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Form of Warrant

EXHIBIT 10.3

THIS WARRANT AND THE UNDERLYING SHARES OF COMMON STOCK HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY OTHER SECURITIES LAWS, HAVE BEEN TAKEN FOR INVESTMENT, AND MAY NOT BE SOLD OR TRANSFERRED OR OFFERED FOR SALE OR TRANSFER UNLESS A REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS WITH RESPECT TO SUCH SECURITIES IS THEN IN EFFECT, OR IN THE OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE ISSUER OF THESE SECURITIES THAT SUCH REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS IS NOT REQUIRED.

			
	 
	 

Date: March  __, 2014

	 

WARRANT FOR THE PURCHASE OF SHARES OF

COMMON STOCK OF ASPEN GROUP, INC.

THIS IS TO CERTIFY that, for value received, _____________________(the “Holder”), is entitled to purchase, subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, _________ shares of Aspen Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) common stock, $0.001 par value per share (the “Common Stock”) and to receive certificates for the Common Stock so purchased.  The exercise price of this Warrant is $0.19 per share (the “Exercise Price”).     

1.

Exercise Period.  This Warrant may be exercised by the Holder beginning on the date listed above (the “Issuance Date”), and ending at 5:00 pm, New York time, three years thereafter (the “Exercise Period”).  This Warrant will terminate automatically and immediately upon the expiration of the Exercise Period.  

2.

Exercise of Warrant; Cashless Exercise.  

(a)

This Warrant may be exercised, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time during the Exercise Period.  Such exercise shall be accomplished by tender to the Company of the purchase price set forth above as the warrant price (the “Warrant Price”), either  by wire transfer or by certified check or bank cashier’s check payable to the order of the Company. Provided, however, if the Company has not filed a Registration Statement registering the Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this  Warrant or if it has but there is not a current Prospectus permitting the holder to immediately resell the shares of Common Stock in compliance with the Securities Act of 1933, the Holder may utilize a cashless exercise  by surrendering all or a portion of the of the Warrant using the amount by which the Fair Market Value, as defined, exceeds the Exercise Price to purchase a number of shares of Common Stock without the payment of any cash as illustrated in the formula in this Section 2 (a “Cashless Exercise”), together with presentation and surrender to the Company of this Warrant with an executed subscription in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Subscription”). Upon receipt of the foregoing, the Company will deliver to the Holder, as promptly as possible but in no event more than three business days, a certificate or certificates representing the shares of Common Stock so purchased, registered in the name of the Holder or its transferee (as permitted under Section 3 below).  With respect to any exercise of this 

Warrant, the Holder will for all purposes be deemed to have become the holder of record of the number of shares of Common Stock purchased hereunder on the date this Warrant, a properly executed Subscription and payment of the Purchase  Price is received by the Company (the “Exercise Date”), irrespective of the date of delivery of the certificate evidencing such shares, except that, if the date of such receipt is a date on which the stock transfer books of the Company are closed, such person will be deemed to have become the holder of such shares at the close of business on the next succeeding date on which the stock transfer books are open.  Fractional shares of Common Stock will not be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant.  In lieu of any fractional shares that would have been issued but for the immediately preceding sentence, the Holder will be entitled to receive cash equal to the current Fair Market Value of such fraction of a share of Common Stock on the trading day immediately preceding the Exercise Date.  In the event this Warrant is exercised in part, the Company shall issue a new Warrant to the Holder covering the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock as to which this Warrant remains exercisable for.

(b)

If the Holder elects to conduct a Cashless Exercise, the Company shall cause to be delivered to the Holder a certificate or certificates representing the number of shares of Common Stock computed using the following formula:

			
	X = Y (A-B)

	 
	 

	A

	 
	 

	Where:

	 
	 

	X

	=

	the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to Holder;

	Y

	=

	the portion of the Warrant (in number of shares of Common Stock) being exercised by Holder (at the date of such calculation);

	A

	=

	the Fair Market Value of one share of Common Stock on the Exercise Date (as calculated below); and

	B

	=

	Warrant Price.

