Warrant Certificate - PlanetOut Corp. and Allen & Co. Inc.
THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT OF 1933 OR THE LAWS OF ANY STATE. SUCH SECURITIES AND ANY
SECURITIES ISSUED HEREUNDER MAY NOT BE SOLD OR OTHERWISE
TRANSFERRED UNLESS THEY ARE REGISTERED UNDER SUCH ACT AND
APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR AN EXEMPTION FROM
REGISTRATION IS AVAILABLE.
400,000 Warrants
PLANETOUT CORPORATION
WARRANT CERTIFICATE
This warrant certificate ("Warrant Certificate") certifies
that for value received in consideration for certain services rendered pursuant
to that certain letter agreement dated as of January 21, 2000 by and between
Allen & Company Incorporated and PlanetOut Corporation (the "Engagement Letter")
Allen & Company Incorporated or registered assigns (the "Holder") is the owner
of the number of warrants ("Warrants") specified above, each of which entitles
the Holder thereof to purchase, at any time on or before the Expiration Date
(hereinafter defined), one fully paid and non-assessable share of Series B
Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value ("Preferred Stock"), of PlanetOut.com, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"), at a purchase price of $9.124 per share of
Common Stock in lawful money of the United States of America in cash or by
certified or cashier's check or a combination of cash and certified or cashier's
check, subject to adjustment as hereinafter provided.
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1. Warrant; Purchase Price
Each Warrant shall entitle the Holder to purchase one share of
Preferred Stock of the Company and the purchase price payable upon exercise of
the Warrants shall initially be $9.124 per share of Preferred Stock, subject to
adjustment as hereinafter provided (the "Purchase Price"). The Purchase Price
and number of shares of Preferred Stock issuable upon exercise of each Warrant
are subject to adjustment as provided in Article 6.
2. Exercise; Expiration Date
2.1 The Warrants are exercisable, at the option of the
Holder, at any time after issuance and at or before 5:00 p.m. New York time on
the Expiration Date, upon surrender of this Warrant Certificate to the Company
together with a duly completed Notice of Exercise, in the form attached hereto
as Exhibit A, and payment of an amount equal to the Purchase Price times the
number of Warrants to be exercised. In the case of exercise of less than all the
Warrants represented by this Warrant Certificate, the Company shall cancel the
Warrant Certificate upon the surrender thereof and shall execute and deliver a
new Warrant Certificate for the balance of such Warrants. In connection with an
exercise of this Warrant, if the Holder desires to simultaneously convert the
Preferred Stock into the Company's Common Stock pursuant to the terms of the
Preferred Stock, the Holder shall so state in its Notice of Exercise.
2.2 The term "Expiration Date" shall mean 5:00 p.m. New
York time on January 21, 2005, or if such date shall in the State of New York be
a holiday or a day on which banks are authorized to close, then 5:00 p.m. New
York time the next following date which in the State of New York is not a
holiday in a day on which banks are authorized to close.
3. Registration and Transfer on Company Books
3.1 The Company shall maintain books for the registration
and transfer of the Warrants and the registration and transfer of the shares of
Preferred Stock issued upon exercise of the Warrants. The Company may, by
written notice to the Holder, appoint an agent for the purpose of maintaining
the register referred to in this Section 3.1, issuing the Preferred Stock or
other securities then issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant, exchanging
this Warrant, replacing this Warrant, or any or an of the foregoing. Thereafter,
any such registration, issuance, exchange or replacement, as the case may be,
shall be made at the office of such agent.
3.2 Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer
of this Warrant Certificate, or the shares of Preferred Stock issued upon
exercise of the Warrants, the Company may deem and treat the registered Holder
as the absolute owner thereof.
3.3 Neither this Warrant Certificate, nor the Warrants
represented hereby, may be sold, assigned, pledged or otherwise transferred
voluntarily by the Holder, other than to officers or directors of the Holder,
without the consent of the Company. The Company shall register upon its books
any permitted transfer of a Warrant Certificate, upon surrender of same to the
Company with a written instrument of transfer duly executed by the registered
Holder or by a duly authorized attorney, and evidence of payment of all
applicable transfer taxes, if any. Upon any such registration
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of transfer, new Warrant Certificate(s) shall be issued to the transferee(s) and
the surrendered Warrant Certificate shall be canceled by the Company. A Warrant
Certificate may also be exchanged, at the option of the Holder, for new Warrant
Certificates representing in the aggregate the number of Warrants evidenced by
the Warrant Certificate surrendered.
