Private Placement Warrant



 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 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 THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS THEREUNDER AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES OR BLUE SKY LAWS. 
  
 SONIC FOUNDRY, INC. 
 WARRANT 
  

			
	Warrant No.    	  	Dated:                     , 2005

  
 Sonic Foundry, Inc., a
Maryland corporation (the “Company”), hereby certifies that, for value received,
                                , or its registered assigns (“Holder”),
is entitled, subject to the terms set forth below, to purchase from the Company up to a total of .2 shares for each share of common stock purchased, $.01 par value per share (the “Common Stock”), of the Company (each such share, a
“Warrant Share” and all such shares, the “Warrant Shares”) at an exercise price equal to [150% of the price paid for each share of common stock purchased] (as adjusted from time to time as provided in Section 9, the
“Exercise Price”), at any time and from time to time from and after the date hereof and through and including the date Five years following the date above (the “Expiration Date”), and subject to the following terms and
conditions: 
  
 1. Registration of Warrant. The Company
shall register this Warrant, upon records to be maintained by the Company for that purpose (the “Warrant Register”), in the name of the record Holder hereof from time to time. The Company may deem and treat the registered Holder of this
Warrant as the absolute owner hereof for the purpose of any exercise hereof or any distribution to the Holder, and for all other purposes, and the Company shall not be affected by notice to the contrary. 
  
 2. Registration of Transfers and Exchanges. 
  
 (a) The Company shall register the transfer of any portion
of this Warrant in the Warrant Register, upon surrender of this Warrant, with the Form of Assignment attached hereto duly completed and signed, to the Transfer Agent or to the Company at the office specified in or pursuant to Section 3(b). Upon
any such registration or transfer, a new warrant to purchase Common Stock, in substantially the form of this Warrant (any such new warrant, a “New Warrant”), evidencing the portion of this Warrant so transferred shall be issued to the
transferee and a New Warrant evidencing the remaining portion of this Warrant not so transferred, if any, shall be issued to the transferring Holder. The acceptance of the New 

  

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Warrant by the transferee thereof shall be deemed the acceptance of such transferee of all of the rights and obligations of a holder of a Warrant.

  
 (b) This Warrant is exchangeable, upon the
surrender hereof by the Holder to the office of the Company specified in or pursuant to Section 3(b) for one or more New Warrants, evidencing in the aggregate the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares which may then be purchased
hereunder. Any such New Warrant will be dated the date of such exchange. 
  
 3. Duration and Exercise of Warrants. 
  
 (a) This Warrant shall be exercisable by the registered Holder on any business day before 8:00 P.M., New York City time, at any time and from time to time on or after the date hereof to and including the Expiration
Date. At 8:00 P.M., New York City time on the Expiration Date, the portion of this Warrant not exercised prior thereto shall be and become void and of no value. Prior to the Expiration Date, the Company may not call or otherwise redeem this Warrant
without the prior written consent of the Holder. 
  
 (b) Subject to Sections 2(b), 6 and 10, upon surrender of this Warrant, with the Form of Election to Purchase attached hereto duly completed and signed, to the Company at its address for notice set forth in Section 13 and upon payment
of the Exercise Price multiplied by the number of Warrant Shares that the Holder intends to purchase hereunder, in the manner provided hereunder, all as specified by the Holder in the Form of Election to Purchase, the Company shall promptly (but in
no event later than 3 business days after the Date of Exercise (as defined herein)) issue or cause to be issued and cause to be delivered to or upon the written order of the Holder and in such name or names as the Holder may designate, a certificate
for the Warrant Shares issuable upon such exercise, free of restrictive legends except (i) either in the event that a registration statement covering the resale of the Warrant Shares and naming the Holder as a selling stockholder thereunder is
not then effective or the Warrant Shares are not freely transferable without volume restrictions pursuant to Rule 144(k) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or (ii) if this Warrant shall
have been issued pursuant to a written agreement between the original Holder and the Company, as required by such agreement. Any person so designated by the Holder to receive Warrant Shares shall be deemed to have become holder of record of such
Warrant Shares as of the Date of Exercise of this Warrant. 
  
