Company has not received an acceptable opinion of counsel stating
that such transfer will not violate such restrictions.
(c) One or more legends indicating a lack of registration under
the Securities Act and a lack of qualification under state securities laws will
be imprinted on the Securities. One such legend shall read substantially as
follows:
THE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND ANY SALE, TRANSFER,
PLEDGE OR OTHER DISPOSITION THEREOF MAY BE MADE ONLY (i) IN A REGISTRATION UNDER
SAID ACT OR (ii) IF AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SAID ACT IS AVAILABLE
AND THE COMPANY HAS RECEIVED AN OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THAT EFFECT REASONABLY
SATISFACTORY TO IT.
4. BINDING ON SUCCESSORS; INDEMNIFICATION. The Investor agrees that
the above representations and warranties are binding on the Investor's
successors and assigns and are made for the benefit of the Company and any other
persons who may become liable for violations of federal or state securities laws
as a result of the falsity of any of the Investor's representations or
warranties. The Investor agrees to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless such
persons from any liability arising from the falsity of any of the Investor's
representations or warranties or from the breach of any covenant of Investor
contained herein.
5. REGISTRATION RIGHTS. The Company hereby grants to Investor the
following registration rights with respect to the Shares:
(a) Definitions.
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"Commission" shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission or
any other federal agency at the time administering the Securities Act of 1933
(the "Securities Act").
"Register," "registered," and "registration" refer to a
registration effected by preparing and filing a registration statement in
compliance with the Securities Act of 1933, and the declaration or ordering of
the effectiveness of such registration statement.
"Registration Expenses" shall mean all expenses incurred by the
Company in compliance with the provisions of this Section 5, including, without
limitation, all registration and filing fees, printing expenses, fees and
disbursements of counsel for the Company, blue sky fees and expenses, and the
expenses of any special audits incident to or required by any such registration
(but excluding the compensation of regular employees of the Company, which shall
be paid in any event by the Company).
"Selling Expenses" shall mean all underwriting discounts and
selling commissions applicable to the sale of Shares and all fees and
disbursements of counsel to Investor.
"Shares" means the shares of the Company's common stock
exercisable upon exercise of the Warrant and any common stock issued with
respect thereto (e.g. upon a stock split or stock dividend.
"Investor" means the person set forth above and any permitted
assignee.
(b) COMPANY REGISTRATION.
(i) NOTICE OF REGISTRATION. If, at any time after the
date hereof, the Company shall determine to register any of its securities
either for its own account or the account of a security holder or holders
exercising their respective demand registration rights, other than a
registration relating solely to employee benefit plans, or a registration
relating solely to a Commission Rule 145 transaction, or a registration on any
registration form which does not permit secondary sales, the Company will:
a) promptly give to Investor written notice
thereof (which shall include a list of the jurisdictions in which the Company
intends to attempt to qualify such securities under the applicable blue sky or
other state securities laws); and
b) include in such registration (and any related
qualification under blue sky laws or other compliance), and in any underwriting
involved therein, all the Shares specified in a written request or requests,
made by Investor within fifteen (15) days after receipt of the written notice
from the Company described in this clause (i), except as set forth in Section
5(b)(ii) below.
(ii) UNDERWRITING. If the registration of which the
Company gives notice is for a registered public offering involving an
underwriting: the Company shall so advise Investor as part of the written notice
given pursuant to Section 5(b) hereof. In such event, the right of Investor to
registration pursuant to this Section 5 shall be conditioned upon Investor's
participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of Investor's Shares in the
underwriting to
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the extent provided herein. Investor shall (together with the Company, its
directors and officers, and any other shareholders distributing their securities
through such underwriting) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary
form with the underwriter or underwriters selected for underwriting by the
Company.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5, if the underwriter
determines that marketing factors require a limitation on the number of shares
to be underwritten, the underwriter may exclude from such registration and
underwriting some or all of the Shares which would otherwise be underwritten
pursuant hereto. Any securities so excluded shall be apportioned pro rata among
Investor and any other shareholders distributing their securities through such
underwriting according to the total amount of securities otherwise entitled to
be included therein owned by such shareholders or in such other proportions as
shall mutually be agreed upon.
