0001193125-13-143279.txt : 20130405 0001193125-13-143279.hdr.sgml : 20130405 20130405110237 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-13-143279 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 4 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20130402 ITEM INFORMATION: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20130405 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20130405 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: NV5 Holdings, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001532961 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS SERVICES [7380] IRS NUMBER: 453458017 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-35849 FILM NUMBER: 13744752 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 200 SOUTH PARK ROAD STREET 2: SUITE 350 CITY: HOLLYWOOD STATE: FL ZIP: 33021 BUSINESS PHONE: (954) 495-2112 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 200 SOUTH PARK ROAD STREET 2: SUITE 350 CITY: HOLLYWOOD STATE: FL ZIP: 33021 8-K 1 d516815d8k.htm FORM 8-K Form 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): April 2, 2013

 

 

NV5 HOLDINGS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware        001-35849     45-3458017
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)       

(Commission

File Number)

   

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

200 South Park Road, Suite 350

Hollywood, Florida

       33021
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)        (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (954) 495-2112

                                                     N/A                                                 

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the follow provisions:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On April 2, 2013, in connection with the consummation of our initial public offering (“IPO”) of 1,610,000 units (“Units”) (including 210,000 Units issued pursuant to the exercise in full of an over-allotment option), we issued to Roth Capital Partners, LLC, as partial compensation for its services as the underwriter of the IPO, a warrant to purchase up to 140,000 Units (the “Underwriter’s Warrant”). The Underwriter’s Warrant sets forth the terms of the warrants issued to the underwriter. A copy of the Underwriter’s Warrant is attached hereto as Exhibit 4.1 and is hereby incorporated by reference in this Item 1.01.

On April 2, 2013, we entered into a warrant agreement (the “Warrant Agreement”) with Registrar and Transfer Company, as warrant agent, pursuant to which we appointed Registrar and Transfer Company to act as warrant agent for the warrants that are part of the Units. In addition, the Warrant Agreement sets forth the terms of the warrants included in the Units sold in our IPO. A copy of the Warrant Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit 4.2 and is hereby incorporated by reference in this Item 1.01.

Item 8.01 Other Events.

On April 2, 2013, we consummated our IPO of 1,610,000 Units (including 210,000 Units issued pursuant to the exercise of an over-allotment option). Each Unit consists of one share of our common stock, $0.01 par value per share, and one warrant to purchase one share of our common stock at an exercise price of $7.80 per share. The Units were sold at a public offering price of $6.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of approximately $9.7 million to us. The Units trade on The NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol NVEEU and the common stock and warrants will trade under the symbols NVEE and NVEEW upon separation of the Units on or about September 27, 2013.

On April 2, 2013, we issued a press release announcing the consummation of our IPO, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 8.01.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

4.1    Underwriter’s Warrant dated April 2, 2013
4.2    Warrant Agreement, dated April 2, 2013, between Registrar and Transfer Company and the Registrant
99.1    Press Release dated April 2, 2013


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date: April 5, 2013

 

NV5 HOLDINGS, INC.
By:   /s/ Michael P. Rama
 

Name:  Michael P. Rama

 

Title:    Vice President and Chief Financial Officer


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

4.1    Underwriter’s Warrant dated April 2, 2013
4.2    Warrant Agreement, dated April 2, 2013, between Registrar and Transfer Company and the Registrant
99.1    Press Release dated April 2, 2013
EX-4.1 2 d516815dex41.htm EX-4.1 EX-4.1

Exhibit 4.1

Underwriter’s Warrants

NEITHER THESE SECURITIES NOR THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THESE SECURITIES HAVE BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AS EVIDENCED BY A LEGAL OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE TRANSFEROR TO SUCH EFFECT, THE SUBSTANCE OF WHICH SHALL BE REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY. THESE SECURITIES AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THESE SECURITIES MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.

NV5 HOLDINGS, INC.

UNIT WARRANT

 

Warrant No. 001    Original Issue Date: April 2, 2013

NV5 Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), hereby certifies that, as partial compensation for, its services as an underwriter to the Company, Roth Capital Partners, LLC or its registered assigns (the “Holder”), is entitled to purchase from the Company up to a total of 140,000 units (each, a “Unit,” provided however that from and after the Separation Date as defined in the Prospectus, any reference herein to a Unit shall constitute a reference to an equivalent number of securities comprising such Unit), each unit consisting of one share of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), and one warrant to purchase one share of Common Stock on the terms as described in the Prospectus (each, a “Warrant” and collectively, the “Warrants,” and each such Unit, a “Warrant Unit” and all such Units, the “Warrant Units”), at any time and from time to time from and after 365 days following the effective date of the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-186229), and through and including March 26, 2016, the third anniversary of such effective date (the “Expiration Date”), in accordance with FINRA Rule 5110(f)(2)(H)(i), and subject to the following terms and conditions:

1. Definitions. As used in this Unit Warrant, the following terms shall have the respective definitions set forth in this Section 1.

 

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“Affiliate” means any Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with a Person, as such terms are used in and construed under Rule 144.

“Business Day” means any day except Saturday, Sunday and any day which is a federal legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions in the State of New York are authorized or required by law or other governmental action to close.

“Common Stock” means the common stock of the Company, $0.01 par value per share, and any securities into which such common stock may hereafter be reclassified or for which it may be exchanged as a class.

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

“Exercise Price” means $7.20, subject to adjustment in accordance with Section 9.

“Fundamental Transaction” means any of the following: (1) the Company effects any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another Person, (2) the Company effects any sale of all or substantially all of its assets in one or a series of related transactions, (3) any tender offer or exchange offer (whether by the Company or another Person) is completed pursuant to which holders of Common Stock are permitted to tender or exchange their shares for other securities, cash or property, or (4) the Company effects any reclassification of the Common Stock or any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the Common Stock is effectively converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash or property.

“New York Courts” means the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan.

“Original Issue Date” means the Original Issue Date first set forth on the first page of this Warrant.

“Person” means an individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability company, joint stock company, government (or an agency or subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind.

“Prospectus” means the prospectus dated March 27, 2013 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 424 promulgated under the Securities Act.

“Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission having substantially the same effect as such Rule.

“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

“Subsidiary” means any “significant subsidiary” as defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Exchange Act.

 

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“Trading Day” means (i) a day on which the Common Stock is traded on a Trading Market, or (ii) if the Common Stock is not quoted on any Trading Market, a day on which the Common Stock is quoted in the over-the-counter market as reported by the Pink Sheets LLC (or any similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices); provided, that in the event that the Common Stock is not listed or quoted as set forth in (i) or (ii) hereof, then Trading Day shall mean a Business Day.

“Trading Market” means whichever of the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, the NASDAQ Global Select Market, the NASDAQ Global Market, the NASDAQ Capital Market or OTC Bulletin Board on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question.

“Underlying Shares” means the shares of Common Stock included in the Warrant Units and those shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants included in such Warrant Units.

“Warrant Units” means the Units issuable upon exercise of this Unit Warrant.

2. Registration of Unit Warrant. The Company shall register this Unit Warrant upon records to be maintained by the Company for that purpose (the “Warrant Register”), in the name of the record Holder hereof from time to time. The Company may deem and treat the registered Holder of this Unit Warrant as the absolute owner hereof for the purpose of any exercise hereof or any distribution to the Holder, and for all other purposes, absent actual notice to the contrary.

3. Registration of Transfers. The Company shall register the transfer of any portion of this Unit Warrant in the Warrant Register, upon surrender of this Unit Warrant, with the Form of Assignment attached hereto duly completed and signed, to the Company at its address specified herein. Upon any such registration or transfer, a new Unit Warrant to purchase Units, in substantially the form of this Unit Warrant (any such new Unit Warrant, a “New Unit Warrant”), evidencing the portion of this Unit Warrant so transferred shall be issued to the transferee and a New Unit Warrant evidencing the remaining portion of this Unit Warrant not so transferred, if any, shall be issued to the transferring Holder. The acceptance of the New Unit Warrant by the transferee thereof shall be deemed the acceptance by such transferee of all of the rights and obligations of a holder of a Unit Warrant.

4. Exercise and Duration of Unit Warrants. This Unit Warrant shall be exercisable by the registered Holder at any time and from time to time from and after 365 days following the effective date of the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-186229) (the “Effective Date”), through and including the Expiration Date, in accordance with FINRA Rule 5110(f)(2)(H)(i). At 6:30 p.m., New York City time on the Expiration Date, the portion of this Unit Warrant not exercised prior thereto shall be and become void and of no value. The Company may not call or redeem any portion of this Unit Warrant without the prior written consent of the affected Holder. This Unit Warrant shall not be sold, transferred, assigned, pledged, or hypothecated, or be the subject of any hedging, short sale, derivative, put, or call transaction that would result in the effective economic disposition of this Unit Warrant by any

 

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person for a period of 180 days immediately following the effective date of the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-186229), except as provided in FINRA Rule 5110(g)(2).

5. Delivery of Warrant Units.

(a) To effect exercises hereunder, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Unit Warrant unless the aggregate Warrant Units represented by this Unit Warrant is being exercised. Upon delivery of the Exercise Notice (in the form attached hereto) to the Company (with the attached Warrant Units Exercise Log) at its address for notice set forth herein and upon payment of the Exercise Price multiplied by the number of Warrant Units that the Holder intends to purchase hereunder, the Company shall promptly (but in no event later than three Trading Days after the Date of Exercise (as defined herein)) issue and deliver to the Holder, a certificate for the Warrant Units issuable upon such exercise. The Company shall, upon request of the Holder and subsequent to the date on which a registration statement covering the resale of the Warrant Units has been declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission, use its reasonable best efforts to deliver Warrant Units hereunder electronically through the Depository Trust Corporation or another established clearing corporation performing similar functions, if available, provided, that, the Company may, but will not be required to change its transfer agent if its current transfer agent cannot deliver Warrant Units electronically through the Depository Trust Corporation. A “Date of Exercise” means the date on which the Holder shall have delivered to the Company: (i) the Exercise Notice (with the Warrant Exercise Log attached to it), appropriately completed and duly signed and (ii) payment of the Exercise Price for the number of Warrant Units so indicated by the Holder to be purchased.

(b) If by the third Trading Day after a Date of Exercise the Company fails to deliver the required number of Warrant Units in the manner required pursuant to Section 5(a), then the Holder will have the right to rescind such exercise.