4. Reservation of Shares
The Company covenants that it will at all times reserve and
keep available out of its authorized Preferred Stock, solely for the purpose of
issue upon exercise of the Warrants, such number of shares of Preferred Stock as
shall then be issuable upon the exercise of all outstanding Warrants. The
Company covenants that all shares of Preferred Stock which shall be issuable
upon exercise of the Warrants shall be duly and validly issued and fully paid
and non-assessable and free from all taxes, liens and charges with respect to
the issue thereof, and that upon issuance such shares shall be (or shall be
convertible into securities that shall be) listed on each national securities
exchange, if any, on which the other shares of outstanding Common Stock of the
Company are then listed.
5. Loss or Mutilation
Upon receipt by the Company of reasonable evidence of the
ownership of and the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of any Warrant
Certificate and, in the case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity
reasonably satisfactory to the Company, or, in the case of mutilation, upon
surrender and cancellation of the mutilated Warrant Certificate, the Company
shall execute and deliver in lieu thereof a new Warrant Certificate representing
an equal number of Warrants.
6. Adjustment of Purchase Price and Number of Shares
Deliverable
6.1 The number of shares of Preferred Stock or other
security purchasable upon the exercise of each Warrant (such shares being
referred to in this Section 6 as the "Warrant Shares") and the Purchase Price
with respect to the Warrant Shares shall be subject to adjustment as follows:
(a) In case the Company shall (i) declare a dividend or
make a distribution on its Preferred Stock payable in shares of its
capital stock, (ii) subdivide its outstanding shares of Preferred
Stock, through stock split or otherwise, (iii) combine its outstanding
shares of Preferred Stock, into a smaller number of shares of Preferred
Stock, or (iv) issue by reclassification of its of Preferred Stock
(including any reclassification in connection with a consolidation or
merger in which the Company is the continuing corporation) other
securities of the Company, the number and/or nature of Warrant Shares
purchasable upon exercise of each Warrant immediately prior thereto
shall be adjusted so that the Holder shall be entitled to receive the
kind and number of Warrant Shares or other securities of the Company
which he would have owned or have been entitled to receive after the
happening of any of the events described above, had such Warrant been
exercised immediately prior to the happening of such event or any
record date with respect thereto. Any adjustment made pursuant to this
paragraph (a) shall become effective retroactively as of the record
date of such event.
(b) In the event of any capital reorganization or any
reclassification of the capital stock of the Company or in case of the
consolidation or merger of the Company with another
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corporation (other than a consolidation or merger in which the
outstanding shares of the Company's Common Stock are not converted into
or exchanged for other rights or interests), or in the case of any
sale, transfer or other disposition to another corporation of all or
substantially all the properties and assets of the Company, the Holder
of each Warrant shall thereafter be entitled to purchase (and it shall
be a condition to the consummation of any such reorganization,
reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or other
disposition that appropriate provisions shall be made so that such
Holder shall thereafter be entitled to purchase) the kind and amount of
shares of stock and other securities and property (including cash)
which the Holder would have been entitled to receive had such Warrants
been exercised immediately prior to the effective date of such
reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale,
transfer or other disposition; and in any such case appropriate
adjustments shall be made in the application of the provisions of this
Article 6 with respect to rights and interest thereafter of the Holder
of the Warrants to the end that the provisions of this Article 6 shall
thereafter be applicable, as near as reasonably may be, in relation to
any shares or other property thereafter purchasable upon the exercise
of the Warrants. The provisions of this Section 6.1(b) shall similarly
apply to successive reorganizations, reclassifications, consolidations,
mergers, sales, transfers or other dispositions. If the per share
consideration payable to the Holder hereof for shares in connection
with any such transaction is in a form other than cash or marketable
securities, then the value of such consideration shall be determined in
good faith by the Company's Board of Directors.
(c) Whenever the number of Warrant Shares purchasable
upon the exercise of each Warrant is adjusted, as provided in this
Section 6.1, the Purchase Price with respect to the Warrant Shares
shall be adjusted by multiplying such Purchase Price immediately prior
to such adjustment by a fraction, of which the numerator shall be the
number of Warrant Shares purchasable upon the exercise of each Warrant
immediately prior to such adjustment, and of which the denominator
shall be the number of Warrant Shares so purchasable immediately
thereafter.
6.2 In the event the Company shall declare a dividend, or
make a distribution to the holders of its Preferred Stock generally, whether in
cash, property or assets of any kind, including any dividend payable in stock or
securities of any other issuer owned by the Company (excluding regularly payable
cash dividends declared from time to time by the Company's Board of Directors,
the Purchase Price of each Warrant shall be reduced, without any further action
by the parties hereto, by the Per Share Value (as hereinafter defined) of the
dividend. For purposes of this Section 6.2, the "Per Share Value" of a cash
dividend or other distribution shall be the dollar amount of the distribution on
each Share of Preferred Stock and the "Per Share Value" of any dividend or
distribution other than cash shall be equal to the fair market value of such
non-cash distribution on each share of Preferred Stock as determined in good
faith by the Board of Directors of the Company.
