Exhibit 10.13
WARRANT
THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS WARRANT HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE
SECURITIES 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 OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR
APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IN A FORM REASONABLY
SATISFACTORY TO THE ISSUER THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER SAID ACT OR
APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR UNLESS SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER SAID
ACT. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, THIS WARRANT MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION
WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT.
NEOMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK
Warrant No.: CCP-002 Number of Shares: 50,000,000
Date of Issuance: March 30, 2005
Neomedia Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"),
hereby certifies that, for Ten United States Dollars ($10.00) and other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, Cornell Capital Partners LP, a Delaware limited partnership
("Cornell"), the registered holder hereof or its permitted assigns, is entitled,
subject to the terms set forth below, to purchase from the Company upon
surrender of this Warrant, at any time or times on or after the date hereof, but
not after 11:59 P.M. Eastern Time on the Expiration Date (as defined herein)
50,000,000 fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock (as defined
herein) of the Company (the "Warrant Shares") at the Warrant Exercise Price per
share provided in Section 1(b) below or as subsequently adjusted; provided,
however, that in no event shall the holder be entitled to exercise this Warrant
for a number of Warrant Shares in excess of that number of Warrant Shares which,
upon giving effect to such exercise, would cause the aggregate number of shares
of Common Stock beneficially owned by the holder and its affiliates to exceed
4.99% of the outstanding shares of the Common Stock following such exercise,
except within sixty (60) days of the Expiration Date. For purposes of the
foregoing proviso, the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock beneficially
owned by the holder and its affiliates shall include the number of shares of
Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant with respect to which the
determination of such proviso is being made, but shall exclude shares of Common
Stock which would be issuable upon (i) exercise of the remaining, unexercised
Warrants beneficially owned by the holder and its affiliates and (ii) exercise
or conversion of the unexercised or unconverted portion of any other securities
of the Company beneficially owned by the holder and its affiliates (including,
without limitation, any convertible notes or preferred stock) subject to a
limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained
herein. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this
paragraph, beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section
13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. For purposes of this
Warrant, in determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock a
holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as reflected
in (1) the Company's most recent Form 10-QSB or Form 10-KSB, as the case may be,
(2) a more recent public announcement by the Company or (3) any other notice by
the Company or its transfer agent setting forth the number of shares of Common
Stock outstanding. Upon the written request of any holder, the Company shall
promptly, but in no event later than one (1) Business Day following the receipt
of such notice, confirm in writing to any such holder the number of shares of
Common Stock then outstanding. In any case, the number of outstanding shares of
Common Stock shall be determined after giving effect to the exercise of Warrants
(as defined below) by such holder and its affiliates since the date as of which
such number of outstanding shares of Common Stock was reported.
Section 1.
(a) This Warrant is the common stock purchase warrant (the "Warrant")
issued pursuant to the Standby Equity Distribution Agreement of even date
herewith between the Company and Cornell.
(b) Definitions. The following words and terms as used in this Warrant
shall have the following meanings:
(i) "Approved Stock Plan" means any employee benefit plan which has
been approved by the Board of Directors of the Company, pursuant to which the
Company's securities may be issued to any employee, officer or director for
services provided to the Company.
(ii) "Business Day" means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or
other day on which commercial banks in the City of New York are authorized or
required by law to remain closed.
(iii) "Closing Bid Price" means the closing bid price of Common
Stock as quoted on the Principal Market (as reported by Bloomberg Financial
Markets ("Bloomberg") through its "Volume at Price" function).
(iv) "Common Stock" means (i) the Company's common stock, par value
$0.01 per share, and (ii) any capital stock into which such Common Stock shall
have been changed or any capital stock resulting from a reclassification of such
Common Stock.
(v) "Excluded Securities" means, provided such security is issued at
a price which is greater than or equal to the arithmetic average of the Closing
Bid Prices of the Common Stock for the ten (10) consecutive trading days
immediately preceding the date of issuance, any of the following: (a) any
issuance by the Company of securities in connection with a strategic partnership
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or a joint venture (the primary purpose of which is not to raise equity
capital), (b) any issuance by the Company of securities as consideration for a
merger or consolidation or the acquisition of a business, product, license, or
other assets of another person or entity and (c) options to purchase shares of
Common Stock, provided (I) such options are issued after the date of this
Warrant to vendor's of the Company and/or employees of the Company, within
thirty (30) days of such employee's starting his employment with the Company,
and (II) the exercise price of such options is not less than the Closing Bid
Price of the Common Stock on the date of issuance of such option.
(vi) "Expiration Date" means the date three (3) years from the
Issuance Date of this Warrant or, if such date falls on a Saturday, Sunday or
other day on which banks are required or authorized to be closed in the City of
New York or the State of New York or on which trading does not take place on the
Principal Exchange or automated quotation system on which the Common Stock is
traded (a "Holiday"), the next date that is not a Holiday.