 (c) A “Date of Exercise” means the date on which the Company shall have received (i) this Warrant (or any New Warrant, as applicable), with the Form of Election to Purchase attached hereto (or attached
to such New Warrant) appropriately completed and duly signed, and (ii) payment of the Exercise Price for the number of Warrant Shares so indicated by the holder hereof to be purchased. 
  
 (d) This Warrant shall be exercisable, either in its
entirety or, from time to time, for a portion of the number of Warrant Shares. If less than all of the Warrant Shares which may be purchased under this Warrant are exercised at any time, the Company shall issue or cause to be issued, at its expense,
a New Warrant evidencing the right to purchase the remaining number of Warrant Shares for which no exercise has been evidenced by this Warrant. 
  

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 4. Piggyback Registration Rights. During the Effectiveness Period (as defined in Section 1.2
of the Registration Rights Agreement, of even date herewith, between the Company and the original Holder), and until the Shelf Registration is filed, the Company may not file any registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(other than registration statements of the Company filed on Form S-8 or Form S-4, each as promulgated under the Securities Act, pursuant to which the Company is registering securities pursuant to a Company employee benefit plan or pursuant to a
merger, acquisition or similar transaction including supplements thereto, but not additionally filed registration statements in respect of such securities) at any time when there is not an effective registration statement covering the resale of the
Warrant Shares and naming the Holder as a selling stockholder thereunder, unless the Company provides the Holder with not less than 20 days notice of its intention to file such registration statement and provides the Holder the option to include any
or all of the applicable Warrant Shares therein. The piggyback registration rights granted to the Holder pursuant to this Section shall continue until all of the Holder’s Warrant Shares have been sold in accordance with an effective
registration statement or upon the Expiration Date. The Company will pay all registration expenses in connection therewith. 
  
 5. Registration Rights. During the Effectiveness Period, the Company shall effect the “Shelf Registration” for the Warrant Shares as
provided in Section 1.2 of the Registration Rights Agreement, or if such Shelf Registration should not be declared effective or should its effectiveness lapse for any reason during the Effectiveness Period, the Holder shall have the
“Registration Rights” with respect to the Warrant Shares as provided in the Registration Rights Agreement. 
  
 6. Payment of Taxes. The Company will pay all documentary stamp taxes attributable to the issuance of Warrant Shares upon the exercise of this
Warrant; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to pay any tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the registration of any certificates for Warrant Shares or Warrants in a name other than that of the
Holder. The Holder shall be responsible for all other tax liability that may arise as a result of holding or transferring this Warrant. 
  
 7. Replacement of Warrant. If this Warrant is mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall issue or cause to be issued in exchange and
substitution for and upon cancellation hereof, or in lieu of and substitution for this Warrant, a New Warrant, but only upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of such loss, theft or destruction and indemnity, if requested,
satisfactory to it. Applicants for a New Warrant under such circumstances shall also comply with such other reasonable regulations and procedures and pay such other reasonable charges as the Company may prescribe. 
  
 8. Reservation of Warrant Shares. The Company covenants that it will
at all times reserve and keep available out of the aggregate of its authorized but unissued Common Stock, solely for the purpose of enabling it to issue Warrant Shares upon exercise of this Warrant as herein provided, the number of Warrant Shares
which are then issuable and deliverable upon the exercise of this entire Warrant, free from preemptive rights or any other actual contingent purchase rights of persons other than the Holder (taking into account the adjustments and restrictions of
Section 9). The Company covenants that all Warrant Shares that shall be so issuable and deliverable shall, upon issuance and the payment of the applicable Exercise Price in 

  

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accordance with the terms hereof, be duly and validly authorized, issued and fully paid and nonassessable. 
  
 9. Certain Adjustments. The Exercise Price and number of Warrant
Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant are subject to adjustment from time to time as set forth in this Section 9. Upon each such adjustment of the Exercise Price pursuant to this Section 9, the Holder shall thereafter prior to the
Expiration Date be entitled to purchase, at the Exercise Price resulting from such adjustment, the number of Warrant Shares obtained by multiplying the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment by the number of Warrant Shares
issuable upon exercise of this Warrant immediately prior to such adjustment and dividing the product thereof by the Exercise Price resulting from such adjustment. 
  
