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Exhibit 4.3 WARRANT THE SECURITIES
REPRESENTED BY THIS WARRANT HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES
LAWS. THE SECURITIES HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT AND MAY NOT
BE OFFERED, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN
EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR AN
OPINION OF COUNSEL, REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY, THAT
REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR APPLICABLE
STATE SECURITIES LAWS UNLESS SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT. LIGHTING SCIENCE GROUP CORPORATION
Warrant To Purchase Common Stock
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Warrant No.: 110
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Number of Shares: 482,353
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Issuance Date: December 31, 2008
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THIS CERTIFIES THAT, for value received, Haynes and Boone, LLP
or its transferees, successors, affiliates and assigns (the "
Holder ") is entitled to purchase from Lighting Science
Group Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the " Company "),
at any time after a Liquidation Event (defined below) has occurred
(subject to Section 2(a)) and before the Expiration Date
(defined below) at $0.85 per share (the " Exercise Price ")
four hundred eighty two thousand three hundred fifty three
(482,353) fully paid nonassessable shares of Common Stock (defined
below) (the " Warrant Shares "), all subject to adjustment
and upon the terms and conditions provided herein.
Section 1. Definitions .
The
following terms as used in this Warrant have the following
meanings:
(a) "
Business Day " means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or
federal holiday.
(b) "
Change of Control " means the existence or occurrence of any
of the following: (a) the sale, conveyance, contribution or
disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the
Corporation (including pursuant to a joint venture arrangement or
other transaction in which the Corporation receives more than fifty
percent (50%) of the voting equity in another entity or a general
partnership); (b) the effectuation of a transaction or series
of related transactions in which more than fifty percent (50%) of
the voting power of the Corporation is disposed of (other than as a
direct result of normal, uncoordinated trading activities in the
Common Stock generally); (c) the consolidation, merger or
other business combination of the Corporation with or into any
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other entity, immediately following which the prior stockholders
of the Corporation fail to own, directly or indirectly, at least
fifty percent (50%) of the voting equity of the surviving entity;
(d) a transaction or series of transactions in which any
Person or "group" (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d)
of the Exchange Act) acquires more than fifty percent (50%) of the
voting equity of the Corporation; (e) the replacement of a
majority of the Board of Directors with individuals who were not
nominated or elected by at least a majority of the directors at the
time of such replacement; or (f) a transaction or series of
transactions that constitutes or results in a "going private
transaction" (as defined in Section 13(e) of the Exchange Act and
the regulations of the Commission issued thereunder).
(c) "
Common Stock " means (i) the Company’s common
stock, $.001 par value per share, and (ii) any capital stock into
which the Common Stock is changed or any capital stock resulting
from a reclassification of the Common Stock.
(d) "
Exchange Act " means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
(e) "
Exercise Price " is equal to $0.85, subject to adjustment as
set forth in this Warrant.
(f) "
Expiration Date " means the fifth anniversary of the
Issuance Date or, if such date falls on a day that is not a
Business Day or a day on which trading does not take place on the
principal exchange or automated quotation system on which the
Common Stock is traded, the next Business Day.
(g) "
Issuance Date " means December 31, 2008.
(h) "
Liquidation Event " means any voluntary or involuntary
liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation, a Change
of Control of the Corporation or the redemption, repurchase or
other acquisition of all of the shares of the Corporation’s
Series C Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share,
outstanding on the date hereof by the Corporation.
(i) "
Person " means a natural person or entity, or a government
or any division, department or agency thereof.
(j) "
Securities Act " means the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
(k) "
Warrant " means this Warrant and all Warrants issued in
exchange, transfer or replacement thereof.
(l)
"Warrant Shares" has the meaning attributed to it in the
preamble of this Warrant.
Section 2. Exercise of
Warrant .
(a) This
Warrant may be exercised by the Holder registered on the books of
the Company, in whole or in part, at any time (i) on any
Business Day after the occurrence of a Liquidation Event, but in no
event before 75 days after the Issuance Date (for the
avoidance of doubt, this Warrant shall become immediately
exercisable on such 75th day in the event that a
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Liquidation Event occurs any time after the Issuance Date but
before such 75th day) and (ii) prior to 11:59 p.m.
