NEITHER  THIS  SECURITY  NOR  THE  SECURITIES  INTO  WHICH  THIS SECURITY  IS  EXERCISABLE  HAVE  BEEN  REGISTERED  WITH  THE SECURITIES   AND   EXCHANGE   COMMISSION   OR   THE   SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR  IN  A  TRANSACTION  NOT  SUBJECT  TO,  THE  REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE  STATE  SECURITIES  LAWS  AS  EVIDENCED  BY  A  LEGAL OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE TRANSFEROR REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY TO SUCH EFFECT, THE SUBSTANCE OF WHICH SHALL BE REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY.  

THIS WARRANT SHALL BE VOID AFTER  5:00  P.M.  EASTERN TIME UPON THE EXPIRATION DATE AS DEFINED BELOW.

 

ALPINE 4 HOLDINGS, INC.

WARRANT TO PURCHASE SHARES OF
CLASS A COMMON STOCK

 

This Warrant (the “Warrant”) is issued as of December 9, 2021 to Andrew Spence (the “Warrantholder”) by Alpine 4 Holdings, Inc, a Delaware Corporation (the “Company”) in connection with the Membership Interest Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”), of even or near date herewith, to which Company and Warrantholder are among the contracting parties. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meaning set forth in the Purchase Agreement.  

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the Warrantholder is entitled to purchase from Company, subject to the provisions and conditions of this Warrant, at any time before 5:00 P.M. Eastern time on the third year anniversary of the Closing Date as defined in the Purchase Agreement (the “Expiration Date”), an amount of shares (“Warrant Shares”) of the Company’s Class A Common Stock (“Common Stock”) equal to $100,000 divided by the warrant price  per share (“Warrant Price”) calculated as the Variable Weighted Average Price of the Common Stock averaged over the three Trading Days prior to the Closing Date.  (“Trading Days” shall mean any day on which the Common Stock is traded on the Nasdaq exchange.)  The number of Warrant Shares purchasable upon exercise of this Warrant and the Warrant Price shall be subject to adjustment from time to time as described under Section 8 herein.


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Section 1.Record Keeping.  The Company shall maintain books for the transfer and registration of the Warrant for purposes of the Company’s books and records.  Upon the initial issuance of this Warrant, the Company shall issue and register the Warrant in the name of the Warrantholder on the Company’s books and records.  

Section 2.Transfers.  As provided herein, this Warrant may be transferred only pursuant to a registration statement filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or an exemption from such registration.  Subject to such restrictions, the Company shall transfer this Warrant from time to time upon the books to be maintained by the Company for that purpose, upon surrender hereof for transfer, properly endorsed or accompanied by appropriate instructions for transfer and such other documents as may be reasonably required by the Company, including, if required by the Company, an opinion of its counsel to the effect that such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, to establish that such transfer is being made in accordance with the terms hereof, and a new Warrant shall be issued to the transferee and the surrendered Warrant shall be canceled by the Company. 

Section 3.Exercise of Warrant.   

