EXHIBIT 4.4
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THIS WARRANT, AND ALL SHARES OF CAPITAL STOCK ISSUABLE HEREUNDER, HAVE NOT BEEN
REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED ("1933
ACT") OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES. THIS WARRANT MAY
NOT BE EXERCISED IN THE UNITED STATES OR BY OR ON BEHALF OF A U.S. PERSON UNLESS
THE SHARES ARE REGISTERED UNDER THE 1933 ACT AND THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ALL
APPLICABLE STATES OF THE UNITED STATES OR AN EXEMPTION FROM SUCH REGISTRATION
REQUIREMENTS IS AVAILABLE. THIS WARRANT AND THE SHARE ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE
HEREOF AND MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY (I) TO THE
COMPANY, (II) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 904 OF
REGULATION S UNDER THE 1933 ACT, (III) IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE EXEMPTION FROM
REGISTRATION UNDER THE 1933 ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER, OR (IV) IN
COMPLIANCE WITH ANOTHER EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION, IN EACH CASE AFTER
PROVIDING EVIDENCE SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY THAT SUCH TRANSFER MAY BE MADE
WITHOUT REGISTRATION UNDER THE 1933 ACT. HEDGING TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING THE
SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY MAY NOT BE CONDUCTED UNLESS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE
1933 ACT.
ASPI EUROPE, INC.
WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK
To purchase shares of common stock of ASPi Europe, Inc., a Delaware
corporation.
THIS CERTIFIES that, for value received, __________________ is entitled,
upon the terms and subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth, to subscribe
for and purchase from ASPi Europe, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"),
_________ shares of common stock of the Company at a purchase price of $1.50 per
share. The purchase price per share of common stock upon exercise of this
Warrant is sometimes referred to herein as the "Exercise Price." The number and
character of such shares of common stock are subject to adjustment as provided
below.
1. Term of Warrant. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein,
this Warrant will be exercisable during the term commencing on the date hereof
and ending at 5:00 p.m., Pacific Standard Time, on the first anniversary of the
date hereof.
2. Exercise of Warrant.
(a) The purchase rights represented by this Warrant are exercisable by
the registered holder hereof, in whole or in part, at any time, or from time to
time, during the term hereof as described in Section 1 above, by the surrender
of this Warrant and the Notice of Exercise annexed hereto duly completed and
executed on behalf of the holder hereof, at the principal office of the Company
(or such other office or agency of the Company as it may designate by notice in
writing to the registered holder hereof at the address of such holder appearing
on the books of the Company), and upon payment in cash or check acceptable to
the Company of the purchase price of the securities thereby purchased, whereupon
the holder of this Warrant will be entitled to receive a certificate for the
number of securities so purchased and, if this Warrant is exercised in part, a
new Warrant for the unexercised portion of this Warrant. The Company agrees that
if at the time of surrender of this Warrant and purchase the holder hereof shall
be entitled to exercise this Warrant, the securities so purchased will be deemed
to be issued to such holder as
the record owner of such securities as of the close of business on the date on
which this Warrant shall have been exercised as aforesaid.
(b) Certificates for shares purchased hereunder and, on partial
exercise of this Warrant, a new Warrant for the unexercised portion of this
Warrant will be delivered to the holder hereof promptly as practicable after the
date on which this Warrant shall have been exercised as aforesaid.
3. No Fractional Shares or Scrip. No fractional shares or scrip
representing fractional shares will be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant.
4. No Rights as a Shareholder. This Warrant does not entitle the holder
hereof to any voting rights, dividends, participation rights or other rights as
a shareholder of the Company prior to the exercise hereof.
5. Exchange and Registry of Warrant. The Company will maintain a registry
showing the name and address of the registered holder of this Warrant. This
Warrant may be surrendered for exchange, transfer or exercise, in accordance
with its terms, at the office of the Company, and the Company will be entitled
to rely in all respects, prior to written notice to the contrary, upon such
registry.
