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EXHIBIT 10.3

THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED UNLESS (I) SUCH SECURITIES HAVE BEEN REGISTERED FOR SALE PURSUANT TO THE SECURITIES ACT AND SUCH REGISTRATION STATEMENT REMAINS EFFECTIVE, (II) SUCH SECURITIES MAY BE SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144, OR (III) THE COMPANY HAS RECEIVED AN OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE COMPANY, STATING THAT SUCH TRANSFER MAY LAWFULLY BE MADE WITHOUT REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.

SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 10 HEREOF, THIS WARRANT SHALL BE VOID FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE HEREOF, AT 5:00 P.M. EASTERN TIME ON MAY 10, 2016 (THE “EXPIRATION DATE”).

No. [●]

VIKING SYSTEMS, INC.

WARRANT TO PURCHASE [●] SHARES OF

COMMON STOCK, $0.001 PAR VALUE

For VALUE RECEIVED, [●] (“Warrantholder”), is entitled to purchase, subject to the provisions of this Warrant, from Viking Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Company”), at any time not later than 5:00 P.M., Eastern time, on the Expiration Date (as defined above), at an exercise price per share equal to $0.25 (the exercise price in effect being herein called the “Warrant Price”), [●] shares (“Warrant Shares”) of the Company’s Common Stock, $0.001 par value (“Common Stock”).  The number of Warrant Shares purchasable upon exercise of this Warrant and the Warrant Price shall be subject to adjustment from time to time as described herein.  This Warrant is being issued pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 5, 2011 (the “Purchase Agreement”), among the Company and the initial holders of the Company Warrants (as defined below).  Capitalized terms used herein have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in the Purchase Agreement unless otherwise defined herein. The Company may, in its sole discretion, decrease the exercise price or extend the expiration date of this warrant.

Section 1.     Registration.  The Company shall maintain books for the transfer and registration of this Warrant.  Upon the initial issuance of this Warrant, the Company shall issue and register this Warrant in the name of the Warrantholder.

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

  

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Section 3.     Exercise of Warrant.  Subject to the provisions hereof, the Warrantholder may exercise this Warrant, in whole or in part, at any time prior to its expiration upon surrender of the Warrant, together with delivery of a duly executed Warrant exercise form, in the form attached hereto as Appendix A (the “Exercise Agreement”), and payment by cash, certified check or wire transfer of funds (or, in certain circumstances, by cashless exercise as provided below) of the aggregate Warrant Price for that number of Warrant Shares then being purchased, to the Company during normal business hours on any Business Day (as defined below) at the Company’s principal executive offices (or such other office or agency of the Company as it may designate by notice to the Warrantholder).  The Warrant Shares so purchased shall be deemed to be issued to the Warrantholder or the Warrantholder’s designee, as the record owner of such shares, as of the close of business on the date on which this Warrant shall have been surrendered (or the date evidence of loss, theft or destruction thereof and security or indemnity satisfactory to the Company has been provided to the Company), the Warrant Price shall have been paid and the completed Exercise Agreement shall have been delivered.  Certificates for the Warrant Shares so purchased shall be delivered to the Warrantholder within a reasonable time, not exceeding three (3) Business Days, after this Warrant shall have been so exercised.  The certificates so delivered shall be in such denominations as may be requested by the Warrantholder and shall be registered in the name of the Warrantholder or such other name as shall be designated by the Warrantholder, as specified in the Exercise Agreement.  If this Warrant shall have been exercised only in part, then, unless this Warrant has expired, the Company shall, at its expense, at the time of delivery of such certificates, deliver to the Warrantholder a new Warrant representing the right to purchase the number of shares with respect to which this Warrant shall not then have been exercised.  As used herein, “Business Day” means a day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, on which banks in New York City are open for the general transaction of business.  Each exercise hereof shall constitute the re-affirmation by the Warrantholder that the representations and warranties contained in Section 5 of the Purchase Agreement are true and correct in all material respects with respect to the Warrantholder as of the time of such exercise.

