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EXHIBIT 99.8
EXHIBIT B
NEITHER THIS WARRANT NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THIS WARRANT IS EXERCISABLE
HAVE BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE
SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM
REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES
ACT"), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN
EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN
AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS THEREUNDER AND IN
COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES OR BLUE SKY LAWS.
XXXXXXXX, INC.
Warrant No. F-__ Dated January ____, 2000
Xxxxxxxx, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of
the State of Minnesota (the "Company"), hereby certifies that, for value
received, ______________________, or its registered assigns ("Holder"), is
entitled, subject to the terms set forth below, to purchase from the Company up
to a total of _______ shares of Common Stock, par value $.25 per share (the
"Common Stock"), of the Company (each such share, a "Warrant Share" and all such
shares, the "Warrant Shares") at an exercise price equal to $______ per share
(as adjusted from time to time as provided in Section 7, the "Exercise Price"),
at any time and from time to time from and after the date hereof and through and
including January ___, 2005 (the "Expiration Date"), and subject to the
following terms and conditions:
1. Registration of Warrant. The Company shall register this Warrant,
upon records to be maintained by the Company for that purpose (the "Warrant
Register"), in the name of the record Holder hereof from time to time. The
Company may deem and treat the registered Holder of this Warrant as the absolute
owner hereof for the purpose of any exercise hereof or any distribution to the
Holder, and for all other purposes, and the Company shall not be affected by
notice to the contrary.
2. Registration of Transfers and Exchanges.
(a) The Company shall register the transfer of any portion of this
Warrant in the Warrant Register, upon surrender of this Warrant, with the Form
of Assignment attached hereto duly completed and signed, to the Company at the
office specified in or pursuant to Section 3(b). Upon any such registration or
transfer, a new warrant to purchase Common Stock, in substantially the form of
this Warrant (any such new warrant, a "New Warrant"), evidencing the portion of
this Warrant so transferred shall be issued to the
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transferee and a New Warrant evidencing the remaining portion of this Warrant
not so transferred, if any, shall be issued to the transferring Holder. The
acceptance of the New Warrant by the transferee thereof shall be deemed the
acceptance of such transferee of all of the rights and obligations of a holder
of a Warrant. Holder may not transfer this Warrant or any portion thereof unless
such transfer represents the right to purchase at least 10,000 Warrant Shares or
such lesser amount as constitutes the entire Warrant.
(b) This Warrant is exchangeable, upon the surrender hereof by
the Holder to the office of the Company specified in or pursuant to Section 3(b)
for one or more New Warrants, evidencing in the aggregate the right to purchase
the number of Warrant Shares which may then be purchased hereunder. Any such New
Warrant will be dated the date of exchange.
3. Duration and Exercise of Warrants.
(a) This Warrant shall be exercisable by the registered Holder on
any business day before 5:00 p.m., Minneapolis time, at any time and from time
to time on or after the date hereof to and including the Expiration Date. At
5:00 p.m., Minneapolis time on the Expiration Date, the portion of this Warrant
not exercised prior thereto shall be and become void and of no value. This
Warrant may not be redeemed by the Company.
(b) Subject to Sections 2(b), 5 and 9, upon surrender of this
Warrant, with the Form of Election to Purchase attached hereto duly completed
and signed, to the Company at its office at 0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, XX
00000-0000, Attention: Chief Financial Officer or at such other address as the
Company may specify in writing to the then registered Holder, and upon payment
of the Exercise Price multiplied by the number of Warrant Shares that the Holder
intends to purchase hereunder, in lawful money of the United States of America,
in cash via wire transfer or by certified or official bank check or checks, all
as specified by the Holder in the Form of Election to Purchase, the Company
shall promptly (but in no event later than five business days after the Date of
Exercise (as defined herein)) issue or cause to be issued and cause to be
delivered to or upon the written order of the Holder and in such name or names
as the Holder may designate, a certificate for the Warrant Shares issuable upon
such exercise, free of restrictive legends other than as required by the
Convertible Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement of even date herewith between the
Holder and the Company. 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 this Warrant.
A "Date of Exercise" means the date on which the Company shall have
received (i) this Warrant (or any New Warrant, as applicable), with the Form of
Election to Purchase attached hereto (or attached to such New Warrant)
appropriately completed and duly signed, and (ii) payment of the Exercise Price
for the number of Warrant Shares so indicated by the holder hereof to be
purchased.
(c) This Warrant may be exercisable in whole or in part provided a
partial exercise shall require a minimum exercise of Warrants to purchase at
least _________ Warrant Shares.
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4. Payment of Taxes. The Company will pay all documentary stamp taxes
attributable to the issuance of Warrant Shares upon the exercise of this
Warrant; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required 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, and the Company shall not be required to issue or cause to be issued
or deliver or cause to be delivered the certificates for Warrant Shares unless
or until the person or persons requesting the issuance thereof shall have paid
to the Company the amount of such tax or shall have established to the
satisfaction of the Company that such tax has been paid. The Holder shall be
responsible for all other tax liability that may arise as a result of holding or
transferring this Warrant or receiving Warrant Shares upon exercise hereof.
5. Replacement of Warrant. If this Warrant is mutilated, lost, stolen
or destroyed, the Company shall issue or cause to be issued in exchange and
substitution for and upon cancellation hereof, or in lieu of and substitution
for this Warrant, a New Warrant, but only upon receipt of evidence reasonably
satisfactory to the Company of such loss, theft or destruction and indemnity, if
reasonably satisfactory to it. Applicants for a New Warrant under such
circumstances shall also comply with such other reasonable regulations and
procedures and pay such other reasonable charges as the Company may prescribe.
6. Reservation of Warrant Shares. The Company covenants that it will at
all times reserve and keep available out of the aggregate of its authorized but
unissued Common Stock, solely for the purpose of enabling it to issue Warrant
Shares upon exercise of this Warrant as herein provided, the number of Warrant
Shares which are then issuable and deliverable upon the exercise of this entire
Warrant. The Company covenants that all Warrant Shares that shall be 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,
issued and fully paid and nonassessable.
7. Certain Adjustments. The Exercise Price and number of Warrant Shares
issuable upon exercise of this Warrant are subject to adjustment from time to
time as set forth in this Section 7. Upon each such adjustment of the Exercise
Price pursuant to this Section 7, the Holder shall thereafter prior to the
Expiration Date be entitled to purchase, at the Exercise Price resulting from
such adjustment, the number of Warrant Shares obtained by multiplying the
Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment by the number of
Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant immediately prior to such
adjustment and dividing the product thereof by the Exercise Price resulting from
such adjustment.
(a) If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding,
(i) shall pay a stock dividend or otherwise make a distribution or distributions
on shares of its Common Stock (as defined below) or on any other class of
capital stock (and not the Common Stock) payable in shares of Common Stock, (ii)
subdivide outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares, or
(iii) combine outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of
shares, the Exercise Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the
numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding treasury
shares, if any) outstanding
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before such event and of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of
Common Stock (excluding treasury shares, if any) outstanding after such event.
Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section shall become effective immediately
after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive
such dividend or distribution and shall become effective immediately after the
effective date in the case of a subdivision or combination, and shall apply to
successive subdivisions and combinations.
(b) In case of any reclassification of the Common Stock, any
consolidation or merger of the Company with or into another person pursuant to
which the Company will not be the surviving entity, the sale or transfer of all
or substantially all of the assets of the Company in which the consideration
therefor is equity or equity equivalent securities or any compulsory share
exchange pursuant to which the Common Stock is converted into other securities
or property, then the Holder shall have the right thereafter to exercise this
Warrant only into the shares of stock and other securities and property
receivable upon or deemed to be held by holders of Common Stock following such
reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange, and
the Holder shall be entitled upon such event to receive such amount of
securities or property equal to the amount of Warrant Shares such Holder would
have been entitled to had such Holder exercised this Warrant immediately prior
to such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share
exchange. The terms of any such consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share
exchange shall include such terms so as to continue to give to the Holder the
right to receive the securities or property set forth in this Section 7(b) upon
any exercise following any such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale,
transfer or share exchange.