6. Loss, Theft, Destruction or Mutilation of Warrant. Upon receipt by the
Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the loss, theft,
destruction or mutilation of this Warrant, and in case of loss, theft or
destruction, of indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to it, and upon
reimbursement to the Company of all reasonable expenses incidental thereto, and
upon surrender and cancellation of this Warrant, if mutilated, the Company will
make and deliver a new Warrant of like tenor and dated as of such cancellation,
in lieu of this Warrant.
7. Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays. If the last or appointed day for the
taking of any action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein
is a Saturday or a Sunday or will be a legal holiday or the equivalent for banks
generally in the State of Washington, then such action may be taken or such
right may be exercised on the next succeeding day not a legal holiday or the
equivalent for banks generally in the State of Washington.
8. Adjustment Rights. The purchase price per share and the number of
shares purchasable hereunder are subject to adjustment from time to time, as
follows:
(a) Recapitalization, Merger, Sale of Assets. If at any time, there is
a capital reorganization of the common stock (other than a combination,
reclassification, exchange or subdivision of shares otherwise provided for
herein), or a merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another
corporation in which the Company is not the surviving corporation, or the sale
of the Company's properties and assets as, or substantially as, an entirety to
any other person, then, as a part of such reorganization, merger, consolidation
or sale, lawful provision will be made so that the holder of this Warrant shall
thereafter be entitled to receive upon exercise of this Warrant the number of
shares of stock or other securities or property of the successor corporation
resulting from such merger or consolidation, to which a holder of the common
stock deliverable upon exercise of this Warrant would have been entitled in such
capital reorganization, merger, consolidation or sale if this Warrant had been
exercised immediately before such reorganization, merger, consolidation or sale.
The Company shall notify the holder hereof of any such reorganization, merger,
consolidation or sale or reclassification, split, subdivision or combination of
shares not later than the effective date thereof. In any such case, appropriate
adjustment (as determined in good faith by the Company's board of directors)
will be made in the application of the provisions of this Warrant with respect
to the rights and interests of the holder after the reorganization, merger,
consolidation or sale to the end that the provisions of this Warrant (including
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adjustment of the Exercise Price and number of shares purchasable upon exercise
of this Warrant) will be applicable after that event, as near as reasonably may
be, in relation to any shares or other property deliverable after that event
upon conversion of this Warrant.
(b) Reclassification. If the Company at any time reclassifies the
common stock or otherwise changes any of the common stock into the same or a
different number of securities of any different class or classes, this Warrant
will thereafter represent the right to acquire such number and kind of
securities as would have been issuable as the result of such change with respect
to the securities which were subject to the purchase rights under this Warrant
immediately prior to such reclassification or other change.
(c) Split, Subdivision or Combination of Shares. If the Company at any
time while this Warrant remains outstanding and unexpired splits, subdivides or
combines its common stock, the Exercise Price will be proportionately decreased
in the case of a split or subdivision or proportionately increased in the case
of a combination. Upon each adjustment in the Exercise Price, the number of
shares of common stock purchasable hereunder will be adjusted, to the nearest
whole security, to the product obtained by multiplying the number of securities
purchasable immediately prior to such adjustment in the Exercise Price by a
fraction (i) the numerator of which will be the Exercise Price immediately prior
to such adjustment, and (ii) the denominator of which will be the Exercise Price
immediately after such adjustment.
(d) Authorized Shares. The Company covenants that during the period
the Warrant is outstanding, it will reserve from its authorized and unissued
common stock, a sufficient number of shares to provide for the issuance of
common stock upon the exercise of any purchase rights under this Warrant. The
Company further covenants that its issuance of this Warrant will constitute full
authority to its officers who are charged with the duty of executing stock
certificates to execute and issue the necessary certificates for shares of
common stock upon the exercise of the purchase rights under this Warrant.
