-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, D6XViZ7fIbRWJ+RHYs863iWCwaXuDq4+BvUCvt4+U02O5RKMWhxKvMie/QnkPsY9 YobvvXojiWu/71DvShGdTg== 0001104659-07-043089.txt : 20070525 0001104659-07-043089.hdr.sgml : 20070525 20070525160702 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-07-043089 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: S-3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 5 FILED AS OF DATE: 20070525 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20070525 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: IBIS TECHNOLOGY CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000855182 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SEMICONDUCTORS & RELATED DEVICES [3674] IRS NUMBER: 042987600 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-143288 FILM NUMBER: 07880819 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 32 CHERRY HILL DR CITY: DANVERS STATE: MA ZIP: 01923 BUSINESS PHONE: 9787774247 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 32 CHERRY HILL DR CITY: DANVERS STATE: MA ZIP: 01923 S-3 1 a07-15302_1s3.htm S-3

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 25, 2007

Registration No. 333-           

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


FORM S-3

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933


IBIS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Massachusetts

 

04-2987600

(State or other Jurisdiction

 

(I.R.S. Employer

of Incorporation or Organization)

 

Identification Number)

 

32 Cherry Hill Drive

Danvers, Massachusetts  01923

(978) 777-4247

(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices)

Charles M. McKenna, Ph.D

President and Chief Executive Officer

Ibis Technology Corporation

32 Cherry Hill Drive

Danvers, MA 01923

(978) 777-4247

(Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)

Copy to:

Lawrence H. Gennari, Esq.

Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP

Two International Place

Boston, Massachusetts 02110

(617) 248-5000


Approximate Date of Commencement of Proposed Sale to the Public: From time to time after this registration statement becomes effective.

If the only securities being registered on this form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box. o

If any of the securities being registered on this form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box. x

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. o

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. o

If this Form is a registration statement pursuant to General Instruction I.D. or a post-effective amendment thereto that shall become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the following box. o

If this Form is post-effective amendment to a registration statement filed pursuant to General Instruction I.D filed to register additional securities or additional classes of securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box. o

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

Title of Shares
to be Registered

 

Amount to be
Registered(1)

 

Proposed Maximum
Offering Price Per
Share(2)

 

Proposed Maximum
Aggregate Offering
Price(2)

 

Amount of Registration
Fee(3)

 

 Common Stock, $.008 par value per share

 

3,567,343

 

$

1.40

 

$

4,994,280.20

 

$

153.52

 

 

(1)                                  Includes up to 1,588,966 shares of the Company’s common stock issuable upon exercise of warrants issued to the selling securityholders on May 14, 2007.  This registration statement also registers such additional shares of the Company’s common stock as may become issuable as a result of stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.

(2)                                  Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

(3)                                  Pursuant to Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, the registration fee has been calculated based upon the average ($1.40) of the high ($1.43) and low ($1.37) prices per share of the Common Stock of Ibis Technology Corporation on May 24, 2007, as quoted on the Nasdaq Global Market.

The Registrant hereby amends this registration statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this registration statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or until the registration statement shall become effective on such date as the Securities and Exchange Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.

 




The information contained in this Prospectus is not complete and may be changed.  The selling securityholders may not sell these securities until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) is effective.  This Prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and it is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted.

Subject to Completion:  Dated May 25, 2007

IBIS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
Up to 3,567,343
Shares of
Common Stock
$.008 Par Value per Share

This Prospectus relates to the resale or other disposition, from time to time, of up to 3,567,343 shares of our common stock by the selling securityholders listed inside under “Selling Security Holders” or their transferees.

Our common stock is traded on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol “IBIS.”  On May 24, 2007, the last reported sale price for our common stock on the Nasdaq Global Market was $1.39 per share.

Investing in our common stock involves risks.  See “Risk Factors” beginning on page 3 for information that should be considered before investing.

THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION NOR HAS THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION PASSED UPON THE ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS.  ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.

The date of this Prospectus is May    , 2007.




