Exhibit 10.2
THIS WARRANT AND ANY SHARES OF
COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON THE EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT HAVE NOT
BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED. THIS
WARRANT AND ANY SHARES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE HEREOF MAY BE
TRANSFERRED IF COVERED BY APPROPRIATE REGISTRATION AND
QUALIFICATIONS OR IF THE TRANSFEROR PRESENTS AN OPINION OF COUNSEL
TO THE COMPANY, REASONABLY CONCURRED IN BY COUNSEL TO THE COMPANY
STATING THAT THE TRANSFER IS EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH
ACT.
Dated: December 31,
2008
WARRANT
To Purchase Common Stock of
A.D.A.M., Inc.,
a Georgia corporation
THIS IS TO CERTIFY that CS CF Equity
I LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ CS CF
Equity ”), having a place of business at 4445 Willard
Avenue, 12th Floor, Chevy Chase, Maryland 20815, or its registered
assigns, is entitled upon the due exercise hereof at any time
during the Exercise Period (as hereinafter defined) to purchase up
to Four Hundred Eleven Thousand Six Hundred Sixty-Seven
(411,667) shares of Common Stock, $0.01 par value, of
A.D.A.M., Inc., a Georgia corporation (together with any successor
thereto, the “ Company ”), at a price of Three
and 65/100ths Dollars ($3.65) per share (the “ Exercise
Price ”) and to exercise the other rights, powers and
privileges hereinafter provided, all on the terms and subject to
the conditions set forth herein. The foregoing Exercise Price and
number of shares of Common Stock purchasable hereunder are subject
to adjustment as hereinafter set forth.
This Warrant has been issued by the
Company in connection with, and in consideration for the acceptance
by the Lenders described below of, the prepayment by the Company in
full of its obligations under that certain Credit Agreement dated
as of August 14, 2006 (as amended from time to time, the
“ Credit Agreement ”) between the Company, its
Subsidiaries, the financial institutions from time to time parties
thereto, as Lenders thereunder, and CapitalSource Finance LLC, as
administrative agent for the Lenders, including, without
limitation, the prepayment of that certain Convertible Term Loan
(as such term was defined in the Credit Agreement) which was made
by the Lenders to the Company pursuant to the Credit Agreement and
was convertible into Common Stock of the Company.
Capitalized terms used, but not
otherwise defined, in this Warrant shall have the respective
meanings set forth in Article IX hereof.
ARTICLE I
EXERCISE OF WARRANT
1.1 Right to Exercise . The
registered holder hereof shall have the right, at its option, to
exercise this Warrant, in whole or in part, at any time or from
time to time during the period (the “Exercise Period”)
commencing on the date hereof and ending on
(i) August 14, 2011 if on or prior to such date the
Company has not issued any shares of any class of capital stock
which is preferred as to dividends or as to the distribution of
assets upon the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation
or winding up of the Company or (ii) August 14, 2014 if
on or prior to August 14, 2011 the Company has issued any
shares of any class of capital stock which is preferred as to
dividends or as to the distribution of assets upon the voluntary or
involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the
Company.
1.2 Manner of Exercise;
Payment . To exercise this Warrant, the holder hereof shall
deliver to the Company (a) a Notice of Exercise duly executed
by such holder specifying the number of shares of Common Stock to
be purchased, (b) an amount equal to the aggregate Exercise
Price for all shares of Common Stock to be purchased pursuant to
this Warrant, and (c) this Warrant. At the option of such
holder, payment of the Exercise Price may be made by
(A) either of the Permitted Payment Methods,
(B) deduction from the number of shares otherwise to be
delivered upon exercise of the Warrant that number of shares of
Common Stock which has an aggregate Current Market Price on the
date of exercise equal to the aggregate Exercise Price for all
shares to be purchased pursuant to this Warrant, or (C) by any
combination of the foregoing methods.
