WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK OF CASTELLUM, INC.
Exhibit 4.1
THIS WARRANT AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF APPLICABLE STATES. THESE SECURITIES ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERABILITY AND RESALE AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED OR RESOLD EXCEPT AS PERMITTED HEREUNDER AND UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND THE APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, PURSUANT TO REGISTRATION OR EXEMPTION THEREFROM. INVESTORS SHOULD BE AWARE THAT THEY MAY BE REQUIRED TO BEAR THE FINANCIAL RISKS OF THIS INVESTMENT FOR AN INDEFINITE PERIOD OF TIME. THE ISSUER OF THESE SECURITIES MAY REQUIRE AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IN FORM AND SUBSTANCE SATISFACTORY TO THE ISSUER TO THE EFFECT THAT ANY PROPOSED TRANSFER OR RESALE IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.
WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK
OF
Issued on: [___________]
Void after: [___________]
This certifies that ___________________ or his registered assigns (the “Holder”) is entitled, subject to the terms and conditions of this Warrant (this "Warrant"), to purchase from Castellum, Inc. (the “Company”) at any time during the Exercise Period (defined below) and prior to _____________ (the “Expiration Date”) all, or any portion, of ___________ shares of Warrant Stock (as defined below) as may be purchased at a price per share equal to the Exercise Price (as defined below), upon surrender of this Warrant at the principal offices of the Company, together with a duly executed exercise form in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 1 (the “Notice of Exercise Form”) and simultaneous payment of the full Exercise Price for the shares of Warrant Stock so purchased in lawful money of the United States.
The Exercise Price and the number and character of shares of Warrant Stock purchasable under this Warrant are subject to adjustment as provided herein.
1. Definitions. The following definitions shall apply for purposes of this Warrant. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in that certain Convertible Note between the Company and the Holder:
1.1 “Exercise Period” means that period that shall commence on the date of this Warrant and end on the Expiration Date.
1.2 “Exercise Price” means $_____ (___ cents) per share, subject to adjustment as provided herein.
1.3 “Holder” means any person who shall at the time be the registered holder of this Warrant.
1.4 “Warrant” means this Warrant and any warrant(s) delivered in substitution or exchange therefor, as provided herein.
1.5 “Warrant Stock” means shares of the Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant. The number and character of shares of Warrant Stock are subject to adjustment as provided herein and the term “Warrant Stock” shall include stock and other securities and property at any time receivable or issuable upon exercise of this Warrant in accordance with its terms.
2. Exercise.
2.1 Method of Exercise. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Warrant, the Holder may exercise this Warrant at any time or from time to time, in whole or in part, on any Trading Day before the Expiration Date, for that number of shares of Warrant Stock set forth herein with the Notice of Exercise Form duly executed by the Holder (the “Notice of Exercise”), and payment of an amount equal to the product obtained by multiplying (i) the number of shares of Warrant Stock to be purchased by the Holder by (ii) the Exercise Price as determined in accordance with the terms hereof. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Warrant to the Company until the Holder has purchased all of the Warrant Stock available hereunder and the Warrant has been exercised in full, in which case, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company for cancellation within three (3) Trading Days of the date the final Notice of Exercise is delivered to the Company. Partial exercises of this Warrant resulting in purchases of a portion of the total number of Warrant Stock available hereunder shall have the effect of lowering the outstanding number of Warrant Stock purchasable hereunder in an amount equal to the applicable number of Warrant Stock purchased. The Holder and the Company shall maintain records showing the number of Warrant Stock purchased and the date of such purchases. The Company shall deliver any objection to any Notice of Exercise Form within 1 Business Day of receipt of such notice. In the event of any dispute or discrepancy, the records of the Holder shall be controlling and determinative in the absence of manifest error.