(vii) "Financing Transaction" shall mean the issuance or sale of (i)
shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock whether without consideration, for a
consideration per share less than the Bid Price of the Common Stock determined
immediately prior to its issuance, or at or above the Closing Bid Price of the
Company's Common Stock at the time of issuance, or (ii) any warrant, option,
right, contract, call, or other security instrument granting the holder thereof,
the right to acquire Common Stock without consideration, for a consideration
less than such Common Stock's Bid Price value determined immediately prior to
it's issuance, or, at or above the Closing Bid Price of the Company's Common
Stock at the time of issuance.
(viii) "Issuance Date" means the date hereof.
(ix) "Options" means any rights, warrants or options to subscribe
for or purchase Common Stock or Convertible Securities.
(x) "Other Securities" means (i) those options and warrants of the
Company issued prior to, and outstanding on, the Issuance Date of this Warrant,
(ii) the shares of Common Stock issuable on exercise of such options and
warrants, provided such options and warrants are not amended after the Issuance
Date of this Warrant and (iii) the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise
of this Warrant.
(xi) "Person" means an individual, a limited liability company, a
partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, a trust, an unincorporated
organization and a government or any department or agency thereof.
(xii) "Principal Market" means the New York Stock Exchange, the
American Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq National Market, the Nasdaq SmallCap Market,
whichever is at the time the principal trading exchange or market for such
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security, or the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for
such security as reported by Bloomberg or, if no bid or sale information is
reported for such security by Bloomberg, then the average of the bid prices of
each of the market makers for such security as reported in the "pink sheets" by
the National Quotation Bureau, Inc.
(xiii) "Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
(xiv) "Warrant" means this Warrant and all Warrants issued in
exchange, transfer or replacement thereof.
(xv) "Warrant Exercise Price" shall be Twenty Cents ($0.20).
(xvi) "Warrant Shares" means the shares of Common Stock issuable at
any time upon exercise of this Warrant.
(c) Other Definitional Provisions.
(i) Except as otherwise specified herein, all references herein (A)
to the Company shall be deemed to include the Company's successors and (B) to
any applicable law defined or referred to herein shall be deemed references to
such applicable law as the same may have been or may be amended or supplemented
from time to time.
(ii) When used in this Warrant, the words "herein", "hereof", and
"hereunder" and words of similar import, shall refer to this Warrant as a whole
and not to any provision of this Warrant, and the words "Section", "Schedule",
and "Exhibit" shall refer to Sections of, and Schedules and Exhibits to, this
Warrant unless otherwise specified.
(iii) Whenever the context so requires, the neuter gender includes
the masculine or feminine, and the singular number includes the plural, and vice
versa.
Section 2. Exercise of Warrant. Subject to the terms and conditions
hereof, this Warrant may be exercised by the holder hereof then registered on
the books of the Company, pro rata as hereinafter provided, at any time on any
Business Day on or after the opening of business on such Business Day,
commencing with the first day after the date hereof, and prior to 11:59 P.M.
Eastern Time on the Expiration Date, by (i) delivery of a written notice, in the
form of the subscription notice attached as Exhibit A hereto (the "Exercise
Notice"), of such holder's election to exercise this Warrant, which notice shall
specify the number of Warrant Shares to be purchased, (ii) payment to the
Company of an amount equal to the Warrant Exercise Price(s) applicable to the
Warrant Shares being purchased, multiplied by the number of Warrant Shares (at
the applicable Warrant Exercise Price) as to which this Warrant is being
exercised (plus any applicable issue or transfer taxes) (the "Aggregate Exercise
Price") in cash or wire transfer of immediately available funds and (iii) the
surrender of this Warrant (or an indemnification undertaking with respect to
this Warrant in the case of its loss, theft or destruction) to a common carrier
for overnight delivery to the Company as soon as practicable following such
date. In the event of any exercise of the rights represented by this Warrant in
compliance with this Section 2(a), the Company shall on the fifth (5th) Business
Day following the date of receipt of the Exercise Notice, the Aggregate Exercise
Price and this Warrant (or an indemnification undertaking with respect to this
Warrant in the case of its loss, theft or destruction) and the receipt of the
representations of the holder specified in Section 6 hereof, if requested by the
Company (the "Exercise Delivery Documents"), and if the Common Stock is DTC
eligible credit such aggregate number of shares of Common Stock to which the
holder shall be entitled to the holder's or its designee's balance account with
The Depository Trust Company; provided, however, if the holder who submitted the
Exercise Notice requested physical delivery of any or all of the Warrant Shares,
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or, if the Common Stock is not DTC eligible then the Company shall, on or before
the fifth (5th) Business Day following receipt of the Exercise Delivery
Documents, issue and surrender to a common carrier for overnight delivery to the
address specified in the Exercise Notice, a certificate, registered in the name
of the holder, for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the holder
shall be entitled pursuant to such request. Upon delivery of the Exercise Notice
and Aggregate Exercise Price referred to in clause (ii) above the holder of this
Warrant shall be deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the holder of
record of the Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been
exercised. In the case of a dispute as to the determination of the Warrant
Exercise Price, the Closing Bid Price or the arithmetic calculation of the
Warrant Shares, the Company shall promptly issue to the holder the number of
Warrant Shares that is not disputed and shall submit the disputed determinations
or arithmetic calculations to the holder via facsimile within one (1) Business
Day of receipt of the holder's Exercise Notice. If the holder and the Company
are unable to agree upon the determination of the Warrant Exercise Price or
arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares within one (1) day of such disputed
determination or arithmetic calculation being submitted to the holder, then the
Company shall immediately submit via facsimile (i) the disputed determination of
the Warrant Exercise Price or the Closing Bid Price to an independent, reputable
investment banking firm or (ii) the disputed arithmetic calculation of the
Warrant Shares to its independent, outside accountant. The Company shall cause
the investment banking firm or the accountant, as the case may be, to perform
the determinations or calculations and notify the Company and the holder of the
results no later than forty-eight (48) hours from the time it receives the
disputed determinations or calculations. Such investment banking firm's or
accountant's determination or calculation, as the case may be, shall be deemed
conclusive absent manifest error.