1.3 Issuance of Common Stock
. Upon receipt of the required deliveries, the Company shall, as
promptly as practicable but in any event within five Business Days
thereafter, cause to be issued and delivered to the holder hereof
(or its nominee) or, subject to Article III , the transferee
designated in the Notice of Exercise, a certificate or certificates
representing shares of Common Stock equal to the aggregate number
of shares of Common Stock specified in the Notice of Exercise (less
any shares in payment of a cashless exercise pursuant to
Section 1.2(B)) . Such certificate or certificates
shall be registered in the name of the holder hereof (or its
nominee) or in the name of such transferee, as the case may be. If
this Warrant is exercised in part, the Company shall, at the time
of delivery of such certificate or certificates, issue and deliver
to the holder hereof or, subject to Article III , the
transferee so designated in the Notice of Exercise, a new Warrant
evidencing the rights of the holder hereof or such transferee to
purchase the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock for which
this Warrant shall not have been exercised and this Warrant shall
be canceled.
1.4 Effectiveness of Exercise
. This Warrant shall be deemed to have been exercised, and the
shares of Common Stock shall be deemed to have been issued, as of
the close of business on the date on which each of the Notice of
Exercise, payment of the Exercise Price (unless a cashless exercise
is being effected pursuant to Section 1.2(B)) , and
this Warrant are received by the Company.
1.5 Fractional Shares . The
Company shall not issue fractional shares of Common Stock upon any
exercise of this Warrant. The Company shall purchase from the
holder any fractional shares otherwise issuable upon exercise at a
price equal to an amount calculated by multiplying such fractional
share (calculated to the nearest .001 of a share) by the Current
Market Price. Payment
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of such amount shall be made at the
time of delivery of any certificate or certificates deliverable
upon such exercise, in cash or by check payable to the order of the
holder hereof or, subject to Article III , the transferee
designated in the Notice of Exercise, as the case may
be.
ARTICLE II
RESTRICTION, TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE
The Company shall keep at its
principal office a register in which it shall record the
registration, transfer and exchange of this Warrant. The holder
hereof and the Company shall take such actions as may be necessary
from time to time (or as may be reasonably requested by the other
party) to effect the proper registration of this Warrant or
portions hereof and in connection with any transfer or exchange of
this Warrant or portions hereof. All Warrants issued upon any
registration of transfer or exchange of Warrants shall be the valid
obligations of the Company, evidencing the same rights, and
entitled to the same benefits, as the Warrants surrendered upon
such registration of transfer or exchange.
Upon receipt of evidence reasonably
satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction or
mutilation of this Warrant, the Company will execute and deliver,
in lieu thereof, a new Warrant of like tenor and denomination. The
Company and any agent of the Company may treat the Person in whose
name this Warrant is registered on the register kept at the
principal office of the Company as the owner and holder thereof for
all purposes.
ARTICLE III
RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER
3.1 Notice of Proposed
Transfer . Neither this Warrant nor any Warrant Shares shall be
transferable without prior written notice to the Company except
(a) to an Affiliate of the holder hereof, (b) to a
successor corporation to the holder hereof as a result of a merger
or consolidation with, or sale of all or substantially all of the
stock or assets of, the holder hereof, or (c) in a public
offering pursuant to an effective registration statement under the
Securities Act or in an offering constituting an exempt transaction
under Rule 144 or Rule 144A.
Reference in this Article III
to shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of this
Warrant includes shares of Common Stock theretofore issued upon the
exercise of the Warrant or otherwise which are then evidenced by
certificates required to bear the legend set forth in
Section 3.3 . The conditions contained in this Article
III are intended solely to insure compliance with the Securities
Act in respect of the transfers of Warrants or Warrant
Shares.
