Exhibit 10.59
THIS WARRANT AND THE SECURITIES
REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED OR
TRANSFERRED, IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER SAID ACT OR UNLESS THE COMPANY HAS RECEIVED AN OPINION OF
COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY THAT REGISTRATION
UNDER SAID ACT IS NOT REQUIRED.
THIS WARRANT DOES NOT REQUIRE
PHYSICAL SURRENDER OF THE WARRANT IN THE EVENT OF A PARTIAL
EXERCISE. AS A RESULT, FOLLOWING ANY EXERCISE OF ANY PORTION OF
THIS WARRANT, THE NUMBER OF SHARES OF COMMON STOCK FOR WHICH THIS
WARRANT MAY BE EXERCISED MAY BE LESS THAN THE NUMBER OF SHARES SET
FORTH BELOW.
Issuance Date: [ Insert issuance
date ]
Warrant No. F-
COMMON STOCK PURCHASE
WARRANT
To Purchase
2
Shares of Common Stock
of AVATECH SOLUTIONS, INC.
THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT
, or registered assigns (the “Holder”), is entitled,
during the Exercise Period (as hereinafter defined), to purchase
from Avatech Solutions, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
“Company”), the Warrant Stock (as hereinafter defined
and subject to adjustment as provided herein), in whole or in part,
at a purchase price of $2.40 per share, all on and subject to the
terms and conditions hereinafter set forth.
1. Definitions . As used in
this Warrant, the following terms have the respective meanings set
forth below:
“ Affiliate ”
means any person or entity that, directly or indirectly through one
or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under
common control with a person or entity, as such terms are used in
and construed under Rule 144 under the Securities Act. With respect
to a Holder of Warrants, any investment fund or managed account
that is managed on a discretionary basis by the same investment
manager as such Holder will be deemed to be an Affiliate of such
Holder.
“ Appraised Value
” means, in respect of any share of Common Stock on any date
herein specified, the fair saleable value of such share of Common
Stock (determined without giving effect to the discount for
(i) a minority interest or (ii) any lack of liquidity of
the Common Stock or to the fact that the Company may have no class
of equity registered under the Exchange Act) as of the last day of
the most recent fiscal month ending prior to such date specified,
based on the value of the Company on a fully-diluted basis, as
determined by a nationally recognized investment banking firm
selected by the Company’s Board of Directors and having no
prior relationship with the Company.
“ Business Day ”
means any day except Saturday, Sunday and any day which shall be a
legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions in the State
of New York generally are authorized or required by law or other
government actions to close.
“ Change of Control
” means the (i) acquisition by an individual or legal
entity or group (as set forth in Section 13(d) of the Exchange
Act) of more than one-half of the voting rights or equity interests
in the Company; or (ii) sale, conveyance, or other disposition
of all or substantially all of the assets, property or business of
the Company or the merger into or consolidation with any other
corporation (other than a wholly owned subsidiary
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by $2.00 (Conversion Value under Series F Certificate of
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corporation) or effectuation of any transaction
or series of related transactions where holders of the
Company’s voting securities prior to such transaction or
series of transactions fail to continue to hold at least 50% of the
voting power of the Company (or, if other than the Company, the
successor or acquiring entity) immediately following such
transaction.
“ Commission ”
means the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other federal
agency then administering the Securities Act and other federal
securities laws.
“ Common Stock ”
means (except where the context otherwise indicates) the Common
Stock, $0.01 par value per share, of the Company, and any capital
stock into which such Common Stock may thereafter be changed or
converted, and shall also include (i) capital stock of the
Company of any other class (regardless of how denominated) issued
to the holders of shares of Common Stock upon any reclassification
thereof which is also not preferred as to dividends or assets on
liquidation over any other class of stock of the Company and which
is not subject to redemption and (ii) shares of common stock
of any successor or acquiring corporation received by or
distributed to the holders of Common Stock of the Company in the
circumstances contemplated by Section 4.5.