(c) If by the third Trading Day after a Date of Exercise the Company fails to deliver the required number of Warrant Units in the manner required pursuant to Section 5(a), and if after such third Trading Day and prior to the receipt of such Warrant Units, the Holder purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) Units, shares of Common Stock or Warrants to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of the Warrant Units which the Holder anticipated receiving upon such exercise (a “Buy-In”), then the Company shall (1) pay in cash to the Holder the amount by which (x) the Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if any) for the Units, shares of Common Stock or Warrants so purchased exceeds (y) the amount obtained by multiplying (A) the number of Warrant Units that the Company was required to deliver to the Holder in connection with the exercise at issue by (B) the closing bid price of Units, shares of Common Stock or Warrants, as the case may be, on the Date of Exercise and (2) at the option of the Holder, either reinstate the portion of the Unit Warrant and equivalent number of Warrant Units for which such exercise was not honored or deliver to the Holder the number of Units, shares of Common Stock or Warrants that would have been issued had the Company timely complied with its exercise and delivery obligations hereunder. The Holder shall provide the Company written notice indicating the amounts payable to the Holder in respect of the Buy-In.

 

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(d) The Company’s obligations to issue and deliver Warrant Units in accordance with the terms hereof are absolute and unconditional, irrespective of any action or inaction by the Holder to enforce the same, any waiver or consent with respect to any provision hereof, the recovery of any judgment against any Person or any action to enforce the same, or any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, limitation or termination, or any breach or alleged breach by the Holder or any other Person of any obligation to the Company or any violation or alleged violation of law by the Holder or any other Person, and irrespective of any other circumstance which might otherwise limit such obligation of the Company to the Holder in connection with the issuance of Warrant Units. Nothing herein shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s failure to timely deliver certificates representing Warrant Units upon exercise of the Unit Warrant as required pursuant to the terms hereof.

6. Charges, Taxes and Expenses. Issuance and delivery of Warrant Units upon exercise of this Unit Warrant shall be made without charge to the Holder for any issue or transfer tax, withholding tax, transfer agent fee or other incidental tax or expense in respect of the issuance of such certificates, all of which taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Company; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to pay any tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the registration of any certificates for Warrant Units or Unit Warrants in a name other than that of the Holder. The Holder shall be responsible for all other tax liability that may arise as a result of holding or transferring this Unit Warrant or receiving Warrant Units upon exercise hereof.

7. Replacement of Unit Warrant. If this Unit Warrant is mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall issue or cause to be issued in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation hereof, or in lieu of and substitution for this Unit Warrant, a New Unit Warrant, but only upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of such loss, theft or destruction and customary and reasonable indemnity (which shall not include a surety bond), if requested. Applicants for a New Unit Warrant under such circumstances shall also comply with such other reasonable regulations and procedures and pay such other reasonable third-party costs as the Company may prescribe. If a New Unit Warrant is requested as a result of a mutilation of this Warrant, then the Holder shall deliver such mutilated Unit Warrant to the Company as a condition precedent to the Company’s obligation to issue the New Unit Warrant.

8. Reservation of Warrant Units. The Company covenants that it will at all times reserve and keep available out of the aggregate of its authorized but unissued and otherwise unreserved Units, Warrants and shares of Common Stock, solely for the purpose of enabling it to issue Warrant Units upon exercise of this Unit Warrant as herein provided, the number of Warrant Units, Warrants and shares of Common Stock which are then issuable and deliverable upon the exercise of this entire Unit Warrant, free from preemptive rights or any other contingent purchase rights of Persons other than the Holder (taking into account the adjustments and restrictions of Section 9). The Company covenants that all Warrant Units so issuable and deliverable shall, upon issuance and the payment of the applicable Exercise Price in accordance with the terms hereof, be duly and validly authorized, issued and fully paid and nonassessable.

 

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9. Certain Adjustments. The Exercise Price and number of Warrant Units issuable upon exercise of this Unit Warrant are subject to adjustment from time to time as set forth in this Section 9.

(a) Stock Dividends and Splits. If the Company, at any time while this Unit Warrant is outstanding, (i) pays a stock dividend on its Common Stock or otherwise makes a distribution on any class of capital stock that is payable in shares of Common Stock, (ii) subdivides outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares, or (iii) combines outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, then in each such case the Exercise Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately before such event and of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event. Any adjustment made pursuant to clause (i) of this paragraph shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution, and any adjustment pursuant to clause (ii) or (iii) of this paragraph shall become effective immediately after the effective date of such subdivision or combination.

(b) Fundamental Transactions. If, at any time while this Unit Warrant is outstanding there is a Fundamental Transaction, then the Holder shall have the right thereafter to receive, upon exercise of this Unit Warrant, the same amount and kind of securities, cash or property as it would have been entitled to receive upon the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction if it had been, immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction, the holder of the number of Warrant Units then issuable upon exercise in full of this Unit Warrant (the “Alternate Consideration”). For purposes of any such exercise, the determination of the Exercise Price shall be appropriately adjusted to apply to such Alternate Consideration based on the amount of Alternate Consideration issuable in respect of one share of Common Stock in such Fundamental Transaction, and the Company shall apportion the Exercise Price among the Alternate Consideration in a reasonable manner reflecting the relative value of any different components of the Alternate Consideration. If holders of Common Stock are given any choice as to the securities, cash or property to be received in a Fundamental Transaction, then the Holder shall be given the same choice as to the Alternate Consideration it receives upon any exercise of this Unit Warrant following such Fundamental Transaction. At the Holder’s option and request, any successor to the Company or surviving entity in such Fundamental Transaction shall issue to the Holder a new warrant substantially in the form of this Unit Warrant and consistent with the foregoing provisions and evidencing the Holder’s right to purchase the Alternate Consideration for the aggregate Exercise Price upon exercise thereof. The terms of any agreement pursuant to which a Fundamental Transaction is effected shall include terms requiring any such successor or surviving entity to comply with the provisions of this paragraph (b) and insuring that the Unit Warrant (or any such replacement security) will be similarly adjusted upon any subsequent transaction analogous to a Fundamental Transaction.

(c) Number of Warrant Units. Simultaneously with any adjustment to the Exercise Price pursuant to this Section 9, the number of Warrant Units that may be purchased upon exercise of this Unit Warrant shall be increased or decreased proportionately, so that after such adjustment the aggregate Exercise Price payable hereunder for the adjusted number of Warrant Units shall be the same as the aggregate Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment.

 

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(d) Calculations. All calculations under this Section 9 shall be made to the nearest cent or the nearest 1/100th of a share, as applicable. The number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at any given time shall not include shares owned or held by or for the account of the Company, and the disposition of any such shares shall be considered an issue or sale of Common Stock.

(e) Notice of Adjustments. Upon the occurrence of each adjustment pursuant to this Section 9, the Company at its expense will promptly compute such adjustment in accordance with the terms of this Unit Warrant and prepare a certificate setting forth such adjustment, including a statement of the adjusted Exercise Price and adjusted number or type of Warrant Units or other securities issuable upon exercise of this Unit Warrant (as applicable), describing the transactions giving rise to such adjustments and showing in detail the facts upon which such adjustment is based. Upon written request, the Company will promptly deliver a copy of each such certificate to the Holder and to the Company’s Transfer Agent.

(f) Notice of Corporate Events. If the Company (i) declares a dividend or any other distribution of cash, securities or other property in respect of its Common Stock, including without limitation any granting of rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any capital stock of the Company or any Subsidiary, (ii) authorizes or approves, enters into any agreement contemplating or solicits stockholder approval for any Fundamental Transaction or (iii) authorizes the voluntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Company, then the Company shall deliver to the Holder a notice describing the material terms and conditions of such transaction (but only to the extent such disclosure would not result in the dissemination of material, non-public information to the Holder) at least 10 calendar days prior to the applicable record or effective date on which a Person would need to hold Common Stock in order to participate in or vote with respect to such transaction, and the Company will take all steps reasonably necessary in order to insure that the Holder is given the practical opportunity to exercise this Unit Warrant prior to such time so as to participate in or vote with respect to such transaction; provided, however, that the failure to deliver such notice or any defect therein shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be described in such notice.

10. Payment of Exercise Price. The Holder may pay the Exercise Price in one of the following manners:

(a) Cash Exercise. The Holder may deliver immediately available funds; or

(b) Cashless Exercise. The Holder may notify the Company in an Exercise Notice of its election to utilize cashless exercise, in which event the Company shall issue to the Holder the number of Warrant Units determined as follows:

 

  X = Y [(A-B)/A]
where:  
  X = the number of Warrant Units to be issued to the Holder.
  Y = the number of Warrant Units with respect to which this Unit Warrant is being exercised.

 

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   A = the average of the daily volume weighted average price for Units for the five Trading Days immediately prior to (but not including) the Exercise Date.
   B = the Exercise Price.

For purposes of Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, it is intended, understood and acknowledged that the Warrant Units issued in a cashless exercise transaction shall be deemed to have been acquired by the Holder, and the holding period for the Warrant Units shall be deemed to have commenced, on the date this Unit Warrant was originally issued.

11. Limitations on Exercise. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the number of Warrant Units that may be acquired by the Holder upon any exercise of this Unit Warrant (or otherwise in respect hereof) shall be limited to the extent necessary to insure that, following such exercise (or other issuance), the total number of shares of Common Stock then beneficially owned by such Holder and its Affiliates and any other Persons whose beneficial ownership of Common Stock would be aggregated with the Holder’s for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, does not exceed 9.99% of the total number of issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock (including for such purpose the shares of Common Stock issuable upon such exercise). For such purposes, beneficial ownership shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. This provision shall not restrict the number of shares of Common Stock which a Holder may receive or beneficially own in order to determine the amount of securities or other consideration that such Holder may receive in the event of a Fundamental Transaction as contemplated in Section 9 of this Unit Warrant. This restriction may not be waived. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Unit Warrant, (a) no term of this Section may be waived by any party, nor amended such that the threshold percentage of ownership would be directly or indirectly increased, (b) this restriction runs with the Unit Warrant and may not be modified or waived by any subsequent holder hereof and (c) any attempted waiver, modification or amendment of this Section will be void ab initio.