(a)Subject to the provisions hereof, the Warrantholder may exercise this Warrant at any time beginning after the issuance date prior to the Expiration Date, upon surrender of the Warrant, together with delivery of a duly executed Warrant exercise form, in the form attached hereto as Appendix A (the “Notice of Exercise”) and payment by cash, certified check or wire transfer of funds equal to  the Warrant Price multiplied by that number of Warrant Shares then being purchased, to the Company during normal business hours on any business day at the Company’s principal executive offices (or such other office or agency of the Company as it may designate by notice to the Warrantholder).  The Warrant Shares so purchased shall be deemed to be issued to the Warrantholder or the Warrantholder’s designee, as the record owner of such shares, as of the close of business on the date on which this Warrant shall have been surrendered (or the date evidence of loss, theft or destruction thereof and security or indemnity satisfactory to the Company has been provided to the Company), the Warrant Price shall have been paid and the completed Notice of Exercise shall have been delivered.  Certificates for the Warrant Shares so purchased shall be delivered to the Warrantholder within ten (10) Trading Days after this Warrant shall have been so exercised.  The certificates so delivered shall be in such denominations as may be requested by the Warrantholder and shall be registered in the name of the Warrantholder or such other name as shall be designated by the Warrantholder, as specified in the Notice of Exercise.  If this Warrant shall have been exercised only in part, then, unless this Warrant has expired, the Company shall, at its expense, at the time of delivery of such certificates, deliver to the Warrantholder a new Warrant representing the right to purchase the number of shares with respect to which this Warrant shall not then have been exercised.  As used herein, “business day” means a day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, on which banks in New York City, New York are open for the general transaction of business.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, to effectuate the exercise of the Warrant hereunder, the Warrantholder shall not be required to physically surrender this Warrant to the Company unless the entire Warrant is exercised.  The Warrantholder and the Company shall maintain records showing the amount exercised and the dates of such exercise.  The Warrantholder and any assignee, by acceptance of this Warrant, acknowledge and agree that by reason of the provision of the paragraph, following exercise of a portion of the Warrant the  


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number of Warrant Shares purchasable under this Warrant may be less than the amount of Warrant Shares purchasable when the Warrant was originally granted.  

Section 4.Compliance with the Securities Act of 1933. This Warrant may only be exercised by the Warrantholder if the Warrantholder is an “accredited investor” as defined by Rule 501 of Regulation D.  The Company may cause the legend set forth on the first page of this Warrant to be set forth on each Warrant, and a similar legend on any security issued or issuable upon exercise of this Warrant, unless counsel for the Company is of the opinion as to any such security that such legend is unnecessary. 

Section 5.Payment of Taxes.  The Company will pay any documentary stamp taxes attributable to the initial issuance of Warrant Shares issuable upon the exercise of the Warrant; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to pay any tax or taxes which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance or delivery of any certificates for Warrant Shares in a name other than that of the Warrantholder in respect of which such shares are issued, and in such case, the Company shall not be required to issue or deliver any certificate for Warrant Shares or any Warrant until the person requesting the same has paid to the Company the amount of such tax or has established to the Company’s reasonable satisfaction that such tax has been paid.  The Warrantholder shall be responsible for income taxes due under federal, state or other law, if any such tax is due. 

Section 6.Mutilated or Missing Warrants.  In case this Warrant shall be mutilated, lost, stolen, or destroyed, the Company shall issue in exchange and substitution of and upon surrender and cancellation of the mutilated Warrant, or in lieu of and substitution for the Warrant lost, stolen or destroyed, a new Warrant of like tenor and for the purchase of a like number of Warrant Shares, but only upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of such loss, theft or destruction of the Warrant, and with respect to a lost, stolen or destroyed Warrant, reasonable indemnity or bond with respect thereto, if requested by the Company. 

Section 7.Reservation of Common Stock.  At any time when this Warrant is exercisable, the Company shall at all applicable times keep reserved until issued (if necessary) as contemplated by this Section 7, out of the authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock, at least a number of shares of Common Stock equal to 100% of the number of shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be necessary to effectuate the exercise of all of this Warrant then outstanding.  The Company agrees that all Warrant Shares issued upon due exercise of the Warrant shall be, at the time of delivery of the certificates for such Warrant Shares, duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock of the Company. 

Section 8.Adjustments.   

(a)If the Company shall, at any time or from time to time while this Warrant is outstanding, pay a dividend or make a distribution on its Common Stock in shares of Common Stock, subdivide its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares or combine its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares or issue by reclassification of its outstanding shares of Common Stock any shares of its capital stock (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing corporation), then (i) the Warrant Price in effect immediately prior to  


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the date on which such change shall become effective shall be adjusted by multiplying such Warrant Price by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such change and the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such change and (ii) the number of Warrant Shares purchasable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be adjusted by multiplying the number of Warrant Shares purchasable upon exercise of this Warrant immediately prior to the date on which such change shall become effective by a fraction, the numerator of which is shall be the Warrant Price in effect immediately prior to the date on which such change shall become effective and the denominator of which shall be the Warrant Price in effect immediately after giving effect to such change, calculated in accordance with clause (i) above.  Such adjustments shall be made successively whenever any event listed above shall occur.

