Exhibit 10.4
NEITHER THESE SECURITIES NOR THE SECURITIES FOR
WHICH THESE SECURITIES ARE EXERCISABLE HAVE BEEN REGISTERED WITH
THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES REGULATORS
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, NOR MAY ANY
INTEREST THEREIN 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 AS EVIDENCED
BY, SUBJECT TO CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS, A LEGAL OPINION OF COUNSEL TO
THE TRANSFEROR TO SUCH EFFECT, IN FORM AND SUBSTANCE
REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY. THESE SECURITIES AND
THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THESE SECURITIES
MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT
SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE
LAWS.
LIQUIDMETAL TECHNOLOGIES,
INC.
COMMON STOCK PURCHASE
WARRANT
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Warrant
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Date of Original Issuance: May 1,
2009
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Liquidmetal Technologies, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation (together with any entity that shall succeed
to or assume the obligations of Liquidmetal Technologies, Inc.
hereunder, the “Company” ), hereby certifies
that, for value received, [INSERT GRANTEE] or its registered
assigns (the “Holder” ), is entitled to purchase
from the Company up to a total of
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shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the
“Common Stock” ), of the Company (each such
share, a “Warrant Share” and all such shares,
the “Warrant Shares” ) at an exercise price
equal to $0.50 per share (as adjusted from time to time as provided
in Section 9, the “Exercise Price” ), at
any time and from time to time from and after the date hereof and
through and including January 3, 2012 (the
“Expiration Date” ), and subject to the
following terms and conditions:
1.
Definitions . In addition to the terms defined
elsewhere in this Warrant, capitalized terms that are not otherwise
defined herein shall have the meanings given to such terms in the
Securities Purchase and Exchange Agreement dated May 1, 2009
to which the Company and the original Holder are parties
(the “Purchase
Agreement” ). The term
“Common Stock”
shall mean the
Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share as
authorized on the date of the Purchase Agreement and any other
securities or property of the Company or of any other person
(corporate or otherwise) which the Holder at any time shall be
entitled to receive on the exercise hereof in lieu of or in
addition to such common stock, or which
at any time shall be
issuable in exchange for or in replacement of such common
stock. The term “Affiliate” shall mean any Person that,
directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls
or is controlled by or is under common control with a Person, as
such terms are used in and construed under Rule 144
promulgated by the SEC pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
2.
Holder 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.
3.
Recording of
Transfers . Subject to
Section 6, 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 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 above and
related terms of the Purchase Agreement. 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.
4.
Exercise and
Duration of Warrants .
(a)
This Warrant shall be exercisable by the registered Holder in whole
or in part at any time and from time to time on or after the date
hereof to and including the Expiration Date by delivery to the
Company of a duly executed facsimile copy of the Exercise Notice
form annexed hereto (or such other office or agency of the
Company as it may designate by notice in writing to the registered
Holder at the address of such Holder appearing on the books of the
Company). At 6:30 p.m., New York City time on the
Expiration Date, the portion of this Warrant not exercised prior
thereto shall be and become void and of no value. The Company
may not call or redeem all or any portion of this Warrant without
the prior written consent of the Holder. If at any time
(i) this Warrant is exercised after one year from the date of
issuance of this Warrant but before the Expiration Date and
(ii) during the Trading Day period immediately preceding the
Holder’s delivery of an Exercise Notice in respect of such
exercise, a Registration Statement (as defined in the Registration
Rights Agreement) covering the Warrant Shares that are the subject
of the Exercise Notice (the “ Unavailable Warrant Shares ”) is not available for
the resale of such Unavailable Warrant Shares, the Holder of this
Warrant also may exercise this Warrant as to any or all of such
Unavailable Warrant Shares 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 a reduced number of shares of Common
Stock (the “ Net
Number ”) determined according
to the following formula (a “ Cashless Exercise ”):
Net Number = (A x B) - (A x
C)
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B
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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 in a Cashless
Exercise.
B= the VWAP on the Trading Day
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.
VWAP = For any date, the price determined by the
first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the Common
Stock is then listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the daily
volume weighted average price per share of the Common Stock for
such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market on
which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted as reported by
Bloomberg Financial L.P. (based on a Trading Day from
9:30 a.m. Eastern Time to 4:02 p.m. Eastern Time);
(b) if the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted on a
Trading Market and if prices for the Common Stock are then quoted
on the OTC Bulletin Board, the volume weighted average price per
share of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding
date) on the OTC Bulletin Board; (c) if the Common Stock is
not then listed or quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board and if prices
for the Common Stock are then reported in the “Pink
Sheets” published by the Pink Sheets, LLC (or a similar
organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting
prices), the most recent bid price per share of the Common Stock so
reported; or (d) in all other cases, the fair market value of
a share of Common Stock as determined by an independent appraiser
selected in good faith by the Holder and reasonably acceptable to
the Company.