12. Registration Rights.

(a) Demand Registration. The Company, upon written demand (a “Demand Notice”) of the Holder(s) of at least 51% of the Unit Warrants and/or the underlying securities (“Majority Holders”), agrees to register (a “Demand Registration”), on one occasion, all or any portion of the Units underlying this Unit Warrant, including the shares underlying the Warrants included in the Unit Warrant (collectively the “Registrable Securities”). On such occasion, the Company will file a registration statement or a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement covering the Registrable Securities within sixty (60) days after receipt of a Demand Notice and use its commercially reasonable efforts to have such registration statement or post-effective amendment declared effective promptly thereafter, subject to compliance with review by the Commission; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to comply with a Demand Notice if the Company has filed a registration statement with respect to which the Holder is entitled to piggyback registration rights pursuant to Section 12(b) hereof and either: (i) the Holder was given the opportunity to exercise its rights under Section 12(b) hereof in connection with the offering covered by such registration statement or (ii) if such registration

 

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statement relates to an underwritten primary offering of securities of the Company, until the offering covered by such registration statement has been withdrawn or until thirty (30) days after such offering is consummated. A Demand Notice may be given at any time during a period of three (3) years beginning six (6) months from the Effective Date. The Company covenants and agrees to give written notice of its receipt of the Demand Notice by any Holder(s) to all other registered Holders of the Unit Warrants and/or the Registrable Securities within ten (10) days from the date of the receipt of such Demand Notice. The Holders shall not effect more than two (2) Demand Registrations pursuant to this Section 12(a). A registration will not count as a Demand Registration until the registration statement filed with the Commission with respect to such Demand Registration has been declared effective and the Company has complied with all of its obligations under hereunder with respect thereto; provided, however, that if, after such registration statement has been declared effective, the offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Demand Registration is interfered with by any stop order or injunction of the Commission or any other governmental agency or court, the registration statement with respect to such Demand Registration will be deemed not to have been declared effective, unless and until, (i) such stop order or injunction is removed, rescinded or otherwise terminated, and (ii) the Majority Holders thereafter elect to continue the offering. The Company shall bear all fees and expenses attendant to the first Demand Registration pursuant to Section 12(a), including the reasonable and documented expenses of a single legal counsel selected by the Holders to represent them in connection with the sale of the Registrable Securities, but the Holders shall pay any and all underwriting commissions or brokerage fees related to the Registrable Securities, if applicable. The Holders shall bear all fees and expenses (including all underwriting commissions and the expenses of any legal counsel selected by the Holders to represent them) in connection with the second Demand Registration described in Section 12(a) hereof. The Company agrees to use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the filing required herein to become effective promptly and to qualify or register the Registrable Securities in such States as are reasonably requested by the Holder(s); provided, however, that in no event shall the Company be required to register the Registrable Securities in a State in which such registration would cause: (i) the Company to be obligated to register or license to do business in such State or submit to general service of process in such State, or (ii) the principal stockholders of the Company to be obligated to escrow their shares of capital stock of the Company. The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause any registration statement filed pursuant to the demand right granted under Section 12(a) to remain effective for a period of at least twelve (12) consecutive months from the date that the Holders of the Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement are first given the opportunity to sell all of such securities. The Holders shall only use the prospectuses provided by the Company to sell the shares covered by such registration statements, and will immediately cease to use any prospectus furnished by the Company if the Company advises the Holder that such prospectus may no longer be used due to a material misstatement or omission.

(b) “Piggy-Back” Registration. In addition to the demand rights of registration described in Section 12(a) hereof, the Holder shall have the right, for a period of three (3) years commencing six (6) months from the Effective Date, to include the Registrable Securities as part of any other registration of securities filed by the Company (other than in connection with a transaction contemplated by Rule 145(a) promulgated under the Securities Act or pursuant to Form S-8 or any equivalent form); provided, however, that if, solely in connection with any primary underwritten public offering for the account of the Company, the managing

 

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underwriter(s) thereof shall, in its reasonable discretion, impose a limitation on the number of shares of Common Stock underlying the Units which may be included in the registration statement because, in such underwriter(s)’ judgment, marketing or other factors dictate such limitation is necessary to facilitate public distribution, then the Company shall be obligated to include in such registration statement only such limited portion of the Registrable Securities with respect to which the Holder requested inclusion hereunder as the underwriter(s) shall reasonably permit. Any exclusion of Registrable Securities shall be made pro rata among the Holders seeking to include Registrable Securities in proportion to the number of Registrable Securities sought to be included by such Holders; provided, however, that the Company shall not exclude any Registrable Securities unless the Company has first excluded all outstanding securities, the holders of which are not entitled to inclusion of such securities in such registration statement or are not entitled to pro rata inclusion with the Registrable Securities. The Holders shall be entitled to unlimited piggy-back registration rights pursuant to this Section 12(b). Any holder of Registrable Securities may elect to withdraw such Holder’s request for inclusion of Registrable Securities in any piggy-back registration by giving written notice to the Company of such request to withdraw prior to the effectiveness of the registration statement. The Company (whether on its own determination or as the result of a withdrawal by persons making a demand pursuant to written contractual obligations) may withdraw a registration statement at any time prior to the effectiveness of the registration statement. Notwithstanding any such withdrawal, the Company shall pay all expenses incurred by the Holders of Registrable Securities in connection with such piggy-back registration as provided in Section 12(b). The Company shall bear all fees and expenses attendant to registering the Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 12(b) hereof, including the reasonable and documented expenses of a single legal counsel selected by the Holders to represent them in connection with the sale of the Registrable Securities, but the Holders shall pay any and all underwriting commissions or brokerage fees related to the Registrable Securities. In the event of such a proposed registration, the Company shall furnish the then Holders of outstanding Registrable Securities with not less than fifteen (15) days written notice prior to the proposed date of filing of such registration statement. Such notice to the Holders shall continue to be given for each registration statement filed by the Company until such time as all of the Registrable Securities have been sold by the Holder. The holders of the Registrable Securities shall exercise the “piggy-back” rights provided for herein by giving written notice, within ten (10) days of the receipt of the Company’s notice of its intention to file a registration statement. The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause any registration statement filed pursuant to the piggyback right granted under Section 12(b) to remain effective for a period of at least nine (9) consecutive months from the date that the Holders of the Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement are first given the opportunity to sell all of such securities.

(c) Indemnification. The Company shall indemnify the Holder(s) of the Registrable Securities to be sold pursuant to any registration statement hereunder and each person, if any, who controls such Holders within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Exchange Act”), against all loss, claim, damage, expense or liability (including all reasonable attorneys’ fees and other expenses reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against litigation, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever, whether arising out of any action between any of the Underwriters (as defined below) and the Company or between the any of the Underwriters and any third party or otherwise) to which any of them may become subject under the Act, the

 

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Exchange Act or otherwise, arising from such registration statement but only to the same extent and with the same effect as the provisions pursuant to which the Company has agreed to indemnify the Underwriters contained in the Underwriting Agreement between Roth and the Company, dated as of March 26, 2013 (the “Underwriting Agreement”). The Holder(s) of the Registrable Securities to be sold pursuant to the Offering, and their successors and assigns, shall severally, and not jointly, indemnify the Company, against all loss, claim, damage, expense or liability (including all reasonable attorneys’ fees and other expenses reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any claim whatsoever) to which they may become subject under the Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, arising from information furnished by or on behalf of such Holders, or their successors or assigns, in writing, for specific inclusion in such registration statement to the same extent and with the same effect as the provisions contained in Section 8 of the Underwriting Agreement pursuant to which the Underwriters have agreed to indemnify the Company.

13. No Fractional Units. No fractional Warrant Units will be issued in connection with any exercise of this Unit Warrant. In lieu of any fractional shares which would, otherwise be issuable, the Company shall pay cash equal to the product of such fraction multiplied by the closing price of one Warrant Unit as reported by the applicable Trading Market on the date of exercise.

14. Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries hereunder (including, without limitation, any Exercise Notice) shall be in writing and shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of (i) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number specified in this Section prior to 6:30 p.m. (New York City time) on a Trading Day, (ii) the next Trading Day after the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number specified in this Section on a day that is not a Trading Day or later than 6:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day, (iii) the Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent by nationally recognized overnight courier service, or (iv) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given. The addresses for such communications shall be: (i) if to the Company, to toNV5 Holdings, Inc., Attn: General Counsel, Facsimile No.: (954) 495-2101 (or such other address as the Company shall indicate in writing in accordance with this Section), or (ii) if to the Holder, to the address or facsimile number appearing on the Warrant Register or such other address or facsimile number as the Holder may provide to the Company in accordance with this Section.

15. Warrant Agent. The Company shall serve as warrant agent under this Unit Warrant. Upon 10 days’ notice to the Holder, the Company may appoint a new warrant agent. Any corporation into which the Company or any new warrant agent may be merged or any corporation resulting from any consolidation to which the Company or any new warrant agent shall be a party or any corporation to which the Company or any new warrant agent transfers substantially all of its corporate trust or shareholders services business shall be a successor warrant agent under this Warrant without any further act. Any such successor warrant agent shall promptly cause notice of its succession as warrant agent to be mailed (by first class mail, postage prepaid) to the Holder at the Holder’s last address as shown on the Warrant Register.

16. Miscellaneous.

 

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(a) This Unit Warrant shall be binding on and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. Subject to the preceding sentence, nothing in this Unit Warrant shall be construed to give to any Person other than the Company and the Holder any legal or equitable right, remedy or cause of action under this Unit Warrant. This Unit Warrant may be amended only in writing signed by the Company and the Holder and their successors and assigns. The foregoing sentence shall be subject to the restrictions on waivers and amendments set forth in Section 11 of this Unit Warrant.

(b) All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Unit Warrant shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof. Each party agrees that all legal proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement and defense of this Unit Warrant and the transactions herein contemplated (“Proceedings”) (whether brought against a party hereto or its respective Affiliates, employees or agents) shall be commenced exclusively in the New York Courts. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the New York Courts for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any Proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any New York Court, or that such Proceeding has been commenced in an improper or inconvenient forum. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such Proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Unit Warrant and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Unit Warrant or the transactions contemplated hereby. If either party shall commence a Proceeding to enforce any provisions of this Unit Warrant, then the prevailing party in such Proceeding shall be reimbursed by the other party for its attorney’s fees and other costs and expenses incurred with the investigation, preparation and prosecution of such Proceeding.

(c) The headings herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this Unit Warrant and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof.

(d) In case any one or more of the provisions of this Unit Warrant shall be invalid or unenforceable in any respect, the validity and enforceability of the remaining terms and provisions of this Unit Warrant shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and the parties will attempt in good faith to agree upon a valid and enforceable provision which shall be a commercially reasonable substitute therefor, and upon so agreeing, shall incorporate such substitute provision in this Unit Warrant.

(e) Prior to exercise of this Unit Warrant, the Holder hereof shall not, by reason of being a Holder, be entitled to any rights of a stockholder with respect to the Warrant Units.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Unit Warrant to be duly executed by its authorized officer as of the date first indicated above.