3.2 Opinion of Counsel . If a
holder of this Warrant or of Issued Warrant Shares has given the
notice described in the first paragraph of this Article III
, such holder shall obtain an opinion of counsel reasonably
acceptable to the Company as to whether the proposed transfer may
be effected without registration or qualification under any
applicable Federal or state securities or blue sky law. Such
counsel shall, as promptly as practicable, notify the Company and
the holder of such opinion and of the terms and conditions, if any,
to be observed in such transfer, whereupon the holder shall be
entitled to transfer this Warrant or such shares of Common
Stock
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(or portion thereof). In the event this Warrant
shall be exercised as an incident to such transfer, such exercise
shall relate back and for all purposes of this Warrant be deemed to
have occurred as of the date of such notice regardless of delays
incurred by reason of the provisions of this Article III
which may result in the actual exercise on any later
date.
3.3 Legend on Warrants and
Certificates .
The Warrant Shares shall bear the
following legend:
“THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY
THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT
OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF
SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN EXEMPTION THEREFROM UNDER SUCH ACT. IN
ADDITION, ANY TRANSFER OF THESE SHARES IS SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS
SPECIFIED IN THE WARRANT DATED AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2008 ORIGINALLY
ISSUED BY A.D.A.M., INC. (THE “ COMPANY ”) TO CS
CF EQUITY I LLC TO PURCHASE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK, $0.01 PAR
VALUE, OF THE COMPANY. A COPY OF THE FORM OF SUCH WARRANT IS ON
FILE WITH THE SECRETARY OF THE COMPANY AT 10 TENTH STREET, N.E.,
SUITE 500, ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30309 AND WILL BE FURNISHED WITHOUT
CHARGE BY THE COMPANY TO THE HOLDER OF THIS CERTIFICATE UPON
WRITTEN REQUEST TO THE SECRETARY OF THE COMPANY AT SUCH
ADDRESS.”
3.4 Termination of
Restrictions . The restrictions imposed under this Article
III upon the transferability of this Warrant or Warrant Shares
shall cease when (a) a registration statement covering such
Warrant Shares becomes effective under the Securities Act or
(b) the Company receives an opinion of counsel reasonably
acceptable to the Company that such restrictions are no longer
required in order to ensure compliance with the Securities Act.
When such restrictions terminate, the Company shall, or shall
instruct its transfer agent and registrar to, issue new
certificates in the name of the holder not bearing the legend
required under Section 3.3 .
3.5 Rule 144 and Rule 144A .
The Company covenants that it will file all reports required to be
filed by it with the Commission, and that it will take such further
action as a holder may reasonably request, all to the extent
required from time to time to enable such holder to sell this
Warrant or any Warrant Shares without registration under the
Securities Act pursuant to Rule 144 (“ Rule 144
”) (or any similar rule then in effect promulgated by the
Commission under the Securities Act). Upon the request of a holder,
the Company will deliver to such holder a notice stating whether it
has complied with such requirements. The Company covenants that it
will provide to each holder or any prospective purchaser of this
Warrant or Warrant Shares the information required to be delivered
under paragraph (d)(4) of Rule 144A (“ Rule 144A
”) (or any similar provision then in effect) promulgated by
the Commission under the Securities Act in respect of a transaction
qualifying for an exemption under Rule 144A and it will take such
further action as a holder may reasonably request, all to the
extent required from time to time, to enable such holder to sell
its Warrant or Warrant Shares without registration under the
Securities Act pursuant to Rule 144A.
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ARTICLE IV
ANTIDILUTION PROVISIONS
4.1 Adjustment of the Number of
Shares Purchasable . Upon any adjustment of the Exercise Price
as provided in Section 4.2 , the holder hereof shall
thereafter be entitled to purchase, at the Exercise Price resulting
from such adjustment, the number of shares of Common Stock obtained
by multiplying the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable
hereunder immediately prior to such adjustment by a fraction
(a) the numerator of which shall be the Exercise Price in
effect immediately prior to such adjustment and (b) the
denominator of which shall be the Exercise Price resulting from
such adjustment.