If (a) a certificate representing the Warrant Shares is not delivered to the Warrantholder within three (3) Business Days of the due exercise of this Warrant by the Warrantholder and (b) prior to the time such certificate is received by the Warrantholder after such three (3) Business Day period, the Warrantholder, or any third party on behalf of the Warrantholder or for the Warrantholder’s account, purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Warrantholder of shares represented by such certificate (a “Buy-In”), then the Company shall pay in cash to the Warrantholder (for costs incurred either directly by such Warrantholder or on behalf of a third party) the amount by which the total purchase price paid for Common Stock as a result of the Buy-In (including brokerage commissions, if any) exceeds the proceeds received by such Warrantholder as a result of the sale to which such Buy-In relates.  The Warrantholder shall provide the Company written notice together with a reasonably detailed summary indicating the amounts payable to the Warrantholder in respect of the Buy-In.

  

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(a)  Exercise Limitations – Warrantholder’s Restrictions. The Company shall not effect any exercise of this Warrant, and a Warrantholder shall not have the right to exercise any portion of this Warrant, pursuant to Section 3 or otherwise, to the extent that after giving effect to such issuance after exercise as set forth on the applicable Notice of Exercise, such Warrantholder (together with such Warrantholder’s affiliates, and any other person or entity acting as a group together with such Warrantholder or any of such Warrantholder’s affiliates), would beneficially own in excess of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation (as defined below).  For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by such Warrantholder and its affiliates shall include the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant with respect to which such determination is being made, but shall exclude the number of shares of Common Stock which would be issuable upon (A) exercise of the remaining, nonexercised portion of this Warrant beneficially owned by such Warrantholder or any of its affiliates and (B) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or nonconverted portion of any other securities of the Company (including, without limitation, securities convertible into or exercisable for Common Stock) subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein beneficially owned by such Warrantholder or any of its affiliates.

Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this Section 3(a), beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, it being acknowledged by the Warrantholder that the Company is not representing to such Warrantholder that such calculation is in compliance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and such Warrantholder is solely responsible for any schedules required to be filed in accordance therewith.  To the extent that the limitation contained in this Section 3(a) applies, the determination of whether this Warrant is exercisable (in relation to other securities owned by such Warrantholder together with any affiliates) and of which portion of this Warrant is exercisable shall be in the sole discretion of the Warrantholder, and the submission of a Notice of Exercise shall be deemed to be the Warrantholder’s determination of whether this Warrant is exercisable (in relation to other securities owned by such Warrantholder together with any affiliates) and of which portion of this Warrant is exercisable, in each case subject the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, and the Company shall have no obligation to verify or confirm the accuracy of such determination.   In addition, a determination as to any group status as contemplated above shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

For purposes of this Section 3(a), in determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, a Warrantholder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as reflected in: (x) the Company’s most recent Form 10-Q or Form 10-K, as the case may be, (y) a more recent public announcement by the Company, or (z) any other notice by the Company or the Company’s Transfer Agent setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding.

  

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The “Beneficial Ownership Limitation” shall be 4.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant.  The Beneficial Ownership Limitation provisions of this Section 3(a) may be waived by such Warrantholder, at the election of such Warrantholder, upon not less than 61 days’ prior notice to the Company to change the Beneficial Ownership Limitation to 9.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon exercise of this Warrant, and the provisions of this Section 3(a) shall continue to apply.  Upon such a change by a Warrantholder of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation from such 4.99% limitation to such 9.99% limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation may be further waived by such Warrantholder with a subsequent notice of not less than 61 days.  The provisions of this paragraph shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 3(a) to correct this paragraph (or any portion hereof) which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended Beneficial Ownership Limitation herein contained or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation. The limitations contained in this paragraph shall apply to a successor holder of this Warrant.

Section 4.     Compliance with the Securities Act.  Except as provided in the Purchase Agreement, the Company may cause the legend set forth on the first page of this Warrant to be set forth on each Warrant, and a similar legend on any security issued or issuable upon exercise of this Warrant, unless counsel for the Company is of the opinion as to any such security that such legend is unnecessary.