 

NV5 HOLDINGS, INC.
By:   /s/ Dickerson Wright
 

Name: Dickerson Wright

Title: CEO


EXERCISE NOTICE

NV5 HOLDINGS, INC.

UNIT WARRANT DATED APRIL 2, 2013

The undersigned Holder hereby irrevocably elects to purchase             Units pursuant to the above referenced Unit Warrant. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined have the respective meanings set forth in the Unit Warrant.

 

(1) The undersigned Holder hereby exercises its right to purchase             Warrant Units pursuant to the Unit Warrant.

 

(2) The holder shall pay the sum of $            to the Company in accordance with the terms of the Unit Warrant.

 

(3) Pursuant to this Exercise Notice, the Company shall deliver to the holder             Warrant Units in accordance with the terms of the Unit Warrant.

 

(4) By its delivery of this Exercise Notice, the undersigned represents and warrants to the Company that in giving effect to the exercise evidenced hereby the Holder will not beneficially own in excess of the number of shares of Common Stock (determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) permitted to be owned under Section 11 of the Unit Warrant to which this notice relates.

 

Dated:                     ,                 Name of Holder:
   (Print)                                                                          
   By:                                                                              
   Name:                                                                          
   Title:                                                                          
   (Signature must conform in all respects to name of holder as specified on the face of the Unit Warrant)


Warrant Units Exercise Log

 

Date

 

Number of Warrant

Units Available to be

Exercised

 

Number of Warrant Units

Exercised

 

Number of

Warrant Units

Remaining to

be Exercised


NV5 HOLDINGS, INC.

UNIT WARRANT DATED APRIL 2, 2013

UNIT WARRANT NO. 001

FORM OF ASSIGNMENT

[To be completed and signed only upon transfer of Unit Warrant]

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto             the right represented by the above-captioned Unit Warrant to purchase             Units to which such Unit Warrant relates and appoints             attorney to transfer said right on the books of the Company with full power of substitution in the premises.

 

Dated:                     ,                 
     
    (Signature must conform in all respects to name of holder as specified on the face of the Unit Warrant)
     
    Address of Transferee
     
     
In the presence of:    
     
EX-4.2 3 d516815dex42.htm EX-4.2 EX-4.2

Exhibit 4.2

WARRANT AGREEMENT

THIS WARRANT AGREEMENT (“Warrant Agreement”), dated as of April 2, 2013, by and between NV5 HOLDINGS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and Registrar and Transfer Company, a New Jersey corporation (the “Warrant Agent”).

W I T N E S S E T H

WHEREAS, the Company may engage in an initial public offering of up to 1,610,000 units (the “Units”) at an offering price of $6.00 per Unit (the “Offering”). Each Unit consists of one share of common stock, $0.01 par value, of the Company (the “Common Stock”), one Warrant to purchase one share of Common Stock (each, a “Warrant “ and collectively, the “Warrants”). The Warrants are exercisable upon the terms and conditions and subject to adjustment in certain circumstances, all as set forth in this Warrant Agreement.

WHEREAS, the Company may engage in the Offering of the Units, and in connection therewith, may issue and deliver up to 1,610,000 underlying Warrants to public investors. In addition, the Company has agreed to issue to the underwriter for the Offering, warrants to purchase 10.0% of the securities issued in the Offering (exclusive of any securities issued pursuant to the exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option), which may result in the issuance of an additional 140,000 Warrants. Each Warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one share of Common Stock at the purchase price of $7.80 per share (the “Warrant Price”), subject to adjustment as described herein, at any time commencing as of the Separation Date (as defined herein) and ending on March 27, 2018 (the “Expiration Date”) or upon earlier redemption.

WHEREAS, if the Company determines to engage in the Offering, the Company will file with the Securities and Exchange Commission a Registration Statement on Form S-1 for the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), of, among other securities, the Units, the Common Stock, and the Warrants.

WHEREAS, the Company desires to appoint the Warrant Agent to act on its behalf in connection with the (i) issuance, transfer and exchange of the Book Entry Warrant Certificates (as defined herein) or Definitive Warrant Certificates (as defined herein), as applicable, representing the Warrants (collectively, the “Warrant Certificates”), (ii) the exercise of the Warrants by the registered holders thereof (together with any permitted registered successors or assigns, the “Registered Holders”) and (iii) the adjustment of the Warrants in certain events as contained herein in accordance with the terms of the Warrants and this Warrant Agreement;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

1. APPOINTMENT OF WARRANT AGENT. The Company hereby appoints the Warrant Agent as its agent to issue the Warrant Certificates, as set forth herein, subject to resignation or replacement of the Warrant Agent as provided herein. The Warrant Agent agrees to accept such appointment, subject to the terms and conditions as set forth herein and to issue, and exchange the Warrant Certificates pursuant to the terms provided for herein and to notify the Company’s transfer agent to issue the certificates representing the appropriate number of shares of Common Stock (or other

 

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consideration) upon exercise of the Warrants. The Company agrees to issue and honor the Warrants on the terms and conditions as herein set forth and to instruct its transfer agent to issue its Common Stock (or other securities) upon notice from the Warrant Agent of the proper exercise of any Warrant. The Warrant Agent is hereby empowered to enforce any rights of the Registered Holders for the benefit of any Registered Holders, subject to the terms and conditions contained herein.

2. ISSUANCE OF WARRANT CERTIFICATES.

2.1. Form of Warrant Certificate. All Warrants shall be issued substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A. The terms of any such Warrant Certificate are incorporated herein by reference. All of the Warrants shall initially be represented by one or more book-entry certificates (each a “Book Entry Warrant Certificate”).

2.2. Execution of Warrants. The Warrants shall be issued in registered form only. No Warrants shall have been duly and validly issued until a Registered Holder has received a Warrant Certificate executed by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, Chief Executive Officer or the President of the Company and the Secretary, Treasurer or Assistant Secretary of the Company and such Certificate is countersigned by an authorized officer of the Warrant Agent. Any Warrant Certificate may be executed by the officers of the Company by means of a facsimile signature. In the event the person whose signature has been placed upon any Warrant shall have ceased to serve in the capacity in which such person signed the Warrant before such Warrant is issued, it may be issued with the same effect as if he or she had not ceased to be such at the date of issuance.

2.3. Maximum Number of Warrants. The Company hereby authorizes the Warrant Agent to issue up to an aggregate of 1,750,000 Warrants pursuant to the Company’s written instruction and the terms hereof, subject to adjustment as hereafter provided in Section 4 hereof.

2.4. Rights Of A Registered Holder. Subject to adjustment as provided herein, each Warrant shall evidence the right to purchase one share of the Company’s Common Stock at the Warrant Price. Following the Expiration Date, any Warrant not previously exercised shall be null and void, and all rights thereunder and all rights in respect thereof under this Warrant Agreement shall cease at the close of business on the Expiration Date.

2.5. Warrant Register. The Warrant Agent shall maintain books (the “Warrant Register”) for the registration of original issuance and the registration of transfer of the Warrants. Upon the initial issuance of the Warrants, the Warrant Agent shall issue and register the Warrants in the names of the respective holders thereof in such denominations and otherwise in accordance with instructions delivered to the Warrant Agent by the Company. All of the Warrants shall initially be represented by one or more Book-Entry Warrant Certificates deposited with the Depository Trust Company (the “Depository”) and registered in the name of CEDE & Co., a nominee of the Depository. Ownership of beneficial interests in the Warrants shall be shown on, and the transfer of such ownership shall be effected through, records maintained by (i) the Depository or its nominee for each Book-Entry Warrant Certificate, or (ii) institutions that have accounts with the Depository (such institution, with respect to a Warrant in its account, a “Participant”).

If the Depository subsequently ceases to make its book-entry settlement system available for the Warrants, the Company may instruct the Warrant Agent regarding making other arrangements for book-entry settlement. In the event that the Warrants are not eligible for, or it is no longer necessary to have the Warrants available in, book-entry form, the Warrant Agent shall provide written instructions to the Depository to deliver to the Warrant Agent for cancellation each Book-Entry Warrant Certificate, and the Company shall instruct the Warrant Agent to deliver to the Depository definitive certificates

 

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representing the Warrants (“Definitive Warrant Certificates”) in physical form evidencing such Warrants. Such Definitive Warrant Certificates shall be in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A, as applicable, with appropriate insertions, modifications, and omissions, as provided above.

2.6. Beneficial Owner; Registered Holder. The term “beneficial owner” shall mean, on or after the Separation Date (as defined below), any person in whose name ownership of a beneficial interest in the Warrants evidenced by a Book-Entry Warrant Certificate is recorded in the records maintained by the Depository or its nominee, and prior to the Separation Date, the person in whose name the Unit of which such Warrant or part thereof was originally part of, as registered upon the register relating to such Units. Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer of any Warrant, the Company and the Warrant Agent may deem and treat the Registered Holder (the person in whose name such Warrant shall be registered upon the Warrant Register), as the absolute owner of such Warrant and of each Warrant represented thereby (notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing on the Warrant Certificate made by anyone other than the Company or the Warrant Agent), for the purpose of any exercise thereof, and for all other purposes, and neither the Company nor the Warrant Agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

2.7. Detachability of Warrants. The securities comprising the Units will not be separately transferable until September 27, 2013 (the “Separation Date”). On or after the Separation Date, the Registered Holder may surrender a Warrant to the Warrant Agent, whereupon the Warrant Agent shall execute and deliver to the Registered Holder a new Definitive Warrant Certificate entitling the Registered Holder to purchase the same number of shares of Common Stock, but without the legend which states:

“UNTIL SEPTEMBER 27, 2013, THIS WARRANT MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED SEPARATELY, SPLIT UP, COMBINED OR EXCHANGED, BUT MAY ONLY BE TRANSFERRED, SPLIT UP, COMBINED OR EXCHANGED TOGETHER WITH THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK OF NV5 HOLDINGS, INC. WITH WHICH IT WAS SOLD AS A UNIT.

3. EXERCISE OF WARRANT.

3.1. Exercise Period. The Warrants may be exercised, in whole or in part, at any time commencing on the Separation Date and ending at 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Expiration Date or earlier upon redemption (the “Exercise Period”); provided, however that Warrants will only be exercisable if a registration statement relating to the common stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants is effective and current. If the Expiration Date is not a Business day (defined below), it shall automatically be extended to 5:00 P.M. on the next day which is a Business Day. “Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday, or holiday on which banks in New York City are authorized by law to close.