(a) If shares of the Company's Common Stock underlying the Warrant
are covered by an effective registration statement and if the Closing Bid Price
of the Company's Common Stock is above Thirty Cents ($0.30) for five (5)
consecutive Trading Days, the Company may force conversion of this Warrant at an
exercise price as described in Section 1(b) (xv).
(b) Unless the rights represented by this Warrant shall have expired
or shall have been fully exercised, the Company shall, as soon as practicable
and in no event later than five (5) Business Days after any exercise and at its
own expense, issue a new Warrant identical in all respects to this Warrant
exercised except it shall represent rights to purchase the number of Warrant
Shares purchasable immediately prior to such exercise under this Warrant
exercised, less the number of Warrant Shares with respect to which such Warrant
is exercised.
(c) No fractional Warrant Shares are to be issued upon any pro rata
exercise of this Warrant, but rather the number of Warrant Shares issued upon
such exercise of this Warrant shall be rounded up or down to the nearest whole
number.
(d) If the Company or its Transfer Agent shall fail for any reason
or for no reason to issue to the holder within ten (10) days of receipt of the
Exercise Delivery Documents, a certificate for the number of Warrant Shares to
which the holder is entitled or to credit the holder's balance account with The
Depository Trust Company for such number of Warrant Shares to which the holder
is entitled upon the holder's exercise of this Warrant, the Company shall, in
addition to any other remedies under this Warrant or the Placement Agent
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Agreement or otherwise available to such holder, pay as additional damages in
cash to such holder on each day the issuance of such certificate for Warrant
Shares is not timely effected an amount equal to 0.025% of the product of (A)
the sum of the number of Warrant Shares not issued to the holder on a timely
basis and to which the holder is entitled, and (B) the Closing Bid Price of the
Common Stock for the trading day immediately preceding the last possible date
which the Company could have issued such Common Stock to the holder without
violating this Section 2.
(e) If within ten (10) days after the Company's receipt of the
Exercise Delivery Documents, the Company fails to deliver a new Warrant to the
holder for the number of Warrant Shares to which such holder is entitled
pursuant to Section 2(b) hereof, then, in addition to any other available
remedies under this Warrant or the Placement Agent Agreement, or otherwise
available to such holder, the Company shall pay as additional damages in cash to
such holder on each day after such tenth (10th) day that such delivery of such
new Warrant is not timely effected in an amount equal to 0.25% of the product of
(A) the number of Warrant Shares represented by the portion of this Warrant
which is not being exercised and (B) the Closing Bid Price of the Common Stock
for the trading day immediately preceding the last possible date which the
Company could have issued such Warrant to the holder without violating this
Section 2.
Section 3. Covenants as to Common Stock. The Company hereby covenants and
agrees as follows:
(a) This Warrant is, and any Warrants issued in substitution for or
replacement of this Warrant will upon issuance be, duly authorized and validly
issued.
(b) All Warrant Shares which may be issued upon the exercise of the
rights represented by this Warrant will, upon issuance, be validly issued, fully
paid and nonassessable and free from all taxes, liens and charges with respect
to the issue thereof.
(c) During the period within which the rights represented by this
Warrant may be exercised, the Company will at all times have authorized and
reserved at least one hundred percent (100%) of the number of shares of Common
Stock needed to provide for the exercise of the rights then represented by this
Warrant and the par value of said shares will at all times be less than or equal
to the applicable Warrant Exercise Price. If at any time the Company does not
have a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock authorized and available,
then the Company shall call and hold a special meeting of its stockholders
within sixty (60) days of that time for the sole purpose of increasing the
number of authorized shares of Common Stock.