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6.3 No adjustment in the number of Warrant Shares
purchasable under the Warrants, or in the Purchase Price with respect to the
Warrant Shares, shall be required unless such adjustment would require an
increase or decrease of at least 1% in the number of Warrant Shares issuable
upon the exercise of such Warrant, or in the Purchase Price thereof; provided,
however, that any adjustments which by reason of this Section 6.3 are not
required to be made shall be carried forward and taken into account in any
subsequent adjustment. All final results of adjustments to the number of Warrant
Shares and the Purchase Price thereof shall be rounded to the nearest one
thousandth of a share or the nearest cent, as the case may be. Anything in this
Section 6 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company shall be entitled, but
shall not be required, to make such changes in the number of Warrant Snares
purchasable upon the exercise of each Warrant, or in the Purchase Price thereof,
in addition to those required by such Section, as it in its discretion shall
determine to be advisable in order that any dividend or distribution in shares
of Preferred Stock, subdivision, reclassification or combination of shares of
Preferred Stock, issuance of rights, warrants or options to purchase Preferred
Stock, or distribution of shares of stock other than Preferred Stock, evidences
of indebtedness or assets, (other than distributions of cash out of retained
earnings) or convertible or exchangeable securities hereafter made by the
Company to the holders of its Preferred Stock shall not result in any tax to the
holders of its Preferred Stock or securities convertible into Preferred Stock.
6.4 Whenever the number of Warrant Shares purchasable
upon the exercise of each Warrant or the Purchase Price of such Warrant Shares
is adjusted, as herein provided, the Company shall mail to the Holder at the
address of the Holder shown on the books of the Company, a notice of such
adjustment or adjustments, prepared and signed by the Chief Financial Officer or
Secretary of the Company, which sets forth the number of Warrant Shares
purchasable upon the exercise of each Warrant and the Purchase Price of such
Warrant Shares after such adjustment, a brief statement of the facts requiring
such adjustment and the computation by which such adjustment was made.
6.5 In the event that at any time prior to the expiration
of the Warrants and prior to their exercise:
(a) the Company shall declare any distribution; or
(b) there shall be a voluntary or involuntary
dissolution, liquidation, or winding up of the Company (other than in
connection with a consolidation, merger, or sale of all or
substantially all of its property, assets and business as an entity);
or
(c) any notice shall be required to be mailed to the
holders of Preferred Stock pursuant to the Company's Certificate of
Incorporation;
(each such event hereinafter being referred to as a "Notification Event"), the
Company shall cause to be mailed to the Holder, not less than 10 days prior to
the record date, if any, in connection with such Notification Event (provided,
however, that if there is no record date, or if 10 days prior notice is
impracticable, as soon as practicable) written notice specifying the nature of
such event and the effective date of, or the date on which the books of the
Company shall close or a record shall be taken with respect to, such event. Such
notice shall also set forth facts indicating the effect of such action (to the
extent such effect may be known at the date of such notice) on the Purchase
Price and the kind and amount of the shares of stock or other securities or
property deliverable upon exercise
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of the Warrants.
6.6 The form of Warrant Certificate need not be changed
because of any change in the Purchase Price, the number of Warrant Shares
issuable upon the exercise of a Warrant or the number of Warrants outstanding
pursuant to this Section 6, and Warrant Certificates issued before or after such
change may state the same Purchase Price, the same number of Warrants, and the
same number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of Warrants as are stated
in the Warrant Certificates theretofore issued pursuant to this Agreement. The
Company may, however, at any time, in its sole discretion, make any change in
the form of Warrant Certificate that it may deem appropriate and that does not
affect the substance thereof, and any Warrant Certificates thereafter issued or
countersigned, whether in exchange or substitution for an outstanding Warrant
Certificate or otherwise, may be in the form as so changed.
7. Conversion Rights
7.1 In lieu of exercise of any portion of the Warrants as
provided in Section 2.1 hereof, the Warrants represented by this Warrant
Certificate (or any portion thereof) may, at the election of the Holder, be
converted into the whole number of Warrant Shares equal to: (1) the product of
(a) the number of Warrants to be so converted, (b) the number of Warrant Shares
(disregarding any fractional share amount) then issuable upon the exercise of
each Warrant and (c) the excess, if any, of (i) the Market Price Per Share (as
determined pursuant to Section 9.2) with respect to the date of conversion over
(ii) the Purchase Price in effect on the business day next preceding the date of
conversion, divided by (2) the Market Price Per Share with respect to the date
of conversion.