3.2. Means of Exercise. In order to exercise a Warrant, the Registered Holder must present and surrender the Warrant Certificate to the Warrant Agent at its office, with the subscription form on the back of the Warrant Certificate (the “Subscription Form”) duly executed and accompanied by payment in full, in the form of cash, by bank wire transfer in immediately available funds, or by certified check or bank draft payable to the Company or its successor, of the aggregate Warrant Price for the number of shares of Common Stock specified in such Subscription Form.

3.3. Payment. Subject to the provisions of the Warrant and this Warrant Agreement, a Warrant may be exercised by the Registered Holder thereof by delivering, not later than 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on any Business Day during the Exercise Period (the “Exercise Date”) to the Warrant Agent at the office of the Warrant Agent, or at the office of its successor as Warrant Agent, (i) the Definitive Warrant Certificate evidencing the Warrants to be exercised, or in the case of a Book-Entry

 

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Warrant Certificate, the Warrants to be exercised (the “Book-Entry Warrants”), free on the records of the Depositary to an account of the Warrant Agent at the Depositary designated for such purpose in writing by the Warrant Agent to the Depository from time to time, (ii) the Subscription Form properly completed and executed, or in the case of a Book-Entry Warrant Certificate, properly delivered by the Participant in accordance with the Depository’s procedures; and (iii) the Warrant Price for each full share of Common Stock as to which the Warrants are exercised and any and all applicable taxes due in connection with the exercise of the Warrants, the exchange of the Warrants for the Common Stock, and the issuance of the Common Stock in full, in lawful money of the United States, by cash, by bank wire transfer in immediately available funds, or by certified check or bank draft payable to the Company.

(a) If any of (i) the Definitive Warrant Certificate or the Book-Entry Warrant Certificate, (ii) the Subscription Form, or (iii) the Warrant Price therefor, is received by the Warrant Agent after 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on a specified day or if such day is not a Business Day, the Warrants will be deemed to be received and exercised on, and the applicable Exercise Date shall be the Business Day next succeeding such day. If the Warrants are received or deemed to be received after the Expiration Date, the exercise thereof will be null and void and any funds delivered to the Warrant Agent will be returned to the Registered Holder or Participant, as the case may be, as soon as practicable, and all rights thereunder and all rights in respect thereof under this Warrant Agreement shall cease at the close of business on the Expiration Date. In no event will interest accrue on funds deposited with the Warrant Agent in respect of an exercise or attempted exercise of Warrants. The validity of any exercise of Warrants will be determined by the Company in its sole discretion and such determination will be final and binding upon the Registered Holder and the Warrant Agent. Neither the Company nor the Warrant Agent shall have any obligation to inform a Registered Holder of the invalidity of any exercise of Warrants.

(b) The Warrant Agent shall deposit all funds received by it in payment of the Warrant Price in the account of the Company maintained with the Warrant Agent for such purpose and shall advise the Company at the end of each Business Day on which funds for the exercise of the Warrants are received of the amount so deposited to its account. The Warrant Agent shall promptly confirm such telephonic advice to the Company in writing.

(c) The Warrant Agent shall, by 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on the Business Day following the Exercise Date of any Warrant, advise the Company and the transfer agent and registrar in respect of (i) the shares of Common Stock issuable upon such exercise as to the number of Warrants exercised in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Warrant Agreement, (ii) the instructions of each Registered Holder or Participant, as the case may be, with respect to delivery of the shares of Common Stock issuable upon such exercise, and the delivery of Definitive Warrant Certificates, as appropriate, evidencing the balance, if any, of the Warrants remaining after such exercise, (iii) in case of a Book-Entry Warrant Certificate, the notation that shall be made to the records maintained by the Depository, its nominee for each Book-Entry Warrant Certificate, or a Participant, as appropriate, evidencing the balance, if any, of the Warrants remaining after such exercise, and (iv) such other information as the Company or such transfer agent and registrar shall reasonably require.

(d) The Company shall, by 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on the third Business Day next succeeding the Exercise Date of any Warrant and the clearance of the funds in payment of the Warrant Price, execute, issue, and deliver to the Warrant Agent, the shares of Common Stock to which such Registered Holder or Participant, as the case may be, is entitled, in fully registered form, registered in such name or names as may be directed by such Registered Holder or the Participant, as the case may be. Upon receipt of such shares of Common Stock, the Warrant Agent shall, by 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on the fifth Business Day next succeeding such Exercise Date, transmit such shares of Common Stock to or upon the order of the Registered Holder or Participant, as the case may be.

 

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(e) In lieu of delivering physical certificates representing the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise, provided the Company’s transfer agent is participating in the Depository Fast Automated Securities Transfer program, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause its transfer agent to electronically transmit the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise to the Registered Holder or Participant by crediting the account of Registered Holder’s prime broker with Depository or of the Participant through its Deposit Withdrawal Agent Commission system. The time periods for delivery described in the immediately preceding paragraph shall apply to the electronic transmittals described herein.

(f) The accrual of dividends, if any, on the shares of Common Stock issued upon the valid exercise of any Warrant will be governed by the terms generally applicable to the shares of Common Stock. Starting with the Exercise Date, the former Registered Holder of the Warrants exercised will be entitled to the benefits generally available to other holders of shares of Common Stock and such former Registered Holder’s right to receive payments of dividends and any other amounts payable in respect of the shares of Common Stock shall be governed by, and shall be subject to, the terms and provisions generally applicable to such shares of Common Stock.

(g) Warrants may be exercised only in whole numbers of shares of Common Stock. No fractional shares of Common Stock are to be issued upon the exercise of the Warrant, but rather the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued shall be rounded down to the nearest whole number. If fewer than all of the Warrants evidenced by a Warrant Certificate are exercised, a new Warrant Certificate for the number of unexercised Warrants remaining shall be executed by the Company and countersigned by the Warrant Agent, and delivered to the holder of such Warrant Certificate at the address specified on the books of the Warrant Agent or as otherwise specified by such Registered Holder. If fewer than all the Warrants evidenced by a Book-Entry Warrant Certificate are exercised, a notation shall be made to the records maintained by the Depository, its nominee for each Book-Entry Warrant Certificate, or a Participant, as appropriate, evidencing the balance of the Warrants remaining after such exercise.

(h) The Company will pay all documentary stamp or other taxes or governmental charge attributable to the initial issuance of shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of Warrants; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to pay any stamp or other tax or governmental charge required to be paid in connection with any transfer involved in the issue of the shares of Common Stock in a name other than that of the Registered Holder of a Warrant Certificate surrendered upon the exercise of Warrants; and in the event that any such transfer is involved, the Company shall not be required to issue or deliver any shares of Common Stock until such tax or other charge shall have been paid or it has been established to the Company’s satisfaction that no such tax or other charge is due.

3.4. Issuance of Warrant Certificates. Subject to Section 5.4 of this Warrant Agreement, and notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be obligated to deliver any securities pursuant to the exercise of a Warrant unless (i) a registration statement under the Act with respect to the Common Stock is effective or (ii) in the opinion of counsel to the Company, the exercise of the Warrants is exempt from the registration requirements of the Act and such securities are qualified for sale or exempt from qualification under applicable securities laws of the states or other jurisdictions in which the Registered Holders reside. Warrants may not be exercised by, or securities issued to, any Registered Holder in any state in which such exercise would be unlawful.

3.5. Valid Issuance. All shares of Common Stock issued upon the proper exercise of a Warrant in conformity with this Warrant Agreement shall be validly issued, fully paid, and non-assessable.

 

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3.6. Date of Issuance. Each person in whose name any such certificate for shares of Common Stock is issued shall for all purposes be deemed to have become the holder of record of such shares on the date on which the Warrant was surrendered and payment of the Warrant Price was made, irrespective of the date of delivery of such certificate, except that, if the date of such surrender and payment is a date when the stock transfer books of the Company are closed, such person shall be deemed to have become the holder of such shares at the close of business on the next succeeding date on which the stock transfer books are open.

3.7. No Cash Settlement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Warrant Agreement, under no circumstances will the Company be required to net cash settle the exercise of the Warrants. As a result, any or all of the Warrants may expire worthless.

4. ADJUSTMENT OF WARRANT PRICE AND NUMBER OF SHARES PURCHASABLE AND OTHER ITEMS IN CERTAIN EVENTS. The Warrant Price and the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable upon exercise of any Warrant and the other terms and conditions of the Warrant shall be subject to adjustment and modification as follows in the circumstances provided:

4.1. The Warrant Price and the resulting number of shares of Common Stock issuable under each Warrant shall be subject to adjustment as follows:

(a) If the Company, after the date of this Warrant Agreement but before its exercise:

 

  (i) pays a dividend or any other distribution payable in shares of its Common Stock;

 

  (ii) subdivides its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares;

 

  (iii) combines its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares; or

 

  (iv) issues by reclassification of its shares of Common Stock any shares of capital stock of the Company (other than a change in par value);

the Warrant Price in effect and the number of shares purchasable upon the exercise of such Warrant immediately prior to such action shall be adjusted so that the Registered Holder of each Warrant may receive the number of shares of Common Stock of the Company to which it would have been entitled upon such action if such Registered Holder had so exercised the Warrant immediately prior thereto. An adjustment made pursuant to this Section 4 shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of owners of Common Stock entitled thereto in the case of a dividend or distribution, and shall become effective immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision, combination, reclassification, or issuance of rights, options or warrants retroactive to the record date, if any, for such event.

(b) No payment or adjustment shall be made by or on behalf of the Company on account of any cash dividends on the Common Stock issued upon any exercise of a Warrant which was declared for payment to the holders of Common Stock of record as of a date prior to the date on which such Warrant is exercised.

(c) Upon each adjustment of the Warrant Price made pursuant to this Section 4, each Warrant shall thereafter (until another such adjustment) evidence the right to purchase that number of shares of Common Stock (calculated to the nearest hundredth) obtained by dividing the initial Warrant Price by the Warrant Price in effect after such adjustment.

 

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(d) The Company’s failure to give the notice required by this Section 4 or any defect therein shall not affect the validity of such action listed under this Section 4.1.

(e) For the purpose of this Section 4.1, the term “shares of Common Stock” shall mean (i) the class of Common Stock designated as the Common Stock at the date of this Warrant Agreement, or (ii) any other class of Common Stock resulting from successive changes or reclassifications of such shares consisting solely of changes in par value, from no par value to par value or from par value to no par value. In the event that at any time, as a result of an adjustment made pursuant to this Section 4, the Registered Holder shall become entitled to purchase any shares of the Company other than shares of Common Stock, thereafter the number of such other shares so purchasable upon exercise of each Warrant and the Warrant Price of such shares 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 shares of Common Stock contained in this Section 4.1.

