Document:

Exhibit 4.1

 

Form of
Warrant

 

COMMON
STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT

 

To Purchase
[              ] Shares of Class A
Common Stock of

 

Date:  October     ,
2008

 

WAVE SYSTEMS
CORP.

 

THIS COMMON STOCK PURCHASE
WARRANT (the “Warrant”) certifies that, for value received, [                                     ] (the “Holder”),
is entitled, upon the terms and subject to the limitations on exercise and the
conditions hereinafter set forth, at any time on or after the date hereof (the “Initial
Exercise Date”) and on or prior to the fifth anniversary of the date hereof
(the “Termination Date”) but not thereafter, to subscribe for and
purchase from Wave Systems Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”),
up to [          ]  shares (the “Warrant Shares”) of Class A
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the “Common Stock”).  The purchase price of one share of Common
Stock under this Warrant shall be equal to the Exercise Price, as defined in Section 2(b).  This Warrant is being issued pursuant to the
terms of that certain Subscription Agreement, of even date herewith (the “Subscription
Agreement”), among the Company and the Holder.

 

Section 1.       Definitions.  As used herein, the following terms shall
have the following meanings:

 

“Trading Day” means a
day on which the Common Stock is traded on a Trading Market.

 

“Trading Market” means
the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or
quoted for trading on the date in question: the Nasdaq Global Market, the
American Stock Exchange, the New York Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq National
Market or the OTC Bulletin Board.

 

Section 2.       Exercise.

 

a)             Exercise of Warrant.  Exercise of the purchase rights represented
by this Warrant may be made, in whole or in part, at any time or times on or
after the Initial Exercise Date and on or before the Termination Date by
delivery to the Company of a duly executed facsimile copy of the Notice of
Exercise Form annexed hereto (or such other office or agency of the
Company as it may designate by notice in writing to the registered Holder at
the address of such Holder appearing on the books of the Company).  The Holder shall be required to physically
surrender this Warrant to the Company when the Holder has purchased all of the
Warrant Shares available hereunder and the Warrant has been exercised in
full.  Partial exercises of this Warrant
resulting in purchases of a portion of the total number of Warrant Shares
available hereunder shall have the effect of lowering the outstanding number of
Warrant Shares purchasable hereunder in an amount equal to the applicable
number of Warrant Shares purchased.  The
Holder and the Company shall maintain records showing the number of Warrant
Shares purchased and the date of such purchases.  The Company shall honor any valid Notice of Exercise
Form pursuant to the terms hereof.  The Company
shall deliver an objection to any 

 

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invalid Notice of Exercise Form within
3 Trading Days of its receipt thereof. 
The Holder and any assignee, by acceptance of this Warrant, acknowledge
and agree that, by reason of the provisions of this paragraph, following the
purchase of a portion of the Warrant Shares hereunder, the number of Warrant
Shares available for purchase hereunder at any given time may be less than the
amount stated on the face hereof.

 

b)            Exercise Price.  The exercise price of the Common Stock under
this Warrant shall be $0.40, subject
to adjustment hereunder (the “Exercise Price”).

 

c)             Cashless Exercise.  If at any time after one year from the date
of issuance of this Warrant there is no effective registration statement
registering, or no current prospectus available for, the resale of the Warrant
Shares by the Holder, then this Warrant may also be exercised at such time by
means of a “cashless exercise” in which the Holder shall be entitled to receive
a certificate for the number of Warrant Shares equal to the quotient obtained
by dividing [(A-B) (X)] by (A), where:

 

(A) = the VWAP on the Trading Day
immediately preceding the date of such election;

 

(B) = 
the Exercise Price of this Warrant, as adjusted; and

 

(X) = the number of Warrant Shares
issuable upon exercise of this Warrant in accordance with the terms of this
Warrant by means of a cash exercise rather than a cashless exercise.

 

For purposes hereof “VWAP” 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 a Trading Market, the daily volume
weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest
preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed
or quoted for trading as reported by Bloomberg Financial L.P. (based on a
Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New
York City time); (b) if the OTC Bulletin Board is not a Trading Market,
the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the
nearest preceding date) on the OTC Bulletin Board; (c) if the Common Stock
is not then quoted for trading on the OTC Bulletin Board and if prices for the
Common Stock are then reported in the “Pink Sheets” published by Pink Sheets,
LLC (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of
reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share of the Common Stock so
reported; or (d) in all other cases, the fair market value of a share of
Common Stock as determined in a reasonable manner and in good faith by the
Company.

 

d)                                     Mechanics
of Exercise.

 

i.              Authorization of Warrant Shares.  The Company covenants that all Warrant Shares
which may be issued upon the exercise of the purchase rights represented by
this Warrant will, upon exercise of the purchase rights represented by this
Warrant, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and
free from all taxes, liens and charges in respect of the issue thereof (other
than taxes in respect of any transfer occurring contemporaneously with such
issue).

