CLICK2LEARN, INC. WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK

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EX-4.3 5 j2299_ex4d3.htm EX-4.3

Exhibit 4.3

 

THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED UNLESS (I) SUCH SECURITIES HAVE BEEN REGISTERED FOR SALE PURSUANT TO THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, (II) SUCH SECURITIES ARE SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144(K), OR (III) THE COMPANY HAS RECEIVED AN OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO IT THAT SUCH TRANSFER MAY LAWFULLY BE MADE WITHOUT REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 OR QUALIFICATION UNDER APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.

 

SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 10 HEREOF, THIS WARRANT SHALL BE VOID AFTER 5:00 P.M. EASTERN TIME ON JUNE 20, 2008 (THE “EXPIRATION DATE”).

 

Warrant No. CH-«No»

 

Number of Shares:

«Warrants»

 

 

 

CLICK2LEARN, INC.

 

WARRANT TO PURCHASE

COMMON STOCK

 

For value received, «Name» (“Warrantholder”), is entitled to purchase, subject to the provisions of this Warrant, from Click2learn, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Company”), at any time beginning on December 20, 2003 and not later than 5:00 P.M., Eastern time, on the Expiration Date (as defined above), at an exercise price per share equal to $1.90 (the exercise price in effect being herein called the “Warrant Price”), «Warrants» shares (“Warrant Shares”) of the Company’s Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Common Stock”).  The number of Warrant Shares purchasable upon exercise of this Warrant and the Warrant Price shall be subject to adjustment from time to time as described herein.

 

Section 1.                                            Registration.  The Company shall maintain books for the transfer and registration of the Warrant.  Upon the initial issuance of this Warrant, the Company shall issue and register the Warrant in the name of the Warrantholder.

 

Section 2.                                            Transfers.  As provided herein, this Warrant may be transferred only pursuant to a registration statement filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“Securities Act”), or an exemption from such registration.  Subject to such restrictions, the Company shall transfer this Warrant from time to time upon the books to be maintained by the Company for that purpose, upon surrender thereof for transfer properly endorsed or  accompanied by appropriate instructions for transfer and such other documents as may be reasonably required by the Company, including, if required by the Company, an opinion of its counsel to the effect that such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, to establish that such transfer is being made in accordance with the terms hereof, and a new Warrant shall be issued to the transferee and the surrendered Warrant shall be canceled by the Company.

 



 

Section 3.                                            Exercise of Warrant.

 

(a)                                  Subject to the provisions hereof, the Warrantholder may exercise this Warrant in whole or in part at any time after December 20, 2003 and prior to its expiration upon surrender of the Warrant, together with delivery of the duly executed Warrant exercise form attached hereto as Appendix A (the “Exercise Agreement”) and payment by cash, certified check or wire transfer of funds for the aggregate Warrant Price for that number of Warrant Shares then being purchased, to the Company during normal business hours on any business day at the Company’s principal executive offices (or such other office or agency of the Company as it may designate by notice to the holder hereof).  The Warrant Shares so purchased shall be deemed to be issued to the holder hereof or such holder’s designee, as the record owner of such shares, as of the close of business on the date on which this Warrant shall have been surrendered (or evidence of loss, theft or destruction thereof and security or indemnity satisfactory to the Company), the Warrant Price shall have been paid and the completed Exercise Agreement shall have been delivered.  Certificates for the Warrant Shares so purchased, representing the aggregate number of shares specified in the Exercise Agreement, shall be delivered to the holder hereof within a reasonable time, not exceeding three (3) business days, after the date this Warrant shall have been so exercised.  The certificates so delivered shall be in such denominations as may be requested by the holder hereof and shall be registered in the name of such holder or such other name as shall be designated by such holder.  If this Warrant shall have been exercised only in part, then, unless this Warrant has expired, the Company shall, at its expense, at the time of delivery of such certificates, deliver to the holder a new Warrant representing the number of shares with respect to which this Warrant shall not then have been exercised.  As used herein, “business day” means a day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, on which banks in New York City are open for the general transaction of business.  Each exercise hereof shall constitute the re-affirmation by the Warrantholder that the representations and warranties contained in Section 5 of the Purchase Agreement (as defined below) are true and correct in all material respects with respect to the Warrantholder as of the time of such exercise.