4.2. Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding Up. Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, in the event of the liquidation, dissolution, or winding up of the affairs of the Company (other than in connection with a merger or sale or conveyance of all or substantially all of its assets outside of the ordinary course of business), the right to exercise each Warrant shall terminate and expire at the close of business on the last full business day before the earliest date fixed for the payment of any distributable amount on the Common Stock. The Company shall cause a notice to be mailed to each Registered Holder at least twenty (20) days prior to the applicable record date for such payment stating the date on which such liquidation, dissolution or winding up is expected to become effective, and the date on which it is expected that holders of shares of Common Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares of Common Stock for securities or other property or assets (including cash) deliverable upon such liquidation, dissolution or winding up, and that each Registered Holder may exercise outstanding Warrants during such 20-day period and, thereby, receive consideration in the liquidation on the same basis as other previously outstanding shares of the same class as the shares acquired upon exercise. The Company’s failure to give notice required by this Section 4.2 or any defect therein shall not affect the validity of such liquidation, dissolution or winding up.

4.3. Merger, Consolidation, etc.

(a) In case of any merger of the Company into any other entity or sale or conveyance of all or substantially all of its assets outside of the ordinary course of business, or similar reorganization, including, but not limited to, in connection with the formation of a holding company (such merger, sale, conveyance, or reorganization a “Change”), then, as a condition of such Change, lawful and adequate provisions shall be made whereby the Registered Holders shall thereafter have the right to receive upon payment of the Warrant Price in effect immediately prior to such Change, upon the basis and upon the terms and conditions specified in this Warrant Agreement (including, but not limited to, all provisions contained in this Section 4), and in lieu of the shares of the Company’s Common Stock purchasable upon the exercise of the Warrants, such shares of Common Stock, securities, cash or assets which such Registered Holder would have been entitled to receive after the happening of such Change had such Warrant been exercised immediately prior to such Change. The provisions of this Section 4.3 shall similarly apply to successive Changes. The Company shall cause a notice to be mailed to each Registered Holder at least twenty (20) days prior to the applicable record date for the Change covered by this Section 4.3(a) and shall provide notice of the Change and shall set forth the first and last date on which the Registered Holder may exercise outstanding Warrants. The Company’s failure to give the notice required by this Section 4.3(a) or any defect therein shall not affect the validity of the Change covered by this Section 4.3(a).

 

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(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if as a result of such Change, holders of the Company’s Common Stock shall receive consideration other than solely in shares of Common Stock or other securities in exchange for their Common Stock, the Company may, at its option, fulfill its obligation hereunder by causing the notice required by Section 4.3(a) hereof to include notice to Registered Holders of the opportunity to exercise their Warrants before the applicable record date for the Change, and thereby receive consideration in the Change, on the same basis as other previously outstanding shares of the same class as the shares acquired upon exercise. If the notice specified in the preceding sentence is provided to Registered Holders, Warrants not exercised in accordance with this Section 4.3(b) before consummation of the Change shall be cancelled and become null and void on the effective date of the Change. The notice provided by the Warrant Agent pursuant to this Section 4.3(b) shall include a description of the terms of this Warrant Agreement providing for cancellation of the Warrants in the event that Warrants are not exercised by the prescribed date. The Company’s failure to give any notice required by this Section 4.3(b) or any defect therein shall not affect the validity of any such Change.

4.4. Duty to Make Fair Adjustments in Certain Cases. If any event occurs as to which in the opinion of the Board of Directors of the Company the other provisions of this Section 4 are not strictly applicable, or if strictly applicable would not fairly protect the purchase rights of the Registered Holders in accordance with the essential intent and principles of this Warrant Agreement, then the Board of Directors shall make an adjustment in the application of such provisions, in accordance with such essential intent and principles, as to protect the purchase rights of the Registered Holders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the issuance of Common Stock or any securities convertible into Common Stock by the Company either for cash or in a merger, consolidation, exchange or acquisition shall not, by itself, constitute a basis for requiring any adjustment in the Warrants unless specifically enumerated herein.

4.5. Good Faith Determination. Any determination as to whether an adjustment or limitation of exercise is required pursuant to this Section 4 (and the amount of any adjustment) shall be binding upon the Registered Holders and the Company if made in good faith by the Board of Directors.

4.6. Notice of Adjustment. Upon every adjustment of the Warrant Price or the number of shares issuable on exercise of a Warrant, the Company shall give written notice thereof to the Warrant Agent, which notice shall state the Warrant 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 a Warrant, setting forth in reasonable detail the method of calculation and the facts upon which such calculation is based. Upon the occurrence of any event specified in Sections 4.1, 4.2, or 4.3, then, in any such event, the Company shall give written notice to the Registered Holder, at the last address set forth for such holder in the Warrant Register, of the record date or the effective date of the event. Failure to give such notice, or any defect therein, shall not affect the legality or validity of such event

4.7. No Change of Warrant Certificate Necessary. Irrespective of any adjustment in the Warrant Price or in the number or kind of shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants, the Warrant Certificates may continue to express the same price and number and kind of shares as are stated in the Warrant Certificates as initially issued. However, the Company may at any time in its sole discretion make any change in the form of Warrant that the Company may deem appropriate and that does not affect the substance thereof, and any Warrant thereafter issued or countersigned, whether in exchange or substitution for an outstanding Warrant or otherwise, may be in the form as so changed.

4.8. No Fractional Shares upon Adjustment. Notwithstanding any provision contained in this Warrant Agreement to the contrary, the Company shall not issue fractional shares upon exercise of Warrants. If, by reason of any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 4, the holder of any Warrant would be entitled, upon the exercise of such Warrant, to receive a fractional interest in a share, the Company shall, upon such exercise, round up to the nearest whole number the number of the shares of Common Stock to be issued to the Warrant holder.

 

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4.9. Notice of Certain Transactions. In the event that the Company shall propose to (a) offer the holders of its Common Stock rights to subscribe for or to purchase any securities convertible into shares of Common Stock or shares of stock of any class or any other securities, rights or options, (b) issue any rights, options or warrants entitling the holders of Common Stock to subscribe for shares of Common Stock or (c) make a tender offer, redemption offer or exchange offer with respect to the Common Stock, the Company shall send to the Registered Holders a notice of such proposed action or offer. Such notice shall be mailed to the Registered Holders at their addresses as they appear in the Warrant Register, which shall specify the record date for the purposes of such dividend, distribution or rights, or the date such issuance or event is to take place and the date of participation therein by the holders of Common Stock, if any such date is to be fixed, and shall briefly indicate the effect of such action on the Common Stock and on the number and kind of any other shares of stock and on other property, if any, and the number of shares of Common Stock and other property, if any, issuable upon exercise of each Warrant and the Warrant Price after giving effect to any adjustment pursuant to this Section 4 which would be required as a result of such action. Such notice shall be given as promptly as practicable after the Board has determined to take any such action and (x) in the case of any action covered by clause (a) or (b) above, at least 10 days prior to the record date for determining the holders of the Common Stock for purposes of such action or (y) in the case of any other such action, at least 20 days prior to the date of the taking of such proposed action or the date of participation therein by the holders of Common Stock, whichever shall be the earlier.

5. SHARES TO BE FULLY PAID; RESERVATION OF SHARES. The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of the Registered Holders:

5.1. Due Authorization and Valid Issuance. That all shares of Common Stock which may be issued upon the exercise of the rights represented by the Warrant Certificates will, upon issue and payment of the aggregate Warrant Price therefore, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and free and clear of all liens and encumbrances, with no personal liability attaching to the ownership thereof.

5.2. Sufficient Number of Shares. That during the period within which the rights represented by the Warrant Certificates may be exercised, the Company will at all times have authorized and reserved for the purpose of issue upon exercise of the rights evidenced by the Warrant Certificates, a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock to provide for the exercise of the rights represented by the Warrant Certificates.

5.3. Assurance of No Securities Law Violation. That the Company will take all such action as may be necessary to ensure that the shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants may be so issued without violation of any applicable federal or state law or regulation, or of any requirements of any securities exchange upon which any capital Common Stock of the Company may be listed, if any.

5.4. Registration of Common Stock. The Company agrees that prior to the commencement of the Exercise Period, it shall use its best efforts to prepare and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement, or a new registration statement, for the registration under the Act of the Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants, and it shall take such action as is necessary to qualify for sale, in those states in which the Warrants were initially offered by the Company, the Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants. In either case, the Company will use its best efforts to cause the same to become effective on or prior to the

 

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commencement of the Exercise Period and to maintain the effectiveness of such registration statement and ensure that a prospectus is available for delivery to the Warrant holders until the expiration of the Warrants in accordance with the provisions of this Warrant Agreement. The Warrants shall not be exercisable and the Company shall not be obligated to issue Common Stock unless, at the time a holder seeks to exercise Warrants, a prospectus related to the Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants is current and the Common Stock has been registered or qualified or deemed to be exempt under the laws of the state of residence of the holder of the Warrants. In addition, the Company agrees to use its best efforts to register such securities under the blue sky laws of the states of residence of exercising warrant holders, if permitted by the blue sky laws of such jurisdictions, in the event that an exemption is not available. The provisions of this Section 7.4 may not be modified, amended or deleted without the prior written consent of Roth Capital Partners, LLC.

6. EXCHANGE, ASSIGNMENT OR LOSS OF WARRANT CERTIFICATE.

6.1. Exchange. The Warrants shall be exchangeable at the option of the Registered Holder, upon presentation and surrender of the Warrant Certificate at the office of the Warrant Agent for other Warrant Certificates of different denominations. Any Warrant Certificate may be divided or combined with other Warrant Certificates into a Warrant Certificate evidencing the same aggregate number of Warrants.