(c) If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding,
shall distribute to all holders of Common Stock (and not to holders of this
Warrant) evidences of its indebtedness or assets or rights or warrants to
subscribe for or purchase any security (excluding those referred to in Sections
7(a), (b) and (d)), then in each such case the Exercise Price shall be
determined by multiplying the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to the
record date fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to receive such
distribution by a fraction of which the denominator shall be the Exercise Price
determined as of the record date mentioned above, and of which the numerator
shall be such Exercise Price on such record date less the then fair market value
at such record date of the portion of such assets or evidence of indebtedness so
distributed applicable to one outstanding share of Common Stock as determined by
a nationally recognized or major regional investment banking firm or firm of
independent certified public accountants of recognized standing (which may be
the turn that regularly examines the financial statements of the Company) (an
"Appraiser") mutually selected in good faith by the holders of a majority in
interest of the Warrants then outstanding and the Company. Any determination
made by the Appraiser shall be final.
(d) If, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding, the Company
shall issue or cause to be issued rights or warrants to acquire or otherwise
sell or distribute shares of Common Stock to all holders of Common Stock for a
consideration per share less than the Exercise Price then in effect, then,
forthwith upon such issue or sale, the Exercise Price shall be reduced to the
price (calculated to the nearest cent) determined by dividing (i) an amount
equal
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to the sum of (A) the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately
prior to such issue or sale multiplied by the Exercise Price, and (B) the
consideration, if any, received or receivable by the Company upon such issue or
sale by (ii) the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately
after such issue or sale.
(e) For the purposes of this Section 7, the following clauses shall
also be applicable:
(i) Record Date. In case the Company shall take a record of the
holders of its Common Stock for the purpose of entitling them (A) to receive a
dividend or other distribution payable in Common Stock or in securities
convertible or exchangeable into shares of Common Stock, or (B) to subscribe for
or purchase Common Stock or securities convertible or exchangeable into shares
of Common Stock, then such record date shall be deemed to be the date of the
issue or sale of the shares of Common Stock deemed to have been issued or sold
upon the declaration of such dividend or the making of such other distribution
or the date of the granting of such right of subscription or purchase, as the
case may be.
(ii) Treasury Shares. The number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding at any given time shall not include shares owned or held by or for
the account of the Company, and the disposition of any such shares shall be
considered an issue or sale of Common Stock.
(f) All calculations under this Section 7 shall be made to the nearest
cent or the nearest 1/100th of a share, as the case may be.
(g) if:
(i) the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other
distribution) on its Common Stock; or
(ii) the Company shall declare a special nonrecurring cash
dividend on or a redemption of its Common Stock; or
(iii) the Company shall authorize the granting to all holders of
the Common Stock rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any shares of
capital stock of any class or of any rights; or
(iv) the approval of any stockholders of the Company shall be
required in connection with any reclassification of the Common Stock of the
Company, any consolidation or merger to which the Company is a party, any sale
or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, or any
Compulsory Share exchange whereby the Common Stock is converted into other
securities, cash or property; or
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(v) the Company shall authorize the dissolution, liquidation or
winding up of the affairs of the Company, then the Company shall cause to be
mailed to each Holder at their last addresses as they shall appear upon the
Warrant Register, at least 20 calendar days prior to the applicable record or
effective date hereinafter specified, a notice stating (x) the date on which a
record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution,
redemption, rights or warrants, or if a record is not to be taken, the date as
of which the holders of Common Stock of record to be entitled to such dividend,
distributions, redemption, rights or warrants are to be determined or (y) the
date on which such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or
share exchange is expected to become effective or close, and the date as of
which it is expected that holders of Common Stock of record shall be entitled to
exchange their shares of Common Stock for securities, cash or other property
deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer,
share exchange, dissolution, liquidation or winding up; provided, however, that
the failure to mail such notice or any defect therein or in the mailing thereof
shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be specified
in such notice.
8. Payment of Exercise Price. The Holder shall pay the Exercise Price
in the manner provided in Section 3(b).
9. Fractional Shares. The Company shall not be required to issue or
cause to be issued fractional Warrant Shares on the exercise of this Warrant.