For purposes of the foregoing calculation, “Fair Market Value of one share of Common Stock on the Exercise Date” shall mean:  (i) if the principal trading market for such securities is a national securities exchange, the average closing price on such exchange for the five  trading days immediately prior to such Exercise Date; (ii) if sales prices for shares of Common Stock are reported by the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board (or similar system then in use) the average of the last reported sales prices for the five trading days immediately prior to such Exercise Date; or (iii) if neither (i) nor (ii) above are applicable, and if bid and ask prices for shares of Common Stock reported by the OTC Markets (or similar system then in use) the average of the high bid 

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and low ask prices so reported for the ten (10) trading days immediately prior to such Exercise Date.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if there is no reported closing price, last reported sales price, or bid and ask prices, as the case may be, for the period in question, then the Fair Market Value shall be determined in good faith by, and reflected in a formal resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company.

(c)

As a condition of exercise, the Holder shall where applicable execute a customary investment letter and accredited investor questionnaire.  The Holder’s right to exercise this Warrant is subject to compliance with any applicable laws and rules including Section 5 of the Securities Act of 1933

3.

Recording, Transferability, Exchange and Obligations to Issue Common Stock.

(a)

Registration of Warrant.  The Company shall register this Warrant, upon records to be maintained by the Company for that purpose (the “Warrant Register”), in the name of the record Holder hereof from time to time.  The Company may deem and treat the registered Holder of this Warrant as the absolute owner hereof for the purpose of any exercise hereof or any distribution to the Holder, and for all other purposes, absent actual notice to the contrary from the transferee and transferor.

(b)

Registration of Transfers.  The Company shall register the transfer of any portion of this Warrant in the Warrant Register, upon surrender of this Warrant, with the Form of Assignment attached hereto as Exhibit B duly completed and signed, to the Company at its address specified herein.  As a condition to the transfer, the Company may request a legal opinion as contemplated by the legend.  Upon any such registration or transfer, a New Warrant to purchase Common Stock, in substantially the form of this Warrant (any such new Warrant, a “New Warrant”), evidencing the portion of this Warrant so transferred shall be issued to the transferee and a New Warrant evidencing the remaining portion of this Warrant not so transferred, if any, shall be issued to the transferring Holder.  The acceptance of the New Warrant by the transferee thereof shall be deemed the acceptance by such transferee of all of the rights and obligations of a holder of a Warrant.

(c)

This Warrant is exchangeable upon its surrender by the Holder to the Company for New Warrants of like tenor and date representing in the aggregate the right to purchase the number of shares purchasable hereunder, each of such New Warrants to represent the right to purchase such number of shares as may be designated by the Holder at the time of such surrender (not to exceed the aggregate number of shares underlying this Warrant).

(d)

The Company’s obligations to issue and deliver Common Stock in accordance with the terms hereof are absolute and unconditional, irrespective of any action or inaction by the Holder to enforce the same, any waiver or consent with respect to any provision hereof, the recovery of any judgment against any person or any action to enforce the same, or any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, limitation or termination, or any breach or alleged 

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breach by the Holder or any other person of any obligation to the Company or any violation or alleged violation of law by the Holder or any other person, and irrespective of any other circumstance which might otherwise limit such obligation of the Company to the Holder in connection with the issuance of Common Stock.  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.

4.

Adjustments to Exercise Price and Number of Shares Subject to Warrant.  The Exercise Price and the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable upon the exercise of this Warrant are subject to adjustment from time to time upon the occurrence of any of the events specified in this Section 4.  For the purpose of this Section 4, “Common Stock” means shares now or hereafter authorized of any class of common stock of the Company, however designated, that has the right to participate in any distribution of the assets or earnings of the Company without limit as to per share amount (excluding, and subject to any prior rights of, any class or series of preferred stock).