“ Current Market Price
” means, in respect of any share of Common Stock on any date
herein specified,
(1) if there shall not then be a
public market for the Common Stock, the higher of
(a) the book value per share of
Common Stock at such date, and
(b) the Appraised Value per share of
Common Stock at such date,
or
(2) if there shall then be a public
market for the Common Stock, the average of the daily market prices
for the five (5) consecutive Trading Days immediately before
such date. The daily market price for each such Trading Day shall
be (i) the closing bid price on such day on the principal
stock exchange on which such Common Stock is then listed or
admitted to trading, or quoted, as applicable, (ii) if no sale
takes place on such day on any such exchange, the last reported
closing bid price on such day as officially quoted on any such
exchange, (iii) if the Common Stock is not then listed or
admitted to trading on any stock exchange, the last reported
closing bid price on such day in the over-the-counter market, as
furnished by the National Association of Securities Dealers
Automatic Quotation System or the National Quotation Bureau, Inc.,
(iv) if neither such corporation at the time is engaged in the
business of reporting such prices, as furnished by any similar firm
then engaged in such business, or (v) if there is no such
firm, as furnished by any member of the NASD selected mutually by
the holder of this Warrant and the Company or, if they cannot agree
upon such selection, as selected by two such members of the NASD,
one of which shall be selected by holder of this Warrant and one of
which shall be selected by the Company.
“ Current Warrant Price
” means, in respect of a share of Common Stock at any date
herein specified, the price at which a share of Common Stock may be
purchased pursuant to this Warrant on such date. Unless and until
the Current Warrant Price is adjusted pursuant to the terms herein,
the initial Current Warrant Price shall be $2.40 per share of
Common Stock.
“ Exchange Act ”
means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any
similar federal statute, and the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect from time
to time.
“ Exercise Period
” means the period during which this Warrant is exercisable
pursuant to Section 2.1.
“ Expiration Date
” means the fourth (4 th ) anniversary of the date of
issuance hereof.
“ GAAP ” means
generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of
America as from time to time in effect.
“ NASD ” means
the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., or any
successor corporation thereto.
“ Other Property
” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.5.
“ Person ” means
any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, joint venture,
trust, incorporated organization, association, corporation, limited
liability company, institution, public benefit corporation, entity
or government (whether federal, state, county, city, municipal or
otherwise, including, without limitation, any instrumentality,
division, agency, body or department thereof).
“ Preferred Stock Purchase
Agreement ” means that certain Preferred Stock and
Warrant Purchase Agreement dated as of June
, 2006 among the Company and the
other parties named therein, pursuant to which this Warrant was
originally issued.
“ Preferred Stock
” means the Convertible Preferred Stock as defined in and
issued pursuant to the Preferred Stock Purchase
Agreement.
“ Restricted Common
Stock ” means shares of Common Stock which are, or which
upon their issuance upon the exercise of any Warrant would be
required to be, evidenced by a certificate bearing the restrictive
legend set forth in Section 3.2.
“ Securities Act
” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any
similar federal statute, and the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at the
time.
“ Trading Day ”
means any day on which the primary market on which shares of Common
Stock are listed is open for trading.
“ Transfer ”
means any disposition of any Warrant or Warrant Stock or of any
interest in either thereof, which would constitute a sale thereof
within the meaning of the Securities Act.
“ Warrants ”
means this Warrant and all warrants issued upon transfer, division
or combination of, or in substitution for, any thereof. All
Warrants shall at all times be identical as to terms and conditions
and date, except as to the number of shares of Common Stock for
which they may be exercised.
“ Warrant Price ”
means an amount equal to (i) the number of shares of Common
Stock being purchased upon exercise of this Warrant pursuant to
Section 2.1, multiplied by (ii) the Current Warrant
Price.
“ Warrant Stock ”
means the [
] shares of Common Stock to be purchased upon the exercise hereof,
subject to adjustment as provided herein.
2. Exercise of Warrant
.