 (a) If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding, (i) shall pay a stock dividend
(except scheduled dividends paid on outstanding preferred stock as of the date hereof which contain a stated dividend rate) or otherwise make a distribution or distributions on shares of its Common Stock or on any other class of capital stock
payable in shares of Common Stock, (ii) subdivide outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares, or (iii) combine outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, the Exercise Price shall be
multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding treasury shares, if any) outstanding before such event and of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding
treasury shares, if any) outstanding after such event. Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution and
shall become effective immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision or combination, and shall apply to successive subdivisions and combinations. 
  
 (b) In case of any reclassification of the Common Stock, any consolidation or merger of the Company with or
into another person, the sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the Common Stock is converted into other securities, cash or property, then the Holder shall have
the right thereafter to exercise this Warrant only into the shares of stock and other securities and property receivable upon or deemed to be held by holders of Common Stock following such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or
share exchange, and the Holder shall be entitled upon such event to receive such amount of securities or property equal to the amount of Warrant Shares such Holder would have been entitled to had such Holder exercised this Warrant immediately prior
to such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange. The terms of any such consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange shall include such terms so as to continue to give to the Holder the right to receive
the securities or property set forth in this Section 9(b) upon any exercise following any such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange. 
  
 (c) If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding, shall distribute to all holders of Common
Stock (and not to holders of this Warrant) evidences of its indebtedness or assets or rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any security (excluding those referred to in Sections 9(a), (b) and (d)), then in each such case the Exercise
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for determination of stockholders entitled to receive such distribution by a fraction of which the denominator shall be the Exercise Price determined as of
the record date mentioned above, and of which the numerator shall be such Exercise Price on such record date less the then fair market value at such record date of the portion of such assets or evidence of indebtedness so distributed applicable to
one outstanding share of Common Stock as determined by the Company’s independent certified public accountants that regularly examines the financial statements of the Company (an “Appraiser”). 
  
 (d) If at any time the Company or any subsidiary thereof, as
applicable with respect to Common Stock Equivalents (as defined below), shall issue shares of Common Stock or rights, warrants, options or other securities or debt that is convertible into or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock (“Common
Stock Equivalents”), other than: (i) issuances pursuant to any grant or exercise of any stock or options which may hereafter be granted or exercised under any employee benefit plan of the Company now existing or to be implemented in
the future, and (ii) shares of Common Stock issued as payment of the purchase price in connection with a Strategic Transaction (as defined below) entitling any person or entity to acquire shares of Common Stock at a price per share less than
both the market price of the Common Stock at the time of issuance and the Exercise Price then in effect (if the holder of the Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalent so issued shall at any time, whether by operation of purchase price adjustments,
reset provisions, floating conversion, exercise or exchange prices or otherwise, or due to warrants, options or rights issued in connection with such issuance at a price less than the prevailing Exercise Price or market price, such issuance shall be
deemed to have occurred for less than such Exercise Price or market price), then, forthwith upon such issue or sale, the Exercise Price shall be reduced to the price (calculated to the nearest cent) determined by multiplying the Exercise Price in
effect immediately prior thereto by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the sum of (i) the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such issuance, and (ii) the number of shares of Common Stock which the
aggregate consideration received (or to be received, assuming exercise or conversion in full of such Common Stock Equivalents) for the issuance of such additional shares of Common Stock would purchase at the Exercise Price, and the denominator of
which shall be the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after the issuance of such additional shares. For purposes hereof, all shares of Common Stock that are issuable upon conversion, exercise or exchange of Common
Stock Equivalents shall be deemed outstanding immediately after the issuance of such Common Stock Equivalents. Such adjustment shall be made whenever such Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents are issued. However, upon the expiration of any
Common Stock Equivalents the issuance of which resulted in an adjustment in the Exercise Price pursuant to this Section, if any such Common Stock Equivalents shall expire and shall not have been exercised, the Exercise Price shall immediately upon
such expiration be recomputed and effective immediately upon such expiration be increased to the price which it would have been (but reflecting any other adjustments in the Exercise Price made pursuant to the provisions of this Section after the
issuance of such Common Stock Equivalents) had the adjustment of the Exercise Price made upon the issuance of such Common Stock Equivalents been made on the basis of offering for subscription or purchase only that number of shares of the Common
Stock actually purchased upon the exercise of such Common Stock Equivalents actually exercised. For purposes of this Section 9(d), a “Strategic Transaction” shall mean a transaction or relationship in which the Company issues Common
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which the Company receives material benefits in addition to the investment of funds, but shall not include a transaction in which the Company is issuing
securities primarily for the purpose of raising capital. 
  
