Exhibit 4.1
WARRANT AGREEMENT
THIS WARRANT AGREEMENT is dated __,
2008, between Microvision, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
“Company”) and the American Stock Transfer & Trust
Company, acting as warrant agent (the “Warrant
Agent”).
WHEREAS, the Company proposes to
issue warrants (collectively, with any Additional Warrants, the
“Warrants”) to acquire up to
shares, subject to adjustment as provided herein, of common stock,
$.001 par value (“Common Stock”), of the Company
(collectively, the “Warrant Shares”);
WHEREAS, each Warrant shall
represent the right to purchase from the Company, at an initial
price of
$
per share (the “Exercise Price”), the number of shares
specified on the certificates evidencing the Warrants (the
“Warrant Certificates”); and
WHEREAS, the American Stock Transfer
& Trust Company is willing to serve as the Warrant Agent in
connection with the issuance of Warrant Certificates and the other
matters as provided herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of
the foregoing and for the purpose of defining the terms and
provisions of the Warrants and the respective rights and
obligations thereunder of the Company, the Warrant Agent and the
record holders from time to time of the Warrants (the
“Holders”), the parties hereby agree as
follows:
1. Definitions. For the
purposes hereof, the following terms shall have the following
meanings:
“Business Day” means any
day except Saturday, Sunday and any day which shall be a federal
legal holiday in the United States or a day on which banking
institutions in The City of New York are authorized or required by
law or other government action to close.
“Date of Exercise” means
the date on which the Holder shall have delivered to the Company
(i) a Warrant Certificate, (ii) the Form of Election to
Purchase attached thereto (with the Warrant Exercise Log attached
to it), appropriately completed and duly signed, and (iii) in
the case of a Cash Exercise, payment of the Exercise Price in
accordance with Section 9 for the number of Warrant Shares so
indicated by the Holder to be purchased.
“Exchange Act” means the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and
regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission promulgated
thereunder.
“Expiration Date” means
the date 5 years after the Initial Issuance Date.
“Initial Issuance Date”
means __, 2008.
“Market Price” of a
share of Common Stock on any date shall mean, (i) if the
shares of Common Stock are traded on the Nasdaq Global Market, the
last bid price reported on that date; (ii) if the shares of
Common Stock are no longer quoted on Nasdaq and are listed on any
other national securities exchange, the last sale price of the
Common Stock reported by such exchange
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on that date; (iii) if the shares of Common
Stock are not quoted on a any such market or listed on any such
exchange and the shares of Common Stock are traded in the
over-the-counter market, the last price reported on such day by the
OTC Bulletin Board; (iv) if the shares of Common Stock are not
quoted on a any such market, listed on any such exchange or quoted
on the OTC Bulletin Board, then the last price quoted on such day
in the over-the-counter market as reported by the National
Quotation Bureau Incorporated (or any similar organization or
agency succeeding its functions of reporting prices); or
(v) if none of clauses (i)-(iv) are applicable, then as
determined, in good faith, by the Board of Directors of the
Company.
“Person” means a
corporation, association, partnership, limited liability
corporation, organization, business, individual, government or
political subdivision thereof or governmental agency.
“Trading Day” means
(i) a day on which the shares of Common Stock are traded on
the Nasdaq Global Market, Nasdaq Capital Market, New York Stock
Exchange or American Stock Exchange on which the shares of Common
Stock are then listed or quoted, or (ii) if the shares of
Common Stock are not listed on a any such exchange or market, a day
on which the shares of Common Stock are traded in the
over-the-counter market, as reported by the OTC Bulletin Board, or
(iii) if the shares of Common Stock are not quoted on the OTC
Bulletin Board, a day on which the shares of Common Stock are
quoted in the over-the-counter market as reported by the National
Quotation Bureau Incorporated (or any similar organization or
agency succeeding its functions of reporting prices); provided,
that in the event that the shares of Common Stock are not listed or
quoted as set forth in clause (i), (ii) or
(iii) hereof, then Trading Day shall mean a Business
Day.
2. Form of Warrant
Certificates.
(a) The Warrant Certificates shall
be issued in registered form only as definitive Warrant
Certificates and shall be substantially in the form attached hereto
as Exhibit A , shall be dated the date of issuance thereof
(whether upon initial issuance, register of transfer, exchange or
replacement) and shall bear such legends and endorsements typed,
stamped, printed, lithographed or engraved thereon as the Company
may deem appropriate and as are not inconsistent with the
provisions of this Agreement. Warrant Certificates evidencing
Warrants to purchase the number of shares of Common Stock specified
on each Warrant Certificate shall be signed by, or bear the
facsimile signature of, the Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive
Officer, President, any Vice President, Treasurer or Secretary of
the Company. In the event the person whose facsimile signature has
been placed upon any Warrant Certificate shall have ceased to serve
in the capacity in which such person signed the Warrant Certificate
before such Warrant Certificate is issued, it may be issued with
the same effect as if he or she had not ceased to be such at the
date of issuance.