There cannot be a Cashless Exercise
unless “B” exceeds “C”.
(b)
The Company shall not effect any exercise of this Warrant, and a
Holder shall not have the right to exercise any portion of this
Warrant, pursuant to Section 4(a) or otherwise, to the
extent that after giving effect to such issuance after exercise as
set forth on the applicable Notice of Exercise, such Holder
(together with such Holder’s Affiliates, and any other person
or entity acting as a group together with such Holder or any of
such Holder’s Affiliates), as set forth on the applicable
Notice of Exercise, would beneficially own in excess of the
Beneficial Ownership Limitation (as defined below). For purposes of
the foregoing sentence, the number of shares of Common Stock
beneficially owned by such Holder and its Affiliates shall include
the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this
Warrant with respect to which such determination is being made, but
shall exclude the number of shares of Common Stock which would be
issuable upon (A) exercise of the remaining, nonexercised
portion of this Warrant beneficially owned by such Holder or any of
its Affiliates and (B)
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exercise or conversion of
the unexercised or nonconverted portion of any other securities of
the Company (including, without limitation, any other Warrants)
subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the
limitation contained herein beneficially owned by such Holder or
any of its affiliates. Except as set forth in the preceding
sentence, for purposes of this Section 4(b), beneficial
ownership shall be calculated in accordance with
Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the “Exchange
Act” ) and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder, it being acknowledged by a
Holder that the Company is not representing to such Holder that
such calculation is in compliance with Section 13(d) of
the Exchange Act and such Holder is solely responsible for any
schedules required to be filed in accordance therewith. To the
extent that the limitation contained in this
Section 4(b) applies, the determination of whether this
Warrant is exercisable (in relation to other securities owned by
such Holder together with any Affiliates) and of which a portion of
this Warrant is exercisable shall be in the sole discretion of a
Holder, and the submission of a Notice of Exercise shall be deemed
to be each Holder’s determination of whether this Warrant is
exercisable (in relation to other securities owned by such Holder
together with any Affiliates) and of which portion of this Warrant
is exercisable, in each case subject to such aggregate percentage
limitation, and the Company shall have no obligation to verify or
confirm the accuracy of such determination. In addition, a
determination as to any group status as contemplated above shall be
determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the
Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder. For purposes of this Section 4(b), in determining
the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, a Holder may rely
on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as reflected in
(x) the Company’s most recent Form 10-Q or
Form 10-K, as the case may be, (y) a more recent public
announcement by the Company or (z) any other notice by the
Company or the Company’s transfer agent setting forth the
number of shares of Common Stock outstanding. For any reason
and at any time, upon the written or oral request of a Holder, the
Company shall within two Trading Days confirm orally and in writing
to such Holder the number of shares of Common Stock then
outstanding. In any case, the number of outstanding shares of
Common Stock shall be determined after giving effect to the
conversion or exercise of securities of the Company, including this
Warrant, by such Holder or its Affiliates since the date as of
which such number of outstanding shares of Common Stock was
reported. The “Beneficial Ownership Limitation” shall
be 4.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding
immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common
Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant. The Beneficial
Ownership Limitation provisions of this Section 4(b) may
be waived by such Holder, at the election of such Holder, upon not
less than 61 days’ prior notice to the Company to change the
Beneficial Ownership Limitation to 9.99% of the number of shares of
the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the
issuance of shares of Common Stock upon exercise of this Warrant,
and the provisions of this Section 4(b) shall continue to
apply. Upon such a change by a Holder of the Beneficial Ownership
Limitation from such 4.99% limitation to such 9.99% limitation, the
Beneficial Ownership Limitation may not be further waived by such
Holder. The provisions of this paragraph shall be construed and
implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with
the terms of this Section 4(b)) to correct this paragraph (or
any portion hereof) which may be defective or inconsistent with the
intended Beneficial Ownership Limitation herein contained or to
make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give
effect to such limitation. The limitations contained in this
paragraph shall apply to a successor holder of this Warrant.
Notwithstanding anything contained
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in this Warrant to the
contrary, the limitations of this paragraph shall not apply to any
Affiliated Investor, as that term is defined in the Purchase
Agreement.