9. Non-Transferability; Compliance with Securities Laws.
(a) This Warrant may not be transferred or assigned in whole or in
part, unless otherwise agreed to by the Company and permissible under all
applicable state and federal securities laws.
(b) The holder of this Warrant, by acceptance hereof, acknowledges
that this Warrant and the securities issuable upon exercise hereof are being
acquired solely for the holder's own account and not as a nominee for any other
party, and for investment, and that the holder will not offer, sell or otherwise
dispose of this Warrant or any securities to be issued upon exercise hereof or
any other securities issued upon conversion thereof or otherwise with respect
thereto, except under circumstances that will not result in a violation of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), or any state
securities laws. 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 securities so purchased are being acquired solely for holder's own account
and not as a nominee for any other party, for investment, and not with a present
view toward distribution or resale.
(c) The common stock has not been and will not be registered under the
Securities Act or applicable state securities laws and this Warrant may not be
exercised except by (i) an "accredited investor" as defined in Rule 501 of
Regulation D under the Securities Act or (ii) a "non-U.S. Person," as such term
is defined by Rule 902 of Regulation S under the Securities Act, in each case
that makes all of the representations and warranties set forth on the Notice of
Exercise. Each certificate representing common stock or other securities issued
in respect of the common stock or upon any conversion, stock
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split, stock dividend, recapitalization, merger, consolidation or similar event,
will be stamped or otherwise imprinted with a legend substantially in the
following form (in addition to any legend required under applicable securities
laws):
"THESE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED
STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED ("1933 ACT") OR THE
SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES AND MAY BE OFFERED,
SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY (I) TO THE COMPANY, (II) OUTSIDE THE
UNITED STATES IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE
1933 ACT, (III) IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION
UNDER THE 1933 ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER, OR (IV) IN
COMPLIANCE WITH ANOTHER EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION, IN EACH CASE AFTER
PROVIDING EVIDENCE SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY THAT SUCH TRANSFER MAY
BE MADE WITHOUT REGISTRATION UNDER THE 1933 ACT. HEDGING TRANSACTIONS
INVOLVING THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY MAY NOT BE CONDUCTED UNLESS
IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE 1933 ACT."
10. Market Stand-off
The holder hereby agrees that he, she or it shall not, to the extent
requested by the managing underwriter of an underwritten public offering in
which the Company's Securities (as defined below) are sold, directly or
indirectly, offer, sell, pledge, contract to sell, transfer the economic risk of
ownership in, make any short sale, grant any option to purchase or otherwise
dispose of any voting common stock or non-voting common stock of the Company
(collectively, "Stock") or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or
exercisable for or any other rights to purchase or acquire Securities,
including, without limitation, shares of voting common stock and non-voting
common stock which may be deemed to be beneficially owned by each holder in
accordance with the rules and regulations of the SEC and shares of voting common
stock and non-voting common stock which may be issued upon exercise of a stock
option or warrant, or enter into any Hedging Transaction (as defined below)
relating to Securities (each of the foregoing referred to as a "Disposition")
for a period of 180 days after the effective date of the registration statement
relating to such underwritten public offering (the "Lock-Up Period") unless the
managing underwriter otherwise agrees; provided, however, such restrictions
shall apply only if all of the Company's officers and directors and holders of
five percent (5%) or more of the Company's Securities (collectively, "Other
Restricted Sellers") enter into similar agreements; provided, further, however,
that the holder shall be permitted to participate on a pro rata basis in any
early release from the Lock-Up Period of any Other Restricted Seller by the
managing underwriter. The foregoing restriction is expressly intended to
preclude the holder from engaging in any Hedging Transaction or other
transaction which is designed to or reasonably expected to lead to or result in
a Disposition during the Lock-Up Period even if the Securities would be disposed
of by someone other than the holder. "Hedging Transaction" means any short sale
(whether or not against the box) or any purchase, sale or grant of any right
(including, without limitation, any put or call option) with respect to any
security (other than a broad-based market basket or index) that includes,
relates to or derives any significant part of its value from the Securities. For
purposes of this Section 10, "Securities" shall means equity securities of the
Company that are, or that are convertible directly or indirectly into, voting
common stock or non-voting common stock.