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

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

Section 7.     Reservation of Common Stock.  The Company hereby represents and warrants that there have been reserved, and the Company shall at all applicable times keep reserved until issued (if necessary) as contemplated by this Section 7, out of the authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock, sufficient shares to provide for the exercise of the rights of purchase represented by this Warrant.  The Company agrees that all Warrant Shares issued upon due exercise of the Warrant in accordance with the terms hereof shall be, at the time of delivery of the certificates for such Warrant Shares, duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock of the Company.

  

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Section 8.     Adjustments.  Subject and pursuant to the provisions of this Section 8, the Warrant Price and number of Warrant Shares subject to this Warrant shall be subject to adjustment from time to time as set forth hereinafter.

(a)  If the Company shall, at any time or from time to time while this Warrant is outstanding, pay a dividend or make a distribution on its Common Stock in shares of Common Stock, subdivide its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares or combine its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares or issue by reclassification of its outstanding shares of Common Stock any shares of its capital stock (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing corporation), then (i) the Warrant Price in effect immediately prior to the date on which such change shall become effective shall be adjusted by multiplying such Warrant Price by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such change and the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such change and (ii) the number of Warrant Shares purchasable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be adjusted by multiplying the number of Warrant Shares purchasable upon exercise of this Warrant immediately prior to the date on which such change shall become effective by a fraction, the numerator of which is shall be the Warrant Price in effect immediately prior to the date on which such change shall become effective and the denominator of which shall be the Warrant Price in effect immediately after giving effect to such change, calculated in accordance with clause (i) above.  Such adjustments shall be made successively whenever any event listed above shall occur.

(b)  If any capital reorganization, reclassification of the capital stock of the Company, consolidation or merger of the Company with another corporation in which the Company is not the survivor, or sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets to another corporation shall be effected, then, as a condition of such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or other disposition, lawful and adequate provision shall be made whereby each Warrantholder shall thereafter have the right to purchase and receive upon the basis and upon the terms and conditions herein specified and in lieu of the Warrant Shares immediately theretofore issuable upon exercise of the Warrant, such shares of stock, securities or assets as would have been issuable or payable with respect to or in exchange for a number of Warrant Shares equal to the number of Warrant Shares immediately theretofore issuable upon exercise of the Warrant, had such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or other disposition not taken place, and in any such case appropriate provision shall be made with respect to the rights and interests of each Warrantholder to the end that the provisions hereof (including, without limitation, provision for adjustment of the Warrant Price) shall thereafter be applicable, as nearly equivalent as may be practicable in relation to any shares of stock, securities or assets thereafter deliverable upon the exercise hereof.  The Company shall not effect any such consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or other disposition unless it complies with the notice provisions of Section 12(b) hereof.  For avoidance of doubt, notice made pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence shall only be made with respect to public information.  The provisions of this paragraph (b) shall similarly apply to successive reorganizations, reclassifications, consolidations, mergers, sales, transfers or other dispositions.

  