Eastern Time on the Expiration Date. Any exercise of this Warrant
shall be effected by: (1) delivery of a written notice, in the
form attached as Exhibit A (the " Exercise
Notice "), of Holder’s election to exercise this Warrant,
specifying the number of Warrant Shares to be purchased,
(2) payment to the Company of an amount equal to the Exercise
Price multiplied by the number of Warrant Shares being purchased
(a) in cash or wire transfer of immediately available funds;
(b) by means of a cashless exercise pursuant to
Section 2(c); or (c) by surrender of shares of the
Company’s preferred stock pursuant to Section 2(d) (such
cash, wire transfer, cashless exercise or surrender referred to
herein as the " Payment ") and (3) the surrender at the
principal office of the Company or to a nationally recognized
courier for overnight delivery to the Company, as soon as
practicable following such date, of this Warrant, (or an
indemnification undertaking with respect to this Warrant in the
case of its loss, theft or destruction in such form and substance
as reasonably satisfactory to the Company).
The Company shall, not later than the
fifth Business Day (the " Delivery Date ") following receipt
of an Exercise Notice, the Payment and this Warrant or such
indemnification (collectively, the " Exercise Documents "),
arrange for its transfer agent, on or before the Delivery Date, to
issue and surrender to a nationally recognized courier for
overnight delivery to the address specified in the Exercise Notice,
a certificate, registered in the name of the Holder, for the number
of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled. Upon
delivery of the Exercise Notice and the Payment, 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 on the Delivery Date, irrespective of the date of
delivery of the certificates evidencing the Warrant Shares.
(b) Unless
the rights represented by this Warrant have expired or been fully
exercised, the Company shall, as soon as practicable and in no
event later than five Business Days after receipt of the Exercise
Documents and at its own expense, issue a new Warrant identical in
all respects to this Warrant, except it shall represent rights to
purchase the number of Warrant Shares purchasable immediately prior
to exercise, less the number purchased.
(c) In
lieu of exercising this Warrant by means of paying via cash or wire
transfer, the Holder may elect to make the Payment by means of
receiving shares equal to the value of this Warrant (or portion
thereof being exercised) by delivery and surrender of this Warrant
together with the Exercise Notice in accordance with the terms
hereof, duly completed to indicate a net issuance exercise and
executed by the Holder, in which event the Company shall issue to
the Holder a number of shares of Common Stock of the Company
computed using the following formula:
X = Y(A-B)/A
where X = the number of shares issued
to the Holder;
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Y =
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the number of shares purchasable (or portion thereof) under this
Warrant that are being exercised at the date of the
calculation;
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A =
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the current market price of the common stock of the Company at
the date of the calculation; and
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B =
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the Exercise Price on the date of the calculation
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(d) In
lieu of or in addition to exercising this Warrant by means of
paying via cash or wire transfer, the Holder may elect to make the
Payment by surrender of shares of preferred stock owned by the
Holder. In such case, the Holder shall surrender the number of
shares of preferred stock, properly endorsed to the Company, having
an aggregate liquidation value at the date of the calculation (as
provided in the applicable certificate of designation) equal to the
Exercise Price at the date of the calculation multiplied by the
number of Warrant Shares being purchased. Unless all of the shares
represented by the certificate for preferred shares have been
surrendered, the Company shall, as soon as practicable and in no
event later than five Business Days after receipt of the Exercise
Documents and at its own expense, issue a new certificate
representing the remaining preferred shares owned by the Holder.
(e) 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 issued shall be rounded up or down to the nearest whole
number. Section 3. Covenants
as to Common Stock . The Company hereby covenants and agrees as
follows:
(a) This
Warrant is, and any Warrants issued in substitution for or in
replacement of this Warrant upon issuance will be, duly authorized,
executed and delivered.
(b) All
Warrant Shares upon issuance will be validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable and free from all liens and charges with respect to
the issue thereof.
(c) As
long as this Warrant may be exercised, the Company will have
authorized and reserved at least the number of shares of Common
Stock needed to provide for the exercise of the rights then
represented by this Warrant.
