Exhibit 4.4
THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS INSTRUMENT AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE THEREOF HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF EXCEPT PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT RELATING THERETO IN EFFECT UNDER SUCH ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT OR SUCH LAWS.
WARRANTS TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK OF
QXO, INC.
No. [●] | Certificate for [●] Warrants |
This Warrant Certificate (“Warrant Certificate”) certifies that [INSERT NAME OF HOLDER], or registered assigns, is the registered holder of the number of Warrants set forth above. Each warrant represented hereby (a “Warrant”) entitles the holder thereof (the “Holder”), subject to the provisions contained herein, to purchase from QXO, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), one share of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.00001 per share (“Company Common Stock”), subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of certain events specified herein, at the exercise price of $4.566 per share (the “Exercise Price”), subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of certain events specified herein.
This Warrant Certificate is issued under and in accordance with the Amended and Restated Investment Agreement, dated as of April 14, 2024 (the “Investment Agreement”), by and among Jacobs Private Equity II, LLC, the other Investors party thereto and the Company, which amends and restates in its entirety that certain Investment Agreement, dated as of December 3, 2023, by and among the Company and the Investors, and is subject to the terms and provisions contained in the Investment Agreement. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Investment Agreement.
ARTICLE I
Exercise Price; Exercise of Warrants and Expiration of Warrants
SECTION 1.01 Exercise Price. This Warrant Certificate shall entitle the Holder hereof, subject to the provisions of this Warrant Certificate, to purchase one share of Company Common Stock for each Warrant represented hereby, at the Exercise Price, in each case subject to all adjustments made on or prior to the date of exercise thereof as herein provided.
SECTION 1.02 Exercise of Warrants. The Warrants shall be exercisable in whole or in part from time to time on any Business Day beginning on the Issuance Date and ending on the Expiration Date in the manner provided for herein.
SECTION 1.03 Expiration of Warrants. Any unexercised Warrants shall expire and the rights of the Holder of such Warrants to purchase Company Common Stock shall terminate at the close of business on the Expiration Date.
SECTION 1.04 Method of Exercise; Payment of Exercise Price. (a) In order to exercise a Warrant, the Holder hereof must (i) surrender this Warrant Certificate to the Company, with the Exercise Subscription Form attached hereto as Annex I duly completed and executed, and (ii) unless the cashless exercise procedure specified in Section 1.04(d) below is specified in the applicable Exercise Subscription Form, pay in full the Exercise Price then in effect for the shares of Company Common Stock as to which this Warrant Certificate is submitted for exercise in the manner provided in paragraph (b) of this Section 1.04.
(b) Simultaneously with the exercise of each Warrant, payment in full of the Exercise Price shall be delivered to the Company, unless the cashless exercise procedure specified in Section 1.04(d) below is specified in the applicable Exercise Subscription Form. Such payment (if applicable) shall be made in cash, by bank wire transfer in immediately available funds to an account designated by the Company.
(c) If fewer than all the Warrants represented by this Warrant Certificate are surrendered, this Warrant Certificate shall be surrendered and a new Warrant Certificate of the same tenor and for the number of Warrants that were not surrendered shall promptly be executed and delivered to the Person or Persons as may be directed in writing by the Holder (subject to the terms hereof), and the Company shall register any new Warrant Certificate in the name of such Person or Persons. Any new Warrant Certificate shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer or Secretary, either manually or by facsimile signature printed thereon. In case any Officer of the Company whose signature shall have been placed upon any Warrant Certificate shall cease to be such Officer of the Company before issue and delivery thereof, such Warrant Certificate may, nevertheless, be issued and delivered with the same force and effect as though such person had not ceased to be such Officer of the Company.
(d) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, each Warrant may be exercised, in whole or in part, at any time or times on or after the Issuance Date and on or before the Expiration Date at the election of the Holder (in such Holder’s sole discretion) by means of a “cashless exercise” in which the Holder shall be entitled to receive a number of shares of Company Common Stock equal to the quotient obtained by dividing ((A-B) * (X)) by (A), where:
(A) = the Closing Sale Price of a share of Company Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date on which Holder elects to exercise this Warrant by means of a “cashless exercise,” as set forth in the applicable Exercise Subscription Form;
(B) = the Exercise Price, as adjusted hereunder; and
(X) = the number of shares of Company Common Stock that would be issuable upon exercise of such Warrant in accordance with the terms of this Warrant Certificate if such exercise were by means of a cash exercise rather than a cashless exercise.
(e) Upon surrender of this Warrant Certificate in accordance with the foregoing provisions, the Company shall instruct the Transfer Agent to transfer to the Holder appropriate evidence of ownership of any shares of Company Common Stock or other securities or property (including cash) to which the Holder is entitled, registered or otherwise placed in, or payable to the order of, such name or names as may be directed in writing by the Holder (subject to the terms hereof), and shall deliver such evidence of ownership and any other securities or property (including cash) to the Person or Persons entitled to receive the same, together with an amount in cash in lieu of any fraction of a share as provided in Section 2.03. Upon payment of the Exercise Price therefor (or in accordance with the cashless exercise procedure specified in Section 1.04(d)), the Holder (or its designee) shall be deemed to own and have all of the rights associated with any Company Common Stock or other securities or property (including cash) to which it is entitled pursuant to this Warrant Certificate upon the surrender of this Warrant Certificate in accordance with the terms of this Warrant Certificate.
