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) February 12, 2013

 

PRECISION OPTICS CORPORATION, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Massachusetts   001-10647   04-2795294
(State or other jurisdiction   (Commission   (IRS Employer
of incorporation)   File Number)   Identification No.)

 

22 East Broadway, Gardner, Massachusetts   01440
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

(978) 630-1800

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Not applicable.

(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 following provisions ( see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

£ 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.

Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

 

Settlement Agreement with Special Situations Fund III QP, L.P. and Special Situations Private Equity Fund, L.P.

 

As previously disclosed in our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 24, 2013, we received a demand letter from two of our stockholders, Special Situations Fund III QP, L.P. and Special Situations Private Equity Fund, L.P. (along with Special Situations Fund III QP, L.P., “ Special Situations ”) on January 17, 2013. The letter alleged that we failed to maintain a current registration statement for the sale of stock purchased by Special Situations pursuant to registration rights agreements entered into with us in February 1, 2007 and June 25, 2008, and sought prompt payment of $719,100 as liquidated damages and an amendment to the terms of certain warrants purchased in 2008. A registration statement covering the shares in question is currently effective.

 

On February 12, 2013, we entered into a settlement agreement with Special Situations (the “ Settlement Agreement ”). Without agreeing to the alleged damages, we entered into this settlement in order to resolve the claim without requiring a cash payment or extended distraction of our resources away from operational activities. Under the terms of the Settlement Agreement, Special Situations agreed to forego their claims for cash damages. We agreed to: (a) issue an aggregate of (i) 350,000 shares of our common stock, and (ii) warrants to purchase an aggregate of 350,000 shares of our common stock (the “ Securities ”), and (b) amend the expiration date of the warrants issued to Special Situations in conjunction with our June 25, 2008 private placement (the “ 2008 Warrants ”), as payment in full of the alleged damages sought by Special Situations. The expiration date of the 2008 Warrants shall be amended from June 25, 2015 to May 11, 2017. The new warrants to be issued in connection with the Settlement Agreement will have an exercise price of $1.50 per share, subject to adjustment, will expire three years from February 12, 2013, and are exercisable in whole or in part, at any time prior to expiration.

 

In conjunction with the Settlement Agreement, we also entered into a registration rights agreement dated February 12, 2013 with Special Situations, whereby we are obligated to register the resale by Special Situations of the Securities, consisting of 350,000 shares of our common stock and the 350,000 shares of our common stock underlying the new warrants.

 

The foregoing description of the Settlement Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Settlement Agreement, which is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. The foregoing description of the Registration Rights Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Registration Rights Agreement, which is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 4.2 and incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. The foregoing description of the Form of Warrant is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Form of Warrant, which is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 4.1 and incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

 

Settlement Agreement with Joel Pitlor

 

On February 12, 2013, we entered into a settlement agreement with one of our directors and stockholders, Joel Pitlor (the “ Pitlor Settlement Agreement ”). Under the terms of the Pitlor Settlement Agreement, we agreed to issue 10,000 shares of our common stock and warrants to purchase 10,000 shares of our common stock as payment in full of any amounts due to Mr. Pitlor under the registration rights agreement we entered into with Mr. Pitlor, and other parties, on February 1, 2007. The warrants to be issued in connection with the Pitlor Settlement Agreement will have an exercise price of $1.50 per share, subject to adjustment, will expire three years from February 12, 2013, and are exercisable in whole or in part, at any time prior to expiration. There are no registration rights associated with the securities being acquired pursuant to the Pitlor Settlement Agreement.

 

By virtue of Mr. Pitlor’s directorship with us, he is considered a related party of our Company under federal securities law. Our Board of Directors has acknowledged that Mr. Pitlor’s entry into the Pitlor Settlement Agreement is a related party transaction and has approved such transaction.

 

The foregoing description of the Pitlor Settlement Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Pitlor Settlement Agreement, which is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 10.2 and incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. The foregoing description of the Form of Warrant is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Form of Warrant, which is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 4.3 and incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

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Settlement Agreement with Arnold Schumsky

 

On February 12, 2013, we also entered into a settlement agreement with one of our stockholders, Arnold Schumsky (the “ Schumsky Settlement Agreement ”). The terms of the Schumsky Settlement Agreement and the accompanying Form of Warrant are substantially similar to the terms of the Pitlor Settlement Agreement and the accompanying Form of Warrant. Under the terms of the Schumsky Settlement Agreement, we have agreed to issue 10,000 shares of our common stock and warrants to purchase 10,000 shares of our common stock as payment in full of any amounts due to Mr. Schumsky under the registration rights agreement we entered into with Mr. Schumsky, and other parties, on February 1, 2007 and under the registration rights agreement we entered into with Mr. Schumsky, and other parties, on June 25, 2008. The warrants to be issued in connection with the Schumsky Settlement Agreement will have an exercise price of $1.50 per share, subject to adjustment, will expire three years from February 12, 2013, and are exercisable in whole or in part, at any time prior to expiration. There are no registration rights associated with the securities being acquired pursuant to the Schumsky Settlement Agreement.

 

The foregoing description of the Schumsky Settlement Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Schumsky Settlement Agreement, which is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 10.3 and incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. The foregoing description of the Form of Warrant is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Form of Warrant, which is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 4.3 and incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

 

The securities discussed herein in this Current Report on Form 8-K were offered and issued to a limited number of accredited investors without registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), or state securities laws, in reliance on the exemptions provided by Regulation D promulgated thereunder. Accordingly, the securities issued have not been registered under the Securities Act, and until so registered, the securities may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or availability of an applicable exemption from registration.

 

This report does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, and these securities cannot be sold in any state or jurisdiction in which this offer, solicitation, or sale would unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any state or jurisdiction.

 

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

Item 8.01 Other Events.

 

We are excited about the continued development, commercialization, and market acceptance of our new products and technical innovations based upon our unique proprietary technology. As previously disclosed in our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 18, 2012, we accepted an order from a customer to purchase endoscopes for a total purchase amount of $1,032,000 (the “ April 2012 Order ”). We are continuing to complete pre-production activities to enable shipments against our previously announced orders, including the April 2012 Order, for products incorporating Microprecision™ technology for very small endoscopes and micro medical cameras with diameters on the order of 1 millimeter and smaller. Nearly all validation testing has been successfully completed in connection with the pre-production requirements for the April 2012 Order for small endoscopes. We expect production shipments of this product to begin within the upcoming months.

 

We have also focused recent operational efforts on sales and marketing activities intended to broaden awareness of the benefits of our new technology platforms, which we believe are ready for general application to medical device projects requiring surgery-grade visualization from sub-millimeter sized devices and handheld 3D endoscopy. During the last two weeks of January, we visited two large medical device companies who are existing customers of ours and conducted successful demonstrations of our latest technology and products. From February 5 through February 7, 2013, we attended the SPIE Photonics West Conference in San Francisco, California, where we exhibited our latest technology, and from February 12 through February 14, 2013, we are exhibiting our technology at the Medical Design & Manufacturing (MD&M) West show located in Anaheim, California. Our new technology has been well received during these recent customer visits and trade shows, which have already resulted in follow on discussions with a number of existing and new potential customers.

 

This report contains forward-looking statements.  Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements that express our intentions, beliefs, expectations, strategies, predictions or any other statements related to our future activities or future events or conditions.  These statements are based on current expectations, estimates and projections about our business based, in part, on assumptions made by our management.  These statements are not guarantees of future performances and involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict.  Therefore, actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what is expressed or forecasted in the forward-looking statements due to numerous factors, including those risks discussed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K and in other documents that we file from time to time with the SEC.  Any forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which they are made, and we do not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this report, except as required by law.

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Item 9.01       Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

4.1 Form of Warrant to Purchase Shares of Common Stock (Special Situations Settlement), dated February 12, 2013
   
4.2 Registration Rights Agreement by and among the Company, Special Situations Fund III QP, L.P. and Special Situations Private Equity Fund, L.P., dated February 12, 2013
   
4.3 Form of Warrant to Purchase Shares of Common Stock (Pitlor and Schumsky Settlement), dated February 12, 2013
   
10.1 Settlement Agreement by and among the Company, Special Situations Fund III QP, L.P. and Special Situations Private Equity Fund, L.P., dated February 12, 2013
   
10.2 Settlement Agreement by and between the Company and Joel Pitlor, dated February 12, 2013
   
10.3 Settlement Agreement by and between the Company and Arnold Schumsky, dated February 12, 2013

 

 

SIGNATURE

 

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.

 

    Precision Optics Corporation, Inc.
    (Registrant)
     
Date February 13 , 2013    
     
    /s/ Joseph N. Forkey
   

(Signature)

 

Name: Joseph N. Forkey

Title: Chief Executive Officer

       

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Exhibit 4.1

 

 

THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT 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, AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED UNLESS (I) SUCH SECURITIES HAVE BEEN REGISTERED FOR SALE PURSUANT TO THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, (II) SUCH SECURITIES MAY BE SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144, OR (III) THE COMPANY HAS RECEIVED AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO IT THAT SUCH TRANSFER MAY LAWFULLY BE MADE WITHOUT REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED.

 

THIS WARRANT SHALL BE VOID AFTER 5:00 P.M. EASTERN TIME ON FEBRUARY 12, 2016 (THE “EXPIRATION DATE”).

 

No. __________

 

 

PRECISION OPTICS CORPORATION, INC.

 

WARRANT TO PURCHASE _______ SHARES OF

COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $0.01 PER SHARE

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, ____________________ (“Warrantholder”), is entitled to purchase, subject to the provisions of this Warrant, from Precision Optics Corporation, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation (“Company”), at any time not later than 5:00 P.M., Eastern time, on the Expiration Date (as defined above), at an exercise price per share equal to $1.50 (the exercise price in effect being herein called the “Warrant Price”), ______ shares (“Warrant Shares”) of the Company’s Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Common Stock”). The number of Warrant Shares purchasable upon exercise of this Warrant and the Warrant Price shall be subject to adjustment from time to time as described herein. This Warrant is being issued pursuant to the Settlement Agreement, dated as of February 12, 2013 (the “Settlement Agreement”), among the Company and the initial holders of the Company Warrants (as defined in Section 19). Capitalized terms used herein have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in the Settlement Agreement unless otherwise defined herein.

 

Section 1.      Registration . The Company shall maintain books for the transfer and registration of the Warrant. Upon the initial issuance of this Warrant, the Company shall issue and register the Warrant in the name of the Warrantholder.

 

Section 2.      Transfers . As provided herein, this Warrant may be transferred only pursuant to a registration statement filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or an exemption from such registration. Subject to such restrictions, the Company shall transfer this Warrant from time to time upon the books to be maintained by the Company for that purpose, upon surrender hereof for transfer, properly endorsed or accompanied by appropriate instructions for transfer and such other documents as may be reasonably required by the Company, including, if required by the Company, an opinion of its counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company to the effect that such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, to establish that such transfer is being made in accordance with the terms hereof, and a new Warrant shall be issued to the transferee and the surrendered Warrant shall be canceled by the Company.

 

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Section 3.      Exercise of Warrant . Subject to the provisions hereof, the Warrantholder may exercise this Warrant, in whole or in part, at any time prior to its expiration upon surrender of the Warrant, together with delivery of a duly executed Warrant Exercise Form, in the form attached hereto as Appendix A (the “Exercise Agreement”) and payment by cash, certified check or wire transfer of funds (or by cashless exercise as provided in Section 17) of the aggregate Warrant Price for that number of Warrant Shares then being purchased, to the Company during normal business hours on any Business Day at the Company’s principal executive offices (or such other office or agency of the Company as it may designate by notice to the Warrantholder). The Warrant Shares so purchased shall be deemed to be issued to the Warrantholder or the Warrantholder’s designee, as the record owner of such shares, as of the close of business on the date on which this Warrant shall have been surrendered (or the date evidence of loss, theft or destruction thereof and security or indemnity satisfactory to the Company has been provided to the Company), the Warrant Price shall have been paid and the completed Exercise Agreement shall have been delivered. Certificates for the Warrant Shares so purchased shall be delivered to the Warrantholder within a reasonable time, not exceeding three (3) Business Days, after this Warrant shall have been so exercised. The certificates so delivered shall be in such denominations as may be requested by the Warrantholder and shall be registered in the name of the Warrantholder or such other name as shall be designated by the Warrantholder, as specified in the Exercise Agreement. If this Warrant shall have been exercised only in part, then, unless this Warrant has expired, the Company shall, at its expense, at the time of delivery of such certificates, deliver to the Warrantholder a new Warrant representing the right to purchase the number of shares with respect to which this Warrant shall not then have been exercised. As used herein, “Business Day” means a day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, on which banks in New York City are open for the general transaction of business. Each exercise hereof shall constitute the re-affirmation by the Warrantholder that the representations and warranties contained in Article 3 of the Settlement Agreement are true and correct in all material respects with respect to the Warrantholder as of the time of such exercise.

 

If (1) a certificate representing the Warrant Shares is not delivered to the Warrantholder within three (3) Business Days of the due exercise of this Warrant by the Warrantholder and (2) prior to the time such certificate is received by the Warrantholder, the Warrantholder, or any third party on behalf of the Warrantholder or for the Warrantholder’s account, purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Warrantholder of shares represented by such certificate (a “Buy-In”), then the Company shall pay in cash to the Warrantholder (for costs incurred either directly by such Warrantholder or on behalf of a third party) the amount by which the total purchase price paid for Common Stock as a result of the Buy-In (including brokerage commissions, if any) exceeds the proceeds received by such Warrantholder as a result of the sale to which such Buy-In relates. The Warrantholder shall provide the Company written notice indicating the amounts payable to the Warrantholder in respect of the Buy-In.

 

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Section 4.      Compliance with the Securities Act of 1933 . Except as provided in the Settlement Agreement, the Company may cause the legend set forth on the first page of this Warrant to be set forth on each Warrant, and a similar legend on any security issued or issuable upon exercise of this Warrant, unless counsel for the Company is of the opinion as to any such security that such legend is unnecessary.

 

Section 5.      Payment of Taxes . The Company will pay any documentary stamp taxes attributable to the initial issuance of Warrant Shares issuable upon the exercise of the Warrant; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to pay any tax or taxes which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance or delivery of any certificates for Warrant Shares in a name other than that of the Warrantholder in respect of which such shares are issued, and in such case, the Company shall not be required to issue or deliver any certificate for Warrant Shares or any Warrant until the person requesting the same has paid to the Company the amount of such tax or has established to the Company’s reasonable satisfaction that such tax has been paid. The Warrantholder shall be responsible for income taxes due under federal, state or other law, if any such tax is due.

 

Section 6.      Mutilated or Missing Warrants . In case this Warrant shall be mutilated, lost, stolen, or destroyed, the Company shall issue in exchange and substitution of and upon surrender and cancellation of the mutilated Warrant, or in lieu of and substitution for the Warrant lost, stolen or destroyed, a new Warrant of like tenor and for the purchase of a like number of Warrant Shares, but only upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of such loss, theft or destruction of the Warrant, and with respect to a lost, stolen or destroyed Warrant, reasonable indemnity or bond with respect thereto, if requested by the Company.

 

Section 7.      Reservation of Common Stock . The Company hereby represents and warrants that there have been reserved, and the Company shall at all applicable times keep reserved until issued (if necessary) as contemplated by this Section 7, out of the authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock, sufficient shares to provide for the exercise of the rights of purchase represented by this Warrant. The Company agrees that all Warrant Shares issued upon due exercise of the Warrant shall be, at the time of delivery of the certificates for such Warrant Shares, duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock of the Company.

 

Section 8.      Adjustments . Subject and pursuant to the provisions of this Section 8, the Warrant Price and number of Warrant Shares subject to this Warrant shall be subject to adjustment from time to time as set forth hereinafter.