(a)

In case the Company shall (i) pay a dividend or make a distribution in shares of Common Stock to holders of shares of Common Stock, (ii) subdivide its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares, (iii) combine its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (iv) issue by reclassification of its shares of Common Stock other securities of the Company, then the Exercise Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or on the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and/or the number and kind of securities issuable on such date, shall be proportionately adjusted so that the Holder of the Warrant thereafter exercised shall be entitled to receive the aggregate number and kind of shares of Common Stock (or such other securities other than Common Stock) of the Company, at the same aggregate Exercise Price, that, if such Warrant had been exercised immediately prior to such date, the Holder would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, distribution, subdivision, combination or reclassification.  Such adjustment shall be made successively whenever any event listed above shall occur. 

(b)

In case the Company shall fix a record 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 surviving corporation) of cash, evidences of indebtedness or assets, or subscription rights or warrants, the Exercise Price to be in effect after such record date shall be determined by multiplying the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the Fair  Market Value per share of Common Stock on such record date, less the amount of cash so to be distributed or the Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by, and reflected in a formal resolution of, the board of directors of the Company) of the portion of the assets or evidences of indebtedness so to be distributed, or of such subscription rights or warrants, applicable to one share of Common Stock, and the denominator of which shall be the Fair Market Value per 

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share of Common Stock.  Such adjustment shall be made successively whenever such a record date is fixed; and in the event that such distribution is not so made, the Exercise Price shall again be adjusted to be the Exercise Price, which would then be in effect if such record date had not been fixed.  

(c)

Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, no adjustment in the Exercise Price shall be required unless such adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least 1% in the Exercise Price; provided, however, that any adjustments which by reason of this Section 4(c) are not required to be made shall be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent adjustment.  All calculations under this Section 4 shall be made to the nearest cent or the nearest one-hundredth of a share, as the case may be.

(d)  

In the event that at any time, as a result of an adjustment made pursuant to Section 4(a) above, the Holder of any Warrant thereafter exercised shall become entitled to receive any shares of capital stock of the Company other than shares of Common Stock, thereafter the number of such other shares so receivable upon exercise of any Warrant shall be subject to adjustment from time to time in a manner and on terms as nearly equivalent as practicable to the provisions with respect to the shares of Common Stock contained in this Section 4, and the other provisions of this Warrant shall apply on like terms to any such other shares.

(e)

Fundamental Transactions.  If, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding, (1) the Company effects any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another company, (2) the Company effects any sale of all or substantially all of its assets in one or a series of related transactions, (3) any tender offer or exchange offer (whether by the Company or another company or person) is completed pursuant to which holders of Common Stock are permitted to tender or exchange their shares for other securities, cash or property, or (4) the Company effects any reclassification of the Common Stock or any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the Common Stock is effectively converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash or property (in any such case, a “Fundamental Transaction”), then the Holder shall have the right thereafter to receive, upon exercise of this Warrant, the same amount and kind of securities, cash or property as it would have been entitled to receive upon the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction if it had been, immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction, the holder of the number of Common Stock then issuable upon exercise in full of this Warrant (the “Alternate Consideration”). For purposes of any such exercise, the determination of the Exercise Price shall be appropriately adjusted to apply to such Alternate Consideration based on the amount of Alternate Consideration issuable in respect of one share of Common Stock in such Fundamental Transaction, and the Company shall apportion the Exercise Price among the Alternate Consideration in a reasonable manner reflecting the relative value of any different components of the Alternate Consideration.  If holders of Common Stock are given any choice as to the securities, cash or property to be received in a Fundamental Transaction, then the Holder shall be given the same choice as to the Alternate Consideration it receives upon any exercise of this Warrant following such Fundamental Transaction.  At the Holder’s option and request, any successor to the Company 

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or surviving entity in such Fundamental Transaction shall issue to the Holder a New Warrant substantially in the form of this Warrant and consistent with the foregoing provisions and evidencing the Holder’s right to purchase the Alternate Consideration for the aggregate Exercise Price upon exercise thereof.  Any such successor or surviving entity shall be deemed to be required to comply with the provisions of this Section 4(e) and shall insure that the Warrant (or any such replacement security) will be similarly adjusted upon any subsequent transaction analogous to a Fundamental Transaction. 