If Investor disapproves of the terms of any such underwriting, it may
elect to withdraw therefrom by written notice to the Company and the
underwriter. Any Shares excluded or withdrawn from such underwriting shall be
withdrawn from such registration.
The Company shall bear all Registration Expenses incurred in connection
with any registration, qualification and compliance by the Company pursuant to
this Section 5(b). All Selling Expenses shall be borne by the holders of the
securities so registered pro rata on the basis of the number of their shares so
registered.
(iii) REGISTRATION PROCEDURES. In the case of registration
effected by the Company pursuant to this Agreement, the Company will keep
Investor advised in writing as to the initiation of registration and as to the
completion thereof. At its expense, the Company will:
a) keep such registration effective for a period
of one year or until Investor has completed the distribution described in the
registration statement relating thereto, whichever first occurs;
b) furnish such number of prospectuses and other
documents incident thereto as Investor from time to time may reasonably request;
and
c) use its best efforts to register or qualify
the Shares under the securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as
Investor may request; provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated
to register or qualify such Shares in any particular jurisdiction in which the
Company would be required to execute a general consent to service of process in
order to effect such registration, qualification, or compliance, unless the
Company is already subject to service in such jurisdiction and except as may be
required by the Securities Act or applicable rules or regulations thereunder.
d) Notify the holder of Shares covered by such
registration statement at any time when a prospectus relating thereto is
required to be delivered under the Act of the happening of any event as a result
of which the prospectus included in such registration statement, as then in
effect, includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances then existing.
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(c) INDEMNIFICATION.
(i) The Company will indemnify the Investor, each of its
officers, directors and partners, and each person controlling such Investor
within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or the 1934 Act, with
respect to which registration, qualification or compliance has been effected
pursuant to this Agreement, and each underwriter, if any, and each person who
controls any underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act
or the 1934 Act, against all expenses, claims, losses, damages or liabilities
(or actions in respect thereof), including any of the foregoing incurred in
settlement of any litigation, commenced or threatened, arising out of or based
on any untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) of a material fact
contained in any registration statement, prospectus, offering circular or other
document, or any amendment or supplement thereto, incident to any such
registration, qualification or compliance, or based on any omission (or alleged
omission) to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances in
which they were made, not misleading, or any violation by the Company of the
Securities Act, or the 1934 Act, or any rule or regulation promulgated under the
Securities Act, or the 1934 Act, or under any state securities law or under
common law, applicable to the Company in connection with any such registration,
qualification or compliance, and the Company will reimburse the Investor, each
of its officers, directors and partners, and each person controlling the
Investor, each such underwriter and each person who controls any such
underwriter, for any legal and any other expenses reasonably incurred, as such
expenses are incurred, in connection with investigating, preparing or defending
any such claim, loss, damage, liability or action; provided, however, that the
Company will not be liable (i) for amounts paid in settlement of any such loss,
claim, damage, liability or action if such settlement is effected without the
consent of the Company (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld) and
(ii) in any such case to the extent that any such claim, loss, damage, liability
or expense arises out of or is based on any untrue statement or omission or
alleged untrue statement or omission, made in reliance upon and in conformity
with written information furnished to the Company by an instrument duly executed
by the Investor, controlling person or underwriter and stated to be specifically
for use therein.