2.1. Manner of Exercise .
From and after the date of issuance hereof and until 5:00 P.M., New
York time, on the Expiration Date (the “Exercise
Period”), the Holder may exercise this Warrant, on any
Business Day, for all or any part of the number of shares of
Warrant Stock purchasable hereunder.
In order to exercise this Warrant,
in whole or in part, the Holder shall deliver to the Company at its
principal office or at the office or agency designated by the
Company pursuant to Section 12, (i) a written notice of
Holder’s election to exercise this Warrant, which notice
shall specify the number of shares of Warrant Stock to be
purchased, (ii) payment of the Warrant Price as provided
herein, and (iii) upon exercise of this Warrant in full, this
Warrant. Such notice shall be substantially in the form of the
subscription form appearing at the end of this Warrant as
Exhibit A , duly executed by the Holder or its agent or
attorney. Upon receipt thereof, the Company shall, as promptly as
practicable, and in any event within three Business Days
thereafter, electronically transmit the Common Stock issuable upon
exercise hereof to the Holder, by crediting the account of the
Holder’s prime broker with Depository Trust Company
(“DTC”) through its Deposit Withdrawal Agent Commission
(“DWAC”) system using the Fast Automated Securities
Transfer (“FAST”) program. The parties agree to
coordinate with DTC to accomplish this objective. In lieu of such
electronic delivery through DWAC, the Company shall, to the extent
requested by the Holder or required by law, execute or cause to be
executed and deliver or cause to be delivered to the Holder a
certificate or certificates representing the aggregate number of
full shares of Warrant Stock issuable upon exercise
hereof. The time periods for delivery of
physical certificates evidencing the Warrant Shares are the same as
those described above. Any stock certificate or certificates so
delivered shall be, to the extent possible, in such denomination or
denominations as the Holder shall request in the notice and shall
be registered in the name of the Holder or such other name as shall
be designated in the notice. This Warrant shall be deemed to have
been exercised and such certificate or certificates shall be deemed
to have been issued, and the 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
when the notice to exercise is received by the Company as described
above. If this Warrant shall have been exercised in part, the
Company shall, at the time of delivery of the certificate or
certificates representing Warrant Stock, if not effected using book
entry as described below, deliver to the Holder a new Warrant
evidencing the rights of the Holder to purchase the unpurchased
shares of Common Stock called for by this Warrant, which new
Warrant shall in all other respects be identical with this Warrant,
or at the request of the Holder, appropriate notation may be made
on this Warrant and the same returned to the Holder.
Payment of the Warrant Price may be
made at the option of the Holder by: (i) certified or official
bank check payable to the order of the Company, (ii) wire
transfer to the account of the Company or (iii) the surrender
and cancellation of a portion of shares of Common Stock then held
by the Holder or issuable upon such exercise of this Warrant, which
shall be valued and credited toward the total Warrant Price due the
Company for the exercise of the Warrant based upon the Current
Market Price of the Common Stock. All shares of Common Stock
issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant pursuant to the terms
hereof shall be validly issued and, upon payment of the Warrant
Price, shall be fully paid and nonassessable and not subject to any
preemptive rights.
Book-Entry
. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary set forth herein, upon exercise of any portion of this
Warrant in accordance with the terms hereof, the warrantholder
shall not be required to physically surrender this Warrant to the
Company unless such holder is purchasing the full amount of Warrant
Shares represented by this Warrant. The warrantholder and the
Company shall maintain records showing the number of Warrant Shares
so purchased hereunder and the dates of such purchases or shall use
such other method, reasonably satisfactory to the warrantholder and
the Company, so as not to require physical surrender of this
Warrant upon each such exercise. In connection therewith a form of
ledger to maintain a record of such transactions is attached
hereto. The warrantholder and any assignee, by acceptance of this
Warrant or a new Warrant, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of
the provisions of this paragraph, following exercise of any portion
of this Warrant, the number of Warrant Shares which may be
purchased upon exercise of this Warrant may be less than the number
of Warrant Shares set forth on the face hereof.