(f)

In case any event shall occur as to which the other provisions of this Section 4 are not strictly applicable but the failure to make any adjustment would not fairly protect the purchase rights represented by this Warrant in accordance with the essential intent and principles hereof, then, in each such case, the Company shall effect such adjustment, on a basis consistent with the essential intent and principles established in this Section 4, as may be necessary to preserve, without dilution, the purchase rights represented by this Warrant.

(g)

Notice of Adjustments.  Upon the occurrence of each adjustment pursuant to this Section 4, the Company at its expense will promptly compute such adjustment in accordance with the terms of this Warrant and prepare a certificate setting forth such adjustment, including a statement of the adjusted Exercise Price and adjusted number or type of Common Stock or other securities issuable upon exercise of this Warrant (as applicable), describing the transactions giving rise to such adjustments and showing in detail the facts upon which such adjustment is based.  Upon written request, the Company will promptly deliver a copy of each such certificate to the Holder and to the Company’s Transfer Agent.

5.

Legend.  If there is not a current effective registration statement in effect and the exemption provided by Rule 144 under the Securities Act is unavailable when exercised, the stock certificates shall bear the following legend:

“The securities represented by this certificate have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”), and may not be offered for sale or sold except pursuant to (i) an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, or (ii) an opinion of counsel to the issuer, that an exemption from registration under the Securities Act is available.”

6.

Reservation of Common Stock.  The Company covenants that it will at all times reserve and keep available out of the aggregate of its authorized but unissued and otherwise unreserved Common Stock, solely for the purpose of enabling it to issue Common Stock upon exercise of this Warrant as herein provided, the number of shares of Common Stock which are then issuable and deliverable upon the exercise of this entire Warrant, free from preemptive rights or any other contingent purchase rights of persons other than the Holder (taking into account the adjustments and restrictions of Section 4).  The Company covenants that all Common Stock so issuable and deliverable shall, upon issuance and the payment of the applicable Exercise Price in accordance with the terms hereof, be duly and validly authorized, issued and fully paid and nonassessable.

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7.

Replacement of Warrant.  If this Warrant is mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall issue or cause to be issued in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation hereof, or in lieu of and substitution for this Warrant, a New Warrant, but only upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of such loss, theft or destruction and customary and reasonable indemnity (which may include a surety bond), if requested.  Applicants for a New Warrant under such circumstances shall also comply with such other reasonable regulations and procedures and pay such other reasonable third-party costs as the Company may prescribe.  If a New Warrant is requested as a result of a mutilation of this Warrant, then the Holder shall deliver such mutilated Warrant to the Company as a condition precedent to the Company's obligation to issue the New Warrant.

8.

Charges, Taxes and Expenses.  Issuance and delivery of certificates for shares of Common Stock upon exercise of this Warrant shall be made without charge to the Holder for any issue or transfer tax, withholding tax, transfer agent fee or other incidental tax or expense in respect of the issuance of such certificates, all of which taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Company; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to pay any tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the registration of any certificates for Common Stock or Warrants in a name other than that of the Holder.  The Holder shall be responsible for all other tax liability that may arise as a result of holding or transferring this Warrant or receiving Common Stock upon exercise hereof.

9.

Certain Notices to Holder.  