SECTION 1.05 Compliance with the Securities Act. (a) No Warrants or shares of Company Common Stock issued upon exercise thereof may be sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of (any such sale, transfer or other disposition, a “Sale”), except in compliance with the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any other applicable securities laws or an exemption from registration under the Securities Act and any other applicable securities laws, or in a transaction not subject to such laws. The Warrants and the shares of Company Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants will have the benefit of certain registration rights under the Securities Act pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement entered into by the Company on the Issuance Date.
(b) Shares of Company Common Stock issued upon exercise of Warrants under a Warrant Certificate while such Warrant Certificate bears the legend set forth on the first page of this Warrant Certificate as of the Issuance Date shall, subject to Section 6.04, be in global form and bear the following legend:
THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF EXCEPT PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT RELATING THERETO IN EFFECT UNDER SUCH ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT OR SUCH LAWS.
ARTICLE II
Adjustments; Changes upon Certain Other Transactions
SECTION 2.01 Anti-dilution Adjustments. (a) The number of shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants and the Exercise Price shall be subject to the following adjustments from time to time:
(i) Stock Dividends. In case the Company shall pay or make a dividend or other distribution on the Company Common Stock in Company Common Stock, the number of shares of Company Common Stock issuable upon exercise of each Warrant, as in effect at the opening of business on the day following the date fixed for the determination of stockholders of the Company entitled to receive such dividend or distribution, shall be adjusted so that the Holder shall thereafter be entitled to receive the number of shares of Company Common Stock that the Holder would have owned or have been entitled to receive after the happening of the dividend or other distribution, had such Warrant been exercised immediately prior to the date fixed for such determination; and, in the event of any such adjustment, the Exercise Price, as in effect at the opening of business on the day following the date fixed for the determination of stockholders of the Company entitled to receive such dividend or other distribution, shall be adjusted by multiplying such Exercise Price by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Company Common Stock outstanding at the close of business on the date fixed for such determination and the denominator shall be the sum of such number of shares and the total number of shares constituting such dividend or other distribution. Such adjustments shall become effective immediately after the opening of business on the day following the date fixed for such determination.
(ii) Stock Purchase Rights. In case the Company shall issue to all holders of Company Common Stock options, warrants or other rights entitling them to subscribe for or purchase shares of Company Common Stock for a period expiring within 60 days from the date of issuance of such options, warrants or other rights at a price per share of Company Common Stock less than the Market Value on the date fixed for the determination of stockholders of the Company entitled to receive such options, warrants or other rights (other than pursuant to a dividend reinvestment, share purchase or similar plan), the number of shares of Company Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of each Warrant shall be adjusted by multiplying the number of shares of Company Common Stock issuable upon exercise of each Warrant, as in effect at the opening of business on the day following the date fixed for such determination, by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Company Common Stock outstanding at the close of business on the date fixed for such determination plus the number of shares of Company Common Stock so offered for subscription or purchase, either directly or indirectly, and the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Company Common Stock outstanding at the close of business on the date fixed for such determination plus the number of shares of Company Common Stock which the aggregate consideration expected to be received by the Company upon the exercise, conversion or exchange of such options, warrants or other rights (as determined in good faith by the Board, whose determination shall be conclusive and described in a Board Resolution) would purchase at such Market Value; and, in the event of any such adjustment, the Exercise Price in effect at the opening of business on the day following the date fixed for such determination shall be adjusted by multiplying such Exercise Price by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Company Common Stock outstanding at the close of business on the date fixed for such determination plus the number of shares of Company Common Stock which the aggregate consideration expected to be received by the Company upon the exercise, conversion or exchange of such options, warrants or other rights (as determined in good faith by the Board, whose determination shall be conclusive and described in a Board Resolution) would purchase at such Market Value and the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Company Common Stock outstanding at the close of business on the date fixed for such determination plus the number of shares of Company Common Stock so offered for subscription or purchase, either directly or indirectly. Such adjustments shall become effective immediately after the opening of business on the day following the date fixed for such determination; provided, however, that no such adjustments shall be made if the Holder would be entitled to receive such options, warrants or other rights upon exercise at any time of the Warrants; provided, further, however, that if any of the foregoing options, warrants or other rights are only exercisable upon the occurrence of a Triggering Event, then no such adjustments shall be made until such Triggering Event occurs or, if earlier, the applicable date of exercise.