TABLE OF CONTENTS

SUMMARY

 

3

RISK FACTORS

 

5

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

14

USE OF PROCEEDS

 

14

DETERMINATION OF OFFERING PRICE

 

 

DILUTION

 

 

SELLING SECURITY HOLDERS

 

14

PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

 

17

LEGAL MATTERS

 

18

EXPERTS

 

18

MATERIAL CHANGES

 

 

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

 

19

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

 

19

 

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You should rely only on the information we have provided or incorporated by reference in this Prospectus. Neither we nor the selling securityholders have authorized anyone to provide you with additional or different information. The selling securityholders are not making an offer of these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer is not permitted. You should assume that the information in this Prospectus is accurate only as of the date on the cover of this Prospectus and that any information we have incorporated by reference is accurate only as of the date of the document incorporated by reference. In this prospectus, unless otherwise indicated, “Ibis,” “we,” “us” or “our” refer to Ibis Technology, Inc. and its subsidiaries.

PROSPECTUS SUMMARY

This prospectus is part of a registration statement that we filed with the SEC utilizing a “shelf” registration process. Under this shelf process, the selling securityholders or their transferees may from time to time dispose of the shares of common stock covered hereby. This Prospectus provides you with a general description of the common stock covered hereby. The registration statement that contains this Prospectus and the exhibits to the registration statement contain additional information about us and the securities covered by this Prospectus. You should carefully read this Prospectus, including any documents incorporated herein by reference and the exhibits that are filed with the registration statement. For more information, see “Where You Can Find More Information.”

Ibis Technology Corporation

Ibis Technology Corporation (“Ibis”) develops, manufactures and markets SIMOX-SOI implantation equipment for the worldwide semiconductor industry. SIMOX, which stands for Separation by IMplantation of OXygen, is a form of silicon-on-insulator, or SOI, technology that creates an insulating oxide barrier below the top surface of a silicon wafer through implantation and annealing. Our proprietary oxygen implanters produce SIMOX-SOI wafers by implanting oxygen atoms just below the surface of a silicon wafer to create a very thin layer of silicon dioxide between the thin operating region of the transistor at the surface and the underlying silicon wafer itself. The buried layer of silicon dioxide acts as an insulator for the devices fabricated on the surface of the silicon wafer and reduces the electrical current leakage which otherwise slows integrated circuit performance, and/or increases the loss of power during circuit operation. The buried layer of silicon dioxide also helps to reduce the heat generated by the transistors. Through this process our customers can produce integrated circuits, which we believe, offer significant advantages over circuits constructed on conventional silicon wafers.

When Ibis began operations in 1988, much of our revenue was derived from research and development contracts and sales of wafers for military applications. Over the years, there was a shift in revenue to sales of SIMOX-SOI wafers for commercial applications and the nature of our business had evolved through stages where previously our revenue was at times primarily derived from selling wafers for evaluation purposes, and at other times it was primarily derived from equipment sales. This often occurs when developing and promoting a fundamental new technology, especially as it relates to the semiconductor industry embracing any change that affects fabrication operations. In mid-2004 we exited the wafer manufacturing business to concentrate our efforts on supplying equipment and process technology to our equipment customers, the major silicon manufacturers. We did this having advanced our primary goal of establishing SIMOX-SOI as a leading SOI technology with the potential to be the low cost, high volume offering. We now intend to work with the major wafer manufacturers to support the market acceptance of 300mm SIMOX technology through continuing process research and development in conjunction with our customers. We believe this effort will directly support the wafer manufacturers’ decision to purchase our equipment.

We were incorporated in Massachusetts in October 1987 and commenced operations in January 1988. Our executive offices are located at 32 Cherry Hill Drive, Danvers, Massachusetts 01923 and our telephone number is (978) 777-4247. Our web site is located at www.ibis.com. We make our periodic reports on Form 10-K, Form 10-Q and Form 8-K (and any amendments to those reports) available on our web site, free of charge, as soon as reasonably practicable after these reports are filed with or furnished to the SEC. We have not incorporated by reference into this document the

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information on our web site and you should not consider it to be a part of this document. Our web site address is included in the document as an inactive textual reference only. The public can also obtain access to such reports at the SEC’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, NE, Washington, DC 20549, by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 or by accessing the SEC’s website, which is www.sec.gov. Unless the context otherwise requires, the terms “Ibis”, “we”, “us”, and “our” refer to Ibis Technology Corporation.

