Void after May 29, 2014 Warrant No. 2007-_______

THIS SECURITY AND ANY SHARES ISSUED UPON THE EXERCISE OR CONVERSION OF THIS SECURITY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR BLUE SKY LAWS.

AXS-ONE INC.

COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT

AXS-One Inc. (the “Company”), having its principal office as of the date hereof at ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, hereby certifies that, for value received, _________________________________, ________________________ or registered assigns, is entitled, subject to the terms and conditions set forth below, to purchase from the Company at any time on or from time to time after May 29, 2007 and before 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on May 29, 2014 (the “Expiration Date”), ____________ (____) fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock (as defined below), at the initial Purchase Price per share (as defined below) of $0.01. The number of such shares of Common Stock and the Purchase Price per share are subject to adjustment as provided in Section 5.

The Company agreed to issue warrants, including this Warrant, to purchase an aggregate of 2,000,000 shares of Common Stock (subject to adjustment as provided in Section 5) in connection with the issuance by the Company to the Holders of an aggregate original principal amount of $5,000,000 of Secured Convertible Promissory Notes, due May 29, 2009.

As used herein the following terms, unless the context otherwise requires, have the following respective meanings:

“Aggregate Purchase Price” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.

“AMEX” means the American Stock Exchange, Inc.

 

 

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“Blue Sky Laws” means any state securities or “blue sky” laws.

“Board of Directors” means the board of directors of the Company.

“Business Day” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New Jersey are authorized or required by law to remain closed.

“Company” includes the Company and any corporation which shall succeed to or assume the obligations of the Company hereunder. The term “corporation” shall include an association, joint stock company, business trust, limited liability company or other similar organization.

“Common Stock” means the Company’s Common Stock, $.01 par value per share, authorized as of the date hereof, and any stock of any class or classes (however designated) hereafter authorized upon reclassification thereof, which, if the Board of Directors declares any dividends or distributions, has the right to participate in the distribution of earnings and assets of the Company after the payment of dividends or other distributions on any shares of capital stock of the Company entitled to a preference and in the voting for the election of directors of the Company.

“Convertible Securities” means (i) options to purchase or rights to subscribe for Common Stock, (ii) securities by their terms convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock or (iii) options to purchase or rights to subscribe for such convertible or exchangeable securities.

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as the same shall be in effect at the time.

“Holder” means any record owner of Warrants or Underlying Securities.

“Investor Rights Agreement” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.

“Market Price” means with respect to any securities at any date (i) if the principal trading market for such securities is AMEX or another exchange, the average of the closing sale prices per share for the last ten previous trading days in which a sale was reported, as officially reported on any consolidated tape, (ii) if the principal market for such securities is the over-the-counter market, the average of the closing sale prices per share on the last ten previous trading days in which a sale was reported as set forth by the over the counter bulletin board or, (iii) if the security is not listed on another exchange or the over the counter bulletin board, the average of the closing sale prices per share on the last ten previous trading days in which a sale was reported as set forth in the National Quotation Bureau sheet listing such securities for such days. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if there is no reported closing sale price, as the case may be, reported on any of the ten trading days preceding the event requiring a determination of Market Price hereunder, then the Market Price shall be the average of the high bid and asked prices for the last ten previous trading days in which a sale was reported; and if there is no reported high bid and asked prices, as the case may be, reported on any of the ten trading days preceding the

 

 

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event requiring a determination of Market Price hereunder, then the Market Price shall be determined in good faith by resolution of the Board of Directors.

“Nasdaq” means the Nasdaq Capital Market or Nasdaq Global Market.

“Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 20.

“Original Issue Date” means May 29, 2007.

“Other Securities” refers to any stock (other than Common Stock) and other securities of the Company or any other Person (corporate or otherwise) which the Holders of the Warrants at any time shall be entitled to receive, or shall have received, upon the exercise of the Warrants, in lieu of or in addition to Common Stock, or which at any time shall be issuable or shall have been issued in exchange for or in replacement of Common Stock or Other Securities pursuant to Section 5 or 6.

“Person” means any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, business trust, unincorporated association, joint stock corporation, trust, joint venture or other entity, any university or similar institution, or any government or any agency or instrumentality or political subdivision thereof.

“Purchase Agreement” means the Convertible Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement dated as of May 29, 2007, among the Company and the Purchasers.

“Purchase Price per share” means $0.01 per share, as may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with Section 5 or 6.

“Purchaser” has the meaning set forth in the Purchase Agreement.