2.2 Form of Payment. Payment may be made by (i) a check payable to the Company’s order, (ii) wire transfer of funds to the Company, or (iii) any combination of the foregoing
2.3 Cashless Exercise. This Warrant may also be exercised, in whole or in part, at such time by means of a “cashless exercise” in which the Holder shall be entitled to receive a certificate for the number of shares of Warrant Stock equal to the quotient obtained by dividing [(A-B) (X)] by (A), where:
(A) = the per share price of the Company's Common Stock as determined by the closing bid price of the Company’s common stock on the date immediately prior to the date on which Holder elects to exercise this Warrant by means of a “cashless exercise,” as set forth in the applicable Notice of Exercise;
(B) = the Exercise Price of this Warrant, as adjusted hereunder; and
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(X) = the number of shares of Warrant Stock that would be issuable upon exercise of this Warrant in accordance with the terms of this Warrant if such exercise were by means of a cash exercise rather than a cashless exercise.
2.4 No Fractional Shares. No fractional shares may be issued upon any exercise of this Warrant, and any fractions shall be rounded down to the nearest whole number of shares. If upon any exercise of this Warrant a fraction of a share results, the Company will pay the cash value of any such fractional share, calculated on the basis of the Exercise Price.
2.5 Restrictions on Exercise. This Warrant may not be exercised if the issuance of the Warrant Stock upon such exercise would constitute a violation of any applicable federal or state securities laws or other laws or regulations. As a condition to the exercise of this Warrant, the Holder shall execute the Notice of Exercise Form.
3. Issuance of Stock.
3.1 Delivery of Certificates Upon Exercise. Certificates for shares purchased hereunder shall be transmitted by the Company to the Holder by physical delivery to the address specified by the Holder in the Notice of Exercise by the date that is two (2) Trading Days after the latest of (A) the delivery to the Company of the Notice of Exercise Form, (B) surrender of this Warrant (if required), and (C) payment of the aggregate Exercise Price as set forth above (including by cashless exercise, if permitted) (such date, the “Warrant Stock Delivery Date”). This Warrant shall be deemed to have been exercised on the first date on which all of the foregoing have been delivered to the Company. The Warrant Shares shall be deemed to have been issued, and Holder or any other person so designated to be named therein shall be deemed to have become a holder of record of such shares for all purposes, as of the date the Warrant has been exercised, with payment to the Company of the Exercise Price (or by cashless exercise, if permitted) and all taxes required to be paid by the Holder, if any, pursuant to Section 3.4 prior to the issuance of such shares, having been paid.
3.2 Charges, Taxes and Expenses. Issuance of certificates for Warrant Stock shall be made without charge to the Holder for any issue or transfer tax or other incidental expense in respect of the issuance of such certificate, all of which taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Company, and such certificates shall be issued in the name of the Holder or in such name or names as may be directed by the Holder; provided, however, that in the event certificates for Warrant Stock are to be issued in a name other than the name of the Holder, this Warrant when surrendered for exercise shall be accompanied by the Assignment Form attached hereto duly executed by the Holder and the Company may require, as a condition thereto, the payment of a sum sufficient to reimburse it for any transfer tax incidental thereto.
4. Adjustment Provisions. The number and character of shares of Warrant Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant (or any shares of stock or other securities or property at the time receivable or issuable upon exercise of this Warrant) and the Exercise Price therefor, are subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of the following events between the date this Warrant is issued and the date it is exercised:
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4.1 Adjustment for Stock Splits and Stock Dividends. The Exercise Price of this Warrant and the number of shares of Warrant Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant (or any shares of stock or other securities at the time issuable upon exercise of this Warrant) shall each be proportionally adjusted to reflect any stock dividend, stock split or reverse stock split, or other similar event affecting the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock (or such other stock or securities). Each adjustment under this Section 4.1 shall become effective on the close of business on the date such dividend, stock split or reverse stock split, or other similar event becomes effective.
4.2 Adjustment for Reorganization, Consolidation, Merger. In case of any recapitalization or reorganization of the Company after the date of this Warrant, or in case, after such date, the Company shall consolidate with, merge into, or enter into a share exchange with, another corporation or entity (the “Successor Entity”) or other similar event, then, and in each such case, the Warrant Holder shall be entitled to receive, at any time on or after the consummation of such recapitalization, reorganization, consolidation, merger, share exchange or other similar event, shall be entitled to receive, at the option of the Warrant Holder, either (a) warrants or other securities exercisable or convertible into common stock of the Successor Entity, or (b) in lieu of the securities contemplated by clause (a) hereof, the cash, stock or other securities or property to which the Warrant Holder would have been entitled upon the consummation of such recapitalization, reorganization, consolidation, merger, share exchange or other similar event, if the Warrant Holder had exercised this Warrant immediately prior thereto at the Exercise Price. The Company covenants and agrees that any Successor Entity in such reorganization, consolidation, merger, share exchange or other similar event (if other than the Company) shall duly execute and deliver to the Warrant Holder a supplement hereto acknowledging such corporation’s obligations under this Warrant; and in each such case, the terms of this Warrant shall be applicable to the cash, shares of stock or other securities or property receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant after the consummation of such reorganization, consolidation, merger, share exchange or other similar event.