 (e) In case of any (1) merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another Person, or (2) sale by the Company of more than one-half of the assets of the Company (on a book value basis) in one or a
series of related transactions, or (3) tender or other offer or exchange (whether by the Company or another Person) pursuant to which holders of Common Stock are permitted to tender or exchange their shares for other securities, stock, cash or
property of the Company or another Person; then the Holder shall have the right thereafter to (A) exercise this Warrant for the shares of stock and other securities, cash and property receivable upon or deemed to be held by holders of Common
Stock following such merger, consolidation or sale, and the Holder shall be entitled upon such event or series of related events to receive such amount of securities, cash and property as the Common Stock for which this Warrant could have been
exercised immediately prior to such merger, consolidation or sales would have been entitled, (B) in the case of a merger or consolidation, (x) require the surviving entity to issue to the Holder a warrant entitling the Holder to acquire
shares of such entity’s common stock, which warrant shall have terms identical (including with respect to exercise) to the terms of this Warrant and shall be entitled to all of the rights and privileges set forth herein and the agreements
pursuant to which this Warrant was issued (including, without limitation, as such rights relate to the acquisition, transferability, registration and listing of such shares of stock or other securities issuable upon exercise thereof), or (C) in
the event of an exchange or tender offer or other transaction contemplated by clause (3) of this Section, tender or exchange this Warrant for such securities, stock, cash and other property receivable upon or deemed to be held by holders of
Common Stock that have tendered or exchanged their shares of Common Stock following such tender or exchange, and the Holder shall be entitled upon such exchange or tender to receive such amount of securities, cash and property as the shares of
Common Stock for which this Warrant could have been exercised immediately prior to such tender or exchange would have been entitled as would have been issued. In the case of clause (B), the exercise price applicable for the newly issued warrant
shall be based upon the amount of securities, cash and property that each share of Common Stock would receive in such transaction and the Exercise Price immediately prior to the effectiveness or closing date for such transaction. The terms of any
such merger, sale, consolidation, tender or exchange shall include such terms so as continue to give the Holder the right to receive the securities, cash and property set forth in this Section upon any conversion or redemption following such event.
This provision shall similarly apply to successive such events. 
  
 (f) For the purposes of this Section 9, the following clauses shall also be applicable: 
  
 (i) Record Date. In case the Company shall take a record of the holders of its Common Stock for the purpose of entitling them
(A) to receive a dividend or other distribution payable in Common Stock or in securities convertible or exchangeable into shares of Common Stock, or (B) to subscribe for or purchase Common Stock or securities convertible or exchangeable
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declaration of such dividend or the making of such other distribution or the date of the granting of such right of subscription or purchase, as the case may
be. 
  
 (ii) Treasury Shares. The number
of shares of Common Stock outstanding at any given time shall not include shares owned or held by or for the account of the Company, and the disposition of any such shares shall be considered an issue or sale of Common Stock. 
  
 (g) No adjustments in the Exercise Price shall be required
if such adjustment is less than $0.01; provided, however, that any adjustments which by reason of this Section 9 are not required to be made shall be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent adjustment. All calculations under
this Section 9 shall be made to the nearest cent or to the nearest 1/100th of a share, as the case may be. 
  
 (h) Whenever the Exercise Price is adjusted pursuant to Section 9(c) above, the Holder, after receipt of the determination by the
Appraiser, shall have the right to select an additional appraiser (which shall be a nationally recognized accounting firm), in which case the adjustment shall be equal to the average of the adjustments recommended by each of the Appraiser and such
appraiser. The Holder shall promptly mail or cause to be mailed to the Company, a notice setting forth the Exercise Price after such adjustment and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment. Such adjustment shall become
effective immediately after the record date mentioned above. 
  