“registered” and “registration” refer to a registration effected by filing a registration statement in compliance with the Securities Act, to permit the disposition of Underlying Securities issued or issuable upon the exercise of Warrants, and any post-effective amendments and supplements filed or required to be filed to permit any such disposition.

“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933 as the same shall be in effect at the time.

“Underlying Securities” means any Common Stock or Other Securities issued or issuable upon exercise of Warrants.

“Warrant” means, as applicable, (i) the Warrants dated as of the date hereof, originally issued by the Company pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, of which this Warrant is one, evidencing rights to purchase up to an aggregate of 2,000,000 shares of Common Stock, and all Warrants issued upon transfer, division or combination of, or in substitution for, any thereof (all Warrants shall at all times be identical as to terms and conditions and date, except as to the number of shares of Common Stock for which they may be exercised) or (ii) each right as set

 

 

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forth in this Warrant to purchase one share of Common Stock, as adjusted from time to time in accordance with Section 5 or 6.

1. Registration. The Holder shall have the rights to registration of Underlying Securities issuable upon exercise of the Warrants that are set forth in the Investor Rights Agreement, dated the Original Issue Date, among the Company and each of the Purchasers (the “Investor Rights Agreement”).

2. Sale Without Registration. If, at the time of any transfer or surrender for exchange of a Warrant or of Underlying Securities previously issued upon the exercise of Warrants, such Warrant or Underlying Securities shall not be registered under the Securities Act, the Company may require, as a condition of allowing such transfer or exchange, that the Holder or transferee of such Warrant or Underlying Securities, as the case may be, furnish to the Company an opinion of counsel, reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that such transfer or exchange may be made without registration under the Securities Act and without registration or qualification under any applicable Blue Sky Laws, provided that nothing contained in this Section 2 shall relieve (a) the Company from complying with the Investor Rights Agreement or (b) the Holder from its obligations under the Purchase Agreement.

3. Exercise of Warrant.

3.1. Exercise in Full. Subject to the provisions hereof, at any time following approval by the American Stock Exchange of an Additional Listing Application with respect to the shares of Common Stock into which this Warrant may be converted, this Warrant may be exercised in full by the Holder hereof by surrender of this Warrant, with the form of subscription at the end hereof duly executed by such Holder, to the Company at its principal office set forth at the head of this Warrant (or such other location as the Company from time to time may advise the Holder in writing), accompanied by payment, in cash or by certified or official bank check payable to the order of the Company, in the amount obtained (the “Aggregate Purchase Price”) by multiplying (a) the number of shares of Common Stock then issuable upon exercise of this Warrant by (b) the Purchase Price per share on the date of such exercise.

3.2. Partial Exercise. Subject to the provisions hereof, at any time following approval by the American Stock Exchange of an Additional Listing Application with respect to the shares of Common Stock into which this Warrant may be converted, this Warrant may be exercised in part by surrender of this Warrant in the manner and at the place provided in Section 3.1 except that the amount payable by the Holder upon any partial exercise shall be the amount obtained by multiplying (a) the number of shares of Common Stock designated by the Holder in the subscription at the end hereof by (b) the Purchase Price per share on the date of such exercise. Upon any such partial exercise, the Company at its expense shall forthwith issue and deliver to or upon the order of the Holder hereof a new Warrant or Warrants of like tenor, in the name of the Holder hereof or as such Holder (upon payment by such Holder of any applicable transfer taxes and subject to the provisions of Section 2) may request, calling in the aggregate on the face or faces thereof for the number of shares of Common Stock equal

 

 

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to the number of such shares issuable prior to such partial exercise of this Warrant minus the number of such shares designated by the Holder in the subscription at the end hereof.

3.3. Company to Reaffirm Obligations. The Company shall, at the time of any exercise of this Warrant, upon the request of the Holder hereof, acknowledge in writing its continuing obligation to afford to such Holder any rights (including, without limitation, any right to registration of the Underlying Securities, if any) to which such Holder shall continue to be entitled after such exercise in accordance with the provisions of this Warrant; provided, however, that if the Holder of this Warrant shall fail to make any such request, such failure shall not affect the continuing obligation of the Company to afford such Holder any such rights.

3.4. Certain Exercises. If an exercise of this Warrant is to be made in connection with a registered public offering or sale of the Company, such exercise may, at the election of the Holder, be conditioned on the consummation of the public offering or sale of the Company, in which case such exercise shall not be deemed effective until the consummation of such transaction.