(ii) The Investor will, if Shares held by the Investor are
included in the securities as to which such registration, qualification or
compliance is being effected, indemnify the Company, each of its directors and
officers, each underwriter, if any, of the Company's securities covered by such
a registration statement, each person who controls the Company or such
underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act against all
claims, losses, damages and liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arising
out of or based on any untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) of a
material fact contained in any such registration statement, prospectus, offering
circular or other document, or 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, and will reimburse the Company, such
directors, officers, persons, underwriters or control persons for any legal or
any other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or
defending any such claim, loss, damage, liability or action, in each case to the
extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement (or alleged untrue
statement) or omission (or alleged omission) is made in such registration
statement, prospectus, offering circular or other document in reliance upon and
in conformity with written
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information furnished to the Company by an instrument duly executed by the
Investor and stated to be specifically for use therein. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the liability of the Investor under this subsection shall not apply
to amounts paid in settlement of any such loss, claim, damage, liability or
action if such settlement is effected without the consent of the Investor (which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), and (ii) shall be limited in an
amount equal to the aggregate net proceeds of the shares sold by the Investor,
except to the extent such liability arises out of or is based on willful
misconduct by the Investor.
(iii) Each party entitled to indemnification under this Section
5(d) (the "Indemnified Party") shall give notice to the party required to
provide indemnification (the "Indemnifying Party") promptly after such
Indemnified Party has actual knowledge of any claim as to which indemnity may be
sought, and shall permit the Indemnifying Party to assume the defense of any
such claim or any litigation resulting therefrom, provided that counsel for the
Indemnifying Party, who shall conduct the defense of such claim or litigation,
shall be approved by the Indemnified Party (whose approval shall not
unreasonably be withheld), and the Indemnified Party may participate in such
defense at such party's expense, and provided further that the failure of any
Indemnified Party to give notice as provided herein shall not relieve the
Indemnifying Party of its obligations under this Agreement except to the extent
that the failure to give such notice is materially prejudicial to an
Indemnifying Party's ability to defend such action and provided further, that
the Indemnifying Party shall not assume the defense for matters as to which
there is a conflict of interest or separate and different defenses, but shall
pay the fees and expenses of one separate counsel retained by the Indemnified
Party in the event of such conflict of interest. No Indemnifying Party, in the
defense of any such claim or litigation, shall, except with the consent of each
Indemnified Party, consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement
which does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the
claimant or plaintiff to such Indemnified Party of a release from all liability
in respect to such claim or litigation.
(iv) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 5(d) is
held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unavailable to an indemnified
party with respect to any loss, liability, claim, damage, or expense referred to
therein, then the Indemnifying Party, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified
Party hereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such
Indemnified Party as a result of such loss, liability, claim, damage, or expense
in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the
Indemnifying Party on the one hand and of the Indemnified Party on the other in
connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such loss,
liability, claim, damage, or expense as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations. The relative fault of the Indemnifying Party and of the
Indemnified Party shall be determined by reference to, among other things,
whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the
omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the
indemnifying party or by the indemnified party and the parties' relative intent,
knowledge, access to information, and opportunity to correct or prevent such
statement or omission.
(v) The obligations of the Company and the Investor under this
Section 5(d) shall survive the completion of any offering of Shares in a
registration statement under this Section 5 and otherwise.
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(vi) INFORMATION BY INVESTOR. The Investor of Shares included in
any registration shall furnish to the Company such information regarding
Investor, the Shares held by it and the distribution proposed by such Investor
as the Company may reasonably request in writing and as shall be reasonably
required in connection with any registration, qualification or compliance
referred to in this Agreement.
(vii) TRANSFER OF REGISTRATION RIGHTS. The rights to cause the
Company to register securities granted Holders under Section 5 may be assigned
to a transferee or assignee in connection with any transfer or assignment of
Shares by a Holder provided that: (i) such transfer may otherwise be effected in
accordance with applicable securities laws and (ii) such assignee or transferee
becomes a party to this Agreement and assumes all of the obligations of the
transferring Holder under Section 5.
6. GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed
in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas.
7. COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but all of which together
shall constitute one instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned purchasers of securities and the
Company have executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
POSITRON CORPORATION
By: /s/ S. Xxxxx Xxxxx
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Its: Chairman
INVESTOR
/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Xxxx X. Xxxxxx
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