(b)If any capital reorganization, reclassification of the capital stock of the Company, consolidation or merger of the Company with another corporation in which the Company is not the survivor, or sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets to another corporation shall be effected, then, as a condition of such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or other disposition, lawful and adequate provision shall be made whereby each Warrantholder shall thereafter have the right to purchase and receive upon the basis and upon the terms and conditions herein specified and in lieu of the Warrant Shares immediately theretofore issuable upon exercise of the Warrant, such shares of stock, securities or assets as would have been issuable or payable with respect to or in exchange for a number of Warrant Shares equal to the number of Warrant Shares immediately theretofore issuable upon exercise of the Warrant, had such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or other disposition not taken place, and in any such case appropriate provision shall be made with respect to the rights and interests of each Warrantholder to the end that the provisions hereof (including, without limitation, provision for adjustment of the Warrant Price) shall thereafter be applicable, as nearly equivalent as may be practicable in relation to any shares of stock, securities or assets thereafter deliverable upon the exercise hereof.  The Company shall not effect any such consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or other disposition unless prior to or simultaneously with the consummation thereof the successor corporation (if other than the Company) resulting from such consolidation or merger, or the corporation purchasing or otherwise acquiring such assets or other appropriate corporation or entity shall assume the obligation to deliver to the Warrantholder, at the last address of the Warrantholder appearing on the books of the Company, such shares of stock, securities or assets as, in accordance with the foregoing provisions, the Warrantholder may be entitled to purchase, and the other obligations under this Warrant.  The provisions of this paragraph (b) shall similarly apply to successive reorganizations, reclassifications, consolidations, mergers, sales, transfers or other dispositions. 

(c)In case the Company shall fix a payment date for the making of a distribution to all holders of Common Stock (including any such distribution made in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing corporation) of evidences of indebtedness or assets (other than cash dividends or cash distributions payable out of consolidated earnings or earned surplus or dividends or distributions referred to in Section 8(a)), or subscription rights or warrants, the Warrant Price to be in effect after such payment date shall be determined by multiplying the Warrant Price in effect immediately prior to such payment date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding multiplied by the Market Price per share of Common Stock immediately prior to such  


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payment date, less the fair market value (as determined by the Company’s Board of Directors in good faith) of said assets or evidences of indebtedness so distributed, or of such subscription rights or warrants, and the denominator of which shall be the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding multiplied by such Market Price per share of Common Stock immediately prior to such payment date.  

(d)An adjustment to the Warrant Price shall become effective immediately after the payment date in the case of each dividend or distribution and immediately after the effective date of each other event which requires an adjustment. 

(e)In the event that, as a result of an adjustment made pursuant to this Section 8, the Warrantholder shall become entitled to receive any shares of capital stock of the Company other than shares of Common Stock, the number of such other shares so receivable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be subject thereafter to adjustment from time to time in a manner and on terms as nearly equivalent as practicable to the provisions with respect to the Warrant Shares contained in this Warrant. 

(f)To the extent permitted by applicable law and the listing requirements of any stock market or exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed, the Company from time to time may decrease the Warrant Price by any amount for any period of time if the period is at least twenty (20) days, the decrease is irrevocable during the period and the Board shall have made a determination that such decrease would be in the best interests of the Company, which determination shall be conclusive provided however, that the Warrant Price may not be decreased below the Market Price on the date of the execution of the Subscription Agreement.  Whenever the Warrant Price is decreased pursuant to the preceding sentence, the Company shall provide written notice thereof to the Warrantholder at least five (5) days prior to the date the decreased Warrant Price takes effect, and such notice shall state the decreased Warrant Price and the period during which it will be in effect.   

