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Exhibit 4.6
THE ISSUANCE OF THE
SECURITIES EVIDENCED HEREBY WAS NOT REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR UNDER ANY STATE OR OTHER SECURITIES
LAWS. NEITHER THE SECURITIES NOR ANY INTEREST THEREIN MAY BE
OFFERED, SOLD, TRANSFERRED, ASSIGNED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF
EXCEPT (I) PURSUANT TO EFFECTIVE REGISTRATIONS UNDER
APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OR (II) UPON DELIVERY TO THE COMPANY OF
AN OPINION OF COUNSEL (OR OTHER EVIDENCE SATISFACTORY TO THE
COMPANY) ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY, THAT THE PROPOSED DISPOSITION
MAY BE EFFECTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS
WITHOUT REGISTRATION. ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER ARE SET
FORTH HEREIN.
WARRANT NO.
(the “
Warrant ”)
to Series B Preferred
Stock,
par value $0.001,
of
RUBICON TECHNOLOGY,
INC.
Expiring no later than
April , 2008 (the “
Expiration Date ”)
THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT, for
value received,
, or its registered assigns (the “ Holder ”), is
(subject to the restrictions provided herein) entitled to purchase
from Rubicon Technology, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “
Company ”), at any time or from time to time after the
date hereof and prior to 5:00 p.m. local time at the location of
the Warrant Office (as defined in Section 2.1) on the
Expiration Date, at a purchase price of $
per share (the “ Warrant Price ”), up to
duly authorized, fully paid, validly issued and nonassessable
shares of the Company’s Series B Preferred Stock, par value
$0.001 (the “ Preferred Stock ”) or other
securities or property for which this Warrant becomes exercisable
as provided herein (collectively, the Preferred Stock and any other
such securities and property being the “ Warrant
Shares ”), subject to adjustment as provided herein, and
is also entitled to exercise the other rights, powers and
privileges hereinafter set forth. Capitalized terms used in this
Warrant but not defined in the context thereof shall have the
meanings specified in Article V.
ARTICLE I
EXERCISE OF
WARRANT
1.1 Method of Exercise
. To exercise this Warrant in whole or in part, the Holder shall
deliver to the Company at the Warrant Office (i) this Warrant
together with the subscription notice attached hereto as Exhibit
A (the “ Subscription Notice ”) filled out
and duly executed by the Holder indicating the Holder’s
election to exercise this Warrant and specifying the number of
Warrant Shares to be purchased; and (ii) a certified or bank
cashier’s check payable to the order of the Company in an
amount equal to the aggregate Warrant Price for the number of
Warrant Shares being purchased. Subject to the restrictions
provided herein, the Company shall as promptly as practicable, and
in any event within 14 days thereafter, execute and deliver or
cause to be executed and delivered, in accordance with the
Subscription Notice, a single certificate in the name of the Holder
representing the aggregate number of Warrant Shares specified in
the Subscription Notice. Such certificate shall be deemed to have
been issued, and the Holder shall be deemed for all purposes to
have become a holder of record of such shares, as of the date the
Subscription Notice is actually received by the Company with
payment as provided above. If this Warrant
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shall have been exercised only in part,
the Company shall, at the time of delivery of such certificate or
certificates, deliver to the Holder a new Warrant evidencing the
rights of the Holder to purchase the remaining Warrant Shares
called for by this Warrant, which new Warrant shall in all other
respects be identical with this Warrant, or at the request of the
Holder, appropriate notation may be made on this Warrant and the
same returned to the Holder. The Company shall pay all expenses,
taxes and other charges payable in connection with the preparation,
issuance and delivery of such stock certificates and new
Warrants.
1.2 Right to Convert
Warrant into Stock: Net Issuance .
(a) Right to Convert .
In addition to and without limiting the rights of the Holder under
the terms of this Warrant, the Holder shall have the right to
convert this Warrant or any portion hereof into Warrant Shares as
provided in this Section 1.2 at any time that this Warrant is
otherwise exercisable during the term of this Warrant (the “
Conversion Right ”). Upon exercise of the Conversion
Right, the Company shall deliver to the Holder (without payment by
the Holder of the Warrant Price) that number of fully paid and
nonassessable Warrant Shares equal to the quotient of (i) the
number of Warrant Shares purchasable under this Warrant (or the
portion thereof being exercised); multiplied by the difference of
(A) the Fair Market Value of one (1) Warrant Share; minus
(B) the Warrant Price; divided by (ii) the Fair Market
Value of one (1) Warrant Share.
(b) Method of Exercise
. The Conversion Right may be exercised by the Holder by the
surrender of this Warrant, at the Warrant Office, together with the
Subscription Notice specifying that the Holder thereby intends to
exercise the Conversion Right and indicating the number of Warrant
Shares with respect to which the Holder intends to exercise this
Warrant. The Holder shall also deliver therewith additional
consideration, if any, such that the aggregate consideration
received by the Company in respect of any Warrant Shares is at
least equal to the par value of any Warrant Shares having a par
value, or the stated capital of any Warrant Shares not having a par
value. The conversion shall be effective on the date which is the
later of (i) receipt by the Company of the items described
above; or (ii) a date specified in the Holder’s notice
to the Company.
1.3 No Fractional Shares
to be Issued . The Company shall not be required upon any
exercise or conversion of this Warrant to issue a certificate
representing any fraction of a share, but, in lieu thereof, may pay
to the Holder cash in an amount equal to a corresponding fraction
(calculated to the nearest 1/100th of a share) of the Fair Market
Value of one Warrant Share as of the date of receipt by the Company
of notice of exercise of this Warrant.
