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Warrant Certificate No. ___

 

NEITHER THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON THE EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND NEITHER SUCH SECURITIES NOR ANY INTEREST THEREIN MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED UNLESS (1) A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH RESPECT THERETO IS EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, OR (2) AN EXEMPTION FROM SUCH REGISTRATION EXISTS AND THE COMPANY RECEIVES AN OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE HOLDER OF SUCH SECURITIES, WHICH COUNSEL AND OPINION ARE SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY, THAT SUCH SECURITIES MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED, ASSIGNED OR TRANSFERRED IN THE MANNER CONTEMPLATED WITHOUT AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.

 

	
Effective Date:  [               ], 2011

	
Void After:  [               ], 2016

 

RACKWISE, INC.

 

BROKER WARRANTS TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK

 

Rackwise, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), for value received on [               ], 2011 (the “Effective Date”), hereby issues to [               ] (the “Holder” or “Warrant Holder”) [               ] Warrants (collectively, the “Warrant”) to purchase an aggregate of [               ] full shares, (each such share as from time to time adjusted as hereinafter provided being a “Warrant Share” and all such shares being the “Warrant Shares”) of the Company’s Common Stock (as defined below), at the Exercise Price (as defined below), as adjusted from time to time as provided herein, on or before [               ], 2016 (the “Expiration Date”), all subject to the following terms and conditions. This Warrant is one of a series of warrants of like tenor that have been issued in connection with the Company’s private offering, to Gottbetter Capital Markets, LLC and its sub-agents, if any, in accordance with, and subject to, the terms and conditions described in the Placement Agency Agreement of the Company dated December 1, 2011, as the same may be amended and supplemented from time to time (the “PA Agreement”).

 

As used in this Warrant, (i) “Business Day” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or any other day on which commercial banks in the City of New York, New York, are authorized or required by law or executive order to close; (ii) “Common Stock” means the common stock of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share, including any securities issued or issuable with respect thereto or into which or for which such shares may be exchanged for, or converted into, pursuant to any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination, recapitalization, reclassification, reorganization or other similar event; (iii) “Exercise Price” means $0.375 per full share of Common Stock, subject to adjustment as provided herein; (iv) “Trading Day” means any day on which the Common Stock is traded (or available for trading) on its principal trading market; (v) “Affiliate” means any person that, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, a person, as such terms are used and construed in Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and (vi) “Warrantholders” means the holders of Broker Warrants issued pursuant to the PA Agreement.

 

1.           DURATION AND EXERCISE OF WARRANTS

 

(a)           Exercise Period.  The Holder may exercise this Warrant in whole or in part on any Business Day on or before 5:00 P.M., Eastern Time, on the Expiration Date, at which time this Warrant shall become void and of no value.

 

(b)           Exercise Procedures.

 

(i)           While this Warrant remains outstanding and exercisable in accordance with Section 1(a), in addition to the manner set forth in Section 1(b)(ii) below, the Holder may exercise this Warrant in whole or in part at any time and from time to time by:

 

  

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(A)           delivery to the Company of a duly executed copy of the Notice of Exercise attached as Exhibit A;

 

(B)           surrender of this Warrant to the Secretary of the Company at its principal offices or at such other office or agency as the Company may specify in writing to the Holder; and

 

(C)           payment of the then-applicable Exercise Price per full share multiplied by the number of Warrant Shares being purchased upon exercise of the Warrant (such amount, the “Aggregate Exercise Price”) made in the form of cash, or by certified check, bank draft or money order payable in lawful money of the United States of America.

 

(ii)          In addition to the provisions of Section 1(b)(i) above, after the first anniversary of the Effective Date, the Holder may, in its sole discretion, exercise all or any part of the Warrant in a “cashless” or “net-issue” exercise (a “Cashless Exercise”) by delivering to the Company (1) the Notice of Exercise and (2) the original Warrant, pursuant to which the Holder shall surrender the right to receive upon exercise of this Warrant, a number of Warrant Shares having a value (as determined below) equal to the Aggregate Exercise Price, in which case, the number of Warrant Shares to be issued to the Holder upon such exercise shall be calculated using the following formula:

 

	 	
X 

	
=           Y * (A - B)

                     A

 

	with:          	
X =

	
the number of Warrant Shares to be issued to the Holder

 

	
  

	
Y =

	
the number of Warrant Shares with respect to which the Warrant is being exercised

 

	
  

	
A =

	
the fair value per share of Common Stock on the date of exercise of this Warrant

 

	 	
B =

	
the then-current Exercise Price of the Warrant

 

Solely for the purposes of this paragraph, “fair value” per share of Common Stock shall mean the average Closing Price (as defined below) per share of Common Stock for the twenty (20) trading days immediately preceding the date on which the Notice of Exercise is deemed to have been sent to the Company.  “Closing Price” means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies:  (a) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted on the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, the NASDAQ Global Select Market, the NASDAQ Global Market or the NASDAQ Capital Market or any other national securities exchange, the closing price per share of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the primary eligible market or exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted; (b) if prices for the Common Stock are then quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board, the closing bid price per share of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) so quoted; or (c) if prices for the Common Stock are then reported in the “Pink Sheets” published by the National Quotation Bureau Incorporated (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent closing bid price per share of the Common Stock so reported.  If the Common Stock is not publicly traded as set forth above, the “fair value” per share of Common Stock shall be reasonably and in good faith determined by the Board of Directors of the Company as of the date which the Notice of Exercise is deemed to have been sent to the Company.