2.2. Fractional Shares . The
Company shall not be required to issue a fractional share of Common
Stock upon exercise of any Warrant. As to any fraction of a share
which the Holder of one or more Warrants, the rights under which
are exercised in the same transaction, would otherwise be entitled
to purchase upon such exercise, the Company shall pay an amount in
cash equal to the Current Market Price per share of Common Stock on
the date of exercise multiplied by such fraction.
2.3. Continued Validity . A
Holder of shares of Common Stock issued upon the exercise of this
Warrant, in whole or in part (other than a Holder who acquires such
shares after the same have been publicly sold pursuant to a
Registration Statement under the Securities Act or sold pursuant to
Rule 144 thereunder), shall continue to be entitled with respect to
such shares to all rights to which it would have been entitled as
the Holder under Sections 10 and 13 of this Warrant.
2.4. Restrictions on Exercise
Amount .
(i) Unless a Holder delivers to the
Company irrevocable written notice prior to the date of issuance
hereof or sixty-one days prior to the effective date of such notice
that this Section 2.4(i) shall not apply to such Holder, the
Company shall not issue to the Holder, and the Holder may not
acquire, a number of shares of Warrant Stock to the extent that,
upon such exercise, the number of shares of Common Stock then
beneficially owned by such holder and its Affiliates and any other
persons or entities whose beneficial ownership of Common Stock
would be aggregated with the Holder’s for purposes of
Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act (including shares held by
any “group” of which the holder is a member, but
excluding shares beneficially owned by virtue of the ownership of
securities or rights to acquire securities that have limitations on
the right to convert, exercise or purchase similar to the
limitation set forth herein ) would exceed 9.9% of the
total number of shares of Common Stock of the Company then issued
and outstanding. For purposes hereof, “group” has the
meaning set forth in Section 13(d)
of the Exchange Act and applicable regulations
of the Commission, and the percentage held by the holder shall be
determined in a manner consistent with the provisions of
Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act. Each delivery of a notice
of exercise by a Holder will constitute a representation by such
Holder that it has evaluated the limitation set forth in this
paragraph and determined, based on the most recent public filings
by the Company with the Commission, that the issuance of the full
number of shares of Warrant Stock requested in such notice of
exercise is permitted under this paragraph.
(ii) In the event the Company is
prohibited from issuing shares of Warrant Stock as a result of any
restrictions or prohibitions under applicable law or the rules or
regulations of any stock exchange, interdealer quotation system or
other self-regulatory organization, the Company shall as soon as
practicable seek the approval of its stockholders and take such
other action to authorize the issuance of the full number of shares
of Common Stock issuable upon full exercise of this Warrant but in
any event the Board of Directors shall call a special meeting of
the stockholders of the Company in the manner set forth in the
By-laws of the Company to be held within ninety (90) days
following the inception of such occurrence, which inception shall
occur at such time as the Company is not able to honor the full
exercise of all outstanding Warrants and the full conversion of all
outstanding shares of Preferred Stock, without regard to any cap
limitations or issuance restrictions, due to such law, rule or
regulation, whether or not any such conversion or exercise is
actually attempted. For clarification purposes, shares of Common
Stock otherwise reserved for issuance upon exercise of unexercised
Warrants shall be utilized for conversion of Preferred Stock to the
extent necessary to avoid any issuance in excess of the maximum
permissible amount of shares permitted to be issued under the rules
and regulations of any principal securities exchange, market,
interdealer quotation system or other self-regulatory organization)
as they apply to the Company.
3. Transfer, Division and
Combination .