(b) Effect of
Countersignature . Unless and until countersigned by the
Warrant Agent pursuant to this Agreement, a Warrant Certificate
shall be invalid and of no effect and may not be exercised by the
holder thereof. Such signature by the Warrant Agent upon any
Warrant Certificate executed by the Company shall be conclusive
evidence that such Warrant Certificate has been duly issued under
the terms of this Agreement.
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(c) Warrant Register. The
Warrant Agent shall maintain books (the “Warrant
Register”), for the registration of original issuance and the
registration of transfer of Warrant Certificates. Upon the initial
issuance of the Warrant Certificates, the Warrant Agent shall issue
and register the Warrant Certificates in the names of the
respective holders thereof in such denominations and otherwise in
accordance with instructions delivered to the Warrant Agent by the
Company. The Company and the Warrant Agent may deem and treat the
registered Holder of each Warrant Certificate as the absolute owner
of the Warrants represented thereby for the purpose of any exercise
thereof or any distribution to the Holder, and for all other
purposes, absent actual notice to the contrary.
(d) Registration of
Transfers. The Warrant Agent shall register the transfer of any
portion of a Warrant Certificate in the Warrant Register, upon
surrender of the Warrant Certificate, with the Form of Assignment
attached thereto duly completed and signed, to the Company at its
address specified herein. Upon any such registration or transfer, a
new Warrant Certificate substantially in the form attached hereto
as Exhibit A (any such new Warrant Certificate, a “New
Warrant Certificate”), evidencing the portion of the Warrant
Certificate so transferred shall be issued to the transferee 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.
3. Term of Warrants. Warrants
shall be exercisable by the registered Holder at any time and from
time to time on or after the calendar day one year from the Initial
Issuance Date to and including the Expiration Date. At
5:00 p.m., Seattle time on the Expiration Date, any portion of
a Warrant not exercised prior thereto shall be and become void and
of no value.
4. Exercise of Warrants and
Delivery of Warrant Shares .
(a) If, and only if, an effective
registration statement is then available for the issuance of the
Warrant Shares, a registered Holder may exercise the Warrants
through a cash exercise (a “Cash Exercise”) or, if an
effective registration statement is not then available for the
issuance of the Warrant Shares, through a cashless exercise (a
“Cashless Exercise”) pursuant to Section 4(b)
below. If an effective registration statement is available for the
issuance of the warrants, the warrants may only be exercised
through a cash exercise.
(b) The Holder may effect a Cashless
Exercise by surrendering Warrant Certificates to the Warrant Agent
and noting on the Form of Election to Purchase that the Holder
wishes to effect a Cashless Exercise, upon which the Company shall
issue, or cause to be issued, to the Holder the number of Warrant
Shares determined as follows:
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X = Y x
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where:
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X = the number
of Warrant Shares to be issued to the Holder;
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Y = the number
of Warrant Shares with respect to which the Warrant Certificates
are being exercised;
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A = the Market
Price as of the Date of Exercise; and
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B = the
Exercise Price.
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(c) At such times, and upon such
representations and agreements, if applicable, upon surrender of a
Warrant Certificate and delivery of the Form of Election to
Purchase (with the Warrant Shares Exercise Log attached) to the
Warrant Agent at its address for notice set forth in
Section 14, and, in the case of a Cash Exercise, upon payment
of the Exercise Price multiplied by the number of Warrant Shares
that the Holder intends to purchase thereunder (which must be a
whole number) in accordance with Section 9 (the
“Aggregate Exercise Price”), the Company shall promptly
issue and deliver to the Holder a certificate for the Warrant
Shares issuable upon such exercise. Any Person so designated by the
Holder to receive Warrant Shares shall be deemed to have become
holder of record of such Warrant Shares as of the Date of Exercise
of the relevant Warrant Certificate. For so long as there is a then
effective registration statement covering the issuance of the
Warrant Shares or if a Holder effects a Cashless Exercise, the
Warrant Shares shall be issued free of all restrictive legends, and
the Company shall, upon request of the Holder, if available, use
commercially reasonable efforts to deliver Warrant Shares hereunder
electronically through the Depository Trust Corporation or another
established clearing corporation performing similar functions. If
fewer than all Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the
relevant Warrant Certificate are purchased on such Date of
Exercise, then the Company will execute and deliver to the Holder
or its assigns a New Warrant Certificate (dated the date thereof)
evidencing the unexercised portion of the relevant Warrant
Certificate.