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(c)  In case the Company shall fix a payment date for the making of a distribution to all holders of Common Stock (including any such distribution made in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing corporation) of evidences of indebtedness or assets (other than cash dividends or cash distributions payable out of consolidated earnings or earned surplus or dividends or distributions referred to in paragraph (a) of this Section 8), or subscription rights or warrants, the Warrant Price to be in effect after such payment date shall be determined by multiplying the Warrant Price in effect immediately prior to such payment date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding multiplied by the Market Price (as defined below) per share of Common Stock immediately prior to such payment date, less the fair market value (as determined by the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) in good faith) of said assets or evidences of indebtedness so distributed, or of such subscription rights or warrants, and the denominator of which shall be the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding multiplied by the Market Price per share of Common Stock immediately prior to such payment date.  The “Market Price” as of a particular date (the “Valuation Date”) shall mean the following: (i) if the Common Stock is then listed on the Nasdaq Global Market or the Nasdaq Capital Market (collectively, “Nasdaq”) or any other national stock exchange, the closing sale price of one share of Common Stock on such exchange on the last trading day prior to the Valuation Date; (ii) if the Common Stock is then quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board (the “Bulletin Board”) or such similar quotation system or association, the closing sale price of one share of Common Stock on the Bulletin Board or such other quotation system or association on the last trading day prior to the Valuation Date or, if no such closing sale price is available, the average of the high bid and the low asked price quoted thereon on the last trading day prior to the Valuation Date; or (iii) if the Common Stock is not then listed on Nasdaq or a national stock exchange or quoted on the Bulletin Board or such other quotation system or association, the fair market value of one share of Common Stock as of the Valuation Date, as determined in good faith by the Board and the Warrantholder.  If the Common Stock is not then listed on Nasdaq or a national securities exchange or quoted on the Bulletin Board or such other quotation system or association, the Board shall respond promptly, in writing, to an inquiry by the Warrantholder prior to the exercise hereunder as to the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by the Board.  In the event that the Board and the Warrantholder are unable to agree upon the fair market value in respect of subpart (iii) of this paragraph (c), the Company and the Warrantholder shall jointly select an appraiser, who is experienced in such matters.  The decision of such appraiser shall be final and conclusive, and the cost of such appraiser shall be borne equally by the Company and the Warrantholder.  Such adjustment shall be made successively whenever such a payment date is fixed.

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

  

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

Section 9.     Fractional Interest.  The Company shall not be required to issue fractions of Warrant Shares upon the exercise of this Warrant.  If any fractional share of Common Stock would, except for the provisions of the first sentence of this Section 9, be deliverable upon such exercise, the Company, in lieu of delivering such fractional share, shall pay to the exercising Warrantholder an amount in cash equal to the Market Price of such fractional share of Common Stock on the date of exercise.

Section 10.    Expiration Date.  The Expiration Date of this Warrant shall be five (5) years from the date hereof. The Company may, in its sole discretion, extend the expiration date of this Warrant.

Section 11.    Benefits.  Nothing in this Warrant shall be construed to give any person, firm or corporation (other than the Company and the Warrantholder) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim, it being agreed that this Warrant shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Company and the Warrantholder.

Section 12.    Notices to Warrantholder.

(a)  Upon the happening of any event requiring an adjustment of the Warrant Price, the Company shall promptly give written notice thereof to the Warrantholder at the address appearing in the records of the Company, stating the adjusted Warrant Price and the adjusted number of Warrant Shares resulting from such event and setting forth in reasonable detail the method of calculation and the facts upon which such calculation is based.  Failure to give such notice to the Warrantholder or any defect therein shall not affect the legality or validity of the subject adjustment.

(b)  In case at any time:

(i)   the Company shall declare any dividend upon its Common Stock payable in cash or in stock or make any distribution to the holders of its Common Stock:

(ii)   the Company shall offer for subscription pro rata to the holders of its Common Stock any additional shares of Common Stock or other rights;

(iii)  there shall be any capital reorganization or reclassification of the capital stock of the Company, or a consolidation or merger of the Company with, or a sale of all or substantially all of its assets to, another corporation; or

  

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(iv)  there shall be any voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company;

then, in any one or more of such cases, the Company shall give, by first class mail, postage prepaid, addressed to each Warrantholder at the address of such Warrantholder as shown on the books of the Company, (A) at least fifteen (15) days’ prior written notice of the date on which the books of the Company shall close or a record shall be taken for such dividend, distribution or subscription rights or for determining rights to vote in respect of any such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, dissolution, liquidation or winding up, and (B) in the case of any such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, dissolution, liquidation or winding up, at least fifteen (15) days’ prior written notice of the date when the same shall take place.  Such notice in accordance with the foregoing clause (A) shall also specify, in the case of any such dividend, distribution or subscription rights, the date on which the holders of Common Stock shall be entitled thereto, and such notice in accordance with  the foregoing clause (B) shall also specify the date on which the holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to exchange their Common Stock for securities or other property deliverable upon such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, dissolution, liquidation or winding up, as the case may be.

Section 13.     Identity of Transfer Agent.  The Transfer Agent for the Common Stock is Fidelity Transfer Company, located at 915 South 700 East, Suite 102, Sandy, UT 84070.

Section 14.     Notices.  Unless otherwise provided, any notice required or permitted under this Warrant shall be given in writing and shall be deemed effectively given as hereinafter described (a) if given by personal delivery, then such notice shall be deemed given upon such delivery, (b) if given by telex or facsimile, then such notice shall be deemed given upon receipt of confirmation of complete transmittal, (c) if given by mail, then such notice shall be deemed given upon the earlier of (i) receipt of such notice by the recipient or (ii) three (3) days after such notice is deposited in first class mail, postage prepaid, and (d) if given by an internationally recognized overnight air courier, then such notice shall be deemed given one (1) Business Day after delivery to such carrier.  All notices shall be addressed as follows: if to the Warrantholder, at its address as set forth in the Company’s books and records and, if to the Company, at the address as follows, or at such other address as the Warrantholder or the Company may designate by ten days’ advance written notice to the other:

If to the Company:

Viking Systems, Inc.

134 Flanders Road

Westborough, MA  01581

Attention:  Robert Mathews, Chief Financial Officer

Fax: (508) 366-8858

Section 15.     Registration Rights.  The initial Warrantholder is entitled to the benefit of certain registration rights with respect to the shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant as provided in the Registration Rights Agreement dated as of May 5, 2011 (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), among the Company and the initial holders of the Company Warrants, and any subsequent Warrantholder may be entitled to such rights.

  

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Section 16.     Successors.  All the covenants and provisions hereof by or for the benefit of the Warrantholder shall bind and inure to the benefit of its respective successors and assigns hereunder.

Section 17.     Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial.  This Warrant shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the internal laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements made and to be performed entirely within the State of New York.  The Company and, by accepting this Warrant, the Warrantholder, each irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York located in New York County and the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York for the purpose of any suit, action, proceeding or judgment relating to or arising out of this Warrant and the transactions contemplated hereby.  Service of process in connection with any such suit, action or proceeding may be served on each party hereto anywhere in the world by the same methods as are specified for the giving of notices under this Warrant.  The Company and, by accepting this Warrant, the Warrantholder, each irrevocably consents to the jurisdiction of any such court in any such suit, action or proceeding and to the laying of venue in such court.  The Company and, by accepting this Warrant, the Warrantholder, each irrevocably waives any objection to the laying of venue of any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such courts and irrevocably waives any claim that any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. TO THE EXTENT ALLOWABLE UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, EACH OF THE COMPANY AND, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, THE WARRANTHOLDER HEREBY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO REQUEST A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LITIGATION WITH RESPECT TO THIS WARRANT AND REPRESENTS THAT COUNSEL HAS BEEN CONSULTED SPECIFICALLY AS TO THIS WAIVER.

Section 18.     Call Provision.  Notwithstanding any other provision contained in this Warrant to the contrary, in the event that the closing bid price per share of Common Stock as traded on the Nasdaq (or such other exchange, stock market or quotation system on which the Common Stock may then be listed or quoted) equals or exceeds $1.00 (appropriately adjusted for any stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend or other reclassification or combination of the Common Stock occurring after the date hereof) for twenty (20) consecutive trading days commencing on or after the second (2nd) anniversary of the Closing Date, the Company, upon thirty (30) days prior written notice (the “Notice Period”) given to the Warrantholder within ten (10) Business Days immediately following the end of such twenty (20) trading day period, may call this Warrant, in whole but not in part, at a redemption price equal to $0.01 per share of Common Stock then purchasable pursuant to this Warrant; provided, however, that (a) the Company simultaneously calls all Company Warrants on the same terms and (b) either (i) the resale of all of the shares of Common Stock issuable hereunder is registered pursuant to an effective Registration Statement which is not suspended and for which no stop order is in effect, and pursuant to which the Warrantholder is able to sell such shares of Common Stock at all times during the Notice Period or (ii) all of the shares of Common Stock issuable hereunder no longer constitute Registrable Securities.  Notwithstanding any such notice by the Company, the Warrantholder shall have the right to exercise this Warrant prior to the end of the Notice Period.