(d) If at any time after the date hereof the Company shall file a
registration statement, the Company shall include the Warrant Shares issuable to
the holder, pursuant to the terms of this Warrant and shall maintain, so long as
any other shares of Common Stock shall be so listed, such listing of all Warrant
Shares from time to time issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant; and the
Company shall so list on each national securities exchange or automated
quotation system, as the case may be, and shall maintain such listing of, any
other shares of capital stock of the Company issuable upon the exercise of this
Warrant if and so long as any shares of the same class shall be listed on such
national securities exchange or automated quotation system.
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(e) The Company will not, by amendment of its Articles of
Incorporation or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation,
merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities, or any other voluntary action,
avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms to be
observed or performed by it hereunder, but will at all times in good faith
assist in the carrying out of all the provisions of this Warrant and in the
taking of all such action as may reasonably be requested by the holder of this
Warrant in order to protect the exercise privilege of the holder of this Warrant
against dilution or other impairment, consistent with the tenor and purpose of
this Warrant. The Company will not increase the par value of any shares of
Common Stock receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant above the Warrant
Exercise Price then in effect, and (ii) will take all such actions as may be
necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue
fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of this
Warrant.
(f) This Warrant will be binding upon any entity succeeding to the
Company by merger, consolidation or acquisition of all or substantially all of
the Company's assets.
Section 4. Taxes. The Company shall pay any and all taxes, except any
applicable withholding, which may be payable with respect to the issuance and
delivery of Warrant Shares upon exercise of this Warrant.
Section 5. Warrant Holder Not Deemed a Stockholder. Except as otherwise
specifically provided herein, no holder, as such, of this Warrant shall be
entitled to vote or receive dividends or be deemed the holder of shares of
capital stock of the Company for any purpose, nor shall anything contained in
this Warrant be construed to confer upon the holder hereof, as such, any of the
rights of a stockholder of the Company or any right to vote, give or withhold
consent to any corporate action (whether any reorganization, issue of stock,
reclassification of stock, consolidation, merger, conveyance or otherwise),
receive notice of meetings, receive dividends or subscription rights, or
otherwise, prior to the issuance to the holder of this Warrant of the Warrant
Shares which he or she is then entitled to receive upon the due exercise of this
Warrant. In addition, nothing contained in this Warrant shall be construed as
imposing any liabilities on such holder to purchase any securities (upon
exercise of this Warrant or otherwise) or as a stockholder of the Company,
whether such liabilities are asserted by the Company or by creditors of the
Company. Notwithstanding this Section 5, the Company will provide the holder of
this Warrant with copies of the same notices and other information given to the
stockholders of the Company generally, contemporaneously with the giving thereof
to the stockholders.
Section 6. Representations of Holder. The holder of this Warrant, by the
acceptance hereof, represents that it is acquiring this Warrant and the Warrant
Shares for its own account for investment only and not with a view towards, or
for resale in connection with, the public sale or distribution of this Warrant
or the Warrant Shares, except pursuant to sales registered or exempted under the
Securities Act; provided, however, that by making the representations herein,
the holder does not agree to hold this Warrant or any of the Warrant Shares for
any minimum or other specific term and reserves the right to dispose of this
Warrant and the Warrant Shares at any time in accordance with or pursuant to a
registration statement or an exemption under the Securities Act. The holder of
this Warrant further represents, by acceptance hereof, that, as of this date,
such holder is an "accredited investor" as such term is defined in Rule
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501(a)(1) of Regulation D promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission
under the Securities Act (an "Accredited Investor"). 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 Warrant Shares so purchased are being
acquired solely for the holder's own account and not as a nominee for any other
party, for investment, and not with a view toward distribution or resale and
that such holder is an Accredited Investor. If such holder cannot make such
representations because they would be factually incorrect, it shall be a
condition to such holder's exercise of this Warrant that the Company receive
such other representations as the Company considers reasonably necessary to
assure the Company that the issuance of its securities upon exercise of this
Warrant shall not violate any United States or state securities laws.
Section 7. Ownership and Transfer.
(a) The Company shall maintain at its principal executive offices
(or such other office or agency of the Company as it may designate by notice to
the holder hereof), a register for this Warrant, in which the Company shall
record the name and address of the person in whose name this Warrant has been
issued, as well as the name and address of each transferee. The Company may
treat the person in whose name any Warrant is registered on the register as the
owner and holder thereof for all purposes, notwithstanding any notice to the
contrary, but in all events recognizing any transfers made in accordance with
the terms of this Warrant.
Section 8. Adjustment of Warrant Exercise Price and Number of Shares. The
Warrant Exercise Price and the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon
exercise of this Warrant shall be adjusted from time to time as follows (the
provisions of this Section shall only apply in the event shares of the Company's
Common Stock are issued or sold in connection with a Financing Transaction,
other than a Financing Transaction with the Holder):
(a) Adjustment of Warrant Exercise Price and Number of Shares upon
Issuance of Common Stock. If and whenever on or after the Issuance Date of this
Warrant, the Company issues or sells, or is deemed to have issued or sold, any
shares of Common Stock (other than (i) Excluded Securities and (ii) shares of
Common Stock which are issued or deemed to have been issued by the Company in
connection with an Approved Stock Plan or upon exercise or conversion of the
Other Securities) for a consideration per share less than a price (the
"Applicable Price") equal to the Warrant Exercise Price in effect immediately
prior to such issuance or sale, then immediately after such issue or sale the
Warrant Exercise Price then in effect shall be reduced to an amount equal to
such consideration per share. Upon each such adjustment of the Warrant Exercise
Price hereunder, the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this
Warrant shall be adjusted to the number of shares determined by multiplying the
Warrant 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 Warrant
Exercise Price resulting from such adjustment.