5. Charges, Taxes and
Expenses. Issuance and delivery of certificates for Warrant
Shares shall be made without charge to the Holder for any issue or
transfer tax, or transfer agent fee in respect of the issuance of
such certificates, all of which taxes shall be paid by the Company;
provided , however, that the Company shall not be obligated
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 liabilities that may arise
as a result of holding or transferring any Warrant Certificate or
receiving Warrant Shares upon exercise thereof.
6. Replacement of Warrant
Certificate. If any Warrant Certificate is mutilated, lost,
stolen or destroyed, the Company shall issue or cause to be issued
in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation thereof, or
in lieu of and substitution for such Warrant Certificate, a New
Warrant Certificate, but only upon receipt of evidence reasonably
satisfactory to the Company of such loss, theft or destruction and
customary and reasonable indemnity, if requested. Applicants for a
New Warrant Certificate under such circumstances shall also comply
with such other reasonable regulations and procedures and pay such
other reasonable third-party costs as the Company may
prescribe.
7. Reservation of Warrant
Shares. The Company covenants that it will at all times reserve
and keep available out of its authorized but unissued and otherwise
unreserved Common Stock, solely for the purpose of enabling it to
issue Warrant Shares upon exercise of all outstanding Warrants as
herein provided, the number of Warrant Shares which are then
issuable and deliverable upon the exercise of all outstanding
Warrants (taking into account the adjustments and restrictions of
Section 8). The Company covenants that all Warrant Shares so
issuable and deliverable shall, upon issuance and the payment of
the applicable Exercise Price in accordance with the terms hereof,
be duly and validly authorized and issued, and be fully paid and
nonassessable.
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8. Certain Adjustments. The
Exercise Price and number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise
of each Warrant then outstanding are subject to adjustment from
time to time as set forth in this Section 8.
(a) Stock Dividends and
Splits. If the Company, (i) pays a stock dividend on its
Common Stock, (ii) subdivides outstanding shares of Common
Stock into a greater number of shares, or (iii) combines
outstanding shares of Common Stock into a lesser number of shares,
then in each such case the Exercise Price shall be multiplied by a
fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of
Common Stock outstanding immediately before such event and of which
the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding immediately after such event. Any adjustment made
pursuant to clause (i) of this paragraph shall become
effective immediately after the record date for the determination
of shareholders entitled to receive such dividend, and any
adjustment pursuant to clause (ii) or (iii) of this
paragraph shall become effective immediately after the effective
date of such subdivision or combination.
(b) Extraordinary
Transactions. If, (i) the Company effects any merger or
consolidation of the Company with or into another Person,
(ii) the Company effects any sale of all or substantially all
of its assets in one or a series of related transactions,
(iii) any tender offer or exchange offer by the Company is
completed pursuant to which holders of Common Stock are permitted
to tender or exchange their shares for other securities, cash or
property, or (iv) the Company effects any reclassification of
the Common Stock or any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which
the Common Stock is effectively converted into or exchanged for
other securities, cash or property (in any such case, an
“Extraordinary Transaction”), then each Holder’s
Warrants will become the right thereafter to receive, upon exercise
of his or her Warrants, the same amount and kind of securities,
cash or property as such Holder would have been entitled to receive
upon the occurrence of such Extraordinary Transaction if it had
been, immediately prior to such Extraordinary Transaction, the
holder of the number of Warrant Shares then issuable upon exercise
in full of the relevant Warrant (the “Alternate
Consideration”) in lieu of Common Stock. The aggregate
Exercise Price for each Warrant will not be affected by any such
Extraordinary Transaction, but the Company shall apportion such
aggregate Exercise Price among the Alternate Consideration in a
reasonable manner reflecting the relative value of any different
components of the Alternate Consideration. If holders of Common
Stock are given any choice as to the securities, cash or property
to be received in a Extraordinary Transaction, then each Holder, to
the extent practicable, shall be given the same choice as to the
Alternate Consideration it receives upon any exercise of his or her
Warrant following such Extraordinary Transaction. In addition, at
the request of each Holder, upon surrender of such Holder’s
Warrant, any successor to the Company or surviving entity in such
Extraordinary Transaction shall issue to such Holder a new warrant
consistent with the foregoing provisions and evidencing the
Holder’s right to purchase the Alternate Consideration for
the aggregate Exercise Price upon exercise thereof. Each Warrant
(or any such replacement security) will be similarly adjusted upon
any subsequent transaction analogous to a Extraordinary
Transaction.
(c) Number of Warrant Shares.
Simultaneously with any adjustment to the Exercise Price pursuant
to paragraph (a) of this Section, the number of Warrant Shares
that may be purchased upon exercise of each Warrant shall be
increased or decreased proportionately, as the case may be, so that
after such adjustment the aggregate Exercise Price payable
hereunder for the adjusted number of Warrant Shares shall be the
same as the aggregate Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to
such adjustment.
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(d) Calculations. All
calculations under this Section 8 shall be made to the nearest
cent or the nearest 1/100th o