4.3 Adjustment for Dilutive Issuances. If the Company, at any time after the date of this Warrant, shall, prior to [___________], issue any shares of Common Stock or securities of the Company convertible into shares of Common Stock at a price per share of Common Stock less than the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such issuance, in any case other than an Excluded Issuance (as hereinafter defined) (a “Dilutive Issuance”), then, and in each such case, the Exercise Price shall be reduced to the effective per share price of the Common Stock in connection with such additional issuance of securities.
The following shall be deemed “Excluded Issuances” for the purpose of this Section 4.3:
(a) The Company’s granting of stock options, and/or issuance of Common Stock upon exercise thereof, to directors, officers, employees or consultants of the Company; or
(b) The issuance of shares of Common Stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for shares of Common Stock (and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion, exercise or exchange thereof) in connection with any future acquisition, merger or other business combination, purchase of assets or of all or a portion of a business or other strategic relationship entered, by the Company or any of its subsidiaries.
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4.4 Number of Shares of Warrant Stock. Simultaneously with any adjustment to the Exercise Price pursuant to Section 4.1 above, the number of shares of Warrant Stock that may be purchased upon exercise of this Warrant shall be increased or decreased proportionately, so that after such adjustment the aggregate Exercise Price payable hereunder for the increased or decreased number of shares of Warrant Stock shall be the same as the aggregate Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment; provided, however, any adjustment of the Exercise Price and the number of shares of Warrant Stock available for exercise, if applicable, made pursuant to this section shall adjust back in the event none of the convertible securities or options or warrants which caused such adjustment are converted or exercised, as the case may be.
4.5 Calculations. All calculations under this Section 4 shall be made to the nearest cent or the nearest 1/100th of a share, as applicable. 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, and the disposition of any such shares shall be considered an issue or sale of Common Stock.
4.6 Notice of Adjustments. The Company shall promptly give written notice of each adjustment or readjustment of the Exercise Price or the number of shares of Warrant Stock or other securities issuable upon exercise of this Warrant. The notice shall describe the adjustment or readjustment and show in reasonable detail the facts on which the adjustment or readjustment is based.
4.7 No Change Necessary. The form of this Warrant need not be changed because of any adjustment in the Exercise Price or in the number of shares of Warrant Stock issuable upon its exercise.
4.8 Reservation of Stock. If at any time the number of authorized but unissued (or treasury shares) of Common Stock or other securities issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall not be sufficient to effect the exercise of this Warrant, the Company will take such corporate action as may, in the opinion of its counsel, be necessary to increase its authorized but unissued shares of Warrant Stock or other securities issuable upon exercise of this Warrant as shall be sufficient for such purpose.
5. PIGGYBACK REGISTRATION RIGHTS. The Company shall notify all Holders in writing at least thirty (30) days prior to filing any registration statement under the Securities Act for purposes of effecting a public offering of securities of the Company (including, but not limited to, registration statements relating to secondary offerings of securities of the Company, but excluding registration statements relating to any employee benefit plan or a corporate reorganization or other transaction covered by Rule 145 promulgated under the Securities Act, or a registration on any registration form which does not permit secondary sales or does not include substantially the same information as would be required to be included in a registration statement covering the sale of Common Stock) and will afford each such Holder an opportunity to include in such registration statement all or any part of the Warrant Stock then held by such Holder. Each Holder desiring to include in any such registration statement all or any part of the Warrant Stock held by such Holder shall, within twenty (20) days after receipt of the above-described notice from the Company, so notify the Company in writing, and in such notice shall inform the Company of the number of Warrant Stock such Holder wishes to include in such registration statement. If a Holder decides not to include all of its Warrant Stock in any registration statement thereafter filed by the Company, such Holder shall nevertheless continue to have the right to include any Warrant Stock in any subsequent registration statement or registration statements as may be filed by the Company with respect to offerings of its securities, all upon the terms and conditions set forth herein.