(iii) Stock Splits, Reverse Splits and Combinations. In case outstanding shares of Company Common Stock shall be subdivided, split or reclassified into a greater number of shares of Company Common Stock, then the number of shares of Company Common Stock issuable upon exercise of each Warrant in effect at the opening of business on the day following the date upon which such subdivision, split or reclassification becomes effective shall be adjusted so that the Holder shall thereafter be entitled to receive the number of shares of Company Common Stock that the Holder would have owned or would have been entitled to receive had such Warrant been exercised immediately prior to such subdivision, split or reclassification becoming effective; and, in the event of any such adjustment, the Exercise Price in effect at the opening of business on the day following the date upon which such subdivision, split or reclassification becomes effective shall be proportionately reduced. Conversely, in case outstanding shares of Company Common Stock shall be combined or reclassified into a smaller number of shares of Company Common Stock, then the number of shares of Company Common Stock issuable upon exercise of each Warrant in effect at the opening of business on the day following the date upon which such combination or reclassification becomes effective shall be adjusted so that the Holder shall thereafter be entitled to receive the number of shares of Company Common Stock that the Holder would have owned or would have been entitled to receive had such Warrant been exercised immediately prior to such combination or reclassification becoming effective; and, in the event of any such adjustment, the Exercise Price in effect at the opening of business on the day following the date upon which such combination or reclassification becomes effective shall be proportionately increased. Such adjustments shall become effective immediately after the opening of business on the day following the date upon which such subdivision, split, reclassification or combination becomes effective.
(iv) Debt, Asset or Security Distributions. (A) In case the Company shall, by dividend or otherwise, distribute to all holders of Company Common Stock evidences of its indebtedness, assets or securities (but excluding any dividend or distribution of options, warrants or other rights referred to in paragraph (ii) of this Section 2.01(a), any dividend or distribution paid exclusively in cash, any dividend or distribution of shares of Capital Stock of any class or series, or similar equity interests, of or relating to a Subsidiary or other business unit in the case of a Spin-off referred to in the next subparagraph, or any dividend or distribution referred to in paragraph (i) of this Section 2.01(a)), then the number of shares of Company Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of each Warrant immediately prior to the close of business on the record date fixed for the determination of stockholders of the Company entitled to receive such distribution shall be increased to a number determined by multiplying the number of shares of Company Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of such Warrant immediately prior to the date fixed for such determination by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the Market Value on the date fixed for such determination plus the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Board, whose determination shall be conclusive and described in a Board Resolution) of the portion of the assets or evidences of indebtedness so distributed applicable to one share of Company Common Stock and the denominator of which shall be the Market Value on the date fixed for such determination; and, in the event of any such adjustment, the Exercise Price shall be reduced by multiplying the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to the close of business on the date fixed for the determination of stockholders of the Company entitled to receive such distribution by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the Market Value on the date fixed for such determination and the denominator of which shall be such Market Value plus the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Board, whose determination shall be conclusive and described in a Board Resolution) of the portion of the assets, securities or evidences of indebtedness so distributed applicable to one share of Company Common Stock. Such adjustments shall become effective immediately prior to the opening of business on the day following the date fixed for the determination of stockholders of the Company entitled to receive such distribution. In any case in which this subparagraph (iv)(A) is applicable, subparagraph (iv)(B) of this Section 2.01(a)(iv) shall not be applicable.
(B) In the case of a Spin-off, the number of shares of Company Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of each Warrant immediately prior to the close of business on the record date fixed for determination of stockholders of the Company entitled to receive such distribution shall be increased to a number determined by multiplying the number of shares of Company Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of such Warrant immediately before the close of business on such date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the Market Value plus the Spin-off Market Value of the portion of those shares of Capital Stock or similar equity interests so distributed applicable to one share of Company Common Stock, and the denominator of which shall be the Market Value; and, in the event of any such adjustment, the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to the close of business on the date fixed for determination of stockholders of the Company entitled to receive such distribution shall be reduced by multiplying the Exercise Price by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the Market Value and the denominator of which shall be the Market Value plus the Spin-off Market Value of the portion of those shares of Capital Stock or similar equity interests so distributed applicable to one share of Company Common Stock. Any adjustments under this subparagraph (iv)(B) will occur on the date that is the earlier of (1) the close of business on the tenth Trading Day from, and including, the effective date of the Spin-off and (2) the date of the Initial Public Offering (if any) of the securities being distributed in the Spin-off, if that Initial Public Offering is effected simultaneously with the Spin-off.
