EX-4.5 3 ex4_5.htm Form of Warrant Agreement
Exhibit 4.5
Form of Warrant Agreement
THIS WARRANT AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”), dated [_______], 2014, by and between Nxt-ID, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) and [___________], a [_______ corporation] (the “Warrant Agent”).
“Closing Price” means, for any date of determination, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (i) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the closing bid price per share of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on such market; (ii) if prices for the Common Stock are then quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board or OTC Quotation Board, the closing bid price per share of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) so quoted; (iii) if prices for the Common Stock are then reported in the “Pink Sheets” published by the National Quotation Bureau Incorporated (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share of the Common Stock so reported; or (iv) in all other cases, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by an independent qualified appraiser selected in good faith and paid for by the Company.
“Common Stock” means the common stock of the Company, par value $0.001 per share, and any securities into which such common stock may hereafter be reclassified.
“Exercise Price” means $[___],[1] subject to adjustment in accordance with Section 10.
“Fundamental Transaction” means any of the following: (i) the Company effects any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another person, (ii) the Company effects any sale of all or substantially all of its assets in one or a series of related transactions, (iii) any tender offer or exchange offer (whether by the Company or another person) is completed pursuant to which holders of Common Stock are permitted to tender or exchange their shares for other securities, cash or property, or (iv) the Company effects any reclassification of the Common Stock or any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the Common Stock is effectively converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash or property.
“Purchase Agreement” means the Underwriting Agreement, dated [___________], 2014, to which the Company and Northland Securities, Inc. are parties.
“Trading Day” means (i) a day on which the Common Stock is traded on a Trading Market (other than the OTC Bulletin Board or OTC Quotation Board), or (ii) if the Common Stock is not listed on a Trading Market (other than the OTC Bulletin Board or OTC Quotation Board), a day on which the Common Stock is traded in the over-the-counter market, as reported by the OTC Bulletin Board or OTC Quotation Board, or (iii) if the Common Stock is not quoted on any Trading Market, a day on which the Common Stock is quoted in the over-the-counter market as reported by the National Quotation Bureau Incorporated (or any similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices); provided, that in the event that the Common Stock is not listed or quoted as set forth in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) hereof, then Trading Day shall mean a Business Day.
“Trading Market” means whichever of the New York Stock Exchange, NYSE AMEX, the NASDAQ Global Select Market, the NASDAQ Global Market, the NASDAQ Capital Market or the OTC Bulletin Board or OTC Quotation Board on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question.
[1] Note: To be 120% of the public offering price of the common stock in the public offering
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5. Exercise and Duration of Warrants.
(a) The Warrant shall be exercisable by the registered Holder in whole at any time and in part from time to time from the Original Issue Date through and including the Expiration Date. On the Expiration Date, the portion of the Warrant not exercised prior thereto shall be and become void and of no value. The Company may not call or redeem any portion of the Warrant without the prior written consent of the affected Holder. In no event will the Company be required to net cash settle the Warrant exercise.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the number of Warrant Shares that may be acquired by the Holder upon any exercise of the Warrant (or otherwise in respect hereof) shall be limited to the extent necessary to insure that, following such exercise (or other issuance), the total number of shares of Common Stock then beneficially owned by such Holder and its affiliates (as defined under Rule 144, “Affiliates”) and any other persons whose beneficial ownership of Common Stock would be aggregated with the Holder’s for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, does not exceed 4.999% of the total number of issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock (including for such purpose the shares of Common Stock issuable upon such exercise). For such purposes, beneficial ownership shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. This provision shall not restrict the number of shares of Common Stock which a Holder may receive or beneficially own in order to determine the amount of securities or other consideration that such Holder may receive in the event of a Fundamental Transaction as contemplated in Section 10 of this Agreement. By written notice to the Company, the Holder may waive the provisions of this Section 5(b) but any such waiver will not be effective until the 61st day after delivery of such notice, nor will any such waiver effect any other Holder.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the number of Warrant Shares that may be acquired by the Holder upon any exercise of the Warrant (or otherwise in respect hereof) shall be limited to the extent necessary to insure that, following such exercise (or other issuance), the total number of shares of Common Stock then beneficially owned by such Holder and its Affiliates and any other persons whose beneficial ownership of Common Stock would be aggregated with the Holder’s for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, does not exceed 9.999% of the total number of issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock (including for such purpose the shares of Common Stock issuable upon such exercise). For such purposes, beneficial ownership shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. This provision shall not restrict the number of shares of Common Stock which a Holder may receive or beneficially own in order to determine the amount of securities or other consideration that such Holder may receive in the event of a Fundamental Transaction as contemplated in Section 10 of this Agreement. This restriction may not be waived.