In the event of (a) any fixing by the Company of a record date with respect to the holders of any class of securities of the Company for the purpose of determining which of such holders are entitled to dividends or other distributions, or any rights to subscribe for, purchase or otherwise acquire any shares of capital stock of any class or any other securities or property, or to receive any other right, (b) any capital reorganization of the Company, or reclassification or recapitalization of the capital stock of the Company or any transfer of all or substantially all of the assets or business of the Company to, or consolidation or merger of the Company with or into, any other entity or person, or (c) any voluntary or involuntary dissolution or winding up of the Company, then and in each such event the Company will give the Holder a written notice specifying, as the case may be (i) the record date for the purpose of such dividend, distribution, or right, and stating the amount and character of such dividend, distribution, or right; or (ii) the date on which any such reorganization, reclassification, recapitalization, transfer, consolidation, merger, conveyance, dissolution, liquidation, or winding up is to take place and the time, if any is to be fixed, as of which the holders of record of Common Stock (or such capital stock or securities receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant) shall be entitled to exchange their shares of Common Stock (or such other stock securities) for securities or other property deliverable upon such event.  Any such notice shall be given at least 10 days prior to the earliest date therein specified.

10.

No Rights as a Shareholder.  This Warrant does not entitle the Holder to any voting rights or other rights as a shareholder of the Company, nor to any other rights 

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whatsoever except the rights herein set forth.  Provided, however, the Company shall not close any merger arising out of any merger agreement in which it is not the surviving entity, or sell all or substantially all of its assets unless the Company shall have first provided the Holder with 20 days’ prior written notice. 

11.

Additional Covenants of the Company.  The Company shall not, by amendment of its Certificate of Incorporation or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issuance or sale of securities, or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant.  

12.

Successors and Assigns.  This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Company, the Holder and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

13.

Severability.  Every provision of this Warrant is intended to be severable.  If any term or provision hereof is illegal or invalid for any reason whatsoever, such illegality or invalidity shall not affect the remainder of this Warrant.

14.

Governing Law.  This Warrant and all actions arising out of or in connection with this Warrant shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware without regard to the conflicts of law provisions of the State of Delaware or of any other state.

15.

Attorneys’ Fees.  In the event that there is any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Warrant, or to the interpretation, breach or enforcement thereof, and any action or proceeding is commenced to enforce the provisions of this Warrant, the prevailing party shall be entitled to reasonable attorneys’ fees, costs and expenses (including such fees and costs incurred in proceedings undertaken to establish both entitlement to fees and establishing the amount of fees to be recovered, sometimes referred to as “fees on fees”).  Should a party take an appeal, the prevailing party shall recover attorney’s fees and costs on the appeal, unless the outcome of the appeal is a remand for new trial, in which case the party that ultimately prevails shall recover attorney’s fees and costs for all proceedings including any appeal.  

16.

Entire Agreement.  This Warrant (including the Exhibits attached hereto) constitutes the entire understanding between the Company and the Holder with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all prior negotiations, discussions, agreements and understandings relating to such subject matter.

17.

Good Faith. The Company will not, by amendment of its Certificate of Incorporation or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all such terms and in the taking of all such action as may be 

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necessary or appropriate  in order to protect the rights of the holder of this Warrant against such impairment.

[Signature Page to Follow]

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[Signature Page to Warrant]

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be executed by its duly authorized officer as of the Issuance Date.

Aspen Group, Inc.

By:  ______________________________

Michael Mathews

Chief Executive Officer

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Exhibit A

SUBSCRIPTION FORM

(To be Executed by the Holder to Exercise the Rights To Purchase Common Stock Evidenced by the Warrant)

The undersigned, pursuant to the provisions set forth in the attached Warrant, hereby notifies the Company that it is exercising this warrant.

Please complete the following:

•

I am exercising my right to purchase all of the shares of Common Stock which I am entitled to purchase under this warrant. The number of shares of Common Stock is __________.

•

I am exercising my right to purchase ________ shares of Common Stock, and request that the Company deliver to me or as I shall designate below a new Warrant representing the right to purchase _______ shares of Common Stock.

I am making payment of the full exercise price for such shares at an Exercise Price per share of $_______ as provided for in such Warrant. The total exercise price payable is $___________. Such payment takes the form of (check applicable box or boxes):

___

$__________ in check payable to the order of the Company; or

___

$__________ by wire transfer of immediately available funds

I request that a certificate for the Common Stock be issued in the name of the undersigned and be delivered to the undersigned at the address stated below.  If the Common Stock is not all of the shares purchasable pursuant to the Warrant, I request that a new Warrant of like tenor for the balance of the remaining shares purchasable thereunder be delivered to me at the address stated below.