(v) Tender Offers. In the case that a tender or exchange offer made by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company for all or any portion of the Company Common Stock shall expire and such tender or exchange offer (as amended through the expiration thereof) shall require the payment to stockholders of the Company (based on the acceptance (up to any maximum specified in the terms of the tender or exchange offer) of Purchased Shares) of aggregate consideration having a fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Board, whose determination shall be conclusive and described in a Board Resolution) per share of Company Common Stock that exceeds the Closing Sale Price of the Company Common Stock on the Trading Day next succeeding the last date on which tenders or exchanges may be made pursuant to such tender or exchange offer, then, immediately prior to the opening of business on the day after the date of the last time (the “Expiration Time”) tenders or exchanges could have been made pursuant to such tender or exchange offer (as amended through the expiration thereof), the number of shares of Company Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of each Warrant immediately prior to the close of business on the date of the Expiration Time shall be increased to a number determined by multiplying the number of shares of Company Common Stock issuable upon exercise of each Warrant immediately prior to the close of business on the date of the Expiration Time by a fraction (A) the numerator of which shall be equal to (1) the product of (I) the Market Value on the date of the Expiration Time and (II) the number of shares of Company Common Stock outstanding (including any tendered or exchanged shares) on the date of the Expiration Time less the number of all shares validly tendered or exchanged, not withdrawn and accepted for payment on the date of the Expiration Time (such validly tendered or exchanged shares, up to any such maximum, being referred to as the “Purchased Shares”) plus (2) the amount of cash plus the fair market value (determined as aforesaid) of the aggregate consideration payable to stockholders of the Company pursuant to the tender or exchange offer (assuming the acceptance, up to any maximum specified in the terms of the tender or exchange offer, of Purchased Shares), and (B) the denominator of which shall be equal to the product of (1) the Market Value on the date of the Expiration Time and (2) the number of shares of Company Common Stock outstanding (including any tendered or exchanged shares) on the date of the Expiration Time; and, in the event of any such adjustment, the Exercise Price shall be reduced by multiplying the Exercise Price immediately prior to the close of business on the date of the Expiration Time by a fraction (A) the numerator of which shall be equal to the product of (1) the Market Value on the date of the Expiration Time and (2) the number of shares of Company Common Stock outstanding (including any tendered or exchanged shares) on the date of the Expiration Time, and (B) the denominator of which shall be equal to (1) the product of (I) the Market Value on the date of the Expiration Time and (II) the number of shares of Company Common Stock outstanding (including any tendered or exchanged shares) on the date of the Expiration Time less the number of Purchased Shares plus (2) the amount of cash plus the fair market value (determined as aforesaid) of the aggregate consideration payable to stockholders of the Company pursuant to the tender or exchange offer (assuming the acceptance, up to any maximum specified in the terms of the tender or exchange offer, of Purchased Shares).
(b) Calculation of Adjustments. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no adjustment under this Section 2.01 need be made to the number of shares issuable upon exercise of a Warrant or the Exercise Price unless such adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least 1.0% of the number of shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants or the Exercise Price immediately prior to the making of such adjustment. Any lesser adjustment shall be carried forward and shall be made at the time of and together with the next subsequent adjustment, if any, which, together with any adjustment or adjustments so carried forward, shall result in an increase or decrease of at least 1.0% of the number of shares issuable upon exercise of a Warrant or the Exercise Price immediately prior to the making of such adjustment; provided that any such adjustment of less than 1.0% that has not been made shall be made upon any exercise of the Warrants. No adjustment to the Exercise Price under this Section 2.01 shall be made if such adjustment will result in an Exercise Price that is less than the par value of the Company Common Stock. All adjustments to the number of shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants or the Exercise Price shall be calculated to the nearest 1/10,000th of a share of Company Common Stock (or if there is not a nearest 1/10,000th of a share to the next lower 1/10,000th of a share) or the nearest $0.0001 (or if there is not a nearest $0.0001 to the next lower $0.0001), as the case may be. For the avoidance of doubt, if an event occurs that would trigger an adjustment pursuant to this Section 2.01 under more than one subsection hereof, such event, to the extent fully taken into account in a single adjustment, shall not result in multiple adjustments hereunder; provided, however, that if more than one subsection of this Section 2.01 is applicable to a single event, the subsection shall be applied that produces the largest adjustment.
(c) Stockholder Rights Plans. Upon exercise of the Warrants, to the extent that the Holder receives Company Common Stock, the Holder shall receive, in addition to the shares of Company Common Stock and any cash for fractional shares in accordance with Section 2.03, if any, the rights issued under any future stockholder rights plan the Company may establish whether or not such rights are separated from the Company Common Stock prior to exercise. A distribution of rights pursuant to any stockholder rights plan will not result in an adjustment to the number of shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants or the Exercise Price pursuant to Section 2.01(a)(ii) or Section 2.01(a)(iv), provided that the Company has provided for the Holder to receive such rights upon exercise; provided, further, that the Holders shall not be permitted to receive such rights to the extent that any of the Holders or their respective Affiliates is the “Acquiring Person” under such stockholder rights plan.
(d) Reversal of Adjustment. If the Company shall take a record of the holders of Company Common Stock for the purpose of entitling them to receive a dividend or other distribution, and shall thereafter (and before the dividend or distribution has been paid or delivered to stockholders) legally abandon its plan to pay or deliver such dividend or distribution, then thereafter no adjustment in the number of shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants or the Exercise Price then in effect shall be required by reason of the taking of such record.
