Warrant to Purchase Shares of Common Stock - Carefree Capital Inc. and Buffalo Wild Wings Inc.
THE SECURITIES EVIDENCED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT OF 1933, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAW. THESE SECURITIES HAVE BEEN
ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, ASSIGNED,
TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ASSIGNED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF, AND NO TRANSFER OF THE
SECURITIES WILL BE MADE BY THE COMPANY OR ITS TRANSFER AGENT, IN THE ABSENCE OF
SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY THAT SUCH
REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED.
Warrant No. ____
WARRANT
TO PURCHASE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK OF
BUFFALO WILD WINGS, INC.
March 26, 1999
(Issuance Date)
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, Carefree Capital, Inc., or registered assigns (the
"Holder"), is entitled to purchase from Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc., a Minnesota
corporation (the "Company"), at any time on or before the five year anniversary
of the issuance date of this Warrant, 50,000 shares of the Company's common
stock, no par value (the "Common Stock") (such shares of Common Stock as may be
acquired upon exercise hereof being hereinafter referred to as the "Warrant
Shares"), at an exercise price equal to the lesser of (i) $4.00; (ii) 90% of the
per share sales price of shares of the Company's preferred stock in a private
placement in which at least $1,000,000 in cash of gross proceeds is raised prior
to September 26, 1999; and (iii) the per share sales price of shares of Common
Stock in a private placement in which at least $1,000,000 of gross proceeds is
raised prior to September 26, 1999 (the "Warrant Exercise Price").
This Warrant was issued pursuant to a Credit Line Note of even date
herewith between the Company and the Holder (the "Note").
This Warrant is subject to the following provisions, terms, and
conditions:
1. The rights represented by this Warrant may be exercised by the
Holder, in whole or in part (but not as to a fractional share of Common Stock),
by written notice of exercise substantially in the form attached hereto, which
notice shall be delivered to the Company accompanied by the surrender of this
Warrant (properly endorsed if required) at the principal office of the Company
and upon payment to the Company, by cash, certified check or bank draft, of the
Warrant Exercise Price for such shares. The Company agrees that the Warrant
Shares so purchased shall be and are deemed to be issued as of the close of
business on the date on which this Warrant shall have been surrendered and
payment made for such Warrant Shares as aforesaid. Certificates for the Warrant
Shares so purchased shall be delivered to the Holder within thirty (30) days
after the rights represented by this Warrant shall have been so exercised, and,
unless this Warrant has expired, a new Warrant representing the number of
Warrant Shares, if any, with respect to which this Warrant has not been
exercised shall also be delivered to the Holder within such time.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, the Company shall not be required to
deliver any certificates for Warrant Shares, except in accordance with the
provisions and subject to the limitations of Section 5 below.
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2. The Company covenants and agrees that all Warrant Shares that may be
issued upon the exercise of this Warrant will, upon issuance, be duly authorized
and issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all taxes, liens, and
charges with respect to the issuance thereof. The Company further covenants and
agrees that until expiration of this Warrant, the Company will at all times have
authorized, and reserved for the purpose of issuance upon exercise of this
Warrant, a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock to provide for the
exercise of this Warrant.
3. The provisions in this Warrant relating to the Warrant Exercise
Price and the number of Warrant Shares to be issued upon exercise of this
Warrant shall be subject to adjustment from time to time as hereinafter
provided.
(a) In case the Company shall at any time subdivide its
outstanding Common Stock into a greater number of shares or declare a
dividend payable in Common Stock, the Warrant Exercise Price in effect
immediately prior to such subdivision shall be proportionately reduced
and the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable pursuant to this
Warrant shall be proportionately increased, and conversely, in case the
Company's outstanding Common Stock shall be combined into a smaller
number of shares, the Warrant Exercise Price in effect immediately
prior to such combination shall be proportionately increased and the
number of shares of Common Stock purchasable upon the exercise of this
Warrant shall be proportionately reduced.