4.2 Adjustment of Exercise
Price . If any Adjustment Transaction shall occur, the Exercise
Price shall be adjusted by the Company so as to fairly preserve,
without dilution, the purchase rights represented by this Warrant
in accordance with Section 4.1 and otherwise with the
essential intent and purposes hereof. If the holder of this Warrant
disputes the adjustment of the Exercise Price made by the Company
and the parties cannot otherwise resolve the dispute promptly and
in good faith, then the Company shall appoint a firm of independent
public accountants of recognized national standing (which may be
the regular auditors of the Company), which shall give their
opinion as to the adjustment, if any, to be made to the Exercise
Price as the result of the relevant Adjustment Transaction. Upon
receipt of such opinion, the Company shall promptly mail a copy
thereof to the holder of this Warrant and shall make the adjustment
described therein.
In case the Company after the date
hereof shall propose to (i) pay any dividend payable in stock
to the holders of shares of Common Stock or to make any other
Distribution to the holders of shares of Common Stock,
(ii) offer to the holders of shares of Common Stock rights to
subscribe for or purchase any additional shares of any class of
stock or any other rights or options, or (iii) effect any
reclassification of the Common Stock (other than a reclassification
involving merely the subdivision or combination of outstanding
shares of Common Stock), or any capital reorganization or any
consolidation or merger (other than a merger in which no
distribution of securities or other property is to be made to
holders of shares of Common Stock), or any sale, transfer or other
disposition of its property, assets and business as an entirety or
substantially as an entirety, or the liquidation, dissolution or
winding up of the Company, then, in each such case, the Company
shall mail to the holder of this Warrant notice of such proposed
action, which shall specify the date on which the stock transfer
books of the Company shall close, or a record shall be taken, for
determining the holders of Common Stock entitled to receive such
stock dividends or other Distribution or such rights or options or
to participate in such repurchase or redemption, or the date on
which such reclassification, reorganization, consolidation, merger,
sale, transfer, other disposition, liquidation, dissolution, or
winding up shall take place or commence, as the case may be, and
the date as of which it is expected that holders of Common Stock of
record shall be entitled to receive securities or other property
deliverable upon such action, if any such date is to be fixed. Such
notice shall be mailed in the case of any action covered by clause
(i) or (ii) above at least ten (10) days prior to
the record date for determining holders of Common Stock for
purposes of receiving such payment or offer, or in the case of any
action covered by clause (iii) above at least thirty
(30) days prior to the date upon which such action takes place
and twenty (20) days prior to any record date to determine
holders of Common Stock entitled to receive such securities or
other property. Failure to file any certificate or notice or to
mail any notice, or any defect in any certificate or notice
pursuant to this Section shall not affect the legality or validity
of the adjustment of the Exercise Price or the number of Issuable
Warrant Shares, or any transaction giving rise thereto.
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ARTICLE V
PARTICIPATION IN NON-CASH CORPORATE
DISTRIBUTIONS,
REGISTRATION AND OTHER RIGHTS
5.1 No Distributions . The
Company shall not declare, make or pay any dividend or other
distribution, whether in securities which are not Common Stock,
Convertible Securities or Stock Purchase Rights or other property
(but specifically excluding cash, as to which this Section 5.1
shall not apply), with respect to its Common Stock (a “
Distribution ”) unless it concurrently makes a cash
payment to the holder of this Warrant equal to the product of
(a) the amount of cash plus the Fair Value of any property or
securities distributed with respect to each outstanding share of
Common Stock multiplied by (b) the number of shares of Common
Stock then issuable upon exercise of this Warrant. This
Section 5.1 shall terminate upon the earlier of (i) the
expiration of the Exercise Period and (ii) the exercise of
this Warrant in its entirety.