7.2 The Conversion rights provided under this Section 7
may be exercised in whole or in part and at any time and from time to time with
respect to any Warrants that are exercisable. In order to exercise the
conversion privilege, the Holder shall surrender to the Company, at its offices,
this Warrant Certificate accompanied by a duly completed Notice of Conversion in
the form attached hereto as Exhibit B. The Warrants (or so much thereof as shall
have been surrendered for conversion) shall be deemed to have been converted
immediately prior to the close of business on the day of surrender of such
Warrant Certificate for conversion in accordance with the foregoing provisions.
As promptly as practicable on or after the conversion date, the Company shall
issue and shall deliver to the Holder (i) a certificate or certificates
representing the number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder shall be entitled
as a result of the conversion, and (ii) if the Warrant Certificate is being
converted in part only, a new certificate in principal amount equal to the
unconverted portion of the Warrant Certificate. In connection with a conversion
of this Warrant, if the Holder desires to simultaneously convert the Preferred
Stock into the Company's Common Stock pursuant to the terms of the Preferred
Stock, the Holder shall so state in its Notice of Conversion.
8. Voluntary Adjustment by the Company
The Company may, at its option, at any time during the term of
the Warrants, reduce the then current Purchase Price to any amount deemed
appropriate by the Board of Directors of the Company and/or extent the date of
the expiration of the Warrants.
9. Fractional Shares and Warrants; Determination of
Market Price Per Share
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9.1 Anything contained herein to the contrary
notwithstanding, the Company shall not be required to issue any fraction of a
share of Warrant Shares in connection with the exercise of Warrants. Warrants
may not be exercised in such number as would result (except for the provisions
of this paragraph) in the issuance of a fraction of a share of Warrant Shares
unless the Holder is exercising all Warrants then owned by the Holder. In such
event, the Company shall, upon the exercise of all of such Warrants, issue to
the Holder the largest aggregate whole number of shares of Warrant Shares called
for thereby upon receipt of the Purchase Price for all of such Warrants and pay
a sum in cash equal to the remaining fraction of a share of Warrant Shares,
multiplied by its Market Price Per Share (as determined pursuant to Section 9.2
below) as of the last business day preceding the date on which the Warrants are
presented for exercise.
9.2 As used herein, the "Market Price Per Share" with
respect to any date shall mean, following the initial public offering of the
Company's Common Stock, the fair market value of the Preferred Stock per share
based on (i) the closing price per share of Company's Common Stock for the
trading day immediately preceding such date and (ii) the then existing
conversion rate of the Preferred Stock into the Company's Common Stock. The
closing price for each such day shall be the last sale price regular way or, in
case no such sale takes place on such day, the average of the closing bid and
asked prices regular way, in either case on the principal securities exchange on
which the shares of Common Stock of the Company are listed or admitted to
trading, the last sale price, or in case no sale takes place on such day, the
average of the closing bid and asked prices of the Common Stock on NASDAQ or
any comparable system, or if the Common Stock is not reported on NASDAQ, or a
comparable system, the average of the closing bid and asked prices as furnished
by two members of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. selected
from time to time by the Company for that purpose. If such bid and asked prices
are not available, then "Market Price Per Share" shall be equal to the fair
market value of the Preferred Stock as determined in good faith by the Board of
Directors of the Company.
10. Registration Rights
The Holder shall become a party to the Investor Rights
Agreement dated September 30, 1999 of the Company, as a "Holder" as defined
under said agreement, and the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of
the Warrant shall be included as "Registrable Securities" under said agreement.
11. Governing Law
This Warrant Certificate shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of California.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant Certificate to be duly
executed by its officers thereunto duly authorized and its corporate seal to be
affixed hereon, as of this 21st day of January, 2000.
PlanetOut Corporation
By: /s/ Megan J. Smith
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Name: Megan J. Smith
Title: CEO
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EXHIBIT A
NOTICE OF EXERCISE
The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise,
pursuant to Section 2 of the Warrant Certificate accompanying this Notice of
Exercise,___________Warrants of the total number of Warrants owned by the
undersigned pursuant to the accompanying Warrant Certificate, and herewith makes
payment of the Purchase Price of such shares in full.
_____________________
Name of Holder
_____________________
Signature
Address:
_____________________
_____________________
_____________________
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EXHIBIT B
NOTICE OF CONVERSION
The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to convert, pursuant to Section 7 of
the Warrant Certificate accompanying this Notice of Conversion,
____________Warrants of the total number of Warrants owned by the undersigned
pursuant to the accompanying Warrant Certificate into shares of the Preferred
Stock of the Company (the "Shares").
The number of Shares to be received by the undersigned shall be calculated in
accordance with the provisions of Section 7.1 of the accompanying Warrant
Certificate.
_____________________
Name of Holder
_____________________
Signature
Address:
_____________________
_____________________
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