(e) Exceptions to Adjustment. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the applicable number of shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants and the Exercise Price shall not be adjusted:
(i) upon the issuance of any shares of Company Common Stock pursuant to any present or future plan providing for the reinvestment of dividends or interest payable on the Company’s securities and the investment of additional optional amounts in shares of Company Common Stock under any such plan;
(ii) upon the issuance of any shares of Company Common Stock or options or rights to purchase those shares pursuant to any present or future employee, director or consultant benefit plan or program of or assumed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(iii) upon the issuance of any shares of Company Common Stock pursuant to any option, warrant, right or exercisable, exchangeable or convertible security outstanding as of the Issuance Date;
(iv) in connection with (A) the issuance of the Warrants or the Preferred Stock to the Holders or their Affiliates pursuant to the terms of the Investment Agreement, (B) the issuance of shares of Common Stock to the Holders upon the exercise of the Warrants or the conversion of the Preferred Stock, or (C) any other transactions contemplated by and consummated in accordance with the Investment Agreement (including the Cash Dividend (as defined in the Investment Agreement) and the reverse stock split of the Common Stock that became effective prior to the Issuance Date (the “Reverse Stock Split”));
(v) for a change in the par value of the Company Common Stock; or
(vi) for accrued and unpaid dividends on the Preferred Stock.
SECTION 2.02 Recapitalizations, Reclassifications and Changes in the Company’s Stock. In the event of any reclassification of outstanding shares of Company Common Stock (other than a change in par value, or from par value to no par value, or from no par value to par value and other than the Reverse Stock Split), or any consolidation or merger of the Company with or into another Person or any merger of another Person with or into the Company (other than a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the resulting or surviving Person and that does not result in any reclassification or change of outstanding Company Common Stock), or any sale or other disposition to another Person of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company (computed on a consolidated basis) (any of the foregoing, a “Transaction”), upon exercise of the Warrants, the Holder will be entitled to receive the kind and amount of securities (of the Company or another issuer), cash and other property receivable upon such Transaction by a holder of the number of shares of Company Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants immediately prior to such Transaction, after giving effect to any adjustment event or, in the event holders of Company Common Stock have the opportunity to elect the form of consideration to be received in any Transaction, the weighted average of the forms and amounts of consideration received by the holders of Company Common Stock, and, prior to or at the effective time of such Transaction, the Company or the successor or purchasing person, as the case may be, shall (and the Company shall cause such successor or purchasing person to) execute with the Holder an amendment to this Agreement providing for such change in the rights to exercise the Warrants. In the event that at any time, as a result of an adjustment made pursuant to this Warrant Certificate, the Holder shall become entitled upon exercise to any securities other than, or in addition to, shares of Company Common Stock, thereafter the number or amount of such other securities so receivable upon exercise and the Exercise Price therefor shall be subject to adjustment from time to time in a manner and on terms as nearly equivalent as practicable to the provisions with respect to the Company Common Stock set forth in this Warrant Certificate.
SECTION 2.03 Fractional Shares. No fractional shares of Company Common Stock shall be issued to the Holder upon exercise of any Warrant. In lieu of any fraction of a share of Company Common Stock that would otherwise be issuable upon exercise of the aggregate number of Warrants exercised by the Holder, the Holder shall have the right to receive an amount in cash (computed to the nearest cent) equal to the same fraction of the Closing Sale Price of a share of Company Common Stock on the Trading Day next preceding the date of exercise.
SECTION 2.04 Notice of Adjustment. Whenever the number of shares of Company Common Stock or other stock or property issuable upon the exercise of each Warrant or the Exercise Price is adjusted, as herein provided, the Company shall (a) compute such adjustment in accordance with this Article II and prepare and transmit to the Transfer Agent an Officer’s Certificate setting forth the adjustment, the method of calculation thereof in reasonable detail and the facts requiring such adjustment and upon which such adjustment is based and (b) as soon as practicable following the occurrence of an event that requires an adjustment pursuant to this Article II (or if the Company is not aware of such occurrence, as soon as practicable after becoming so aware), the Company or, at the request and expense of the Company, the Transfer Agent shall provide a written notice to the holders of Warrants (including the Holder) of the occurrence of such event and a statement setting forth in reasonable detail the method by which the adjustment was determined and setting forth the adjusted amount.
ARTICLE III
Warrant Transfer Books
SECTION 3.01 Warrant Transfer Books. (a) The Company shall keep at its principal place of business a register in which the Company shall provide for the registration of Warrant Certificates and of any exchanges of Warrant Certificates as herein provided.
(b) At the option of the Holder, Warrant Certificates may be exchanged at such office and upon payment of the charges hereinafter provided. Whenever any Warrant Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute and deliver the Warrant Certificates that the Holder is entitled to receive.
(c) All Warrant Certificates issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Warrant Certificates shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same obligations, and entitled to the same benefits, as the Warrant Certificates surrendered for such registration of transfer or exchange.
(d) Every Warrant Certificate surrendered for registration of exchange shall (if so required by the Company) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form reasonably satisfactory to the Company, duly executed by the Holder or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
(e) No service charge shall be payable by the Holder for any registration of transfer or exchange of this Warrant Certificate, and the Company shall pay any taxes or other governmental charges that may be imposed in connection with any registration of exchange of Warrant Certificates.