5.2 No Redemptions . The
Company shall not repurchase or redeem any of its Common Stock or
any warrants or other rights to purchase such Common Stock (except
Common Stock or warrants or other rights to purchase Common Stock
owned by an employee of the Company upon termination of such
employee’s employment with the Company so long as :the
aggregate amount paid in respect of such redemptions does not
exceed $250,000 in any fiscal year of the Company or $500,000
during the Exercise Period) unless it offers purchase all but not
less than all of this Warrant and all Issued Warrant Shares from
the holder, concurrently with such repurchase or redemption, for a
cash payment equal to the product of (a) (i) the quotient
obtained by dividing (x) the aggregate amount of cash and the
aggregate Fair Value of any property paid out by the Company in
connection with any such repurchase or redemption by (y) the
number of shares of Common Stock to be repurchased or redeemed,
minus (ii) the Exercise Price then in effect and (b) the
number of shares of Common Stock at the time issuable upon the
exercise of this Warrant plus the number of all Issued Warrant
Shares. Such offer shall be made in writing by the Company to the
holder of this Warrant at least twenty (20) days prior to the
date such repurchase or redemption specifying the date of such
repurchase or redemption and the per share repurchase or redemption
price as set forth in the preceding clause (a). The holder of this
Warrant shall notify the Company whether or not it elects to accept
such offer at least five (5) days prior to the date of such
repurchase or redemption specified in such written offer. This
Section 5.2 shall terminate upon the earlier of (i) the
expiration of the Exercise Period and (ii) the exercise of
this Warrant in its entirety.
5.3 Holder’s Registration
Rights . Each holder of a Warrant or Warrant Shares shall have
the rights to participate in, or to require that the Company
effect, registrations of shares of Common Stock, in accordance with
the terms of Exhibit 5.3 attached hereto, Registration
Rights, which shall be binding upon the Company and each holder,
and any successor, assignee or transferee.
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ARTICLE VI
FINANCIAL AND BUSINESS INFORMATION
The Company shall deliver to the
holder hereof or of Warrant Shares:
(a) promptly upon their becoming
available, one copy of each report, notice or proxy statement sent
by the Company to its stockholders generally and of each regular or
periodic report or registration statement, prospectus or written
communication (other than transmittal letters) filed by the Company
with the Commission or any securities exchange on which shares of
Common Stock are listed; and
(b) at least thirty
(30) days’ prior notice of any Adjustment
Transaction.
ARTICLE VII
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
OF THE COMPANY
The Company hereby represents and
warrants to the Initial Holder and each subsequent holder of this
Warrant that as of the Closing Date:
7.1 Organization and
Capitalization of the Company . The Company is a corporation
duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the
laws of the State of Georgia. The authorized capital of the Company
consists of 20,000,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per
share. As of the date hereof there are 9,875,440 shares of Common
Stock issued and outstanding; 269,759 shares of the Company’s
capital stock are held in its treasury; and 2,669,517 unissued
shares of Common Stock are reserved for issuance upon the exercise
of outstanding Stock Purchase Rights.
7.2 Authority . The Company
has full corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this
Warrant and to perform all of its obligations hereunder, and the
execution, delivery and performance hereof have been duly
authorized by all necessary corporate action on its part. This
Warrant has been duly executed on behalf of the Company and
constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company
enforceable in accordance with its terms.
7.3 No Legal Bar . Neither
the execution, delivery or performance of this Warrant will
(a) conflict with or result in a violation of the articles or
certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Company,
(b) conflict with or result in a violation of any law,
statute, regulation, order or decree applicable to the Company or
any Affiliate, (c) require any consent or authorization or
filing with, or other act by or in respect of, any governmental
authority, or (d) result in a breach of, constitute a default
under or constitute an event creating rights of acceleration,
termination or cancellation under any mortgage, lease, contract,
franchise, instrument or other agreement to which the Company is a
party or by which it is bound.
7.4 Validity of Shares . When
issued upon the exercise of this Warrant as contemplated herein,
shares of Common Stock will have been validly issued and will be
fully paid and nonassessable.
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ARTICLE VIII
VARIOUS COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY
8.1 No Impairment or
Amendment . The Company shall not by any action including,
without limitation, amending its articles or certificate of
incorporation or by-laws, any reorganization, transfer of assets,
consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or
any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance
or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant or impair the
ability of the holder to realize upon the intended economic value
hereof, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying
out of all such terms and in the taking of all such action as may
be necessary or appropriate to protect the rights of the
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