Section 9.Fractional Interest.  The Company shall not be required to issue fractions of Warrant Shares upon the exercise of this Warrant.  If any fractional share of Common Stock would, except for the provisions of the first sentence of this Section 9, be deliverable upon such exercise, the Company, in lieu of delivering such fractional share, shall pay to the exercising Warrantholder or any assignee an amount in cash (rounded to the nearest whole cent) equal to such fractional amount multiplied by the Warrant Price. 

Section 10.Benefits.  Nothing in this Warrant shall be construed to give any person, firm or corporation (other than the Company and the Warrantholder) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim, it being agreed that this Warrant shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Company and the Warrantholder. 

Section 11.Notices to Warrantholder.  Upon the happening of any event requiring an adjustment of the Warrant Price, the Company shall not later than five (5) Business Days after the occurrence of such event give written notice thereof to the Warrantholder at the address appearing in the records of the Company, stating the adjusted Warrant Price and the adjusted number of Warrant Shares resulting from such event and setting forth in reasonable detail the method of calculation and the facts upon which such calculation is based.  Failure to give such notice to the  


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Warrantholder or any defect therein shall not affect the legality or validity of the subject adjustment. In the event that the Company fails to give notice of an event requiring an adjustment of the Warrant Price to the Warrantholder within five Business Days of such event, the Company shall pay to the Warrantholder liquidated damages of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000).

Section 12.Identity of Transfer Agent.  The Transfer Agent for the Common Stock is VStock Transfer, LLC, 18 Lafayette Place, Woodmere, NY 11598.  Upon the appointment of any subsequent transfer agent for the Common Stock or other shares of the Company’s capital stock issuable upon the exercise of the rights of purchase represented by the Warrant, the Company will mail to the Warrantholder a statement setting forth the name and address of such transfer agent. 

Section 13.Notices.  Unless otherwise provided, any notice required or permitted under this Warrant shall be given in writing and shall be deemed effectively given and received as hereinafter described (i) if given by personal delivery, then such notice shall be deemed received upon such delivery, (ii) if given by telex or facsimile, then such notice shall be deemed received upon receipt of confirmation of complete transmittal, (iii) if given by certified mail return receipt requested, then such notice shall be deemed received upon the day such return receipt is signed, and (iv) if given by an internationally recognized overnight air courier, then such notice shall be deemed given one business day after delivery to such carrier.  Copies of such notices shall also be transmitted by email to the email address provided for on the signature page of the Subscription Agreement.  All notices shall be addressed as follows: if to the Warrantholder, at its address as set forth in the Company’s books and records and, if to the Company, at the address as follows, or at such other address as the Warrantholder or the Company may designate by ten days’ advance written notice to the other: 

If to the Warrantholder:

Andrew Spence

 

_____________________________

 

_____________________________

 

Email: _______________________

 

With a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

_____________________________

 

_____________________________

 

_____________________________

 

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If to the Company:

Alpine 4 Holdings, Inc. 

2525 E Arizona Biltmore Circle, Suite C237

Phoenix, AZ 85016

Attn: Kent Wilson, CEO 

Email: kwilson@alpine4.com

 

With a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

Kirton McConkie, P.C.

50 East South Temple Street, Suite 400

Salt Lake City, UT 84111

ATTN: C. Parkinson Lloyd

Email: plloyd@kmclaw.com

 

Section 14.Successors.  All the covenants and provisions hereof by or for the benefit of the Warrantholder shall bind and inure to the benefit of its respective successors and assigns hereunder.  

Section 15.Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial.  This Warrant shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the internal laws of the State of Delaware, without reference to the choice of law provisions thereof.  The Company and, by accepting this Warrant, the Warrantholder, each irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of Indiana , for the purpose of any suit, action, proceeding or judgment relating to or arising out of this Warrant and the transactions contemplated hereby.  Service of process in connection with any such suit, action or proceeding may be served on each party hereto anywhere in the world by the same methods as are specified for the giving of notices under this Warrant.  The Company and, by accepting this Warrant, the Warrantholder, each irrevocably consents to the jurisdiction of any such court in any such suit, action or proceeding and to the laying of venue in such court.  The Company and, by accepting this Warrant, the Warrantholder, each irrevocably waives any objection to the laying of venue of any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such courts and irrevocably waives any claim that any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.   

