Exhibit 4.1
NEITHER THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THE
SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE SECURITIES INTO
WHICH THESE SECURITIES ARE EXERCISEABLE HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE
SECURITIES LAWS. THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD,
TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED (I) IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT
OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR (II) UNLESS SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER
SAID ACT OR ANOTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION
REQUIREMENTS UNDER SAID ACT. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, THE
SECURITIES MAY BE PLEDGED TO AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR”
(AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN THE RULES AND REGULATIONS PROMULGATED
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED) IN CONNECTION WITH A
BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN OR FINANCING ARRANGEMENT
SECURED BY THE SECURITIES.
IOU CENTRAL INC.
FORM OF WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON
STOCK
Warrant No.: WC-[
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Number of Shares of Common Stock: [
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Date of Issuance: December [
], 2008 (“ Issuance
Date ”)
IOU Central Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the “ Company ”), hereby certifies
that, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, [
], the registered holder hereof or its permitted assigns (the
“ Holder ”), is entitled, subject to the terms
set forth below, to purchase from the Company, at the Exercise
Price (as defined below) then in effect, upon surrender of this
Warrant to Purchase Common Stock (including any Warrants to
Purchase Common Stock (“ Warrants ”) issued in
exchange, transfer or replacement hereof, the “
Warrant ”), (i) at any time or times on or after
one (1) year of employment from the date hereof, but not after
11:59 p.m., New York Time, on the Expiration Date (as defined
below), the First Half Amount (as defined below) of fully paid and
nonassessable shares of Common Stock (as defined below) (the
“ Warrant Shares ”), and (ii) at any time
or times on or after two (2) years of employment from the date
hereof, but not after 11:59 p.m., New York Time, on the Expiration
Date, the Second Half Amount (as defined below) of the Warrant
Shares; provided , that if the Holder is terminated without
Cause (as defined below) or resigns with Good Reason (as defined
below) prior to the second anniversary of the date hereof, the
employment requirements set forth in the foregoing clauses
(i) and (ii) will be deemed satisfied and the Holder
shall be entitled to exercise the Warrant in accordance with the
terms hereof with respect to the First Half Amount and the Second
Half Amount (as determined in accordance with the definitions of
such terms). This Warrant is not, and shall not be, an incentive
stock option within the meaning of Section 422 of the U.S.
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “ Code
”). Except as otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms in
this Warrant shall have the meanings set forth in
Section 14 .
1. EXERCISE OF WARRANT .
(a) Mechanics of
Exercise . Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, this
Warrant may be exercised by the Holder at the times provided in the
paragraph immediately preceding this Section 1 in whole
or in part, by (i) delivery of a written notice, in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “ Exercise
Notice ”), of the Holder’s election to exercise
this Warrant, (ii) delivery of this Warrant (provided that the
Holder shall not be required to deliver the original Warrant in
order to effect an exercise hereunder if such Holder delivers a
copy of this Warrant, together with a lost document affidavit and
other documentation required by Section 6(b) below),
and (iii) (A) payment to the Company of an amount equal
to the applicable Exercise Price multiplied by the number of
Warrant Shares as to which this Warrant is being exercised (the
“ Aggregate Exercise Price ”) in cash or wire
transfer of immediately available funds or (B) by notifying
the Company that this Warrant is being exercised pursuant to a
Cashless Exercise (as defined in Section 1(d) ). Upon
an exercise of this Warrant as to less than all of the Warrant
Shares, Holder shall surrender the document evidencing this
Warrant, and the Company shall promptly (and in all events within
two Business Days) issue a new document evidencing the right to
purchase the remaining number of Warrant Shares. On or before the
second (2 nd ) Business Day following
the date on which the Company has received each of the Exercise
Notice, the Warrant and the Aggregate Exercise Price (or notice of