In connection with the issuance of the Common Stock, if the Common Stock may not be immediately publicly sold, I hereby represent to the Company that I am acquiring the Common Stock for my own account for investment and not with a view to, or for resale in connection with, a distribution of the shares within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”). 

I am______ am not ______ [please initial one] an accredited investor for at least one of the reasons on Exhibit A-1 to the Warrant.  If the SEC has amended the rule defining the definition of 

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accredited investor, I acknowledge that as a condition to exercise the Warrant, the Company may request updated information regarding the Holder’s status as an accredited investor.  My exercise of the Warrant shall be in compliance with the applicable exemptions under the Securities Act and applicable state law

I understand that if at this time the Common Stock has not been registered under the Securities Act, I must hold such Common Stock indefinitely unless the Common Stock is subsequently registered and qualified under the Securities Act or is exempt from such registration and qualification.  I shall make no transfer or disposition of the Common Stock unless (a) such transfer or disposition can be made without registration under the Securities Act by reason of a specific exemption from such registration and such qualification, or (b) a registration statement has been filed pursuant to the Securities Act and has been declared effective with respect to such disposition.  I agree that each certificate representing the Common Stock delivered to me shall bear substantially the same as set forth on the front page of the Warrant.

I further agree that the Company may place stop transfer orders with its transfer agent same effect as the above legend.  The legend and stop transfer notice referred to above shall be removed only upon my furnishing to the Company of an opinion of counsel to the Company to the effect that such legend may be removed.

		
	Date:_______________________________

	Signed: _______________________________

Print Name:____________________________

Address:______________________________

 

	Date:_______________________________

	Signed: _______________________________

Print Name:____________________________

Address:______________________________

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Exhibit A-1

For Individual Investors Only:

(1)

I certify that I am a person who has an individual net worth, or a person who with his or her spouse has a combined net worth, in excess of $1,000,000. For purposes of calculating net worth under this paragraph (1), (i) the primary residence shall not be included as an asset, (ii) to the extent that the indebtedness that is secured by the primary residence is in excess of the fair market value of the primary residence, the excess amount shall be included as a liability, and (iii) if the amount of outstanding indebtedness that is secured by the primary residence exceeds the amount outstanding 60 days prior to exercising these securities, other than as a result of the acquisition of the primary residence, the amount of such excess shall be included as a liability.

(2a)

I certify that I am an accredited investor because I had individual income (exclusive of any income attributable to my spouse) of more than $200,000 in the two most recent calendar years and I reasonably expect to have an individual income in excess of $200,000 in the current year. 

(2b)

Alternatively, my spouse and I have joint income in excess of $300,000 in each applicable year.

(3)

I am a director or executive officer of the Company.

Other Investors:

(4)

The undersigned certifies that it is one of the following:  any bank as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act whether acting in its individual or fiduciary capacity; any broker or dealer registered pursuant to Section 15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; insurance company as defined in Section 2(13) of the Securities Act; investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 or a business development company as defined in Section 2(a)(48) of that Act; Small Business Investment Company licensed by the U.S.  Small Business Administration under Section 301(c) or (d) of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958; any plan established and maintained by a state, its political subdivisions, or any agency or instrumentality of a state or its political subdivisions, for the benefit of its employees, if such plan has total assets in excess of $5,000,000; employee benefit plan within the meaning of Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, if the investment decision is made by a plan fiduciary, as defined in Section 3(21) of such Act, which is either a bank, savings and loan association, insurance company, or registered investment advisor, or if the employee benefit plan has total assets in excess of $5,000,000, or if a self-directed plan, with investment decisions made solely by persons that are accredited investors.

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(5)

The undersigned certifies that it is a private business development company as defined in Section 202(a)(22) of the Investment Advisors Act of 1940.