 

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ii.             Delivery of Certificates Upon
Exercise.  Certificates for shares
purchased hereunder shall be transmitted by the transfer agent of the Company
to the Holder by crediting the account of the Holder’s prime broker with the
Depository Trust Company through its Deposit Withdrawal Agent Commission (“DWAC”)
system if the Company is a participant in such system, and otherwise by
physical delivery to the address specified by the Holder in the Notice of
Exercise within 3 Trading Days from the delivery to the Company of the Notice
of Exercise Form, surrender of this Warrant (if required) and payment of the
aggregate Exercise Price as set forth above (“Warrant Share Delivery Date”).  This Warrant shall be deemed to have been
exercised on the date the Exercise Price is received by the Company.  The Warrant Shares shall be deemed to have
been issued, and Holder or any other person so designated to be named therein
shall be deemed to have become a holder of record of such shares for all
purposes, as of the date the Warrant has been exercised by payment to the Company
of the Exercise Price and all taxes required to be paid by the Holder, if any,
have been paid.  The Company and the
Holder may also agree to make arrangements for the delivery of the Warrant
Shares, and the payment of the aggregate Exercise Price, by means of “DVP”.

 

iii.            Delivery of New Warrants Upon
Exercise.  If this Warrant shall have
been exercised in part, the Company shall, at the request of a Holder and upon
surrender of this Warrant certificate, at the time of delivery of the
certificate or certificates representing Warrant Shares, deliver to Holder a
new Warrant evidencing the rights of Holder to purchase the unpurchased Warrant
Shares called for by this Warrant, which new Warrant shall in all other
respects be identical with this Warrant.

 

iv.            Rescission Rights.  If the Company fails to cause its transfer
agent to transmit to the Holder a certificate or certificates representing the
Warrant Shares pursuant to this Section 2(d) by the Warrant Share
Delivery Date, then the Holder will have the right to rescind such exercise.

 

v.             No Fractional Shares or Scrip.  No fractional shares or scrip representing
fractional shares shall be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant.  As to any fraction of a share which Holder
would otherwise be entitled to purchase upon such exercise, the Company shall
pay a cash adjustment in respect of such final fraction in an amount equal to
such fraction multiplied by the Exercise Price.

 

vi.            Charges, Taxes and Expenses.  Issuance of certificates for Warrant Shares
shall be made without charge to the Holder for any issue or transfer tax or
other incidental expense in respect of the issuance of such certificate, all of
which taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Company, and such certificates
shall be issued in the name of the Holder or in such name or names as may be
directed by the Holder; provided, however, that in the event
certificates for Warrant Shares are to be issued in a name other than the name
of the Holder, this Warrant when surrendered for exercise shall be accompanied
by the Assignment Form attached 

 

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hereto duly executed by the Holder; and the
Company may require, as a condition thereto, the payment of a sum sufficient to
reimburse it for any transfer tax incidental thereto.

 

vii.           Closing of Books.  The Company will not close its stockholder
books or records in any manner which prevents the timely exercise of this
Warrant, pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

viii.          Compensation for Buy-In on Failure
to Timely Deliver Certificates Upon Exercise.  In addition to any other rights available to
the Holder, if the Company fails to cause its transfer agent to transmit to the
Holder a certificate or certificates representing the Warrant Shares pursuant
to an exercise on or before the Warrant Share Delivery Date, and if after such
date the Holder is required by its broker to purchase (in an open market
transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of
a sale by the Holder of the Warrant Shares which the Holder anticipated
receiving upon such exercise (a “Buy-In”), then the Company shall (1) pay
in cash to the Holder the amount by which (x) the Holder’s total purchase
price (including brokerage commissions, if any) for the shares of Common Stock
so purchased exceeds (y) the amount obtained by multiplying (A) the
number of Warrant Shares that the Company was required to deliver to the Holder
in connection with the exercise at issue times (B) the price at which the
sell order giving rise to such purchase obligation was executed, and (2) at
the option of the Holder, either reinstate the portion of the Warrant and
equivalent number of Warrant Shares for which such exercise was not honored or
deliver to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock that would have been
issued had the Company timely complied with its exercise and delivery
obligations hereunder.  For example, if
the Holder purchases Common Stock having a total purchase price of $11,000 to
cover a Buy-In with respect to an attempted exercise of shares of Common Stock
with an aggregate sale price giving rise to such purchase obligation of
$10,000, under clause (1) of the immediately preceding sentence the
Company shall be required to pay the Holder $1,000. The Holder shall provide
the Company written notice indicating the amounts payable to the Holder in
respect of the Buy-In, together with applicable confirmations and other
evidence reasonably requested by the Company. 
Nothing herein shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies
available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a
decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the
Company’s failure to timely deliver certificates representing shares of Common
Stock upon exercise of the Warrant as required pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

e)                                    Exercise
Limitations.

 

i.              Holder’s Restrictions.  The Company shall not effect any exercise of
this Warrant, and a Holder shall not have the right to exercise any portion of
this Warrant, pursuant to Section 2 or otherwise, to the extent that after
giving effect to such issuance after exercise, such Holder (together with such
Holder’s affiliates, and any other person or entity acting as a group together
with such 

 