(b) Effect on Warrant Exercise Price of Certain Events. For purposes
of determining the adjusted Warrant Exercise Price under Section 8(a) above, the
following shall be applicable:
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(i) Issuance of Options. If after the date hereof, the Company
in any manner grants any Options and the lowest price per share for which one
share of Common Stock is issuable upon the exercise of any such Option or upon
conversion or exchange of any convertible securities issuable upon exercise of
any such Option is less than the Applicable Price, then such share of Common
Stock shall be deemed to be outstanding and to have been issued and sold by the
Company at the time of the granting or sale of such Option for such price per
share. For purposes of this Section 8(b)(i), the lowest price per share for
which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon exercise of such Options or
upon conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities shall be equal to the
sum of the lowest amounts of consideration (if any) received or receivable by
the Company with respect to any one share of Common Stock upon the granting or
sale of the Option, upon exercise of the Option or upon conversion or exchange
of any convertible security issuable upon exercise of such Option. No further
adjustment of the Warrant Exercise Price shall be made upon the actual issuance
of such Common Stock or of such convertible securities upon the exercise of such
Options or upon the actual issuance of such Common Stock upon conversion or
exchange of such convertible securities.
(ii) Issuance of Convertible Securities. If after the date
hereof, the Company in any manner issues or sells any convertible securities and
the lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon
the conversion or exchange thereof is less than the Applicable Price, then such
share of Common Stock shall be deemed to be outstanding and to have been issued
and sold by the Company at the time of the issuance or sale of such convertible
securities for such price per share. For the purposes of this Section 8(b)(ii),
the lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon
such conversion or exchange shall be equal to the sum of the lowest amounts of
consideration (if any) received or receivable by the Company with respect to one
share of Common Stock upon the issuance or sale of the convertible security and
upon conversion or exchange of such convertible security. No further adjustment
of the Warrant Exercise Price shall be made upon the actual issuance of such
Common Stock upon conversion or exchange of such convertible securities, and if
any such issue or sale of such convertible securities is made upon exercise of
any Options for which adjustment of the Warrant Exercise Price had been or are
to be made pursuant to other provisions of this Section 8(b), no further
adjustment of the Warrant Exercise Price shall be made by reason of such issue
or sale (provided that if such issuance of convertible securities as
contemplated herein are issued to vendor's of the Company and/or employees of
the Company such issuance shall not be considered a Financing Transaction).
(iii) Change in Option Price or Rate of Conversion. If the
purchase price provided for in any Options, the additional consideration, if
any, payable upon the issue, conversion or exchange of any convertible
securities, or the rate at which any convertible securities are convertible into
or exchangeable for Common Stock changes at any time, the Warrant Exercise Price
in effect at the time of such change shall be adjusted to the Warrant Exercise
Price which would have been in effect at such time had such Options or
convertible securities provided for such changed purchase price, additional
consideration or changed conversion rate, as the case may be, at the time
initially granted, issued or sold and the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon
exercise of this Warrant shall be correspondingly readjusted. For purposes of
this Section 8(b)(iii), if the terms of any Option or convertible security that
was outstanding as of the Issuance Date of this Warrant are changed in the
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manner described in the immediately preceding sentence, then such Option or
convertible security and the Common Stock deemed issuable upon exercise,
conversion or exchange thereof shall be deemed to have been issued as of the
date of such change. No adjustment pursuant to this Section 8(b) shall be made
if such adjustment would result in an increase of the Warrant Exercise Price
then in effect (provided that if such change in option price or rate of
conversion as contemplated herein occurs with regard to an option issued to a
vendor's of the Company and/or employees of the Company such change in option
price or rate of conversion shall not be considered a Financing Transaction).
(c) Effect on Warrant Exercise Price of Certain Events. For purposes
of determining the adjusted Warrant Exercise Price under Sections 8(a) and 8(b),
the following shall be applicable:
(i) Calculation of Consideration Received. If after the date
hereof, any Common Stock, Options or convertible securities are issued or sold
or deemed to have been issued or sold for cash, the consideration received
therefore will be deemed to be the net amount received by the Company therefore.