 

For purposes of Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, it is intended, understood and acknowledged that the Warrant Shares issued in a cashless exercise transaction shall be deemed to have been acquired by the Holder, and the holding period for such shares shall be deemed to have commenced, on the date this Warrant was originally issued.

 

  

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(iii)         Upon the exercise of this Warrant in compliance with the provisions of this Section 1(b), the Company shall promptly issue and cause to be delivered to the Holder a certificate for the Warrant Shares purchased by the Holder.  Each exercise of this Warrant shall be effective immediately prior to the close of business on the date (the “Date of Exercise”) that the conditions set forth in Section 1(b) have been satisfied, as the case may be.  On the first Business Day following the date on which the Company has received each of the properly completed Notice of Exercise and the Aggregate Exercise Price in cleared funds (the “Exercise Delivery Documents”), the Company shall transmit an acknowledgment of receipt of the Exercise Delivery Documents to the Company’s transfer agent (the “Transfer Agent”). On or before the fifth Business Day following the date on which the Company has received all of the Exercise Delivery Documents (the “Share Delivery Date”), the Company shall use its best efforts to cause its transfer agent to issue and dispatch by certified or registered mail or overnight courier (at the Holder’s cost) to the address as specified in the Notice of Exercise, a certificate, registered in the Company’s share register in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise.

 

(c)           Partial Exercise.  This Warrant shall be exercisable, either in its entirety or, from time to time, for part only of the number of Warrant Shares referenced by this Warrant. If this Warrant is submitted in connection with any exercise pursuant to Section 1 and the number of Warrant Shares represented by this Warrant submitted for exercise is greater than the actual number of Warrant Shares being acquired upon such an exercise, then the Company shall as soon as practicable and in no event later than five (5) Business Days after any exercise and at its own expense, issue a new Warrant of like tenor representing the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares purchasable immediately prior to such exercise under this Warrant, less the number of Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant is exercised.

 

(d)           Disputes.  In the case of a dispute as to the determination of the Exercise Price or the arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares, the Company shall promptly issue to the Holder the number of Warrant Shares that are not disputed and resolve such dispute in accordance with Section 16.

 

2.           ISSUANCE OF WARRANT SHARES

 

(a)           The Company covenants that all Warrant Shares will, upon issuance in accordance with the terms of this Warrant, be (i) duly authorized, fully paid and non-assessable, and (ii) free from all liens, charges and security interests, with the exception of claims arising through the acts or omissions of any Holder and except as arising from applicable Federal and state securities laws.

 

(b)           The Company shall register this Warrant upon records to be maintained by the Company for that purpose in the name of the record holder of such Warrant from time to time. The Company may deem and treat the registered Holder of this Warrant as the absolute owner thereof for the purpose of any exercise thereof, any distribution to the Holder thereof and for all other purposes.

 

(c)           The Company will not, by amendment of its certificate of incorporation, by-laws or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, 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 to be observed or performed hereunder by the Company, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all the provisions of this Warrant and in the taking of all action necessary or appropriate in order to protect the rights of the Holder to exercise this Warrant, or against impairment of such rights.

 

3.           ADJUSTMENTS OF EXERCISE PRICE, NUMBER AND TYPE OF WARRANT SHARES

 

(a)           The Exercise Price and the number of shares purchasable upon the exercise of this Warrant shall be subject to adjustment from time to time upon the occurrence of certain events described in this Section 3; provided, that notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 3, the Company shall not be required to make any adjustment if and to the extent that such adjustment would require the Company to issue a number of shares of Common Stock in excess of its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock, less all amounts of Common Stock that have been reserved for issue upon the conversion of all outstanding securities convertible into shares of Common Stock and the exercise of all outstanding options, warrants and other rights exercisable for shares of Common Stock.  If the Company does not have the requisite number of authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock to make any adjustment, the Company shall use its commercially best efforts to obtain the necessary stockholder consent to increase the authorized number of shares of Common Stock to make such an adjustment pursuant to this Section 3.

 

  

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(i)           Subdivision or Combination of Stock. In case the Company shall at any time subdivide (whether by way of stock dividend, stock split or otherwise) its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares, the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such subdivision shall be proportionately reduced and the number of Warrant Shares shall be proportionately increased, and conversely, in case the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company shall be combined (whether by way of stock combination, reverse stock split or otherwise) into a smaller number of shares, the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such combination shall be proportionately increased and the number of Warrant Shares shall be proportionately decreased.  The Exercise Price and the Warrant Shares, as so adjusted, shall be readjusted in the same manner upon the happening of any successive event or events described in this Section 3(a)(i).

 

(ii)          Reorganization, Reclassification, Consolidation, Merger or Sale.

 

(A)           If any recapitalization, reclassification or reorganization of the capital stock of the Company, or any consolidation or merger of the Company with another corporation, or the sale of all or substantially all of its assets or other transaction shall be effected in such a way that there is no “Change of Control” of the Company (as hereafter defined) and holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive stock, securities, or other assets or property in exchange for their Common Stock (an “Organic Change”), then, as a condition of such Organic Change, lawful and adequate provisions shall be made by the Company whereby the Holder hereof shall thereafter have the right to purchase and receive (in lieu of the shares of the Common Stock of the Company immediately theretofore purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of the rights represented by this Warrant) such shares of stock, securities or other assets or property as may be issued or payable with respect to or in exchange for a number of outstanding shares of such Common Stock equal to the number of shares of such stock immediately theretofore purchasable and receivable assuming the full exercise of the rights represented by this Warrant. In the event of any Organic Change, appropriate provision shall be made by the Company with respect to the rights and interests of the Holder of this Warrant to the end that the provisions hereof (including, without limitation, registration rights) shall thereafter be applicable, in relation to any shares of stock or securities thereafter deliverable upon the exercise hereof. The Company will not effect any such Organic Change unless, prior to the consummation thereof, the successor corporation (if other than the Company) resulting from such Organic Change purchasing such assets shall assume by written instrument reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Majority Holders executed and mailed or delivered to the registered Holder hereof at the last address of such Holder appearing on the books of the Company, the obligation to deliver to such Holder such shares of stock, securities or assets as, in accordance with the foregoing provisions, such Holder may be entitled to purchase.