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Holder or any of such Holder’s affiliates),
as set forth on the applicable Notice of Exercise, 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 Holder and its affiliates shall include the number
of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant with respect
to which the determination of such sentence 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 Holder 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, any other Warrants) subject to a limitation on
conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein
beneficially owned by such Holder or any of its affiliates.  Except as set
forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this Section 2(e),
beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of
the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, it
being acknowledged by a Holder that the Company is not representing to such
Holder that such calculation is in compliance with Section 13(d) of
the Exchange Act and such Holder is solely responsible for any schedules
required to be filed in accordance therewith. 
To the extent that the limitation contained in this Section 2(e) applies,
the determination of whether this Warrant is exercisable (in relation to other
securities owned by such Holder) and of which a portion of this Warrant is
exercisable shall be in the sole discretion of a Holder, and the submission of
a Notice of Exercise shall be deemed to be each Holder’s determination of
whether this Warrant is exercisable (in relation to other securities owned by
such Holder) and of which portion of this Warrant is exercisable, in each case
subject to such aggregate percentage 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 2(e),
in determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, a Holder 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.   Upon
the written or oral request of a Holder, the Company shall within two Trading
Days confirm orally and in writing to such Holder the number of shares of
Common Stock then outstanding.   In
any case, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be determined
after giving effect to the conversion or exercise of securities of the Company,
including this Warrant, by such Holder or its affiliates since the date as of
which such number of outstanding shares of Common Stock was reported.  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
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provisions of this Section 2(e) may
be waived by such Holder, at the election of such Holder, 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 2(e) shall continue
to apply.  Upon such a change by a Holder
of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation from such 4.99% limitation to such 9.99%
limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation may not be waived by such
Holder.  The provisions of this paragraph
shall be implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the
terms of this Section 2(e) 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.

 

ii.             Exercise Without Registration
Statement.  If, at the time of any
exercise of this Warrant, the Warrant Shares shall not be registered under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), the Company may
require, as a condition of such exercise, that the Holder furnish to the
Company an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company to the
effect that such exercise may be made without registration under the Securities
Act or registration or qualification under any state or other applicable
securities laws.

 

Section 3.       Certain Adjustments.

 

a)             Stock Dividends and Splits. If the Company, at
any time while this Warrant is outstanding: (A) pays a stock dividend or
otherwise make a distribution or distributions on shares of its Common Stock or
any other equity or equity equivalent securities payable in shares of Common
Stock (which, for avoidance of doubt, shall not include any shares of Common
Stock issued by the Company pursuant to this Warrant), (B) subdivides
outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares, (C) combines
(including by way of reverse stock split) outstanding shares of Common Stock
into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issues by reclassification of
shares of the Common Stock any shares of capital stock of the Company, then in
each case the Exercise Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the
numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding treasury
shares, if any) outstanding immediately before such event and of which the
denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately
after such event and the number of shares issuable upon exercise of this
Warrant shall be proportionately adjusted. 
Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 3(a) shall become
effective immediately after the record date for the determination of
stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution and shall become
effective immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision,
combination or re-classification.

 

b)            Fundamental Transactions.  If, at any time after the Initial Exercise
Date, there shall occur any capital reorganization or reclassification of the
Common Stock 

 

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(other than a change in par value or a
subdivision or combination as provided for in Section 3(a) above), or
any consolidation or merger of the Company with or into another corporation, or
a transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, or the
payment of a liquidating distribution, then, as part of any such
reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, or liquidating
distribution, lawful provision shall be made so that Holder shall have the
right thereafter to receive upon the exercise hereof (to the extent still
exercisable) the kind and amount of shares of stock or other securities or
property to which Holder would have been entitled to receive if, immediately
prior to any such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger,
sale, or liquidating distribution, as the case may be, Holder had held the
number of shares of Common Stock which were then purchasable upon the exercise
of this Warrant.  In any such case,
appropriate adjustment (as reasonably determined by the Board of Directors of
the Company) shall be made in the application of the provisions set forth
herein with respect to the rights and interests thereafter of Holder such that
the provisions set forth in this paragraph (b) shall thereafter be
applicable, as nearly as is reasonably practicable, in relation to any shares
of stock or other securities or property thereafter deliverable upon the
exercise of this Warrant.

 

c)             Calculations. All calculations under this Section 3
shall be made to the nearest cent or the nearest 1/100th of a share, as the
case may be. For purposes of this Section 3, the number of shares of
Common Stock deemed to be issued and outstanding as of a given date shall be
the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding treasury shares, if
any) issued and outstanding.

 

d)            Notice to Holders. 
Whenever the Exercise Price is adjusted pursuant to this Section 3,
the Company shall promptly mail to each Holder a notice setting forth the
Exercise Price after such adjustment and setting forth a brief statement of the
facts requiring such adjustment.

 

Section 4.       Transfer of Warrant.

 

a)             Transferability. 
Subject to Section 5(a) below, this Warrant and all rights
hereunder are transferable, in whole or in part, upon surrender of this Warrant
at the principal office of the Company, together with a written assignment of
this Warrant substantially in the form attached hereto duly executed by the
Holder or its agent or attorney and funds sufficient to pay any transfer taxes
payable upon the making of such transfer. 
Upon such surrender and, if required, such payment, the Company shall
execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in the name of the assignee or
assignees and in the denomination or denominations specified in such instrument
of assignment, and shall issue to the assignor a new Warrant evidencing the
portion of this Warrant not so assigned, and this Warrant shall promptly be
cancelled.  A Warrant, if properly
assigned, may be exercised by a new holder for the purchase of Warrant Shares
without having a new Warrant issued.

 

b)            New Warrants. This Warrant may be divided or
combined with other Warrants upon presentation hereof at the aforesaid office
of the Company, together with a written notice specifying the names and
denominations in which new Warrants are to be issued, signed by the Holder or
its agent or attorney.  Subject to compliance
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Section 4(a), as to any transfer which
may be involved in such division or combination, the Company shall execute and
deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in exchange for the Warrant or Warrants to be
divided or combined in accordance with such notice.