Section 4. Warrant Holder Not
Deemed a Shareholder . Except as specifically provided in
Section 2(a), nothing contained in this Warrant shall be
construed to (a) grant the Holder any rights to vote or
receive dividends or be deemed the holder of shares of the Company
for any purpose, (b) confer upon the Holder any of the rights
of a shareholder of the Company or any right to vote, give or
withhold consent to any corporate action (whether any
reorganization, issue of stock, reclassification of stock,
consolidation, merger, conveyance or otherwise), receive notice of
meetings, receive dividends or subscription rights, or otherwise,
or (c) impose any liabilities on the Holder to purchase any
securities or as a shareholder of the Company, whether asserted by
the Company or creditors of the Company, prior to the issuance of
the Warrant Shares. Section 5.
Representations of Holder . The Holder, by the acceptance
hereof, represents that it is acquiring this Warrant and the
Warrant Shares for its own account for investment only and not with
a view towards, or for resale in connection with, the public sale
or distribution of this Warrant or the Warrant Shares, except
pursuant to sales registered or exempted under the Securities Act.
The Holder further represents, by acceptance hereof, that, as of
this date, Holder is an "accredited investor" as defined in
Rule 501(a)(1) of Regulation D
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promulgated under the Securities Act (an "Accredited
Investor" ). Upon exercise of this Warrant, the Holder shall,
if requested by the Company, confirm in writing, in a form
satisfactory to the Company, that the Warrant Shares are being
acquired solely for the Holder’s own account and not as a
nominee for any other party, for investment, and not with a view
toward distribution or resale and that Holder is an Accredited
Investor. If Holder cannot make such representations because they
would be factually incorrect, it shall be a condition to
Holder’s exercise of this Warrant that the Company receive
such other representations as the Company considers reasonably
necessary to assure the Company that the issuance of its securities
upon exercise of this Warrant shall not violate any federal or
state securities laws. The Company shall not be penalized or
disadvantaged by a Holder’s inability to exercise this
Warrant due to its inability to make the required representations
in connection with the exercise of this Warrant.
Section 6. Ownership and
Transfer .
(a) The
Company shall maintain at its principal executive offices (or such
other office or agency of the Company as it may designate by notice
to the holder hereof), a register for this Warrant, in which the
Company shall record the name and address of the Person in whose
name this Warrant has been issued, as well as the name and address
of each transferee who has acquired this Warrant in accordance with
applicable law and the terms of this Warrant. The Company may treat
the Person in whose name this Warrant is registered on the register
as the owner and holder thereof for all purposes, notwithstanding
any notice to the contrary, but in all events recognizing any
transfers made in accordance with the terms of this Warrant.
(b) This
Warrant may only be offered, sold, transferred or assigned in
compliance with the Securities Act and applicable state securities
laws.
(c) Subject
to the terms of this Section 6, upon surrender of this Warrant
to the Company at its principal office or at the office of its
transfer agent, if any, with the Assignment Form annexed hereto as
Exhibit B duly executed and funds sufficient to pay any
transfer tax, the Company shall, without charge, execute and
deliver a new Warrant in the name of the assignee evidencing the
portion of the Warrant certificate so transferred and a new Warrant
certificate evidencing the remaining portion of the Warrant
certificate not so transferred, if any, shall be issued to the
transferring Holder. The delivery of the new Warrant certificate by
the Company to the transferee thereof shall be deemed to constitute
acceptance by such transferee of all of the rights and obligations
of a holder of a Warrant certificate. Subject to the terms of this
Section 6, this Warrant may be divided or combined with other
warrants which carry the same rights upon presentation hereof at
the principal office of the Company together with a written notice
specifying the names and denominations in which new Warrants are to
be issued and signed by the Warrant Holder hereof.
Section 7. Adjustment of
Exercise Price and Number of Shares . The Exercise Price and
the number of Warrant Shares shall be adjusted from time to time as
follows:
(a)
Stock Splits . If the Company subdivides (by any stock
split, recapitalization or otherwise) its outstanding shares of
Common Stock into a greater number of shares, the Exercise Price in
effect immediately prior to the subdivision will be proportionately
reduced and the number of Warrant Shares will be proportionately
increased. If th
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