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6. No Rights or Liabilities as Shareholder. This Warrant does not by itself entitle the Holder to any voting rights or other rights as a shareholder of the Company. In the absence of affirmative action by the Holder to purchase Warrant Stock by exercise of this Warrant, no provisions of this Warrant, and no enumeration herein of the rights or privileges of the Holder, shall cause the Holder to be a shareholder of the Company for any purpose.
7. No Impairment. The Company will not, by amendment of its certificate of incorporation or bylaws, or through reorganization, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities, sale of assets or any other voluntary action, willfully avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all such terms and in the taking of all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order to protect the rights of the Holder against wrongful impairment. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company will take all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may duly and validly issue fully paid and nonassessable shares of Warrant Stock upon the exercise of this Warrant.
8. NOTICE REQUIREMENT. In case (i) the Company shall take a record of the holders of its Common Stock (or other stock or securities at the time deliverable upon the exercise of this Warrant) for the purpose of entitling or enabling them to receive any dividend or other distribution, or to receive any right to subscribe for or purchase any shares of stock of any class or any other securities, or to receive any other rights; or (ii) of any capital reorganization of the Company, any reclassification of the capital stock of the Company, any consolidation or merger of the Company with or into another corporation (other than a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the surviving entity), or any transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company; or (iii) of the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding-up of the Company, then, in each case, the Company will give notice thereof to the Holder of this Warrant specifying in such notice , as the case may be, (x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution or right, or (y) the effective date on which such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation , merger, transfer, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up is to take place, and the time, if any is to be fixed, as of which the holders of record of Common Stock (or such other stock or securities at the time deliverable upon the exercise of this Warrant) shall be entitled to exchange their shares of Common Stock (or such other stock or securities) for the security or other property deliverable upon such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, transfer, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up. Such notice shall be given by the Company at least ten Trading Days prior to the record date or effective date for the event specified in such notice.
9. Attorneys’ Fees. In the event any party is required to engage the services of any attorneys for the purpose of enforcing this Warrant, or any provision thereof, the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover its reasonable expenses and costs in enforcing this Warrant, including reasonable attorneys’ fees.
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10. Transfer. Subject to compliance with any applicable securities laws, this Warrant and all rights hereunder (including, without limitation, any registration rights) are transferable, in whole or in part, upon surrender of this Warrant at the principal office of the Company or its designated agent, together with a written assignment of this Warrant substantially in the form attached hereto duly executed by the Holder or its agent or attorney and funds sufficient to pay any transfer taxes payable upon the making of such transfer. Upon such surrender and, if required, such payment, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in the name of the assignee or assignees, as applicable, and in the denomination or denominations specified in such instrument of assignment, and shall issue to the assignor a new Warrant evidencing the portion of this Warrant not so assigned, and this Warrant shall promptly be cancelled. The Warrant, if properly assigned in accordance herewith, may be exercised by a new holder for the purchase of Warrant Stock without having a new Warrant issued.
11. Loss, Theft, Destruction or Mutilation of Warrant. The Company covenants that upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant or any stock certificate relating to the Warrant Stock, and in case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to it (which, in the case of the Warrant, shall not include the posting of any bond), and upon surrender and cancellation of such Warrant or stock certificate, if mutilated, the Company will make and deliver a new Warrant or stock certificate of like tenor and dated as of such cancellation, in lieu of such Warrant or stock certificate.
12. Limitation of Liability. No provision hereof, in the absence of any affirmative action by Holder to exercise this Warrant to purchase Warrant Stock, and no enumeration herein of the rights or privileges of Holder, shall give rise to any liability of Holder for the purchase price of any Common Stock or as a stockholder of the Company, whether such liability is asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company.