The number of full Warrant Shares which shall be issuable upon the exercise of
this Warrant shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate number of Warrant
Shares purchasable on exercise of this Warrant so presented. If any fraction of
a Warrant Share would, except for the provisions of this Section 9, be issuable
on the exercise of this Warrant, the Company shall, at its option, (i) pay an
amount in cash equal to the Exercise Price multiplied by such fraction; or (ii)
round the number of Warrant Shares issuable, up to the next whole number.
10. Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries
hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given and effective on the
earliest of (i) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is
delivered via facsimile at the facsimile telephone number specified in this
Section; (ii) the business day following the date of mailing, if sent by
nationally recognized overnight courier service; or (iii) upon actual receipt by
the party to whom such notice is required to be given. The addresses for such
communications shall be: (i) if to the Company, to Sheldahl, Inc., 0000 Xxxxxxxx
Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000, Attention: Chief Financial Officer, or to
facsimile no. (000) 000-0000 or (000) 000-0000; or (ii) if to the Holder, to the
Holder at the address or facsimile number appearing on the Warrant Register or
such other address or facsimile number as the Holder may provide to the Company
in accordance with this Section 10.
11. Warrant Agent.
(a) The Company shall serve as warrant agent under this Warrant.
Upon thirty (30) days' notice to the Holder, the Company may appoint a new
warrant agent.
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(b) Any corporation into which the Company or any new warrant agent
may be merged or any corporation resulting from any consolidation to which the
Company or any new warrant agent shall be a party or any corporation to which
the Company or any new warrant agent transfers substantially all of its
corporate trust or shareholders services business shall be a successor warrant
agent under this Warrant without any further act. Any such successor warrant
agent shall promptly cause notice of its succession as warrant agent to be
mailed (by first class mail, postage prepaid) to the Holder at the Holder's last
address as shown on the Warrant Register.
12. Miscellaneous.
(a) This Warrant shall be binding on and inure to the benefit of
the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns. This
Warrant may be amended only in writing signed by the Company and the Holder.
(b) Subject to Section 12(a), above, nothing in this Warrant shall
be construed to give to any person or corporation other than the Company and the
Holder any legal or equitable right, remedy or cause under this Warrant; this
Warrant shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Company and the
Holder.
(c) This Warrant shall be governed by and construed and enforced in
accordance with the internal laws of the State of Minnesota without regard to
the principles of conflicts of law thereof.
(d) The headings herein are for convenience only, do not constitute
a part of this Warrant and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the
provisions hereof.
(e) In case any one or more of the provisions of this Warrant shall
be invalid or unenforceable in any respect, the validity and enforceability of
the remaining terms and provisions of this Warrant shall not in any way be
affected or impaired thereby and the parties will attempt in good faith to agree
upon a valid and enforceable provision which shall be a commercially reasonable
substitute therefor, and upon so agreeing, shall incorporate such substitute
provision in this Warrant.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be duly
executed by its authorized officer as of the date first indicated above.
XXXXXXXX, INC.
By:
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Xxxx Xxxxxxxx, Chief Financial Officer
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FORM OF ELECTION TO PURCHASE
(To be executed by the Holder to exercise the right to purchase shares of Common
Stock under the foregoing Warrant)
To Xxxxxxxx, Inc.:
In accordance with the Warrant enclosed with this Form of Election to
Purchase, the undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to purchase ___________
shares of Common Stock ("Common Stock"), par value $.25 per share, of Xxxxxxxx,
Inc. and encloses herewith $__________ in cash via wire transfer or certified or
official bank check or checks, which sum represents the aggregate Exercise Price
(as defined in the Warrant) for the number of shares of Common Stock to which
this Form of Election to Purchase relates, together with any applicable taxes
payable by the undersigned pursuant to the Warrant.
The undersigned requests that certificates for the shares of Common
Stock issuable upon this exercise be issued in the name of
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR
TAX IDENTIFICATION NUMBER
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FORM OF ASSIGNMENT
[To be completed and signed only upon transfer of Warrant]
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers
unto ___________________________ the right represented by the within Warrant to
purchase __________ shares of Common Stock of Xxxxxxxx, Inc. to which the within
Warrant relates and appoints ___________________ attorney to transfer said right
on the books of Xxxxxxxx, Inc. with full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated:
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(Signature must conform in all respects
to name of holder as specified on the
face of the Warrant)
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Address of Transferee
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In the presence of:
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