(6)

The undersigned certifies that it is an organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, corporation, Massachusetts or similar business trust or partnership, not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the securities offered, with total assets in excess of $5,000,000.  

(7)

The undersigned certifies that it is a trust, with total assets in excess of $5,000,000, not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the securities offered, whose purchase is directed by a sophisticated person as described in Rule 506(b)(2)(ii) of the Securities Act. 

(8)

The undersigned certifies that it is an entity in which all of the equity owners are accredited investors.

(9)

I am none of the above.

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Exhibit B

ASSIGNMENT

(To be Executed by the Holder to Effect Transfer of the Attached Warrant)

For Value Received __________________________ hereby sells, assigns and transfers to _________________________ the Warrant attached hereto and the rights represented thereby to purchase _________ shares of Common Stock in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof, and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint ___________________________ as attorney to transfer such Warrant on the books of the Company with full power of substitution.

Dated:  

Signed: _____________________________

			
	Please print or typewrite name and address of assignee:

	 
	Please insert Social Security or other Tax Identification Number of Assignee:

Dated:  

Signed: _____________________________

			
	Please print or typewrite name and address of assignee:

	 
	Please insert Social Security or other Tax Identification Number of Assignee:

14ARC RFT Exhibit 4.2 Q4 2013

FIRST AMENDMENT
TO
AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
OF
ARC REALTY FINANCE OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P.

This FIRST AMENDMENT (this “Amendment”) TO THE AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP OF ARC REALTY FINANCE OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P. (the “Partnership”), is made as of December 31, 2013 by and among ARC REALTY FINANCE TRUST, INC., a Maryland corporation, as general partner (the “General Partner”), and ARC REALTY FINANCE SPECIAL LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, LLC, the initial limited partner of the Partnership, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Initial Limited Partner”).  Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in this Amendment shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Partnership, dated as of February 12, 2013 (the “Partnership Agreement”).

RECITALS:

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 14.1 of the Partnership Agreement, the parties hereto desire to make certain amendments to the Partnership Agreement to specially allocate depreciation deductions to the Initial Limited Partner, who has agreed to bear the economic risk of loss with respect to such depreciation;

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises made hereunder, and for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:

1.The following definitions are added to Article 1 of the Partnership Agreement in alphabetical order:
“Liquidating Gain” means net capital gain realized in connection with an actual or hypothetical Capital Transaction, including the amount of any adjustment of the Gross Asset Value of any Real Estate Asset which requires that the Capital Accounts of the Partners be adjusted pursuant to Sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(e), (f) and (g) of the Regulations.
“Net Property Gain” or “Net Property Loss” means, for each fiscal year or other applicable period, an amount equal to the Partnership’s taxable gain or loss for such year or period from Sales, including the amount of any adjustment of the Gross Asset Value of any Real Estate Asset which requires that the Capital Accounts of the Partners be adjusted pursuant to Sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(e), (f) and (g) of the Regulations.  For these purposes, the Gross Asset Value of the Real Estate Assets shall reflect the market capitalization of the General Partner (increased by the amount of any Partnership liabilities).

		
	2.
	The definition of  “Net Income” or “Net Loss” is hereby modified by deleting the word “and” at the end of clause (e), deleting clause (f) in its entirety, and inserting the following as new clauses (f) and (g):

(f) by excluding Net Property Gain and Net Property Loss; and

		
	(a)
	by not taking into account in computing Net Income or Net Loss items separately allocated to the Partners pursuant to subparagraphs 1(b through 1(e) and paragraphs 2 and 3 of Exhibit B.

(b)Section 4.1(e) of the Partnership Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and the following new Section 4.1(e) is substituted in its place:

“(e)    Except as provided in Sections 4.2 and 10.5, (i) the Partners shall have no obligation to make any additional Capital Contributions or provide any additional funding to the Partnership (whether in the form of loans, repayments of loans or otherwise) and (ii) no Partner shall have any obligation to restore any deficit that may exist in its Capital Account, either upon a liquidation of the Partnership or otherwise.”