  

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Section 19.     Cashless Exercise.  Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein to the contrary, from and after the six (6) month anniversary of the Closing Date, the Warrantholder may elect to receive, without the payment by the Warrantholder of the aggregate Warrant Price in respect of the shares of Common Stock to be acquired, shares of Common Stock of equal value to the value of this Warrant, or any specified portion hereof, by the surrender of this Warrant (or such portion of this Warrant being so exercised) together with a Net Issue Election Notice, in the form annexed hereto as Appendix B, duly executed, to the Company.  Thereupon, the Company shall issue to the Warrantholder such number of fully paid, validly issued and nonassessable shares of Common Stock as is computed using the following formula:

X = Y (A - B)

       A

where

X =           the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Warrantholder is entitled upon such cashless exercise;

Y =           the total number of shares of Common Stock covered by this Warrant for which the Warrantholder has surrendered purchase rights at such time for cashless exercise (including both shares to be issued to the Warrantholder and shares as to which the purchase rights are to be canceled as payment therefor);

A =           the Market Price of one share of Common Stock as at the date the net issue election is made; and

B =           the Warrant Price in effect under this Warrant at the time the net issue election is made.

Section 20.     No Rights as Stockholder.  Prior to the exercise of this Warrant, the Warrantholder shall not have or exercise any rights as a stockholder of the Company by virtue of its ownership of this Warrant.

Section 21.     Amendment; Waiver.  This Warrant is one of a series of Warrants of like tenor issued by the Company pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and initially covering an aggregate of [●] shares of Common Stock (collectively, the “Company Warrants”).  Any term of this Warrant may be amended or waived (including the adjustment provisions included in Section 8 hereof) upon the written consent of the Company and the holders of Company Warrants representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the number of shares of Common Stock then subject to all outstanding Company Warrants; provided, however, that (a) any such amendment or waiver must apply to all Company Warrants and (b) the number of Warrant Shares subject to this Warrant, the Warrant Price and the Expiration Date may not be amended, and the right to exercise this Warrant may not be altered or waived, without the written consent of the Warrantholder.

  

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Section 22.     Section Headings.  The section headings in this Warrant are for the convenience of the Company and the Warrantholder and in no way alter, modify, amend, limit or restrict the provisions hereof.

[Signature page follows.]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be duly executed, as of the 10th day of May, 2011.

 

 

	 	
VIKING SYSTEMS, INC.

By:  ___________________________

Name: John “Jed” Kennedy

Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

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APPENDIX A

VIKING SYSTEMS, INC.

WARRANT EXERCISE FORM

To Viking Systems, Inc.:

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

 

_______________________________

Name

_______________________________

Address

_______________________________

Federal Tax ID or Social Security No.

and delivered by:

(i)           certified mail to the above address;

(ii)           electronically (provide DWAC Instructions:___________________); or

(iii)           other (specify: __________________________________________);

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

Dated: ___________________, ____

	  	  
	
Note:  The signature must correspond with

	
______________________________

	
the name of the Warrantholder as written

	
Signature

	
on the first page of the Warrant in every

	
______________________________

	
particular, without alteration or enlargement

	
Name (please print)

	
or any change whatever, unless the Warrant

	
______________________________

	
has been assigned.

	
Mailing Address

	  	
______________________________

	  	
Federal Identification or

	  	
Social Security No.

	  	  
	  	
Assignee:

	  	
_______________________________

	  	
_______________________________

	  	
_______________________________

 

 

  

 

  

APPENDIX B

VIKING SYSTEMS, INC.

NET ISSUE ELECTION NOTICE

To: Viking Systems, Inc.

Date:_________________________

The undersigned hereby elects under Section 19 of this Warrant to surrender the right to purchase ____________ shares of Common Stock pursuant to this Warrant and hereby requests the issuance of _____________ shares of Common Stock.  The certificate(s) for the shares issuable upon such net issue election shall be issued in the name of the undersigned or as otherwise indicated below.