The Offering

In December 2006, we engaged a placement agent to assist us in raising capital to provide sufficient cash resources to support current operations. On February 16, 2007, we entered into a Purchase Agreement pursuant to which we agreed to sell to certain of the selling securityholders 3,378,777 shares of our common stock and warrants to purchase 2,533,781 shares of our common stock in a private placement pursuant to Regulation D of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Act, in a two part financing, which we refer to as the February 2007 financing. The shares of common stock and warrants were issued in an arms-length transaction at fair market value as of the date we entered into the Purchase Agreement.  At the first closing on February 20, 2007, we issued 1,400,000 shares of our common stock and warrants to purchase 1,050,000 shares of our common stock. We registered the shares issued at the first closing, including shares issuable upon exercise of warrants, for resale or other distribution by the selling securityholders named therein on Form S-3 (Reg. No. 333-142115). The registration statement also covered for resale or other distribution shares underlying warrants to purchase 74,434 shares of common stock issued to the placement agent and its designees in connection with the first closing. On May 14, 2007, following the receipt of stockholder approval, we issued 1,978,377 shares of our common stock and warrants to purchase 1,483,781 shares of our common stock in the second closing. We also issued warrants to purchase 105,185 shares of our common stock to the placement agent and its designees. By means of this Prospectus, we are registering for resale or other disposition by the selling securityholders named herein or their transferees the shares issued or issuable, including shares issuable upon exercise of warrants, in the second closing.

To the best of our knowledge, as of the date of the second closing, none of the selling securityholders had any agreement or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute the securities being registered herein for resale.

As of May 24, 2007, there were approximately 14,293,858 shares of our common stock outstanding.

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RISK FACTORS

Investing in our common stock involves a significant amount of risk. You should carefully consider the following risk factors, in addition to the other information set forth in this prospectus and incorporated in this prospectus by reference to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31 2006 and our other filings with the SEC before deciding to purchase our common stock.

The Commercial Market for SIMOX-SOI Technology is Still Developing and May Never Fully Develop.

The sources of our revenue have shifted from primarily research and development contracts and sales of SIMOX-SOI wafers for commercial applications to sales and support of oxygen implantation equipment. We are aware of only a few commercial manufacturers that are using SIMOX-SOI wafers in low volume production for a limited number of products. The performance advantages of SIMOX-SOI wafers may never be realized commercially and a commercial market for SIMOX-SOI wafers may never fully develop which in turn would adversely affect the sales of our oxygen implanters. The failure of major semiconductor manufacturers and /or major silicon wafer manufacturers to adopt SIMOX-SOI technology would adversely affect, and may prevent, the adoption of this technology by others.

We Have Relied Heavily on Sales to One Customer. We Expect to Rely on Sales to a Limited Number of Customers Which May Cause Sales to Vary Significantly from Quarter to Quarter Causing Our Operating Results to Fluctuate.

As more completely set forth in our Annual Report on Form 10-K, as filed with the SEC on March 28, 2007, we have derived all of our sales of wafer manufacturing equipment from one customer over the last two years. Ibis expects that we will continue to rely on a relatively small number of customers as sources of revenue in the foreseeable future. The loss of one or more of these major customers and our failure to obtain other sources of offsetting revenue would have a material adverse impact on our business and hinder our ability to continue as a going concern. In addition, any downturn in these customers’ business or the industry in which these customers operate could result in a significant decrease in any sales of our implanters to these customers, which would have an adverse effect on our business.

We May Need Substantial Additional Capital to Continue Operations in the Future.

The Company’s management believes that it will have sufficient cash resources to support current operations until at least November 2008 with the receipt of the proceeds of approximately $2.2 million and $3.1 million from the first closing and second closing, respectively, of the Company’s sale of common stock and warrants in the February 2007 financing pursuant to the purchase agreement entered into on February 16, 2007 with Special Situations Funds. This expectation however, is based on the Company’s current operating plan and general sales outlook, each of which may change rapidly.

We intend to continue to invest in our research, development and manufacturing capabilities. Changes in technology or sales growth beyond currently established capabilities may require further investment. As a result, we may need to raise substantial additional capital in the future. We have previously financed our working capital requirements through:

·                  equity financings, including warrant and option exercises,

·                  equipment lines of credit,

·                  a working capital line of credit,

·                  a term loan,

·                  sale-leaseback arrangements,

·                  collaborative relationships,

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·                  wafer product and equipment sales, and

·                  government contracts.

There can be no assurance, however, that our actual needs will not exceed expectations or that we will be able to fund our operations on a long-term basis in the absence of other sources. There also can be no assurance that any additional required longer term financing will be available through additional bank borrowings, debt or equity offerings or otherwise, or that if such financing is available, that it will be available on terms acceptable to us. If future financing is not available or is not available on a timely basis or on acceptable terms, we may not be able to fund our future needs, which would seriously harm our business and results of operations and our ability to continue as a going concern. In addition, if we raise additional funds through the sale of equity or convertible debt securities, the value of our common stock outstanding may be diluted. We may also have to issue securities that have rights, preferences and privileges senior to our common stock.