 

Section 5.       Miscellaneous.

 

a)             Title to Warrant. 
Prior to the Termination Date and subject to compliance with applicable
laws and Section 4 of this Warrant, this Warrant and all rights hereunder
are transferable, in whole or in part, at the office or agency of the Company
by the Holder in person or by duly authorized attorney, upon surrender of this
Warrant together with the Assignment Form annexed hereto properly
endorsed.

 

b)            No Rights as Shareholder Until Exercise.  This Warrant does not entitle the Holder to
any voting rights or other rights as a shareholder of the Company prior to the
exercise hereof.  Upon the surrender of
this Warrant and the payment of the aggregate Exercise Price (or by means of a
cashless exercise), the Warrant Shares so purchased shall be and be deemed to
be issued to such Holder as the record owner of such shares as of the close of
business on the later of the date of such surrender or payment.

 

c)             Loss, Theft, Destruction or Mutilation of Warrant.
The Company covenants that upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably
satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this
Warrant or any stock certificate relating to the Warrant Shares, and in case of
loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to
it (which, in the case of the Warrant, shall not include the posting of any
bond), and upon surrender and cancellation of such Warrant or stock
certificate, if mutilated, the Company will make and deliver a new Warrant or
stock certificate of like tenor and dated as of such cancellation, in lieu of
such Warrant or stock certificate.

 

d)            Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays, etc.  If the last or appointed day for the taking
of any action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein shall
be a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday, then such action may be taken or such
right may be exercised on the next succeeding day not a Saturday, Sunday or
legal holiday.

 

e)             Authorized Shares.  The Company covenants that during the period
the Warrant is outstanding, it will reserve from its authorized and unissued
Common Stock a sufficient number of shares to provide for the issuance of the
Warrant Shares upon the exercise of any purchase rights under this
Warrant.  The Company further covenants
that its issuance of this Warrant shall constitute full authority to its
officers who are charged with the duty of executing stock certificates to
execute and issue the necessary certificates for the Warrant Shares upon the
exercise of the purchase rights under this Warrant.

 

f)             Governing Law; Jurisdiction.  This Warrant will be governed by, and
construed in accordance with, the internal laws of the State of New York,
without giving effect to the principles of conflicts of law that would require
the application of the laws of any other jurisdiction.  Any legal action, suit or proceeding arising
out of or relating to this Warrant or the transactions contemplated hereby
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adjudicated (excluding appeals) only in a
state or federal court located in New York, and each party hereto knowingly,
voluntarily and intentionally waives any objection which such party may now or
hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such action, suit or
proceeding, and irrevocably submits to the exclusive personal jurisdiction of
any such court in any such action, suit or proceeding.  Service of process in connection with any
such action, suit 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 Agreement.

 

g)            Restrictions. 
The Holder acknowledges that the Warrant Shares acquired upon the
exercise of this Warrant, if not registered, will have restrictions upon resale
imposed by state and federal securities laws.

 

h)            Notices. 
Any notice, request or other document required or permitted to be given
or delivered to the Holder by the Company shall be delivered in accordance with
the notice provisions of the Subscription Agreement.

 

i)              Limitation of Liability.  No provision hereof, in the absence of any
affirmative action by Holder to exercise this Warrant or purchase Warrant
Shares, and no enumeration herein of the rights or privileges of Holder, shall
give rise to any liability of Holder for the purchase price of any Common Stock
or as a stockholder of the Company, whether such liability is asserted by the
Company or by creditors of the Company.

 

j)              Remedies. 
Holder, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by
law, including recovery of damages, will be entitled to specific performance of
its rights under this Warrant.  The
Company agrees that monetary damages would not be adequate compensation for any
loss incurred by reason of a breach by it of the provisions of this Warrant and
hereby agrees to waive the defense in any action for specific performance that
a remedy at law would be adequate.

 

k)             Successors and Assigns.  Subject to applicable securities laws, this
Warrant and the rights and obligations evidenced hereby shall inure to the
benefit of and be binding upon the successors of the Company and the successors
and permitted assigns of Holder.  The
provisions of this Warrant are intended to be for the benefit of all Holders
from time to time of this Warrant and shall be enforceable by any such Holder
or holder of Warrant Shares.

 

l)              Amendment. 
This Warrant may be modified or amended or the provisions hereof waived
with the written consent of the Company and the Holder.

 

m)            Severability. 
Wherever possible, each provision of this Warrant shall be interpreted
in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any
provision of this Warrant shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable
law, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or
invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provisions or the
remaining provisions of this Warrant.

 

n)            Headings. 
The headings used in this Warrant are for the convenience of reference
only and shall not, for any purpose, be deemed a part of this Warrant.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company
has caused this Warrant to be executed by its officer thereunto duly
authorized.

 

 

Dated:  October     ,
2008

 

 

	
   

  	
  WAVE SYSTEMS CORP.

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
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NOTICE OF
EXERCISE

 

TO:         WAVE
SYSTEMS CORP.

 

(1)   The undersigned hereby elects to purchase
                
Warrant Shares of the Company pursuant to the terms of the attached Warrant
(only if exercised in full), and tenders herewith payment of the exercise price
in full, together with all applicable transfer taxes, if any.

