Exhibit 10.9

 

THIS WARRANT AND THE SECURITIES PURCHASABLE HEREUNDER HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FILED UNDER SAID ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, UNLESS AN EXEMPTION FROM SUCH REGISTRATION IS AVAILABLE.

 

NATERA, INC.

 

WARRANT

 

dated as of April 18, 2013

 

THIS CERTIFIES THAT, for value received, Royalty Opportunities S.à r.l. or its successors or permitted assigns (such Person and such successors and assigns each being the “Warrant Holder” with respect to the Warrant held by it), at any time and from time to time on any Business Day on or prior to 5:00 p.m. (New York City time), on the Expiration Date (as herein defined), is entitled (a) to subscribe for the purchase from Natera, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), 614,007 Shares at a price per Share equal to the Exercise Price (as herein defined), and (b) to the other rights set forth herein; provided that the number of Shares issuable upon any exercise of this Warrant and the Exercise Price shall be adjusted and readjusted from time to time in accordance with Section 5.  By accepting delivery hereof, the Warrant Holder agrees to be bound by the provisions hereof.

 

IN FURTHERANCE THEREOF, the Company irrevocably undertakes and agrees for the benefit of Warrant Holder as follows:

 

Section 1.                                           Definitions and Construction.

 

(a)                                 Certain Definitions.  As used herein (the following definitions being applicable in both singular and plural forms):

 

“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with such Person.

 

“Application 3” means the following patent application: U.S. Serial No. 11/603,406, filed November 22, 2006, titled “System and Method for Cleaning Noisy Genetic Data From Target Individuals Using Genetic Data from Genetically Related Individuals”.

 

“Application 5” means the following patent application: U.S. Serial No. 12/076,348, filed March 17, 2008, titled “System and Method for Cleaning Noisy Genetic Data and Determining Chromosome Copy Number”.

 

“Appraised Value” means at any time the fair market value thereof determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company as of a date which is within ten (10) days of the date as of which the determination is to be made, subject to the rights of the Requisite Holders pursuant to Section 5(n).

 

“Business Day” means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City are authorized by law to close.

 

“Closing Price” means, for any trading day with respect to a Share, (a) the last reported sale price on such day on the principal national securities exchange on which the Shares are listed or admitted to trading or, if no such reported sale takes place on any such day, the average of the closing bid and asked prices thereon, as reported in The Wall Street Journal, or (b) if such Shares shall not be listed or admitted to trading on a national securities exchange, the last reported sales price on the NASDAQ National Market System or, if no such reported sale takes place on any such day, the average of the closing bid and

 

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asked prices thereon, as reported in The Wall Street Journal, or (c) if such Shares shall not be quoted on such National Market System nor listed or admitted to trading on a national securities exchange, then the average of the closing bid and asked prices, as reported by The Wall Street Journal for the over-the-counter market; provided that if clause (a), (b), or (c) applies and no price is reported in The Wall Street Journal for any trading day, then the price reported in The Wall Street Journal for the most recent prior trading day shall be deemed to be the price reported for such trading day.

 

“Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other Federal agency administering the Securities Act at the time.

 

“Credit Agreement” means the Credit Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among the Company and ROS Acquisition Offshore, LP.

 

“Delayed Draw Loan” has the meaning set forth in the Credit Agreement.

 

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or any successor Federal statute, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at the time.

 

“Exercise Amount” means for any number of Warrant Shares as to which this Warrant is being exercised the product of (i) such number of Warrant Shares times (ii) the Exercise Price.

 

“Exercise Price” means $1.4251 per Warrant Share; provided, however, that the Exercise Price will be $0.01 per Warrant Share (as may be adjusted from time to time pursuant to Section 5) (i) if by June 30, 2013, a United States patent has not been allowed to the Company for each of the Application 3 and Application 5 patent application or (ii) if such patents have been allowed by June 30, 2013, then such patents are not issued by September 30, 2013.

 

“Expiration Date” means the earlier of (i) April 18, 2023 and (ii) a Liquidation Event (as defined in the Company’s current Restated Certificate of Incorporation on file with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware).

 

“Initial Holder” means Royalty Opportunities S.àr.L.

 

“Market Price” on any day means (a) the unweighted average of the daily Closing Prices per Share for the 20 consecutive trading days prior to such date or (b) if clauses (a), (b) and (c) of the definition of “Closing Price” are inapplicable, then the Appraised Value as of such day shall apply

 

“Note” has the meaning set forth in the Credit Agreement.

 

“Person” means an individual, a corporation, a partnership, an association, a trust or any other entity or organization, including a government or political subdivision or an agency or instrumentality thereof.

 

“Requisite Holders” means at any time holders of Warrant Shares and Warrants representing at least a majority of the Warrant Shares outstanding or issuable upon the exercise of all the outstanding Warrants.

 

“ROS” means Royalty Opportunities S.à r.l, a Luxembourg société à responsabilité limitée.

 

“Royalty Agreement” means the Royalty Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among the Company and ROS.

 

“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, or any successor Federal statute, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at the time.

 

“Shares” means the Company’s currently authorized common stock, $0.0001 par value, and stock of any other class or other consideration into which such currently authorized capital stock may hereafter have been changed.

 

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“Warrant” means, as the context requires, this warrant and any successor warrant or warrants issued upon a whole or partial transfer or assignment of any such Share purchase warrant or of any such successor warrant.

 

“Warrant Shares” means the number of Shares issued or issuable upon exercise of this Warrant as set forth in the introduction hereto, as adjusted from time to time pursuant to Section 5, or in the case of other Warrants, issuable upon exercise of those Warrants.

 

(b)                                 Accounting Terms and Determinations.  Unless otherwise specified herein, all accounting terms used herein shall be interpreted, all accounting determinations hereunder shall be made, and all financial statements required to be delivered hereunder shall be prepared, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.  When used herein, the term “financial statements” shall include the notes and schedules thereto.  References to fiscal periods are to fiscal periods of the Company.