 

(B)           If any recapitalization, reclassification or reorganization of the capital stock of the Company, or any consolidation or merger of the Company with another corporation, or the sale of all or substantially all of its assets or other transaction shall be effected in such a way that there is a “Change of Control” of the Company (as hereafter defined) and holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive stock, securities, or other assets or property in exchange for their Common Stock (a “Control Change”), then, the Holder shall be required to accept the net value of the Warrant (the fair market value less the exercise price) in exchange for the cancellation of the Warrant.  Such consideration shall be paid to the Holder at the same time as the consideration from the Control Change is paid to the holders of the Company’s Common Stock.  As a condition of such Control Change, the Company shall be required to comply with subsection (C) below.  “Change of Control” shall mean  (i) the acquisition by any person or group (as that term is defined in the Act and the rules promulgated thereunder) in a single transaction or a series of transactions of 30% or more in voting power of the Common Stock of the Company; (ii) a sale of substantially all of the assets of the Company to an entity that is not a subsidiary or the Company; (iii) a merger, consolidation or reorganization involving the Company, following which the current stockholders of the Company as of the date hereof (the “Current Stockholders”) will not have voting power with respect to at least 50% of the voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of the surviving entity; or (iv) the consummation of a sale by the Current Stockholders to a third party (the “Acquiring Party”) of some or all of the shares of Common Stock held by the Current Stockholders, which sale results in the Current Stockholders having voting power with respect to less than 50% of the voting securities entitled to vote in the election of directors of the Company.

 

  

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(C)           If there is an Organic Change or a Control Change, then the Company shall cause to be mailed to the Holder at its last address as it shall appear on the books and records of the Company, at least 10 calendar days before the effective date of the Organic Change or the Control Change, a notice stating the date on which such Organic Change or Control Change is expected to become effective or close, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of the Common Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares for securities, cash, or other property delivered upon such Organic Change or Control Change; provided, that the failure to mail such notice or any defect therein or in the mailing thereof shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be specified in such notice.  The Holder is entitled to exercise this Warrant during the 10-day period commencing on the date of such notice to the effective date of the event triggering such notice. In any event, the successor corporation (if other than the Company) resulting from an Organic Change (but not from a Control Change) shall be deemed to assume such obligation to deliver to such Holder such shares of stock, securities or assets even in the absence of a written instrument assuming such obligation to the extent such assumption occurs by operation of law.

 

(b)           Certificate as to Adjustments. Upon the occurrence of each adjustment or readjustment pursuant to this Section 3, the Company at its expense shall promptly compute such adjustment or readjustment in accordance with the terms hereof and furnish to each Holder of this Warrant a certificate setting forth such adjustment or readjustment and showing in detail the facts upon which such adjustment or readjustment is based. The certificate shall also set forth the number of shares and the amount, if any, of other property which at the time would be received upon the exercise of the Warrant.

 

(c)           Certain Events. If any event occurs as to which the other provisions of this Section 3 are not strictly applicable but the lack of any adjustment would not fairly protect the purchase rights of the Holder under this Warrant in accordance with the basic intent and principles of such provisions, or if strictly applicable would not fairly protect the purchase rights of the Holder under this Warrant in accordance with the basic intent and principles of such provisions, then the Company’s Board of Directors will, in good faith, make an appropriate adjustment to protect the rights of the Holder; provided, that no such adjustment pursuant to this Section 3(c) will increase the Exercise Price or decrease the number of Warrant Shares except as otherwise determined pursuant to this Section 3.

 