If after the date hereof, any Common Stock, Options or convertible securities
are issued or sold for a consideration other than cash, the amount of such
consideration received by the Company will be the fair value of such
consideration, except where such consideration consists of marketable
securities, in which case the amount of consideration received by the Company
will be the market price of such securities on the date of receipt of such
securities. If any Common Stock, Options or convertible securities are issued to
the owners of the non-surviving entity in connection with any merger in which
the Company is the surviving entity, the amount of consideration therefore will
be deemed to be the fair value of such portion of the net assets and business of
the non-surviving entity as is attributable to such Common Stock, Options or
convertible securities, as the case may be. The fair value of any consideration
other than cash or securities will be determined jointly by the Company and the
holders of Warrants representing at least two-thirds (b) of the Warrant Shares
issuable upon exercise of the Warrants then outstanding. If such parties are
unable to reach agreement within ten (10) days after the occurrence of an event
requiring valuation (the "Valuation Event"), the fair value of such
consideration will be determined within five (5) Business Days after the tenth
(10th) day following the Valuation Event by an independent, reputable appraiser
jointly selected by the Company and the holders of Warrants representing at
least two-thirds (b) of the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the
Warrants then outstanding. The determination of such appraiser shall be final
and binding upon all parties and the fees and expenses of such appraiser shall
be borne jointly by the Company and the holders of Warrants.
(ii) Integrated Transactions. In case any Option is issued in
connection with the issue or sale of other securities of the Company, together
comprising one integrated transaction in which no specific consideration is
allocated to such Options by the parties thereto, the Options will be deemed to
have been issued for a consideration of $.01.
(iii) Treasury Shares. The number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding at any given time does not include shares owned or held by or for
the account of the Company, and the disposition of any shares so owned or held
will be considered an issue or sale of Common Stock.
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(iv) Record Date. If the Company takes a record of the holders
of Common Stock for the purpose of entitling them (1) to receive a dividend or
other distribution payable in Common Stock, Options or in convertible securities
or (2) to subscribe for or purchase Common Stock, Options or convertible
securities, then such record date will 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.
(d) Adjustment of Warrant Exercise Price upon Subdivision or
Combination of Common Stock. If the Company at any time after the date of
issuance of this Warrant subdivides (by any stock split, stock dividend,
recapitalization or otherwise) one or more classes of its outstanding shares of
Common Stock into a greater number of shares, any Warrant Exercise Price in
effect immediately prior to such subdivision will be proportionately reduced and
the number of shares of Common Stock obtainable upon exercise of this Warrant
will be proportionately increased. If the Company at any time after the date of
issuance of this Warrant combines (by combination, reverse stock split or
otherwise) one or more classes of its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a
smaller number of shares, any Warrant Exercise Price in effect immediately prior
to such combination will be proportionately increased and the number of Warrant
Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant will be proportionately decreased.
Any adjustment under this Section 8(d) shall become effective at the close of
business on the date the subdivision or combination becomes effective.
(e) Distribution of Assets. If the Company shall declare or make any
dividend or other distribution of its assets (or rights to acquire its assets)
to holders of Common Stock, 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 or other similar transaction) (a "Distribution"), at any time
after the issuance of this Warrant, then, in each such case:
(i) any Warrant Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to
the close of business on the record date fixed for the determination of holders
of Common Stock entitled to receive the Distribution shall be reduced, effective
as of the close of business on such record date, to a price determined by
multiplying such Warrant Exercise Price by a fraction of which (A) the numerator
shall be the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on the trading day
immediately preceding such record date minus the value of the Distribution (as
determined in good faith by the Company's Board of Directors) applicable to one
share of Common Stock, and (B) the denominator shall be the Closing Sale Price
of the Common Stock on the trading day immediately preceding such record date;
and
(ii) either (A) the number of Warrant Shares obtainable upon
exercise of this Warrant shall be increased to a number of shares equal to the
number of shares of Common Stock obtainable immediately prior to the close of
business on the record date fixed for the determination of holders of Common
Stock entitled to receive the Distribution multiplied by the reciprocal of the
fraction set forth in the immediately preceding clause (i), or (B) in the event
that the Distribution is of common stock of a company whose common stock is
traded on a national securities exchange or a national automated quotation
system, then the holder of this Warrant shall receive an additional warrant to
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purchase Common Stock, the terms of which shall be identical to those of this
Warrant, except that such warrant shall be exercisable into the amount of the
assets that would have been payable to the holder of this Warrant pursuant to
the Distribution had the holder exercised this Warrant immediately prior to such
record date and with an exercise price equal to the amount by which the exercise
price of this Warrant was decreased with respect to the Distribution pursuant to
the terms of the immediately preceding clause (i).
(f) Certain Events. If any event occurs of the type contemplated by
the provisions of this Section 8 but not expressly provided for by such
provisions (including, without limitation, the granting of stock appreciation
rights, phantom stock rights or other rights with equity features), then the
Company's Board of Directors will make an appropriate adjustment in the Warrant
Exercise Price and the number of shares of Common Stock obtainable upon exercise
of this Warrant so as to protect the rights of the holders of the Warrants;
provided, except as set forth in section 8(d),that no such adjustment pursuant
to this Section 8(f) will increase the Warrant Exercise Price or decrease the
number of shares of Common Stock obtainable as otherwise determined pursuant to
this Section 8.