6.2. Transfer or Assignment. Prior to the Separation Date, the Warrants may be transferred or exchanged only as part of the Unit in which such Warrant is included, and only for the purpose of effecting, or in conjunction with, a transfer or exchange of such Unit. For the avoidance of doubt, each transfer of a Unit on the register relating to such Units shall operate also to transfer the Warrants included in such Unit. Upon surrender of the Warrant Certificate and similar Warrant Certificates at the principal office of the Warrant Agent, by the Registered Holder hereof in person or by an attorney duly authorized in writing, with the election to transfer section properly completed and duly executed, such Warrant Certificates may be transferred or exchanged in the manner provided in the Warrant Certificate and without payment of any service charge, for another Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates of like tenor, evidencing in the aggregate the number of Warrants evidenced by the Warrant Certificates so surrendered and registered in the name or names as requested by the then registered owner thereof or by an attorney duly authorized in writing; provided, however, that except as otherwise provided herein or in any Book-Entry Warrant Certificate, each Book-Entry Warrant Certificate may be transferred only in whole and only to the Depository, to another nominee of the Depository, to a successor depository, or to a nominee of a successor depository; provided further, however, that in the event that a Warrant surrendered for transfer bears a restrictive legend, the Warrant Agent shall not cancel such Warrant and issue new Warrants in exchange therefor until the Warrant Agent has received an opinion of counsel for the Company stating that such transfer may be made and indicating whether the new Warrants must also bear a restrictive legend. Upon any such registration of transfer, the Company shall execute, and the Warrant Agent shall countersign and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee a new Warrant certificate or Warrant certificates of any authorized denomination evidencing in the aggregate a like number of unexercised Warrants. Warrants transferred pursuant to this Section shall be accompanied by a proper payment of any applicable transfer taxes.

6.3. Lost or Destroyed Warrant Certificates. Upon receipt by the Warrant Agent of evidence satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of a Warrant Certificate and (i) in the case of such loss, theft or destruction, of reasonably satisfactory indemnification and bonding, or (ii) if mutilated, upon surrender and cancellation of such Warrant Certificate, the Warrant Agent shall execute and deliver a new Warrant Certificate of like tenor. Any such new Warrant Certificate executed and delivered shall constitute an additional contractual obligation on the part of the Company, whether or not the Warrant Certificate so lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated shall be at any time enforceable by anyone.

 

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6.4. Fractional Warrants. The Warrant Agent shall not be required to effect any registration of transfer or exchange which will result in the issuance of a Warrant Certificate for a fraction of a Warrant.

7. REDEMPTION.

7.1. Redemption. Subject to Section 5.4 hereof, not less than all of the outstanding Warrants may be redeemed, at the option of the Company, at any time after they become exercisable and prior to the Expiration Date, at the office of the Warrant Agent, upon the notice referred to in Section 7.2, at the price of $0.01 per Warrant (the “Redemption Price”), provided, however, that the last reported sales price of the Common Stock has been equal to or greater than the $12.00 per share for the 20-trading-day period ending on the third business day prior to the notice of redemption to the Registered Holders and there is an effective registration statement covering the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants current and available.

7.2. Date Fixed for, and Notice of, Redemption. In the event the Company shall elect to redeem all of the Warrants permitted to be redeemed pursuant to Section 7.1 (the “Redeemable Warrants”), the Company shall fix a date for the redemption. Notice of redemption shall be mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid, by the Company not less than 30 days prior to the date fixed for redemption to the Registered Holders of the Redeemable Warrants at their last addresses as they shall appear on the registration books. Any notice mailed in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given on the date sent whether or not the Registered Holder received such notice.

7.3. Exercise After Notice of Redemption. The Redeemable Warrants may be exercised for cash in accordance with Section 3 of this Warrant Agreement at any time after notice of redemption shall have been given by the Company pursuant to Section 7.2 hereof and prior to the time and date fixed for redemption. On and after the redemption date, the record holder of the Redeemable Warrants shall have no further rights except to receive the Redemption Price upon surrender of the Redeemable Warrants.

7.4. Outstanding Warrants Only. The Company understands that the redemption rights provided for by this Section 7 apply only to outstanding Redeemable Warrants. To the extent a person holds rights to purchase Redeemable Warrants, such purchase rights shall not be extinguished by redemption. However, once such purchase rights are exercised, the Company may redeem the Redeemable Warrants issued upon such exercise provided that the criteria for redemption is met, including the opportunity of the Redeemable Warrant holders to exercise prior to redemption pursuant to Section 7.3.

8. NO ISSUANCE OF FRACTIONAL INTERESTS IN COMMON STOCK. The Company shall not be required to issue fractional shares of Common Stock on the exercise of the Warrants. If any fraction of a share of Common Stock would be issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants (or any specified portion thereof), the Company shall pay an amount in cash (or reduce the Exercise Price by an amount) equal to the product of such fraction and the fair market value of a share of the Common Stock, as determined by the Company in the good faith exercise of its discretion.

9. NO RIGHTS AS STOCKHOLDERS. Except as specifically provided in this Warrant Agreement, nothing contained in this Warrant Agreement or in the Warrant Certificates shall be construed as conferring upon the Registered Holders or any permitted transferees the right to vote or to receive dividends or to receive notice as holders of Common Stock in respect of any meeting of holders of Common Stock for the election of directors of the Company or any other matter, or any rights whatsoever as holders of Common Stock of the Company.

 

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10. AGREEMENT OF REGISTERED HOLDERS. Every Registered Holder of a Warrant, by such Registered Holder’s acceptance thereof, consents and agrees with the Company, the Warrant Agent and every other Registered Holder of a Warrant that the Company and the Warrant Agent may deem and treat the person in whose name the Warrant Certificate is registered as the Registered Holder and as the absolute, true and lawful owner of the Warrants represented thereby for all purposes, and neither the Company nor the Warrant Agent shall be affected by any notice or knowledge to the contrary.

11. DUTIES OF WARRANT AGENT. The Warrant Agent acts hereunder as agent and in a ministerial capacity for the Company, and its duties shall be determined solely by the provisions hereof. The Warrant Agent shall not, by issuing and delivering Warrant Certificates or by any other act hereunder be deemed to make any representations as to the validity, value or authorization of the Warrant Certificates or the Warrants represented thereby or of any securities or other property delivered upon exercise of any Warrant or whether any Common Stock issued upon exercise of any Warrant is fully paid and non-assessable.

The Warrant Agent shall not at any time be under any duty or responsibility to any Registered Holder of Warrant Certificates to make or cause to be made any adjustment of the Warrant Price provided in this Warrant Agreement, or to determine whether any fact exists which may require any such adjustment, or with respect to the nature or extent of any such adjustment, when made, or with respect to the method employed in making the same. It shall not (i) be liable for any recital or statement of facts contained herein or for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it in reliance on any Warrant Certificate or other document or instrument believed by it in good faith to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties, (ii) be responsible for any failure on the part of the Company to comply with any of its covenants and obligations contained in this Warrant Agreement or in any Warrant Certificate, or (iii) be liable for any act or omission in connection with this Warrant Agreement except for its own negligence or willful misconduct.

The Warrant Agent may at any time consult with counsel satisfactory to it (who may be counsel for the Company) and shall incur no liability or responsibility for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it in good faith in accordance with the opinion or advice of such counsel.

Any notice, statement, instruction, request, direction, order or demand by the Company shall be sufficiently evidenced if given orally by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, President or Chief Financial Officer of the Company, provided that such instructions shall be reaffirmed in a written instrument executed by the officer giving such written instructions and delivered to the Warrant Agent pursuant to Section 13.5 hereof. The Warrant Agent shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it in accordance with such notice, statement, instruction, request, direction, order or demand believed by it to be genuine.

The Company agrees to pay the Warrant Agent reasonable compensation for its services hereunder and to reimburse it for its reasonable expenses hereunder and further agrees to indemnify the Warrant Agent and save it harmless against any and all losses, expenses and liabilities, including judgments, costs and counsel fees, for anything done or omitted by the Warrant Agent in the execution of its duties and powers hereunder except losses, expenses and liabilities arising as a result of the Warrant Agent’s negligence or willful misconduct.

The Warrant Agent may resign its duties and be discharged from all further duties and liabilities hereunder (except liabilities arising as a result of the Warrant Agent’s own negligence or willful misconduct), after giving sixty (60) days prior written notice to the Company. At least thirty (30) days

 

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prior to the date such resignation is to become effective, the Warrant Agent shall cause a copy of such notice of resignation to be mailed to the Registered Holder of each Warrant Certificate at the Company’s expense. Upon such resignation, or any inability of the Warrant Agent to act as such hereunder, the Company shall appoint a new Warrant agent in writing. The Company shall have complete discretion in the naming of a new Warrant agent, who may be an affiliate, subsidiary or department of the Company, or any person used by the Company as transfer agent for the Common Stock. If the Company shall fail to make such appointment within a period of fifteen (15) days after it has been notified in writing of such resignation by the resigning Warrant Agent, then the Registered Holder of any Warrant Certificate may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a new Warrant agent.

The Company may, upon notice to the Registered Holders, remove and replace the Warrant Agent if the Warrant Agent is the transfer agent for the Company’s Common Stock and the Warrant Agent ceases to be the transfer agent for the Company’s Common Stock for any reason.

After acceptance in writing of an appointment by a new Warrant agent is received by the Company, such new Warrant agent shall be vested with the same powers, rights, duties and responsibilities as if it had been originally named herein as the Warrant Agent, without any further assurance, conveyance, act or deed. Any former Warrant agent hereby agrees to cooperate with and deliver all records and Warrant Certificates to the new Warrant agent at the direction of the new agent and the Company.

Not later than the effective date of an appointment of a new Warrant agent by the Company, the Company shall file notice with the resigning or terminated Warrant agent and shall forthwith cause a copy of such notice to be mailed to each Registered Holder.

Any corporation into which the Warrant Agent or any new Warrant agent may be converted or merged or any corporation resulting from any consolidation to which the Warrant Agent or any new Warrant agent shall be a party or any corporation succeeding to the trust business of the Warrant Agent shall be a successor Warrant agent under this Warrant Agreement without any further act. Any such successor Warrant agent shall promptly cause notice of its succession as Warrant agent to be mailed to the Company and to each Registered Holder.

Nothing herein shall preclude the Warrant Agent from acting in any other capacity for the Company.

12. MODIFICATION OF AGREEMENT. The Warrant Agent and the Company may by supplemental agreement make any changes or corrections in this Warrant Agreement: (i) that they shall deem appropriate to cure any ambiguity or to correct any defective or inconsistent provision or manifest mistake or error herein contained; or (ii) that they may deem necessary or desirable and which shall not adversely affect the purchase or other material rights of the Registered Holders of Warrant Certificates. This Warrant Agreement shall not otherwise be modified, supplemented or amended in any respect except with the consent in writing of the Registered Holders of Warrant Certificates representing not less than 50% of the Warrants then outstanding, but no such amendment, modification or supplement which changes the number or nature of the securities purchasable upon the exercise of any Warrant, the Warrant Price or accelerates the Expiration Date, shall be made without the consent in writing of each and every Registered Holder (but no consent shall be required for such changes as are specifically contemplated by this Warrant Agreement as originally executed).