(d)           Adjustment of Exercise Price Upon Issuance of Additional Shares of Common Stock.  In the event the Company shall at any time prior to the Expiration Date issue Additional Shares of Common Stock, as defined below, without consideration or for a consideration per share less than $0.375 (as such amount may be adjusted just prior to such issue pursuant to this Section 3 as if the initial Exercise Price had been $0.375 per full Warrant Share), then the Exercise Price shall be reduced, concurrently with such issue, to a price (calculated to the nearest cent) determined by multiplying such Exercise Price by a fraction, (A) the numerator of which shall be (1) the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such issue plus (2) the number of shares of Common Stock which the aggregate consideration received or to be received by the Company for the total number of Additional Shares of Common Stock so issued would purchase at such Exercise Price; and (B) the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such issue plus the number of such Additional Shares of Common Stock so issued; provided that, (i) for the purpose of this Section 3(d), all shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion or exchange of convertible securities outstanding immediately prior to such issue shall be deemed to be outstanding, and (ii) the number of shares of Common Stock deemed issuable upon conversion or exchange of such outstanding convertible securities shall be determined without giving effect to any adjustments to the conversion or exchange price or conversion or exchange rate of such convertible securities resulting from the issuance of Additional Shares of Common Stock that is the subject of this calculation.  For purposes of this Warrant, “Additional Shares of Common Stock” shall mean all shares of Common Stock issued by the Company after the Effective Date (including without limitation any shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion or exchange of any convertible securities or upon exercise of any option or warrant, on an as-converted basis), other than: (i) shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon conversion or exchange of any convertible securities or exercise of any options or warrants outstanding on the Effective Date; (ii) shares of Common Stock issued or issuable by reason of a dividend, stock split, split-up or other distribution on shares of Common Stock that is covered by Sections 3(a)  above; (iii) shares of Common Stock (or options with respect thereto) issued or issuable to employees or directors of, or consultants to, the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to a plan, agreement or arrangement approved by the Board of Directors of the Company, including but not limited to, the Equity Incentive Plan described in the Subscription Agreement of the Company dated [               ], 2011 as the same maybe amended and supplemented from time to time (the “Subscription Agreement”); (iv) any securities issued or issuable by the Company pursuant to the Company’s Subscription Agreements; (v) securities issued pursuant to acquisitions or strategic transactions approved by a majority of disinterested directors of the Company, provided that any such issuance shall only be to a person which is, itself or through its subsidiaries, an operating company in a business synergistic with the business of the Company and in which the Company receives benefits in addition to the investment of funds, but shall not include a transaction in which the Company is issuing securities primarily for the purpose of raising capital or to an entity whose primary business is investing in securities and (vi) securities issued to financial institutions, institutional investors or lessors in connection with credit arrangements, equipment financings or similar transactions approved by a majority of disinterested directors of the Company.  The provisions of this Section 3(d) shall not operate to increase the Exercise Price.

 

  

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Upon each adjustment of the Exercise Price pursuant to the provisions of this Section 3(d), the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be adjusted by multiplying a number equal to the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment by the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant immediately prior to such adjustment and dividing the product so obtained by the adjusted Exercise Price.

 

4.           REDEMPTION OF WARRANTS

 

(a)           General.  Prior to the Expiration Date, the Company shall have the option, subject to the conditions set forth herein, to redeem all of the Warrants then outstanding upon not less than thirty (30) days nor more than sixty (60) days prior written notice to the Warrant Holders at any time provided that, at the time of delivery of such notice (i) the average closing bid price of the Company’s Common Stock for each of the twenty (20) consecutive Trading Days prior to the date of the notice of redemption is at least $2.00, as proportionately adjusted to reflect any stock splits, stock dividends, combination of shares or like events; and (ii) the average trading volume for the Company’s Common Stock is at least 100,000 shares per day during the twenty (20) consecutive Trading Days prior to the date of the notice of redemption and that during such twenty (20) Trading Day period, there is not more than one (1) Trading Day where there is no trading in the Company’s Common Stock.

 

(b)           Notice.  Notice of redemption will be effective upon mailing in accordance with this Section and such date may be referred to below as the “Notice Date.”  Notice of redemption shall be mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid, by the Company not less than thirty (30) days prior to the date fixed for redemption to the Holders of the Warrants to be redeemed at their last addresses as they shall appear on the registration books. Any notice mailed in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given whether or not the Holder received such notice.

 

(c)           Redemption Date and Redemption Price.  The notice of redemption shall state the date set for redemption, which date shall be not less than thirty (30) days, or more than sixty (60) days, from the Notice Date (the “Redemption Date”). The Company shall not mail the notice of redemption unless all funds necessary to pay for redemption of the Warrants to be redeemed shall have first been set aside by the Company for the benefit of the Warrant Holders so as to be and continue to be available therefor. The redemption price to be paid to the Warrant Holders will be $0.00001 for each share of Common Stock of the Company to which the Warrant Holder would then be entitled upon exercise of the Warrant being redeemed, as adjusted from time to time as provided herein (the “Redemption Price”).

 

(d)           Exercise.  Following the Notice Date, the Warrant Holders may exercise their Warrants in accordance with Section 1 of this Warrant between the Notice Date and 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the Redemption Date and such exercise shall be timely if the form of election to purchase duly executed and the Warrant Exercise Price for the shares of Common Stock to be purchased, in cleared funds, are actually received by the Company at its principal offices prior to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the Redemption Date.

 

(e)           Mailing. If any Warrant Holder does not wish to exercise any Warrant being redeemed, he should mail such Warrant to the Company at its principal offices after receiving the notice of redemption. On and after 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the Redemption Date, notwithstanding that any Warrant subject to redemption shall not have been surrendered for redemption, the obligation evidenced by all Warrants not surrendered for redemption or effectively exercised shall be deemed no longer outstanding, and all rights with respect thereto shall forthwith cease and terminate, except only the right of the holder of each Warrant subject to redemption to receive the Redemption Price for each share of Common Stock to which he would be entitled if he exercised the Warrant upon receiving notice of redemption of the Warrant subject to redemption held by him.

 

  

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5.           TRANSFERS AND EXCHANGES OF WARRANT AND WARRANT SHARES

 

(a)           Registration of Transfers and Exchanges. Subject to Section 5(c), upon the Holder’s surrender of this Warrant, with a duly executed copy of the Form of Assignment attached as Exhibit B, to the Secretary of the Company at its principal offices or at such other office or agency as the Company may specify in writing to the Holder, the Company shall register the transfer of all or any portion of this Warrant. Upon such registration of transfer, the Company shall issue a new Warrant, in substantially the form of this Warrant, evidencing the acquisition rights transferred to the transferee and a new Warrant, in similar form, evidencing the remaining acquisition rights not transferred, to the Holder requesting the transfer.