(g) Notices.
(i) Immediately upon any adjustment of the Warrant Exercise
Price, the Company will give written notice thereof to the holder of this
Warrant, setting forth in reasonable detail, and certifying, the calculation of
such adjustment.
(ii) The Company will give written notice to the holder of
this Warrant at least ten (10) days prior to the date on which the Company
closes its books or takes a record (A) with respect to any dividend or
distribution upon the Common Stock, (B) with respect to any pro rata
subscription offer to holders of Common Stock or (C) for determining rights to
vote with respect to any Organic Change (as defined below), dissolution or
liquidation, provided that such information shall be made known to the public
prior to or in conjunction with such notice being provided to such holder.
(iii) The Company will also give written notice to the holder
of this Warrant at least ten (10) days prior to the date on which any Organic
Change, dissolution or liquidation will take place, provided that such
information shall be made known to the public prior to or in conjunction with
such notice being provided to such holder.
Section 9. Purchase Rights; Reorganization, Reclassification, Consolidation,
Merger or Sale.
(a) In addition to any adjustments pursuant to Section 8 above, if
at any time after the date hereof, the Company grants, issues or sells any
Options, Convertible Securities or rights to purchase stock, warrants,
securities or other property pro rata to the record holders of any class of
Common Stock (the "Purchase Rights"), then the holder of this Warrant will be
entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the
aggregate Purchase Rights which such holder could have acquired if such holder
had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete exercise
of this Warrant immediately before the date on which a record is taken for the
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grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights, or, if no such record is taken,
the date as of which the record holders of Common Stock are to be determined for
the grant, issue or sale of such Purchase Rights.
(b) Any recapitalization, reorganization, reclassification,
consolidation, merger, sale of all or substantially all of the Company's assets
to another Person or other transaction in each case which is effected in such a
way that holders of Common Stock are entitled to receive (either directly or
upon subsequent liquidation) stock, securities or assets with respect to or in
exchange for Common Stock is referred to herein as an "Organic Change." Prior to
the consummation of any (i) sale of all or substantially all of the Company's
assets to an acquiring Person or (ii) other Organic Change following which the
Company is not a surviving entity, the Company will secure from the Person
purchasing such assets or the successor resulting from such Organic Change (in
each case, the "Acquiring Entity") a written agreement (in form and substance
satisfactory to the holders of Warrants representing at least two-thirds (iii)
of the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants then outstanding)
to deliver to each holder of Warrants in exchange for such Warrants, a security
of the Acquiring Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar
in form and substance to this Warrant and satisfactory to the holders of the
Warrants (including an adjusted warrant exercise price equal to the value for
the Common Stock reflected by the terms of such consolidation, merger or sale,
and exercisable for a corresponding number of shares of Common Stock acquirable
and receivable upon exercise of the Warrants without regard to any limitations
on exercise, if the value so reflected is less than any Applicable Warrant
Exercise Price immediately prior to such consolidation, merger or sale). Prior
to the consummation of any other Organic Change, the Company shall make
appropriate provision (in form and substance satisfactory to the holders of
Warrants representing a majority of the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of
the Warrants then outstanding) to insure that each of the holders of the
Warrants will thereafter have the right to acquire and receive in lieu of or in
addition to (as the case may be) the Warrant Shares immediately theretofore
issuable and receivable upon the exercise of such holder's Warrants (without
regard to any limitations on exercise), such shares of stock, securities or
assets that would have been issued or payable in such Organic Change with
respect to or in exchange for the number of Warrant Shares which would have been
issuable and receivable upon the exercise of such holder's Warrant as of the
date of such Organic Change (without taking into account any limitations or
restrictions on the exercisability of this Warrant).
Section 10. Lost, Stolen, Mutilated or Destroyed Warrant. If this Warrant
is lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed, the Company shall promptly, on receipt
of an indemnification undertaking (or, in the case of a mutilated Warrant, the
Warrant), issue a new Warrant of like denomination and tenor as this Warrant so
lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed.
Section 11. Notice. Any notices, consents, waivers or other communications
required or permitted to be given under the terms of this Warrant must be in
writing and will be deemed to have been delivered: (i) upon receipt, when
delivered personally; (ii) upon receipt, when sent by facsimile (provided
confirmation of receipt is received by the sending party transmission is
mechanically or electronically generated and kept on file by the sending party);
or (iii) one Business Day after deposit with a nationally recognized overnight
delivery service, in each case properly addressed to the party to receive the
same. The addresses and facsimile numbers for such communications shall be:
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If to Cornell: Cornell Capital, LP
101 Hudson Street - Suite 3606
Jersey City, NJ 07302
Telephone: (201) 985-8300
Facsimile: (201) 985-8266
Attention: Mark A. Angelo
With Copy to: Cornell Capital, LP
101 Hudson Street - Suite 3606
Jersey City, NJ 07302
Telephone: (201) 985-8300
Facsimile: (201) 985-8266
Attention: Troy Rillo, Esq.
