NEITHER THIS
WARRANT NOR THE UNDERLYING SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF
THIS WARRANT HAVE BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE
UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF
1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND,
ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN
EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR
PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT
SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND
IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.
FORM OF WARRANT TO PURCHASE
COMMON STOCK
PREMIER EXHIBITIONS,
INC.
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Warrant
No. W-
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May ___, 2009
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THIS CERTIFIES
THAT, for value received, Sellers Capital Master Fund, Ltd., an
exempted company organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands,
having an address at 311 S. Wacker Drive, Suite 925, Chicago,
Illinois (the “ Investor ”), is entitled to
subscribe for and purchase from Premier Exhibitions, Inc., a
Florida corporation, or any successor (the “ Company
”), in whole or in part, at the Warrant Purchase Price (as
herein defined), at any time during the period commencing on the
Initial Exercise Date (as herein defined) and ending at 5:00 p.m.,
Eastern time, on the date that is five (5) years after the
Effectiveness Date (as herein defined) (the “ Expiration
Date ”), up to that number of shares of the fully paid
and non-assessable Common Stock (as herein defined) determined by
multiplying (i) seven percent (7%) by (ii) the total
number of shares of Common Stock into which the outstanding
principal amount of the Convertible Note (as herein defined) is, on
the Effectiveness Date, convertible, in accordance with the terms
thereof (as such number may be adjusted as provided herein, the
“ Warrant Shares ”), subject to the provisions
and upon the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth in this
Warrant and all Warrants issued in exchange, transfer or
replacement thereof (“ Warrant ”).
1.
Definitions . As used in this Warrant, the following terms
have the meanings set forth below:
“
Aggregate Number ” shall mean, at any time to be
determined, the number of Warrant Shares for which this Warrant may
be exercised at such time.
“ Annual
Meeting ” shall mean the annual meeting of shareholders
required to be called pursuant to the Note Purchase
Agreement.
“
Business Day ” shall mean any day other than a
Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New
York, New York are authorized or required by law or executive order
to close.
“
Cashless Exercise ” shall have the meaning set forth
in Section 2(b) .
“ Common
Stock ” shall mean the common stock, par value $0.0001
per share, of the Company (and any other securities into which or
for which the Common Stock may be converted or exchanged pursuant
to a dividend, stock split, plan of recapitalization,
reorganization, merger, sale of assets or otherwise) into which
this Warrant will be exercisable.
“
Company ” shall have the meaning set forth in the
introductory paragraph hereto.
“
Convertible Note ” shall mean that certain convertible
note issued by the Company to Investor in the principal amount set
forth on Schedule A to the Note Purchase
Agreement.
“
Effectiveness Date ” shall have the meaning set forth
in Section 10 .
“
Expiration Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in
the introductory paragraph hereto.
“ Fair
Market Value ” shall mean, with respect to a share of
Common Stock on any date: (i) the fair market value of the
outstanding Common Stock over the ten (10) trading days
immediately prior to the date of calculation based upon the closing
price per share of Common Stock on each such day, as officially
reported on the principal national securities exchange on which the
Common Stock is then listed or admitted to trading; or (ii) if
subsection (i) is not applicable, a market price per share
determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company,
which shall be deemed to be “Fair Market
Value.”
“
Holder ” shall mean any holder of an interest in the
Warrant or the outstanding Warrant Shares who becomes a holder in
compliance with Section 3 hereof.
“ Initial
Exercise Date ” shall mean the first Business Day
following the Annual Meeting.
“
Investor ” shall have the meaning set forth in the
introductory paragraph hereto.
“ Note
Purchase Agreement ” shall mean that certain Convertible
Note Purchase Agreement, dated May 6, 2009, by and between the
Company and Investor, pursuant to which Investor will purchase the
Convertible Note.
“
Person ” shall mean any individual, corporation,
partnership, firm, limited liability company, joint venture, trust,
association, unincorporated organization, university, group,
joint-stock company or other entity.
“
Securities Act ” shall mean the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, or any similar federal statute, and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder as the same shall be in effect
at the time.
“ Stock
Combination ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 5(a)(i) .
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“ Stock
Dividend ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 5(a)(i) .
“ Stock
Subdivision ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 5(a)(i) .
“
Transaction ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 5(b) .
“ Warrant
Purchase Price ” shall mean $0.70 per share, as adjusted
as provided herein.
“ Warrant
Register ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 7 .
“ Warrant
Shares ” shall have the meaning set forth in the
preamble.
(a) If
(and only if) the Effectiveness Date has occurred, beginning on the
Initial Exercise Date, the rights represented by this Warrant may
be exercised by the Holder hereof, in whole or in part (but not as
to a fractional share of Common Stock), by (A) the delivery of
this Warrant, together with a properly completed Notice of Exercise
in the form attached hereto, to the principal office of the Company
at 3340 Peachtree Road, N. E., Suite 2250, Atlanta, Georgia
30326 (or to such other address as the Company may designate by
notice in writing to the Holder) and (B) payment to the
Company of the Warrant Purchase Price for the Warrant Shares being
purchased (i) by cash or by certified check or bank draft,
(ii) as provided in Section 2(b) , or
(iii) any combination thereof. In the case of payment of all
or a portion of the Warrant Purchase Price pursuant to
Section 2(b) , the direction of the Holder to make a
Cashless Exercise shall serve as accompanying payment for that
portion of the Warrant Purchase Price. The Company agrees that the
shares so purchased shall be deemed to be issued to the Holder as
the record owner of such shares as of the close of business on the
date on which this Warrant shall have been delivered to the Company
and payment made for such shares as aforesaid. Certificates for the
shares so purchased shall be delivered to the Holder within ten
(10) Business Days after the rights represented by this
Warrant shall have been so exercised, and, unless this Warrant has
expired, a new Warrant representing, and with an Aggregate Number
equal to, the number of Warrant Shares, if any, with respect to
which this Warrant shall not then have been exercised, in all other
respects identical with this Warrant, shall also be issued and
delivered to the Holder within such time, or, at the request of
such Holder, appropriate notation may be made on this Warrant and
signed by the Company and the same returned to such Holder. The
Holder shall not be required to deliver the original Warrant in
order to effect an exercise hereunder. Execution and delivery of
the Exercise Notice shall have the same effect as cancellation of
the original Warrant and issuance of a new Warrant evidencing the
right to purchase the remaining number of Warrant Shares. The
Company shall, upon request of the Holder, use its reasonable best
efforts to deliver Warrant Shares hereunder electronically through
The Depository Trust Company or another established clearing
corporation performing similar functions.