3.1. Transfer . The Warrants
and the Warrant Stock shall be freely transferable, subject to
compliance with all applicable laws, including, but not limited to
the Securities Act. If, at the time of the surrender of this
Warrant in connection with any transfer of this Warrant or the
resale of the Warrant Stock, this Warrant or the Warrant Stock, as
applicable, shall not be registered under the Securities Act, the
Company may require, as a condition of allowing such transfer
(i) that the Holder or transferee of this Warrant or the
Warrant Stock as the case may be, furnish to the Company a written
opinion of counsel that is reasonably acceptable to the Company to
the effect that such transfer may be made without registration
under the Securities Act, (ii) that the Holder or transferee
execute and deliver to the Company an investment letter in form and
substance reasonably acceptable to the Company, and (iii) that
the transferee be an “accredited investor” as defined
in Rule 501(a) promulgated under the Securities Act. Transfer of
this Warrant and all rights hereunder, in whole or in part, in
accordance with the foregoing provisions, shall be registered on
the books of the Company to be maintained for such purpose, upon
surrender of this Warrant at the principal office of the Company
referred to in Section 2.1 or the office or agency designated
by the Company pursuant to Section 12, together with a written
assignment of this Warrant substantially in the form of Exhibit
B 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 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. Following a transfer that complies with the requirements
of this Section 3.1, the Warrant may be exercised by a new
Holder for the purchase of shares of Common Stock regardless of
whether the Company issued or registered a new Warrant on the books
of the Company. In connection with any transfer of this Warrant
after the Registration Statement (as defined in the Investor Rights
Agreement) is declared effective under the Securities Act, the
Holder or transferee of this Warrant shall reimburse the Company
for its reasonable out of pocket costs in connection with such
transfer (including without limitation the reasonable attorneys
fees for preparing and filing a prospectus supplement with the SEC
and/or delivering an updated opinion letter to the Seller’s
transfer agent).
3.2. Restrictive Legends .
Each certificate for Warrant Stock initially issued upon the
exercise of this Warrant, and each certificate for Warrant Stock
issued to any subsequent transferee of any such certificate,
unless, in each case, such Warrant Stock is eligible for resale
without registration pursuant to Rule 144(k) under the Exchange
Act, shall be stamped or otherwise imprinted with a legend in
substantially the following form:
“THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY
THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 AS AMENDED, AND MAY NOT
BE OFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED OR TRANSFERRED, IN THE ABSENCE OF AN
EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER SAID ACT OR UNLESS THE
COMPANY HAS RECEIVED AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY
TO THE COMPANY THAT REGISTRATION UNDER SAID ACT IS NOT
REQUIRED.”
“THE SALE, TRANSFER OR
ASSIGNMENT OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE IS
SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF A CERTAIN INVESTOR RIGHTS
AGREEMENT DATED AS OF JUNE , 2006,
AS AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME, AMONG THE COMPANY AND CERTAIN HOLDERS
OF ITS OUTSTANDING SECURITIES. COPIES OF SUCH AGREEMENT MAY BE
OBTAINED AT NO COST BY WRITTEN REQUEST MADE BY THE HOLDER OF RECORD
OF THIS CERTIFICATE TO THE SECRETARY OF THE
COMPANY.”
3.3. Division and Combination;
Expenses; Books . This Warrant may be divided or combined with
other Warrants upon presentation hereof at the aforesaid office or
agency 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 3.1 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. The Company shall prepare, issue and deliver at its own
expense the new Warrant or Warrants under this Section 3. The
Company agrees to maintain, at its aforesaid office or agency,
books for the registration and the registration of transfer of the
Warrants.
4. Adjustments . The number
of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is exercisable,
and the price at which such shares may be purchased upon exercise
of this Warrant, shall be subject to adjustment from time to time
as set forth in this Section 4. The Company shall give the
Holder notice of any event described below which requires an
adjustment pursuant to this Section 4 in accordance with
Sections 5.1 and 5.2.
4.1. Stock Dividends,
Subdivisions and Combinations . If at any time while this
Warrant is outstanding the Company shall:
(i) declare a dividend or make a
distribution on its outstanding shares of Common Stock in shares of
Common Stock,
(ii) subdivide its outstanding
shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares of Common
Stock, or
(iii) combine its outstanding shares
of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares of Com