The issuance of shares in connection with the February 2007 financing and the exercise of the related warrants will dilute the value of our shares of common stock and could cause the price of our shares of common stock to decline.

Prior to the February 2007 financing, there were 10,915,481 shares outstanding and there were 370,786 shares of common stock reserved for issuance under our equity incentive and stock purchase plans. In connection with the first closing of the two tranche financing, we issued 1,400,000 shares of common stock and warrants to purchase 1,124,434 shares of common stock, including warrants to purchase 74,434 shares of common stock issued to TN Capital Equities, Ltd., which served as placement agent, and its designees. At the second closing, we sold an additional 1,978,377 shares of common stock and warrants to purchase 1,588,966 shares of common stock, including 105,185 to the placement agent and its designees. As a result of the February 2007 financing, if all warrants issued were exercised, Special Situation Funds and its affiliates would beneficially own approximately 35.1% of our capital stock.

The exercise of the warrants issued in the February 2007 financing will result in dilution in the value of the shares of our outstanding common stock and the voting power represented thereby. In addition, the exercise price of the warrants may be lowered under the price adjustment provisions in the event of a “dilutive issuance,” that is, if we issue common stock at any time prior to their maturity at a per share price below such conversion or exercise price, either directly or in connection with the issuance of securities that are convertible into, or exercisable for, shares of our common stock. A reduction in the exercise price may result in the issuance of a significant number of additional shares upon the exercise of the warrants.

The warrants do not establish a “floor” that would limit reductions in such conversion price or exercise price. The downward adjustment of the exercise price of these warrants could result in further dilution in the value of the shares of our outstanding common stock and the voting power represented thereby.

No prediction can be made as to the effect, if any, that future sales of shares of our common stock, or the availability of shares for future sale, will have on the market price of our common stock prevailing from time to time. Sales of substantial amounts of shares of our common stock in the public market, or the perception that such sales could occur, may adversely affect the market price of our common stock and may make it more difficult for us to sell our equity securities in the future at a time and price which we deem appropriate.

To the extent the selling securityholders who have purchased our common shares and the holders of our warrants exercise such securities and then sell the shares of our common stock they receive upon exercise, our stock price may decrease due to the additional amount of shares available in the market. The subsequent sales of these shares could encourage short sales by our securityholders and others, which could place further downward pressure on our stock price. Moreover, holders of these warrants may hedge their positions in our common stock by shorting our common stock, which could further adversely affect our stock price.

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We Have Significant Losses and May Never Be Able to Sustain Profitability.

We experienced net losses of $10.9 million, $9.2 million and net income of $0.4 million in 2004, 2005 and 2006, respectively. As of March 31, 2007, we had an accumulated deficit of $83.1 million. Net losses may continue for the foreseeable future. Although we have had profitable quarterly operating results from time to time, we may not be able to achieve sustained profitability.

Revenue Recognition and Cash Payments from Customers Depend on a Manufacturing and Customer Qualification and Acceptance Process that is Complex, Lengthy and Costly.

In the semiconductor industry customers regularly require equipment manufacturers to qualify the equipment at the customer’s site. The time required to customer-qualify an implanter at a customer’s site is very difficult to predict because the qualification process for each of our implanters is complex, lengthy and costly and varies depending on the customer’s varying specifications. The manufacturing and qualification process for each implanter requires us to construct and the customer qualify the machine at our premises, disassemble the machine for transportation, and reassemble and re-qualify it at the customer’s premises. During this qualification period, we invest significant resources and dedicate substantial production and technical personnel to achieve acceptance of the implanter. A customer will not accept the implanter until it has successfully produced wafers to exact specifications at the customer’s premises. Even very small differences in the customer’s environment or initially imperceptible changes that may occur to the implanter during the transportation and reassembly of the implanter at the customer’s site can cause a large percentage of wafers produced by the implanter to be rejected, which would delay the acceptance of the implanter by the customer. Historically, we have experienced delays in achieving customer acceptance. Delays or difficulties in our manufacturing and qualification process could increase manufacturing and warranty costs and adversely affect our relationships with our customers. In addition, because we do not recognize revenue on the sale of an implanter until it is delivered and qualified by the customer, any delay in qualification would result in a delay in our ability to recognize revenue from the sale and receipt of final payment. Historically it has taken approximately nine to eighteen months from our receipt of our order to build, ship and obtain customer acceptance of our implanters.