 

(c)                                  Computation of Time Periods.  With respect to the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including” and the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding.”  Periods of days shall be counted in calendar days unless otherwise stated.

 

(d)                                 Construction.  Unless the context requires otherwise, references to the plural include the singular and to the singular include the plural, references to any gender include any other gender, the part includes the whole, the term “including” is not limiting, and the term “or” has, except where otherwise indicated, the inclusive meaning represented by the phrase “and/or.”  The words “hereof,” “herein,” “hereby,” “hereunder,” and similar terms in this Warrant refer to this Warrant as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Warrant.  Section, subsection, clause, exhibit and schedule references are to this Warrant, unless otherwise specified.  Any reference to this Warrant includes any and all permitted alterations, amendments, changes, extensions, modifications, renewals, or supplements thereto or thereof, as applicable.

 

(e)                                  Exhibits and Schedules.  All of the exhibits and schedules attached hereto shall be deemed incorporated herein by reference.

 

(f)                                   No Presumption Against Any Party.  Neither this Warrant nor any uncertainty or ambiguity herein or therein shall be construed or resolved using any presumption against any party hereto or thereto, whether under any rule of construction or otherwise.  On the contrary, this Warrant has been reviewed by each of the parties and their counsel and, in the case of any ambiguity or uncertainty, shall be construed and interpreted according to the ordinary meaning of the words used so as to fairly accomplish the purposes and intentions of all parties hereto.

 

Section 2.                                           Exercise of Warrant.

 

(a)                                 Exercise and Payment.  The Warrant Holder may exercise this Warrant in whole or in part, at any time or from time to time on any Business Day on or prior to the Expiration Date, by delivering to the Company a duly executed notice (a “Notice of Exercise”) in the form of Exhibit A and by payment to the Company of the Exercise Price per Warrant Share, at the election of the Warrant Holder, either (a) by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of the Company in an amount equal to the Exercise Amount, (b) by receiving from the Company the number of Warrant Shares equal to (i) the number of Warrant Shares as to which this Warrant is being exercised minus (ii) the number of Warrant Shares having a value, based on the Closing Price on the trading day immediately prior to the date of such exercise (or if there is no such Closing Price, then based on the Appraised Value as of such day), equal to the Exercise Amount, or (c) any combination of the foregoing.  The Company acknowledges that the provisions of clause (b) are intended, in part, to ensure that a full or partial

 

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exchange of this Warrant pursuant to such clause (b) will qualify as a conversion, within the meaning of paragraph (d)(3)(iii) of Rule 144 under the Securities Act.  At the request of any Holder, the Company will accept reasonable modifications to the exchange procedures provided for in this Section in order to accomplish such intent.  For all purposes of this Warrant (other than this Section 2(a)), any reference herein to the exercise of this Warrant shall be deemed to include a reference to the exchange of this Warrant into Shares in accordance with the terms of clause (b).

 

(b)                                 Effectiveness and Delivery.  As soon as practicable but not later than 10 Business Days after the Company shall have received such Notice of Exercise and payment, the Company shall execute and deliver or cause to be executed and delivered, in accordance with such Notice of Exercise, a certificate or certificates representing the number of Shares specified in such Notice of Exercise, issued in the name of the Warrant Holder.  This Warrant shall be deemed to have been exercised and such Share certificate or certificates shall be deemed to have been issued, and the Warrant Holder shall be deemed for all purposes to have become a holder of record of Shares, all as of the date that such Notice of Exercise and payment shall have been received by the Company.

 

(c)                                  Surrender of Warrant.  The Warrant Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company when it delivers the Notice of Exercise, and in the event of a partial exercise of the Warrant, the Company shall execute and deliver to the Warrant Holder, at the time the Company delivers the Share certificate or certificates issued pursuant to such Notice of Exercise, a new Warrant for the unexercised portion of the Warrant, but in all other respects identical to this Warrant.

 

(d)                                 Legend.  Each certificate for Warrant Shares issued upon exercise of this Warrant, unless at the time of exercise such Warrant Shares are registered under the Securities Act, shall bear the following legend:

 

THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FILED UNDER SAID ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, UNLESS AN EXEMPTION FROM SUCH REGISTRATION IS AVAILABLE.

 

Any certificate for Warrant Shares issued at any time in exchange or substitution for any certificate bearing such legend (unless at that time such Warrant Shares are registered under the Securities Act) shall also bear such legend unless, in the written opinion of counsel selected by the holder of such certificate (who may be an employee of such holder), which counsel and opinion shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company, the Warrant Shares represented thereby need no longer be subject to restrictions on resale under the Securities Act.

 

(e)                                  Fractional Shares.  The Company shall not be required to issue fractions of Shares upon an exercise of the Warrant.  If any fraction of a Share would, but for this restriction, be issuable upon an exercise of the Warrant, in lieu of delivering such fractional Share, the Company shall pay to the Warrant Holder, in cash, an amount equal to the same fraction times the Closing Price on the trading day immediately prior to the date of such exercise (or if there is no such Closing Price, then based on the Appraised Value as of such day).

 

(f)                                   Expenses and Taxes.  The Company shall pay all expenses, taxes and owner charges payable in connection with the preparation, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Warrant Shares and any new Warrants (other than any transfer taxes, as provided in Section 7 below).

 

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(g)                                  Automatic Cashless Exercise.  To the extent that there has not been an exercise by the Warrant Holder pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof, any portion of the Warrant that remains unexercised shall be exercised automatically in whole (not in part), upon the Expiration Date.  Payment by the Warrant Holder upon such automatic exercise shall be in the form of the Warrant Holder receiving from the Company the number of Warrant Shares equal to (i) the number of Warrant Shares as to which this Warrant is being automatically exercised minus (ii) the number of Warrant Shares having a value, based on the Closing Price on the trading day immediately prior to the date of such automatic exercise (or if there is no such Closing Price, then based on the Appraised Value as of such day), equal to the Exercise Amount.

