Advisory Group Warrants



 Exhibit 4.6 
  

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: _______________

  
 Sonic Foundry, Inc., a
Maryland corporation (the “Company”), hereby certifies that, in exchange for services to be provided, __________________ (“Holder”) is entitled, subject to the terms set forth below, to purchase from the Company up to a total of
__________ shares of common stock, $.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 ___________
per share (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 “Expiration
Date”), and subject to the following terms and conditions: 
  
 1.                Registration of Warrant on Books and Records of the Company. 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 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
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deemed to have become holder of record of such Warrant Shares as of the Date of Exercise of this Warrant. 
  
 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. 
  
 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. 
  
 4.                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 or receiving Warrant Shares upon exercise hereof. 
  
 5.                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. 
  
 6.                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 accordance with the terms hereof, be duly and validly authorized, issued and fully paid and nonassessable. 
  

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 7.                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 8. Upon each such adjustment of the Exercise Price pursuant to this
Section 8, 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 8(a), (b) and (d)), then in each such case the Exercise Price shall be 

  

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determined by multiplying the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to the record date fixed 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)                 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 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 shares 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. 
  

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 (e)                 For the purposes of this Section 8, 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 into shares of
Common Stock, then such record date shall be deemed to be the date of the issue or sale of the shares of Common Stock deemed to have been issued or sold upon the 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. 
  
 (f)                 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 8 are not required to be made shall be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent adjustment. All calculations under this
Section 8 shall be made to the nearest cent or to the nearest 1/100th of a share, as the case may be. 
  
 (g)                 Whenever the Exercise Price is adjusted pursuant to Section 8(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 

  

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	 	(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 stating (x) the date on which a record is to be taken 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.                 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. 

 

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 12.                 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 day after the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is 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 W. Washington
Avenue, Suite 775, Madison, Wisconsin 53703, Attention: Chief Financial Officer, or to Facsimile No. (608) 443-1609, or (ii) if to the 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. 
  
 13.                 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. 
  
 14.                 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 14(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 be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, 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 City of New York, borough of Manhattan, for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in
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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. 
  
 (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. 
  
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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. 
  

	 	


			
	SONIC FOUNDRY, INC.
		
	By:	 	 


			
		
	Name:	 	 Ken Minor

		
	Title:	 	 Chief Financial Officer 

	 	 	 

  
  

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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:	______________,
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                  Name of Holder: 

  

			
	 
		
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	(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. 
  

					
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	 	 	(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: