Exhibit 16
FORM OF WARRANT
[THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY AND THE UNDERLYING SECURITIES THAT MAY BE ISSUED UPON EXERCISE OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY ARE SUBJECT TO A LOCKUP FOR 10 DAYS FROM THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE (THROUGH [●], 2024) AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, TRANSFERRED, CHARGED, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED DURING THE TERM OF THE LOCKUP.]
THE WARRANT REPRESENTED HEREBY MAY NOT BE EXERCISED EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THE WARRANT AGREEMENT, DATED MAY [•], 2024. NO EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT MAY BE EFFECTED UNLESS PRECEDED OR ACCOMPANIED BY EVIDENCE OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE TERMS OF SUCH AGREEMENT. THE COMPANY WILL, UPON WRITTEN REQUEST, FURNISH A COPY OF SUCH AGREEMENT TO THE HOLDER HEREOF WITHOUT CHARGE.
THE OFFER AND SALE OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY AND THE UNDERLYING SECURITIES THAT MAY BE ISSUED UPON EXERCISE OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY AND THE UNDERLYING SECURITIES THAT MAY BE ISSUED UPON EXERCISE OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, UNLESS SOLD PURSUANT TO: (1) RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (2) AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, IN A CUSTOMARY FORM AND REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO LILIUM N.V., THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER SAID ACT OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.
[INCLUDE REG S LEGEND IF APPLICABLE: THE OFFER AND SALE OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY AND THE UNDERLYING SECURITIES THAT MAY BE ISSUED UPON EXERCISE OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, BUT HAVE BEEN ISSUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 903 (CATEGORY 2) OF REGULATION S. THIS INVESTOR HAS AGREED THAT, EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY THE PURCHASE AGREEMENT, DATED MAY [•], 2024 , (1) IT WILL NOT OFFER, SELL OR DELIVER THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY AND THE UNDERLYING SECURITIES THAT MAY BE ISSUED UPON EXERCISE OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY UNTIL 40 DAYS AFTER [•], 2024 (THROUGH [•], 2024), WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, U.S. PERSONS AND (2) IT WILL SEND TO EACH BROKER-DEALER TO WHICH IT SELLS THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY AND THE UNDERLYING SECURITIES THAT MAY BE ISSUED UPON EXERCISE OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY IN RELIANCE ON REGULATION S DURING SUCH 40-DAY PERIOD, A CONFIRMATION OR OTHER NOTICE DETAILING THE RESTRICTIONS ON OFFERS AND SALES OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY AND THE UNDERLYING SECURITIES THAT MAY BE ISSUED UPON EXERCISE OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, U.S. PERSONS. TERMS USED IN THIS PARAGRAPH HAVE THE MEANINGS GIVEN TO THEM BY REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.]
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LILIUM N.V.
WARRANT TO PURCHASE ORDINARY SHARES A
Number of Shares: [●]
(subject to adjustment)
Warrant No. [●] | Original Issue Date: [●], 2024 |
Lilium N.V., a Netherlands public limited liability company (naamloze vennootschap) (the “Company”), hereby certifies that, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, [●] or its permitted registered assigns (the “Investor”), is entitled, subject to the terms set forth below, at any time and from time to time on or after the Exercisability Date (as defined below), to purchase from the Company up to a total of [●] Ordinary Shares A, nominal value EUR 0.01 per share (“Ordinary Shares A” or “Securities”), of the Company (each such share, a “Warrant Share” and all such shares, the “Warrant Shares”) at an exercise price per share equal to $1.50 per share (as adjusted from time to time as provided in Section 3 herein, the “Exercise Price”), which price per share is at a minimum the USD equivalent of the nominal value of EUR 0.01 per share (subject to adjustment for reverse and forward stock splits, combinations, recapitalizations and reclassifications in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof and similar transactions following the date hereof (the “Original Issue Date”)), upon surrender of this Warrant to purchase Ordinary Shares A (including any Warrants to purchase Ordinary Shares A issued in exchange, transfer or replacement hereof, the “Warrant”) at any time and from time to time on or after the Original Issue Date, and subject to the following terms and conditions:
1. | Exercise of Warrant. |
(a) | This Warrant shall be exercisable from the date upon which the Company shall have instructed the Warrant Agent that the Company’s general meeting has resolved to grant the shareholder approval necessary to authorize Ordinary Shares A sufficient for the full exercise of this Warrant (the “Shareholder Approval”) (which instruction the Company shall give promptly following, and in no event later than the next Business Day after, the Shareholder Approval) (the “Exercisability Date”) and, thereafter, prior to [6 years from Original Issue Date] (the “Expiration Date”), at the election of the Investor, either in its entirety or, from time to time, for part of the number of Warrant Shares specified herein. |
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(c) | In connection with the exercise of the Warrant, upon timely receipt of a Warrant, accompanied by the notice of exercise substantially in the form attached in Schedule 1 hereto (the “Notice of Exercise”) filled in, signed and delivered to the Company and the Warrant Agent as defined below, and payment of the Exercise Price (as may be adjusted pursuant to the terms of the Warrant) for each of the Ordinary Shares A to be purchased by wire transfer of U.S. dollars in immediately available funds to the Warrant Agent in accordance with the written wiring instructions included in Schedule 1 hereto (as may be amended by written notice from the Company or the Warrant Agent to Investor), the Company shall thereupon promptly (and in any event within two (2) Trading Days (as defined below) and upon confirmation from a bank that the EUR nominal value equivalent has been received pursuant to Section 1(d)) issue or cause to be issued to Investor or its designee (which may include an account of a participant of the Depository Trust Company that will hold the Ordinary Shares A for the account of Investor or its designee) a book entry position, for the number of Ordinary Shares A to which Investor is entitled, registered in such name or names as may be directed by Investor. If the Company fails to issue or cause to be issued to Investor or its designee a book entry position for such Ordinary Shares A within such two (2) Trading Day period, then Investor will have the right to rescind such exercise, in addition to any other remedies available to Investor hereunder, at law or in equity. |
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(e) | Prior to the Expiration Date, the Company shall at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized but unissued capital stock, solely for the issuance upon the exercise of the Warrant Shares hereunder, the maximum number of Ordinary Shares A issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant. |
For the purposes of this Warrant, “Trading Day” means (i) a day on which the Ordinary Shares A are traded on the Nasdaq Global Select Market (“Nasdaq”), which, as of the Original Issue Date is the national securities exchange or other trading market on which the Ordinary Shares A are primarily listed and quoted for trading (or any successors to the foregoing), (ii) if the Ordinary Shares A are not traded on Nasdaq but are traded on another Trading Market, a day on which the Ordinary Shares A are traded on such other Trading Market and (iii) if the Ordinary Shares A are not traded on Nasdaq or any other Trading Market, any Business Day. For the purposes of this Warrant, “Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banks are authorized or required to close in the City of New York, New York.
2. | Issuance of Securities; Registration. Investor understands that this Warrant and the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise hereof 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 Investor’s investment intent. Investor understands that this Warrant and the Warrant Shares issued upon any exercise hereof must be held indefinitely unless subsequently registered under the Securities Act and qualified under applicable state securities laws, or unless exemption from such registration and qualification are otherwise available. Investor is aware of the provisions of Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act. The Company shall cause this Warrant to be registered upon records to be maintained by the Warrant Agent for that purpose (the “Warrant Register”), in the name of the record Investor (which shall include the initial Investor or, as the case may be, any registered assignee to which this Warrant is assigned hereunder) 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, absent actual notice to the contrary. |
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3. | Adjustment of Exercise Price and Number of Securities Purchasable or Number of Warrants. |
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(d) | Subsequent Rights Offerings. In addition to any adjustments pursuant to Sections 3(a)-(c) above, if at any time the Company grants, issues or sells any Ordinary Share A Equivalents or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to the record holders of any class of Ordinary Shares A (the “Purchase Rights”), then the Investor will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which the Investor could have acquired if the Investor had held the number of Ordinary Shares A acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on exercise hereof) immediately before the date on which a record is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of Ordinary Shares A are to be determined for the grant, issue or sale of such Purchase Rights. |
(e) | Pro Rata Distributions. During such time as this Warrant is outstanding, if the Company shall declare or make any dividend or other distribution of its assets (or rights to acquire its assets) to holders of Ordinary Shares A, by way of return of capital or otherwise (including, without limitation, any distribution of cash, stock or other securities, property or options by way of a dividend, spin off, reclassification, corporate rearrangement, scheme of arrangement or other similar transaction) (a “Distribution”), at any time after the issuance of this Warrant, then, in each such case, the Investor shall be entitled to participate in such Distribution to the same extent that the Investor would have participated therein if the Investor had held the number of Warrant Shares acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on exercise hereof) immediately before the date of which a record is taken for such Distribution, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of Ordinary Shares A are to be determined for the participation in such Distribution. To the extent that this Warrant has not been partially or completely exercised at the time of such Distribution, such portion of the Distribution shall be held in abeyance for the benefit of the Investor until the Investor has exercised this Warrant. |
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(g) | Calculations. All calculations under this Section 3 shall be made to the nearest cent or the nearest 1/100th of a share, as the case may be. For purposes of this Section 3, the number of Ordinary Shares A deemed to be issued and outstanding as of a given date shall be the sum of the number of Ordinary Shares A (excluding treasury shares, if any) issued and outstanding. |
(h) | Notice to Investor. |
i. | Adjustment to Exercise Price. Whenever the Exercise Price is adjusted pursuant to any provision of this Section 3, the Company shall promptly deliver to the Investor by facsimile or email a notice setting forth the Exercise Price after such adjustment and any resulting adjustment to the number of Warrant Shares and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment. Failure to give such notice, or any defect therein, shall not affect the legality or validity of such event. |
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ii. | Notice to Allow Exercise by Investor. If (A) the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution in whatever form) on the Ordinary Shares A, (B) the Company shall declare a special nonrecurring cash dividend on or a redemption of the Ordinary Shares A, (C) the Company shall authorize the granting to all holders of the Ordinary Shares A rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any shares of capital stock of any class or of any rights, (D) the approval of any shareholder of the Company shall be required in connection with any reclassification of the Ordinary Shares A, any consolidation or merger to which the Company (or any of its subsidiaries) 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 Ordinary Shares A are converted into other securities, cash or property, or (E) the Company shall authorize the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Company, then, in each case, the Company shall cause to be delivered by facsimile or email to the Investor at its last facsimile number or email address as it shall appear upon the Warrant Register of the Company, at least twenty (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 the Ordinary Shares A 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 Investors of the Ordinary Shares A of record shall be entitled to exchange their Ordinary Shares A for securities, cash or other property deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange; provided that the failure to deliver such notice or any defect therein or in the delivery thereof shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be specified in such notice. To the extent that any notice provided in this Warrant constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information regarding the Company or any of its subsidiaries the Company shall simultaneously file such notice with the SEC (as defined below) pursuant to a Current Report on Form 6-K (or successor form) or, if unavailable to the Company, a widely disseminated press release that is reasonably anticipated to be generally available to the Company’s equity holders. The Investor shall remain entitled to exercise this Warrant during the period commencing on the date of such notice to the effective date of the event triggering such notice except as may otherwise be expressly set forth herein. |
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5. | Transfer of Warrant. |
(a) | Subject to compliance with applicable securities laws and any restrictive legends included herein, there are no restrictions on the transfer of the Warrant. This Warrant and all rights hereunder are transferable, in whole or in part, upon surrender of this Warrant to the Company or the Warrant Agent. Upon such surrender, the Company (or the Warrant Agent on behalf of the Company) shall promptly execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in the name of the assignee or assignees, as applicable, and in the denomination or denominations specified in the instrument of assignment, and shall promptly issue to the assignor a new Warrant evidencing the portion of this Warrant not so assigned, and this Warrant shall promptly be cancelled. |
(b) | Until any transfer of a Warrant is reflected in the Warrant Register, the Company may treat the Person in whose name such Warrant is registered upon the Warrant Register as the absolute owner of such Warrant, for all purposes. Investor (and any transferee) may change its address as shown on the Warrant Register by providing written notice (email being sufficient) to the Company and the Warrant Agent requesting such change. |
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9. | Notices. All notices and other communications from the Company or the Warrant Agent to Investor, or vice versa, shall be deemed effectively given as hereinafter described (i) if given by personal delivery, then such notice shall be deemed given upon such delivery, (ii) upon delivery, if delivered by e-mail (solely if receipt is confirmed, but excluding any automated reply, such as an out-of-office notification), (iii) if given by mail, then such notice shall be deemed given upon the earlier of (A) receipt of such notice by the recipient or (B) three days after such notice is deposited in first class mail, postage prepaid, and (iv) if given by an internationally recognized overnight air courier, then such notice shall be deemed given one business day after delivery to such carrier. All notices shall be addressed to the party to be notified at the address as follows: |
If to the Company:
Lilium N.V.
c/o Lilium Aviation Inc.
2385 N.W. Executive Center Drive, Suite 300
Boca Raton, Florida 33431
Attn: Roger Franks
Email: roger.franks@lilium.com
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP
3 World Trade Center
175 Greenwich Street, 51st Floor
New York, NY 10007
Attention: Valerie Ford Jacob
Email: valerie.jacob@freshfields.com
If to Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as Warrant Agent:
Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company
1 State Street, 30 FL
New York, New York 10004
Attn: Compliance Department
If to Investor:
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11. | Waiver of Jury Trial. THE PARTIES HERETO VOLUNTARILY AND INTENTIONALLY WAIVE ANY RIGHT ANY OF THEM MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS WARRANT OR ANY OF THE DOCUMENTS, AGREEMENTS OR TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. |
12. | No Impairment of Rights. The Company shall not, by amendment of its organizational documents or through any other means, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant, and shall at all times assist in the carrying out of all such terms and in the taking of all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate in order to protect the rights of Investor against impairment. |
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15. | Warrant Agent. Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company shall initially serve as warrant agent under this Warrant (the “Warrant Agent”). Upon ten (10) days’ notice to Investor, the Company may appoint a new Warrant Agent. Any corporation into which the Warrant Agent may be merged or any corporation resulting from any consolidation to which the Warrant Agent shall be a party or any corporation to which the Warrant Agent transfers substantially all of its corporate trust or shareholder 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 Investor at Investor’s address as provided in Section 9. |
16. | Severability. This Warrant shall be deemed severable, and the invalidity or unenforceability of any term or provision hereof shall not affect the validity or enforceability of this Warrant or of any other term or provision hereof. Furthermore, in lieu of any such invalid or unenforceable term or provision, the parties hereto intend that there shall be added as a part of this Warrant a provision as similar in terms to such invalid or unenforceable provision as may be possible and be valid and enforceable. |
17. | Counterparts. This Warrant may be executed in any number of counterparts, including via electronic and facsimile transmission, and each of such counterparts shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original, and all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. |
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be duly executed by its authorized officer as of the date first indicated above.
LILIUM N.V. | |||
By: | |||
Name: | |||
Title: |
Acknowledged by:
CONTINENTAL STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST
COMPANY, as Warrant Agent
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: |
[Signature Page to Warrant]
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SCHEDULE 1
FORM OF NOTICE OF EXERCISE
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