(c)
Additional Conversion Limitation . Until the Charter
Amendment (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) has been filed
with, and accepted by, the Delaware Secretary of State, no Buyer
(as defined in the Purchase Agreement) shall be issued, upon
conversion or exercise of such Buyer’s Exchange Notes (as
defined in the Purchase Agreement), Preferred Shares (as defined in
the Purchase Agreement), or Warrants, a number of shares of Common
Stock in the aggregate for all such conversions or exercises
greater than the product of the Conversion Cap (as defined below)
multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the aggregate
purchase price paid by the Buyer for all of the Exchange Notes,
Preferred Shares, and Warrants purchased by the Buyer pursuant to
the Purchase Agreement and the denominator of which is
$23,124,933.33, which is the aggregate purchase price paid by all
of the Buyers for all of the Exchange Notes, Preferred Shares, and
Warrants purchased pursuant to the Purchase Agreement (with respect
to each Buyer, the “Conversion Cap Allocation”
). In the
event that any Buyer shall sell or otherwise transfer any of such
Buyer’s Warrants, the transferee shall be allocated a pro
rata portion of such Buyer’s Conversion Cap Allocation based
on the exercise price of the Warrants purchased by the Buyer, and
the restrictions of the prior sentence shall apply to such
transferee with respect to the portion of the Conversion Cap
Allocation allocated to such transferee. The term
“Conversion Cap”
shall mean
32,985,406 shares of Common Stock, which represents all shares of
authorized but unissued Common Stock as of the date of the Purchase
Agreement to the extent not previously reserved for issuance
pursuant to Convertible Securities and Options existing prior to
such date. The term “ Convertible Securities ” means any stock or
securities (other than Options) directly or indirectly convertible
into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock. The
term “ Options
” means any
rights, warrants or options to subscribe for or purchase Common
Stock or Convertible Securities.
5.
Delivery of
Warrant Shares .
(a)
To effect exercises hereunder, the Holder shall not be required to
physically surrender this Warrant upon exercise unless this Warrant
ceases to be further exercisable for additional Warrant
Shares. Upon delivery of the Exercise Notice to the Company
(with the attached Warrant Shares Exercise Log) at its address for
notice set forth herein and upon payment of the Exercise Price
multiplied by the number of Warrant Shares that the Holder intends
to purchase hereunder, the Company shall promptly (but in no event
later than three Trading Days after the Date of Exercise (as
defined herein)) issue and deliver to the Holder, a certificate for
the Warrant Shares issuable upon such exercise, which, unless
otherwise required by the Purchase Agreement, shall be free of
restrictive legends. A “ Date of Exercise ” means the date on
which the Holder shall have delivered to Company: (i) the
Exercise Notice (with the Warrant Shares Exercise Log attached to
it), appropriately completed and duly signed and (ii) except
in the case of a Cashless Exercise, payment in full of the Exercise
Price in immediately available funds or federal funds for the
number of Warrant Shares so indicated by the Holder to be
purchased.
(b)
If by the third Trading Day after a Date of Exercise the Company
fails to deliver the required number of Warrant Shares in the
manner required pursuant to Section 5(a), then the Holder will
have the right to rescind such exercise.
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(c)
If by the third Trading Day after a Date of Exercise the Company
fails to deliver the required number of Warrant Shares in the
manner required pursuant to Section 5(a), and if after such
third Trading Day and prior to the receipt of such Warrant Shares,
the Holder purchases in a bona fide arm’s length transaction
for fair market value (in an open market transaction or otherwise)
the number of shares of Common Stock necessary to deliver in
satisfaction of a bona fide arm’s length sale for fair market
value by the Holder of the Warrant Shares which the Holder was
entitled to receive upon such exercise (a “
Buy-In ”), then the Company
shall (1) pay in cash to the Holder the amount by which
(x) the Holder’s total purchase price (including
brokerage commissions, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so
purchased exceeds (y) the Holder’s total sales price
(including brokerage commissions, if any) for the shares of Common
Stock so sold and (2) at the option of the Holder, either
reinstate the portion of the Warrant and equivalent number of
Warrant Shares for which such exercise was not honored or deliver
to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock that would have
been issued had the Company timely complied with its exercise and
delivery obligations hereunder. The Holder shall provide the
Company written notice and reasonably detailed documentation
indicating the amounts requested by the Holder in respect of the
Buy-In.
(d)
The Company’s obligations to issue and deliver Warrant Shares
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 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
timely deliver certificates representing shares of Common Stock
upon exercise of the Warrant as required pursuant to the terms
hereof.
6.
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 Warrant Shares
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 Warrant Shares upon exercise hereof.
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 ownership thereof and customa
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