 

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(a)     If the Company shall, at any time or from time to time while this Warrant is outstanding, pay a dividend or make a distribution on its Common Stock in shares of Common Stock, subdivide its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares or combine its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares or issue by reclassification of its outstanding shares of Common Stock any shares of its capital stock (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing corporation), then (i) the Warrant Price in effect immediately prior to the date on which such change shall become effective shall be adjusted by multiplying such Warrant Price by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such change and the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such change and (ii) the number of Warrant Shares purchasable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be adjusted by multiplying the number of Warrant Shares purchasable upon exercise of this Warrant immediately prior to the date on which such change shall become effective by a fraction, the numerator of which is shall be the Warrant Price in effect immediately prior to the date on which such change shall become effective and the denominator of which shall be the Warrant Price in effect immediately after giving effect to such change, calculated in accordance with clause (i) above. Such adjustments shall be made successively whenever any event listed above shall occur.

 

(b)     If any capital reorganization, reclassification of the capital stock of the Company, consolidation or merger of the Company with another corporation in which the Company is not the survivor, or sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets to another corporation shall be effected, then, as a condition of such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or other disposition, lawful and adequate provision shall be made whereby each Warrantholder shall thereafter have the right to purchase and receive upon the basis and upon the terms and conditions herein specified and in lieu of the Warrant Shares immediately theretofore issuable upon exercise of the Warrant, such shares of stock, securities or assets as would have been issuable or payable with respect to or in exchange for a number of Warrant Shares equal to the number of Warrant Shares immediately theretofore issuable upon exercise of the Warrant, had such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or other disposition not taken place, and in any such case appropriate provision shall be made with respect to the rights and interests of each Warrantholder to the end that the provisions hereof (including, without limitation, provision for adjustment of the Warrant Price) shall thereafter be applicable, as nearly equivalent as may be practicable in relation to any shares of stock, securities or assets thereafter deliverable upon the exercise hereof. The Company shall not effect any such consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or other disposition unless prior to or simultaneously with the consummation thereof the successor corporation (if other than the Company) resulting from such consolidation or merger, or the corporation purchasing or otherwise acquiring such assets or other appropriate corporation or entity shall assume the obligation to deliver to the Warrantholder, at the last address of the Warrantholder appearing on the books of the Company, such shares of stock, securities or assets as, in accordance with the foregoing provisions, the Warrantholder may be entitled to purchase, and the other obligations under this Warrant. The provisions of this paragraph (b) shall similarly apply to successive reorganizations, reclassifications, consolidations, mergers, sales, transfers or other dispositions.

 

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(c)     In case the Company shall fix a payment date for the making of a distribution to all holders of Common Stock (including any such distribution made in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing corporation) of evidences of indebtedness or assets (other than cash dividends or cash distributions payable out of consolidated earnings or earned surplus or dividends or distributions referred to in Section 8(a)), or subscription rights or warrants, the Warrant Price to be in effect after such payment date shall be determined by multiplying the Warrant Price in effect immediately prior to such payment date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding multiplied by the Market Price (as defined below) per share of Common Stock immediately prior to such payment date, less the fair market value (as determined by the Company’s Board of Directors in good faith) of said assets or evidences of indebtedness so distributed, or of such subscription rights or warrants, and the denominator of which shall be the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding multiplied by such Market Price per share of Common Stock immediately prior to such payment date. “Market Price” as of a particular date (the “Valuation Date”) shall mean the following: (a) if the Common Stock is then listed on the Nasdaq Global Market or the Nasdaq Capital Market (“Nasdaq”) or any other national stock exchange, the closing sale price of one share of Common Stock on such exchange on the last trading day prior to the Valuation Date; (b) if the Common Stock is then quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board (the “Bulletin Board”) or such similar quotation system or association, the closing sale price of one share of Common Stock on the Bulletin Board or such other quotation system or association on the last trading day prior to the Valuation Date or, if no such closing sale price is available, the average of the high bid and the low asked price quoted thereon on the last trading day prior to the Valuation Date; or (c) if the Common Stock is not then listed on a national stock exchange or quoted on the Bulletin Board or such other quotation system or association, the fair market value of one share of Common Stock as of the Valuation Date, as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company and the Warrantholder. If the Common Stock is not then listed on a national securities exchange, the Bulletin Board or such other quotation system or association, the Board of Directors of the Company shall respond promptly, in writing, to an inquiry by the Warrantholder prior to the exercise hereunder as to the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company. In the event that the Board of Directors of the Company and the Warrantholder are unable to agree upon the fair market value in respect of subpart (c) of this paragraph, the Company and the Warrantholder shall jointly select an appraiser, who is experienced in such matters. The decision of such appraiser shall be final and conclusive, and the cost of such appraiser shall be borne equally by the Company and the Warrantholder. Such adjustment shall be made successively whenever such a payment date is fixed.

 

(d)     An adjustment to the Warrant Price shall become effective immediately after the payment date in the case of each dividend or distribution and immediately after the effective date of each other event which requires an adjustment.

 

(e)     In the event that, as a result of an adjustment made pursuant to this Section 8, the Warrantholder shall become entitled to receive any shares of capital stock of the Company other than shares of Common Stock, the number of such other shares so receivable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be subject thereafter to adjustment from time to time in a manner and on terms as nearly equivalent as practicable to the provisions with respect to the Warrant Shares contained in this Warrant.

 

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(f)     To the extent permitted by applicable law and the listing requirements of any stock market or exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed, the Company from time to time may decrease the Warrant Price by any amount for any period of time if the period is at least twenty (20) days, the decrease is irrevocable during the period and the Board shall have made a determination that such decrease would be in the best interests of the Company, which determination shall be conclusive. Whenever the Warrant Price is decreased pursuant to the preceding sentence, the Company shall provide written notice thereof to the Warrantholder at least five (5) days prior to the date the decreased Warrant Price takes effect, and such notice shall state the decreased Warrant Price and the period during which it will be in effect.

 

Section 9.      Fractional Interest . The Company shall not be required to issue fractions of Warrant Shares upon the exercise of this Warrant. If any fractional share of Common Stock would, except for the provisions of the first sentence of this Section 9, be deliverable upon such exercise, the Company, in lieu of delivering such fractional share, shall pay to the exercising Warrantholder an amount in cash equal to the Market Price of such fractional share of Common Stock on the date of exercise.

 

Section 10.    Benefits . Nothing in this Warrant shall be construed to give any person, firm or corporation (other than the Company and the Warrantholder) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim, it being agreed that this Warrant shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Company and the Warrantholder.

 

Section 11.    Notices to Warrantholder . Upon the happening of any event requiring an adjustment of the Warrant Price, the Company shall promptly give written notice thereof to the Warrantholder at the address appearing in the records of the Company, stating the adjusted Warrant Price and the adjusted number of Warrant Shares resulting from such event and setting forth in reasonable detail the method of calculation and the facts upon which such calculation is based. Failure to give such notice to the Warrantholder or any defect therein shall not affect the legality or validity of the subject adjustment.

 

Section 12.    Identity of Transfer Agent . The Transfer Agent for the Common Stock is Computershare Investor Services. Upon the appointment of any subsequent transfer agent for the Common Stock or other shares of the Company’s capital stock issuable upon the exercise of the rights of purchase represented by the Warrant, the Company will mail to the Warrantholder a statement setting forth the name and address of such transfer agent.

 

Section 13.    Notices . Unless otherwise provided, any notice required or permitted under this Warrant shall be given in writing and shall be deemed effectively given as hereinafter described (i) if given by personal delivery, then such notice shall be deemed given upon such delivery, (ii) if given by facsimile, then such notice shall be deemed given upon receipt of confirmation of complete transmittal, (iii) if given by mail, then such notice shall be deemed given upon the earlier of (A) receipt of such notice by the recipient or (B) three (3) Business Days after such notice is deposited in first class mail, postage prepaid, (iv) if given by an internationally recognized overnight air courier, then such notice shall be deemed given one (1) Business Day after delivery to such carrier, and (v) if given by electronic mail, upon receipt. All notices shall be addressed as follows: if to the Warrantholder, at its address as set forth in the Company’s books and records and, if to the Company, at the address as follows, or at such other address as the Warrantholder or the Company may designate by ten (10) Business Days’ advance written notice to the other:

 

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If to the Company:

 

Precision Optics Corporation, Inc.

22 East Broadway

Gardner, Massachusetts 01440-3338

Attention: Joseph N. Forkey

President and Chief Executive Officer

Fax: (978) 630-1487

E-mail: [______]

 

With a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):

 

Amy Trombly, Esq.

Trombly Business Law, PC

1320 Centre Street, Suite 202

Newton, MA 02459

Fax: (617) 243-0066

E-mail: [______]

 

Section 14.    Registration Rights . The initial Warrantholder is entitled to the benefit of certain registration rights with respect to the shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant as provided in the Registration Rights Agreement entered into by the Company and the initial Warranholder, and any subsequent Warrantholder may be entitled to such rights.

 

Section 15.    Successors . All the covenants and provisions hereof by or for the benefit of the Warrantholder shall bind and inure to the benefit of its respective successors and assigns hereunder.

 

Section 16.    Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial . This Warrant shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the internal laws of the State of New York, without reference to the choice of law provisions thereof (other than Section 5-1401 of the New York General Obligation Law). The Company and, by accepting this Warrant, the Warrantholder, each irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York located in New York County and the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York for the purpose of any suit, action, proceeding or judgment relating to or arising out of this Warrant and the transactions contemplated hereby. Service of process in connection with any such suit, action or proceeding may be served on each party hereto anywhere in the world by the same methods as are specified for the giving of notices under this Warrant. The Company and, by accepting this Warrant, the Warrantholder, each irrevocably consents to the jurisdiction of any such court in any such suit, action or proceeding and to the laying of venue in such court. The Company and, by accepting this Warrant, the Warrantholder, each irrevocably waives any objection to the laying of venue of any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such courts and irrevocably waives any claim that any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. EACH OF THE COMPANY AND, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, THE WARRANTHOLDER HEREBY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO REQUEST A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LITIGATION WITH RESPECT TO THIS WARRANT AND REPRESENTS THAT COUNSEL HAS BEEN CONSULTED SPECIFICALLY AS TO THIS WAIVER.

 

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Section 17.    Cashless Exercise . The Warrantholder may elect to receive, without the payment by the Warrantholder of the aggregate Warrant Price in respect of the shares of Common Stock to be acquired, shares of Common Stock of equal value to the value of this Warrant, or any specified portion hereof, by the surrender of this Warrant (or such portion of this Warrant being so exercised) together with a Net Issue Election Notice, in the form annexed hereto as Appendix B, duly executed, to the Company. Thereupon, the Company shall issue to the Warrantholder such number of fully paid, validly issued and nonassessable shares of Common Stock as is computed using the following formula:

 

X = Y (A - B)

     A

 

where

 

X = the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Warrantholder is entitled upon such cashless exercise;

 

Y = the total number of shares of Common Stock covered by this Warrant for which the Warrantholder has surrendered purchase rights at such time for cashless exercise (including both shares to be issued to the Warrantholder and shares as to which the purchase rights are to be canceled as payment therefor);

 

A = the “Market Price” of one share of Common Stock as at the date the net issue election is made; and

 

B = the Warrant Price in effect under this Warrant at the time the net issue election is made.

 

Section 18.    No Rights as Stockholder . Prior to the exercise of this Warrant, the Warrantholder shall not have or exercise any rights as a stockholder of the Company by virtue of its ownership of this Warrant.

 

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Section 19.    Amendment; Waiver . This Warrant is one of a series of Warrants of like tenor issued by the Company pursuant to the Settlement Agreement and initially covering an aggregate of 350,000 shares of Common Stock (collectively, the “Company Warrants”). Any term of this Warrant may be amended or waived (including the adjustment provisions included in Section 8 of this Warrant) upon the written consent of the Company and the holders of Company Warrants representing at least 50% of the number of shares of Common Stock then subject to all outstanding Company Warrants; provided , that (x) any such amendment or waiver must apply to all Company Warrants; and (y) the number of Warrant Shares subject to this Warrant, the Warrant Price and the Expiration Date may not be amended, and the right to exercise this Warrant may not be altered or waived, without the written consent of the Warrantholder.

 

Section 20.    Section Headings . The section headings in this Warrant are for the convenience of the Company and the Warrantholder and in no way alter, modify, amend, limit or restrict the provisions hereof.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be duly executed, as of the ___th day of February, 2013.

 

 

PRECISION OPTICS CORPORATION, INC.
   
  By: 
 

Name:

Title:

Joseph N. Forkey
President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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APPENDIX A

PRECISION OPTICS CORPORATION, INC.

WARRANT EXERCISE FORM

 

To Precision Optics Corporation, Inc.:

 

The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise the right of purchase represented by the within Warrant (“Warrant”) for, and to purchase thereunder by the payment of the Warrant Price and surrender of the Warrant, _______________ shares of Common Stock (“Warrant Shares”) provided for therein, and requests that certificates for the Warrant Shares be issued as follows:

 

________________________________

Name

________________________________

Address

________________________________

 

________________________________

Federal Tax ID or Social Security No.

 

and delivered by (certified mail to the above address, or

 

(electronically (provide DWAC Instructions:___________________), or

 

(other (specify): __________________________________________).

 

and, if the number of Warrant Shares shall not be all the Warrant Shares purchasable upon exercise of the Warrant, that a new Warrant for the balance of the Warrant Shares purchasable upon exercise of this Warrant be registered in the name of the undersigned Warrantholder or the undersigned’s Assignee as below indicated and delivered to the address stated below.

 

Dated: ___________________, ____

 

Note: The signature must correspond with the name of the Warrantholder as written on the first page of the Warrant in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever, unless the Warrant has been assigned.

  

   
Signature:______________________________ _______________________________
  Name (please print)
   
  _______________________________
  _______________________________
  Address
                                                                             
  Federal Identification or Social Security No.
 
   
  Assignee:
  _______________________________
  _______________________________
  _______________________________

 

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APPENDIX B

PRECISION OPTICS CORPORATION, INC.

NET ISSUE ELECTION NOTICE

 

 

To: Precision Optics Corporation, Inc.

 

Date: [_________________________]

 

 

The undersigned hereby elects under Section 17 of this Warrant to surrender the right to purchase [____________] shares of Common Stock pursuant to this Warrant and hereby requests the issuance of [_____________] shares of Common Stock. The certificate(s) for the shares issuable upon such net issue election shall be issued in the name of the undersigned or as otherwise indicated below.

 

 

_________________________________________

Signature

 

_________________________________________

Name for Registration

 

_________________________________________

Mailing Address

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Exhibit 4.2

 

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

This Registration Rights Agreement (the “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of this 12th day of February, 2013 by and among Precision Optics Corporation, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation (the “Company”), and the “Holders” named in that certain Settlement Agreement by and among the Company and the Holders (the “Settlement Agreement”). Capitalized terms used herein have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in the Settlement Agreement unless otherwise defined herein.

 

The parties hereby agree as follows:

 

1.         Certain Definitions .

 

As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person which directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries Controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person.

 

Business Day ” means a day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, on which banks in New York City are open for the general transaction of business.

 

Common Stock ” means the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share, and any securities into which such shares may hereinafter be reclassified.

 

Control ” (including the terms “controlling”, “controlled by” or “under common control with”) means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

 

Investors ” means the Holders identified in the Settlement Agreement and any Affiliate or permitted transferee of any Holder who is a subsequent holder of any Warrants or Registrable Securities.

 

Person ” means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust, business trust, association, joint stock company, joint venture, sole proprietorship, unincorporated organization, governmental authority or any other form of entity not specifically listed herein.

 

Prospectus ” means (i) the prospectus included in any Registration Statement, as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion of the Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement and by all other amendments and supplements to the prospectus, including post-effective amendments and all material incorporated by reference in such prospectus, and (ii) any “free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 405 under the 1933 Act.

 

Register ,” “ registered ” and “ registration ” refer to a registration made by preparing and filing a Registration Statement or similar document in compliance with the 1933 Act (as defined below) which is declared effective by the SEC.