 (i) If: 
  
 (i)
the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution) on its Common Stock; or 
  
 (ii) the Company shall declare a special nonrecurring cash dividend on or a redemption of its Common Stock; or 
  
 (iii) the Company shall authorize the granting to all
holders of the Common Stock rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any shares of capital stock of any class or of any rights; or 
  
 (iv) the approval of any stockholders of the Company shall be required in connection with any reclassification of the Common Stock, any
consolidation or merger to which the Company is a party, any sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, or any compulsory share exchange whereby the Common Stock is converted into other securities, cash or property;
or 
  
 (v) the Company shall authorize the
voluntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Company, 
  
 then the Company shall cause to be mailed to each Holder at their last addresses as they shall appear upon the Warrant Register, at least 30 calendar days prior to the applicable record or effective date hereinafter specified, a notice
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for the purpose of such dividend, distribution, redemption, rights or warrants, or if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of Common
Stock of record to be entitled to such dividend, distributions, redemption, rights or warrants are to be determined or (y) the date on which such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange is expected to become
effective or close, 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, cash or other property deliverable upon such reclassification,
consolidation, merger, sale, transfer, share exchange, dissolution, liquidation or winding up; provided, however, that the failure to mail such notice or any defect therein or in the mailing thereof shall not affect the validity of the
corporate action required to be specified in such notice. 
  
 10.
Payment of Exercise Price. The Holder shall pay the Exercise Price in immediately available funds. 
  
 11. Certain Exercise Restrictions. 
  
 (a) The Holder may not exercise this Warrant to the extent such exercise would result in the Holder, together with any affiliate thereof,
beneficially owning (as determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) and the rules thereunder) in excess of 4.999% of the then issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock, including
shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant after application of this Section. The Holder shall have the sole authority and obligation to determine whether and to what Warrant Shares the restriction contained in this Section applies. The
provisions of this Section may be waived by the Holder upon not less than 61 days prior notice to the Company. 
  
 (b) The Holder may not exercise this Warrant to the extent such exercise would result in the Holder, together with any affiliate thereof,
beneficially owning (as determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules thereunder) in excess of 9.999% of the then issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock, including shares issuable upon exercise of this
Warrant after application of this Section. The Holder shall have the sole authority and obligation to determine whether and to what Warrant Shares the restriction contained in this Section applies. The provisions of this Section may be waived by the
Holder upon not less than 61 days prior notice to the Company. 
  
 12. Fractional Shares. The Company shall not be required to issue or cause to be issued fractional Warrant Shares on the exercise of this Warrant. The number of full Warrant Shares which shall be issuable upon the exercise of this
Warrant shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate number of Warrant Shares purchasable on exercise of this Warrant so presented. If any fraction of a Warrant Share would, except for the provisions of this Section, be issuable on the exercise
of this Warrant, the Company shall pay an amount in cash equal to the Exercise Price multiplied by such fraction. 
  
 13. Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given and effective on the
earliest of (i) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile telephone number specified in this Section prior to 8:00 p.m. (New York City time) on a business day, (ii) the business
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delivered via facsimile at the facsimile telephone number specified in this Section later than 8:00 p.m. (New York City time) on any date and earlier than
11:59 p.m. (New York City time) on such date, (iii) the business day following the date of mailing, if sent by nationally recognized overnight courier service, or (iv) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be
given. The addresses for such communications shall be: (i) if to the Company, to Sonic Foundry, Inc., 222 West Washington Avenue, Suite 775, Madison, WI 53703, Attention: Chief Financial Officer, or to Facsimile No. (608) 443-1609, or
(ii) if to Holder, to the Holder at the address or facsimile number appearing on the Warrant Register or such other address or facsimile number as the Holder may provide to the Company in accordance with this Section. 
  
 14. Warrant Agent. The Company shall serve as warrant agent under
this Warrant. Upon thirty (30) days’ notice to the Holder, the Company may appoint a new warrant agent. Any corporation into which the Company or any new warrant agent may be merged or any corporation resulting from any consolidation to
which the Company or any new warrant agent shall be a party or any corporation to which the Company or any new warrant agent transfers substantially all of its corporate trust or shareholders services business shall be a successor warrant agent
under this Warrant without any further act. Any such successor warrant agent shall promptly cause notice of its succession as warrant agent to be mailed (by first class mail, postage prepaid) to the Holder at the Holder’s last address as shown
on the Warrant Register. 
  