The holder hereby agrees to execute and deliver in a timely manner an
agreement in customary form proposed by such managing underwriter confirming the
foregoing covenants.
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In order to enforce the foregoing covenants, the Company may impose
stop transfer instructions with respect to the Stock of the holder (and the
shares or securities of every other person subject to the foregoing restriction)
until the end of such period.
11. Miscellaneous.
(a) Issue Date. The provisions of this Warrant will be construed and
will be given effect in all respects as if it had been issued and delivered by
the Company on the date hereof. This Warrant will be binding upon any successors
or assigns of the Company. This Warrant shall constitute a contract under the
laws of the State of Washington and for all purposes will be construed in
accordance with and governed by the laws of said state.
(b) Notices. All notices and other communications called for or
required by this Warrant shall be in writing to the parties, in the case of the
Company, at the address indicated on the signature page hereof, and, in the case
of the holder, at ____________________, marked for the attention of
______________, or to such other address as a party may subsequently specify and
shall be deemed to have been received (i) upon delivery in person, (ii) upon the
passage of seventy-two (72) hours following post by first class registered or
certified mail, return receipt requested, with postage prepaid, (iii) upon the
passage of twenty-four (24) hours following post by overnight receipted courier
service, or (iv) upon transmittal by confirmed telex or facsimile provided that
if sent by facsimile a copy of such receipt requested and postage prepaid, with
an indication that the original was set by facsimile and the date of its
transmittal.
(c) Attorneys' Fees. In any litigation, arbitration or court
proceeding between the Company and the holder relating hereto, the prevailing
party will be entitled to reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses and court
costs incurred in enforcing this Warrant.
(d) Charges, Taxes and Expenses. Issuance of certificates for
securities upon the exercise of this Warrant will be made without charge to the
holder hereof for any issue or transfer tax or other incidental expense in
respect of the issuance of such certificate, all of which taxes and expenses
will be paid by the Company, and such certificates will be issued in the name of
the holder of this Warrant or in such name or names as may be directed by the
holder of this Warrant; provided, however, that in the event certificates for
securities are to be issued in a name other than the name of the holder of this
Warrant, this Warrant when surrendered for exercise will be accompanied by the
Assignment Form attached hereto duly executed by the holder hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, ASPi Europe, Inc. has caused this Warrant to be
executed as of ____________, 2001 by the undersigned officer thereunto duly
authorized.
ASPI EUROPE, INC.,
a Delaware corporation
By: -------------------------------------
Name: -------------------------------------
Title: ------------------------------------
Address for Notices: ASPi Europe, Inc.
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NOTICE OF EXERCISE
To: ASPI EUROPE, INC.
(1) The undersigned hereby elects to purchase __________ shares of common
stock ("Shares") of ASPi Europe, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"),
pursuant to the terms of the attached Warrant, and (check one)
[ ] Tenders herewith payment of the purchase price in full,
together with all applicable transfer taxes, if any; or
[ ] Requests that the Company withhold securities or instruments
otherwise deliverable pursuant to the exercise of the attached
Warrant in accordance with Section 2(b) of the attached Warrant.