 

(b)           Warrant Exchangeable for Different Denominations. The Holder may exchange this Warrant for a new Warrant or Warrants, in substantially the form of this Warrant, evidencing in the aggregate the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares which may then be purchased hereunder, each of such new Warrants to be dated the date of such exchange and to represent the right to purchase such number of Warrant Shares as shall be designated by the Holder. The Holder shall surrender this Warrant with duly executed instructions regarding such re-certification of this Warrant to the Secretary of the Company at its principal offices or at such other office or agency as the Company may specify in writing to the Holder.

 

(c)           Restrictions on Transfers. This Warrant may not be transferred at any time without (i) registration under the Securities Act or (ii) an exemption from such registration and a written opinion of legal counsel addressed to the Company that the proposed transfer of the Warrant may be effected without registration under the Securities Act, which opinion will be in form and from counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company.

 

6.           MUTILATED OR MISSING WARRANT CERTIFICATE

 

If this Warrant is mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, upon request by the Holder, the Company will, at its expense, issue, in exchange for and upon cancellation of the mutilated Warrant, or in substitution for the lost, stolen or destroyed Warrant, a new Warrant, in substantially the form of this Warrant, representing the right to acquire the equivalent number of Warrant Shares; provided, that, as a prerequisite to the issuance of a substitute Warrant, the Company may require satisfactory evidence of loss, theft or destruction as well as an indemnity from the Holder of a lost, stolen or destroyed Warrant.

 

7.           PAYMENT OF TAXES

 

The Company will pay all transfer and stock issuance taxes attributable to the preparation, issuance and delivery of this Warrant and the Warrant Shares (and replacement Warrants) including, without limitation, all documentary and stamp taxes; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to pay any tax in respect of the transfer of this Warrant, or the issuance or delivery of certificates for Warrant Shares or other securities in respect of the Warrant Shares to any person or entity other than to the Holder.

 

8.           FRACTIONAL WARRANT SHARES

 

No fractional Warrant Shares shall be issued upon exercise of this Warrant. The Company, in lieu of issuing any fractional Warrant Share, shall round down the aggregate number of Warrant Shares issuable to a Holder to the nearest whole share.

 

9.           NO STOCK RIGHTS AND LEGEND

 

No holder of this Warrant, as such, shall be entitled to vote or be deemed the holder of any other securities of the Company that may at any time be issuable on the exercise hereof, nor shall anything contained herein be construed to confer upon the holder of this Warrant, as such, the rights of a stockholder of the Company or the right to vote for the election of directors or upon any matter submitted to stockholders at any meeting thereof, or give or withhold consent to any corporate action or to receive notice of meetings or other actions affecting stockholders (except as provided herein), or to receive dividends or subscription rights or otherwise (except as provide herein).

 

  

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Each certificate for Warrant Shares initially issued upon the exercise of this Warrant, and each certificate for Warrant Shares issued to any subsequent transferee of any such certificate, shall be stamped or otherwise imprinted with a legend in substantially the following form:

 

“THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND NEITHER SUCH SECURITIES NOR ANY INTEREST THEREIN MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED, ASSIGNED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED UNLESS (1) A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH  RESPECT THERETO IS EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, OR (2) AN EXEMPTION FROM SUCH REGISTRATION EXISTS AND THE COMPANY RECEIVES AN OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE HOLDER OF SUCH SECURITIES, WHICH COUNSEL AND OPINION ARE REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY, THAT SUCH SECURITIES MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED, ASSIGNED OR TRANSFERRED IN THE MANNER CONTEMPLATED WITHOUT AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.”

 

10.         NOTICES

 

All notices, consents, waivers, and other communications under this Warrant must be in writing and will be deemed given to a party when (a) delivered to the appropriate address by hand or by nationally recognized overnight courier service (costs prepaid); (b) sent by facsimile or e-mail with confirmation of transmission by the transmitting equipment; (c) received or rejected by the addressee, if sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, if to the registered Holder hereof; or (d) seven days after the placement of the notice into the mails (first class postage prepaid), to the Holder at the address, facsimile number, or e-mail address furnished by the registered Holder to the Company in accordance with the PA Agreement by and between the Company and Gottbetter Capital Markets, LLC, or if to the Company, to it at 101 California Street, Suite 2450, San Francisco, CA 94111, Attention: President (or to such other address, facsimile number, or e-mail address as the Holder or the Company as a party may designate by notice the other party) with a copy to Gottbetter & Partners, LLP, 488 Madison Avenue, 12th Floor, New York, NY 10022, Attention: Adam S. Gottbetter, Esq.

 

11.         SEVERABILITY

 

If a court of competent jurisdiction holds any provision of this Warrant invalid or unenforceable, the other provisions of this Warrant will remain in full force and effect. Any provision of this Warrant held invalid or unenforceable only in part or degree will remain in full force and effect to the extent not held invalid or unenforceable.

 

12.         BINDING EFFECT

 

This Warrant shall be binding upon and inure to the sole and exclusive benefit of the Company, its successors and assigns, and the registered Holder or Holders from time to time of this Warrant and the Warrant Shares.

 

13.         SURVIVAL OF RIGHTS AND DUTIES

 

This Warrant shall terminate and be of no further force and effect on the earlier of 5:00 P.M., Eastern Time, on the Expiration Date or the date on which this Warrant has been exercised in full.

 

14.         GOVERNING LAW

 

This Warrant will be governed by and construed under the laws of the State of New York without regard to conflicts of laws principles that would require the application of any other law.