(b) If any capital reorganization or reclassification of the
capital stock of the Company, or consolidation or merger of the Company
with another corporation, or the sale of all or substantially all of
its assets to another corporation shall be effected in such a way that
holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive stock, securities
or assets ("Substituted Property") with respect to or in exchange for
such Common Stock, then, as a condition of such reorganization,
reclassification, consolidation, merger or sale, the Holder shall have
the right to purchase and receive upon the basis and upon the terms and
conditions specified in this Warrant, and in lieu of the Common Stock
of the Company immediately theretofore purchasable and receivable upon
the exercise of the rights represented hereby, such Substituted
Property as would have been issued or delivered to the Holder if it had
exercised this Warrant and had received upon exercise of this Warrant
the Common Stock prior to such reorganization, reclassification,
consolidation, merger, or sale. The Company shall not effect any such
consolidation, merger, or sale, unless prior to the consummation
thereof the successor corporation (if other than the Company) resulting
from such consolidation or merger or the corporation purchasing such
assets shall assume by written instrument executed and mailed to the
Holder at the last address of the Holder appearing on the books of the
Company, the obligation to deliver to the Holder such Substituted
Property as, in accordance with the foregoing provisions, the Holder
may be entitled to purchase.
(c) If the Company takes any other action, or if any other
event occurs which does not come within the scope of the provisions of
Sections 3 (a) or 3 (b), but which should result in an adjustment in
the Warrant Exercise Price and/or the number of shares subject to the
Warrant in order to fairly protect the purchase rights of the Holder,
an appropriate adjustment in such purchase rights shall be made by the
Company. This Section 3(c) is not intended to provide for adjustment in
the event the Company issues Common Stock or securities convertible
into Common Stock at a price per share less than the Exercise Price
then in effect. In no event shall the Exercise Price be adjusted
pursuant to this Section 3 if the Exercise Price is set pursuant to
(ii) or (iii) of paragraph one of this Warrant and the offering price
of the private placement referred to therein reflects an appropriate
adjustment.
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(d) Upon any adjustment of the Warrant Exercise Price or the
number of shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant, the Company
shall give written notice thereof, by first-class mail, postage
prepaid, addressed to the Holder at the address of the Holder as shown
on the books of the Company, which notice shall state the Warrant
Exercise Price resulting from such adjustment and the increase or
decrease, if any, in the number of shares purchasable at such price
upon the exercise of this Warrant, setting forth in reasonable detail
the method of calculation and the facts upon which such calculation is
based.
4. This Warrant shall not entitle the Holder to any voting rights or
other rights as a shareholder of the Company.
5. The Holder, by acceptance hereof, represents and warrants that (a)
it is acquiring this Warrant for its own account for investment purposes only
and not with a view to its resale or distribution and (b) it has no present
intention to resell or otherwise dispose of all or any part of this Warrant.
Other than pursuant to registration under federal and applicable state
securities laws or an exemption from such registration, the availability of
which the Company shall determine in its sole discretion, neither this Warrant
nor any Warrant Shares may be sold, pledged, assigned, or otherwise disposed of
(whether voluntarily or involuntarily). The Company may condition such sale,
pledge, assignment, or other disposition on the receipt from the party to whom
this Warrant is to be so transferred or to whom Warrant Shares is to be issued
or so transferred of any representations and agreements requested by the Company
in order to permit such issuance or transfer to be made pursuant to exemptions
from registration under federal and applicable state securities laws. Each
certificate representing the Warrant (or any part thereof) and any Warrant
Shares shall bear appropriate legends setting forth these restrictions on
transferability. The Holder, by acceptance hereof, agrees to give written notice
to the Company before transferring this Warrant or any Warrant Shares of the
Holder's intention to do so, describing briefly the manner of any proposed
transfer. Within thirty (30) days after receiving such written notice, the
Company shall notify the Holder as to whether such transfer may be effected and
of the conditions to any such transfer.
6. This Warrant shall be transferable only on the books of the Company
by the Holder in person, or by duly authorized attorney, on surrender of the
Warrant, properly assigned.
7. Neither this Warrant nor any terms hereof may be changed, waived,
discharged, or terminated orally but only by an instrument in writing signed by
the party against which enforcement of the change, waiver, discharge, or
termination is sought.
