EXHIBIT 4.24
THIS WARRANT HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS
AMENDED, OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. NO SALE OR DISPOSITION MAY BE EFFECTED
WITHOUT AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT RELATED THERETO OR COMPLIANCE WITH
AN EXEMPTION FROM SUCH REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS.
RAPTOR NETWORKS TECHNOLOGY, INC.
W-PMC-1 October 1, 2004
WARRANT TO PURCHASE
SHARES OF COMMON STOCK
THIS CERTIFIES THAT, for value received, and subject to the provisions and
upon the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, XXXXXXX XXXXXX, is entitled
to subscribe for and purchase, at an exercise price per share equal to One
Dollar ($1.00) (as adjusted herein, the "WARRANT PRICE"), seventy-five thousand
(75,000) shares of the fully paid and nonassessable Common Stock (as adjusted
herein) of RAPTOR NETWORKS TECHNOLOGY, INC., a COLORADO corporation (the
"COMPANY") located at 0000 X. Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxx Xxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000.
As used herein, (i) "DATE OF GRANT" shall mean the date first set forth above,
and (ii) "SHARES" shall mean the Common Stock issued or issuable upon the
exercise of this Warrant.
1. TERM. The purchase right represented by this Warrant is fully vested and
immediately exercisable, in whole or in part, at any time from the date hereof
through the date which is five (5) years from the Date of Grant.
2. METHOD OF EXERCISE; PAYMENT; ISSUANCE OF NEW WARRANT. Subject to SECTION
1 hereof, the purchase right represented by this Warrant may be exercised by the
holder or holder's assignee hereof, in whole or in part and from time to time,
by the surrender of this Warrant (with the notice of exercise form attached
hereto as Exhibit A duly executed) at the principal office of the Company and by
the payment to the Company, by check, of an amount equal to the then applicable
Warrant Price multiplied by the number of Shares then being purchased. The
person or persons in whose name(s) any certificate(s) representing Shares shall
be issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be deemed to have become the
holder(s) of record of, and shall be treated for all purposes as the record
holder(s) of, the shares represented thereby (and such shares shall be deemed to
have been issued) immediately prior to the close of business on the date or
dates upon which this Warrant is exercised. This Warrant may be subsequently
assigned by the holder. If so assigned, the assignee shall be the subsequent
holder and all provisions contained herein shall apply as if the assignee was
the original holder. In the event of any exercise of the rights represented by
this Warrant, certificates for the shares of stock so purchased shall be
delivered to the holder hereof as soon as possible and in any event within
thirty days after such exercise and, unless this Warrant has been fully
exercised or expired, a new Warrant representing the portion of the Shares, if
any, with respect to which this Warrant shall not then have been exercised shall
also be issued to the holder hereof as soon as possible and in any event within
such thirty day period.
3. ADJUSTMENT OF WARRANT PRICE AND NUMBER OF SHARES. The number and kind of
securities purchasable upon the exercise of this Warrant and the Warrant Price
shall be subject to adjustment from time to time upon the occurrence of certain
events, as follows:
(a) RECLASSIFICATION OR MERGER. In case of any reclassification,
change or conversion of securities of the class issuable upon exercise of this
Warrant (other than a change in par value, or from par value to no par value, or
from no par value to par value, or as a result of a subdivision or combination),
or in case of any merger of the Company with or into another corporation (other
than a merger with another corporation in which the Company is the acquiring and
the surviving corporation and which does not result in any reclassification or
change of outstanding securities issuable upon exercise of this Warrant), or in
case of any sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, the
Company, or such successor or purchasing corporation, as the case may be, or its
parent corporation, shall duly execute and deliver to the holder of this Warrant
a new Warrant (in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the holder of
this Warrant), so that the holder of this Warrant shall have the right to
receive, at a total purchase price not to exceed that payable upon the exercise
of the unexercised portion of this Warrant, and in lieu of the Shares
theretofore issuable upon exercise of this Warrant, the kind and amount of
shares of stock, other securities, money and property receivable upon such
reclassification, change or merger by a holder of the number of Shares then
purchasable under this Warrant. Such new Warrant shall provide for adjustments
that shall be as nearly equivalent as may be practicable to the adjustments
provided for in this SECTION 3. The provisions of this subparagraph (a) shall
similarly apply to successive reclassifications, changes, mergers,
consolidations, transfers, amendments and waivers.
(b) SUBDIVISION OR COMBINATION OF SHARES. If the Company at any time
while this Warrant remains outstanding and unexpired shall subdivide or combine
its outstanding Shares, the Warrant Price shall be proportionately decreased in
the case of a subdivision or increased in the case of a combination, effective
at the close of business on the date the subdivision or combination becomes
effective.
(c) STOCK DIVIDENDS AND OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS. In case the Company shall
make or issue, or shall fix a record date for the determination of eligible
holders entitled to receive, a dividend or other distribution with respect to
the Shares (or any shares of stock or other securities at the time issuable upon
exercise of the Warrant) payable in (a) securities of the Company or (b) assets
(excluding cash dividends paid or payable solely out of retained earnings),
then, in each such case, the holder of this Warrant on exercise hereof at any
time after the consummation, effective date or record date of such dividend or
other distribution, shall receive, in addition to the Shares (or such other
stock or securities) issuable on such exercise prior to such date, and without
the payment of additional consideration therefor, the securities or such other
assets of the Company to which such Holder would have been entitled upon such
date if such holder had exercised this Warrant on the date hereof and had
thereafter, during the period from the date hereof to and including the date of
such exercise, retained such shares and/or all other additional stock available
by it as aforesaid during such period giving effect to all adjustments called
for by this SECTION 3.
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(d) ADJUSTMENT OF NUMBER OF SHARES. Upon each adjustment in the
Warrant Price, the number of Shares purchasable hereunder shall be adjusted, to
the nearest whole share, to the product obtained by multiplying the number of
Shares purchasable immediately prior to such adjustment in the Warrant Price by
a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the Warrant Price immediately prior
to such adjustment and the denominator of which shall be the Warrant Price
immediately thereafter.
(e) CONVERSION OF SHARES. In the event that all of the authorized and
outstanding Shares are redeemed or converted or reclassified into other
securities or property pursuant to the Company's Articles of Incorporation or
otherwise, or the Shares otherwise ceases to exist, then, in such case, the
Holder of this Warrant, upon exercise hereof at any time after the date on which
the Shares are so redeemed or converted, reclassified or ceases to exist (the
"TERMINATION DATE"), shall receive, in lieu of the number of Shares that would
have been issuable upon such exercise immediately prior to the Termination Date,
the securities or property that would have been received if this Warrant had
been exercised in full and the Shares received thereupon had been simultaneously
converted immediately prior to the Termination Date, all subject to further
adjustment as provided in this Warrant. Additionally, the Warrant Price shall be
immediately adjusted to equal the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the
aggregate Warrant Price of the maximum number of Shares for which this Warrant
was exercisable immediately prior to the Termination Date by (y) the number of
Shares for which this Warrant is exercisable immediately after the Termination
Date, all subject to further adjustment as provided herein.
4. NOTICE OF ADJUSTMENTS. Whenever the Warrant Price or the number of
Shares purchasable hereunder shall be adjusted pursuant to SECTION 3 hereof, the
Company shall make a certificate signed by either its chief executive officer or
chief financial officer setting forth, in reasonable detail, the event requiring
the adjustment, the amount of the adjustment, the method by which such
adjustment was calculated, and the Warrant Price and the number of Shares
purchasable hereunder after giving effect to such adjustment, which shall be
sent pursuant to SECTION 11 hereof to the holder of this Warrant.
5. FRACTIONAL SHARES. No fractional Shares will be issued in connection
with any exercise hereunder, but in lieu of such fractional Shares the Company
shall make a cash payment therefor based on the fair market value of the Shares
on the date of exercise as reasonably determined in good faith by the Company's
Board of Directors.