 

(b)                                 If by the third business day after a date of exercise the Company fails to deliver the required number of Warrant Shares in the manner required pursuant to Section 3(a), then the Warrantholder will have the right to rescind such exercise. If by the third business day after a date of exercise the Company fails to deliver the required number of Warrant Shares in the manner required pursuant to Section 3(a), and if after such third business day and prior to the receipt of such Warrant Shares, the Warrantholder purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Warrantholder of the Warrant Shares which the Warrantholder anticipated receiving upon such exercise (a “Buy In”), then the Company shall (1) pay in cash to the Warrantholder the amount by which (x) the Warrantholder’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased exceeds (y) the amount obtained by multiplying (A) the number of Warrant Shares that the Company was required to deliver to the Warrantholder in connection with the exercise at issue by (B) the closing bid price of the Common Stock on the date on which the Warrantholder delivered the Exercise Agreement and (2) at the option of the Warrantholder, either reinstate the portion of the Warrant and equivalent number of Warrant Shares for which such exercise was not honored or deliver to the Warrantholder the number of shares of Common

 

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Stock that would have been issued had the Company timely complied with its exercise and delivery obligations hereunder.  The Warrantholder shall provide the Company written notice indicating the amounts payable to the Warrantholder in respect of the Buy In. The Company’s obligations to issue and deliver Warrant Shares in accordance with the terms hereof are absolute and unconditional, irrespective of any action or inaction by the Warrantholder to enforce the same, any waiver or consent with respect to any provision hereof, the recovery of any judgment against any person or any action to enforce the same, or any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, limitation or termination, or any breach or alleged breach by the Warrantholder or any other person of any obligation to the Company or any violation or alleged violation of law by the Warrantholder or any other person, and irrespective of any other circumstance which might otherwise limit such obligation of the Company to the Warrantholder in connection with the issuance of Warrant Shares. Nothing herein shall limit a Warrantholder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s failure to timely deliver certificates representing shares of Common Stock upon exercise of the Warrant  as required pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

Section 4.                                            Compliance with the Securities Act of 1933. The Company may cause the legend set forth on the first page of this Warrant to be set forth on each Warrant or similar legend on any security issued or issuable upon exercise of this Warrant, unless counsel for the Company is of the opinion as to any such security that such legend is unnecessary.

 

Section 5.                                            Payment of Taxes.  The Company will pay any documentary stamp taxes attributable to the initial issuance of Warrant Shares issuable upon the exercise of the Warrant; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to pay any tax or taxes which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance or delivery of any certificates for Warrant Shares in a name other than that of the registered holder of this Warrant in respect of which such shares are issued, and in such case, the Company shall not be required to issue or deliver any certificate for Warrant Shares or any Warrant until the person requesting the same has paid to the Company the amount of such tax or has established to the Company’s reasonable satisfaction that such tax has been paid.  The holder shall be responsible for income taxes due under federal, state or other law, if any such tax is due.

 

Section 6.                                            Mutilated or Missing Warrants.  In case this Warrant shall be mutilated, lost, stolen, or destroyed, the Company shall issue in exchange and substitution of and upon cancellation of the mutilated Warrant, or in lieu of and substitution for the Warrant lost, stolen or destroyed, a new Warrant of like tenor and for the purchase of a like number of Warrant Shares, but only upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of such loss, theft or destruction of the Warrant, and with respect to a lost, stolen or destroyed Warrant, reasonable indemnity or bond with respect thereto, if requested by the Company.

 

Section 7.                                            Reservation of Common Stock.  The Company hereby represents and warrants that there have been reserved, and the Company shall at all applicable times keep reserved until issued (if necessary) as contemplated by this Section 7, out of the authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock, sufficient shares to provide for the exercise of the rights of purchase represented by this Warrant.  The Company agrees that all Warrant Shares issued upon

 

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due exercise of the Warrant shall be, at the time of delivery of the certificates for such Warrant Shares, duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock of the Company.

 

Section 8.                                            Adjustments.  Subject and pursuant to the provisions of this Section 8, the Warrant Price and number of Warrant Shares subject to this Warrant shall be subject to adjustment from time to time as set forth hereinafter.