 

Section 3.                                           Investment Representation.  By accepting this Warrant, the Warrant Holder represents and warrants to the Company that:

 

(a)                                 Purchase Entirely for Own Account.  This Warrant is delivered to the Warrant Holder in reliance upon such Warrant Holder’s representation to the Company that the Warrant and the Shares (collectively, the “Securities”) will be acquired for investment for the Warrant Holder’s own account, not as a nominee or agent, and not with a view to the resale or distribution of any part thereof, and that the Warrant Holder has no present intention of selling, granting any participation in or otherwise distributing the same.  The Warrant Holder does not have any contract, undertaking, agreement, or arrangement with any person to sell, transfer or grant participations to such person or to any third person, with respect to the Securities.

 

(b)                                 Disclosure of Information.  The Warrant Holder acknowledges that it has received all the information it considers necessary or appropriate for deciding whether to acquire the Securities. The Warrant Holder further represents that it has had an opportunity to ask questions and receive answers from the Company regarding the terms and conditions of the offering of the Securities.

 

(c)                                  Investment Experience.  The Warrant Holder is an investor in securities of companies in the development stage and acknowledges that it is able to fend for itself, can bear the economic risk of its investment, and has such knowledge and experience in financial or business matters that it is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the investment in the Securities. If other than an individual, the Warrant Holder also represents it has not been organized solely for the purpose of acquiring the Securities.

 

(d)                                 Accredited Investor.  The Warrant Holder is an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501 of Regulation D, as presently in effect, as promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under the Act.

 

(e)                                  Restricted Securities.  The Warrant Holder understands that the Securities are characterized as “restricted securities” under the federal securities laws inasmuch as they are being acquired from the Company in a transaction not involving a public offering and that under such laws and applicable regulations such securities may be resold without registration under the Act, only in certain limited circumstances. In this connection, the Warrant Holder represents that it is familiar with Rule 144, as presently in effect, as promulgated by the SEC under the Act (“Rule 144”), and understands the resale limitations imposed thereby and by the Act.

 

(f)                                   Further Limitations on Disposition.  Without in any way limiting the representations set forth above, the Warrant Holder further agrees not to make any disposition of all or any portion of the Securities unless and until the transferee has agreed in writing for the benefit of the Company to be bound by the terms of this Warrant, including, without limitation, this Section 3, and:

 

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(i)                                     there is then in effect a registration statement under the Act covering such proposed disposition and such disposition is made in accordance with such registration statement; or

 

(ii)                                  the Warrant Holder shall have notified the Company of the proposed disposition and shall have furnished the Company with a reasonably detailed statement of the circumstances surrounding the proposed disposition, and if reasonably requested by the Company, the Warrant Holder shall have furnished the Company with an opinion of counsel, reasonably satisfactory to the Company, that such disposition will not require registration of such shares under the Act. It is agreed that the Company will not require opinions of counsel for transactions made pursuant to Rule 144 except in extraordinary circumstances.

 

Notwithstanding the provisions in this Section 3(f), no such restriction shall apply to a transfer by a Warrant Holder that is (A) a partnership transferring to its partners or former partners in accordance with partnership interests, (B) a corporation transferring to a wholly-owned subsidiary or a parent corporation that owns all of the capital stock of a Warrant Holder, (C) a limited liability company transferring to its members or former members in accordance with their interest in the limited liability company, or (D) an individual transferring to the Warrant Holder’s family member or trust for the benefit of an individual Warrant Holder; provided that in each case the transferee will agree in writing to be subject to the terms of this Warrant.

 

(g)                                  “Market Stand-Off” Agreement.  The Warrant Holder hereby agrees that it will not, without the prior written consent of the managing underwriter, during the period commencing on the date of the final prospectus relating to the Company’s Initial Public Offering and ending on the date specified by the Company and the managing underwriter (such period not to exceed one hundred eighty (180) days) (i) lend, offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of the Company’s capital stock acquired through the exercise of this Warrant, or (ii) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Company’s capital stock acquired through the exercise of this Warrant, whether any such transaction described in clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of securities, in cash or otherwise.  The underwriters in connection with the Company’s Initial Public Offering are intended third party beneficiaries of this Section and shall have the right, power and authority to enforce the provisions hereof as though they were a party hereto.  The Warrant Holder further agrees to execute such agreements as may be reasonably requested by the underwriters in the Company’s Initial Public Offering that are consistent with this Section 3(h) or that are necessary to give further effect thereto.  Any discretionary waiver or termination of the restrictions of any or all of such agreements by the Company or the underwriters shall also apply to the Warrant Holder, on a pro rata basis, based on the number of shares held by any such Person for whom a waiver or termination was granted, and the number of shares over which such waiver or termination was granted.

 

Section 4.                                           Validity of Warrant and Issuance of Shares.

 

(a)                                 The Company represents and warrants that this Warrant has been duly authorized, is validly issued, and constitutes the valid and binding obligation of the Company.

 

(b)                                 The Company further represents and warrants that on the date hereof it is duly authorized and reserved, and the Company hereby agrees that it will at all times until the Expiration Date have duly authorized and reserved, such number of Shares as will be sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Warrant, and that all such Shares are and will be duly authorized and, when issued upon exercise of the Warrant, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and free and clear of all security interests, claims, liens, equities and other encumbrances.

 

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Section 5.                                           Antidilution Provisions.  The Exercise Price in effect at any time, and the number of Warrant Shares that may be purchased upon any exercise of the Warrant, shall be subject to change or adjustment as follows:

 

(a)                                 Subdivisions, Combinations and Other Issuances.  If the Company shall at any time after the issuance but prior to the Expiration Date subdivide its Shares, by split-up or otherwise, or combine its Shares, or issue additional Shares or other securities or rights (such securities or rights, “Share Equivalents”) convertible into, or entitling the holder thereof to receive, directly or indirectly, Shares, as a dividend with respect to any Shares, the number of Shares issuable on the exercise of this Warrant shall forthwith be proportionately increased in the case of a subdivision or stock dividend, or proportionately decreased in the case of a combination.  Appropriate adjustments shall also be made to the Exercise Price payable per share, but the aggregate Exercise Price payable for the total number of Shares purchasable under this Warrant (as adjusted) shall remain the same.  Any adjustment under this Section 5(a) shall become effective at the close of business on the date the subdivision or combination becomes effective, or as of the record date of such dividend, or in the event that no record date is fixed, upon the making of such dividend.