(2) In exercising the attached Warrant, the undersigned hereby represents,
warrants, confirms and acknowledges as follows:
(a) the undersigned has such knowledge and experience in financial and
business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks
of the investment and it is able to bear the economic risk of loss of
an investment in any Shares subscribed for pursuant to the attached
Warrant;
(b) the undersigned is acquiring the Shares for its own account for
investment purposes only and not with a view to resale or
distribution; provided, however, that the undersigned may sell or
otherwise dispose of Shares pursuant to registration thereof pursuant
to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") and
any applicable state securities laws or under an exemption from such
registration requirements;
(c) the undersigned understands that the Shares have not been and will not
be registered under the Securities Act and that the issuance of the
Shares is being made in reliance on an exemption from such
registration requirement;
(d) (i) the undersigned is an "accredited investor" within the meaning of
Rule 501 of Regulation D under the Securities Act;
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(ii)(A) the undersigned is not a "U.S. Person," as such term is
defined by Rule 902 of Regulation S under the Securities Act (the
definition of which includes, but is not limited to, an individual
resident in the United States and an estate or trust of which any
executor or administrator or trustee, respectively, is a U.S. Person
and any partnership or corporation organized or incorporated under the
laws of the United States);
(B) the undersigned was outside the United States at the time of
execution and delivery of this Warrant notice of exercise;
(C) no offers to sell the Shares were made by any person to the
undersigned while the undersigned was in the United States;
(D) the Shares are not being acquired, directly or indirectly, for the
account or benefit of a U.S. Person or a person in the United States;
(E) the undersigned agrees not to engage in hedging transactions with
regard to the Shares prior to the expiration of the one (1) year
distribution compliance period set forth in Rule 903(b)(3) of
Regulation S under the Securities Act; and
(F) the undersigned acknowledges and agrees with the Company that the
Company shall refuse to register any transfer of the Shares not made
in accordance with the provisions of Regulation S, pursuant to
registration under the Securities Act, or pursuant to an available
exemption from registration under the Securities Act.
(e) the undersigned acknowledges that it is not acquiring the Shares as a
result of any form of general solicitation or general advertising,
including advertisements, articles, notices or other communications
published in any newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast
over radio, or television, or any seminar or meeting whose attendees
have been invited by general solicitation or general advertising;
(f) the undersigned agrees that if it decides to offer, sell or otherwise
transfer any Shares, it will not offer, sell or otherwise transfer any
of such securities directly or indirectly, unless:
(i) the sale is to the Company;
(ii) the sale is made in compliance with the exemption from the
registration requirements under the Securities Act provided by
Rule 144 or Rule 144A thereunder, if available, and in accordance
with any applicable state securities or "Blue Sky" laws; or
(iii)the securities are sold in a transaction that does not require
registration under the Securities Act or any applicable state
laws and regulations governing the offer and sale of securities;
and, with respect to subparagraphs (ii) and (iii) hereof, it has prior
to such sale furnished to the Company an opinion of counsel reasonably
satisfactory to the Company;
(g) the undersigned acknowledges that upon the issuance thereof, and until
such time as the same is no longer required under the applicable
requirements of the Securities Act or applicable state laws and
regulations, the certificates representing the Shares will bear a
legend in substantially the following form:
"THESE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE
UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED ("1933 ACT") OR THE
SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES AND MAY BE OFFERED,
SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY (I) TO THE COMPANY, (II) OUTSIDE
THE UNITED STATES IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER
THE 1933 ACT, (III) IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION
UNDER THE 1933 ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER, OR (IV) IN
COMPLIANCE WITH ANOTHER EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION, IN EACH CASE
AFTER PROVIDING EVIDENCE SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY THAT SUCH
TRANSFER MAY
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BE MADE WITHOUT REGISTRATION UNDER THE 1933 ACT. HEDGING TRANSACTIONS
INVOLVING THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY MAY NOT BE CONDUCTED
UNLESS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇."
(h) the undersigned understands that the Company may instruct the transfer
agent for the Shares not to record any transfer of the Shares without
first being notified by the Company that it is satisfied that such
transfer is exempt from or not subject to the registration
requirements of the Securities Act;
(i) the undersigned consents to the Company making a notation on its
records or giving instruction to the registrar and transfer agent of
the Company in order to implement the restrictions on transfer set
forth and described herein.
(3) Please issue a certificate or certificates representing said Shares in
the name of the undersigned.
Date Signature
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