 

(2)   Payment shall take the form of (check
applicable box):

 

o
in lawful money of the United States; or

 

o
the cancellation of such number of Warrant Shares as is necessary, in
accordance with the formula set forth in subsection 2(c), to exercise this
Warrant with respect to the maximum number of Warrant Shares purchasable
pursuant to the cashless exercise procedure set forth in subsection 2(c).

 

(3)   Please issue a certificate or certificates
representing said Warrant Shares in the name of the undersigned or in such
other name as is specified below:

 

 

The Warrant Shares shall be delivered to the following:

 

 

 

ASSIGNMENT
FORM

 

(To assign the
foregoing warrant, execute

this form and supply required information. 

Do not use this form to exercise the warrant.)

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the
foregoing Warrant and all rights evidenced thereby are hereby assigned to

 

                                                                                              
whose address is

 

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  Holder’s Signature:

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  Holder’s Address:

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Signature Guaranteed:

  	
   

  	
   

  
										

NOTE:  The signature to this
Assignment Form must correspond with the name as it appears on the face of
the Warrant, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever, and
must be guaranteed by a bank or trust company. 
Officers of corporations and those acting in a fiduciary or other
representative capacity should file proper evidence of authority to assign the
foregoing Warrant.Exhibit 4.2

 

COMMON STOCK
PURCHASE WARRANT

 

To Purchase
         Shares of Class A Common
Stock of

October     , 2008

 

WAVE SYSTEMS
CORP.

 

THIS COMMON STOCK PURCHASE
WARRANT (the “Warrant”) certifies that, for value received, Security
Research Associates, Inc. (the “Holder”), is entitled, upon the
terms and subject to the limitations on exercise and the conditions hereinafter
set forth, at any time on or after the date hereof (the “Initial Exercise
Date”) and on or prior to the close of business on October     ,
2011 (the “Termination Date”) but not thereafter, to subscribe for and
purchase from Wave Systems Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”),
up to             
shares (the “Warrant Shares”) of Class A Common Stock, par value
$0.01 per share, of the Company (the “Common Stock”). The purchase price
of one share of Common Stock under this Warrant shall be equal to the Exercise
Price, as defined in Section 2(b).

 

Section 1.                                            Definitions.  As used herein, the following terms shall
have the following meanings:

 

“Trading Day” means a
day on which the Common Stock is traded on a Trading Market.

 

“Trading Market” means
the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or
quoted for trading on the date in question: the Nasdaq Global Market, the
American Stock Exchange, the New York Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq National
Market or the OTC Bulletin Board.

 

Section 2.                                            Exercise.

 

(a)                                  Exercise of Warrant. 
Exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant may be made,
in whole or in part, at any time or times on or after the Initial Exercise Date
and on or before the Termination Date by delivery to the Company of a duly
executed facsimile copy of the Notice of Exercise Form annexed hereto (or
such other office or agency of the Company as it may designate by notice in
writing to the registered Holder at the address of such Holder appearing on the
books of the Company); provided, however, within 2 Trading Days
of the date said Notice of Exercise is delivered to the Company, if this
Warrant is exercised in full, the Holder shall have surrendered this Warrant to
the Company and the Company shall have received payment of the aggregate
Exercise Price of the shares thereby purchased by wire transfer or cashier’s
check drawn on a United States bank. Notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Warrant
to the Company until the Holder has purchased all of the Warrant Shares
available hereunder and the Warrant has been exercised in full. Partial
exercises of this Warrant resulting in purchases of a portion of the total
number of Warrant Shares available hereunder shall have the effect of lowering
the outstanding number of Warrant Shares purchasable hereunder in an amount
equal to the applicable number of Warrant Shares purchased. The Holder and the
Company shall maintain records showing the number of Warrant Shares purchased
and the date of such purchases. The Company shall honor any valid Notice of
Exercise Form pursuant to the terms hereof. The Company shall deliver an
objection to any invalid Notice of Exercise Form within 3 Trading Days of
its receipt thereof. The Holder and any assignee, by acceptance

 

 

of this Warrant, acknowledge and agree that, by reason
of the provisions of this paragraph, following the purchase of a portion of the
Warrant Shares hereunder, the number of Warrant Shares available for purchase
hereunder at any given time may be less than the amount stated on the face
hereof.

 

(b)                                 Exercise Price. 
The exercise price of the Common Stock under this Warrant shall be $0.40
subject to adjustment hereunder (the “Exercise Price”).

 

(c)                                  Cashless Exercise. This Warrant may also be exercised by
means of a “cashless exercise” in which the Holder shall be entitled to receive
a certificate for the number of Warrant Shares equal to the quotient obtained
by dividing [(A-B) (X)] by (A), where:

 

(A)  =  the VWAP on the Trading Day immediately
preceding the date of such election;

 

(B)  =  the Exercise Price of this Warrant, as
adjusted; and

 

(X)  =  the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon
exercise of this Warrant in accordance with the terms of this Warrant by means
of a cash exercise rather than a cashless exercise.

 

For purposes hereof “VWAP “ 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 a Trading Market, the daily volume
weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest
preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed
or quoted for trading as reported by Bloomberg Financial L.P. (based on a
Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New
York City time); (b) if the OTC Bulletin Board is not a Trading Market,
the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the
nearest preceding date) on the OTC Bulletin Board; (c) if the Common Stock
is not then quoted for trading on the OTC Bulletin Board and if prices for the
Common Stock are then reported in the “Pink Sheets” published by Pink Sheets,
LLC (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of
reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share of the Common Stock so
reported; or (d) in all other cases, the fair market value of a share of
Common Stock as determined in a reasonable manner and in good faith by the
Company.