(f) This Warrant Certificate when duly endorsed in blank shall be deemed negotiable and when this Warrant Certificate shall have been so endorsed, the Holder hereof may be treated by the Company and all other Persons dealing therewith as the absolute owner hereof for any purpose and as the Person entitled to exercise the rights represented hereby.
ARTICLE IV
Voting
SECTION 4.01 No Voting Rights. Prior to the exercise of the Warrants, the Holder, in its capacity as such, shall not be entitled to any rights of a stockholder of the Company, including the right to vote or to consent with respect to any matter.
ARTICLE V
Covenants
SECTION 5.01 Reservation of Company Common Stock for Issuance on Exercise of Warrants. The Company covenants that it will at all times reserve and keep available, free from preemptive rights and solely for the purpose of issue upon exercise of the Warrants as herein provided, out of its authorized but unissued Company Common Stock, such number of shares of Company Common Stock as shall then be issuable upon the exercise of all Warrants issuable hereunder and all other Warrant Certificates. The Company covenants that all shares of Company Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants shall, upon such issue, be duly and validly issued and fully paid and non-assessable, free from preemptive rights and free from all taxes, liens, charges and security interests with respect to the issuance thereof.
SECTION 5.02 Notice of Dividends. At any time when the Company declares any dividend or other distribution on the Company Common Stock, it shall give notice to the holders of all the then outstanding Warrants (including the Holder) of any such declaration not less than 15 days prior to the related record date for such dividend or distribution.
SECTION 5.03 HSR Act Compliance. If the Holder determines that a notification under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (the “HSR Act”), is required in connection with the exercise of the Warrants represented by this Warrant Certificate, the Company shall reasonably cooperate with the Holder by (a) promptly effecting all necessary notifications and other filings under the HSR Act that are required to be made by the Company and (b) responding as promptly as reasonably practicable to all inquiries or requests received from the United States Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”), the Department of Justice (the “DOJ”) or any other governmental authority in connection with such notifications and other filings. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Section 5.03 shall require that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries commit to any divestiture, license or hold separate or similar arrangement with respect to the business, assets or properties of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Any such notifications and responses by the Company will be in full compliance with the requirements of the HSR Act. The Company shall, to the extent legally permissible, keep the Holder reasonably apprised of the status of any communications with, and any inquiries or requests for additional information from, the FTC, the DOJ or such other governmental authority. The Company shall pay the filing fees in connection with the above filings, and shall otherwise each bear its costs and expenses in connection with the preparation of such filings and responses to inquires or requests.
SECTION 5.04 Certain Other Events. If any event occurs as to which the provisions of Article II are not strictly applicable or, if strictly applicable, would not fairly protect the rights of the holders of the Warrants in accordance with the essential intent and principles of such provisions, then the Board shall make such adjustments in the application of such provisions, in accordance with such essential intent and principles, as shall be reasonably necessary, in the good faith judgment of the Board, to protect such purchase rights as aforesaid; provided that no adjustments shall be made pursuant to this Section 5.04 if such adjustment would adversely affect the Holder.
ARTICLE VI
Miscellaneous
SECTION 6.01 Tax Matters. The Company shall pay all transfer, stamp, documentary, issue and other similar taxes due with respect to the issuance or delivery of the Warrants or shares of Company Common Stock or other securities or property upon exercise of the Warrants.
SECTION 6.02 Surrender of Warrant Certificate. This Warrant Certificate, if surrendered for exercise or purchase, shall be promptly canceled by the Company and shall not be reissued by the Company. The Company shall destroy such canceled Warrant Certificate.
SECTION 6.03 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Warrant Certificate. (a) If (i) this Warrant Certificate is mutilated and surrendered to the Company or (ii) the Company receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of this Warrant Certificate, and there is delivered to the Company such appropriate affidavit of loss, applicable processing fee and indemnity as may be reasonably required by the Company to save it harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Company that this Warrant Certificate has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute and deliver, in exchange for this Warrant Certificate if mutilated or in lieu of this Warrant Certificate if destroyed, lost or stolen, a new Warrant Certificate of like tenor and for a like aggregate number of Warrants.
(b) Upon the issuance of any new Warrant Certificate under this Section 6.03, the Company shall pay any taxes or other governmental charges that may be imposed in relation thereto and other expenses in connection therewith.
(c) Every new Warrant Certificate executed and delivered pursuant to this Section 6.03 in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Warrant Certificate shall constitute an original contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Warrant Certificate shall be at any time enforceable by anyone.
(d) The provisions of this Section 6.03 are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights or remedies with respect to the replacement of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Warrant Certificate.