 

  

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15.         DISPUTE RESOLUTION

 

In the case of a dispute as to the determination of the Exercise Price or the arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares, the Company shall submit the disputed determinations or arithmetic calculations via facsimile within two Business Days of receipt of the Notice of Exercise giving rise to such dispute, as the case may be, to the Holder. If the Holder and the Company are unable to agree upon such determination or calculation of the Exercise Price or the Warrant Shares within three Business Days of such disputed determination or arithmetic calculation being submitted to the Holder, then the Company shall, within two Business Days, submit via facsimile (a) the disputed determination of the Exercise Price to an independent, reputable investment bank selected by the Company and approved by the Holder or (b) the disputed arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares to the Company’s independent, outside accountant. The Company shall cause at its expense the investment bank or the accountant, as the case may be, to perform the determinations or calculations and notify the Company and the Holder of the results no later than ten (10) Business Days from the time it receives the disputed determinations or calculations. Such investment bank’s or accountant’s determination or calculation, as the case may be, shall be binding upon all parties absent demonstrable error.

 

16.         NOTICES OF RECORD DATE

 

Upon (a) any establishment by the Company of a record date of the holders of any class of securities for the purpose of determining the holders thereof who are entitled to receive any dividend or other distribution, or right or option to acquire securities of the Company, or any other right, or (b) any capital reorganization, reclassification, recapitalization, merger or consolidation of the Company with or into any other corporation, any transfer of all or substantially all the assets of the Company, or any voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company, or the sale, in a single transaction, of a majority of the Company’s voting stock (whether newly issued, or from treasury, or previously issued and then outstanding, or any combination thereof), the Company shall mail to the Holder at least ten (10) Business Days, or such longer period as may be required by law, prior to the record date specified therein, a notice specifying (i) the date established as the record date for the purpose of such dividend, distribution, option or right and a description of such dividend, option or right, (ii) the date on which any such reorganization, reclassification, transfer, consolidation, merger, dissolution, liquidation or winding up, or sale is expected to become effective and (iii) the date, if any, fixed as to when the holders of record of Common Stock shall be entitled to exchange their shares of Common Stock for securities or other property deliverable upon such reorganization, reclassification, transfer, consolation, merger, dissolution, liquidation or winding up.

 

17.         RESERVATION OF SHARES

 

The Company shall reserve and keep available out of its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock for issuance upon the exercise of this Warrant, free from pre-emptive rights, such number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant shall from time to time be exercisable.  The Company will take all such reasonable action as may be necessary to assure that such Warrant Shares may be issued as provided herein without violation of any applicable law or regulation. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company covenants that it will use commercially reasonable efforts to take all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable Warrant Shares upon the exercise of this Warrant and use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all such authorizations, exemptions or consents, including but not limited to consents from the Company’s stockholders or Board of Directors or any public regulatory body, as may be necessary to enable the Company to perform its obligations under this Warrant.

 

18.         NO THIRD PARTY RIGHTS

 

This Warrant is not intended, and will not be construed, to create any rights in any parties other than the Company and the Holder, and no person or entity may assert any rights as third-party beneficiary hereunder.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Broker Warrant to be duly executed as of the date first set forth above.

 

	  	
RACKWISE, INC.

	  	  	  
	  	
By:

	  
	  	
Name:  Guy A. Archbold

	  	
Title:  President and Chief Executive Officer

  

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EXHIBIT A

 

NOTICE OF EXERCISE

 

(To be executed by the Holder of Warrant if such Holder desires to exercise Warrant)

 

To Rackwise, Inc.:

 

The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise this Warrant and to purchase thereunder, ___________________ shares of Rackwise, Inc. common stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrant and delivery of (i) $_________ (in cash as provided for in the foregoing Warrant) and any applicable taxes payable by the undersigned pursuant to such Warrant; or (ii) __________ shares of Common Stock (pursuant to a Cashless Exercise in accordance with Section 1(b)(ii) of this Warrant).

 

The undersigned requests that certificates for such shares be issued in the name of:

 

_________________________________________

(Please print name, address and social security or federal employer

identification number (if applicable))

 

_________________________________________

 

_________________________________________

 

If the shares issuable upon this exercise of the Warrant are not all of the Warrant Shares which the Holder is entitled to acquire upon the exercise of the Warrant, the undersigned requests that a new Warrant evidencing the rights not so exercised be issued in the name of and delivered to:

 

_________________________________________

(Please print name, address and social security or federal employer

identification number (if applicable))

 

_________________________________________

 

_________________________________________

 

	  	
Name of Holder (print):

	  

	  	
(Signature):

	  

	  	
(By:)

	  

	  	
(Title:)

	  

	  	
Dated:

	  

 

  

 

  

EXHIBIT B

 

FORM OF ASSIGNMENT

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, ___________________________________ hereby sells, assigns and transfers to each assignee set forth below all of the rights of the undersigned under the Warrant (as defined in and evidenced by the attached Warrant) to acquire the number of Warrant Shares set opposite the name of such assignee below and in and to the foregoing Warrant with respect to said acquisition rights and the shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrant:

 

	
Name of Assignee

	  	
Address

	  	
Number of Shares

	  	  	  	  	  
	  	  	  	  	  
	  	  	  	  	 
	  	  	  	  	  
	  	  	  	  	  

 

If the total of the Warrant Shares are not all of the Warrant Shares evidenced by the foregoing Warrant, the undersigned requests that a new Warrant evidencing the right to acquire the Warrant Shares not so assigned be issued in the name of and delivered to the undersigned.

 

	  	
Name of Holder (print):

	  

	  	
(Signature):

	  

	  	
(By:)

	  

	  	
(Title:)

	  

	  	
Dated:EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

 

THIS EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) dated as of September 30, 2011 is entered into by and between Guy A. Archbold (“Employee”) and Rackwise, Inc. (“Employer”).