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Exhibit 10.1

Sales Incentive Program Fiscal Year 2011

- Sales Management Team – Basem Anshasi

Target Incentive

A participant’s target incentive is based on the fixed to variable pay mix assigned to the participant. A participant’s target incentive is the amount of incentive that may be paid out at 100% revenue to quota achievement. If a participant starts employment with the Company during a fiscal year, the participant’s revenue goal for the remainder of the fiscal year will be assigned by the Chief Executive Officer.

Metrics

Revenue

Revenue is defined as revenue recorded by the Company for a sale of products and services during the applicable period in accordance with generally accepting accounting principles in the United States. Revenue is net of returns and credits and revenues from repairs of products are not included in this sales incentive program.  If a customer returns a product for credit the amount of the credit will be deducted from the sales representative’s revenue achievement at the time of the return.

Quota

The quota is the revenue goal which is determined by the Chief Executive Officer based on management revenue forecasts.  Revenue goals are assigned in US Dollars and are generally assigned at the beginning of the fiscal year.

Revenue to Quota Achievement (“RQA”)

RQA is the ratio between actual revenue achieved by a participant and the revenue quota assigned to the participant. RQA for each quarter is calculated on a year to date basis at the end of each fiscal quarter.

Quarterly Draw (“QD”)

The QD is a draw payment against a participant’s AIE (as defined below) measured quarterly and is determined based on the participant’s year to date RQA measured at the end of each quarter, using the Sales Incentive Payout Grid attached hereto as Exhibit B. The maximum draw is at 100% RQA.

Annual Incentive Earned (“AIE”)

The AIE is determined based on the participant’s RQA for the entire fiscal year, using the Sales Incentive Payout Grid attached hereto as Exhibit B.

Payout Frequency

RQA performance is measured on a year to date basis at the end of each quarter. Participant’s are eligible to be paid a QD in the first three quarters of the fiscal year (Q1, Q2, and Q3) which is generally paid within two payroll periods after the Company’s quarterly results are announced to the public.

  

  

  

 

Payout Q1 to Q3 of the Fiscal Year:

A QD may be paid at the end of the first, second, or third fiscal quarter of the year.  Year to date RQA must be above 65% for a QD to be paid in a particular quarter. The QD is calculated using year to date RQA and the year to date target incentive. Draw payments from previous quarters will be subtracted (recovered) from the QD. A maximum QD is earned at 100% RQA.  The maximum QD is 100% of the quarterly incentive target.

Payout Q4 of the Fiscal Year:

At the end of the fiscal year the AIE will be calculated based on year to date RQA and the annual target payout. The Q1 to Q3 QD payments will be subtracted (recovered) from the AIE to arrive at the final Q4 incentive payment. An annual performance below the 65% payout threshold will result in no fourth quarter incentive payout.

If the AIE  is less than the QD’s previously paid out, the draw payments are not carried forward as a negative balance into the new fiscal year and the participant shall not be required to repay the QD to the Company.

Payout Rates

All payouts will be calculated using the Sales Incentive Payout Grid attached to this plan as Exhibit B.

Threshold performance for revenue achievement is 65% which starts payout at 50% of the target incentive. The payout increases 2% for every 1% in achievement up to 79.99%. Between 80% and 89.99%, the payout increases by 1% for every 1% in achievement. Between 90% and up to 99.99% the payout is 1.50% for every 1% in achievement. From 100% and up, the payout increases 2% for every 1% in achievement. There is no cap to revenue achievement and no maximum payout amount.

Achievement will be determined in U.S. Dollars and the payout will be calculated using target incentive in local currency.

 

Eligibility, Terminations, Leaves of Absence, Local Law

 

 

A participant must be an active employee of the Company or its applicable subsidiary through the end of the quarter or fiscal year, as applicable, in order to receive a QD payment or the AIE, as applicable. A participant who voluntarily separates employment or is terminated for good cause, such as unsatisfactory performance or misconduct, will not be eligible to receive the QD or AIE, as applicable for the quarter during which the employment ceases.