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6. Delivery of Warrant Shares.
(a) To effect exercises hereunder, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender the Warrant unless the aggregate Warrant Shares represented by the Warrant are being exercised. Upon delivery of the Exercise Notice (in the form attached hereto) to the Warrant Agent (with the attached Warrant Shares Exercise Log) at its address for notice set forth herein and upon payment of the Exercise Price multiplied by the number of Warrant Shares that the Holder intends to purchase hereunder and the Warrant Agent shall promptly (but in no event later than three Trading Days after the Date of Exercise (as defined herein)) issue and deliver to the Holder, a certificate for the Warrant Shares issuable upon such exercise, which, unless otherwise required by the Purchase Agreement, shall be free of restrictive legends. The Warrant Agent shall deliver Warrant Shares hereunder electronically through the Depository Trust Corporation or another established clearing corporation performing similar functions, if available. A “Date of Exercise” means the date on which the Holder shall have delivered to the Warrant Agent: (i) the Exercise Notice (with the Warrant Exercise Log attached to it), appropriately completed and duly signed and (ii) if such Holder is not utilizing the cashless exercise provisions set forth in this Agreement, payment of the Exercise Price for the number of Warrant Shares so indicated by the Holder to be purchased.
(b) If by the third Trading Day after the Company receives notice of the Warrant Agent receiving an Exercise Notice, the Company fails to cause the Warrant Agent to deliver the required number of Warrant Shares in the manner required pursuant to Section 6(a), then the Holder will have the right to rescind such exercise.
(c) If by the third Trading Day after the Company receives notice of the Warrant Agent receiving an Exercise Notice, the Company fails to cause the Warrant Agent to deliver the required number of Warrant Shares in the manner required pursuant to Section 6(a), and if after such third Trading Day and prior to the receipt of such Warrant Shares, the Holder purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of the Warrant Shares which the Holder anticipated receiving upon such exercise (a “Buy-In”), then the Company shall (1) pay in cash to the Holder the amount by which (x) the Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased exceeds (y) the amount obtained by multiplying (A) the number of Warrant Shares that the Company was required to deliver to the Holder in connection with the exercise at issue by (B) the closing bid price of the Common Stock at the time of the obligation giving rise to such purchase obligation and (2) at the option of the Holder, either reinstate the portion of the Warrant and equivalent number of Warrant Shares for which such exercise was not honored or deliver to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock that would have been issued had the Company timely complied with its exercise and delivery obligations hereunder. The Holder shall provide the Warrant Agent written notice indicating the amounts payable to the Holder in respect of the Buy-In.
(d) The Company’s obligations to cause the Warrant Agent to issue and deliver Warrant Shares in accordance with the terms hereof are absolute and unconditional, irrespective of any action or inaction by the Holder to enforce the same, any waiver or consent with respect to any provision hereof, the recovery of any judgment against any person or any action to enforce the same, or any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, limitation or termination, or any breach or alleged breach by the Holder or any other person of any obligation to the Company or any violation or alleged violation of law by the Holder or any other person, and irrespective of any other circumstance which might otherwise limit such obligation of the Company to the Holder in connection with the issuance of Warrant Shares. Nothing herein shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s failure to timely deliver certificates representing Warrant Shares upon exercise of the Warrant as required pursuant to the terms hereof.
(e) If the Warrant is exercised in part, the Warrant Agent shall, at the request of a Holder and upon surrender of the Warrant, at the time of delivery of the certificate or certificates representing Warrant Shares, deliver to the Holder a new Warrant evidencing the rights of the Holder to purchase the unpurchased Warrant Shares called for by the Warrant, which new Warrant shall in all other respects be identical with the Warrant
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(a) Cash Exercise. The Holder may deliver immediately available funds; or
X = Y [(A-B)/A]
where:
X = the number of Warrant Shares to be issued to the Holder.
Y = the number of Warrant Shares with respect to which the Warrant is being exercised.
A = the average of the Closing Prices for the five Trading Days immediately prior to (but not including) the Exercise Date.
B = the Exercise Price.
For purposes of Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, it is intended, understood and acknowledged that the Warrant Shares issued in a cashless exercise transaction shall be deemed to have been acquired by the Holder, and the holding period for the Warrant Shares shall be deemed to have commenced, on the date the Warrant was originally issued.
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(b) Governing Law. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof.
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[signature page follows]
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In witness whereof, the undersigned have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first indicated above.