SECTION 6.04 Removal of Legends. (a) In the event (i) the transfer of the Warrants or the shares of Company Common Stock issued upon exercise of the Warrants is registered under the Securities Act or (ii) there is delivered to the Company such satisfactory evidence, which may include an Opinion of Counsel licensed to practice law in the State of New York, as may be reasonably required by the Company, that such Warrants or shares are not “restricted securities” within the meaning of Rule 144 under the Securities Act, the Company shall, or shall direct the Transfer Agent to, and the Transfer Agent shall, upon surrender by the Holder of this Warrant Certificate or certificates evidencing such shares of Company Common Stock, as applicable, to the Company or the Transfer Agent, exchange such certificates for certificates without the legend set forth on the first page of this Warrant Certificate as of the Issuance Date or referred to in Section 1.05(b), as applicable.
(b) In order to effect a Sale of Warrants or shares of Company Common Stock issued upon exercise of the Warrants (other than pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act), the Holder shall (i) give written notice to the Company of its intention to effect such Sale, which notice shall describe the manner and circumstances of the proposed transaction in reasonable detail and shall include a certification by the Holder to the effect that such proposed Sale may be effected without registration under the Securities Act or under applicable state securities laws, and (ii) provide such additional certifications of the Holder or its transferee or Opinions of Counsel (which shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company) as the Company may reasonably request solely in order to confirm the availability of the applicable exemption from the registration requirements of applicable securities laws.
SECTION 6.05 Notices. All notices referred to herein shall be in writing and, unless otherwise specified herein, all notices hereunder shall be deemed to have been given upon the earlier of receipt thereof or three (3) Business Days after the mailing thereof if sent by registered or certified mail with postage prepaid, or by private courier service addressed: (i) if to the Company, to its office at Five American Lane, Greenwich, CT 06831 (Attention: Chief Executive Officer), (ii) if to any Holder, to such Holder at the address of such Holder as listed in the stock record books of the Company (which may include the records of the Transfer Agent) or (iii) to such other address as the Company or any such Holder, as the case may be, shall have designated by notice similarly given.
SECTION 6.06 Applicable Law. This Warrant Certificate and each Warrant represented hereby and all rights arising hereunder shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, regardless of the laws that might otherwise govern under applicable principles of conflicts of laws thereof.
SECTION 6.07 Persons Benefiting. This Warrant Certificate shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Company and its successors, assigns, beneficiaries, executors and administrators, and the Holder from time to time of the Warrants represented hereby. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, nothing in this Warrant Certificate is intended or shall be construed to confer upon any Person, other than the Company and the Holder from time to time of the Warrants represented hereby, any right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Warrant Certificate or any part hereof.
SECTION 6.08 Supplements or Amendments. This Warrant Certificate may not be supplemented or amended without the written approval of both the Holder and the Company.
SECTION 6.09 Headings. The descriptive headings of the several Articles and Sections of this Warrant Certificate are inserted for convenience and shall not control or affect the meaning or construction of any of the provisions hereof.
SECTION 6.10 Copies of Agreements. Copies of the Investment Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement referred to herein are on file at the principal place of business of the Company and may be obtained by writing to the Company at the address set forth in Section 6.05.
ARTICLE VII
Definitions.
As used in this Warrant Certificate, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
“Affiliate” means a Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by, or is under common control with, the Person specified.
“Board” means the board of directors of the Company.
“Board Resolution” means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Transfer Agent.
“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday or Sunday or any other day on which banks in the City of New York are authorized or required by law or executive order to close.
“Capital Stock” of any Person means any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents however designated of corporate stock or other equity participations, including partnership interests, whether general or limited, of such Person and any rights (other than debt securities convertible or exchangeable into an equity interest), warrants or options to acquire an equity interest in such Person.
The “Closing Sale Price” of a security on any date means the closing sale price per share (or if no closing sale price is reported, the average of the closing bid and ask prices or, if more than one in either case, the average of the average closing bid and the average closing ask prices) on such date as reported on the over-the-counter “Pink Sheets” market or, if the security is listed on a national securities exchange, the principal national securities exchange on which the security is traded. In the absence of such a quotation, the Closing Sale Price of the security will be an amount determined in good faith by the Board to be the fair market value of such security, and such determination shall be conclusive.
“Company” has the meaning set forth in the introduction to this Warrant Certificate, and its successors and assigns.
“Company Common Stock” has the meaning set forth in the introduction to this Warrant Certificate.
“DOJ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.03.
“Exercise Price” has the meaning set forth in the introduction to this Warrant Certificate.
“Expiration Date” means the tenth anniversary of the Issuance Date.
“Expiration Time” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01(a)(v).
“FTC” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.03.
“Holder” means the initial Holder of this Warrant Certificate and any permitted assignee or transferee thereof, in such Person’s capacity as a holder of Warrants.
“HSR Act” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.03.
“including” means “including, without limitation.”
“Initial Public Offering” means, in the event of a Spin-off, the first time securities of the same class or type as the securities being distributed in the Spin-off are bona fide offered to the public for cash.
“Investment Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the introduction to this Warrant Certificate.
“Issuance Date” means June 6, 2024.