 

(b)                                 Reclassification, Reorganization and Consolidation.  In case of any reclassification, merger, capital reorganization or change in the capital stock of the Company (other than as a result of a subdivision, combination or stock dividend provided for in Section 5(a) above), then, as a condition of such reclassification, merger, reorganization or change, lawful provision shall be made, and duly executed documents evidencing the same from the Company or its successor shall be delivered to the Warrant Holder, so that the Warrant Holder shall have the right at any time prior to the Expiration Date to purchase, at a total price equal to that payable upon the exercise of this Warrant, the kind and amount of shares of stock and other securities or property receivable in connection with such reclassification, merger, reorganization or change by a holder of the same number and type of securities as were purchasable as Shares by the Warrant Holder immediately prior to such reclassification, merger, reorganization or change.  In any such case appropriate provisions shall be made with respect to the rights and interest of the Warrant Holder so that the provisions hereof shall thereafter be applicable with respect to any shares of stock or other securities or property deliverable upon exercise hereof, and appropriate adjustments shall be made to the Exercise Price per Share payable hereunder, provided the aggregate Exercise Price for the total number of Shares purchasable under this Warrant (as adjusted) shall remain the same.

 

(c)                                  Additional Shares.

 

(i)                                     (A)                               If the Company shall issue any Additional Shares (as defined below), for a consideration per share less than the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to the issuance of such Additional Shares, then the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such issuance shall forthwith be adjusted to a price determined by multiplying the Exercise Price by a fraction, (i) the numerator of which shall be the sum of (A) the number of Shares outstanding immediately prior to the issuance of such Additional Shares multiplied by the Exercise Price, and (B) the consideration, if any, received by the Company upon such issuance of Additional Shares, and (ii) the denominator of which shall be the product of the total number of Shares outstanding immediately after such issuance of Additional Shares multiplied by the Exercise Price.  If any issuance of Additional Shares shall require an adjustment to the Exercise Price pursuant to the foregoing provisions, then, effective at the time such adjustment is made, the number of Shares subject to purchase upon exercise of this Warrant shall be increased to a number determined by multiplying the number of Shares subject to purchase immediately before such issuance of Additional Shares by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such event and the denominator of which shall be the Exercise Price as adjusted in accordance

 

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with this Section 5(c).  The provisions of this Section 5(c) shall not operate to increase the Exercise Price or reduce the number of Shares subject to purchase upon exercise of this Warrant.

 

(B)                               Except to the limited extent provided for in subsections (E)(3) and (E)(4), no adjustment of such Exercise Price pursuant to this subsection 5(c)(i) shall have the effect of increasing the Exercise Price above the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment.

 

(C)                               In the case of the issuance of Additional Shares for cash, the consideration shall be deemed to be the amount of cash paid therefor before deducting any reasonable discounts, commissions or other expenses allowed, paid or incurred by this corporation for any underwriting or otherwise in connection with the issuance and sale thereof.

 

(D)                               In the case of the issuance of the Additional Shares for a consideration in whole or in part other than cash, the consideration other than cash shall be deemed to be the Appraised Value thereof.

 

(E)                                In the case of the issuance of options to purchase or rights to subscribe for Shares, securities by their terms convertible into or exchangeable for Shares or options to purchase or rights to subscribe for such convertible or exchangeable securities, the following provisions shall apply for purposes of determining the number of shares of Additional Shares issued and the consideration paid therefor:

 

(1)                                 The aggregate maximum number of Shares deliverable upon exercise (assuming the satisfaction of any conditions to exercisability, including without limitation, the passage of time, but without taking into account potential antidilution adjustments) of such options to purchase or rights to subscribe for Shares shall be deemed to have been issued at the time such options or rights were issued and for a consideration equal to the consideration (determined in the manner provided in subsections 5(c)(i)(C) and (c)(i)(D)), if any, received by the Company upon the issuance of such options or rights plus the minimum exercise price provided in such options or rights (without taking into account potential antidilution adjustments) for the Shares covered thereby.

 

(2)                                 The aggregate maximum number of Shares deliverable upon conversion of, or in exchange (assuming the satisfaction of any conditions to convertibility or exchangeability, including, without limitation, the passage of time, but without taking into account potential antidilution adjustments) for, any such convertible or exchangeable securities or upon the exercise of options to purchase or rights to subscribe for such convertible or exchangeable securities and subsequent conversion or exchange thereof shall be deemed to have been issued at the time such securities were issued or such options or rights were issued and for a consideration equal to the consideration, if any, received by the Company for any such securities and related options or rights (excluding any cash received on account of accrued interest or accrued dividends), plus the minimum additional consideration, if any, to be received by the Company (without taking into account potential antidilution adjustments) upon the conversion or exchange of such securities or the exercise of any related options or rights (the consideration in each case to be determined in the manner provided in subsections 5(c)(i)(C) and (c)(i)(D)).

 

(3)                                 In the event of any change in the number of Shares deliverable or in the consideration payable to the Company upon exercise of such options or rights or upon conversion of or in exchange for such convertible or exchangeable securities, the Exercise Price, to the extent in any way affected by or computed using such options, rights or securities, shall be recomputed to reflect such change, but no further adjustment shall be made for the actual issuance of Shares or any payment of such

 

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consideration upon the exercise of any such options or rights or the conversion or exchange of such securities.