 

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Registrable Securities ” means (i) the Shares, (ii) the Warrant Shares, and (iii) any other securities issued or issuable with respect to or in exchange for Registrable Securities, whether by merger, charter amendment or otherwise; provided, that, a security shall cease to be a Registrable Security upon (A) sale pursuant to a Registration Statement or Rule 144 under the 1933 Act, or (B) such security becoming eligible for sale without restriction by the Investors pursuant to Rule 144.

 

Registration Statement ” means any registration statement of the Company filed under the 1933 Act that covers the resale of any of the Registrable Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, amendments and supplements to such Registration Statement, including post-effective amendments, all exhibits and all material incorporated by reference in such Registration Statement.

 

Required Investors ” means the Investors holding a majority of the Registrable Securities.

 

SEC ” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Shares ” means the shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to the Settlement Agreement.

 

Warrants ” means, the warrants to purchase shares of Common Stock issued to the Investors pursuant to the Settlement Agreement, the form of which is attached to the Settlement Agreement as Exhibit A .

 

Warrant Shares ” means the shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants.

 

1933 Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any successor statute, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

1934 Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any successor statute, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

2.         Registration .

 

(a)        Registration Statements .

 

(i)        Promptly following the execution and delivery of this Agreement but no later than thirty (30) Business Days thereafter, the Company shall prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement on Form S-1 (or, if Form S-1 is not then available to the Company, on such form of registration statement as is then available to the Company to effect a registration for resale of the Registrable Securities), covering the resale of the Registrable Securities in an amount at least equal to the Shares and the Warrant Shares. Subject to any SEC comments, such Registration Statement shall include the Plan of Distribution substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A ; provided, however, that no Investor shall be named as an “underwriter” in the Registration Statement without the Investor’s prior written consent. Such Registration Statement also shall cover, to the extent allowable under the 1933 Act and the rules promulgated thereunder (including Rule 416), such indeterminate number of additional shares of Common Stock due to an increase in the number of Warrant Shares resulting from changes in the Warrant Price pursuant to the terms of the Warrants. Such Registration Statement shall not include any shares of Common Stock or other securities for the account of any other holder without the prior written consent of the Required Investors. The Registration Statement (and each amendment or supplement thereto, and each request for acceleration of effectiveness thereof) shall be provided in accordance with Section 3(c) to the Investors and their counsel prior to its filing or other submission.

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(ii)         S-3 Qualification . Promptly following the date (the “Qualification Date”) upon which the Company becomes eligible to use a registration statement on Form S-3 to register the Registrable Securities for resale, the Company shall file a registration statement on Form S-3 covering the Registrable Securities (or a post-effective amendment on Form S-3 to the registration statement on Form S-1) (a “Shelf Registration Statement”) and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Shelf Registration Statement to be declared effective as promptly as practicable thereafter.

 

(b)       Expenses . The Company will pay all expenses associated with effecting the registration of the Registrable Securities, including filing and printing fees, the Company’s counsel and accounting fees and expenses, costs associated with clearing the Registrable Securities for sale under applicable state securities laws, listing fees, but excluding fees and expenses of the Investors’ counsel, discounts, commissions, fees of underwriters, selling brokers, dealer managers or similar securities industry professionals with respect to the Registrable Securities being sold.

 

(c)       Effectiveness .

 

(i)        The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to have the Registration Statement declared effective as soon as practicable after filing. The Company shall notify the Investors by facsimile or e-mail as promptly as practicable, and in any event, within twenty-four (24) hours, after any Registration Statement is declared effective and shall simultaneously provide the Investors with copies of any related Prospectus to be used in connection with the sale or other disposition of the securities covered thereby.

 

(ii)        For not more than twenty (20) consecutive days or for a total of not more than forty-five (45) days in any twelve (12) month period, the Company may delay the disclosure of material non-public information concerning the Company, by suspending the use of any Prospectus included in any Registration Statement contemplated by this Section containing such information, the disclosure of which at the time is not, in the good faith opinion of the Company, in the best interests of the Company (an “Allowed Delay”); provided, that the Company shall promptly (a) notify the Investors in writing of the existence of (but in no event, without the prior written consent of an Investor, shall the Company disclose to such Investor any of the facts or circumstances regarding) material non-public information giving rise to an Allowed Delay, (b) advise the Investors in writing to cease all sales under the Registration Statement until the end of the Allowed Delay and (c) use commercially reasonable efforts to terminate an Allowed Delay as promptly as practicable.

 

(d)        Rule 415 .

 

If at any time the SEC takes the position that the offering of some or all of the Registrable Securities in a Registration Statement is not eligible to be made on a delayed or continuous basis under the provisions of Rule 415 under the 1933 Act or requires any Investor to be named as an “underwriter”, the Company shall use its best efforts to persuade the SEC that the offering contemplated by the Registration Statement is a valid secondary offering and not an offering “by or on behalf of the issuer” as defined in Rule 415 and that none of the Investors is an “underwriter”. The Investors shall have the right to participate or have their counsel participate in any meetings or discussions with the SEC regarding the SEC’s position and to comment or have their counsel comment on any written submission made to the SEC with respect thereto. No such written submission shall be made to the SEC to which the Investors’ counsel reasonably objects. In the event that, despite the Company’s best efforts and compliance with the terms of this Section 2(d), the SEC refuses to alter its position, the Company shall (i) remove from the Registration Statement such portion of the Registrable Securities (the “Cut Back Shares”) and/or (ii) agree to such restrictions and limitations on the registration and resale of the Registrable Securities as the SEC may require to assure the Company’s compliance with the requirements of Rule 415 (collectively, the “SEC Restrictions”); provided, however, that the Company shall not agree to name any Investor as an “underwriter” in such Registration Statement without the prior written consent of such Investor. Any cut-back imposed on the Investors pursuant to this Section 2(d) shall be allocated among the Investors on a pro rata basis and shall be applied first to any Warrant Shares, unless the SEC Restrictions otherwise require or provide or the Investors otherwise agree.

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(e)         Right to Piggyback Registration .

 

(i)        If at any time following the date of this Agreement that any Registrable Securities remain outstanding (A) there is not one or more effective Registration Statements covering all of the Registrable Securities and (B) the Company proposes for any reason to register any shares of Common Stock under the 1933 Act (other than pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-4 or Form S-8 (or a similar or successor form)) with respect to an offering of Common Stock by the Company for its own account or for the account of any of its stockholders, it shall at each such time promptly give written notice to the holders of the Registrable Securities of its intention to do so (but in no event less than thirty (30) days before the anticipated filing date) and, to the extent permitted under the provisions of Rule 415 under the 1933 Act, include in such registration all Registrable Securities with respect to which the Company has received written requests for inclusion therein within fifteen (15) days after receipt of the Company’s notice (a “Piggyback Registration”). Such notice shall offer the holders of the Registrable Securities the opportunity to register such number of shares of Registrable Securities as each such holder may request and shall indicate the intended method of distribution of such Registrable Securities.

 

(ii)       Notwithstanding the foregoing, (A) if such registration involves an underwritten public offering, the Investors must sell their Registrable Securities to, if applicable, the underwriter(s) at the same price and subject to the same underwriting discounts and commissions that apply to the other securities sold in such offering (it being acknowledged that the Company shall be responsible for other expenses as set forth in Section 2(b)) and subject to the Investors entering into customary underwriting documentation for selling stockholders in an underwritten public offering, and (B) if, at any time after giving written notice of its intention to register any Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 2(e)(i) and prior to the effective date of the registration statement filed in connection with such registration, the Company shall determine for any reason not to cause such registration statement to become effective under the 1933 Act, the Company shall deliver written notice to the Investors and, thereupon, shall be relieved of its obligation to register any Registrable Securities in connection with such registration.

 

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3.         Company Obligations . The Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to effect the registration of the Registrable Securities in accordance with the terms hereof, and pursuant thereto the Company will, as expeditiously as possible:

 

(a)        use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective and to remain continuously effective for a period that will terminate upon the earlier of (i) the date on which all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement as amended from time to time, have been sold, and (ii) the date on which all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement may be sold without restriction pursuant to Rule 144 (the “Effectiveness Period”) and advise the Investors in writing when the Effectiveness Period has expired;

 

(b)        prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as may be necessary to keep the Registration Statement effective for the Effectiveness Period and to comply with the provisions of the 1933 Act and the 1934 Act with respect to the distribution of all of the Registrable Securities covered thereby;

 

(c)        provide copies to and permit counsel designated by the Investors to review each Registration Statement and all amendments and supplements thereto no fewer than three (3) Business Days prior to their filing with the SEC and not file any document to which such counsel reasonably objects;

 

(d)        furnish (which may be by email notice of a filing on EDGAR) to the Investors and their legal counsel (i) promptly after the same is prepared and publicly distributed, filed with the SEC, or received by the Company (but not later than two (2) Business Days after the filing date, receipt date or sending date, as the case may be) one (1) copy of any Registration Statement and any amendment thereto, each preliminary prospectus and Prospectus and each amendment or supplement thereto, and each letter written by or on behalf of the Company to the SEC or the staff of the SEC, and each item of correspondence from the SEC or the staff of the SEC, in each case relating to such Registration Statement (other than any portion of any thereof which contains information for which the Company has sought confidential treatment), and (ii) upon request, such number of copies of a Prospectus, including a preliminary prospectus, and all amendments and supplements thereto and such other documents as each Investor may reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by such Investor that are covered by the related Registration Statement;

 

(e)        use commercially reasonable efforts to (i) prevent the issuance of any stop order or other suspension of effectiveness and, (ii) if such order is issued, obtain the withdrawal of any such order at the earliest possible moment;

 

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(f)        prior to any public offering of Registrable Securities, use commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify or cooperate with the Investors and their counsel in connection with the registration or qualification of such Registrable Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of such domestic jurisdictions requested by the Investors and do any and all other commercially reasonable acts or things necessary or advisable to enable the distribution in such jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement ; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required in connection therewith or as a condition thereto to (i) qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for this Section 3(f), (ii) subject itself to general taxation in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be so subject but for this Section 3(f), or (iii) file a general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction;

 

(g)        use commercially reasonable efforts to cause all Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement to be listed on each securities exchange, interdealer quotation system or other market on which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed;

 

(h)        immediately notify the Investors, at any time prior to the end of the Effectiveness Period, upon discovery that, or upon the happening of any event as a result of which, the Prospectus includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances then existing, and promptly prepare, file with the SEC and furnish to such holder a supplement to or an amendment of such Prospectus as may be necessary so that such Prospectus shall not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances then existing;

 

(i)        otherwise use commercially reasonable efforts to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the SEC under the 1933 Act and the 1934 Act, including, without limitation, Rule 172 under the 1933 Act; file any final Prospectus, including any supplement or amendment thereof, with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424 under the 1933 Act; promptly inform the Investors in writing if, at any time during the Effectiveness Period, the Company does not satisfy the conditions specified in Rule 172 and, as a result thereof, the Investors are required to deliver a Prospectus in connection with any disposition of Registrable Securities and take such other actions as may be reasonably necessary to facilitate the registration of the Registrable Securities hereunder; and make available to its security holders, as soon as reasonably practicable, but not later than the Availability Date (as defined below), an earnings statement covering a period of at least twelve (12) months, beginning after the effective date of each Registration Statement, which earnings statement shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the 1933 Act, including Rule 158 promulgated thereunder (for the purpose of this subsection 3(i), “Availability Date” means the 45th day following the end of the fourth fiscal quarter that includes the effective date of such Registration Statement, except that, if such fourth fiscal quarter is the last quarter of the Company’s fiscal year, “Availability Date” means the 90th day after the end of such fourth fiscal quarter); and

 

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(j)        With a view to making available to the Investors the benefits of Rule 144 (or its successor rule) and any other rule or regulation of the SEC that may at any time permit the Investors to sell shares of Common Stock to the public without registration, the Company covenants and agrees to: (i) make and keep public information available, as those terms are understood and defined in Rule 144, until the earliest of (A) six months after such date as all of the Registrable Securities may be sold without restriction by the holders thereof pursuant to Rule 144 or any other rule of similar effect; (B) such date as all of the Registrable Securities shall have been resold; or (C) the seventh (7th) anniversary of the effective date of this Agreement (the “Public Information Period”); (ii) during the Public Information Period, file with the SEC in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of the Company under the 1934 Act; and (iii) during the Public Information Period, furnish to each Investor upon request, as long as such Investor owns any Registrable Securities, (A) a written statement by the Company that it has complied with the reporting requirements of the 1934 Act, (B) a copy of the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K or Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, and (C) such other information as may be reasonably requested in order to avail such Investor of any rule or regulation of the SEC that permits the selling of any such Registrable Securities without registration.

 

4.         Due Diligence Review; Information . The Company shall make available, through EDGAR if applicable, during normal business hours, for inspection and review by the Investors, advisors to and representatives of the Investors (who may or may not be affiliated with the Investors and who are reasonably acceptable to the Company), all financial and other records, true and complete copies of the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2012 (the “10-K”) and all other reports filed by the Company pursuant to the 1934 Act since the filing of the 10-K (collectively, the “SEC Filings”) and other filings with SEC, and all other corporate documents and properties of the Company as may be reasonably necessary for the purpose of such review, and cause the Company’s officers, directors and employees, within a reasonable time period, to supply all such information reasonably requested by the Investors or any such representative, advisor or underwriter in connection with such Registration Statement (including, without limitation, in response to all questions and other inquiries reasonably made or submitted by any of them), prior to and from time to time after the filing and effectiveness of the Registration Statement for the sole purpose of enabling the Investors and such representatives, advisors and underwriters and their respective accountants and attorneys to conduct initial and ongoing due diligence with respect to the Company and the accuracy of such Registration Statement.

 

The Company shall not disclose material nonpublic information to the Investors, or to advisors to or representatives of the Investors, unless prior to disclosure of such information the Company identifies such information as being material nonpublic information and provides the Investors, such advisors and representatives with the opportunity to accept or refuse to accept such material nonpublic information for review and any Investor wishing to obtain such information enters into an appropriate confidentiality agreement with the Company with respect thereto.

 

5.         Obligations of the Investors .

 

(a)        Each Investor shall furnish in writing to the Company such information regarding itself, the Registrable Securities held by it and the intended method of disposition of the Registrable Securities held by it, as shall be reasonably required to effect the registration of such Registrable Securities and shall execute such documents in connection with such registration as the Company may reasonably request. At least five (5) Business Days prior to the first anticipated filing date of any Registration Statement, the Company shall notify each Investor of the information the Company requires from such Investor. An Investor shall provide such information to the Company at least three (3) Business Days prior to the first anticipated filing date of such Registration Statement if such Investor elects to have any of the Registrable Securities included in the Registration Statement.

 

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(b)        Each Investor, by its acceptance of the Registrable Securities agrees to cooperate with the Company as reasonably requested by the Company in connection with the preparation and filing of a Registration Statement hereunder, unless such Investor has notified the Company in writing of its election to exclude all of its Registrable Securities from such Registration Statement.

 

(c)        Each Investor agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of either (i) the commencement of an Allowed Delay pursuant to Section 2(c)(ii) or (ii) the happening of an event pursuant to Section 3(h) hereof, such Investor will immediately discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement covering such Registrable Securities, until the Investor is advised by the Company in writing that such dispositions may again be made.

 

6.         Indemnification .

 

(a)         Indemnification by the Company . To the extent permitted by law, the Company will indemnify and hold harmless each Investor and its officers, directors, members, employees and agents, successors and assigns, and each other person, if any, who controls such Investor within the meaning of the 1933 Act, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which they may become subject under the 1933 Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon: (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission of any material fact contained in any Registration Statement, any preliminary Prospectus or final Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereof; (ii) any blue sky application or other document executed by the Company specifically for that purpose or based upon written information furnished by the Company filed in any state or other jurisdiction in order to qualify any or all of the Registrable Securities under the securities laws thereof (any such application, document or information herein called a “Blue Sky Application”); (iii) the omission or alleged omission to state in a Blue Sky Application a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; (iv) any violation by the Company or its agents of any rule or regulation promulgated under the 1933 Act applicable to the Company or its agents and relating to action or inaction required of the Company in connection with such registration; or (v) any failure to register or qualify the Registrable Securities included in any such Registration Statement in any state where the Company or its agents has affirmatively undertaken or agreed in writing that the Company will undertake such registration or qualification on an Investor’s behalf pursuant to an Investor’s affirmative request under Section 3(f) hereof and will reimburse such Investor, and each such officer, director or member and each such controlling person for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided , however , that the Company will not be liable in any such case if and to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission so made in conformity with information furnished by such Investor or any such controlling person in writing specifically for use in such Registration Statement or Prospectus.