 

 

The AIE is determined based on the participant’s RQA for the entire fiscal year regardless of whether the participant takes a paid leave of absence during the fiscal year. Participant’s who are terminated by the Company, without cause, such as a layoff, may receive a payout (if any) based on their AIE and determined by their RQA up to the last day of active service with the Company, less any QD’s already received by the participant. Participant’s will not earn any further revenue credit after they cease to actively provide services to the Company, including during any applicable severance, notice or garden leave period.

 

 

If there is a conflict between the terms of this Sales Incentive Program and the laws of the place of employment of the sales representative, then the local laws shall prevail and the sales incentive program shall be construed in accordance with the local laws.

 

 

Changes to the Plan

 

 

The Sales Compensation Committee must approve any changes to this plan. The Sales Incentive program will be reviewed on a quarterly basis and the terms are subject to change.

 

  

  

  

 

 Exhibit A –Key Definitions

 

Draw:  A draw against a participant’s AIE may be paid on a quarterly basis for the first three quarters of a fiscal year if the participant’s RQA is 65% to 100%.  A maximum draw payment for a quarter is reached at 100% RQA for that quarter.

Mix:  The ratio of base salary to incentive at total target compensation. The mix varies by incentive plan depending on the type of position, sale and the sales cycle.  Your ratio of base salary to incentive is 89/11.

Sales Compensation Committee:  The committee consists of the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Operating Officer, the Vice President of Sales and the Vice President of Human Resources.  The committee has ultimate authority in the interpretation of the quota goals and the calculations of any sales incentive accordingly.  The Vice President of Sales shall not participate in any decisions impacting his compensation.

 

Sales Incentive Payout Grid: Payout percent values are determined by the Sales Incentive Payout Grid based on RQA. The Sales Incentive Payout Grid is attached hereto as Exhibit B.

 

 

 

  

  

  

 

Exhibit B – Sales Incentive Payout Grid

 

	
100% Revenue Metric

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	  	 	
Achievement to Quota Range

	 	 	
Percent of Target at Min.

	 	 	
Payout Value at Min.

	 	 	
% of Target per % of Achievement

	 
	  
	  	 	
Min.

	 	 	
Up to

	 
	
Threshold

	 	 	65	%	 	 	70	%	 	 	50	%	 	 	0.5	 	 	 	2.00	%
	  	 	 	70	%	 	 	80	%	 	 	60	%	 	 	0.6	 	 	 	2.00	%
	  	 	 	80	%	 	 	90	%	 	 	80	%	 	 	0.8	 	 	 	1.00	%
	  	 	 	90	%	 	 	100	%	 	 	90	%	 	 	0.9	 	 	 	1.50	%
	  	 	 	100	%	 	 	110	%	 	 	105	%	 	 	1.05	 	 	 	2.00	%
	  	 	 	110	%	 	 	120	%	 	 	125	%	 	 	1.25	 	 	 	2.00	%
	  	 	 	120	%	 	 	130	%	 	 	145	%	 	 	1.45	 	 	 	2.00	%
	  	 	 	130	%	 	 	140	%	 	 	165	%	 	 	1.65	 	 	 	2.00	%
	  	 	 	140	%	 	 	150	%	 	 	185	%	 	 	1.85	 	 	 	2.00	%
	  	 	 	150	%	 	 	160	%	 	 	205	%	 	 	2.05	 	 	 	2.00	%
	  	 	 	160	%	 	 	170	%	 	 	225	%	 	 	2.25	 	 	 	2.00	%
	  	 	 	170	%	 	 	180	%	 	 	245	%	 	 	2.45	 	 	 	2.00	%
	  	 	 	180	%	 	 	190	%	 	 	265	%	 	 	2.65	 	 	 	2.00	%
	  	 	 	190	%	 	 	200	%	 	 	285	%	 	 	2.85	 	 	 	2.00	%
	
No Max Payout

	 	 	200	%	 	 	210	%	 	 	305	%	 	 	3.05	 	 	 	2.00	%

 

 

  

  

  

 

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

 

 

I certify that I have received and read and that I agree to the terms of the Sales Incentive Plan attached hereto.

 

 

 

 

	[Signature]	 	  /s/ Basem Anshasi	 
	[Print Name]	 	Basem Anshasi	 
	Dated: 	 	 April 26, 2011

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