 

(4)                                 Upon the expiration of any such options or rights, the termination of any such rights to convert or exchange or the expiration of any options or rights related to such convertible or exchangeable securities, the Exercise Price, to the extent in any way affected by or computed using such options, rights or securities or options or rights related to such securities, shall be recomputed to reflect the issuance of only the number of Shares (and convertible or exchangeable securities that remain in effect) actually issued upon the exercise of such options or rights, upon the conversion or exchange of such securities or upon the exercise of the options or rights related to such securities.

 

(5)                                 The number Additional Shares deemed issued and the consideration deemed paid therefor pursuant to subsections 5(c)(i)(E)(1) and (2) shall be appropriately adjusted to reflect any change, termination or expiration of the type described in either subsection 5(c)(i)(E)(3) or (4).

 

(ii)                                  “Additional Shares” shall mean any Shares issued (or deemed to have been issued pursuant to subsection 5(c)(i)(E)) by the Company after the issuance of this Warrant other than:

 

(A)                               Shares issued pursuant to a transaction described in subsections 5(a) and (b) hereof;

 

(B)                               Shares issued to employees, directors, officers, consultants and other service providers for the primary purpose of soliciting or retaining their services pursuant to plans or agreements approved by this corporation’s Board of Directors;

 

(C)                               Shares issued pursuant to an underwritten public offering in connection with which all shares of the Company’s preferred stock are converted to common stock;

 

(D)                               Shares issued pursuant to the conversion or exercise of convertible or exercisable securities outstanding on the issue date of this Warrant;

 

(E)                                Shares issued in connection with a strategic partnership (provided such strategic partnership is for other than primarily equity financing purposes) or bona fide business acquisition of or by this corporation, whether by merger, consolidation, sale of assets, sale or exchange of stock or otherwise approved by this corporation’s Board of Directors;

 

(F)                                 Shares issued or deemed issued pursuant to subsection 5(c)(i)(E) as a result of a decrease in the conversion price of any series of preferred stock resulting from the operation of Section 4(d) of the Company’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation; or

 

(G)                               Shares issued pursuant to a commercial credit transaction or an equipment or real property lease, provided such issuances are for other than primarily equity financing purposes and are approved by this corporations Board of Directors.

 

(d)                                 Special Distributions.  If the Company shall issue as a dividend or distribution to holders of Shares evidences of indebtedness, any other securities of the Company or any cash, property or other assets (excluding a transaction pursuant to Section 5(a) or (b)) (any such nonexcluded event being herein called a “Special Distribution”), then the Warrant Holder shall be entitled, upon exercise of the Warrant,

 

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to a pro-rata share of such Special Distribution as though the Warrant Holder had fully exercised this Warrant immediately prior to the record date for such Special Distribution.

 

(e)                                  Adjustment Rules.

 

(i)                                     Any adjustments pursuant to this Section 5 shall be made successively whenever any event referred to herein shall occur, except that, notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5, no adjustment shall be made to the number of Warrant Shares to be delivered to the Warrant Holder (or to the Exercise Price) if such adjustment represents less than 1% of the number of Warrant Shares previously required to be so delivered, but any lesser adjustment shall be carried forward and shall be made at the time and together with the next subsequent adjustment which together with any adjustments so carried forward shall amount to 1% or more of the number of Warrant Shares to be so delivered.

 

(ii)                                  No adjustments shall be made pursuant to this Section 5 in respect of the issuance of Warrant Shares upon exercise of the Warrant;

 

(iii)                               If the Company shall take a record of the holders of its Shares for any purpose referred to in this Section 5, then (x) such record date shall be deemed to be the date of the issuance, sale, distribution or grant in question and (y) if the Company shall legally abandon such action prior to effecting such action, no adjustment shall be made pursuant to this Section 5 in respect of such action.

 

(iv)                              In computing adjustments under this Section 5, (A) fractional interests in Shares shall be taken into account to the nearest one-thousandth of a Share, and (B) calculations of the Exercise Price shall be carried to the nearest one-thousandth of one cent.

 

(f)                                   Proceedings Prior to Any Action Requiring Adjustment.  As a condition precedent to the taking of any action which would require an adjustment pursuant to this Section 5, the Company shall take any action which may be necessary, including obtaining regulatory approvals or exemptions, in order that the Company may thereafter validly and legally issue as fully paid and nonassessable all Shares which the Warrant Holder is entitled to receive upon exercise of the Warrant.

 

(g)                                  Notice of Adjustment. Not less than 10 days prior to the record date or effective date, as the case may be, of any action which requires or might require an adjustment or readjustment pursuant to this Section 5, the Company shall give notice to the Warrant Holder of such event, describing such event in reasonable detail and specifying the record date or effective date, as the case may be, and, if determinable, the required adjustment and computation thereof.  If the required adjustment is not determinable as the time of such notice, the Company shall give notice to the Warrant Holder of such adjustment and computation as soon as reasonably practicable after such adjustment becomes determinable.  If requested by the Warrant Holder, in connection with any such adjustment or readjustment, the Company, at its sole cost and expense, will also cause independent certified public accountants of recognized national standing (which may be the regular auditors of the Company) selected by the Company to verify its computations and, in connection with the preparation of the Company’s quarterly financial statements prepare a report setting forth such adjustment or readjustment and showing in reasonable detail the method of calculation thereof and the facts upon which such adjustment or readjustment is based, including a statement of (i) the consideration received or to be received by the Company for any Share Distribution issued or sold or deemed to have been issued, (ii) the number of Shares outstanding or deemed to be outstanding, and (iii) the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such issue or sale and as adjusted and readjusted (if required by this Section 5) on account thereof.  The Company will forthwith mail a copy of each such report to the Warrant Holder and will, upon the written request at any time of the Warrant Holder, furnish to such holder a like report setting forth the Exercise Price at the time in effect and showing in reasonable detail how it was calculated.  The Company will also

 

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keep copies of all such reports at its office and will cause the same to be available for inspection at such office during normal business hours by the Warrant Holder or any prospective purchaser of this Warrant designated by the Warrant Holder.