 15. Miscellaneous.

  
 (a) This Warrant shall be binding on and
inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. This Warrant may be amended only in writing signed by the Company and the Holder and their successors and assigns. 
  
 (b) Subject to Section 15(a), above, nothing in this
Warrant shall be construed to give to any person or corporation other than the Company and the Holder any legal or equitable right, remedy or cause under this Warrant. This Warrant shall inure to the sole and exclusive benefit of the Company and the
Holder. 
  
 (c) The corporate laws of the State
of Maryland shall govern all issues concerning the relative rights of the Company and its stockholders. All other questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Warrant shall also be governed by and construed
and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Maryland, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof. The Company and the Holder hereby irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal
courts sitting in the State of Wisconsin, County of Dade, for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to
assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, or that such suit, action or proceeding is improper. Each of the Company and the Holder hereby irrevocably waives personal
service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by receiving a copy thereof sent to the Company at the address in effect for notices to it under this instrument and agrees that such service shall
constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law. 
  

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 (d) The headings herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this
Warrant and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof. 
  
 (e) In case any one or more of the provisions of this Warrant shall be invalid or unenforceable in any respect, the validity and
enforceability of the remaining terms and provisions of this Warrant shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and the parties will attempt in good faith to agree upon a valid and enforceable provision which shall be a commercially
reasonable substitute therefor, and upon so agreeing, shall incorporate such substitute provision in this Warrant. 
  
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be duly executed by its authorized officer as of the date first indicated above. 
  

			
	 SONIC FOUNDRY, INC.

		
	 By:
	 	 
		
	 Name: 
	 	 
		
	 Title:
	 	 


  

	

  
  
  

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 FORM OF ELECTION TO PURCHASE 
  
 (To be executed by the Holder to exercise the right to purchase shares of Common Stock under the foregoing Warrant) 
  
 To Sonic Foundry, Inc.: 
  
 In accordance with the Warrant enclosed with this Form of Election to
Purchase, the undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to purchase              shares of common stock, $.01 par value per share, of Sonic Foundry, Inc. (the “Common Stock”)
and encloses herewith $             in cash, certified or official bank check or checks, which sum represents the aggregate Exercise Price (as defined in the Warrant) for the number
of shares of Common Stock to which this Form of Election to Purchase relates, together with any applicable taxes payable by the undersigned pursuant to the Warrant. 
  
 The undersigned requests that certificates for the shares of Common Stock issuable upon this exercise be issued in the name
of 
  

	
	 PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR
 TAX IDENTIFICATION NUMBER

	
	 
	 


  
 (Please print
name and address) 
  
 If the number of shares of Common Stock
issuable upon this exercise shall not be all of the shares of Common Stock which the undersigned is entitled to purchase in accordance with the enclosed Warrant, the undersigned requests that a New Warrant (as defined in the Warrant) evidencing the
right to purchase the shares of Common Stock not issuable pursuant to the exercise evidenced hereby be issued in the name of and delivered to: 
  

															
	 	 	 	 	 	  	 	  	 	 	 	  	 
			
	 	  	(Please print name and address)	  	 
			
	 	  	 	  	 
			
	 	  	 	  	 
							
	Dated: 	 	 	 	,	 	 	  	 	  	Name of Holder:	  	 
								
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	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	  	 	  	 	 	 (By:)
	  	 
								
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	  	 	  	 	 	 (Name:)
	  	 
								
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	  	 	  	 	 	 (Title:)
	  	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	  	 	  	 	 	(Signature must conform in all respects to name of holder as specified on the face of the Warrant)

  
  
  







 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 within Warrant to purchase
                             shares of Common Stock of Sonic Foundry, Inc. to which the within Warrant
relates and appoints                                     
attorney to transfer said right on the books of Sonic Foundry, Inc. 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

	
	 
	
	 


  

	
	 In the presence of: