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THIS WARRANT HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933,
AS AMENDED, OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED
OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
OR EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE FOREGOING LAWS.
SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 10 HEREOF, THIS WARRANT SHALL BE
VOID AFTER 5:00 P.M. EASTERN TIME ON FEBRUARY 25, 2007 (the "EXPIRATION DATE").
No. 2002 BBI-1
AMERIGON INCORPORATED
WARRANT TO PURCHASE 860,301 SHARES OF
COMMON STOCK, NO PAR VALUE
For VALUE RECEIVED, Big Beaver Investments LLC ("Warrantholder"), is
entitled to purchase, subject to the provisions of this Warrant, from Amerigon
Incorporated, a California corporation ("Company"), at any time not later than
5:00 P.M., Eastern time, on the Expiration Date, at an exercise price per share
equal to $2.00 (the exercise price in effect being herein called the "Warrant
Price"), 860,301 shares ("Warrant Shares") of the Company's Common Stock, no par
value ("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 of 1933, 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.
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Section 3. Exercise of Warrant. Subject to the provisions hereof, the
Warrantholder may exercise this Warrant in whole or in part at any time 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 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 Sections 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 5.7, 5.8 and 5.9 of the
Exchange Agreement dated as of February 12, 2002 between the Company and the
Warrantholder are true and correct in all material respects with respect to the
Warrantholder as of the time of such exercise.
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 and gift taxes due
under federal, state or other law, if any such tax is due.
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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 exercise of the Warrant shall be, at the time of delivery of the
certificates for such Warrant Shares upon the due exercise of this Warrant, 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 (including cash) 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
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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 (including cash)
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 such shares of stock, securities or assets as, in accordance with
the foregoing provisions, such holder may be entitled to purchase, and the 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 (i) cash dividends or cash distributions payable out of consolidated
earnings or earned surplus, (ii) dividends or distributions referred to in
Section 8(a), or (iii) distributions of the assets or equity interests of BSST
LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (or its successor in interest)), 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. National Market System or SmallCap
Market System ("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 Value 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 Value in respect of subpart (c) hereof, the Company and the Warrantholder
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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 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 provided in subsection (g) hereof, if and
whenever the Company shall issue or sell, or is, in accordance with any of
subsections (f)(l) through (f)(6) hereof, deemed to have issued or sold, any
shares of Common Stock for a consideration per share less than the Warrant Price
in effect immediately prior to the time of such issue or sale, then and in each
such case (a "Trigger Issuance") the then-existing Warrant Price, shall be
reduced, as of the close of business on the effective date of the Trigger
Issuance, to a price determined as follows:
Adjusted Warrant Price = (A x B) + D
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A+C
where
"A" equals the number of shares of Common
Stock outstanding, including Additional Shares (as defined below) deemed to be
issued hereunder (whether deemed to be issued prior to, on or after the date
hereof), immediately preceding such Trigger Issuance;
"B" equals the Warrant Price in effect
immediately preceding such Trigger Issuance;
"C" equals the number of Additional Shares
of Common Stock issued or deemed issued hereunder as a result of the Trigger
Issuance; and
"D" equals the aggregate consideration, if
any, received or deemed to be received by the Company upon such Trigger
Issuance;
provided, however, that in no event shall the Warrant
Price after giving effect to such Trigger Issuance be greater than the Warrant
Price in effect prior to such Trigger Issuance.
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For purposes of this subsection (f), "Additional Shares of
Common Stock" shall mean all shares of Common Stock issued by the Company or
deemed to be issued pursuant to this subsection (f), other than Excluded
Issuances (as defined in subsection (g) hereof).
For purposes of this subsection (f), the following subsections
(f)(l) to (f)(6) shall also be applicable (subject, in each such case, to the
provisions of subsection (g) hereof) and to each other subsection contained in
this subsection (f):
(f)(1) Issuance of Rights or Options. In case at any
time the Company shall in any manner grant (directly and not
by assumption in a merger or otherwise) any warrants or other
rights to subscribe for or to purchase, or any options for the
purchase of, Common Stock or any stock or security convertible
into or exchangeable for Common Stock (such warrants, rights
or options being called "Options" and such convertible or
exchangeable stock or securities being called "Convertible
Securities") whether or not such Options or the right to
convert or exchange any such Convertible Securities are
immediately exercisable, and the price per share for which
Common Stock is issuable upon the exercise of such Options or
upon the conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities
(determined by dividing (i) the sum (which sum shall
constitute the applicable consideration) of (x) the total
amount, if any, received or receivable by the Company as
consideration for the granting of such Options, plus (y) the
aggregate amount of additional consideration payable to the
Company upon the exercise of all such Options, plus (z), in
the case of such Options which relate to Convertible
Securities, the aggregate amount of additional consideration,
if any, payable upon the issue or sale of such Convertible
Securities and upon the conversion or exchange thereof, by
(ii) the total maximum number of shares of Common Stock
issuable upon the exercise of such Options or upon the
conversion or exchange of all such Convertible Securities
issuable upon the exercise of such Options) shall be less than
the Warrant Price in effect immediately prior to the time of
the granting of such Options, then the total number of shares
of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of such Options or
upon conversion or exchange of the total amount of such
Convertible Securities issuable upon the exercise of such
Options shall be deemed to have been issued for such price per
share as of the date of granting of such Options or the
issuance of such Convertible Securities and thereafter shall
be deemed to be outstanding for purposes of adjusting the
Warrant Price. Except as otherwise provided in subsection
8(f)(3), no adjustment of the Warrant Price shall be made upon
the actual issue of such Common Stock or of such Convertible
Securities upon exercise of such Options or upon the actual
issue of such Common Stock upon conversion or exchange of such
Convertible Securities.
(f)(2) Issuance of Convertible Securities. In case
the Company shall in any manner issue (directly and not by
assumption in a merger or otherwise) or sell any Convertible
Securities, whether or not the rights to exchange or convert
any such Convertible Securities are immediately exercisable,
and the price per share for which Common Stock is issuable
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upon such conversion or exchange (determined by dividing (i)
the sum (which sum shall constitute the applicable
consideration) of (x) the total amount received or receivable
by the Company as consideration for the issue or sale of such
Convertible Securities, plus (y) the aggregate amount of
additional consideration, if any, payable to the Company upon
the conversion or exchange thereof, by (ii) the total number
of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion or
exchange of all such Convertible Securities) shall be less
than the Warrant Price in effect immediately prior to the time
of such issue or sale, then the total maximum number of shares
of Common Stock issuable upon conversion or exchange of all
such Convertible Securities shall be deemed to have been
issued for such price per share as of the date of the issue or
sale of such Convertible Securities and thereafter shall be
deemed to be outstanding for purposes of adjusting the Warrant
Price, provided that (a) except as otherwise provided in
subsection 8(f)(3), no adjustment of the Warrant Price shall
be made upon the actual issuance of such Common Stock upon
conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities and (b)
no further adjustment of the Warrant Price shall be made by
reason of the issue or sale of Convertible Securities upon
exercise of any Options to purchase any such Convertible
Securities for which adjustments of the Warrant Price have
been made pursuant to the other provisions of subsection 8(f).
(f)(3) Change in Option Price or Conversion Rate.
Upon the happening of any of the following events, namely, if
the purchase price provided for in any Option referred to in
subsection 8(f)(l) hereof, the additional consideration, if
any, payable upon the conversion or exchange of any
Convertible Securities referred to in subsections 8(f)(l) or
8(f)(2), or the rate at which Convertible Securities referred
to in subsections 8(f)(l) or 8(f)(2) are convertible into or
exchangeable for Common Stock shall change at any time
(including, but not limited to, changes under or by reason of
provisions designed to protect against dilution), the Warrant
Price in effect at the time of such event shall forthwith be
readjusted to the Warrant Price which would have been in
effect at such time had such Options or Convertible Securities
still outstanding provided for such changed purchase price,
additional consideration or conversion rate, as the case may
be, at the time initially granted, issued or sold. On the
termination of any Option for which any adjustment was made
pursuant to this subsection 8(f) or any right to convert or
exchange Convertible Securities for which any adjustment was
made pursuant to this subsection 8(f) (including without
limitation upon the redemption or purchase for consideration
of Convertible Securities by the Company), the Warrant Price
then in effect hereunder shall forthwith be changed to the
Warrant Price which would have been in effect at the time of
such termination had such Option or Convertible Securities, to
the extent outstanding immediately prior to such termination,
never been issued.
(f)(4) Consideration for Stock. In case any shares of
Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities shall be
issued or sold for cash, the consideration received therefor
shall be deemed to be the cash amount received by the Company
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therefor, without deduction therefrom of any expenses incurred
or any underwriting commissions or concessions paid or allowed
by the Company in connection therewith. In case any shares of
Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities shall be
issued or sold for a consideration other than cash, the amount
of the consideration other than cash received by the Company
shall be deemed to be the fair value of such consideration as
determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the
Company, after deduction of any expenses incurred or any
underwriting commissions or concessions paid or allowed by the
Company in connection therewith. In case any Options shall be
issued in connection with the issue and sale of other
securities of the Company, together comprising one integral
transaction in which no specific consideration is allocated to
such Options by the parties thereto, such Options shall be
deemed to have been issued for such consideration as
determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the
Company.