 

(h)                                 Subsequent Warrants.  Irrespective of any adjustments in the Exercise Price or the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant, any successor or replacement warrants issued theretofore or thereafter may continue to express the same Exercise Price per Share and number and kind of Warrant Shares as are stated in this Warrant.

 

(i)                                     Disputes.  Any dispute which arises between the Warrant Holder and the Company with respect to the calculation of the adjusted Exercise Price or Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise shall be determined by the independent auditors of the Company, and such determination shall be binding upon the Company and the holders of the Warrants and the Warrant Shares if made in good faith and without manifest error.

 

(j)                                    Other Actions Affecting Shares.

 

(i)                                     Equitable Equivalent.  In case any event shall occur as to which the provisions of this Section 5 set forth above hereof are not strictly applicable but the failure to make any adjustment would not fairly protect the purchase rights represented by this Warrant in accordance with the essential intent and principles of this Section 5, then, in each such case, at the request of the Warrant Holder, the Company shall appoint a firm of independent investment bankers of recognized national standing (which shall be completely independent of the Company and shall be satisfactory to the holder or the Requisite Holders), which shall give their opinion upon the adjustment, if any, on a basis consistent with the essential intent and principles established in this Section 5, necessary to preserve, without dilution, the purchase rights represented by this Warrant.  Upon receipt of such opinion, the Company will promptly mail a copy thereof to the holder of this Warrant and shall make the adjustments described therein.

 

(ii)                                  No Avoidance.  The Company shall not, by amendment of its certificate of incorporation or by-laws or through any consolidation, merger, reorganization, transfer of assets, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant.

 

(k)                                 Adjustment of Par Value.  If for any reason (including the operation of the adjustment provisions set forth in this Warrant), the Exercise Price on any date of exercise of this Warrant shall not be lawful and adequate consideration for the issuance of the relevant Warrant Shares, then the Company shall take such steps as are necessary (including the amendment of its certificate of incorporation so as to reduce the par value of the Shares) to cause such Exercise Price to be adequate and lawful consideration on the date the payment thereof is due, but if the Company shall fail to take such steps, then the Company acknowledges that the Warrant Holder shall have been damaged by the Company in an amount equal to an amount, which, when added to the total Exercise Price for the relevant Warrant Shares, would equal lawful and adequate consideration for the issuance of such Warrant Shares, and the Company irrevocably agrees that if the Warrant Holder shall then forgive the right to recover such damages from the Company, such forgiveness shall constitute, and Company shall accept such forgiveness as, additional lawful consideration for the issuance of the relevant Warrant Shares.

 

(l)                                     Appraisal.

 

(i)                                     If the Requisite Holders shall, for any reason whatsoever, disagree with the Company’s determination of the Appraised Value of a Share, then such holders shall by notice to the Company (an “Appraisal Notice”) given within sixty (60) days after the Company notifies the holders of

 

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such determination, elect to dispute such determination, and such dispute shall be resolved as set forth in clause (ii) of this Section.

 

(ii)                                  The Company shall within ten (10) days after an Appraisal Notice shall have been given, engage an independent investment bank of national repute (the “Appraiser”) selected by the Requisite Holders and retained pursuant to an engagement letter between the Company and the Appraiser with respect to such valuation in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Requisite Holders, to make an independent determination of the Appraised Value of a Share; such value shall be determined without deduction for (a) liquidity considerations, (b) minority stockholder status, or (c) any liquidation or other preference or any right of redemption in favor of any other equity securities of the Company.  The costs of engagement of such investment bank for any such determination of Appraised Value shall be paid by the Company.

 

Section 6.                                           Registration Rights.  The Warrant Holder is entitled to the benefit of certain registration rights with respect to the Warrant Shares as provided in the Amended and Restated Investors’ Rights Agreement, dated as of February 20, 2013, by and among the Company and the parties thereto (the “Investor Rights Agreement”), and any subsequent holder hereof shall be entitled to such rights to the extent provided in the Investor Rights Agreement.

 

Section 7.                                           Transfer of Warrant.  The Warrant Holder upon transfer of the Warrant must deliver to the Company a duly executed Warrant Assignment in the form of Exhibit B and upon surrender of this Warrant to the Company, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant with appropriate changes to reflect such Assignment, in the name or names of the assignee or assignees specified in the Warrant Assignment or other instrument of assignment and, if the Warrant Holder’s entire interest is not being transferred or assigned, in the name of the Warrant Holder, and upon the Company’s execution and delivery of such new Warrant, this Warrant shall promptly be cancelled; and provided that any assignee shall have all of the rights of an Initial Holder hereunder.  The Warrant Holder shall pay any transfer tax imposed in connection with such assignment (if any).  Any transfer or exchange of this Warrant shall be without charge to the Warrant Holder (except as provided above with respect to transfer taxes, if any) and any new Warrant issued shall be dated the date hereof.

 

Section 8.                                           Assistance in Disposition of Warrant or Warrant Shares.  Notwithstanding any other provision herein, in the event that it becomes unlawful for the Warrant Holder to continue to hold the Warrant, in whole or in part, or some or all of the Shares held by it, or restrictions are imposed on any the Warrant Holder by any statute, regulation or governmental authority which, in the judgment of the Warrant Holder, make it unduly burdensome to continue to hold the Warrant or such Shares, the Warrant Holder may sell or otherwise dispose of the Warrant (subject to the restrictions on transfer provided in Section 7) or its Shares, and the Company agrees to provide reasonable assistance to the Warrant Holder in disposing of the Warrant and such Shares in a prompt and orderly manner and, at the reasonable request of the Warrant Holder, to provide (and authorize the Warrant Holder to provide) financial and other information reasonably requested concerning the Company to any prospective purchaser of the Warrant or Shares owned by the Warrant Holder.

 

Section 9                                              Identity of Transfer Agent.  The Transfer Agent for the Common Stock is Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, LLP.  Upon the appointment of any subsequent transfer agent for the Shares, the Company will mail to the Warrant Holder a statement setting forth the name and address of such transfer agent.

 

Section 10.                                    Covenants.  The Company agrees that:

 

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(a)                                 Information.  So long as this Warrant remains outstanding or any Initial Holder holds any Warrant Shares, the Company will deliver to the Warrant Holder (or Initial Holder):

 

(i)                                     as soon as available and in any event no later than August 31, 2013, with respect to the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012, and as soon as available and in any event within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year beginning with the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013, an audited consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of the end of such fiscal year and the related consolidated statements of income and of cash flows for such fiscal year, prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States applied on a consistent basis, except as otherwise noted therein, and setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and reported on without qualification by public accountants of nationally recognized standing;

 

(ii)                                  as soon as available but not later than 45 days after the end of each month which is a fiscal quarter end, a consolidated and consolidating balance sheet of the Company as of the end of such month, and the related consolidated and consolidating statements of income and cash flows for such month and for the portion of the fiscal year ended at the end of such month, prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States applied on a consistent basis, except as otherwise noted therein, and setting forth, in each case, in comparative form the figures for the corresponding month and the corresponding portion of the previous fiscal year, together with a comparison of results to the Company’s projections for such fiscal year;

 

(iv)                              simultaneously with the delivery of each set of financial statements referenced in subsection (a)(i) of this Section 10, a statement of the firm of independent public accountants that reported on such statements, stating that their audit examination has included a review of the terms of this Warrant as they relate to financial or accounting matters;

 

(v)                                 promptly, upon the issuance thereof, all statements and notices sent to the Company’s Stockholders; and

 

(viii)                        from time to time, such additional information regarding the business, properties, financial position, results of operations, or prospects of the Company or any of its subsidiaries as the Warrant Holder (or Initial Holder) may reasonably request; provided that the Company shall not be obligated to provide information that it deems in good faith to be a trade secret or similar confidential information or information that would compromise attorney client privilege.

 

(b)                                 Securities Filings; Rules 144 & 144A.  The Company will (i) file any reports required to be filed by it under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or the rules and regulations adopted by the Commission thereunder, (ii) use its best efforts to cooperate with the Warrant Holder and each holder of Warrant Shares in supplying such information concerning the Company as may be necessary for the Warrant Holder or holder of Warrant Shares to complete and file any information reporting forms currently or hereafter required by the Commission as a condition to the availability of an exemption from the Securities Act for the sale of any Warrants or Warrant Shares, (iii) take such further action as the Warrant Holder may reasonably request to the extent required from time to time to enable the Warrant Holder to sell Warrant Shares without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by Rule 144 or 144A under the Securities Act, as such Rules may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission, and (iv) upon the reasonable request of the Warrant Holder, deliver to the Warrant Holder a written statement as to whether it has complied with such reporting requirements; provided that this subsection (b) shall not require the Company to make any filing under the Securities Act or Exchange Act which the Company is not otherwise obligated to make.

 

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(c)                                  Obtaining of Governmental Approvals and Stock Exchange Listings.  The Company will, at its own expense, (i) obtain and keep effective any and all permits, consents and approvals of governmental agencies and authorities which may from time to time be required of the Company in order to satisfy its obligations hereunder, and (ii) take all action which may be necessary so that the Warrant Shares, immediately upon their issuance upon the exercise of the Warrants, will be listed on each securities exchange, if any, on which the Shares are then listed.

 

(d)                                 Notices Of Corporate Action.  In the event of:

 

(i)                                     any taking by the Company of a record of the holders of any class of securities for the purpose of determining the holders thereof who are entitled to receive any distribution, or any right to subscribe for, purchase or otherwise acquire any Shares or any other securities or property, or to receive any other right, or

 

(ii)                                  any capital reorganization of the Company, any reclassification or recapitalization of the capital stock of the Company, any consolidation or merger involving the Company and any other Person or any transfer of all or substantially all the assets of the Company to any other Person, or any Corporate Reorganization, or

 

(iii)                               any voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding-up of the Company, or

 

(iv)                              any issuance of any Additional Shares,

 

the Company will mail to the Warrant Holder a notice specifying (i) the date or expected date on which any such record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution or right, and the amount and character of such dividend, distribution or right, (ii) the date or expected date on which any such reorganization, reclassification, recapitalization, consolidation, merger, transfer, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up is to take place, (iii) the time, if any such time is to be fixed, as of which the holders of record of Shares shall be entitled to exchange their Shares for the securities or other property deliverable upon such reorganization, reclassification, recapitalization, consolidation, merger, transfer, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up and a description in reasonable detail of the transaction and (iv) the date of such issuance of Additional Shares, together with a description of the security so issued and the consideration received by the Company therefor.  Such notice shall be mailed at least ten (10) days prior to the date therein specified.

 

Section 11.                                    Lost, Mutilated or Missing Warrants.  Upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of any Warrant, and, in the case of loss, theft or destruction, upon receipt of indemnification satisfactory to the Company (in the case of an Initial Holder its unsecured, unbonded agreement of indemnity or affidavit of loss shall be sufficient) or, in the case of mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation of the mutilated Warrant, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant of like tenor and representing the right to purchase the same aggregate number of Warrant Shares.

 

Section 12.                                    Waivers; Amendments.  Any provision of this Warrant may be amended or waived with (but only with) the written consent of the Company and the Requisite Holders; provided that no such amendment or waiver shall, without the written consent of the Company and the Warrant Holder, (a) change the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrant or the Exercise Price, (b) shorten the Expiration Date, or (c) amend, modify or waive the provisions of this Section or the definition of “Requisite Holders.”  Any amendment or waiver effected in compliance with this Section shall be binding upon the Company and the Warrant Holder.  The Company shall give prompt notice to

 

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the Warrant Holder of any amendment or waiver effected in compliance with this Section.  No failure or delay of the Company or the Warrant Holder in exercising any power or right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or further exercise thereon or the exercise of any other right or power.  No notice or demand on the Company in any case shall entitle the Company to any other or future notice or demand in similar or other circumstances.  The rights and remedies of the Company and the Warrant Holder hereunder are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies which it would otherwise have.