 

(a)                                  If the Company shall, at any time or from time to time while this Warrant is outstanding, pay a dividend or make a distribution on its Common Stock in shares of Common Stock, subdivide its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares or combine its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares or issue by reclassification of its outstanding shares of Common Stock any shares of its capital stock (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing corporation), then the number of Warrant Shares purchasable upon exercise of the Warrant and the Warrant Price in effect immediately prior to the date upon which such change shall become effective, shall be adjusted by the Company so that the Warrantholder thereafter exercising the Warrant shall be entitled to receive the number of shares of Common Stock or other capital stock which the Warrantholder would have received if the Warrant had been exercised immediately prior to such event upon payment of a Warrant Price that has been adjusted to reflect a fair allocation of the economics of such event to the Warrantholder.  Such adjustments shall be made successively whenever any event listed above shall occur.

 

(b)                                 If any capital reorganization, reclassification of the capital stock of the Company, consolidation or merger of the Company with another corporation in which the Company is not the survivor, or sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets to another corporation shall be effected, then, as a condition of such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or other disposition, lawful and adequate provision shall be made whereby each Warrantholder shall thereafter have the right to purchase and receive upon the basis and upon the terms and conditions herein specified and in lieu of the Warrant Shares immediately theretofore issuable upon exercise of the Warrant, such shares of stock, securities or assets as would have been issuable or payable with respect to or in exchange for a number of Warrant Shares equal to the number of Warrant Shares immediately theretofore issuable upon exercise of the Warrant, had such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or other disposition not taken place, and in any such case appropriate provision shall be made with respect to the rights and interests of each Warrantholder to the end that the provisions hereof (including, without limitation, provision for adjustment of the Warrant Price) shall thereafter be applicable, as nearly equivalent as may be practicable in relation to any shares of stock, securities or assets thereafter deliverable upon the exercise thereof.  The Company shall not effect any such consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or other disposition unless prior to or simultaneously with the consummation thereof the successor corporation (if other than the Company) resulting from such consolidation or merger, or the corporation purchasing or otherwise acquiring such assets or other appropriate corporation or entity shall assume the obligation to deliver to the holder of the Warrant, at the last address of such holder appearing on the books of the Company, such shares of stock, securities or assets as, in accordance with the foregoing provisions, such holder may be entitled to purchase, and the

 

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other obligations under this Warrant.  The provisions of this paragraph (b) shall similarly apply to successive reorganizations, reclassifications, consolidations, mergers, sales, transfers or other dispositions.

 

(c)                                  In case the Company shall fix a payment date for the making of a distribution to all holders of Common Stock (including any such distribution made in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing corporation) of evidences of indebtedness or assets (other than cash dividends or cash distributions payable out of consolidated earnings or earned surplus or dividends or distributions referred to in Section 8(a)), or subscription rights or warrants, the Warrant Price to be in effect after such payment date shall be determined by multiplying the Warrant Price in effect immediately prior to such payment date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding multiplied by the Market Price (as defined below) per share of Common Stock immediately prior to such payment date, less the fair market value (as determined by the Company’s Board of Directors in good faith) of said assets or evidences of indebtedness so distributed, or of such subscription rights or warrants, and the denominator of which shall be the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding multiplied by such Market Price per share of Common Stock immediately prior to such payment date.  “Market Price” as of a particular date (the “Valuation Date”) shall mean the following: (a) if the Common Stock is then listed on a national stock exchange, the closing sale price of one share of Common Stock on such exchange on the last trading day prior to the Valuation Date; (b) if the Common Stock is then quoted on The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. (“Nasdaq”), the closing sale price of one share of Common Stock on Nasdaq on the last trading day prior to the Valuation Date or, if no such closing sale price is available, the average of the high bid and the low asked price quoted on Nasdaq on the last trading day prior to the Valuation Date; or (c) if the Common Stock is not then listed on a national stock exchange or quoted on Nasdaq, the fair market value of one share of Common Stock as of the Valuation Date, shall be determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company and the Warrantholder.  The Board of Directors of the Company shall respond promptly, in writing, to an inquiry by the Warrantholder prior to the exercise hereunder as to the Market Price of a share of Common Stock as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company.  In the event that the Board of Directors of the Company and the Warrantholder are unable to agree upon the Market Price in respect of subpart (c) hereof, the Company and the Warrantholder shall jointly select an appraiser, who is experienced in such matters.  The decision of such appraiser shall be final and conclusive, and the cost of such appraiser shall be borne evenly by the Company and the Warrantholder.  Such adjustment shall be made successively whenever such a payment date is fixed.

 

(d)                                 For the term of this Warrant, in addition to the provisions contained above, the Warrant Price shall be subject to adjustment as provided below. An adjustment to the Warrant Price shall become effective immediately after the payment date in the case of each dividend or distribution and immediately after the effective date of each other event which requires an adjustment.

 

(e)                                  In the event that, as a result of an adjustment made pursuant to this Section 8, the holder of this Warrant shall become entitled to receive any shares of capital stock of the Company other than shares of Common Stock, the number of such other shares so receivable

 

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upon exercise of this Warrant shall be subject thereafter to adjustment from time to time in a manner and on terms as nearly equivalent as practicable to the provisions with respect to the Warrant Shares contained in this Warrant.

 

(f)                                    Except as otherwise provided in Section 8(g) hereof, if prior to the Expiration Date, the Company issues or sells, or in accordance with Section 8(g) is deemed to have issued or sold, any shares of Common Stock for no consideration (other than a stock split or stock dividend) or for a consideration per share less than the Warrant Price (as then in effect) (a “Dilutive Issuance”), then effective immediately upon such Dilutive Issuance, the Warrant Price will be adjusted in accordance with the following formula:

 

W’

=

(W)(O+P/W)
  (CSDO)

 

 

W’

=

the adjusted Warrant Price;

where:

W

=

the then current Warrant Price;

 

O

=

the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Dilutive Issuance;

 

P

=

the aggregate consideration, calculated as set forth in Section 8(g), received by the Company upon such Dilutive Issuance; and

 

CSDO

=

the total number of shares of Common Stock deemed outstanding immediately after the Dilutive Issuance which shall include the actual number of shares outstanding plus all shares issuable upon the conversion or exercise of all outstanding convertible securities, warrants and options

 

(g)                                 Effect on Exercise Price of Certain Events.  For purposes of determining the adjusted Exercise Price under Section 8(f), the following will apply:

 

(i)                                     Issuance of Rights, Options or Convertible Securities.  Subject to Section 8(g)(ii) below, if, after the date hereof, the Company issues or grants any warrants, rights or options, whether or not immediately exercisable, to subscribe for or to purchase Common Stock or other securities exercisable, convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock (“Convertible Securities”) (such warrants, rights and options to purchase Common Stock or Convertible Securities are hereinafter referred to as “Options”), and the price per share for which Common Stock is purchasable or issuable upon the exercise of such Options is less than the Warrant Price (as then in effect) on the date of issuance of such Option or direct stock grant (collectively, “Below Market Options”), then the maximum total number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of all such Below Market Options (assuming full exercise, conversion or exchange of Convertible Securities, if applicable) will, as of the date of the issuance or grant of such Below Market Options, be deemed to be outstanding and to have been issued and sold by the Company for such price per share.  For purposes of the preceding sentence, the price per share for which Common Stock is issuable upon the exercise of such Below Market Options is determined by dividing (i) the total amount, if any, received or

 

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receivable by the Company as consideration for the issuance or sale of all such Below Market Options, plus the minimum aggregate amount of additional consideration, if any, payable to the Company upon the exercise of all such Below Market Options, plus, in the case of Convertible Securities issuable upon the exercise of such Below Market Options, the minimum aggregate amount of additional consideration payable upon the exercise, conversion or exchange thereof at the time such Convertible Securities first become exercisable, convertible or exchangeable, by (ii) the maximum total number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of all such Below Market Options (assuming full conversion of Convertible Securities, if applicable). No further adjustment to the Warrant Price will be made upon the exercise of such Below Market Options or upon the exercise, conversion or exchange of Convertible Securities issuable upon exercise of such Below Market Options.

 

(ii)                                  Issuance of Convertible Securities.