NXT-ID | |||
By: | |||
Name: | |||
Its: | |||
[NAME OF WARRANT AGENT] | |||
By: | |||
Name: | |||
Its: |
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Number | NXT-ID, INC. | Warrant | ||
THIS WARRANT WILL BE VOID IF NOT EXERCISED PRIOR | ||||
TO 5:30 P.M. NEW YORK CITY TIME, [_______], 2018 | ||||
THIS CERTIFIES THAT, for value received, SPECIMEN
is the registered holder of a Warrant or Warrants expiring [_______], 2018 (the “Warrant”) to purchase [___] of one fully paid and non-assessable share of common stock, $0,0001 par value (“Shares”) of Nxt-ID, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) for each Warrant evidenced by this Warrant Certificate. The Warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase from the Company, commencing upon the date of issuance, such number of Shares of the Company at the price of $[___] per full Share (the “Exercise Price”), upon surrender of the Warrant, with a duly executed facsimile copy of the Notice of Exercise Form attached hereto and payment of the Exercise Price at the office or agency of the Warrant Agent, Corporate Stock Transfer, Inc. (the “Warrant Agent”), but subject to the conditions set forth herein and in the Common Stock Purchase Warrant Agreement between the Company and the Warrant Agent (the “Warrant Agreement”). The terms of the Warrant Agreement are incorporated herein in their entirety. In the event of a conflict between this Warrant Certificate and the Warrant Agreement, the terms of the Warrant Agreement shall control.
This Warrant will expire on the date first written above if it is not exercised prior to such date by the registered holder pursuant to the terms of the Warrant Agreement.
No fraction of a Share will be issued upon any exercise of a Warrant. If the holder of a Warrant would be entitled to receive a fraction of a Share upon any exercise of a Warrant, the Company shall, upon such exercise, round up to the nearest whole number the number of Shares to be issued to such holder or pay a cash adjustment in respect of such fractional amount.
Warrant Certificates, when surrendered at the office or agency of the Warrant Agent by the registered holder hereof in person or by attorney duly authorized in writing, may be exchanged in the manner and subject to the limitations provided in the Warrant Agreement, but without payment of any service charge, for another Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates of like tenor evidencing in the aggregate a like number of Warrants.
Upon due presentment for registration of transfer of the Warrant Certificate at the office or agency of the Warrant Agent in the manner provided in the Warrant Agreement, a new Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates of like tenor and evidencing in the aggregate a like number of Warrants shall be issued to the transferee in exchange for this Warrant Certificate as provided in the Warrant Agreement.
The Company and the Warrant Agent may deem and treat the registered holder as the absolute owner of this Warrant Certificate (notwithstanding any notation of ownership or writing hereon made by anyone), for the purpose of any exercise hereof, of any distribution to the registered holder, and for all other purposes, and neither the Company nor the Warrant Agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
This Warrant does not entitle the registered holder to any of the rights of a stockholder of the Company.
[____________________] | |||||
By: | |||||
President | Secretary | Transfer Agent and Registrar Authorized Officer |
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The undersigned Holder hereby irrevocably elects to purchase shares of Common Stock pursuant to the attached Warrant. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined have the respective meanings set forth in the Warrant.
(1) The undersigned Holder hereby exercises its right to purchase Warrant Shares pursuant to the Warrant.
(2) The Holder intends that payment of the Exercise Price shall be made as (check one):
¨ “Cash Exercise” under Section 10
¨ “Cashless Exercise” under Section 10
(3) If the holder has elected a Cash Exercise, the holder shall pay the sum of $____________ to the Company in accordance with the terms of the Warrant.
(4) Pursuant to this Exercise Notice, the Company shall deliver to the holder Warrant Shares in accordance with the terms of the Warrant.
Dated ______________ __, _____ | Name of Holder: | ||
(Print) | |||
By: | |||
Its: | |||
(Signature must conform in all respects to name of holder as specified on the face of the Warrant) |
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Date |
Number of Warrant Shares Available to be Exercised |
Number of Warrant Shares Exercised |
Number of Warrant Shares Remaining to be Exercised |
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FORM OF ASSIGNMENT
[To be completed and signed only upon transfer of Warrant]
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto the right represented by the attached Warrant to purchase shares of Common Stock to which such Warrant relates and appoints attorney to transfer said right on the books of the Company with full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated: __________ __, _______
(Signature must conform in all respects to name of holder as specified on the face of the Warrant)
Address of Transferee | ||
Note: Address for Delivery may not be a P.O. box and must be a physical address where stock certificates may be delivered in connection with this purchase or any future stock issued through splits, warrant conversions or other circumstances. The delivery address may be a personal residence, or a broker dealer where the certificate would be deposited | ||
Attest: | ||
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