3.5. Conversion Right. At any time following (i) approval by the American Stock Exchange of an Additional Listing Application with respect to the shares of Common Stock into which this Warrant may be converted and (ii) the first anniversary of the date of original issuance of this Warrant that a registration statement as contemplated by the Investor Rights Agreement is not effective with respect to the resale of the Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant, then in lieu of exercising this Warrant at such time as specified in Section 3.1 and Section 3.2, the Holder may convert this Warrant, in whole or in part, into the number of shares of Common Stock determined by dividing (a) the aggregate fair market value of the Common Stock or the Other Securities issuable upon exercise of this Warrant minus the Aggregate Purchase Price of such shares by (b) the current Market Price. Such conversion shall be effected by surrender of this Warrant, with the form of subscription at the end hereof duly executed by such ▇▇▇▇▇▇, to the Company at its principal office set forth at the head of this Warrant (or such other location as the Company from time to time may advise the Holder in writing).

4. Delivery of Stock Certificates on Exercise. As soon as practicable after the exercise of this Warrant in full or in part, and in any event within three Business Days thereafter, the Company at its own expense (including the payment by it of any applicable issue taxes) shall cause to be issued in the name of and delivered to the Holder hereof, or as such Holder (upon payment by such Holder of any applicable transfer taxes and subject to the provisions of Section 2) may direct, a certificate or certificates for the number of fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock or Other Securities to which such Holder shall be entitled upon such exercise, plus, in lieu of any fractional share to which such Holder would otherwise be entitled, cash equal to such fraction multiplied by the then current Market Price of one full share.

5. Adjustment for Dividends.

 

 

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(a) In case at any time or from time to time after the Original Issue Date, the Company shall at any time declare or pay a dividend upon its Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon exercise hereof shall be increased by the number of shares that would have been issued pursuant to such dividend with respect to the shares acquirable hereunder as of the record date for such dividend.

(b) If the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at any time after the Original Issue Date is decreased by a combination or reverse stock split of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, the Purchase Price per share shall be increased in proportion to such decrease. If the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at any time after the Original Issue Date is increased by a forward stock split of the outstanding shares of Common Stock or otherwise, the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon exercise hereof shall be increased by the number of shares that would have been issued had this Warrant been fully exercised as of the date of such forward stock split or other transaction resulting in an increase in the outstanding shares of Common Stock.

(c) Upon each adjustment to the Purchase Price per share, the Holder of this Warrant shall thereafter be entitled to purchase, at the Purchase Price per share resulting from such adjustment, the number of shares of Common Stock obtained by multiplying the Purchase Price per share in effect immediately prior to such adjustment by the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable pursuant hereto immediately prior to such adjustment, and dividing the product thereof by the Purchase Price per share resulting from such adjustment.

6. Reorganization, Consolidation, Merger. In case the Company after the Original Issue Date shall (a) effect a reorganization, (b) consolidate with or merge into any other Person, or (c) transfer all or substantially all of its properties or assets to any other Person under any plan or arrangement contemplating the dissolution of the Company, then, in each such case, the Holder of this Warrant, upon the exercise hereof as provided in Section 3 at any time after the consummation of such reorganization, consolidation or merger or the effective date of such dissolution, as the case may be, shall be entitled to receive (and the Company or its successors or assigns shall be entitled to deliver), in lieu of the Underlying Securities issuable upon such exercise prior to such consummation or such effective date, the stock and other securities and property (including cash) to which such Holder would have been entitled upon such consummation or in connection with such dissolution, as the case may be, if such Holder had so exercised this Warrant immediately prior thereto. Upon receipt of such stock and other securities and property (including cash), if any, the rights of the Holder under this Warrant shall terminate and cease and this Warrant shall expire and be of no force and effect. In any such case, the Company (or its successors or assigns) shall be entitled to make appropriate adjustments in the application of the provisions of this Warrant with respect to the rights and interests of the Holder after such reorganization, merger, consolidation or dissolution. The Company shall not effect any such reorganization, consolidation, merger or dissolution, unless prior to or simultaneously with the consummation thereof, the successor corporation resulting from such consolidation or merger or the corporation purchasing such assets shall confirm or assume, by written instrument, the obligation to deliver to each Holder the shares of stock, cash, other securities or assets to

 

 

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which, in accordance with the foregoing provisions, each Holder may be entitled to and all other obligations of the Company under this Warrant.