8. Net Exercise Rights.
(a) In addition to and without limiting the rights of the
Holder of this Warrant with respect to other terms of this Warrant, the
Holder of this Warrant shall have the right (the "Conversion Right") to
convert this Warrant or any portion thereof into Warrant Shares as
provided in this Section 8 at any time or from time to time prior to
its expiration, subject to the restrictions set forth in paragraph (c)
below. Upon exercise of the Conversion Right with respect to a
particular number of shares subject to this Warrant (the "Converted
Warrant Shares"), the Company shall deliver to the Holder of this
Warrant, without payment by the Holder of any exercise price or any
cash or other consideration, that number of Converted Warrant Shares
equal to the quotient obtained by dividing the Net Value (as
hereinafter defined) of the Converted Warrant Shares by the fair market
value (as defined in paragraph (d) below) of a single Warrant Share,
determined in each case as of the close of business on the Conversion
Date (as hereinafter defined). The "Net Value" of the Converted Warrant
Shares shall be determined by subtracting the aggregate warrant
purchase price of the Converted Warrant Shares from the aggregate fair
market value of the Converted Warrant Shares. Notwithstanding anything
in this Section 8 to the
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contrary, the Conversion Right cannot be exercised with respect to a
number of Converted Warrant Shares having a Net Value below $100. No
fractional shares shall be issuable upon exercise of the Conversion
Right, and if the number of shares to be issued in accordance with the
foregoing formula is other than a whole number, the Company shall pay
to the Holder of this Warrant an amount in cash equal to the fair
market value of the resulting fractional share.
(b) The Conversion Right may be exercised by the Holder of
this Warrant by the surrender of this Warrant at the principal office
of the Company together with a notice in the form attached hereto,
specifying that the Holder thereby intends to exercise the Conversion
Right and indicating the number of shares subject to this Warrant which
are being surrendered (referred to in paragraph (a) above as the
Converted Warrant Shares) in exercise of the Conversion Right. Such
conversion shall be effective upon receipt by the Company of this
Warrant together with the aforesaid written statement, or on such later
date as is specified therein (the "Conversion Date"), but not later
than the expiration date of this Warrant. Certificates for the
Converted Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Conversion
Right, together with a check in payment of any fractional share and, in
the case of a partial exercise, a new warrant evidencing the shares
remaining subject to this Warrant, shall be issued as of the Conversion
Date and shall be delivered to the Holder of this Warrant within 15
days following the Conversion Date.
(c) In the event the Conversion Right would, at any time this
Warrant remains outstanding, be deemed by the Company's independent
certified public accountants to give rise to a charge to the Company's
earnings for financial reporting purposes, then the Conversion Right
shall automatically terminate upon the Company's written notice to the
Holder of this Warrant of such adverse accounting treatment.
(d) For purposes of this Section 8, the "fair market value" of
a Warrant Share as of a particular date shall be its "market price",
calculated as of the Conversion Date, as follows:
(i) if the capital stock into which the Warrants are
exercisable is traded on an exchange or is quoted on the
Nasdaq National Market, then the average closing or last sale
prices, respectively, reported for the ten (10) business days
immediately preceding the Conversion Date, or
(ii) if the capital stock into which the Warrants are
exercisable is not traded on an exchange or on the Nasdaq
National Market but is traded on Nasdaq SmallCap Market or
other over-the-counter market, then the average closing bid
and asked prices reported for the ten (10) business days
immediately preceding the Conversion Date, or
(iii) if the capital stock into which the Warrants
are exercisable is not traded on an exchange or on the Nasdaq
National Market, Nasdaq SmalICap Market or other
over-the-counter market, then the price per share established
by the Board of Directors of the Company.
9. Pursuant to Section 11 of the Note, the Warrant Shares are subject
to a 180-day lock-up in the event of an initial public offering by the Company.
10. Governing Law. This Warrant shall be construed and interpreted in
accordance with the laws of the State of Minnesota without regard to its choice
of law provisions.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be executed
on its behalf by its duly authorized officer as of the issuance date set forth
above.
Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc.
By
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Sally J. Smith, Chief Executive Officer and
President
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
To be signed only upon authorized transfer of Warrants.
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns, and transfers unto
______________________________________ the right to purchase the securities of
Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc. to which the within Warrant relates and appoints
__________________, attorney, to transfer said right on the books of Buffalo
Wild Wings, Inc. with full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated:
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(Signature)
Address:
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