 

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(b)         Indemnification by the Investors . To the extent permitted by law, each Investor shall, severally but not jointly, indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, officers, employees, stockholders and each person who controls the Company (within the meaning of the 1933 Act) against any losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expense (including reasonable attorney fees) resulting from any untrue statement of a material fact or any omission of a material fact required to be stated in the Registration Statement or Prospectus or preliminary Prospectus or amendment or supplement thereto or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, to the extent, but only to the extent that such untrue statement or omission is contained in any information furnished in writing by such Investor to the Company specifically for inclusion in such Registration Statement or Prospectus or amendment or supplement thereto. In no event shall the liability of an Investor be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the proceeds (net of all expense paid by such Investor in connection with any claim relating to this Section 6 and the amount of any damages such Investor has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue statement or omission) received by such Investor upon the sale of the Registrable Securities included in the Registration Statement giving rise to such indemnification obligation.

 

(c)         Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings . Any person entitled to indemnification hereunder shall (i) give prompt notice to the indemnifying party of any claim with respect to which it seeks indemnification and (ii) permit such indemnifying party to assume the defense of such claim with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party; provided that any person entitled to indemnification hereunder shall have the right to employ separate counsel and to participate in the defense of such claim, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such person unless (a) the indemnifying party has agreed to pay such fees or expenses, or (b) the indemnifying party shall have failed to assume the defense of such claim and employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to such person or (c) in the reasonable judgment of any such person, based upon written advice of its counsel, a conflict of interest exists between such person and the indemnifying party with respect to such claims (in which case, if the person notifies the indemnifying party in writing that such person elects to employ separate counsel at the expense of the indemnifying party, the indemnifying party shall not have the right to assume the defense of such claim on behalf of such person); and provided , further , that the failure of any indemnified party to give notice as provided herein shall not relieve the indemnifying party of its obligations hereunder, except to the extent that such failure to give notice shall materially adversely affect the indemnifying party in the defense of any such claim or litigation. It is understood that the indemnifying party shall not, in connection with any proceeding in the same jurisdiction, be liable for fees or expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys at any time for all such indemnified parties. No indemnifying party will, except with the consent of the indemnified party, consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement that does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such indemnified party of a release from all liability in respect of such claim or litigation.

 

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(d)         Contribution . If for any reason the indemnification provided for in the preceding paragraphs (a) and (b) is unavailable to an indemnified party or insufficient to hold it harmless, other than as expressly specified therein, then the indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by the indemnified party as a result of such loss, claim, damage or liability in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnified party and the indemnifying party, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the 1933 Act shall be entitled to contribution from any person not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. In no event shall the contribution obligation of a holder of Registrable Securities be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the proceeds (net of all expenses paid by such holder in connection with any claim relating to this Section 6 and the amount of any damages such holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission) received by it upon the sale of the Registrable Securities giving rise to such contribution obligation.

 

7.         Miscellaneous .

 

(a)         Amendments and Waivers . This Agreement may be amended only by a writing signed by the Company and the Required Investors. The Company may take any action herein prohibited, or omit to perform any act herein required to be performed by it, only if the Company shall have obtained the written consent to such amendment, action or omission to act, of the Required Investors.

 

(b)         Notices . All notices and other communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall be made as set forth in Section 5.6 of the Settlement Agreement.

 

(c)         Assignments and Transfers by Investors . The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Investors and their respective successors and assigns. An Investor may transfer or assign, in whole or from time to time in part, to one or more persons its rights hereunder in connection with the transfer of Registrable Securities by such Investor to such person, provided that such Investor complies with all laws applicable thereto and provides written notice of assignment to the Company promptly after such assignment is effected.

 

(d)         Assignments and Transfers by the Company . This Agreement may not be assigned by the Company (whether by operation of law or otherwise) without the prior written consent of the Required Investors, provided, however, that the Company may assign its rights and delegate its duties hereunder to any surviving or successor corporation in connection with a merger or consolidation of the Company with another corporation, or a sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets to another corporation, without the prior written consent of the Required Investors, after notice duly given by the Company to each Investor.

 

(e)         Benefits of the Agreement . The terms and conditions of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the respective permitted successors and assigns of the parties. Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to confer upon any party other than the parties hereto or their respective successors and assigns any rights, remedies, obligations, or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement, except as expressly provided in this Agreement.

 

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(f)         Counterparts; Faxes . This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. This Agreement may also be executed via facsimile or scanned PDF documents, each of which shall be deemed an original.

 

(g)         Titles and Subtitles . The titles and subtitles used in this Agreement are used for convenience only and are not to be considered in construing or interpreting this Agreement.

 

(h)         Severability . Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof but shall be interpreted as if it were written so as to be enforceable to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the parties hereby waive any provision of law which renders any provisions hereof prohibited or unenforceable in any respect.

 

(i)         Further Assurances . The parties shall execute and deliver all such further instruments and documents and take all such other actions as may reasonably be required to carry out the transactions contemplated hereby and to evidence the fulfillment of the agreements herein contained.

 

(j)         Entire Agreement . This Agreement is intended by the parties as a final expression of their agreement and intended to be a complete and exclusive statement of the agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter contained herein. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings between the parties with respect to such subject matter.

 

(k)         Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial . This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the internal laws of the State of New York without regard to the choice of law principles thereof (other than Section 5-1401 of the New York General Obligation Law). Each of the parties hereto irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York located in New York County and the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York for the purpose of any suit, action, proceeding or judgment relating to or arising out of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby. Service of process in connection with any such suit, action or proceeding may be served on each party hereto anywhere in the world by the same methods as are specified for the giving of notices under this Agreement. Each of the parties hereto irrevocably consents to the jurisdiction of any such court in any such suit, action or proceeding and to the laying of venue in such court. Each party hereto irrevocably waives any objection to the laying of venue of any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such courts and irrevocably waives any claim that any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO REQUEST A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LITIGATION WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT AND REPRESENTS THAT COUNSEL HAS BEEN CONSULTED SPECIFICALLY AS TO THIS WAIVER.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement or caused their duly authorized officers to execute this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

 

The Company: PRECISION OPTICS CORPORATION, INC.
   
  By:  /s/ Joseph N. Forkey
 

Name:

Title:

Joseph N. Forkey
President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[ Signature Page for Investors Follows ]

 

 

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  Special Situations Fund III QP, L.P.
   
Special Situations Private Equity Fund, L.P.
   
  By:  /s/ David Greenhouse
 

Name:

Title:

David Greenhouse
General Partner

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Exhibit A

 

Plan of Distribution

 

The selling stockholders, which as used herein includes donees, pledgees, transferees or other successors-in-interest selling shares of common stock or interests in shares of common stock received after the date of this prospectus from a selling stockholder as a gift, pledge, partnership distribution or other transfer, may, from time to time, sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any or all of their shares of common stock or interests in shares of common stock on any stock exchange, market or trading facility on which the shares are traded or in private transactions. These dispositions may be at fixed prices, at prevailing market prices at the time of sale, at prices related to the prevailing market price, at varying prices determined at the time of sale, or at negotiated prices.

 

The selling stockholders may use any one or more of the following methods when disposing of shares or interests therein:

 

- ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker-dealer solicits purchasers;

 

- block trades in which the broker-dealer will attempt to sell the shares as agent, but may position and resell a portion of the block as principal to facilitate the transaction;

 

- purchases by a broker-dealer as principal and resale by the broker-dealer for its account;

 

- an exchange distribution in accordance with the rules of the applicable exchange;

 

- privately negotiated transactions;

 

- short sales effected after the date the registration statement of which this Prospectus is a part is declared effective by the SEC;

 

- through the writing or settlement of options or other hedging transactions, whether through an options exchange or otherwise;

 

- broker-dealers may agree with the selling stockholders to sell a specified number of such shares at a stipulated price per share;

 

- a combination of any such methods of sale; and

 

- any other method permitted by applicable law.

 

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The selling stockholders may, from time to time, pledge or grant a security interest in some or all of the shares of common stock owned by them and, if they default in the performance of their secured obligations, the pledgees or secured parties may offer and sell the shares of common stock, from time to time, under this prospectus, or under an amendment to this prospectus under Rule 424(b)(3) or other applicable provision of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), amending the list of selling stockholders to include the pledgee, transferee or other successors in interest as selling stockholders under this prospectus. The selling stockholders also may transfer the shares of common stock in other circumstances, in which case the transferees, pledgees or other successors in interest will be the selling beneficial owners for purposes of this prospectus.

 

In connection with the sale of our common stock or interests therein, the selling stockholders may enter into hedging transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions, which may in turn engage in short sales of the common stock in the course of hedging the positions they assume. The selling stockholders may also sell shares of our common stock short and deliver these securities to close out their short positions, or loan or pledge the common stock to broker-dealers that in turn may sell these securities. The selling stockholders may also enter into option or other transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions or the creation of one or more derivative securities which require the delivery to such broker-dealer or other financial institution of shares offered by this prospectus, which shares such broker-dealer or other financial institution may resell pursuant to this prospectus (as supplemented or amended to reflect such transaction).

 

The aggregate proceeds to the selling stockholders from the sale of the common stock offered by them will be the purchase price of the common stock less discounts or commissions, if any. Each of the selling stockholders reserves the right to accept and, together with their agents from time to time, to reject, in whole or in part, any proposed purchase of common stock to be made directly or through agents. We will not receive any of the proceeds from this offering. Upon any exercise of the warrants by payment of cash, however, we will receive the exercise price of the warrants.

 

The selling stockholders also may resell all or a portion of the shares in open market transactions in reliance upon Rule 144 under the Securities Act, provided that they meet the criteria and conform to the requirements of that rule.

 

The selling stockholders and any underwriters, broker-dealers or agents that participate in the sale of the common stock or interests therein may be "underwriters" within the meaning of Section 2(11) of the Securities Act. Any discounts, commissions, concessions or profit they earn on any resale of the shares may be underwriting discounts and commissions under the Securities Act. Selling stockholders who are "underwriters" within the meaning of Section 2(11) of the Securities Act will be subject to the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act.

 

To the extent required, the shares of our common stock to be sold, the names of the selling stockholders, the respective purchase prices and public offering prices, the names of any agents, dealer or underwriter, any applicable commissions or discounts with respect to a particular offer will be set forth in an accompanying prospectus supplement or, if appropriate, a post-effective amendment to the registration statement that includes this prospectus.

 

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In order to comply with the securities laws of some states, if applicable, the common stock may be sold in these jurisdictions only through registered or licensed brokers or dealers. In addition, in some states the common stock may not be sold unless it has been registered or qualified for sale or an exemption from registration or qualification requirements is available and is complied with.

 

We have advised the selling stockholders that the anti-manipulation rules of Regulation M under the Exchange Act may apply to sales of shares in the market and to the activities of the selling stockholders and their affiliates. In addition, to the extent applicable we will make copies of this prospectus (as it may be supplemented or amended from time to time) available to the selling stockholders for the purpose of satisfying the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act. The selling stockholders may indemnify any broker-dealer that participates in transactions involving the sale of the shares against certain liabilities, including liabilities arising under the Securities Act.

 

We have agreed to indemnify the selling stockholders against liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act and state securities laws, relating to the registration of the shares offered by this prospectus.

 

We have agreed with the selling stockholders to keep the registration statement of which this prospectus constitutes a part effective until the earlier of (1) such time as all of the shares covered by this prospectus have been disposed of pursuant to and in accordance with the registration statement or (2) the date on which the shares may be sold without restriction pursuant to Rule 144 of the Securities Act.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Exhibit 4.3

 

 

THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT 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, AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED UNLESS (I) SUCH SECURITIES HAVE BEEN REGISTERED FOR SALE PURSUANT TO THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, (II) SUCH SECURITIES MAY BE SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144, OR (III) THE COMPANY HAS RECEIVED AN OPINION OF COMPANY COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO IT THAT SUCH TRANSFER MAY LAWFULLY BE MADE WITHOUT REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED.

 

THIS WARRANT SHALL BE VOID AFTER 5:00 P.M. EASTERN TIME ON FEBRUARY 12, 2016 (THE “EXPIRATION DATE”).

 

No. __________

 

 

PRECISION OPTICS CORPORATION, INC.

 

WARRANT TO PURCHASE _______ SHARES OF

COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $0.01 PER SHARE

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, ____________________ (“Warrantholder”), is entitled to purchase, subject to the provisions of this Warrant, from Precision Optics Corporation, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation (“Company”), at any time not later than 5:00 P.M., Eastern time, on the Expiration Date (as defined above), at an exercise price per share equal to $1.50 (the exercise price in effect being herein called the “Warrant Price”), ______ shares (“Warrant Shares”) of the Company’s Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Common Stock”). The number of Warrant Shares purchasable upon exercise of this Warrant and the Warrant Price shall be subject to adjustment from time to time as described herein. This Warrant is being issued pursuant to the Settlement Agreement, dated as of February 12, 2013 (the “Settlement Agreement”), by and between the Company and the initial Warrantholder. Capitalized terms used herein have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in the Settlement Agreement unless otherwise defined herein.

 

Section 1.      Registration . The Company shall maintain books for the transfer and registration of the Warrant. Upon the initial issuance of this Warrant, the Company shall issue and register the Warrant in the name of the Warrantholder.

 

Section 2.      Transfers . As provided herein, this Warrant may be transferred only pursuant to a registration statement filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or an exemption from such registration. Subject to such restrictions, the Company shall transfer this Warrant from time to time upon the books to be maintained by the Company for that purpose, upon surrender hereof for transfer, properly endorsed or accompanied by appropriate instructions for transfer and such other documents as may be reasonably required by the Company, including, if required by the Company, an opinion of its counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company to the effect that such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, to establish that such transfer is being made in accordance with the terms hereof, and a new Warrant shall be issued to the transferee and the surrendered Warrant shall be canceled by the Company.

 

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Section 3.      Exercise of Warrant . Subject to the provisions hereof, the Warrantholder may exercise this Warrant, in whole or in part, at any time prior to its expiration upon surrender of the Warrant, together with delivery of a duly executed Warrant Exercise Form, in the form attached hereto as Appendix A (the “Exercise Agreement”) and payment by cash, certified check or wire transfer of funds (or by cashless exercise as provided in Section 17) of the aggregate Warrant Price for that number of Warrant Shares then being purchased, to the Company during normal business hours on any Business Day at the Company’s principal executive offices (or such other office or agency of the Company as it may designate by notice to the Warrantholder). The Warrant Shares so purchased shall be deemed to be issued to the Warrantholder or the Warrantholder’s designee, as the record owner of such shares, as of the close of business on the date on which this Warrant shall have been surrendered (or the date evidence of loss, theft or destruction thereof and security or indemnity satisfactory to the Company has been provided to the Company), the Warrant Price shall have been paid and the completed Exercise Agreement shall have been delivered. Certificates for the Warrant Shares so purchased shall be delivered to the Warrantholder within a reasonable time, not exceeding three (3) Business Days, after this Warrant shall have been so exercised. The certificates so delivered shall be in such denominations as may be requested by the Warrantholder and shall be registered in the name of the Warrantholder or such other name as shall be designated by the Warrantholder, as specified in the Exercise Agreement. If this Warrant shall have been exercised only in part, then, unless this Warrant has expired, the Company shall, at its expense, at the time of delivery of such certificates, deliver to the Warrantholder a new Warrant representing the right to purchase the number of shares with respect to which this Warrant shall not then have been exercised. As used herein, “Business Day” means a day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, on which banks in New York City are open for the general transaction of business. Each exercise hereof shall constitute the re-affirmation by the Warrantholder that the representations and warranties contained in Section 5 of the Settlement Agreement are true and correct in all material respects with respect to the Warrantholder as of the time of such exercise.

 

If (1) a certificate representing the Warrant Shares is not delivered to the Warrantholder within three (3) Business Days of the due exercise of this Warrant by the Warrantholder and (2) prior to the time such certificate is received by the Warrantholder, the Warrantholder, or any third party on behalf of the Warrantholder or for the Warrantholder’s account, purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Warrantholder of shares represented by such certificate (a “Buy-In”), then the Company shall pay in cash to the Warrantholder (for costs incurred either directly by such Warrantholder or on behalf of a third party) the amount by which the total purchase price paid for Common Stock as a result of the Buy-In (including brokerage commissions, if any) exceeds the proceeds received by such Warrantholder as a result of the sale to which such Buy-In relates. The Warrantholder shall provide the Company written notice indicating the amounts payable to the Warrantholder in respect of the Buy-In.

 

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Section 4.      Compliance with the Securities Act of 1933 . Except as provided in the Settlement Agreement, the Company may cause the legend set forth on the first page of this Warrant to be set forth on each Warrant, and a similar legend on any security issued or issuable upon exercise of this Warrant, unless counsel for the Company is of the opinion as to any such security that such legend is unnecessary.

 

Section 5.      Payment of Taxes . The Company will pay any documentary stamp taxes attributable to the initial issuance of Warrant Shares issuable upon the exercise of the Warrant; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to pay any tax or taxes which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance or delivery of any certificates for Warrant Shares in a name other than that of the Warrantholder in respect of which such shares are issued, and in such case, the Company shall not be required to issue or deliver any certificate for Warrant Shares or any Warrant until the person requesting the same has paid to the Company the amount of such tax or has established to the Company’s reasonable satisfaction that such tax has been paid. The Warrantholder shall be responsible for income taxes due under federal, state or other law, if any such tax is due.

 

Section 6.      Mutilated or Missing Warrants . In case this Warrant shall be mutilated, lost, stolen, or destroyed, the Company shall issue in exchange and substitution of and upon surrender and cancellation of the mutilated Warrant, or in lieu of and substitution for the Warrant lost, stolen or destroyed, a new Warrant of like tenor and for the purchase of a like number of Warrant Shares, but only upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of such loss, theft or destruction of the Warrant, and with respect to a lost, stolen or destroyed Warrant, reasonable indemnity or bond with respect thereto, if requested by the Company.

 

Section 7.      Reservation of Common Stock . The Company hereby represents and warrants that there have been reserved, and the Company shall at all applicable times keep reserved until issued (if necessary) as contemplated by this Section 7, out of the authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock, sufficient shares to provide for the exercise of the rights of purchase represented by this Warrant. The Company agrees that all Warrant Shares issued upon due exercise of the Warrant shall be, at the time of delivery of the certificates for such Warrant Shares, duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock of the Company.

 

Section 8.      Adjustments . Subject and pursuant to the provisions of this Section 8, the Warrant Price and number of Warrant Shares subject to this Warrant shall be subject to adjustment from time to time as set forth hereinafter.

 

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(a)     If the Company shall, at any time or from time to time while this Warrant is outstanding, pay a dividend or make a distribution on its Common Stock in shares of Common Stock, subdivide its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares or combine its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares or issue by reclassification of its outstanding shares of Common Stock any shares of its capital stock (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing corporation), then (i) the Warrant Price in effect immediately prior to the date on which such change shall become effective shall be adjusted by multiplying such Warrant Price by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such change and the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such change and (ii) the number of Warrant Shares purchasable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be adjusted by multiplying the number of Warrant Shares purchasable upon exercise of this Warrant immediately prior to the date on which such change shall become effective by a fraction, the numerator of which is shall be the Warrant Price in effect immediately prior to the date on which such change shall become effective and the denominator of which shall be the Warrant Price in effect immediately after giving effect to such change, calculated in accordance with clause (i) above. Such adjustments shall be made successively whenever any event listed above shall occur.

 

(b)     If any capital reorganization, reclassification of the capital stock of the Company, consolidation or merger of the Company with another corporation in which the Company is not the survivor, or sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets to another corporation shall be effected, then, as a condition of such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or other disposition, lawful and adequate provision shall be made whereby each Warrantholder shall thereafter have the right to purchase and receive upon the basis and upon the terms and conditions herein specified and in lieu of the Warrant Shares immediately theretofore issuable upon exercise of the Warrant, such shares of stock, securities or assets as would have been issuable or payable with respect to or in exchange for a number of Warrant Shares equal to the number of Warrant Shares immediately theretofore issuable upon exercise of the Warrant, had such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or other disposition not taken place, and in any such case appropriate provision shall be made with respect to the rights and interests of each Warrantholder to the end that the provisions hereof (including, without limitation, provision for adjustment of the Warrant Price) shall thereafter be applicable, as nearly equivalent as may be practicable in relation to any shares of stock, securities or assets thereafter deliverable upon the exercise hereof. The Company shall not effect any such consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or other disposition unless prior to or simultaneously with the consummation thereof the successor corporation (if other than the Company) resulting from such consolidation or merger, or the corporation purchasing or otherwise acquiring such assets or other appropriate corporation or entity shall assume the obligation to deliver to the Warrantholder, at the last address of the Warrantholder appearing on the books of the Company, such shares of stock, securities or assets as, in accordance with the foregoing provisions, the Warrantholder may be entitled to purchase, and the other obligations under this Warrant. The provisions of this paragraph (b) shall similarly apply to successive reorganizations, reclassifications, consolidations, mergers, sales, transfers or other dispositions.

 

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(c)     In case the Company shall fix a payment date for the making of a distribution to all holders of Common Stock (including any such distribution made in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing corporation) of evidences of indebtedness or assets (other than cash dividends or cash distributions payable out of consolidated earnings or earned surplus or dividends or distributions referred to in Section 8(a)), or subscription rights or warrants, the Warrant Price to be in effect after such payment date shall be determined by multiplying the Warrant Price in effect immediately prior to such payment date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding multiplied by the Market Price (as defined below) per share of Common Stock immediately prior to such payment date, less the fair market value (as determined by the Company’s Board of Directors in good faith) of said assets or evidences of indebtedness so distributed, or of such subscription rights or warrants, and the denominator of which shall be the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding multiplied by such Market Price per share of Common Stock immediately prior to such payment date. “Market Price” as of a particular date (the “Valuation Date”) shall mean the following: (a) if the Common Stock is then listed on the Nasdaq Global Market or the Nasdaq Capital Market (“Nasdaq”) or any other national stock exchange, the closing sale price of one share of Common Stock on such exchange on the last trading day prior to the Valuation Date; (b) if the Common Stock is then quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board (the “Bulletin Board”) or such similar quotation system or association, the closing sale price of one share of Common Stock on the Bulletin Board or such other quotation system or association on the last trading day prior to the Valuation Date or, if no such closing sale price is available, the average of the high bid and the low asked price quoted thereon on the last trading day prior to the Valuation Date; or (c) if the Common Stock is not then listed on a national stock exchange or quoted on the Bulletin Board or such other quotation system or association, the fair market value of one share of Common Stock as of the Valuation Date, as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company and the Warrantholder. If the Common Stock is not then listed on a national securities exchange, the Bulletin Board or such other quotation system or association, the Board of Directors of the Company shall respond promptly, in writing, to an inquiry by the Warrantholder prior to the exercise hereunder as to the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company. In the event that the Board of Directors of the Company and the Warrantholder are unable to agree upon the fair market value in respect of subpart (c) of this paragraph, the Company and the Warrantholder shall jointly select an appraiser, who is experienced in such matters. The decision of such appraiser shall be final and conclusive, and the cost of such appraiser shall be borne equally by the Company and the Warrantholder. Such adjustment shall be made successively whenever such a payment date is fixed.

 

(d)     An adjustment to the Warrant Price shall become effective immediately after the payment date in the case of each dividend or distribution and immediately after the effective date of each other event which requires an adjustment.

 

(e)     In the event that, as a result of an adjustment made pursuant to this Section 8, the Warrantholder shall become entitled to receive any shares of capital stock of the Company other than shares of Common Stock, the number of such other shares so receivable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be subject thereafter to adjustment from time to time in a manner and on terms as nearly equivalent as practicable to the provisions with respect to the Warrant Shares contained in this Warrant.

 

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(f)     To the extent permitted by applicable law and the listing requirements of any stock market or exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed, the Company from time to time may decrease the Warrant Price by any amount for any period of time if the period is at least twenty (20) days, the decrease is irrevocable during the period and the Board shall have made a determination that such decrease would be in the best interests of the Company, which determination shall be conclusive. Whenever the Warrant Price is decreased pursuant to the preceding sentence, the Company shall provide written notice thereof to the Warrantholder at least five (5) days prior to the date the decreased Warrant Price takes effect, and such notice shall state the decreased Warrant Price and the period during which it will be in effect.

 

Section 9.      Fractional Interest . The Company shall not be required to issue fractions of Warrant Shares upon the exercise of this Warrant. If any fractional share of Common Stock would, except for the provisions of the first sentence of this Section 9, be deliverable upon such exercise, the Company, in lieu of delivering such fractional share, shall pay to the exercising Warrantholder an amount in cash equal to the Market Price of such fractional share of Common Stock on the date of exercise.

 

Section 10.    Benefits . Nothing in this Warrant shall be construed to give any person, firm or corporation (other than the Company and the Warrantholder) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim, it being agreed that this Warrant shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Company and the Warrantholder.

 

Section 11.    Notices to Warrantholder . Upon the happening of any event requiring an adjustment of the Warrant Price, the Company shall promptly give written notice thereof to the Warrantholder at the address appearing in the records of the Company, stating the adjusted Warrant Price and the adjusted number of Warrant Shares resulting from such event and setting forth in reasonable detail the method of calculation and the facts upon which such calculation is based. Failure to give such notice to the Warrantholder or any defect therein shall not affect the legality or validity of the subject adjustment.

 

Section 12.    Identity of Transfer Agent . The Transfer Agent for the Common Stock is Computershare Investor Services. Upon the appointment of any subsequent transfer agent for the Common Stock or other shares of the Company’s capital stock issuable upon the exercise of the rights of purchase represented by the Warrant, the Company will mail to the Warrantholder a statement setting forth the name and address of such transfer agent.

 

Section 13.    Notices . Unless otherwise provided, any notice required or permitted under this Warrant shall be given in writing and shall be deemed effectively given as hereinafter described (i) if given by personal delivery, then such notice shall be deemed given upon such delivery, (ii) if given by facsimile, then such notice shall be deemed given upon receipt of confirmation of complete transmittal, (iii) if given by mail, then such notice shall be deemed given upon the earlier of (A) receipt of such notice by the recipient or (B) three (3) Business Days after such notice is deposited in first class mail, postage prepaid, (iv) if given by an internationally recognized overnight air courier, then such notice shall be deemed given one (1) Business Day after delivery to such carrier, and (v) if given by electronic mail, upon receipt. All notices shall be addressed as follows: if to the Warrantholder, at its address as set forth in the Company’s books and records and, if to the Company, at the address as follows, or at such other address as the Warrantholder or the Company may designate by ten (10) Business Days’ advance written notice to the other:

 

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If to the Company:

 

Precision Optics Corporation, Inc.

22 East Broadway

Gardner, Massachusetts 01440-3338

Attention: Joseph N. Forkey

President and Chief Executive Officer

Fax: (978) 630-1487

E-mail: [______]

 

With a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):

 

Amy Trombly, Esq.

Trombly Business Law, PC

1320 Centre Street, Suite 202

Newton, MA 02459

Fax: (617) 243-0066

E-mail: [______]

 

Section 14.    REMOVED AND RESERVED.

 

Section 15.    Successors . All the covenants and provisions hereof by or for the benefit of the Warrantholder shall bind and inure to the benefit of its respective successors and assigns hereunder.

 

Section 16.    Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial . This Warrant shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the internal laws of the State of New York, without reference to the choice of law provisions thereof (other than Section 5-1401 of the New York General Obligation Law). The Company and, by accepting this Warrant, the Warrantholder, each irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York located in New York County and the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York for the purpose of any suit, action, proceeding or judgment relating to or arising out of this Warrant and the transactions contemplated hereby. Service of process in connection with any such suit, action or proceeding may be served on each party hereto anywhere in the world by the same methods as are specified for the giving of notices under this Warrant. The Company and, by accepting this Warrant, the Warrantholder, each irrevocably consents to the jurisdiction of any such court in any such suit, action or proceeding and to the laying of venue in such court. The Company and, by accepting this Warrant, the Warrantholder, each irrevocably waives any objection to the laying of venue of any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such courts and irrevocably waives any claim that any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. EACH OF THE COMPANY AND, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, THE WARRANTHOLDER HEREBY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO REQUEST A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LITIGATION WITH RESPECT TO THIS WARRANT AND REPRESENTS THAT COUNSEL HAS BEEN CONSULTED SPECIFICALLY AS TO THIS WAIVER.

 

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Section 17.    Cashless Exercise . The Warrantholder may elect to receive, without the payment by the Warrantholder of the aggregate Warrant Price in respect of the shares of Common Stock to be acquired, shares of Common Stock of equal value to the value of this Warrant, or any specified portion hereof, by the surrender of this Warrant (or such portion of this Warrant being so exercised) together with a Net Issue Election Notice, in the form annexed hereto as Appendix B, duly executed, to the Company. Thereupon, the Company shall issue to the Warrantholder such number of fully paid, validly issued and nonassessable shares of Common Stock as is computed using the following formula:

 

X = Y (A - B)

     A

 

where

 

X = the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Warrantholder is entitled upon such cashless exercise;

 

Y = the total number of shares of Common Stock covered by this Warrant for which the Warrantholder has surrendered purchase rights at such time for cashless exercise (including both shares to be issued to the Warrantholder and shares as to which the purchase rights are to be canceled as payment therefor);

 

A = the “Market Price” of one share of Common Stock as at the date the net issue election is made; and

 

B = the Warrant Price in effect under this Warrant at the time the net issue election is made.

 

Section 18.    No Rights as Stockholder . Prior to the exercise of this Warrant, the Warrantholder shall not have or exercise any rights as a stockholder of the Company by virtue of its ownership of this Warrant.

 

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Section 19.    REMOVED AND RESERVED.

 

Section 20.    Section Headings . The section headings in this Warrant are for the convenience of the Company and the Warrantholder and in no way alter, modify, amend, limit or restrict the provisions hereof.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be duly executed, as of the ___th day of February, 2013.

 

 

PRECISION OPTICS CORPORATION, INC.
   
  By: 
 

Name:

Title:

Joseph N. Forkey
President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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APPENDIX A

PRECISION OPTICS CORPORATION, INC.

WARRANT EXERCISE FORM

 

To Precision Optics Corporation, Inc.:

 

The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise the right of purchase represented by the within Warrant (“Warrant”) for, and to purchase thereunder by the payment of the Warrant Price and surrender of the Warrant, _______________ shares of Common Stock (“Warrant Shares”) provided for therein, and requests that certificates for the Warrant Shares be issued as follows:

 

________________________________

Name

________________________________

Address

________________________________

 

________________________________

Federal Tax ID or Social Security No.

 

and delivered by (certified mail to the above address, or

 

(electronically (provide DWAC Instructions:___________________), or

 

(other (specify): __________________________________________).

 

and, if the number of Warrant Shares shall not be all the Warrant Shares purchasable upon exercise of the Warrant, that a new Warrant for the balance of the Warrant Shares purchasable upon exercise of this Warrant be registered in the name of the undersigned Warrantholder or the undersigned’s Assignee as below indicated and delivered to the address stated below.

 

Dated: ___________________, ____

 

Note: The signature must correspond with the name of the Warrantholder as written on the first page of the Warrant in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever, unless the Warrant has been assigned.

  

   
Signature:______________________________ _______________________________
  Name (please print)
   
  _______________________________
  _______________________________
  Address
                                                                           
  Federal Identification or Social Security No.
 
   
  Assignee:
  _______________________________
  _______________________________
  _______________________________

 

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APPENDIX B

PRECISION OPTICS CORPORATION, INC.

NET ISSUE ELECTION NOTICE

 

 

To: Precision Optics Corporation, Inc.

 

Date: [_________________________]

 

 

The undersigned hereby elects under Section 17 of this Warrant to surrender the right to purchase [____________] shares of Common Stock pursuant to this Warrant and hereby requests the issuance of [_____________] shares of Common Stock. The certificate(s) for the shares issuable upon such net issue election shall be issued in the name of the undersigned or as otherwise indicated below.

 

 

_________________________________________

Signature

 

_________________________________________

Name for Registration

 

_________________________________________

Mailing Address

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Exhibit 10.1

 

SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT

 

This Settlement Agreement (this “ Agreement ”), dated as of February 12, 2013, is made by and among Precision Optics Corporation, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation (the “ Company ”), and Special Situations Fund III QP, L.P. and Special Situations Private Equity Fund, L.P. (the “ Holders ”).

 

WHEREAS , the Holders are party to (i) the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of February 1, 2007, with the Company and (ii) the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of June 25, 2008 (collectively, the “ Prior Registration Rights Agreements ”), with the Company;

 

WHEREAS , pursuant to the Prior Registration Rights Agreements, the Company is obligated to pay to the Holders liquidated damages in amounts calculated pursuant to the terms of the respective Prior Registration Rights Agreements in certain circumstances;

 

WHEREAS , the Holders have agreed that, they will accept an aggregate of (i) 350,000 shares (the “ Shares ”) of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “ Common Stock ”), and warrants in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “ Warrants ”) to purchase an aggregate of 350,000 shares of Common Stock (the “ Warrant Shares ” and, together with the Shares, and the Warrants, the “ Securities ”) in payment in full of the amounts due under the Prior Registration Rights Agreements (the “ Settlement Consideration ”);

 

WHEREAS , the Shares and the Warrant Shares shall be subject to certain registration rights pursuant to that certain Registration Rights Agreement, dated of even date herewith, by and among the Company and the Holders in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “ Registration Rights Agreement ”); and

 

WHEREAS , this Agreement, the Warrants and the Registration Rights Agreement are referred to herein as the “ Transaction Documents ”; and

 

NOW, THEREFORE , in consideration of the mutual promises, representations, warranties and covenants herein contained, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and the Holders mutually agree as follows.

 

ARTICLE 1

ISSUANCE OF SHARES AND WARRANTS; EXTENSION of CERTAIN WARRANTS

 

1.1               Issuance of Shares and Warrants . Within three (3) Business Days of the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company shall issue to each of the Holders, the Shares and the Warrants in the respective amounts set forth opposite each such Holder’s name on Annex I as payment in full of the Settlement Consideration owed to such Holder. Such Shares and Warrants shall be registered in such name of names as each Holder may designate.

 

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1 .2              Extension of Certain Warrants . The Company has agreed to extend the expiration date of the warrants issued to the Holders in conjunction with the Company’s June 25, 2008 private placement (the “ 2008 Warrants ”). The expiration date of the 2008 Warrants shall be amended from June 25, 2015 to May 11, 2017. If the Holder wishes to receive new warrants indicating the amended expiration date, then the Holder must provide the original 2008 Warrant to the Company for cancellation and replacement. The Company agrees to mail the Holders a new 2008 Warrant with the amended expiration date within three (3) Business Days of the Company’s receipt of the original 2008 Warrant.

 

ARTICLE 2

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY

 

The Company hereby represents and warrants to each of the Holders that:

 

2.1               Organization, Qualifications and Corporate Power . The Company is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The Company has the corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and to issue, sell and deliver the Securities.

 

2.2               Authorization .

 

(a)                 The execution and delivery by the Company of the Transaction Documents, the performance by the Company of its obligations thereunder, the issuance, sale and delivery of the Securities have been duly authorized by all requisite corporate action.

 

(b)                The Company has full power and authority and has taken all requisite action on the part of the Company, its officers, directors and stockholders necessary for (i) the authorization, execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents, (ii) the authorization of the performance of all obligations of the Company hereunder or thereunder, and (iii) the authorization, issuance (or reservation for issuance) and delivery of the Securities. When delivered in accordance with the terms hereof, the Transaction Documents will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability, relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general equitable principles.

 

(c)                 The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Transaction Documents and the offer, issuance and sale of the Securities require no consent of, action by or in respect of, or filing with, any Person, governmental body, agency, or official other than filings that have been made pursuant to applicable state securities laws and post-sale filings pursuant to applicable state and federal securities laws which the Company undertakes to file within the applicable time periods.

 

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(d)                The execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents by the Company and the issuance and sale of the Securities will not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default under (i) the Company’s Articles of Organization, as amended, or the Company’s Bylaws, both as in effect on the date hereof (true and complete copies of which have been filed on EDGAR), or (ii)(a) any statute, rule, regulation or order of any governmental agency or body or any court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company, any subsidiary of the Company or any of their respective assets or properties, or (b) any agreement or instrument to which the Company or any subsidiary of is a party or by which the Company or a subsidiary is bound or to which any of their respective assets or properties is subject.

 

(e)                 Neither the Company nor any Person acting on its behalf has conducted any general solicitation or general advertising, as those terms are used in the provisions of Regulation D (“ Regulation D ”), promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Commission ”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Act ”), in connection with the offer or sale of any of the Securities.

 

(f)                 Neither the Company nor any of its affiliates, nor any Person acting on its or their behalf has, directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales of any Company security or solicited any offers to buy any security, under circumstances that would adversely affect reliance by the Company on Section 4(2) for the exemption from registration for the transactions contemplated hereby or would require registration of the Securities under the Act.

 

(g)                The offer and sale of the Securities to the Holders as contemplated hereby is exempt from the registration requirements of the Act.

 

ARTICLE 3

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE HOLDERS

 

Each Holder, severally and not jointly, represents and warrants to the Company that:

 

3.1               Accredited Investor . Holder is an “accredited investor” as defined by Rule 501 of Regulation D, and Holder is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of its investment in the Securities and has the ability and capacity to protect its interests.

 

3.2               Private Placement . Holder understands that the Securities have not been registered under the Act on the ground that the issuance thereof is exempt under Section 4(2) of the Act and/or Regulation D as a transaction by an issuer not involving any public offering and that, in the view of the Commission, the statutory basis for the exception claimed would not be present if any of the representations and warranties of Holder contained in this Agreement are untrue or, notwithstanding the Holder’s representations and warranties, the Holder currently has in mind acquiring any of the Securities for resale upon the occurrence or non-occurrence of some predetermined event.

 

3.3               Investment Intent . Holder is acquiring the Shares and Warrants as principal for its own account, and not for the benefit of any other Person, for investment purposes and not with a view to distribution or resale in violation of the Act and such Holder has no present intention of selling, granting any participation in, or otherwise distributing the same in violation of the Act without prejudice, however, to such Holder’s right at all times to sell or otherwise dispose of all or any part of the Securities in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed a representation or warranty by such Holder to hold any Securities for any period of time.

 

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3.4               Opportunity to Inquire . Holder confirms that Holder has had the opportunity to ask questions of, and receive answers from, the Company or any authorized Person acting on its behalf concerning the Company and its business and to obtain any additional information, to the extent possessed by the Company (or to the extent it could have been acquired by the Company without unreasonable effort or expense). In connection therewith, Holder acknowledges that Holder has had the opportunity to discuss the Company’s business, management and financial affairs with the Company’s management or any authorized Person acting on its behalf. Neither such inquiries nor any other due diligence investigation conducted by such Holder shall modify, limit or otherwise affect such Holder’s right to rely on the Company’s representations and warranties contained in this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents.

 

3.5               Authorization . Holder has all requisite legal and other power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to carry out and perform its obligations under the terms of this Agreement. This Agreement constitutes a valid and legally binding obligation of Holder enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject as to enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles.

 

3.6               Residency . Each Holder’s principal place of business is the State of New York.

 

3.7               Restricted Securities . Holder understands that the Securities are characterized as “restricted securities” under the U.S. federal securities laws inasmuch as they are being acquired from the Company in a transaction not involving a public offering and that under such laws and applicable regulations such securities may be resold without registration under the Act only in certain limited circumstances.

 

3.8               Legends . It is understood that, except as provided below, certificates evidencing the Securities may bear the following or any similar legend:

 

(a)               “The securities represented hereby have not 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, and, accordingly, may not be transferred unless (i) such securities have been registered for sale pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (ii) such securities may be sold pursuant to Rule 144, or (iii) the Company has received an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to it that such transfer may lawfully be made without registration under the Securities Act of 1933 as amended.”

 

(b)               If required by the authorities of any state in connection with the issuance or sale of the Securities, the legend required by such state authority.

 

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ARTICLE 4

COVENANTS

 

4.1               Removal of Legends . In connection with any sale or disposition of Securities by a Holder pursuant to Rule 144 or pursuant to any other exemption under the Act such that the purchaser acquires freely tradable Securities and upon compliance by the Holder with the requirements of this Agreement, the Company shall or, in the case of Common Stock, shall cause the transfer agent for the Common Stock (the “ Transfer Agent ”) to issue replacement certificates representing the Securities sold or disposed of without restrictive legends. In furtherance of the foregoing, upon the earlier of (i) registration for resale pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement or (ii) any Shares or Warrant Shares becoming freely tradable by a non-affiliate pursuant to Rule 144 the Company shall (A) deliver to the Transfer Agent irrevocable instructions that the Transfer Agent shall issue a certificate representing shares of Common Stock without legends upon receipt by such Transfer Agent of (X) either (1) a customary representation by the Holder that Rule 144 applies to the shares of Common Stock represented thereby or (2) a statement by the Holder that such Holder has sold the shares of Common Stock represented thereby in accordance with the Plan of Distribution contained in the Registration Statement, and (Y) if applicable, the legended certificates for such shares, and (B) cause its counsel to deliver to the Transfer Agent one or more blanket opinions to the effect that the removal of such legends in such circumstances may be effected under the Act. At any time when any Securities may be freely sold or is covered by an effective Registration Statement, the Company shall, or shall cause the Transfer Agent to, promptly cause such Securities held by the Holder to be replaced with Securities which do not bear restrictive legends, and, in the case of any Warrant Shares subsequently issued upon due exercise of the Warrants, shall not bear such restrictive legends provided such Warrant Shares may be freely sold or are covered by an effective Registration Statement. When the Company is required to cause an unlegended Security to be issued as provided herein, if: (1) the unlegended Security is not delivered to a Holder within three (3) Business Days of submission by that Holder of a request for unlegended Securities and, if applicable, the documentation specified above to the Transfer Agent or the Company, as applicable, and (2) prior to the time such unlegended Security is received by the Holder, the Holder, or any third party on behalf of such Holder or for the Holder’s account, purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) another Security to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Investor of such Security (a “ Buy-In ”), then the Company shall pay in cash to the Holder (for costs incurred either directly by such Holder or on behalf of a third party) the amount by which the total purchase price paid for the replacement Security as a result of the Buy-In (including brokerage commissions, if any) exceeds the proceeds received by such Holder or as a result of the sale to which such Buy-In relates. The Holder shall provide the Company written notice indicating the amounts payable to the Investor in respect of the Buy-In.

 

4.2               Reservation of Common Stock . The Company shall at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock, solely for the purpose of providing for the exercise of the Warrants, such number of shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time equal the number of shares sufficient to permit the exercise of the Warrants in accordance with their respective terms.

 

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ARTICLE 5

MISCELLANEOUS

 

5.1               Expenses . The Company and the Holders shall each bear their own costs and expenses, including without limitation legal fees and expenses, incurred in connection with the negotiation of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents. In the event that legal proceedings are commenced by any party to this Agreement against another party to this Agreement in connection with this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents, the party or parties which do not prevail in such proceedings shall severally, but not jointly, pay their pro rata share of the reasonable attorneys’ fees and other reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by the prevailing party in such proceedings.

 

5.2               Further Assurances . The Company shall duly execute and deliver, or cause to be duly executed and delivered, at its own cost and expense, such further instruments and documents and to take all such action, in each case as may be necessary or proper in the reasonable judgment of the Holders to carry out the provisions and purposes of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents.

 

5.3               Survival . The representations, warranties, covenants and agreements made herein shall survive any investigation made by any party hereto, the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the closing of the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

5.4               Successors and Assigns . This Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of the Company and the Holders and their respective successors and permitted assigns. Subject to applicable federal and state securities laws and regulations, the Holders may freely assign either this Agreement or any of their rights, interests, or obligations hereunder without the prior written approval of the Company.

 

5.5               Entire Agreement . This Agreement and the other writings referred to herein or delivered pursuant hereto (including the other Transaction Documents) which form a part hereof contain the entire agreement among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede all prior and contemporaneous arrangements or understandings with respect thereto.

 

5.6               Notices . Unless otherwise provided, any notice required or permitted under this Agreement shall be given in writing and shall be deemed effectively given as hereinafter described (i) if given by personal delivery, then such notice shall be deemed given upon such delivery, (ii) if given by facsimile, then such notice shall be deemed given upon receipt of confirmation of complete transmittal, (iii) if given by mail, then such notice shall be deemed given upon the earlier of (A) receipt of such notice by the recipient or (B) three (3) Business Days after such notice is deposited in first class mail, postage prepaid, (iv) if given by an internationally recognized overnight air courier, then such notice shall be deemed given one (1) Business Day after delivery to such carrier, and (v) if given by electronic mail, upon receipt. All notices shall be addressed to the party to be notified at the address as follows, or at such other address as such party may designate by ten (10) Business Days’ advance written notice to the other party:

 

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If to the Company:

 

Precision Optics Corporation, Inc.

22 East Broadway

Gardner, Massachusetts 01440-3338

Attention: Joseph N. Forkey

President and Chief Executive Officer

Fax: (978) 630-1487

E-mail: [______]

 

With a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):

 

Amy Trombly, Esq.

Trombly Business Law, PC

1320 Centre Street, Suite 202

Newton, MA 02459

Fax: (617) 243-0066

E-mail: [______]

 

If to the Holders:

 

to the addresses set forth on Annex I hereto;

 

or to such other address as the party to whom such notice or other communication is to be given may have furnished to each other party in writing in accordance herewith.

 

5.7               Amendments, Modifications, Terminations and Waivers . Provisions of this Agreement and the Securities may be amended, modified, terminated or waived only by the written consent of the Company and the Holders.

 

5.8               Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial . This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the internal laws of the State of New York without regard to the choice of law principles thereof. Each of the parties hereto irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York located in New York County and the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York for the purpose of any suit, action, proceeding or judgment relating to or arising out of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby. Service of process in connection with any such suit, action or proceeding may be served on each party hereto anywhere in the world by the same methods as are specified for the giving of notices under this Agreement. Each of the parties hereto irrevocably consents to the jurisdiction of any such court in any such suit, action or proceeding and to the laying of venue in such court. Each party hereto irrevocably waives any objection to the laying of venue of any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such courts and irrevocably waives any claim that any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO REQUEST A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LITIGATION WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT AND REPRESENTS THAT COUNSEL HAS BEEN CONSULTED SPECIFICALLY AS TO THIS WAIVER.

 

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5.9               No Third Party Reliance . Anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement (a) are being given by the Company as an inducement to the Holders to enter into this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents (and the Company acknowledges that the Holders have expressly relied thereon) and (b) are solely for the benefit of the Holders. Accordingly, no third party (including, without limitation, any holder of capital stock of the Company) or anyone acting on behalf of any holder thereof other than the Holders, and each of them, shall be a third-party or other beneficiary of such representations and warranties and no such third party shall have any rights of contribution against the Holders or the Company with respect to such representations or warranties or any matter subject to or resulting in indemnification under this Agreement or otherwise.

 

5.10           Publicity . Neither the Holders nor the Company shall issue any press release or make any public disclosure regarding the transactions contemplated hereby unless such press release or public disclosure is approved by the Company in advance. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each of the parties hereto may, in documents required to be filed by it with the Commission or other regulatory bodies, make such statements with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby as each may be advised by counsel is legally necessary or advisable.

 

5.11           Severability . It is the desire and intent of the parties that the provisions of this Agreement be enforced to the fullest extent permissible under the law and public policies applied in each jurisdiction in which enforcement is sought. Accordingly, in the event that any provision of this Agreement would be held in any jurisdiction to be invalid, prohibited or unenforceable for any reason, such provision, as to such jurisdiction, shall be ineffective, without invalidating the remaining provisions of this Agreement or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any jurisdiction. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if such provision could be more narrowly drawn so as to not be invalid, prohibited or unenforceable in such jurisdiction, it shall, as to such jurisdiction, be so narrowly drawn, without invalidating the remaining provisions of this Agreement or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction.

 

5.12           Independence of Agreements, Covenants, Representations and Warranties . All agreements and covenants hereunder shall be given independent effect so that if a certain action or condition constitutes a default under a certain agreement or covenant, the fact that such action or condition is permitted by another agreement or covenant shall not affect the occurrence of such default, unless expressly permitted under an exception to such covenant. In addition, all representations and warranties hereunder shall be given independent effect so that if a particular representation or warranty proves to be incorrect or is breached, the fact that another representation or warranty concerning the same or similar subject matter is correct or is not breached will not affect the incorrectness of or a breach of a representation and warranty hereunder. The annexes and exhibits attached hereto are hereby made part of this Agreement in all respects.

 

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5.13           Counterparts; Facsimile and Electronic Signatures . This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, and each such counterpart hereof shall be deemed to be an original instrument, but all such counterparts together shall constitute but one agreement. Counterpart signatures to this Agreement delivered by facsimile or other electronic transmission shall be acceptable and binding.

 

5.14           Headings . The section and paragraph headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

 

ARTICLE 6

 

DEFINITIONS

 

In addition to those terms defined above and elsewhere in this Agreement, for the purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

 

Business Day ” means a day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, on which banks in New York City are open for the general transaction of business.

 

Person ” means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust, business trust, association, joint stock company, joint venture, sole proprietorship, unincorporated organization, governmental authority or any other form of entity not specifically listed herein.

 

Transaction Documents ” means this Agreement, the Warrants and the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , each of the undersigned has duly executed this Settlement Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

 

PRECISION OPTICS CORPORATION, INC.
   
  By:  /s/ Joseph N. Forkey
 

Name:

Title:

Joseph N. Forkey
Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , each of the undersigned has duly executed this Settlement Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

SPECIAL SITUATIONS FUND III QP, L.P.
   
  By:  /s/ David Greenhouse
 

Name:

Title:

David Greenhouse
General Partner

 

 

SPECIAL SITUATIONS PRIVATE EQUITY FUND, L.P.
   
  By:  /s/ David Greenhouse
 

Name:

Title:

David Greenhouse
General Partner

 

 

 

 

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ANNEX I

Schedule of Holders

Holders

(Holder Name, Address and Contact Information)

Number of Shares Number of Warrants

SPECIAL SITUATIONS FUND III QP, L.P.

527 Madison Avenue Suite 2600

New York, NY 10022

(212) 319-6670

 

175,000 175,000

SPECIAL SITUATIONS PRIVATE EQUITY FUND, L.P.

527 Madison Avenue Suite 2600

New York, NY 10022

(212) 319-6670

 

175,000 175,000
Total 350,000 350,000

 

 

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EXHIBIT A

Form of Warrant to Purchase Shares of Common Stock

(See attached)

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT B

 

Form of Registration Rights Agreement

(See attached)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Exhibit 10.2

 

SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT

 

THIS SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT (this “ Settlement Agreement ”) is made and entered into as of February 12, 2013 by and between Precision Optics Corporation, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation (the “ Company ”), on the one hand, and Joel Pitlor, an individual (the “ Investor ”), on the other hand. The Company and the Investor may be referred to hereinafter individually as a “ Party ” and collectively, as the “ Parties .”

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS , on February 1, 2007, the Company entered into a purchase agreement with the Investor and other parties thereto (the “ 2007 Purchase Agreement ”), and contemporaneously with the execution of the 2007 Purchase Agreement, the Parties executed a registration rights agreement (the “ 2007 Registration Rights Agreement ”);

 

WHEREAS , pursuant to the terms of the 2007 Registration Rights Agreement, the Company agreed to use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain the effectiveness of a registration statement or registration statements to cover the resale of securities sold in the 2007 Purchase Agreement;

 

WHEREAS , the Parties acknowledge that the Investor may have a potential basis for claims of damages calculated pursuant to the terms of the 2007 Registration Rights Agreement;

 

WHEREAS , the Investor has agreed that, he will accept an aggregate of (i) 10,000 shares (the “ Shares ”) of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “ Common Stock ”), and warrants in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “ Warrants ”) to purchase an aggregate of 10,000 shares of Common Stock (the “ Warrant Shares ” and, together with the Shares, and the Warrants, the “ Securities ”) in payment in full of the amounts due under the 2007 Registration Rights Agreement (the “ Settlement Consideration ”);

 

NOW THEREFORE , for good and valuable consideration, for the purpose of settling potential claims without litigation, and without admission of any fault or liability on the part of any Party whatsoever, the Parties hereby agree as follows:

 

Section 1.        Definitions .

 

In addition to those terms defined above and elsewhere in this Settlement Agreement, for the purposes of this Settlement Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

 

Business Day ” means a day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, on which banks in New York City are open for the general transaction of business.

 

Person ” means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust, business trust, association, joint stock company, joint venture, sole proprietorship, unincorporated organization, governmental authority or any other form of entity not specifically listed herein.

 

Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any successor statute, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

Transaction Documents ” means this Agreement and the Warrants.

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Section 2.        Issuance of Shares and Warrants in Settlement . Within three (3) Business Days of the execution and delivery of this Settlement Agreement, the Company shall issue the Shares and Warrants to the Investor as payment in full of the Settlement Consideration owed to such Investor.

 

Section 3.        Reliance on Independent Legal Advice . Each Party represents and warrants to the other Party that:

 

(a) It has received advice from his or its own respective, independent legal counsel prior to its execution of this Settlement Agreement;

 

(b) The legal nature and effect of this Settlement Agreement has been explained to it by its respective counsel;

 

(c) It fully understands the terms and provisions of this Settlement Agreement and the nature and effect thereof;

 

(d) It is relying solely on the advice of its own legal counsel in executing this Settlement Agreement; and

 

(e) It has carefully read this Settlement Agreement, knows the contents thereof, and is executing the same freely and voluntarily.

 

Section 4.        Representations and Warranties of the Company . The Company hereby represents and warrants to the Investor that:

 

(a) Due Organization . The Company is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The Company has the corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform this Settlement Agreement to which it is a party and to issue and deliver the Securities.

 

(b) Authorization, Validity and Enforceability . The Company has full power and authority and has taken all requisite action on the part of the Company, its officers, directors and stockholders necessary for (i) the authorization, execution and delivery of this Settlement Agreement, (ii) the authorization of the performance of all obligations of the Company hereunder or thereunder, and (iii) the authorization, issuance and delivery of the Securities. When delivered in accordance with the terms hereof, this Settlement Agreement will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability, relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general equitable principles.

 

(c) Issuance of the Securities . The Shares and the Warrants to purchase shares of the Company’s Common Stock, when issued pursuant to the Settlement Agreement, have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable and free of preemptive or similar rights, and have been issued in compliance with applicable securities laws, rules and regulations. The Warrant Shares have been duly and validly authorized and reserved for issuance, and, when issued upon the exercise of the Warrants in accordance with the terms of the Warrants and as described in the Transaction Documents, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and free of any preemptive or similar rights.
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(d) No Consents . The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Settlement Agreement and the issuance of the Securities requires no consent of, action by or in respect of, or filing with, any governmental body, agency, official or other third party, other than filings that have been made pursuant to applicable securities laws and post-sale filings pursuant to applicable state and federal securities laws which the Company undertakes to file within the applicable time periods.

 

(e) No Conflict . The execution, delivery and performance of this Settlement Agreement by the Company and the issuance of the Securities will not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default under (i) the Company’s Articles of Organization, as amended, or the Company’s Bylaws, both as in effect on the date hereof (true and complete copies of which have been filed on EDGAR), or (ii)(a) any statute, rule, regulation or order of any governmental agency or body or any court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company, any subsidiary of the Company or any of their respective assets or properties, or (b) any agreement or instrument to which the Company or any subsidiary of is a party or by which the Company or a subsidiary is bound or to which any of their respective assets or properties is subject.

 

(f) No General Solicitation . Neither the Company nor any Person acting on its behalf has conducted any general solicitation or general advertising (as those terms are used in the provisions of Regulation D, promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Commission ”) under the Securities Act) in connection with the issuance of the Securities.

 

(g) Neither the Company nor any of its affiliates, nor any Person acting on its or their behalf has, directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales of any Company security or solicited any offers to buy any security, under circumstances that would adversely affect reliance by the Company on Section 4(2) for the exemption from registration for the transactions contemplated hereby or would require registration of the Securities under the Securities Act.

 

(h) The issuance of the Securities to the Investor as contemplated hereby is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

 

Section 5.        Representations and Warranties of the Investor . The Investor represents and warrants to the Company that:

 

(a) Purchase for Own Account . Such Investor is acquiring the Securities for such Investor’s own account for investment purposes only and not with a present view towards the public sale or distribution thereof except for sales duly registered under the Securities Act. Such Investor is not a registered broker/dealer, nor is an affiliate of a registered broker/dealer and such Investor does not have any agreement or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any person regarding the sale or distribution of the Securities or any of the Company’s Common Stock, except this Settlement Agreement. Such Investor understands that it must bear the economic risk of this investment indefinitely, unless the Securities are registered pursuant to the Securities Act and any applicable state securities or blue sky laws or an exemption from such registration is available.

 

(b) Accredited Investor Status . Such Investor is an “accredited investor" as that term is defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D, promulgated by the Commission under the Securities Act, and such Investor is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of its investment in the Securities and has the ability and capacity to protect its interests.
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(c) Information Availability . Such Investor acknowledges that the Company has made available to Investor all documents and information that Investor has requested relating to an investment in the Securities, and Investor has had an opportunity to discuss this investment with representatives of the Company and ask questions of them.

 

(d) No General Solicitation . Such Investor confirms that he did not learn of the issuance of the Securities as a result of any general solicitation or general advertising.

 

(e) Reliance on Exemptions . Such Investor understands that the Securities are being issued to such Investor in reliance upon specific exemptions from the registration requirements of United States federal and state securities laws and that the Company is relying upon the truth and accuracy of, and such Investor’s compliance with, the representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgments and understandings of such Investor set forth herein in order to determine the availability of such exemptions and the eligibility of such Investor to acquire the Securities.

 

(f) Governmental Review . Such Investor understands that no United States federal or state agency or any other government or governmental agency has passed upon or made any recommendation or endorsement of the Securities.

 

(g) Transfer or Resale . Such Investor understands that (i) the sale or resale of the Securities has not been and is not being registered under the Securities Act or any state securities laws, and the Securities may not be transferred unless (A) the Investor shall have delivered to the Company an opinion of Company counsel (which opinion shall be in form, substance and scope customary for opinions of counsel in comparable transactions) to the effect that the Securities to be sold or transferred may be sold or transferred pursuant to an exemption from such registration; or (B) sold under and in compliance with Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act (or a successor rule) (“ Rule 144 ”).

 

(h) Authority to Enter into Settlement Agreement. Such Investor has all requisite legal and other power and authority to execute and deliver this Settlement Agreement and to carry out and perform his obligations under the terms of this Settlement Agreement. This Settlement Agreement constitutes a valid and legally binding obligation of such Investor enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject as to enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles.

 

(i) Residency . Such Investor is a resident of the state set forth under the name of Investor on his signature page to this Settlement Agreement.

 

(j) Restricted Securities . Such Investor understands that

 

a. the Securities are characterized as “restricted securities” under the U.S. federal securities laws inasmuch as they are being acquired from the Company in a transaction not involving a public offering and that under such laws and applicable regulations such securities may be resold without registration under the Securities Act only in certain limited circumstances.

 

b. the Securities have not been registered under the Securities Act or any state securities laws and are being offered in reliance upon specific exemptions from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and state securities laws, and the Company is relying upon the truth and accuracy of, and Investor’s compliance with, the representations, warranties, covenants, agreements, acknowledgments and understandings of Investor contained in this Settlement Agreement in order to determine the availability of such exemptions and the eligibility of Investor to acquire the Securities;
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c. the Securities must be held indefinitely unless a subsequent disposition thereof is registered under the Securities Act or is exempt from such registration;

 

d. the Securities will bear a legend substantially in the form set forth in Section 5(k) herein; and

 

e. the Company will make a notation on its transfer books to such effect.

 

(k) Legend . Such Investor understands that until such time as the Securities issued pursuant to this Settlement Agreement may have been registered under the Securities Act or otherwise may be sold by the Investor under Rule 144, certificates for the Securities may bear a restrictive legend in substantially the following form:

 

a. “The securities represented hereby have not 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, and, accordingly, may not be transferred unless (i) such securities have been registered for sale pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (ii) such securities may be sold pursuant to Rule 144, or (iii) the Company has received an opinion of Company counsel reasonably satisfactory to it that such transfer may lawfully be made without registration under the Securities Act of 1933 as amended.”

 

b. If required by the authorities of any state in connection with the issuance of sale of the Securities, the legend required by such state authority.

 

(l) No Registration Rights . Such Investor further understands that there are no registration rights associated with the Securities being acquired pursuant to this Settlement Agreement.

 

Section 6.        Related Party Transaction . The Parties acknowledge that the Investor is a member of the Company’s board of directors and accordingly, by virtue of his directorship with the Company, he is considered a related party of the Company under federal securities law. The Company’s Board of Directors acknowledges that the Investor’s entry into this Settlement Agreement is a related party transaction and has approved such transaction.

 

Section 7.        Fees and Expenses . Each Party shall pay the fees and expenses of its advisers, counsel, accountants and other experts, if any, and all other expenses incurred by such party incident to the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery and performance of this Settlement Agreement.

 

Section 8.        Entire Agreement . This Settlement Agreement contains the entire understanding and agreement between the Parties hereto with respect to the matters referred to herein and supersedes any and all prior and contemporaneous commitments, undertakings and agreements, whether written or oral. The Parties further acknowledge and agree that parol evidence shall not be required to interpret the intent of the Parties. No other representations, covenants, undertakings, or other prior or contemporary agreements, whether oral or written, respecting such matters, which are not specifically incorporated herein, shall be deemed in any way to exist or bind any of the Parties. The Parties acknowledge that each party has not executed this Settlement Agreement in reliance on any other promise, representation, or warranty.

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Section 9.        Notices . Any notice given by any Party under this Settlement Agreement shall in writing and shall be deemed effectively given as hereinafter described (i) if given by personal delivery, then such notice shall be deemed given upon such delivery, (ii) if given by facsimile, then such notice shall be deemed given upon receipt of confirmation of complete transmittal, (iii) if given by mail, then such notice shall be deemed given upon the earlier of (A) receipt of such notice by the recipient or (B) three (3) Business Days after such notice is deposited in first class mail, postage prepaid, (iv) if given by an internationally recognized overnight air courier, then such notice shall be deemed given one (1) Business Day after delivery to such carrier, and (v) if given by electronic mail, upon receipt.

 

Section 10.       Severability . In case any provision of this Settlement Agreement shall be declared invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Settlement Agreement shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

 

Section 11.       Waiver, Amendment, and Modification of Settlement Agreement . The Parties agree that no waiver, amendment, or modification of any of the terms and/or conditions of this Settlement Agreement shall be effective unless in writing and signed by all Parties affected by the waiver, amendment, or modification. No waiver of any term, condition or default of any term of this Settlement Agreement shall be construed as a waiver of any other term, condition or default.

 

Section 12.       Counterparts; Facsimile and Electronic Signatures . This Settlement Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, and each such counterpart hereof shall be deemed to be an original instrument, but all such counterparts together shall constitute but one agreement. Counterpart signatures to this Settlement Agreement delivered by facsimile or other electronic transmission shall be acceptable and binding.

 

Section 13.       Headings . The section and paragraph headings contained in this Settlement Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Settlement Agreement.

 

Section 14.       Governing Law . This Settlement Agreement and its terms shall be governed by and construed under Massachusetts law.

 

Section 15.       No Admissions By Parties . Nothing contained in this Settlement Agreement is intended to, or shall be deemed or construed to, be an admission by any Party hereto, for any liability whatsoever, to the other Party, except as may be otherwise expressly provided for in this Settlement Agreement.

 

Section 16.       Joint Participation in Drafting . Each Party to this Settlement Agreement has participated in the negotiation and drafting of this Settlement Agreement. As such, the language used herein shall be deemed to be the language chosen by the Parties hereto to express their mutual intent, and no rule of strict construction will be applied against any Party to this Settlement Agreement.

 

[Signature page to follow]

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , each of the undersigned has duly executed this Settlement Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

PRECISION OPTICS CORPORATION, INC.

 

22 East Broadway

Gardner, Massachusetts 01440-3338

Fax: (978) 630-1487

 

 

By: /s/ Joseph N. Forkey

 

Name: Joseph N. Forkey

Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

With a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):

 

Amy Trombly, Esq.

Trombly Business Law, P.C.

1320 Centre Street, Suite 202

Newton, MA 02459

Fax: (617) 243-0066

 

 

JOEL PITLOR

 

 

/s/ Joel Pitlor

Joel Pitlor, an individual

[Address]

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

Form of Warrant to Purchase Shares of Common Stock

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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  Exhibit 10.3

 

SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT

 

THIS SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT (this “ Settlement Agreement ”) is made and entered into as of February 12, 2013 by and between Precision Optics Corporation, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation (the “ Company ”), on the one hand, and Arnold Schumsky, an individual (the “ Investor ”), on the other hand. The Company and the Investor may be referred to hereinafter individually as a “ Party ” and collectively, as the “ Parties .”

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS , on February 1, 2007, the Company entered into a purchase agreement with the Investor and other parties thereto (the “ 2007 Purchase Agreement ”), and contemporaneously with the execution of the 2007 Purchase Agreement, the Parties executed a registration rights agreement (the “ 2007 Registration Rights Agreement ”);

 

WHEREAS , on June 25, 2008, the Company entered into a purchase agreement with the Investor and other parties thereto (the “ 2008 Purchase Agreement ”), and contemporaneously with the execution of the 2008 Purchase Agreement, the Parties executed a registration rights agreement (the “ 2008 Registration Rights Agreement ”);

 

WHEREAS , pursuant to the terms of the 2007 Registration Rights Agreement and the 2008 Registration Rights Agreement (the “ Prior Registration Rights Agreements ”), the Company agreed to use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain the effectiveness of a registration statement or registration statements to cover the resale of securities sold in the 2007 Purchase Agreement and the 2008 Purchase Agreement;

 

WHEREAS , the Parties acknowledge that the Investor may have a potential basis for claims of damages calculated pursuant to the terms of the respective Prior Registration Rights Agreements;

 

WHEREAS , the Investor has agreed that, he will accept an aggregate of (i) 10,000 shares (the “ Shares ”) of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “ Common Stock ”), and warrants in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “ Warrants ”) to purchase an aggregate of 10,000 shares of Common Stock (the “ Warrant Shares ” and, together with the Shares, and the Warrants, the “ Securities ”) in payment in full of the amounts due under the Prior Registration Rights Agreements (the “ Settlement Consideration ”);

 

NOW THEREFORE , for good and valuable consideration, for the purpose of settling potential claims without litigation, and without admission of any fault or liability on the part of any Party whatsoever, the Parties hereby agree as follows:

 

Section 1.        Definitions .

 

In addition to those terms defined above and elsewhere in this Settlement Agreement, for the purposes of this Settlement Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

 

Business Day ” means a day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, on which banks in New York City are open for the general transaction of business.

 

Person ” means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust, business trust, association, joint stock company, joint venture, sole proprietorship, unincorporated organization, governmental authority or any other form of entity not specifically listed herein.

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Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any successor statute, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

Transaction Documents ” means this Agreement and the Warrants.

 

Section 2.        Issuance of Shares and Warrants in Settlement . Within three (3) Business Days of the execution and delivery of this Settlement Agreement, the Company shall issue the Shares and Warrants to the Investor as payment in full of the Settlement Consideration owed to such Investor.

 

Section 3.        Reliance on Independent Legal Advice . Each Party represents and warrants to the other Party that:

 

(a) It has received advice from his or its own respective, independent legal counsel prior to its execution of this Settlement Agreement;

 

(b) The legal nature and effect of this Settlement Agreement has been explained to it by its respective counsel;

 

(c) It fully understands the terms and provisions of this Settlement Agreement and the nature and effect thereof;

 

(d) It is relying solely on the advice of its own legal counsel in executing this Settlement Agreement; and

 

(e) It has carefully read this Settlement Agreement, knows the contents thereof, and is executing the same freely and voluntarily.

 

Section 4.        Representations and Warranties of the Company . The Company hereby represents and warrants to the Investor that:

 

(a) Due Organization . The Company is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The Company has the corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform this Settlement Agreement to which it is a party and to issue and deliver the Securities.

 

(b) Authorization, Validity and Enforceability . The Company has full power and authority and has taken all requisite action on the part of the Company, its officers, directors and stockholders necessary for (i) the authorization, execution and delivery of this Settlement Agreement, (ii) the authorization of the performance of all obligations of the Company hereunder or thereunder, and (iii) the authorization, issuance and delivery of the Securities. When delivered in accordance with the terms hereof, this Settlement Agreement will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability, relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general equitable principles.

 

(c) Issuance of the Securities . The Shares and the Warrants to purchase shares of the Company’s Common Stock, when issued pursuant to the Settlement Agreement, have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable and free of preemptive or similar rights, and have been issued in compliance with applicable securities laws, rules and regulations. The Warrant Shares have been duly and validly authorized and reserved for issuance, and, when issued upon the exercise of the Warrants in accordance with the terms of the Warrants and as described in the Transaction Documents, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and free of any preemptive or similar rights.
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(d) No Consents . The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Settlement Agreement and the issuance of the Securities requires no consent of, action by or in respect of, or filing with, any governmental body, agency, official or other third party, other than filings that have been made pursuant to applicable securities laws and post-sale filings pursuant to applicable state and federal securities laws which the Company undertakes to file within the applicable time periods.

 

(e) No Conflict . The execution, delivery and performance of this Settlement Agreement by the Company and the issuance of the Securities will not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default under (i) the Company’s Articles of Organization, as amended, or the Company’s Bylaws, both as in effect on the date hereof (true and complete copies of which have been filed on EDGAR), or (ii)(a) any statute, rule, regulation or order of any governmental agency or body or any court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company, any subsidiary of the Company or any of their respective assets or properties, or (b) any agreement or instrument to which the Company or any subsidiary of is a party or by which the Company or a subsidiary is bound or to which any of their respective assets or properties is subject.

 

(f) No General Solicitation . Neither the Company nor any Person acting on its behalf has conducted any general solicitation or general advertising (as those terms are used in the provisions of Regulation D, promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Commission ”) under the Securities Act) in connection with the issuance of the Securities.

 

(g) Neither the Company nor any of its affiliates, nor any Person acting on its or their behalf has, directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales of any Company security or solicited any offers to buy any security, under circumstances that would adversely affect reliance by the Company on Section 4(2) for the exemption from registration for the transactions contemplated hereby or would require registration of the Securities under the Securities Act.

 

(h) The issuance of the Securities to the Investor as contemplated hereby is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

 

Section 5.        Representations and Warranties of the Investor . The Investor represents and warrants to the Company that:

 

(a) Purchase for Own Account . Such Investor is acquiring the Securities for such Investor’s own account for investment purposes only and not with a present view towards the public sale or distribution thereof except for sales duly registered under the Securities Act. Such Investor is not a registered broker/dealer, nor is an affiliate of a registered broker/dealer and such Investor does not have any agreement or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any person regarding the sale or distribution of the Securities or any of the Company’s Common Stock, except this Settlement Agreement. Such Investor understands that it must bear the economic risk of this investment indefinitely, unless the Securities are registered pursuant to the Securities Act and any applicable state securities or blue sky laws or an exemption from such registration is available.
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(b) Accredited Investor Status . Such Investor is an “accredited investor" as that term is defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D, promulgated by the Commission under the Securities Act, and such Investor is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of its investment in the Securities and has the ability and capacity to protect its interests.

 

(c) Information Availability . Such Investor acknowledges that the Company has made available to Investor all documents and information that Investor has requested relating to an investment in the Securities, and Investor has had an opportunity to discuss this investment with representatives of the Company and ask questions of them.

 

(d) No General Solicitation . Such Investor confirms that he did not learn of the issuance of the Securities as a result of any general solicitation or general advertising.

 

(e) Reliance on Exemptions . Such Investor understands that the Securities are being issued to such Investor in reliance upon specific exemptions from the registration requirements of United States federal and state securities laws and that the Company is relying upon the truth and accuracy of, and such Investor’s compliance with, the representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgments and understandings of such Investor set forth herein in order to determine the availability of such exemptions and the eligibility of such Investor to acquire the Securities.

 

(f) Governmental Review . Such Investor understands that no United States federal or state agency or any other government or governmental agency has passed upon or made any recommendation or endorsement of the Securities.

 

(g) Transfer or Resale . Such Investor understands that (i) the sale or resale of the Securities has not been and is not being registered under the Securities Act or any state securities laws, and the Securities may not be transferred unless (A) the Investor shall have delivered to the Company an opinion of Company counsel (which opinion shall be in form, substance and scope customary for opinions of counsel in comparable transactions) to the effect that the Securities to be sold or transferred may be sold or transferred pursuant to an exemption from such registration; or (B) sold under and in compliance with Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act (or a successor rule) (“ Rule 144 ”).

 

(h) Authority to Enter into Settlement Agreement. Such Investor has all requisite legal and other power and authority to execute and deliver this Settlement Agreement and to carry out and perform his obligations under the terms of this Settlement Agreement. This Settlement Agreement constitutes a valid and legally binding obligation of such Investor enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject as to enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles.

 

(i) Residency . Such Investor is a resident of the state set forth under the name of Investor on his signature page to this Settlement Agreement.

 

(j) Restricted Securities . Such Investor understands that

 

a. the Securities are characterized as “restricted securities” under the U.S. federal securities laws inasmuch as they are being acquired from the Company in a transaction not involving a public offering and that under such laws and applicable regulations such securities may be resold without registration under the Securities Act only in certain limited circumstances.
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b. the Securities have not been registered under the Securities Act or any state securities laws and are being offered in reliance upon specific exemptions from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and state securities laws, and the Company is relying upon the truth and accuracy of, and Investor’s compliance with, the representations, warranties, covenants, agreements, acknowledgments and understandings of Investor contained in this Settlement Agreement in order to determine the availability of such exemptions and the eligibility of Investor to acquire the Securities;

 

c. the Securities must be held indefinitely unless a subsequent disposition thereof is registered under the Securities Act or is exempt from such registration;

 

d. the Securities will bear a legend substantially in the form set forth in Section 5(k) herein; and

 

e. the Company will make a notation on its transfer books to such effect.

 

(k) Legend . Such Investor understands that until such time as the Securities issued pursuant to this Settlement Agreement may have been registered under the Securities Act or otherwise may be sold by the Investor under Rule 144, certificates for the Securities may bear a restrictive legend in substantially the following form:

 

a. “The securities represented hereby have not 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, and, accordingly, may not be transferred unless (i) such securities have been registered for sale pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (ii) such securities may be sold pursuant to Rule 144, or (iii) the Company has received an opinion of Company counsel reasonably satisfactory to it that such transfer may lawfully be made without registration under the Securities Act of 1933 as amended.”

 

b. If required by the authorities of any state in connection with the issuance of sale of the Securities, the legend required by such state authority.

 

(l) No Registration Rights . Such Investor further understands that there are no registration rights associated with the Securities being acquired pursuant to this Settlement Agreement.

 

Section 6.        Fees and Expenses . Each Party shall pay the fees and expenses of its advisers, counsel, accountants and other experts, if any, and all other expenses incurred by such party incident to the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery and performance of this Settlement Agreement.

 

Section 7.        Entire Agreement . This Settlement Agreement contains the entire understanding and agreement between the Parties hereto with respect to the matters referred to herein and supersedes any and all prior and contemporaneous commitments, undertakings and agreements, whether written or oral. The Parties further acknowledge and agree that parol evidence shall not be required to interpret the intent of the Parties. No other representations, covenants, undertakings, or other prior or contemporary agreements, whether oral or written, respecting such matters, which are not specifically incorporated herein, shall be deemed in any way to exist or bind any of the Parties. The Parties acknowledge that each party has not executed this Settlement Agreement in reliance on any other promise, representation, or warranty.

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Section 8.        Notices . Any notice given by any Party under this Settlement Agreement shall in writing and shall be deemed effectively given as hereinafter described (i) if given by personal delivery, then such notice shall be deemed given upon such delivery, (ii) if given by facsimile, then such notice shall be deemed given upon receipt of confirmation of complete transmittal, (iii) if given by mail, then such notice shall be deemed given upon the earlier of (A) receipt of such notice by the recipient or (B) three (3) Business Days after such notice is deposited in first class mail, postage prepaid, (iv) if given by an internationally recognized overnight air courier, then such notice shall be deemed given one (1) Business Day after delivery to such carrier, and (v) if given by electronic mail, upon receipt.

 

Section 9.        Severability . In case any provision of this Settlement Agreement shall be declared invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Settlement Agreement shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

 

Section 10.       Waiver, Amendment, and Modification of Settlement Agreement . The Parties agree that no waiver, amendment, or modification of any of the terms and/or conditions of this Settlement Agreement shall be effective unless in writing and signed by all Parties affected by the waiver, amendment, or modification. No waiver of any term, condition or default of any term of this Settlement Agreement shall be construed as a waiver of any other term, condition or default.

 

Section 11.       Counterparts; Facsimile and Electronic Signatures . This Settlement Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, and each such counterpart hereof shall be deemed to be an original instrument, but all such counterparts together shall constitute but one agreement. Counterpart signatures to this Settlement Agreement delivered by facsimile or other electronic transmission shall be acceptable and binding.

 

Section 12.       Headings . The section and paragraph headings contained in this Settlement Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Settlement Agreement.

 

Section 13.        Governing Law . This Settlement Agreement and its terms shall be governed by and construed under Massachusetts law.

 

Section 14.       No Admissions By Parties . Nothing contained in this Settlement Agreement is intended to, or shall be deemed or construed to, be an admission by any Party hereto, for any liability whatsoever, to the other Party, except as may be otherwise expressly provided for in this Settlement Agreement.

 

Section 15.       Joint Participation in Drafting . Each Party to this Settlement Agreement has participated in the negotiation and drafting of this Settlement Agreement. As such, the language used herein shall be deemed to be the language chosen by the Parties hereto to express their mutual intent, and no rule of strict construction will be applied against any Party to this Settlement Agreement.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , each of the undersigned has duly executed this Settlement Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

PRECISION OPTICS CORPORATION, INC.

 

22 East Broadway

Gardner, Massachusetts 01440-3338

Fax:   (978) 630-1487

 

 

By:  /s/ Joseph N. Forkey

 

Name:  Joseph N. Forkey

Title:  Chief Executive Officer

 

With a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):

 

Amy Trombly, Esq.

Trombly Business Law, P.C.

1320 Centre Street, Suite 202

Newton, MA 02459

Fax: (617) 243-0066

 

 

ARNOLD SCHUMSKY

 

 

/s/ Arnold Schumsky

Arnold Schumsky, an individual

[Address]

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EXHIBIT A

 

Form of Warrant to Purchase Shares of Common Stock

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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