7. Further Assurances; Reports. The Company shall take all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and non-assessable shares of Underlying Securities upon the exercise of all Warrants from time to time outstanding. For so long as the Holder holds this Warrant, the Company shall deliver to the Holder contemporaneously with delivery to the holders of Common Stock, a copy of each report of the Company delivered to such holders.

8. Certificate as to Adjustments. In each case of any adjustment or readjustment in the Underlying Securities, the Company shall, at its expense, promptly cause its Chief Financial Officer to compute such adjustment or readjustment in accordance with the terms of this Warrant and prepare a certificate setting forth such adjustment or readjustment and showing in detail the facts upon which such adjustment or readjustment is based, and the number of shares of Common Stock or Other Securities outstanding or deemed to be outstanding. The Company shall forthwith mail a copy of each such certificate to the Holder.

9. Notices of Record Date. In the event of:

(a) any taking by the Company of a record of its stockholders for the purpose of determining the stockholders thereof who are entitled to receive any dividend or other distribution (other than a quarterly dividend payable solely in cash), or any right to subscribe for, purchase or otherwise acquire any shares of stock of any class or any other securities or property, or to receive any other right, or for the purpose of determining stockholders who are entitled to vote in connection with any proposed capital reorganization of the Company, any reclassification or recapitalization of the capital stock of the Company or any transfer of all or substantially all the assets of the Company to or consolidation or merger of the Company with or into any other Person, or

(b) any voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding-up of the Company,

then and in each such event the Company shall mail or cause to be mailed to each Holder of a Warrant a notice specifying (i) the date on which any such record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution or right, and stating the amount and character of such dividend, distribution or right and (ii) the date on which any such reorganization, reclassification, recapitalization, transfer, consolidation, merger, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up is to take place, and the time, if any, as of which the Holders of record of Underlying Securities shall be entitled to exchange their shares of Underlying Securities for securities or other property deliverable upon such reorganization, reclassification, recapitalization, transfer, consolidation, merger, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up. Such notice shall be mailed at least 20 days prior to the date therein specified.

 

 

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10. Reservation of Stock Issuable on Exercise of Warrants. The Company shall at all times reserve and keep available, solely for issuance and delivery upon the exercise of the Warrants, all shares of Common Stock (or Other Securities) from time to time issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants.

11. Listing on Securities Exchanges; Registration; Issuance of Certain Securities. In furtherance and not in limitation of any other provision of this Warrant, if the Company at any time shall list any Common Stock (or Other Securities) on any national securities exchange or Nasdaq, the Company shall, at its expense, simultaneously list the Underlying Securities from time to time issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants on such exchange or Nasdaq, upon official notice of issuance.

12. Exchange of Warrants. Subject to the provisions of Section 2, upon surrender for exchange of this Warrant, properly endorsed, to the Company, as soon as practicable (and in any event within three Business Days) the Company at its own expense shall issue and deliver to or upon the order of the Holder thereof a new Warrant or Warrants of like tenor, in the name of such Holder or as such Holder (upon payment by such Holder of any applicable transfer taxes) may direct, calling in the aggregate on the face or faces thereof for the number of shares of Common Stock called for on the face of this Warrant so surrendered.

13. Replacement of Warrants. Upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant and, in the case of any such loss, theft or destruction, upon delivery of an indemnity agreement or other collateral reasonably satisfactory in form and amount to the Company and its transfer agent or, in the case of any such mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation of this Warrant, the Company at its expense shall execute and deliver, in lieu thereof, a new Warrant of like tenor.

14. Warrant Agent. The Company may, by written notice to each Holder of a Warrant, appoint an agent having an office in New York, New York, for the purpose of issuing Common Stock (or Other Securities) upon the exercise of the Warrants pursuant to Section 3, exchanging Warrants pursuant to Section 12, and replacing Warrants pursuant to Section 13, or any of the foregoing, and thereafter any such issuance, exchange or replacement, as the case may be, shall be made at such office by such agent.

15. Remedies; Enforcement Expenses. The Company stipulates that the remedies at law of the Holder of this Warrant in the event of any default or threatened default by the Company in the performance of or compliance with any of the terms of this Warrant may not be adequate, and that such terms may be specifically enforced by a decree for the specific performance of any agreement contained herein or by an injunction that may be sought against a violation of any of the terms hereof or otherwise. The Company agrees to pay all costs and expenses of enforcement of this Warrant in the event of any default or threatened default by the Company in the performance of or compliance with any of the terms of this Warrant, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses.