a Cashless Exercise) (the “ Exercise Delivery
Documents ”), the Company shall transmit by facsimile an
acknowledgment of confirmation of receipt of the Exercise Delivery
Documents to the Holder and the Company’s transfer agent (the
“ Transfer Agent ”). On or before the third
(3 rd ) Business Day following
the date on which the Company has received all of the Exercise
Delivery Documents (the “ Share Delivery Date
”), the Company shall issue and dispatch by overnight courier
to the address as specified in the Exercise Notice, a certificate,
registered in the Company’s share register in the name of the
Holder or its designee, for the number of shares of Common Stock to
which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise. Upon
delivery of the Exercise Delivery Documents or notification to the
Company of a Cashless Exercise referred to in
Section 1(d) , the Holder shall be deemed for all
corporate purposes to have become the holder of record of the
Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been
exercised, irrespective of the date of delivery of the certificates
evidencing such Warrant Shares. No fractional shares of Common
Stock are to be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant, but
rather the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued shall be
rounded down to the nearest whole number, although fractional share
interests may be cumulated. The Company shall pay any and all
transfer taxes which may be payable with respect to the issuance
and delivery of Warrant Shares upon exercise of this Warrant;
provided , that the Company shall not be required to pay any
transfer tax that may be payable in respect of any transfer
involved in the issue and delivery of shares of Common Stock in any
name other than that of the Holder, in either case with respect to
any income tax due by the Holder with respect to such shares of
Common Stock issued upon exercise of this Warrant.
(b) Exercise Price . For
purposes of this Warrant, “ Exercise Price ”
means $0.22 per Warrant Share, subject to adjustment as provided
herein.
(c) Company’s Failure to
Timely Deliver Securities . If within three (3) trading
days after the Company’s receipt of the Exercise Delivery
Documents the Company shall fail to issue
and deliver a certificate to the Holder and
register such shares of Common Stock on the Company’s share
register for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the
Holder is entitled upon such Holder’s exercise hereunder, and
if on or after such third (3rd) trading day the Holder
purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) shares of
Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of
shares of Common Stock issuable upon such exercise that the Holder
anticipated receiving from the Company (a “ Buy-In
”), then the Company shall, within three (3) Business
Days after the Holder’s request and in the Holder’s
discretion, either (i) pay cash to the Holder in an amount
equal to the Holder’s total purchase price (including
brokerage commissions, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so
purchased (the “ Buy-In Price ”), at which point
the Company’s obligation to deliver such certificate (and to
issue such shares of Common Stock) shall terminate, or
(ii) promptly honor its obligation to deliver to the Holder a
certificate or certificates representing such shares of Common
Stock and pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the excess
(if any) of the Buy-In Price over the product of (A) such
number of shares of Common Stock, times (B) the Closing Bid
Price on the date of exercise.
(d) Cashless Exercise .
Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the
Holder may, in its sole discretion, exercise this Warrant in whole
or in part and, in lieu of making the cash payment otherwise
contemplated to be made to the Company upon such exercise in
payment of the Aggregate Exercise Price, elect instead to receive
upon such exercise the “Net Number” of shares of Common
Stock determined according to the following formula (a “
Cashless Exercise ”):
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Net Number =
(A x B) - (A x C)
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For purposes of the foregoing
formula:
A = the total number of shares with
respect to which this Warrant is then being exercised.
B = the Closing Sale Price of the
shares of Common Stock (as reported by Bloomberg) on the date
immediately preceding the date of the Exercise Notice.
C = the Exercise Price then in
effect for the applicable Warrant Shares at the time of such
exercise.
(e) Disputes . In the case of
a dispute as to the determination of the Exercise Price or the
arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares, the Company shall
promptly issue to the Holder the number of Warrant Shares that are
not disputed and resolve such dispute in accordance with
Section 11 .