 

Section 13.                                    Miscellaneous.

 

(a)                                 Stockholder Rights.  The Warrant shall not entitle any Warrant Holder, prior to the exercise of the Warrant, to any voting rights as a stockholder of the Company.

 

(b)                                 Expenses.  The Company shall pay all reasonable expenses of the Warrant Holder, including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel, in connection with the preparation of the Warrant, any waiver or consent hereunder or any amendment or modification hereof (regardless of whether the same becomes effective), or the enforcement of the provisions hereof; provided that the Company shall not be required to pay any expenses of the Warrant Holder arising solely in connection with a transfer of the Warrant.

 

(c)                                  Successors and Assigns.  All the provisions of this Warrant by or for the benefit of the Company or the Warrant Holder shall bind and inure to the benefit of their respective successors and assigns.

 

(d)                                 Severability.  In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Warrant shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.  The parties shall endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.

 

(e)                                  Notices.  Any notice or other communication hereunder shall be in writing and shall be sufficient if sent by first-class mail or courier, postage prepaid, and addressed as follows:  (a) if to the Company, addressed to the Company at its address for notices as set forth below its signature hereon or any other address as the Company may hereafter notify to the Warrant Holder and(b) if to the Warrant Holder, addressed to such address as the Warrant Holder may hereafter from time to time notify to the Company for the purposes of notice hereunder.

 

(f)                                   Equitable Remedies.  Without limiting the rights of the Company and the Warrant Holder to pursue all other legal and equitable rights available to such party for the other parties’ failure to perform its obligations hereunder, the Company and the Warrant Holder each hereto acknowledge and agree that the remedy at law for any failure to perform any obligations hereunder would be inadequate and that each shall be entitled to specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies in the event of any such failure.

 

(g)                                  Continued Effect.  Rights and benefits conferred on the holders of Warrant Shares pursuant to the provisions hereof (including Section 6) shall continue to inure to the benefit of, and shall be enforceable by, such holders, notwithstanding the surrender of the Warrant to, and its cancellation by, the Company upon the full or partial exercise or repurchase hereof.

 

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(h)                                 Confidentiality.  The Warrant Holder agrees to keep confidential any proprietary information relating to the Company delivered by the Company hereunder; provided that nothing herein shall prevent the Warrant Holder from disclosing such information:  (i) to any holder of Warrants or Warrant Shares, (ii) to any Affiliate of any holder of Warrants or Warrant Shares or any actual or potential transferee of the rights or obligations hereunder that agrees to be bound by this Section 13(h), (iii) upon order, subpoena, or other process of any court or administrative agency or otherwise required by law, (iv) upon the request or demand of any regulatory agency or authority having jurisdiction over such party, (v) which has been publicly disclosed, (vi) which has been obtained from any Person that is not a party hereto or an affiliate of any such party, (vii) in connection with the exercise of any remedy, or the resolution of any dispute hereunder (viii) to the legal counsel or certified public accountants for any holder of Warrants or Warrant Shares, or (ix) as otherwise expressly contemplated by this Warrant.

 

(i)                                     Governing Law.  THIS WARRANT SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE REQUIRED BY MANDATORY PROVISIONS OF LAW.

 

(j)                                    Section Headings.  The section headings used herein are for convenience of reference only and shall not be construed in any way to affect the interpretation of any provisions of the Warrant.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be duly executed by its authorized signatory as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

	
 
    	
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Exhibit A to Warrant

 

Form of Notice of Exercise

 

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To:  [                                                ]

 

Reference is made to the Warrant dated                     .  Terms defined therein are used herein as therein defined.

 

The undersigned, pursuant to the provisions set forth in the Warrant, hereby irrevocably elects and agrees to purchase                Shares, and makes payment herewith in full therefor at the Exercise Price of $                               in the following form:                                                                                                                        .

 

[If the number of Shares as to which the Warrant is being exercised is less than all of the Shares purchasable thereunder, the undersigned hereby requests that a new Warrant representing the remaining balance of the Shares be registered in the name of                             , whose address is:                                                                .]

 

The undersigned hereby represents that it is exercising the Warrant for its own account or the account of an Affiliate for investment purposes and not with the view to any sale or distribution and that the Warrant Holder will not offer, sell or otherwise dispose of the Warrant or any underlying Warrant Shares in violation of applicable securities laws.

 

	
 
    	
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Exhibit B to Warrant

 

Form of Warrant Assignment

 

Reference is made to the Warrant dated                         , issued by [                                              ].  Terms defined therein are used herein as therein defined.

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED                                          (the “Assignor”) hereby sells, assigns and transfers all of the rights of the Assignor as set forth in such Warrant, with respect to the number of Warrant Shares covered thereby as set forth below, to the Assignee(s) as set forth below:

 

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All notices to be given by the Company to the Assignor as Warrant Holder shall be sent to the Assignee(s) at the above listed address(es), and, if the number of Shares being hereby assigned is less than all of the Shares covered by the Warrant held by the Assignor, then also to the Assignor.

 

In accordance with Section 7 of the Warrant, the Assignor requests that the Company execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in the name or names of the assignee or assignees, as is appropriate, or, if the number of Shares being hereby assigned is less than all of the Shares covered by the Warrant held by the Assignor, new Warrants in the name or names of the assignee or the assignees, as is appropriate, and in the name of the Assignor.

 

The undersigned represents that the Assignee has represented to the Assignor that the Assignee is acquiring the Warrant for its own account or the account of an Affiliate for investment purposes and not with the view to any sale or distribution, and that the Assignee will not offer, sell or otherwise dispose of the Warrant or the Warrant Shares except under circumstances as will not result in a violation of applicable securities laws.

 

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