 

(d)                                 Mechanics of Exercise.

 

i.                                          Authorization of Warrant Shares. 
The Company covenants that all Warrant Shares which may be issued upon
the exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant will, upon
exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant, be duly
authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all
taxes, liens and charges in respect of the issue thereof (other than taxes in
respect of any transfer occurring contemporaneously with such issue).

 

ii.                                       Delivery of Certificates Upon Exercise. 
Certificates for shares purchased hereunder shall be transmitted by the
transfer agent of the Company to the Holder by crediting the account of the
Holder’s prime broker with the Depository Trust Company through its Deposit
Withdrawal Agent Commission (“DWAC”) system if the Company is a
participant in such system, and otherwise by physical delivery to the address
specified by the Holder in the Notice of Exercise within 3 Trading Days from
the delivery to the Company of the Notice of Exercise Form, surrender of this
Warrant (if required) and payment of the aggregate Exercise Price as set forth
above (“Warrant Share Delivery Date”). This Warrant shall be deemed to
have been 

 

 

exercised on the
date the Exercise Price is received by the Company. The Warrant Shares shall be
deemed to have been issued, and Holder or any other person so designated to be
named therein shall be deemed to have become a holder of record of such shares
for all purposes, as of the date the Warrant has been exercised by payment to
the Company of the Exercise Price and all taxes required to be paid by the
Holder, if any, have been paid.

 

iii.                                   Delivery of New Warrants Upon Exercise. 
If this Warrant shall have been exercised in part, the Company shall, at
the request of a Holder and upon surrender of this Warrant certificate, at the
time of delivery of the certificate or certificates representing Warrant Shares,
deliver to Holder a new Warrant evidencing the rights of Holder to purchase the
unpurchased Warrant Shares called for by this Warrant, which new Warrant shall
in all other respects be identical with this Warrant.

 

iv.                                   Rescission Rights. 
If the Company fails to cause its transfer agent to transmit to the
Holder a certificate or certificates representing the Warrant Shares pursuant
to this Section 2(c) by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, then the
Holder will have the right to rescind such exercise.

 

v.                                      No Fractional Shares or Scrip. 
No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be
issued upon the exercise of this Warrant. As to any fraction of a share which
Holder would otherwise be entitled to purchase upon such exercise, the Company
shall pay a cash adjustment in respect of such final fraction in an amount
equal to such fraction multiplied by the Exercise Price.

 

vi.                                   Charges, Taxes and Expenses. 
Issuance of certificates for Warrant Shares shall be made without charge
to the Holder for any issue or transfer tax or other incidental expense in
respect of the issuance of such certificate, all of which taxes and expenses
shall be paid by the Company, and such certificates shall be issued in the name
of the Holder or in such name or names as may be directed by the Holder; provided,
however, that in the event certificates for Warrant Shares are to be
issued in a name other than the name of the Holder, this Warrant when
surrendered for exercise shall be accompanied by the Assignment Form attached
hereto duly executed by the Holder; and the Company may require, as a condition
thereto, the payment of a sum sufficient to reimburse it for any transfer tax
incidental thereto.

 

vii.                                Closing of Books. 
The Company will not close its stockholder books or records in any
manner which prevents the timely exercise of this Warrant, pursuant to the
terms hereof.

 

(e)                                  Exercise Without Registration Statement. 
If, at the time of any exercise of this Warrant, the Warrant Shares
shall not be registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities
Act”), the Company may require, as a condition of such exercise, that the
Holder furnish to the Company an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to
the Company to the effect that such exercise may be made without registration
under the Securities Act or registration or qualification under any state or
other applicable securities laws.

 

Section 3.                                            Certain
Adjustments.

 

(a)                                  Stock Dividends and Splits. 
If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding: (A) pays
a stock dividend or otherwise make a distribution or distributions on shares of
its Common Stock or any other equity or equity equivalent securities payable in
shares of Common Stock (which, for avoidance of doubt, shall not include any
shares of Common Stock issued by the Company pursuant to this Warrant), (B) subdivides
outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of

 

 

shares, (C) combines (including by way of reverse
stock split) outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of
shares, or (D) issues by reclassification of shares of the Common Stock
any shares of capital stock of the Company, then in each case the Exercise
Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the
number of shares of Common Stock (excluding treasury shares, if any)
outstanding immediately before such event and of which the denominator shall be
the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event
and the number of shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be
proportionately adjusted. Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 3(a) shall
become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of
stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution and shall become
effective immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision,
combination or re-classification.

 

(b)                                 Fundamental Transactions. 
If, at any time after the Initial Exercise Date, there shall occur any
capital reorganization or reclassification of the Common Stock (other than a
change in par value or a subdivision or combination as provided for in Section 3
(a) above), or any consolidation or merger of the Company with or into
another corporation, or a transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of
the Company, or the payment of a liquidating distribution, then, as part of any
such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, or
liquidating distribution, lawful provision shall be made so that Holder shall have
the right thereafter to receive upon the exercise hereof (to the extent still
exercisable) the kind and amount of shares of stock or other securities or
property to which Holder would have been entitled to receive if, immediately
prior to any such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger,
sale, or liquidating distribution, as the case may be, Holder had held the
number of shares of Common Stock which were then purchasable upon the exercise
of this Warrant. In any such case, appropriate adjustment (as reasonably
determined by the Board of Directors of the Company) shall be made in the
application of the provisions set forth herein with respect to the rights and
interests thereafter of Holder such that the provisions set forth in this paragraph
(b) shall thereafter be applicable, as nearly as is reasonably
practicable, in relation to any shares of stock or other securities or property
thereafter deliverable upon the exercise of this Warrant.