EACH OF THE COMPANY AND, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, THE WARRANTHOLDER HEREBY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO REQUEST A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LITIGATION WITH RESPECT TO THIS WARRANT AND REPRESENTS THAT COUNSEL HAS BEEN CONSULTED SPECIFICALLY AS TO THIS WAIVER.

Section 16.No Rights as Stockholder.  Prior to the exercise of this Warrant, the Warrantholder shall not have or exercise any rights as a stockholder of the Company by virtue of its ownership of this Warrant. 


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Section 17.Remedies; Other Obligations; Breaches and Injunctive Relief.  The remedies provided in this Warrant shall be cumulative and in addition to all other remedies available under this Warrant and the other Transaction Documents, at law or in equity (including a decree of specific performance and/or other injunctive relief), and nothing herein shall limit the right of the Warrantholder right to pursue actual damages for any failure by the Company to comply with the terms of this Warrant.  The Company acknowledges that a breach by it of its obligations hereunder will cause irreparable harm to the Warrantholder and that the remedy at law for any such breach may be inadequate.  The Company therefore agrees that, in the event of any such breach or threatened breach, the Warrantholder shall be entitled, in addition to all other available remedies, an injunction restraining any breach, without the necessity of showing economic loss and without any bond or other security being required. 

Section 18.Section Headings.  The section headings in this Warrant are for the convenience of the Company and the Warrantholder and in no way alter, modify, amend, limit or restrict the provisions hereof. 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be duly executed, as of the date written below.

 

ALPINE 4 HOLDINGS, INC.

 

 

 

By: /s/ Kent B. Wilson_______________

Name: Kent B. Wilson

Title:  Chief Executive Officer 

 

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APPENDIX A

ALPINE 4 HOLDINGS, INC.
NOTICE OF EXERCISE FORM

 

To Alpine 4 Holdings, Inc.:

 

The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise the right of purchase represented by the within Warrant (“Warrant”) for, and to purchase thereunder by the payment of the Warrant Price and surrender of the Warrant, _______________ shares of Common Stock (“Warrant Shares”) provided for therein, and requests that certificates for the Warrant Shares be issued as follows: 

	 


	Name


	 


	 


	 


	Address


	 


	 


	Federal Tax ID or Social Security No.




 

and delivered by certified mail to the above address, or (if the Company’s Common Stock is publicly traded) electronically (provide DWAC Instructions):

_____________________________________

_____________________________________

_____________________________________ 

or other (specify):

_____________________________________

_____________________________________

_____________________________________ 

 

and, if the number of Warrant Shares shall not be all the Warrant Shares purchasable upon exercise of the Warrant, that a new Warrant for the balance of the Warrant Shares purchasable upon exercise of this Warrant be registered in the name of the undersigned Warrantholder or the undersigned’s Assignee as below indicated and delivered to the address stated below.

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	Dated: ___________________, ____

 

 

 

	 

	 


	 

	 

	 


	Signature

 

	 

	Signature of Spouse/Partner (if applicable)

 


	 

	 

	 


	Individual or Entity Name (and Title, if applicable)

	 

	Name (please print)

 


	 

	 

	 


	 

	 

	 


	 

	 

	 


	 

	 

	 


	Address

 

	 

	Address

 


	 

	 

	 


	Federal Identification or Social Security No.

 

	 

	Federal Identification or Social Security No.

 

 


	 

	 

	Assignee:


	 

	 

	 


	 

	 

	 


	 

	 

	 


	 

	 

	 


	 

	 

	 


	Note:  The signature must correspond with the name of the Warrantholder as written on the first page of the Warrant in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever, unless the Warrant has been assigned.

 

	 

	 





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