If to the Company, to: Neomedia Technologies, Inc.
2201 Second Street - Suite 402
Fort Myers, FL 33901
Attention: Charles T. Jensen
Telephone: (239) 337-3434
Facsimile: (239) 337-3668
With a copy to: Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP
201 South Biscayne Blvd. - Suite 2000
Miami, FL 33131-2399
Attention: Clayton E. Parker, Esq.
Telephone: (305) 539-3300
Facsimile: (305) 358-7095
If to a holder of this Warrant, to it at the address and facsimile number set
forth on Exhibit C hereto, with copies to such holder's representatives as set
forth on Exhibit C, or at such other address and facsimile as shall be delivered
to the Company upon the issuance or transfer of this Warrant. Each party shall
provide five days' prior written notice to the other party of any change in
address or facsimile number. Written confirmation of receipt (A) given by the
recipient of such notice, consent, facsimile, waiver or other communication, or
(B) provided by a nationally recognized overnight delivery service shall be
rebuttable evidence of personal service, receipt by facsimile or receipt from a
nationally recognized overnight delivery service in accordance with clause (i),
(ii) or (iii) above, respectively.
Section 12. Date. The date of this Warrant is set forth on page 1 hereof.
This Warrant, in all events, shall be wholly void and of no effect after the
close of business on the Expiration Date, except that notwithstanding any other
provisions hereof, the provisions of Section 8(b) shall continue in full force
and effect after such date as to any Warrant Shares or other securities issued
upon the exercise of this Warrant.
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Section 13. Amendment and Waiver. Except as otherwise provided herein, the
provisions of the Warrants may be amended and the Company may take any action
herein prohibited, or omit to perform any act herein required to be performed by
it, only if the Company has obtained the written consent of the holders of
Warrants representing at least two-thirds of the Warrant Shares issuable upon
exercise of the Warrants then outstanding; provided that, except for Section
8(d),no such action may increase the Warrant Exercise Price or decrease the
number of shares or class of stock obtainable upon exercise of any Warrant
without the written consent of the holder of such Warrant.
Section 14. Descriptive Headings; Governing Law. The descriptive headings
of the several sections and paragraphs of this Warrant are inserted for
convenience only and do not constitute a part of this Warrant. The corporate
laws of the State of Delaware shall govern all issues concerning the relative
rights of the Company and its stockholders. All other questions concerning the
construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Warrant shall be
governed by the internal laws of the State of New Jersey, without giving effect
to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State
of New Jersey or any other jurisdictions) that would cause the application of
the laws of any jurisdictions other than the State of New Jersey. Each party
hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Superior Court
of the State of New Jersey sitting in Hudson County, New Jersey and United
States Federal District Court for the District of New Jersey sitting in Newark,
New Jersey, for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection
herewith or therewith, or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed
herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit,
action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the
jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is brought
in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is
improper. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and
consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by
mailing a copy thereof to such party at the address for such notices to it under
this Warrant and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient
service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed
to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law.
Section 15. Waiver of Jury Trial. AS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT FOR EACH PARTY
HERETO TO ENTER INTO THIS WARRANT, THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO
TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING RELATED IN ANY WAY TO THIS WARRANT AND/OR
ANY AND ALL OF THE OTHER DOCUMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS TRANSACTION.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be signed as of
the date first set forth above.
NEOMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
By: /s/ Charles T. Jensen
Name: Charles T. Jensen
Title: President & Chief Executive Officer
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EXHIBIT A TO WARRANT
EXERCISE NOTICE
TO BE EXECUTED
BY THE REGISTERED HOLDER TO EXERCISE THIS WARRANT
NEOMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
The undersigned holder hereby exercises the right to purchase
_________________ of the shares of Common Stock ("Warrant Shares") of Neomedia
Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), evidenced by the
attached Warrant (the "Warrant"). Capitalized terms used herein and not
otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Warrant.
1. Form of Warrant Exercise Price. The Holder intends that payment of the
Warrant Exercise Price shall be made as:
____________ a "Cash Exercise" with respect to _________________ Warrant
Shares;
2. Payment of Warrant Exercise Price. The holder shall pay the sum of
$______________ to the Company in accordance with the terms of the Warrant.
3. Delivery of Warrant Shares. The Company shall deliver to the holder
_________ Warrant Shares in accordance with the terms of the Warrant.
Date: _______________ __, ______
Name of Registered Holder
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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EXHIBIT B TO WARRANT
FORM OF WARRANT POWER
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned does hereby assign and transfer to
________________, Federal Identification No. __________, a warrant to purchase
____________ shares of the capital stock of Neomedia Technologies, Inc., a
Delaware corporation, represented by warrant certificate no. _____, standing in
the name of the undersigned on the books of said corporation. The undersigned
does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint ______________, attorney to
transfer the warrants of said corporation, with full power of substitution in
the premises.
Dated:
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By:_____________________________
Name:___________________________
Title:__________________________
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