 

(c)                                  Calculations. 
All calculations under this Section 3 shall be made to the nearest
cent or the nearest 1/100th of a share, as the case may be. For purposes of
this Section 3, the number of shares of Common Stock deemed to be issued
and outstanding as of a given date shall be the sum of the number of shares of
Common Stock (excluding treasury shares, if any) issued and outstanding.

 

(d)                                 Notice to Holders. 
Whenever the Exercise Price is adjusted pursuant to this Section 3,
the Company shall promptly mail to each Holder a notice setting forth the
Exercise Price after such adjustment and setting forth a brief statement of the
facts requiring such adjustment.

 

Section 4.                                            Transfer
of Warrant.

 

(a)                                  Transferability.

 

(i)                                     Subject to Section 4(a)(ii) and
Section 5(a) below, this Warrant and all rights hereunder are
transferable, in whole or in part, upon surrender of this Warrant at the
principal office of the Company, together with a written assignment of this
Warrant substantially in the form attached hereto duly executed by the Holder
or its agent or attorney and funds sufficient to pay any transfer taxes payable
upon the making of such transfer. Upon such surrender and, if required, such
payment, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in the
name of the assignee or assignees and in the denomination or denominations
specified in such instrument of assignment, and shall issue to the assignor a
new Warrant evidencing the portion of this Warrant not so assigned, and this
Warrant shall promptly be cancelled. A Warrant, if properly assigned, may be
exercised by a new holder for the purchase of Warrant Shares without having a
new Warrant issued.

 

 

(ii)                                  This Warrant is deemed compensation by the
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”); and, therefore, is subject
to a lock-up restriction pursuant to Rule 2710(g)(1) of the FINRA
Conduct Rules. This Warrant and the Common Stock issued in connection with any
exercise thereof cannot be sold by the Holder during the offering, or sold,
transferred, assigned, pledged, or hypothecated, or be the subject of any
hedging, short sale, derivative, put, or call transaction that would result in
the effective economic disposition of the securities by any person for a period
of 180 days immediately following the date of effectiveness or commencement of
sales of the public offering of the Company’s stock, except as provided in Rule 2710(g)(2) of
the FINRA Conduct Rules.

 

(b)                                 New Warrants. 
This Warrant may be divided or combined with other Warrants upon
presentation hereof at the aforesaid office of the Company, together with a
written notice specifying the names and denominations in which new Warrants are
to be issued, signed by the Holder or its agent or attorney. Subject to
compliance with Section 4(a), as to any transfer which may be involved in
such division or combination, the Company shall execute and deliver a new
Warrant or Warrants in exchange for the Warrant or Warrants to be divided or
combined in accordance with such notice.

 

Section 5.                                            Miscellaneous.

 

(a)                                  Title to Warrant. 
Prior to the Termination Date and subject to compliance with applicable
laws and Section 4 of this Warrant, this Warrant and all rights hereunder
are transferable, in whole or in part, at the office or agency of the Company
by the Holder in person or by duly authorized attorney, upon surrender of this
Warrant together with the Assignment Form annexed hereto properly
endorsed.

 

(b)                                 No Rights as Shareholder Until Exercise. 
This Warrant does not entitle the Holder to any voting rights or other
rights as a shareholder of the Company prior to the exercise hereof. Upon the
surrender of this Warrant and the payment of the aggregate Exercise Price (or
by means of a cashless exercise), the Warrant Shares so purchased shall be and
be deemed to be issued to such Holder as the record owner of such shares as of
the close of business on the later of the date of such surrender or payment.

 

(c)                                  Loss, Theft, Destruction or Mutilation of
Warrant.  The Company covenants that upon receipt by
the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the loss, theft,
destruction or mutilation of this Warrant or any stock certificate relating to
the Warrant Shares, and in case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity or
security reasonably satisfactory to it (which, in the case of the Warrant, shall
not include the posting of any bond), and upon surrender and cancellation of
such Warrant or stock certificate, if mutilated, the Company will make and
deliver a new Warrant or stock certificate of like tenor and dated as of such
cancellation, in lieu of such Warrant or stock certificate.

 

(d)                                 Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays, etc. 
If the last or appointed day for the taking of any action or the
expiration of any right required or granted herein shall be a Saturday, Sunday
or a legal holiday, then such action may be taken or such right may be
exercised on the next succeeding day not a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday.

 

(e)                                  Authorized Shares. 
The Company covenants that during the period the Warrant is outstanding,
it will reserve from its authorized and unissued Common Stock a sufficient
number of shares to provide for the issuance of the Warrant Shares upon the
exercise of any purchase rights under this Warrant. The Company further
covenants that its issuance of this Warrant shall constitute full authority to
its officers who are charged with the duty of executing stock certificates to
execute and issue the necessary certificates for the Warrant Shares upon the
exercise of the purchase rights under this Warrant.