“Market Value” means, with respect to any date of determination, the average Closing Sale Price of the Company Common Stock for a five consecutive Trading Day period preceding the earlier of (a) the day preceding the date of determination and (b) the day before the “ex date” with respect to the issuance or distribution requiring such computation; provided that, solely for purposes of Section 2.01(a)(iv)(B), the Market Value means the average of the daily Closing Sale Price of the Company Common Stock for the first 10 consecutive Trading Days after the effective date of the Spin-off (provided, further, that if an Initial Public Offering of the securities being distributed in the Spin-off is to be effected simultaneously with the Spin-off, the Market Value of the Company Common Stock means the Closing Sale Price of the Company Common Stock on the Trading Day on which the Initial Public Offering price of the securities being distributed in the Spin-off is determined). For purposes of this definition, the term “ex date,” when used with respect to any issuance or distribution, means the first date on which the Company Common Stock trades, regular way, on the over-the-counter “Pink Sheets” market or, if the Company Common Stock is listed on a national securities exchange, the principal national securities exchange on which the Company Common Stock is traded at that time, without the right to receive the issuance or distribution.
“Officer” means the Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer, any Vice President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Chief Accounting Officer, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, any Assistant Controller, the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Company.
“Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate signed by two Officers.
“Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion from legal counsel who is reasonably acceptable to the Company or the Transfer Agent. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company or the Transfer Agent.
“Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, business association, governmental entity or other entity.
“Preferred Stock” has the meaning set forth in the Investment Agreement.
“Purchased Shares” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01(a)(v).
“Sale” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.05(a).
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Spin-off” means a dividend or other distribution of shares of Capital Stock of any class or series, or similar equity interests, of or relating to a Subsidiary or other business unit of the Company.
“Spin-off Market Value” means (a) in the case of securities to be distributed to the holders of the Common Stock in connection with a Spin-off that is not effected simultaneously with an Initial Public Offering of the securities being distributed in the Spin-off and where such securities are listed or quoted (or will be listed or quoted upon consummation of the Spin-off) on a U.S. national securities exchange, the average of the Closing Sale Price of those securities over the first 10 consecutive Trading Days after the effective date of the Spin-off, (b) in the case of securities being distributed in any Spin-off that is effected simultaneously with an Initial Public Offering, the Initial Public Offering price and (c) in the case of securities being distributed in any Spin-off not involving any Initial Public Offering of such securities and where such securities are not and will not be listed or quoted on a U.S. national securities exchange, the fair market value (on a per share basis) of such securities (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be conclusive and described in a Board Resolution).
“Subsidiary” of any Person means any other Person (a) more than 50% of whose outstanding shares or securities representing the right to vote for the election of directors or other managing authority of such other Person are, now or hereafter, owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such first Person, but such other Person shall be deemed to be a Subsidiary only so long as such ownership or control exists, or (b) which does not have outstanding shares or securities with such right to vote, as may be the case in a partnership, joint venture or unincorporated association, but more than 50% of whose ownership interest representing the right to make the decisions for such other Person is, now or hereafter, owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such first Person, but such other Person shall be deemed to be a Subsidiary only so long as such ownership or control exists.
“Trading Day” means a day during which trading in securities generally occurs on the over-the-counter “Pink Sheets” market or, if the Company Common Stock is listed on a national securities exchange, the principal national securities exchange on which the Company Common Stock is traded.
“Transaction” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.02.
“Transfer Agent” means Pacific Stock Transfer Company unless and until a successor is selected by the Company, and then such successor.
“Triggering Event” means a specified event the occurrence of which entitles the holders of rights, options or warrants to exercise such rights, options or warrants.
“Warrants” has the meaning set forth in the introduction to this Warrant Certificate.
| QXO, INC. |
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| | Name: | Mark Meller |
| | Title: | Chief Executive Officer |
ANNEX I
EXERCISE SUBSCRIPTION FORM
(To be executed only upon exercise of Warrant)
To: | QXO, Inc. (the “Company”) |
The undersigned irrevocably exercises the Warrants represented by the Warrant Certificate for the purchase of one share (subject to adjustment in accordance with the Warrant Certificate) of Company Common Stock, par value $0.00001 per share, for each such Warrant.
The undersigned:
☐ herewith makes payment of $_______ (such payment being by bank wire transfer in immediately available funds), all at the Exercise Price and on the terms and conditions specified in the Warrant Certificate.
☐ hereby elects the cancellation of such number of shares of Company Common Stock as is necessary, in accordance with the formula set forth in Section 1.04(d) of the Warrant Certificate, to exercise this Warrant with respect to the number of shares of Company Common Stock purchasable pursuant to the cashless exercise procedure set forth in Section 1.04(d) of the Warrant Certificate.
The undersigned surrenders this Warrant Certificate and all right, title and interest therein to the Company and directs that the shares of Company Common Stock deliverable upon the exercise of such Warrants be registered in the name and delivered at the address specified below.
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Securities to be issued to:
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Name:
Street Address:
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