13. Remedies. The Holder, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law, including recovery of damages, will be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this Warrant. The Company agrees that monetary damages would not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by it of the provisions of this Warrant and hereby agrees to waive and not to assert the defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate.
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14. Governing Law and jurisdiction. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Warrant shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Maryland, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof. Each party agrees that all legal proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by this Warrant (whether brought against a party hereto or its respective affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders, employees or agents) shall be commenced exclusively in the state and federal courts sitting in the State of Maryland. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in the State of Maryland for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is improper or is an inconvenient venue for such proceeding. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Warrant and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law. If either party shall commence an action or proceeding to enforce any provisions of this Warrant, then the prevailing party in such action or proceeding shall be reimbursed by the other party for its reasonable attorneys’ fees and other costs and expenses incurred with the investigation, preparation and prosecution of such action or proceeding.
15. Headings. The headings and captions used in this Warrant are used only for convenience and are not to be considered in construing or interpreting this Warrant. All references in this Warrant to sections and exhibits shall, unless otherwise provided, refer to sections hereof and exhibits attached hereto, all of which exhibits are incorporated herein by this reference.
16. Severability. If one or more provisions of this Warrant are held to be unenforceable under applicable law, such provision(s) shall be excluded from this Warrant and the balance of the Warrant shall be interpreted as if such provision(s) were so excluded and shall be enforceable in accordance with its terms.
17. Terms Binding. By acceptance of this Warrant, the Holder accepts and agrees to be bound by all the terms and conditions of this Warrant.
18. MISCELLANEOUS. In any instance where the word “days” is used herein, unless otherwise indicated, “days” shall mean calendar days, including Saturday, Sunday and holidays.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Warrant as of the date first above written.
| CASTELLUM, INC. | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ | ||
| Title: President and CEO | ||
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Exhibit 1
FORM OF exercise
(To be signed only upon exercise of Warrant)
To: Castellum, Inc.
The undersigned Holder hereby elects to purchase ____________ shares of Common Stock of Castellum, Inc. (the “Warrant Stock”), at a purchase price of $____ per share for a total purchase price of $________________, pursuant to the terms of the attached Warrant, and tenders herewith payment of the purchase price for such shares in full.
Please issue a certificate or certificates representing such shares of Warrant Stock in the name specified below:
| (Name) | |
| (Address) | |
| (City, State, Zip Code) | |
| (Federal Tax Identification Number) | |
| (Date) |
In the event that this exercise is for less than the total number of shares of Warrant Stock available for exercise under this Warrant, please also issue a new Warrant for the remaining number of shares of Warrant Stock.
| Signature of Warrant Holder |
FORM OF ASSIGNMENT
(ENTIRE)
[To be signed only upon transfer of entire Warrant]
TO BE EXECUTED BY THE REGISTERED HOLDER
TO TRANSFER THE WITHIN WARRANT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED ___________________________ hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto _______________________________ all rights of the undersigned under and pursuant to the within Warrant, and the undersigned does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint _____________________ Attorney to transfer the said Warrant on the books of Castellum, Inc., with full power of substitution.
| [Type Name of Holder] | ||
| By: | ||
| Title: | ||
| Dated: | ||
NOTICE
The signature to the foregoing Assignment must correspond exactly to the name as written upon the face of the within Warrant, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever.
FORM OF ASSIGNMENT
(PARTIAL)
[To be signed only upon partial transfer of Warrant]
TO BE EXECUTED BY THE REGISTERED HOLDER
TO TRANSFER THE WITHIN WARRANT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED ___________________________ hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto ____________________________ (i) the rights of the undersigned to purchase ____________________ shares of Common Stock under and pursuant to the within Warrant, and (ii) on a non-exclusive basis, all other rights of the undersigned under and pursuant to the within Warrant, it being understood that the undersigned shall retain, severally (and not jointly) with the transferee(s) named herein, all rights assigned on such non-exclusive basis. The undersigned does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint __________________________ Attorney to transfer the said Warrant on the books of Castellum, Inc., with full power of substitution.
| [Type Name of Holder] | ||
| By: | ||
| Title: | ||
| Dated: | ||
NOTICE
The signature to the foregoing Assignment must correspond exactly to the name as written upon the face of the within Warrant, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever.