Exhibit
10.3
THIS WARRANT AND THE SHARES ISSUABLE
HEREUNDER HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF
1933, AS AMENDED, AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE
TRANSFERRED WITHOUT AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION THEREOF OR IN
ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAW.
WARRANT TO PURCHASE STOCK
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Corporation:
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Vaughan Foods, Inc.
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Initial Number of Shares:
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253,507
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Issue Date:
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March 6, 2009
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Expiration Date:
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March 6, 2016
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THIS WARRANT CERTIFIES THAT, for
good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby
acknowledged, PENINSULA BANK HOLDING CO. or registered assignee
(“Holder”) is entitled to purchase the number of fully
paid and nonassessable shares (the “Shares”) of Common
Stock of VAUGHAN FOODS, INC. (the “Company”), in the
number, at the price, and for the term specified above, subject to
the provisions and upon the terms and conditions set forth in this
warrant.
1.1 Method of Exercise
. Holder may exercise this Warrant for up to the number of Shares
set forth above by delivering this Warrant and a duly executed
Notice of Exercise in substantially the form attached as
Appendix 1 to the principal office of the Company. Unless
Holder is exercising the conversion right set forth in
Section 1.2, Holder shall also deliver to the Company a check
for the aggregate price for the Shares being purchased (the
“Warrant Price”).
1.2 Conversion Right .
In lieu of exercising this Warrant as specified in
Section 1.1, Holder may from time to time convert this
Warrant, in whole or in part, into a number of Shares determined by
dividing (a) the aggregate fair market value of the Shares or
other securities otherwise issuable upon exercise of this Warrant
minus the aggregate Warrant Price of such Shares by (b) the
fair market value of one Share. The fair market value of the Shares
shall be determined pursuant to Section 1.3.
1.3 Fair Market Value .
If the Shares are traded regularly in a public market, the weighted
average price for the 30 trading days ending on the trading day
immediately before Holder delivers its Notice of Exercise to the
Company. If the Shares are not regularly traded in a public market,
the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine fair market
value in its reasonable good faith judgment. The foregoing
notwithstanding, if Holder advises the Board of Directors in
writing that Holder disagrees with such determination, then the
Company and Holder shall promptly agree upon a reputable investment
banking firm or a third party independent appraiser to undertake
such valuation. If the valuation of such investment banking firm is
greater than that determined by the Board of Directors, then all
fees and expenses of such investment banking firm shall be paid by
the Company. In all other circumstances, such fees and expenses
shall be paid by Holder.
1.4 Delivery of Certificate
and New Warrant . Promptly after Holder exercises or converts
this Warrant, the Company shall deliver to Holder certificates for
the Shares acquired and, if this Warrant has not been fully
exercised or converted and has not expired, a new Warrant
representing the Shares not so acquired.
1.5 Replacement of
Warrants . On receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to
the Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this
Warrant and, in the case of loss, theft or destruction, on delivery
of an indemnity agreement reasonably satisfactory in form and
amount to the Company or, in the case of mutilation, or surrender
and cancellation of this Warrant, the Company at its expense shall
execute and deliver, in lieu of this Warrant, a new warrant of like
tenor.
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ARTICLE 2.
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ADJUSTMENTS TO THE SHARES
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2.1 Stock Dividends,
Splits, Etc . If the Company declares or pays a dividend on its
common stock payable in common stock, or other securities,
subdivides the outstanding common stock into a greater amount of
common stock, then upon exercise of this Warrant, for each Share
acquired, Holder shall receive, without cost to Holder, the total
number and kind of securities to which Holder would have been
entitled had Holder owned the Shares of record as of the date the
dividend or subdivision occurred.
2.2 Reclassification,
Exchange or Substitution . Upon any reclassification, exchange,
substitution, or other event that results in a change of the number
and/or class of the securities issuable upon exercise or conversion
of this Warrant, Holder shall be entitled to receive, upon exercise
or conversion of this Warrant, the number and kind of securities
and property that Holder would have received for the Shares if this
Warrant had been exercised immediately before such
reclassification, exchange, substitution, or other event. Upon the
closing of any sale, license, or other disposition of all or
substantially all of the assets (including intellectual property)
of the Company, or any reorganization, consolidation, or merger of
the Company where the holders of the Company’s securities
before the transaction beneficially own less than 50% of the
outstanding voting securities of the surviving entity after the
transaction, the successor entity shall assume the obligations of
this Warrant, and this Warrant thereafter shall be exercisable for
the same securities, cash, and property as would be payable for the
Shares issuable upon exercise of the unexercised portion of this
Warrant as if such Shares were outstanding on the record date for
the Acquisition and subsequent closing. The Exercise Price shall be
adjusted accordingly. The Company or its successor shall promptly
issue to Holder a new Warrant for such new securities or other
property. The new Warrant shall provide for adjustments which shall
be as nearly equivalent as may be