6. COMPLIANCE WITH SECURITIES ACT; DISPOSITION OF WARRANT OR SHARES OF
COMMON STOCK. Subject to the provisions of this SECTION 6, this Warrant may be
assigned or transferred in whole or in part by the holder hereof. The holder of
this Warrant, by acceptance hereof, agrees that this Warrant, and the Shares to
be issued upon exercise hereof are being acquired for investment and that such
holder will not offer, sell or otherwise dispose of this Warrant, or any Shares
to be issued upon exercise hereof except under circumstances which will not
result in a violation of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), or
any state securities laws. This Warrant and all Shares issued upon exercise of
this Warrant (unless registered under the Act) shall be stamped or imprinted
with a legend in substantially the following form:
"THE SECURITIES EVIDENCED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. NO SALE OR DISPOSITION
MAY BE EFFECTED WITHOUT AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT RELATED THERETO OR
COMPLIANCE WITH AN EXEMPTION FROM SUCH REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS".
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The holder understands that the Company is under no obligation to register
the Shares to be issued upon exercise of this Warrant.
7. RIGHTS AS STOCKHOLDERS; INFORMATION. No holder of this Warrant, as such,
shall be entitled to vote or receive dividends or be deemed the holder of Shares
or any other securities of the Company which may at any time be issuable on the
exercise hereof for any purpose, nor shall anything contained herein be
construed to confer upon the holder of this Warrant, as such, any of the rights
of a stockholder of the Company or any right to vote for the election of
directors or upon any matter submitted to stockholders at any meeting thereof,
or to receive notice of meetings, or to receive dividends or subscription rights
or otherwise until this Warrant shall have been exercised and the Shares
purchasable upon the exercise hereof shall have become deliverable, as provided
herein.
8. RESERVATION OF COMMON STOCK. The Company hereby covenants that at all
times following the date hereof there shall be reserved for issuance and
delivery upon exercise of this Warrant such number of Shares as are from time to
time issuable upon exercise of this Warrant. The Company hereby further
covenants that from time to time following the date hereof, the Company will
take all steps necessary to amend its Articles of Incorporation to provide
sufficient reserves of Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant. All such
shares shall be duly authorized, and when issued upon such exercise, shall be
validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, free and clear of all liens,
security interests, charges and other encumbrances or restrictions on sale and
free and clear of all preemptive rights, except encumbrances or restrictions
arising under federal or state securities laws.
9. MODIFICATION AND WAIVER. This Warrant and any provision hereof may be
changed, waived, discharged or terminated only by an instrument in writing
signed by the party against which enforcement of the same is sought.
10. MARKET STANDOFF. The holder of this Warrant hereby agrees not to sell,
transfer or otherwise dispose of any part of this Warrant or any shares acquired
pursuant hereto during a period specified by the representative of the
underwriters of the Company's initial public offering (not to exceed 180 days)
following the effectiveness of such initial public offering, and such holder
further agrees that the Company may impose stop-transfer instructions with
respect to such securities during such period.
11. NOTICES. Any notice, request, communication or other document required
or permitted to be given or delivered to the holder hereof or the Company shall
be delivered, or shall be sent by certified or registered mail, postage prepaid,
to each such holder at its address as shown on the books of the Company or to
the Company at the address indicated therefor on the first page of this Warrant.
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12. BINDING EFFECT ON SUCCESSORS. Until the issuance of any new warrant
required to be issued under SECTION 3(A), this Warrant shall be binding upon any
corporation that issues securities in exchange for securities of the class
issuable upon exercise of this Warrant in connection with any merger,
consolidation or acquisition of all or substantially all of the Company's
assets, and all of the obligations of the Company relating to the Shares
issuable upon the exercise or conversion of this Warrant shall survive the
exercise, conversion and termination of this Warrant and all of the covenants
and agreements of the Company shall inure to the benefit of the successors and
assigns of the holder hereof. The Company will, at the time of the exercise or
conversion of this Warrant, in whole or in part, upon request of the holder
hereof but at the Company's expense, acknowledge in writing its continuing
obligation to the holder hereof in respect of any rights to which the holder
hereof shall continue to be entitled after such exercise or conversion in
accordance with this Warrant; provided, that the failure of the holder hereof to
make any such request shall not affect the continuing obligation of the Company
to the holder hereof in respect of such rights.
13. LOST WARRANTS OR STOCK CERTIFICATES. The Company covenants to the
holder hereof that, upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the
Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant or any
stock certificate and, in the case of any such loss, theft or destruction, upon
receipt of an indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Company, or in the case
of any such mutilation upon surrender and cancellation of such Warrant or stock
certificate, the Company will make and deliver a new Warrant or stock
certificate, of like tenor, in lieu of the lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated
Warrant or stock certificate.
14. DESCRIPTIVE HEADINGS. The descriptive headings of the several
paragraphs of this Warrant are inserted for convenience only and do not
constitute a part of this Warrant.
15. GOVERNING LAW. This Warrant shall be construed and enforced in
accordance with, and the rights of the parties shall be governed by, the
internal laws of the State of California without regard to its conflicts of laws
principles and the venue for any controversy concerning this Warrant shall be
the state and federal courts located in Orange County, California.
16. SURVIVAL. All agreements of the Company and the holder hereof contained
herein shall survive indefinitely until, by their respective terms, they are no
longer operative.
17. REMEDIES. In case any one or more of the covenants and agreements
contained in this Warrant shall have been breached, the holders hereof (in the
case of a breach by the Company), or the Company (in the case of a breach by a
holder), may proceed to protect and enforce their or its rights either by suit
in equity and/or by action at law, including, but not limited to, an action for
damages as a result of any such breach and/or an action for specific performance
of any such covenant or agreement contained in this Warrant.
18. ACCEPTANCE. Receipt of this Warrant by the holder hereof shall
constitute acceptance of and agreement to the foregoing terms and conditions.
19. NO IMPAIRMENT OF RIGHTS. The Company will not, by amendment of its
Articles of Incorporation or through any other means, avoid or seek to avoid the
observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant, 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 in order to protect
the rights of the holder of this Warrant against impairment. Without limiting
the generality of the foregoing, the Company will take all such action as may be
necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue
fully paid and non-assessable Shares upon exercise of this Warrant.
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20. SEVERABILITY. If any term, provision, covenant, or restriction of this
Warrant is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void or
unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and
restrictions of this Warrant shall remain in full force and effect and shall in
no way be affected, impaired or invalidated.
21. NOTICES OF RECORD DATE. In case:
(a) the Company shall take a record of the holders of its Common Stock
for the purpose of entitling them to receive any dividend or other distribution,
or any right to subscribe for or purchase any shares of stock of any class or
any other securities or to receive any other right; or
(b) of any consolidation or merger of the Company with or into another
corporation, any capital reorganization of the Company, any reclassification of
the capital stock of the Company, or any conveyance of all or substantially all
of the assets of the Company to another corporation in which holders of the
Company's stock are to receive stock, securities or property of another
corporation; or
(c) of any voluntary dissolution, liquidation or winding-up of the
Company; or
(d) of any redemption or conversion of all outstanding Common Stock;
then, and in each such case, the Company will mail or cause to be mailed to the
holder of this Warrant a notice specifying, as the case may be, (i) the date on
which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution or
right, or (ii) the date on which such reorganization, reclassification,
consolidation, merger, conveyance, dissolution, liquidation, winding-up,
redemption or conversion is to take place, and the time, if any is to be fixed,
as of which the holders of record of Common Stock shall be entitled to exchange
their shares of Common Stock, for securities or other property deliverable upon
such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, conveyance,
dissolution, liquidation or winding-up. Such notice shall be delivered at least
seven (7) days prior to the date therein specified.
ACKNOWLEDGED AND AGREED:
RAPTOR NETWORKS
TECHNOLOGY, INC.
/s/ Xxxxxxx XxXxxx By: /s/ Xxx xxx Xxxxx
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Xxxxxxx XxXxxx Name: Xxx xxx Xxxxx
Title: CFO
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EXHIBIT A
NOTICE OF EXERCISE
To: RAPTOR NETWORKS TECHNOLOGY, INC.
1. The undersigned hereby elects to purchase __________ shares of Common
Stock of RAPTOR NETWORKS TECHNOLOGY, INC. pursuant to the terms of the attached
Warrant, and tenders herewith payment of the purchase price of such shares in
full.
2. Please issue a certificate or certificates representing said shares in
the name of the undersigned or in such other name or names as are specified
below:
_____________________________________
(Name)
_____________________________________
(Address)
3. The undersigned represents that the aforesaid shares are being acquired
for the account of the undersigned for investment and not with a view to, or for
resale in connection with, the distribution thereof and that the undersigned has
no present intention of distributing or reselling such shares. In support
thereof, the undersigned has executed an Investment Representation Statement
attached hereto as Schedule 1.
___________________________________
Signature
Name:______________________________
Title:_____________________________
Date:______________________________
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SCHEDULE 1
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INVESTMENT REPRESENTATION STATEMENT
Purchaser: _______________________________________________
Company: RAPTOR NETWORKS TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Security: Common Stock
Amount: _______________________________________________
Date: _______________________________________________
In connection with the purchase of the above-listed securities (the
"Securities"), the undersigned (the "Purchaser") represents to the Company as
follows:
(a) The Purchaser is aware of the Company's business affairs and financial
condition, and has acquired sufficient information about the Company to reach an
informed and knowledgeable decision to acquire the Securities. The Purchaser is
purchasing the Securities for its own account for investment purposes only and
not with a view to, or for the resale in connection with, any "distribution"
thereof for purposes of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act").
(b) The Purchaser understands that the Securities have not been registered
under the Securities Act in reliance upon a specific exemption therefrom, which
exemption depends upon, among other things, the bona fide nature of the
Purchaser's investment intent as expressed herein. In this connection, the
Purchaser understands that, in the view of the Securities and Exchange
Commission ("SEC"), the statutory basis for such exemption may be unavailable if
the Purchaser's representation was predicated solely upon a present intention to
hold these Securities for the minimum capital gains period specified under tax
statutes, for a deferred sale, for or until an increase or decrease in the
market price of the Securities, or for a period of one year or any other fixed
period in the future.
(c) The Purchaser further understands that the Securities must be held
indefinitely unless subsequently registered under the Act or unless an exemption
from registration is otherwise available. Moreover, the Purchaser understands
that the Company is under no obligation to register the Securities. In addition,
the Purchaser understands that the certificate evidencing the Securities will be
imprinted with the legend referred to in the Warrant under which the Securities
are being purchased.
(d) The Purchaser is aware of the provisions of Rule 144 and 144A,
promulgated under the Act, which, in substance, permit limited public resale of
"restricted securities" acquired, directly or indirectly, from the issuer
thereof (or from an affiliate of such issuer), in a non-public offering subject
to the satisfaction of certain conditions, if applicable, including, among other
things: the availability of certain public information about the Company, the
resale occurring not less than one year after the party has purchased and paid
for the securities to be sold; the sale being made through a broker in an
unsolicited "broker's transaction" or in transactions directly with a market
maker (as said term is defined under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended) and the amount of securities being sold during any three-month period
not exceeding the specified limitations stated therein.
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(e) The Purchaser further understands that at the time it wishes to sell
the Securities there may be no public market upon which to make such a sale, and
that, even if such a public market then exists, the Company may not be
satisfying the current public information requirements of Rule 144 and 144A, and
that, in such event, the Purchaser may be precluded from selling the Securities
under Rule 144 and 144A even if the one-year minimum holding period had been
satisfied.
(f) The Purchaser further understands that in the event all of the
requirements of Rule 144 and 144A are not satisfied, registration under the Act,
compliance with Regulation A, or some other registration exemption will be
required; and that, notwithstanding the fact that Rule 144 is not exclusive, the
Staff of the SEC has expressed its opinion that persons proposing to sell
private placement securities other than in a registered offering and otherwise
than pursuant to Rule 144 will have a substantial burden of proof in
establishing that an exemption from registration is available for such offers or
sales, and that such persons and their respective brokers who participate in
such transactions do so at their own risk.
PURCHASER
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Signature:_____________________________
Name:__________________________________
Title:_________________________________
Date:__________________________________
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