 

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13. MISCELLANEOUS.

13.1. Entire Agreement. This Warrant Agreement and the form of Warrant Certificate annexed hereto as Exhibit A contains the entire Warrant Agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Warrant Agreement and supersedes all prior negotiations, arrangements or understandings with respect thereto.

13.2. Counterparts. This Warrant Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and each of which shall be deemed an original.

13.3. Governing Law. This Warrant Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to the principles of conflicts of laws thereof.

13.4. Descriptive Headings. The descriptive headings of this Warrant Agreement are for convenience only and shall not control or affect the meaning or construction of any provision of this Warrant Agreement.

13.5. Notices. Any notice or other communications required hereunder to be given to a Registered Holder shall be in writing and shall be sufficiently given, if mailed (first class, postage prepaid), or personally delivered, addressed in the name and at the address of such Registered Holder appearing from time to time on the records of the Warrant Agent. Notices or other communications to the Company shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given if delivered by hand or certified mailed to the Company as follows, or at such other address as the Company shall have designated by written notice to the Warrant Agent:

NV5 Holdings, Inc.

200 South Park Road, Suite 350

Hollywood, Florida 33021

Attn: General Counsel

with a copy to:

DLA Piper LLP (US)

2525 East Camelback Road, Suite 1000

Phoenix, Arizona 85016

Attn: David P. Lewis, Esq.

Notices or other communications to the Warrant Agent shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given if delivered by hand or mailed (first class, postage prepaid) to its then principal office. Notice by mail shall be deemed given when deposited in the mail, postage prepaid.

13.6. Successors. All the covenants and provisions of this Warrant Agreement by or for the benefit of the Company or the Warrant Agent shall bind and inure to the benefit of their respective successors and assigns.

13.7. Persons Having Rights Under this Warrant Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement expressed and nothing that may be implied from any of the provisions hereof is intended, or shall be construed, to confer upon, or give to, any person or corporation other than the parties hereto and the Registered Holders of the Warrants and, for the purposes of Sections 5.4, 7.1 and 7.4 hereof, the representative of the underwriters, any right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Warrant Agreement or of any covenant, condition, stipulation, promise, or agreement hereof. The representative of the underwriters (on behalf of the underwriters) shall be deemed to be a third party beneficiary of this Agreement with respect to Sections 5.4, 7.1 and 7.4 hereof. All covenants, conditions, stipulations,

 

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promises, and agreements contained in this Warrant Agreement shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the parties hereto (and the representative of the underwriters with respect Sections 5.4, 7.1 and 7.4 hereof) and their successors and assigns and of the Registered Holders of the Warrants.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Warrant Agent have executed this Warrant Agreement by their duly authorized officers as of the date first set forth above.

 

NV5 HOLDINGS, INC.
By:  

/s/ Dickerson Wright

Name:  

Dickerson Wright

Its:  

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER COMPANY
By:  

/s/ William J. Saeger

Name:  

William J. Saeger

Its:  

Vice President

 

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FORM OF WARRANT

THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS WARRANT CERTIFICATE (INCLUDING THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON THE EXERCISE OF THE WARRANT) ARE SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET FORTH IN THE WARRANT AGREEMENT DATED AS OF APRIL 2, 2013, BY AND BETWEEN THE COMPANY AND THE WARRANT AGENT (THE “WARRANT AGREEMENT”). COPIES OF SUCH AGREEMENT MAY BE OBTAINED BY THE HOLDER HEREOF AT THE COMPANY’S PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS WITHOUT CHARGE.

UNTIL SEPTEMBER 27, 2013, THIS WARRANT MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED SEPARATELY, SPLIT UP, COMBINED OR EXCHANGED, BUT MAY ONLY BE TRANSFERRED, SPLIT UP, COMBINED OR EXCHANGED TOGETHER WITH THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK OF NV5 HOLDINGS, INC. WITH WHICH IT WAS SOLD AS A UNIT.

SPECIMEN WARRANT CERTIFICATE

 

Certificate Number  
                      Warrants

THIS WARRANT WILL BE VOID IF NOT EXERCISED PRIOR TO 5:00 P.M.

NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON THE EXPIRATION DATE

NV5 HOLDINGS, INC.

CUSIP 62945V  117

WARRANT

This certifies that FOR VALUE RECEIVED                                                   or his, her or its registered assigns (the “Holder”) is the registered owner of                                          warrants (“Warrants”) of NV5 Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”). The Warrants are subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this certificate and the Warrant Agreement, and all capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Warrant Agreement. Each Warrant entitles the Holder to purchase one share of common stock, par value $0.01, of the Company (“Common Stock”), at any time after the Separation Date upon the presentation and surrender of this Warrant Certificate with the Subscription Form on the reverse side hereof duly executed, at the corporate office of the Warrant Agent, accompanied by payment of the Warrant Price in the form permitted under the Warrant Agreement.

This Warrant Certificate and each Warrant represented hereby are issued pursuant to and are subject in all respects to the terms and conditions set forth in the Warrant Agreement, a copy of which may be obtained from the Company at 200 South Park Road, Suite 350, Hollywood, Florida 33021 or the Warrant Agent at 10 Commerce Drive, Cranford, New Jersey 07016, by a written request from the Holder hereof or which may be inspected by any Holder or his agent at the principal office of the Company or the Warrant Agent.

No fractional shares of Common Stock will be issued upon exercise of the Warrant. In the case of the exercise of less than all the Warrants represented hereby, the Company shall cancel this Warrant Certificate upon the surrender hereof and shall execute and deliver a new Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates of like tenor, which the Warrant Agent shall countersign, for the balance of such Warrants.

 

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Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer hereof, the Company and the Warrant Agent shall treat the Holder as the absolute owner hereof and of each Warrant represented hereby for all purposes and shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary.

This Warrant Certificate shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

This Warrant Certificate is not valid unless countersigned by the Warrant Agent.

This Warrant does not entitle the Holder to any of the rights of a stockholder of the Company.

Subject to Section 7 of the Warrant Agreement, the Company may redeem all, but not less than all, of the Warrants, at the option of the Company, at any time after the Warrants become exercisable and prior to their expiration, at the office of the Warrant Agent, upon the notice referred to in Section 7.2 of the Warrant Agreement, at the price of $0.01 per Warrant (the “Redemption Price”), provided, however, that the last sales price of the Common Stock has been equal to or greater than the $12.00 per share for the 20-trading-day period ending on the third business day prior to the notice of redemption to the Registered Holders.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant Certificate to be duly executed, manually or in facsimile by two of its officers thereunto duly authorized and a facsimile of its corporate seal to be imprinted thereon.

 

(SEAL)     NV5 HOLDINGS, INC.
Dated:                          By:  

 

      Chairman, CEO or President
Dated:                          By:  

 

      Secretary, Treasurer or Assistant Secretary

 

REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER COMPANY
As Warrant Agent
By:  

 

  Authorized Officer

 

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SUBSCRIPTION FORM

To Be Executed by the Registered Holder in Order to Exercise Warrants

The undersigned registered holder irrevocably elects to exercise                     Warrants represented by this Warrant Certificate, and to purchase the shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of such Warrants, and requests that certificates for such shares shall be issued in the name of

 

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and be delivered to  
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and, if such number of Warrants shall not be all the Warrants evidenced by this Warrant Certificate, that a new Warrant Certificate for the balance of such Warrants be registered in the name of, and delivered to, the registered holder at the address stated below:

 

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EX-99.1 4 d516815dex991.htm EX-99.1 EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

NV5 Holdings Completes Initial Public Offering

Hollywood, Florida, April 2, 2013 — NV5 Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) (NASDAQ: NVEEU), a provider of professional and technical engineering and consulting solutions, has completed its initial public offering of 1,610,000 units (including the underwriter’s full over-allotment option of 210,000 units), each unit comprised of one share of the Company’s common stock and one warrant to purchase one share of the Company’s common stock.

The units were sold at a public offering price of $6.00 per unit, generating gross proceeds of approximately $9.7 million to the Company. The units trade on The NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol NVEEU and the common stock and warrants will trade under the symbols NVEE and NVEEW upon separation of the units on or about September 27, 2013.

“This successful completion of our initial public offering and our new status as a public company creates a stronger platform upon which to further build NV5 as the preferred, single-source provider of engineering and technical services in our market verticals,” said Dickerson Wright, Chairman and CEO of the Company. “It better aligns our employees, shareholders and strategic partners in this common vision, and helps to facilitate the further expansion of our market share both organically and through acquisition.”

Roth Capital Partners, LLC acted as sole book-runner for the initial public offering. A registration statement relating to these securities was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 26, 2013. This offering is being made solely by means of a prospectus, a copy of which may be obtained from Roth Capital Partners, LLC, 888 San Clemente Drive, Newport Beach, California 92660, Attn: Equity Capital Markets, by telephone at (800) 678-9147, or via email at rothecm@roth.com. The prospectus is also available on the Securities and Exchange Commission website at http://www.sec.gov.

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.

About NV5 Holdings, Inc.

NV5 Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: NVEEU) is a provider of professional and technical engineering and consulting solutions to public and private sector clients in the infrastructure, construction, real estate and environmental markets. The Company primarily focuses on five business service verticals: construction quality assurance, infrastructure engineering, energy services, program management and environmental services. The Company operates 20 offices in California, Colorado, Utah, Florida and New Jersey and is headquartered in Hollywood, Florida. For additional information, please visit the Company’s website at www.NV5.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding creating a stronger platform upon which to further build the Company as the preferred, single-source provider of


engineering and technical services, aligning the Company’s employees, shareholders and strategic partners, and expanding the Company’s market share both organically and through acquisition. The Company cautions that these statements are qualified by important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected by the forward-looking statements contained herein. Such factors include, but are not limited to: (a) changes in demand from the local and state government and private clients that we serve; (b) general economic conditions, nationally and globally, and their effect on the market for our services; (c) competitive pressures and trends in our industry and our ability to successfully compete with our competitors; (d) changes in laws, regulations, or policies; and (e) the “Risk Factors” set forth in the Company’s most recent SEC filings, including the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012. All forward-looking statements are based on information available to the Company on the date hereof, and the Company assumes no obligation to update such statements.

Company Contact:

NV5 Holdings, Inc.

Richard Tong

Tel 1-954-495-2112

Investor Relations:

Liolios Group, Inc.

Cody Slach

Tel 1-949-574-3860

NVEE@liolios.com