 

IN CONSIDERATION of the mutual promises set forth below, Employee and Employer hereby agree as follows:

 

	
1.

	
Agreement to Perform Services:  Employer hereby agrees to employ Employee, and Employee hereby agrees to provide services to Employer in the position of Chief Executive Officer, President, and Chairman of the Board of Directors upon the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth below.

 

	
2.

	
Employee’s Duties and Responsibilities: Employee’s duties and responsibilities shall generally include all rights, duties and responsibilities customarily associated with the executive position of Chief Executive Officer, President and Director.  During the term of this Agreement, Employee shall report directly to the Board of Directors of the Employer.  Any change of Employee’s position, rights, responsibilities, duties, reporting obligations, compensation, benefits or job description or any change in the control or ownership of the Employer, without the express written consent of Employee, shall constitute a material breach of this Agreement and, at the discretion of Employee, may be treated as a constructive termination of the employment relationship without just cause subject to all the rights and obligation associated with the termination provisions provided in this Agreement.  Employee shall have the following specific duties and obligations:

 

	
  

	
a.

	
Oversee all aspects of the management, operations, and finances of the Employer;

 

	
  

	
b.

	
Receive regular and direct reports from all executive officers of the Employer;

 

	
  

	
c.

	
Advise the Board of Directors regarding all aspects of the management, operations and finances of the Employer;

 

	
  

	
d.

	
Direct, as a primary resource, all communications regarding the affairs of the Employer to the media, community and industry resources and all other outside concerns;

 

	
  

	
e.

	
Develop and advance meaningful vision, strategies and objectives that drive and direct all aspects and affairs of the Employer; and

 

	
  

	
f.

	
Motivate all officers, managers and employees in the development of an appropriate business culture and ethic.

 

	
3.

	
Agreement Term:  Employee shall be employed for the period of three years beginning September 30, 2011 and ending September 30, 2014.  Thereafter the employment relationship will renew automatically from year to year unless terminated upon delivery of written notice of termination by either party to the other at least 30 days prior to the end of the then existing term.

  

  

 

 

	
4.

	
Termination for Just Cause.  It is expressly understood by and between the parties that during the term of this Agreement, including any renewals thereof, the employment relationship with Employee may only be terminated for just cause.  As used in this Agreement “just cause” means the Employer offers clear and convincing evidence that Employee has engaged in conduct that has caused serious and irreparable harm to the Employer and its business interests.

 

	
  

	
a.

	
In addition to any rights Employee may have for breach of this Agreement, if Employer terminates this Agreement or the employment relationship for any reason other than just cause, upon termination Employee shall immediately be entitled to an amount equivalent to his then annual base salary, payment of all performance bonus amounts earned, and full vesting of all stock options offered to Employee in this Agreement and during the term of the employment relationship.

 

	
  

	
b.

	
If Employee resigns or is terminated for just cause, upon termination Employee shall immediately be entitled to an amount equivalent to one-half of his then annual base salary, payment of all performance bonus amounts earned, and any and all stock options which have vested at the time of the resignation/termination consistent with the terms of this Agreement.

 

	
5.

	
Employee Compensation and Benefits

 

	
  

	
a.

	
Employee’s initial compensation shall be $250,000 (Two Hundred Fifty Thousand United States Dollars) per year.  The annual salary will be paid in equal installments on a semi-monthly basis.  Both Employer and Employee acknowledge and agree that due to the Employer’s current limited financial condition, the amount of Employee’s annual salary is lower than the current market value for executive officers in Employee’s position.  It is agreed by the parties that as Employer’s financial condition improves, Employee’s annual salary will be increased.  The increased annual salary shall be effective upon written request of Employee for the increased salary and approval of the increase by the Employer’s Board of Directors, which approval will not be unreasonably withheld.

 

	
  

	
b.

	
Employee is entitled to receive a bonus for meeting specified performance standards.  These standards shall be established in writing by Employer within ninety (90) days of Employee’s execution of this Agreement.  The performance standards may contain both objective and subjective criteria that are mutually agreeable to the parties.  Once the performance standards are met, the performance bonus is earned and vested and may not be forfeited for any reason.

 

	
  

	
c.

	
For services to be rendered under this Agreement, Employer agrees that Employee is entitled to receive Six Million Nine Hundred Thousand (6,900,000) non-statutory stock options and receive from Employer fully paid and without assessment Six Million Nine Hundred Thousand (6,900,000) shares of common voting stock of the Employer upon payment of the purchase price of $0.345 for each share. The options shall have a term of 10 years from the date of grant. The number of shares issuable upon exercise of the options and the purchase price per share is subject to proportionate adjustment in the amount of stock splits, stock dividends, and similar events, as applicable.

  

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i.

	
The parties understand and agree that the Six Million Nine Hundred Thousand (6,900,000) options shall be issued outside of the Company’s 2011 Equity Incentive Plan (EIP).

 

	
  

	
ii.

	
All stock options described herein are fully vested in Employee as follows.

 

	
  

	
1.

	
Ten percent (10%) of the stock options, in the amount of Six Hundred Ninety Thousand (690,000) options, fully vest immediately upon execution of this Agreement by Employee.

 

	
  

	
2.