(f)(5) Record Date. In case the Company shall take a
record of the holders of its Common Stock for the purpose of
entitling them (i) to receive a dividend or other distribution
payable in Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities or
(ii) to subscribe for or purchase Common Stock, Options or
Convertible Securities, then such record date shall be deemed
to be the date of the issue or sale of the shares of Common
Stock deemed to have been issued or sold upon the declaration
of such dividend or the making of such other distribution or
the date of the granting of such right of subscription or
purchase, as the case may be.
(f)(6) Treasury Shares. The number of shares of
Common Stock outstanding at any given time shall not include
shares owned or held by or for the account of the Company or
any of its wholly-owned subsidiaries, and the disposition of
any such shares (other than the cancellation or retirement
thereof) shall be considered an issue or sale of Common Stock
for the purpose of this subsection (f).
(g) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the
Company shall not be required to make any adjustment of the Warrant Price in the
case of the issuance of (A) capital stock, Options or Convertible Securities
issued to directors, officers, employees or consultants of the Company in
connection with their service as directors of the Company, their employment by
the Company or their retention as consultants by the Company pursuant to an
equity compensation program approved by the Board of Directors or the
shareholders of the Company, (B) shares of Common Stock upon the conversion or
exercise of Options or Convertible Securities issued prior to the date hereof,
(C) shares of Common Stock and Convertible Securities issued to investors
pursuant to the terms of the certain purchase or exchange agreements, each dated
February 12, 2002, and shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise or
conversion of such Convertible Securities in accordance with their terms, (D)
Convertible Securities issued to ▇▇▇▇ Capital in payment of the placement agency
fees as disclosed in the purchase agreements; and shares of Common Stock
issuable upon the exercise or conversion of such Convertible Securities in
accordance with their terms, and (E) shares of Common Stock issued or issuable
by reason of a dividend, stock split or other distribution on the Common Stock
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(but only to the extent that such a dividend, split or distribution results in
an adjustment in the Warrant Price pursuant to the other provisions of this
Warrant) (collectively, "Excluded Issuances").
Section 9. Fractional Interest. The Company shall not be required to
issue fractions of Warrant Shares upon the exercise of the Warrant. If any
fractional share of Common Stock would, except for the provisions of the first
sentence of this Section 9, be delivered upon such exercise, the Company, in
lieu of delivering such fractional share, shall pay to the exercising holder of
this Warrant an amount in cash equal to the Fair Market Value of such fractional
share of Common Stock on the date of exercise. As used in this Warrant, "Fair
Market Value" of a share of Common Stock 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 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 sales 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.
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 dated of even date herewith (the "Registration Rights Agreement")) to
be declared effective prior to the applicable dates set forth therein 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 U.S. Stock Transfer Co. 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
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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 telecopier, 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: (i) 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:
If to the Company:
Amerigon Incorporated
▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Attention: Chief Executive Officer
Fax: ▇▇▇.▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇
With a copy to:
O'Melveny & ▇▇▇▇▇ LLP
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Attention: ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇
Fax: ▇▇▇.▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇
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
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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. Call Provision. Notwithstanding any other provision
contained herein to the contrary, 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) exceeds $4.00
(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 twenty (20) consecutive trading sessions 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 is available for sales of such shares of Common Stock or (ii)
no longer constitute Registrable Securities (as defined in the Registration
Rights Agreement), the Company, upon thirty (30) days prior written notice (the
"Notice Period") following such twenty (20) day period, to the Warrantholder,
may call this Warrant, in whole but not in part, at a redemption price equal to
$0.01 per share of Common Stock then purchasable pursuant to this Warrant.
Notwithstanding any such notice by the Company, the Warrantholder shall have the
right to exercise this Warrant prior to the end of the Notice Period.
Section 19. 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 20. Amendment; Waiver. 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 Warrantholder.
Section 21. Section Headings. The section heading 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.
EXHIBIT 8
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be duly
executed, as of the 25th day of February, 2002.
AMERIGON INCORPORATED
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇, III
Title: Chief Executive Officer
EXHIBIT 8
APPENDIX A
AMERIGON INCORPORATED
WARRANT EXERCISE FORM
To: Amerigon Incorporated
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:
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Name
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Address
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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.
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.
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Address
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Federal Identification or
Social Security No.
Assignee:
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EXHIBIT 8