 

If the Company issues or sells any Convertible Securities, whether or not immediately convertible (other than where the same are issuable upon the exercise of Options) and the price per share for which Common Stock is issuable upon such exercise, conversion or exchange (as determined pursuant to Section 8(g)(ii)(B) if applicable) is less than the Warrant Price (as then in effect) on the date of issuance of such Convertible Security, then the maximum total number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise, conversion or exchange of all such Convertible Securities will, as of the date of the issuance of such Convertible Securities, be deemed to be outstanding and to have been issued and sold by the Company for such price per share.  For the purposes of the preceding sentence, the price per share for which Common Stock is issuable upon such exercise, conversion or exchange is determined by dividing (i) the total amount, if any, received or receivable by the Company as consideration for the issuance or sale of all such Convertible Securities, plus the minimum aggregate amount of additional consideration, if any, payable to the Company upon the exercise, conversion or exchange thereof at the time such Convertible Securities first become exercisable, convertible or exchangeable, by (ii) the maximum total number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise, conversion or exchange of all such Convertible Securities. No further adjustment to the Warrant Price will be made upon the actual issuances of such Common Stock upon exercise, conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities.

 

(iii)                               Change in Option Price or Conversion Rate.  If there is a change at any time in (i) the amount of additional consideration payable to the Company upon the exercise of any Options; (ii) the amount of additional consideration, if any, payable to the Company upon the exercise, conversion or exchange of any Convertible Securities, or (iii) the rate at which any Convertible Securities are convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock (other than under or by reason of provisions designed to protect against dilution), the Warrant Price in effect at such time shall be adjusted to the Warrant Price which would have been in effect had such Options or Convertible Securities still outstanding provided for such changed additional consideration or changed conversion rate, as the case may be, at the time initially granted, issued or sold.

 

(iv)                              Treatment of Expired Options and Unexercised Convertible Securities.  If, in any case, the total number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of any Options or upon exercise, conversion or exchange of any Convertible Securities is not, in fact, issued and

 

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the rights to exercise such Option or to exercise, convert or exchange such Convertible Securities shall have expired or terminated, the Warrant Price then in effect will be readjusted to the Warrant Price which would have been in effect at the time of such expiration or termination had such Options or Convertible Securities, to the extent outstanding immediately prior to such expiration or termination (other than in respect of the actual number of shares of Common Stock issued upon exercise or conversion thereof), never been issued.

 

(v)                                 Calculation of Consideration Received.  If any Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities are issued, granted or sold for cash, the consideration received therefor for purposes of this Warrant will be the amount received by the Company therefor, before deduction of reasonable commissions, underwriting discounts or allowances or other reasonable expenses paid or incurred by the Company in connection with such issuance, grant or sale.  In case any Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities are issued or sold for a consideration part or all of which shall be other than cash, the amount of the consideration other than cash received by the Company will be the fair market value of such consideration except where such consideration consists of freely-tradable securities, in which case the amount of consideration received by the Company will be the Market Price thereof as of the date of receipt.  The fair market value of any consideration other than cash or securities will be determined in the good faith reasonable business judgment of the Board of Directors.

 

(h)                                 Exceptions to Adjustment of Exercise Price.  No adjustment to the Warrant Price or the number of Warrant Shares issuable pursuant to this Warrant will be made under Section 8(f) above as a result of the issuance of any securities of the Company issued pursuant to (i) the grant or exercise of any stock or options which may hereafter be granted or exercised under any employee, consultant or director benefit plan of the Company now existing or implemented in the future, so long as the issuance of such stock or options is approved by a majority of the non-employee members of the Company’s Board of Directors or a majority of the members of a committee of non-employee directors established for such purpose, (ii) any options, warrant, convertible securities or rights or agreements to purchase securities of the Company (not including equity lines of credit) outstanding on the date hereof; (iii) any underwritten public offerings of equity securities securities (other than equity lines of credit and similar transactions); (iv) any equity securities issued for consideration other than cash pursuant to a merger, consolidation, acquisition or similar business combination; (v) shares of Common Stock issued in connection with any stock split, stock dividend or recapitalization by the Company; (vi) shares of Common Stock issued upon exercise of the Warrants; (vii) any equity securities issued pursuant to any equipment leasing arrangement or debt financing from a bank or similar financial institution whose primary business is lending money and not investing in securities; or (viii) any equity securities (other than equity lines of credit) issued in connection with strategic transactions involving the Company and other entities, including (A) joint ventures, manufacturing, marketing or distribution arrangements, (B) technology transfer or development arrangements; provided, that the primary purpose of such transaction is not the raising of capital; or (ix) an agreement to issue securities which does not close.

 

Section 9.                                            Fractional Interest.  The Company shall not be required to issue fractions of Warrant Shares upon the exercise of this Warrant.  If any fractional share of Common Stock would, except for the provisions of the first sentence of this Section 9, be deliverable upon such exercise, the Company, in lieu of delivering such fractional share, shall pay to the exercising

 

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holder of this Warrant an amount in cash equal to the Market Price of such fractional share of Common Stock on the date of exercise.

 

Section 10.                                      Extension of Expiration Date.  If the Company fails to cause any Registration Statement covering Registrable Securities (unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms are as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement relating to the Warrant Shares (the “Registration Rights Agreement”)) to be declared effective prior to the applicable dates set forth therein, or if any of the events specified in Section 2(c)(ii) of the Registration Rights Agreement occurs, and the Blackout Period (whether alone, or in combination with any other Blackout Period) continues for more than 60 days in any 12 month period, or for more than a total of 90 days, then the Expiration Date of this Warrant shall be extended one day for each day beyond the 60-day or 90-day limits, as the case may be, that the Blackout Period continues.

 

Section 11.                                      Benefits.  Nothing in this Warrant shall be construed to give any person, firm or corporation (other than the Company and the Warrantholder) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim, it being agreed that this Warrant shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Company and the Warrantholder.

 

Section 12.                                      Notices to Warrantholder.  Upon the happening of any event requiring an adjustment of the Warrant Price, the Company shall promptly give written notice thereof to the Warrantholder at the address appearing in the records of the Company, stating the adjusted Warrant Price and the adjusted number of Warrant Shares resulting from such event and setting forth in reasonable detail the method of calculation and the facts upon which such calculation is based.  Failure to give such notice to the Warrantholder or any defect therein shall not affect the legality or validity of the subject adjustment.

 

Section 13.                                      Identity of Transfer Agent.  The Transfer Agent for the Common Stock is Mellon Shareholder Services.  Upon the appointment of any subsequent transfer agent for the Common Stock or other shares of the Company’s capital stock issuable upon the exercise of the rights of purchase represented by the Warrant, the Company will mail to the Warrantholder a statement setting forth the name and address of such transfer agent.

 

Section 14.                                      Notices.  Unless otherwise provided, any notice required or permitted under this Warrant shall be given in writing and 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) if given by telex or facsimile, then such notice shall be deemed given upon receipt of confirmation of complete transmittal, (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 day after delivery to such carrier.  All notices shall be addressed as follows: if to the Warrantholder, at its address as set forth in the Company’s books and records and, if to the Company, at the address as follows, or at such other address as the Warrantholder or the Company may designate by ten days’ advance written notice to the other:

 

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If to the Company:

 

 

 

Click2learn, Inc.

 

110-110th Avenue N.E., Suite 700

 

Bellevue, WA  98004-5840

 

Attention:  General Counsel

 

Fax: 425 ###-###-####

 

 

 

With a copy to:

 

 

 

Perkins Coie LLP

 

505 Fifth Avenue South, Suite 620

 

Seattle, WA 98104-3846

 

Attention:  Scott Gelband

 

Fax:  206 ###-###-####

 

Section 15.                                      Registration Rights.  The initial holder of this Warrant is entitled to the benefit of certain registration rights with respect to the shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant as provided in the Registration Rights Agreement, and any subsequent holder hereof may be entitled to such rights.

 

Section 16.                                      Successors.  All the covenants and provisions hereof by or for the benefit of the Warrantholder shall bind and inure to the benefit of its respective successors and assigns hereunder.

 

Section 17.                                      Governing Law.  This Warrant shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the internal laws of the State of New York, without reference to the choice of law provisions thereof.  The Company and, by accepting this Warrant, the Warrantholder, each irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York located in New York County and the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York for the purpose of any suit, action, proceeding or judgment relating to or arising out of this Warrant and the transactions contemplated hereby.  Service of process in connection with any such suit, action or proceeding may be served on each party hereto anywhere in the world by the same methods as are specified for the giving of notices under this Warrant.  The Company and, by accepting this Warrant, the Warrantholder, each irrevocably consents to the jurisdiction of any such court in any such suit, action or proceeding and to the laying of venue in such court.  The Company and, by accepting this Warrant, the Warrantholder, each irrevocably waives any objection to the laying of venue of any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such courts and irrevocably waives any claim that any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

 

Section 18.                                      Cashless Exercise.

 

Net Issue Election.  If the Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant is not registered pursuant to a currently effective Registration Statement and may not be sold pursuant to Rule 144(k), the Warrantholder may elect to receive, without the payment by the

 

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Warrantholder of the aggregate Warrant Price in respect of the shares of Common Stock to be acquired, shares of Common Stock equal to the value of this Warrant or any portion hereof by the surrender of this Warrant (or such portion of this Warrant being so exercised) together with the Net Issue Election Notice annexed hereto as Appendix B duly executed, at the office of the Company.  Thereupon, the Company shall issue to the Warrantholder such number of fully paid, validly issued and nonassessable shares of Common Stock as is computed using the following formula:

 

X = Y (A - B)

A

 

where

 

X =                             the number of shares of Common Stock which the Warrantholder has then requested be issued to the Warrantholder;

 

Y =                              the total number of shares of Common Stock covered by this Warrant which the Warrantholder has surrendered at such time for cash-less exercise (including both shares to be issued to the Warrantholder and shares to be canceled as payment therefor);

 

A =                            the “Market Price” of one share of Common Stock as at the time the net issue election is made; and

 

B =                              the Warrant Price in effect under this Warrant at the time the net issue election is made.

 

Section 19.                                      Call Provision.  Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein to the contrary, at any time commencing after December 20, 2005, in the event that the closing bid price of a share of Common Stock as traded on the Nasdaq (or such other exchange or stock market on which the Common Stock may then be listed or quoted) equals or exceeds an amount equal to 200% of the Warrant Price (appropriately adjusted for any stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend or other reclassification or combination of the Common Stock occurring after the date hereof) for any twenty (20) consecutive trading days (which such twenty (20) trading day period shall have commenced after December 20, 2005) and all of the shares of Common Stock issuable hereunder either (i) are registered pursuant to an effective Registration Statement (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) which has not been suspended and for which no stop order is in effect, and pursuant to which the Warrantholder is able to sell such shares of Common Stock during the Notice Period (as defined below) or (ii) no longer constitute Registrable Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement), the Company, within three (3) days of such twenty (20) trading day period may demand that the Warrantholder exercise its rights hereunder, and the Warrantholder must exercise its rights prior to the end of the ten (10) days period after effectiveness of such notice (the “Notice Period”), if such exercise is not made or if only a partial exercise is made, any and all rights to further exercise rights hereunder shall cease upon the expiration of the Notice Period, provided, however, that if such Warrantholder elected to exercise pursuant to Section 18 hereof, the Company consented to such

 

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exercise.  Notice given pursuant to this Section 19 shall be given by facsimile and  internationally recognized overnight air courier, return receipt requested.

 

Section 20.                                      Limitation on Exercise.

 

(a)                                  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the number of shares of Common Stock that may be acquired by the Warrantholder upon any exercise of this Warrant (or otherwise in respect hereof) shall be limited to the extent necessary to insure that, following such exercise (or other issuance), the total number of shares of Common Stock then beneficially owned by such Warrantholder and its affiliates and any other persons whose beneficial ownership of Common Stock would be aggregated with the Warrantholder’s for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), does not exceed 4.999% of the total number of issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock (including for such purpose the shares of Common Stock issuable upon such exercise). For such purposes, beneficial ownership shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.  Each delivery of an Exercise Agreement hereunder will constitute a representation by the Warrantholder that it has evaluated the  limitation set forth in this paragraph and determined that issuance of the full number of Warrant Shares requested in such Exercise Agreement is permitted under this paragraph.  By written notice to the Company, the Warrantholder may waive the provisions of this Section but (i) any such waiver will not be effective until the 61st day after such notice is delivered to the Company and (ii) any such waiver will apply only to the Warrantholder and not to any other holder of Warrants. This provision shall not restrict the number of shares of Common Stock which a Warrantholder may receive or beneficially own in order to determine the amount of securities or other consideration that such Warrantholder may receive in the event of a merger or other business combination or reclassification involving the Company as contemplated in Section 8(b) of this Warrant.