	
The other ninety percent (90%) of the stock options, in the amount of Six Million Two Hundred Ten Thousand (6,210,000) options, fully vest in equal installments on a quarterly basis throughout the initial three (3) year term of this Agreement.  As such, Five Hundred Seventeen Thousand Five Hundred (517,500) stock options shall fully vest in Employee on the last day of January, April, July, and October of each year, commencing on January 31, 2012, until the entire Six Million Nine Hundred Thousand (6,900,000) options are fully vested in Employee.  The stock options contemplated in this §5.c.ii.2. are subject to Accelerated Vesting pursuant to the immediately following §5.c.ii.3.

 

	
  

	
3.

	
Any and all of the Six Million Nine Hundred Thousand (6,900,000) stock options contemplated by §5.c. of this Agreement not fully vested pursuant to §5.c.ii.1. and §5.c.ii.2 of this Agreement are subject to accelerated vesting, and Employer’s Board of Directors will timely take all necessary actions to effect such accelerated vesting, as follows:

 

	
  

	
(1)

	
Seventy Five Percent (75%) of any and all stock options contemplated by §5.c. of this Agreement not fully vested pursuant to §5.c.ii.1. and §5.c.ii.2. and §5.c.ii.3.(2) of this Agreement shall fully vest immediately upon the end of two consecutive quarters of EBITDA profitability pursuant to financial statements included in the Company’s Forms 10-Q, Form 10-K or similar reports duly submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission (or pursuant to financial statements regularly generated by the Company if reports are not submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission); and

 

  

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(2)

	
At the discretion of Employer’s Board of Directors, up to One Hundred Percent (100%) of any and all stock options contemplated by §5.c. of this Agreement not fully vested pursuant to §5.c.ii.1. and §5.c.ii.2. and §5.c.ii.3.(1) of this Agreement shall fully vest immediately upon the execution of a strategic alliance or similar agreement establishing a meaningful relationship with a critical customer or major entity. Employee acknowledges that the actual percentage will be determined at sole discretion of Employer’s Board of Directors, and Employee is reliant upon their recognition that this condition is of such fundamental value to the Company to warrant such accelerated vesting.

 

	
  

	
iii.

	
All vested stock options survive the termination of this Agreement and/or the termination of the employment relationship.

 

	
  

	
d.

	
Effective immediately upon execution of this Agreement, Employee shall be entitled to three weeks of vested paid vacation which may be taken at any time in his reasonable discretion.  Thereafter, Employee shall be entitled to an additional three weeks of vested paid vacation each year on his anniversary date.  Vested paid vacation accrues from year to year and may not be forfeited for any reason whatsoever.

 

	
  

	
e.

	
All reasonable business expenses of Employee shall be reimbursed by Employer and Employer shall indemnify Employee as required by California Labor Code section 2802.  Upon written request, Employer will advance Employee reasonable amounts to cover anticipated business expenses.

 

	
  

	
f.

	
Unless specifically provided in this Agreement, Employee shall be entitled to all other employment benefits (including, without limitation, insurance benefits, retirement benefits, paid sick leave benefits, etc.) consistent with Employer’s generally applicable policies, procedures, and practices.

 

	
6.

	
Employer Property and Interests: Upon termination of employment, Employee is required to return to Employer all property of Employer including, but not limited to, all files, records, documents, drawings, specifications, lists, equipment, supplies, promotional materials, and similar items relating to the business of Employer.

 

	
  

	
a.

	
Employee agrees to hold in strict confidence, and not to use or disclose to others, either before or after termination of this Agreement, any technical or business information, manufacturing technique, process, experimental work, trade secret, or other confidential matter relating to the products, sales, research, or business activity of the Employer.

 

	
  

	
b.

	
During the term of this Agreement Employee will not undertake to perform any activity for any person, firm, or corporation that is directly competitive with the Employer, or that would be likely to result in decreased sales for the Employer.

 

	
  

	
c.

	
Employee recognizes as binding on him and will comply with government prescribed regulations related to the safeguarding of classified information and mandatory provisions of contacts between the Employer and the government relating to patent rights.

  

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d.

	
Employee agrees not to solicit directly or indirectly the employment of Employer employees during the term of this Agreement and for a period of one year following the termination of this Agreement without written permission of Employer.

 

	
  

	
e.

	
All inventions conceived or developed by Employee during the term of this Agreement for the benefit of Employer shall remain the property of the Employer, provided, however, this provision shall not apply to any invention Employee develops entirely on his own time without using the Employer’s equipment, supplies, facilities, or trade secret information.

 

	
7.

	
Severability:  Employer and Employee agree that should any provision of this Agreement be declared or be determined by any court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, the legality, validity and enforceability of the remaining parts, terms and provisions shall not be affected thereby, and said illegal, unenforceable or invalid part, term or provision will be deemed not to be part of this Agreement.

 

	
8.

	
Integration:  This Agreement contains all the understandings and agreements between the parties concerning Employee’s employment and Employee acknowledges that no person who is either an agent or Employee of Employer may orally or by conduct modify, delete, vary, or contradict, the terms and conditions set forth herein.  Any modification or waiver of this Agreement must be expressly made in writing executed by the Employer.  This Agreement replaces any and all prior agreements between Employee and Employer related to Employee’s employment and any and all such prior Agreements are hereby canceled.

 

	
9.

	
Choice of Law.  This Agreement shall be construed and governed by the laws of the State of California.

	
Date:  January 9, 2012

	
/s/ Guy A. Archbold

	  	
Guy A. Archbold

	  	  
	  	
RACKWISE, INC.

	  	  
	
Date:  January 9, 2012

	
By:

	
/s/ Steve Solodoff

	  	
Name:  Steve Solodoff

	  	
Title:  Interim Chief Financial Officer

  

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