(c)Section 8.6(a) of the Partnership Agreement is hereby amended by inserting the following sentence at the end thereof:

“Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Initial Limited Partner shall not be permitted to exchange any portion of its Partnership Units pursuant to this subparagraph 8.6(a) unless and until the Initial Limited Partner does not have a deficit balance in its Capital Account.”

(d)Section 13.3 of the Partnership Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and the following new Section 13.3 is substituted in its place:

“13.3    Obligation to Contribute Deficit

If any Partner (other than the Initial Limited Partner) has a deficit balance in his, her, or its Capital Account (after giving effect to all contributions, distributions and allocations for all taxable years, including the year of liquidation occurs), such Partner shall have no obligation to make any contribution to the capital of the Partnership with respect to such deficit, and such deficit shall not be considered a debt owed to the Partnership or to any other Person for any purpose whatsoever. If the Initial Limited Partner has a deficit balance in its Capital Account attributable to and to the extent of the special allocation of Depreciation provided for in subparagraph 1(c)(iv) of Exhibit B (after giving effect to all contributions, distributions and allocations for all taxable years, including the year liquidation occurs), the Initial Limited Partner shall restore and contribute to the capital of the Partnership the amount necessary to restore such deficit balance to zero.  In the case of the Initial Limited Partner, such contribution shall not exceed the excess of the amount of Depreciation specially allocated to the Initial Limited Partner pursuant to subparagraph 1(d) of Exhibit B over the amount of Net Property Gain or Liquidating Gain allocated to the Initial Limited Partner in accordance with subparagraph 1(e) of Exhibit B. This deficit restoration obligation is intended to comply with Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(b)(3) of the Regulations and shall be satisfied before the later to occur of (x) the end of the taxable year in which the Partnership (or the interest of the Initial Limited Partner) is liquidated, or (y) ninety (90) days 

after the date of the liquidation of the Partnership (or the interest of the Initial Limited Partner), which amount shall be paid to creditors of the Partnership or, if the amount contributed exceeds the amount due creditors, shall be distributed to the Partners with positive Capital Account balances.”

(e)Section 1 of Exhibit B of the Partnership Agreement is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

amended by adding the following clauses after clause (c): 

“(d) Special Allocation of Depreciation. Depreciation shall be allocated first to the Initial Limited Partner until the cumulative amount of Depreciation allocated to the Initial Limited Partner pursuant to this subparagraph 1(d) for all years equals $10,000,000.

(e)    Special Allocation of Net Property Gain and Liquidating Gain. After giving effect to the allocations in subparagraph 1(a) and paragraph 2 and to the extent not previously allocated pursuant to subparagraph 2(b), but prior to any allocation under subparagraph 1(a), 1(b) and/or 1(c), Net Property Gain and Liquidating Gain shall be allocated first to the Initial Limited Partner to the extent of the cumulative amount of Depreciation allocated to the Initial Limited partner pursuant to subparagraph 1(d).”

(f)The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment shall not operate (a) as an amendment or modification of any provision, right or obligation of any Partner under the Partnership Agreement except as specifically set forth in this Amendment or (b) as a waiver or consent to any subsequent action or transaction.

(g)This Amendment shall be construed and enforced in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to the principles of conflicts of laws thereof.

(h)This Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which, when taken together, shall constitute one and the same agreement.

(i)This Amendment shall become effective when each party hereto shall have received a counterpart hereof signed by all of the other parties hereto.
	
	
	 

[SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, intending to be legally bound hereby, have duly executed this Agreement as of the date and year first aforesaid.

GENERAL PARTNER:

ARC REALTY FINANCE TRUST, INC.

By:       /s/ Nicholas S. Schorsch
Name: Nicholas S. Schorsch
Title:   Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

INITIAL LIMITED PARTNER:

ARC REALTY FINANCE SPECIAL LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, LLC 

By:       /s/ Nicholas S. Schorsch
Name: Nicholas S. Schorsch
Title:   Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

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