16. No Rights as Stockholder. This Warrant does not entitle the Holder hereof to any voting rights or other rights as a stockholder of the Company prior to the exercise hereof.

 

 

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17. Negotiability. Subject to Section 2, this Warrant is issued upon the following terms, to all of which each Holder or owner hereof by the taking hereof consents and agrees that:

(a) subject to the provisions of this Warrant and the Purchase Agreement, title to this Warrant may be transferred by endorsement (by the Holder hereof executing the form of assignment at the end hereof); and

(b) until this Warrant is transferred on the books of the Company, the Company may treat the registered Holder hereof as the absolute owner hereof for all purposes, notwithstanding any notice to the contrary.

18. Governing Law; Jurisdiction. This Warrant shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without regard to principles of conflicts of law. Each of the Holder and the Company hereby irrevocably consents and submits to the jurisdiction of any New York State or United States Federal Court sitting in the State of New York, County of New York, over any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Warrant and irrevocably consents to the service of any and all process in any such action or proceeding in the manner for the giving of notices at its address specified in Section 20. Each of the Holder and the Company further waives any objection to venue in the State of New York, County of New York and any objection to an action or proceeding in such state and county on the basis of forum non conveniens. Each of the Holder and the Company also waives any right to trial by jury.

19. Headings. The headings of the sections of this Warrant are for convenience and shall not by themselves determine the interpretation of this Warrant.

20. Notices. Any notice or other communication required or permitted to be given hereunder (each a “Notice”) shall be given in writing and shall be made by personal delivery or sent by courier or certified or registered first-class mail (postage pre-paid), addressed to a party at its address shown below or at such other address as such party may designate by three days’ advance Notice to the other party.

Any Notice to the Holder shall be sent to the address for such ▇▇▇▇▇▇ set forth on books and records of the Company.

Any Notice to the Company shall be sent to:

AXS-One Inc.

301 Route 17 North

Rutherford, New Jersey 07070

Attention: Chief Financial Officer

Each Notice shall be deemed given and effective upon receipt (or refusal of receipt).

 

 

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21. Severability. Whenever possible, each provision of this Warrant shall be interpreted in such a manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Warrant shall be deemed prohibited or invalid under such applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, and such prohibition or invalidity shall not invalidate the remainder of such provision or any other provision of this Warrant.

22. Amendments and Waivers. Any provision of this Warrant may be amended and the observance of any provision of this Warrant may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively), only with the written consent of the Company and the Holder of the Warrant.

23. Construction. Words (including capitalized terms defined herein) in the singular shall be held to include the plural and vice versa as the context requires. The words “herein”, “hereinafter”, “hereunder” and words of similar import used in this Warrant shall, unless otherwise stated, refer to this Warrant as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Warrant. All references to “$” in this Warrant and the other agreements contemplated hereby shall refer to United States dollars (unless otherwise specified expressly). Any reference to any gender includes the other genders.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be signed by its duly authorized officer as of __________ __, 2007.

 

 

 

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FORM OF SUBSCRIPTION

(To be signed only upon exercise of Warrant)

To: AXS-ONE INC.

The undersigned, the Holder of the within Warrant, hereby irrevocably elects to exercise the purchase right represented by such Warrant for, and to purchase thereunder,      * shares of Common Stock of AXS-One Inc., and herewith makes payment of $__________ and requests that the certificates for such shares be issued in the name of, and delivered to, ___________________, whose address is _______________________.

The undersigned, the Holder of the within Warrant, hereby irrevocably elects to convert the attached Warrant into shares in the manner specified in such Warrant. This conversion is exercised with respect to _______ of the shares covered by such Warrant.

[Strike paragraph above that does not apply.]

The undersigned represents that the undersigned is acquiring such securities for its own account for investment and not with a view to or for sale in connection with any distribution thereof (except for any resale pursuant to, and in accordance with a valid registration statement effective under the Securities Act of 1933).

Dated:

 

 

 

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FORM OF ASSIGNMENT

(To be signed by the Holder only upon transfer of Warrant)

For value received, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto _________________________ the right represented by the within Warrant to purchase _________ shares of Common Stock of AXS-One Inc. to which the within Warrant relates, and hereby does irrevocably constitute and appoint ______________________________ Attorney to transfer such right on the books of AXS-One Inc. with full power of substitution in the premises. The Warrant being transferred hereby is one of the Warrants issued by AXS-One Inc. as of May 29, 2007 to purchase an aggregate of 2,000,000 shares of Common Stock.

Dated: _______________

 

 

 

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