 

(b)                                 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the number of  shares of Common Stock that may be acquired by the Warrantholder upon any exercise of this Warrant (or otherwise in respect hereof) shall be limited to the extent necessary to insure that, following such exercise (or other issuance), the total number of shares of Common Stock then beneficially owned by such Warrantholder and its affiliates and any other persons whose beneficial ownership of Common Stock would be aggregated with the Warrantholder’s for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, does not exceed 9.999% of the total number of issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock (including for such purpose the shares of Common Stock issuable upon such exercise).  For such purposes, beneficial ownership shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.  Each delivery of an Exercise Agreement hereunder will constitute a representation by the Warrantholder that it has evaluated the limitation set forth in this paragraph and determined that issuance of the full number of Warrant Shares requested in such Exercise Agreement is permitted under this paragraph.    This provision shall not restrict the number of shares of Common Stock which a Warrantholder may receive or beneficially own in order to determine the amount of securities or other consideration that such Warrantholder may receive in the event of a merger or other business combination or reclassification involving the Company as contemplated in Section 8(b) of this Warrant.

 

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Section 20.                                      No Rights as Stockholder.  Prior to the exercise of this Warrant, the Warrantholder shall not have or exercise any rights as a stockholder of the Company by virtue of its ownership of this Warrant.

 

Section 21.                                      Amendment; Waiver.  This Warrant is one of a series of Warrants of like tenor issued by the Company pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and initially covering an aggregate of 2,611,225 shares of Common Stock (collectively, the “Company Warrants”).  Any term of this Warrant may be amended or waived (including the adjustment provisions included in Section 8 of this Warrant) upon the written consent of the Company and the holders of Company Warrants representing at least 50% of the number of shares of Common Stock then subject to all outstanding Company Warrants (the “Majority Holders”); provided, that (x) any such amendment or waiver must apply to all Company Warrants; and (y) the number of Warrant Shares subject to this Warrant, the Warrant Price and the Expiration Date may not be amended, and the right to exercise this Warrant may not be altered or waived, without the written consent of the Warrantholder.

 

Section 22.                                      Section Headings.  The section headings in this Warrant are for the convenience of the Company and the Warrantholder and in no way alter, modify, amend, limit or restrict the provisions hereof.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be duly executed, as of the 20th day of June, 2003.

 

 

CLICK2LEARN, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:  Steven Esau

 

Title:  Senior Vice President, General Counsel

 

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APPENDIX A

CLICK2LEARN, INC.

WARRANT EXERCISE FORM

 

To: CLICK2LEARN, INC.:

 

The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise the right of purchase represented by the within Warrant (“Warrant”) for, and to purchase thereunder by the payment of the Warrant Price and surrender of the Warrant,                               shares of Common Stock (“Warrant Shares”) provided for therein, and requests that certificates for the Warrant Shares be issued as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

Name

 

 

 

 

Address

 

 

 

 

Federal Tax ID or Social Security No.

 

and delivered by (certified mail to the above address, or (electronically (provide DWAC Instructions:                         ), or (other (specify):                                                            ).

 

and, if the number of Warrant Shares shall not be all the Warrant Shares purchasable upon exercise of the Warrant, that a new Warrant for the balance of the Warrant Shares purchasable upon exercise of this Warrant be registered in the name of the undersigned Warrantholder or the undersigned’s Assignee as below indicated and delivered to the address stated below.

 

The undersigned represents that he, she or it (as the case may be) is an “accredited investor” as such term is defined in Rule 501(a) of the Securities Act of 1933.

 

Dated:

                                  

,

          

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note:  The signature must correspond with

 

 

 

Signature:

 

 

the name of the registered holder as written

 

 

on the first page of the Warrant in every

 

 

 

particular, without alteration or enlargement

 

Name (please print)

or any change whatever, unless the Warrant

 

 

has been assigned.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Address

 

 

 

 

 

 

Federal Identification or
Social Security No.

 

 

 

 

 

Assignee:

 

 

 

 

 



 

APPENDIX B

 

Net Issue Election Notice

 

To: CLICK2LEARN, INC.

 

Date:

 

 

 

The undersigned hereby elects under Section 18 of this Warrant to surrender the right to purchase                     shares of Common Stock pursuant to this Warrant and hereby requests the issuance of                          shares of Common Stock.  The undersigned represents that he, she or it (as the case may be) is an “accredited investor” as such term is defined in Rule 501(a) of the Securities Act of 1933.  The certificate(s) for the shares issuable upon such net issue election shall be issued in the name of the undersigned or as otherwise indicated below.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Signature

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name for Registration

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mailing Address