1.4 Legend on Warrant
Shares . Each certificate for Warrant Shares initially issued
upon exercise of this Warrant, unless at the time of exercise such
Warrant Shares are registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the “ Act ”) and applicable state
securities laws, shall bear a legend in substantially the following
form (and any additional legend required by law or by any
securities exchange upon which such Warrant Shares may, at the time
of such exercise, be listed):
THE ISSUANCE OF THE SHARES
EVIDENCED HEREBY WAS NOT REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF
1933, AS AMENDED, OR UNDER ANY STATE OR OTHER SECURITIES LAWS.
NEITHER THE SHARES NOR ANY INTEREST THEREIN MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD,
TRANSFERRED, ASSIGNED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF EXCEPT
(I) PURSUANT TO EFFECTIVE REGISTRATIONS UNDER APPLICABLE
SECURITIES LAWS OR (II) UPON DELIVERY TO THE CORPORATION OF AN
OPINION OF COUNSEL (OR OTHER EVIDENCE SATISFACTORY TO THE
CORPORATION) ACCEPTABLE TO THE CORPORATION, THAT THE PROPOSED
DISPOSITION MAY BE EFFECTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE
SECURITIES LAWS WITHOUT REGISTRATION.
THE CORPORATION WILL FURNISH
WITHOUT CHARGE TO EACH STOCKHOLDER WHO SO REQUESTS, A FULL SUMMARY
OR STATEMENT OF ALL OF THE POWERS, DESIGNATIONS, PREFERENCES AND
RELATIVE, PARTICIPATING, OPTIONAL, OR OTHER SPECIAL RIGHTS OF EACH
CLASS OF STOCK OR SERIES THEREOF AND THE QUALIFICATIONS,
LIMITATIONS OR RESTRICTIONS OF SUCH POWERS, PREFERENCES AND/OR
RIGHTS. ANY SUCH REQUEST SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO THE SECRETARY OF
THE CORPORATION.
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Any certificate issued at any
time in exchange or substitution for any certificate bearing such
legend (except a new certificate issued upon completion of a public
distribution pursuant to a registration statement which has become
effective under the Act of the securities represented thereby)
shall also bear such legend unless, in the opinion of such counsel
as shall be approved by the Company, the securities represented
thereby need no longer be subject to the restrictions contained in
Article III. The provisions of Article III shall be binding upon
all subsequent holders of this Warrant.
1.5 Stockholders’
Agreement . In connection with any exercise of this Warrant,
the Company may require that the Holder enter into and become bound
by the terms and conditions of any stockholders’ agreement by
and among the Company and the stockholders of the
Company.
ARTICLE II
WARRANT OFFICE;
TRANSFER
DIVISION OR COMBINATION OF
WARRANTS
2.1 Warrant Office .
The Company shall maintain an office for certain purposes specified
herein (the “ Warrant Office ”), which office
shall initially be the Company’s office at 9931 Franklin
Avenue, Franklin Park, Illinois 60131 and may subsequently be such
other office of the Company or of any transfer agent in the
continental United States as to which written notice has been given
to the Holder.
2.2 Warrant
Non-Transferable; Ownership of Warrant . This Warrant and all
rights hereunder may not be transferred, sold, hypothecated or
assigned, without the prior written consent of the Company which
shall be promptly provided on the condition that Holder has
complied with the provisions of Article III hereof. The Company may
deem and treat the Person in whose name this Warrant is registered
as the holder and owner hereof (notwithstanding any notations of
ownership or writing hereon made by anyone other than the Company)
for all purposes and shall not be affected by any notice to the
contrary, until presentation of this Warrant for registration of
transfer as provided in this Article II.
2.3 Warrant Register .
Subject to Section 2.2 and Article III hereof, the Company
shall maintain at the Warrant Office books for the registration of
warrants and the registration of transfers of warrants. To effect a
transfer of this Warrant upon satisfaction of the provisions of
Section 2.2 and Article III the Holder shall surrender this
Warrant at the Warrant Office, together with a written assignment
of this Warrant duly executed by the Holder or the Holder’s
duly authorized agent or attorney and funds sufficient to pay any
transfer taxes payable upon the making of such transfer. Upon such
surrender and payment the Company shall execute and deliver a new
Warrant or Warrants in the name of the assignee or assignees and in
the denominations specified in such instrument of assignment, and
this Warrant shall be canceled.
2.4 Division or
Combination of Warrants . This Warrant may be divided or
combined with other warrants exercisable at the same Warrant Price
upon presentation hereof and of any warrant or warrants with which
this warrant is to be combined at the Warrant Office, together with
a written notice specifying the names and denominations in which
new warrants are to be issued, signed by the Holder and the holders
thereof or their respective duly authorized agents or attorneys.
Subject to compliance with Sections 2.2 and 2.3 and Article
III as to any transfer which may be involved in such division or
combination, the Company shall execute and deliver a new warrant or
warrants in exchange for the warrant or warrants to be divided or
combined in accordance with such notice.
2.5 Expenses of Delivery
of Warrants . The Company shall pay all expenses, taxes (other
than transfer taxes) and other charges payable in connection with
the preparation, issuance and delivery of warrants
hereunder.
ARTICLE III
RESTRICTIONS ON EXERCISE AND
TRANSFER
3.1 Restrictions on
Exercise and Transfer . Notwithstanding any provisions
contained in this Warrant to the contrary, this Warrant shall not
be exercisable or transferable and the related Warrant Shares shall
not be transferable except upon the conditions specified in this
Article III, which conditions are intended, among other things, to
enable compliance with the provisions of the Act and applicable
state securities laws in respect of the exercise or transfer of
such Warrant or transfer of such Warrant Shares. The Holder of this
Warrant, by acceptance
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hereof, agrees not to: (i) transfer
this Warrant prior to delivery to the Company of an opinion of
counsel or other evidence (as such opinion and such counsel or
other evidence are described in Section
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