(b)
Cashless Exercise . If the resale of the Warrant Shares is
not covered by an effective registration statement under the
Securities Act, the Holder shall have the right to pay all or a
portion of the Warrant Purchase Price by making a “
Cashless Exercise ” pursuant to this
Section 2(b) , in which case (i) shares of the
Company’s Common Stock other than the Warrant Shares or
(ii) the Warrant Shares to be acquired upon the exercise of
this Warrant may be applied
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to pay the
Warrant Purchase Price in connection with the exercise of this
Warrant in whole or in part. Any shares of Common Stock or Warrant
Shares transferred to the Company as payment of the Warrant
Purchase Price under this Warrant shall be valued at the Fair
Market Value of such shares of Common Stock or Warrant Shares. For
purposes of Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, it
is intended, understood and acknowledged that the Warrant Shares
issued in a cashless exercise transaction shall be deemed to have
been acquired by the Holder, and the holding period for the Warrant
Shares shall be deemed to have commenced, on the date this Warrant
was originally issued.
(c)
Transfer Restriction Legend . Each certificate for Warrant
Shares issued upon exercise of this Warrant, unless at the time of
exercise the offer and sale of such Warrant Shares are registered
under the Securities Act, shall bear the following legend (and any
additional legend required by applicable law or rule) on the face
thereof:
THE OFFER AND
SALE OF THE SHARES OF STOCK REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN
REGISTERED PURSUANT TO THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR
ANY STATE SECURITIES LAW. NEITHER THESE SHARES, NOR ANY PORTION
THEREOF OR INTEREST THEREIN, MAY BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR OTHERWISE
DISPOSED OF UNLESS THE SAME ARE REGISTERED AND QUALIFIED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH SAID ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAW,
OR, IN THE OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE
COMPANY, SUCH REGISTRATION AND QUALIFICATION ARE NOT
REQUIRED.
The provisions
of Section 3 shall be binding upon all holders of
certificates for Warrant Shares bearing the above legend and shall
also be applicable to all holders of this Warrant. The legend
endorsed on the certificates for Warrant Shares shall be removed
and the Company shall issue a certificate without such legend to
the holder thereof at such time as the securities evidenced thereby
cease to be restricted securities upon the earliest to occur of
(i) a registration statement with respect to the resale of
such securities shall have become effective under the Securities
Act and such securities shall have been disposed of in accordance
with such registration statement, or (ii) the securities shall
have been resold to the public pursuant to Rule 144 (or any
successor provision) under the Securities Act.
(d)
Expenses and Taxes on Exercise . The Company shall pay all
expenses, taxes and other charges payable in connection with the
preparation, execution and delivery of any stock certificates and
substitute Warrants pursuant to this Section 2 , except
that, in case such stock certificates or Warrants shall be
registered in a name or names other than the name of the Holder of
this Warrant, funds sufficient to pay all stock transfer taxes
which shall be payable upon the execution and delivery of such
stock certificates or Warrants shall be paid by the Holder to the
Company at the time the Company delivers such stock certificates or
Warrants to the Company for exercise. The Holder shall be
responsible for all other tax liability that may arise as a result
of holding or transferring this Warrant or receiving Warrant Shares
upon exercise hereof.
(e)
Company Obligations . The Company’s obligations to
issue and deliver Warrant Shares in accordance with the terms
hereof are absolute and unconditional, irrespective
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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 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
Warrant Shares. 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 deliver certificates representing shares
of Common Stock upon exercise of this Warrant as required pursuant
to the terms hereof.
(f)
Automatic Exercise . If (and only if) the Effectiveness Date
has occurred, if the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock
immediately prior to (but not including) the Expiration Date
exceeds the Warrant Purchase Price on the Expiration Date, then
this Warrant shall be deemed to have been exercised in full (to the
extent previously unexercised) on a “cashless exercise”
basis pursuant to Section 2(b) at 5:00 p.m. on the
Expiration Date.
3.
Warrants and Warrant Shares Not Registered; Transferee
Restrictions .
(a) Each
Holder, by acceptance thereof, represents and acknowledges that the
offer and sale of this Warrant and the Warrant Shares which may be
purchased upon exercise of this Warrant are not being registered
under the Securities Act, that the issuance of this Warrant and the
offering and sale of such Warrant Shares are being made in reliance
on the exemption from registration under Section 4(2) of the
Securities Act as not involving any public offering and that the
Company’s reliance on such exemption is predicated in part on
the representations made by the initial Holder of this Warrant to
the Company that such Holder (i) is acquiring this Warrant for
investment purposes for its own account, with no present intention
of reselling or otherwise distributing the same in violation of the
Securities Act, subject, nevertheless, to any requirement of law
that the disposition of its property shall at all times be within
its control, (ii) is an “accredited investor” as
defined in Regulation D under the Securities Act, and
(iii) has such knowledge and experie
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