 

 

(f)                                    Governing Law; Jurisdiction. 
This Warrant will be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the
internal laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to the principles
of conflicts of law that would require the application of the laws of any other
jurisdiction. Any legal action, suit or proceeding arising out of or relating
to this Warrant or the transactions contemplated hereby shall only be
instituted, heard and adjudicated (excluding appeals) only in a state or
federal court located in New York, and each party hereto knowingly, voluntarily
and intentionally waives any objection which such party may now or hereafter
have to the laying of the venue of any such action, suit or proceeding, and
irrevocably submits to the exclusive personal jurisdiction of any such court in
any such action, suit or proceeding. Service of process in connection with any
such action, suit 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.

 

(g)                                 Restrictions. 
The Holder acknowledges that the Warrant Shares acquired upon the
exercise of this Warrant, if not registered, will have restrictions upon resale
imposed by state and federal securities laws.

 

(h)                                 Notices.  All notices,
requests, consents and other communications hereunder will be in writing, will
be mailed (a) if within the domestic United States by first-class
registered or certified airmail, or nationally recognized overnight express
courier, postage prepaid, or by facsimile or (b) if delivered from outside
the United States, by International Federal Express or facsimile, and will be
deemed given (i) if delivered by first-class registered or certified mail
domestic, three business days after so mailed, (ii) if delivered by
nationally recognized overnight carrier, one business day after so mailed, (iii) if
delivered by International Federal Express, two business days after so mailed,
and (iv) if delivered by facsimile, upon electronic confirmation of
receipt and will be delivered and addressed as follows:

 

1.                                       if
to the Company, to:

 

Wave Systems Corp.

480 Pleasant Street

Lee, MA 01238

Fax: (413) 243-0391

ATTN: Gerard Feeney, CFO

 

with copies to:

 

Bingham McCutchen LLP

399 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10022

Fax: (212) 752-5378

ATTN: Neil W. Townsend

 

2.                                       if
to the Holder, at such address or addresses of the Holder as have been
furnished to the Company in writing.

 

(i)                                     Limitation of Liability. 
No provision hereof, in the absence of any affirmative action by Holder
to exercise this Warrant or purchase Warrant Shares, and no enumeration herein
of the rights or privileges of Holder, shall give rise to any liability of
Holder for the purchase price of any Common Stock or as a stockholder of the
Company, whether such liability is asserted by the Company or by creditors of
the Company.

 

 

(j)                                     Remedies.  Holder, in
addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law, including
recovery of damages, will be entitled to specific performance of its rights
under this Warrant. The Company agrees that monetary damages would not be
adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by it of the
provisions of this Warrant and hereby agrees to waive the defense in any action
for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate.

 

(k)                                  Successors and Assigns. 
Subject to applicable securities laws, this Warrant and the rights and
obligations evidenced hereby shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon
the successors of the Company and the successors and permitted assigns of
Holder. The provisions of this Warrant are intended to be for the benefit of
all Holders from time to time of this Warrant and shall be enforceable by any
such Holder or holder of Warrant Shares.

 

(l)                                     Amendment.  This Warrant
may be modified or amended or the provisions hereof waived with the written
consent of the Company and the Holder.

 

(m)                               Severability. 
Wherever possible, each provision of this Warrant shall be interpreted
in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any
provision of this Warrant shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable
law, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or
invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provisions or the
remaining provisions of this Warrant.

 

(n)                                 Headings.  The headings
used in this Warrant are for the convenience of reference only and shall not,
for any purpose, be deemed a part of this Warrant.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company
has caused this Warrant to be executed by its officer thereunto duly
authorized.

 

Dated: October     ,
2008.

 

	
   

  	
   

  	
  WAVE
  SYSTEMS CORP.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  BY:

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  Gerard T. Feeney

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  CFO

  

 

 

NOTICE OF EXERCISE

 

TO:                            WAVE SYSTEMS CORP.

 

(1)                                  The
undersigned hereby elects to purchase         Warrant
Shares of the Company pursuant to the terms of the attached Warrant (only if
exercised in full), and tenders herewith payment of the exercise price in full,
together with all applicable transfer taxes, if any.

 

(2)                                  Payment
shall take the form of (check applicable box):

 

o                                    in lawful money of
the United States; or

 

o                                    the
cancellation of such number of Warrant Shares as is necessary, in accordance
with the formula set forth in subsection 2(c), to exercise this Warrant with
respect to the maximum number of Warrant Shares purchasable pursuant to the
cashless exercise procedure set forth in subsection 2(c).

 

(3)                                  Please
issue a certificate or certificates representing said Warrant Shares in the
name of the undersigned or in such other name as is specified below:

 

The Warrant Shares shall be delivered to the
following:

 

 

ASSIGNMENT FORM

 

(To assign the
foregoing warrant, execute

this form and supply required information.

Do not use this form to exercise the

warrant.)

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the
foregoing Warrant and all rights evidenced thereby are hereby assigned to

 

whose address is

 

 

Dated:

 

 

	
  Holders
  Signature:

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Holder’s
  Address:

  	
   

  	
   

  

 

 

	
  Signature
  Guaranteed:

  	
   

  	
   

  

 

NOTE: The signature to this Assignment Form must correspond with
the name as it appears on the face of the Warrant, without alteration or
enlargement or any change whatsoever, and must be guaranteed by a bank or trust
company. Officers of corporations and those acting in a fiduciary or other
representative capacity should file proper evidence of authority to assign the
foregoing Warrant.

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