2. ADJUSTMENTS . Subject to
Section 3(b) below, upon (or, as may be necessary to
effect the adjustment, immediately prior to): any reclassification,
recapitalization, stock split (including a stock split in the form
of a stock dividend) or reverse stock split; any merger,
combination, consolidation, or other reorganization; any split-up,
spin-off, or similar extraordinary dividend distribution in respect
of the Common Stock; or any exchange of
Common Stock or other securities of the Company,
or any similar, unusual or extraordinary corporate transaction in
respect of the Common Stock; then the Board of Directors of the
Company (the “ Board ”) shall equitably and
proportionately adjust (1) the number, amount and type of
shares of Common Stock (or other securities or property) subject to
this Warrant, (2) the exercise price of this Warrant, and/or
(3) the securities, cash or other property deliverable upon
exercise of this Warrant, in each case to the extent necessary to
preserve (but not increase) the level of incentives intended by
this Warrant. It is intended that, if possible, any adjustments
contemplated by the preceding paragraph be made in a manner that
satisfies applicable legal, tax (including, without limitation and
as applicable in the circumstances, Section 424 of the Code
and Section 409A of the Code) and accounting (so as to not
trigger any charge to earnings with respect to such adjustment)
requirements. Any good faith determination by the Board as to
whether an adjustment is required in the circumstances pursuant to
this Section 2 , and the extent and nature of any such
adjustment, shall be conclusive and binding on all
persons.
3. PURCHASE RIGHTS; FUNDAMENTAL
TRANSACTIONS .
(a) Purchase Rights . If at
any time the Company grants, issues or sells any Options,
Convertible Securities or rights to purchase stock, warrants,
securities or other property pro rata to all or substantially all
of the record holders of any class of shares of Common Stock (the
“ Purchase Rights ”), then the Holder will be
entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase
Rights, upon the Holder’s election, the aggregate Purchase
Rights, which the Holder could have acquired if the Holder had held
the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete
exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on the
exercise of this Warrant) immediately before the date on which a
record is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase
Rights, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the
record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for
the grant, issue or sale of such Purchase Rights.
(b) Fundamental Transactions
. The Company shall not enter into or be party to a Fundamental
Transaction unless the Successor Entity assumes in writing all of
the obligations of the Company under this Warrant in accordance
with the provisions of this Section 3(b) pursuant to
written agreements, including agreements to deliver to each holder
of Warrants in exchange for such Warrants a security of the
Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially
similar in form and substance to this Warrant, including, without
limitation, an exercise price and a number of shares of capital
stock as adjusted in accordance with Section 2 hereof.
Upon the occurrence of any Fundamental Transaction, the Successor
Entity, if other than the Company, shall succeed to, and be
substituted for (so that from and after the date of such
Fundamental Transaction, the provisions of this Warrant referring
to the “Company” shall refer instead to the Successor
Entity), and may exercise every right and power of the Company and
shall assume all of the obligations of the Company under this
Warrant with the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been
named as the Company herein, until such time as any successor
warrant is delivered. In addition to and not in substitution for
any other rights hereunder, prior to the consummation of any
Fundamental Transaction pursuant to which holders of shares of
Common Stock are entitled to receive securities or other assets
with respect to or in exchange for shares of Common Stock (a
“ Corporate Event ”), the Company shall make
appropriate provision to ensure that the Holder will thereafter
have the right to receive upon an exercise of this Warrant at any
time after the consummation of the Fundamental Transaction but
prior to the Expiration
Date, in lieu of the shares of the Common Stock
(or other securities, cash, assets or other property) purchasable
upon the exercise of this Warrant prior to such Fundamental
Transaction, such shares of stock, securities, cash, assets or any
other property whatsoever (including warrants or other purchase or
subscription rights) which the Holder would have been entitled to
receive upon the happening of such Fundamental Transaction had this
Warrant been exercised immediately prior to such Fundamental
Transaction. Provision made pursuant to the preceding sentence
shall be in a form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Holder. The provisions of this Section shall apply similarly
and equally to successive Fundamental Transactions and Corporate
Events and shall be applied without regard to any limitations on
the exercise of this Warrant.
4. NONCIRCUMVENTION . The
Company hereby covenants and agrees that the Company will not, by
amendment of its charter, bylaws or through any reorganization,
transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, scheme of arrangement,
dissolution, issue or sale of securities, or any other