We Expect Our Quarterly Revenue and Operating Results to Fluctuate Significantly.

We anticipate that our revenue and operating results are likely to vary significantly from quarter to quarter in the foreseeable future, and it is likely that in future quarters our operating results may from time to time be below the expectations of public market analysts or investors. Our stock price has been volatile and if we fail to meet expectations of public market analysts or investors, the price of our common stock would likely decrease. Further, customers may cancel or revise orders at any time prior to delivery. These ordering patterns most likely will result in significant quarterly fluctuations in our revenue and operating results, and accordingly in our share price. In addition, because we have only sold a limited number of implanters to date on an irregular basis, the recognition of revenue from the sale of even one implanter is likely to result in a significant increase in the revenue for that quarter. A number of other factors, many of which are discussed in more detail in other risk factors, may also cause variations in our results of operations and share price, including:

·                  lack of orders,

·                  cancellations of orders and shipment delays and rescheduling,

·                  new product introductions, which often result in a mismatching of research and development expenses and recognition of revenue, and

·                  economic conditions and capital spending in the semiconductor industry and in other industries in which our customers operate.

A high percentage of our expenses are essentially fixed in the short term. As a result, if we experience delays in generating and recognizing revenue, our quarterly operating results are likely to be seriously harmed. Due to this, as well as to the cyclicality of the semiconductor industry and other factors, we believe that quarter-to-quarter comparisons of our

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operating results will not be meaningful. You should not rely on our results for one quarter as any indication of our future performance.

Competitors and Competing Technologies May Render Some or All of Our Products or Future Products Noncompetitive or Obsolete Which Would Result in a Write-down for Impaired or Obsolete Assets.

The semiconductor industry is highly competitive and has been characterized by rapid and significant technological advances. A number of established semiconductor and materials manufacturers, including certain of our customers, have expended significant resources in developing improved wafer substrates. Our competitors or others, many of which have substantially greater financial, technical and other resources than we do, may succeed in developing technologies and products that are equal to or more effective than any which we are developing, which could render our technology obsolete or noncompetitive. In addition to competition from other manufacturers of SOI wafers, we face competition from manufacturers using bulk silicon and epitaxial wafer technology, and compound materials technology such as silicon-germanium, gallium-arsenide and indium phosphide and other engineered materials technology. Although we believe that SIMOX-SOI wafers offer integrated circuit performance advantages, semiconductor manufacturers may develop improvements to existing bulk silicon, epitaxial or strained silicon wafer technology, and competing compound materials or SOI technologies may be more successfully developed, which would eliminate or diminish the performance advantages of SIMOX-SOI wafers which in turn would diminish the demand for our oxygen implanters. Further, in addition to the SIMOX implanter other equipment must be purchased and implemented in order to complete the SIMOX wafer manufacturing process. This other equipment can involve substantial cost that can increase the overall cost of SIMOX-SOI wafers.

If semiconductor manufacturers fail to adopt SIMOX technology during the current or subsequent process cycle (such cycles typically last two to three years), widespread adoption of SIMOX technology may never materialize, our technology may become obsolete and we may be required to recognize an additional material impairment loss in the future.

In addition, although we are aware of no other company manufacturing oxygen implant equipment, other major semiconductor implant equipment manufacturers could develop a less expensive oxygen implanter with superior technology. Our ability to compete with other manufacturers of semiconductor implanters, manufacturers of competing SOI wafers, as well as with bulk silicon, epitaxial, strained silicon and compound materials wafer manufacturers, will depend on numerous factors within and outside our control, including:

·                  the success and timing of our product introductions and those of our competitors,

·                  product distribution,

·                  customer support,

·                  sufficiency of funding available to us, and

·                  the price, quality and performance of competing products and technologies.

We Must Continually Improve Existing Products, Design and Sell New Products and Manage the Costs of Research and Development in Order to Compete Effectively.

The semiconductor industry is characterized by rapid technological change, evolving industry standards and continuous improvements in products and required customer specifications. Due to the constant changes in our markets, our future success depends on our ability to improve our manufacturing processes, improve existing products and develop new products. For example, our oxygen implanters must remain competitive on the basis of cost of ownership, process performance and evolving customer needs. To remain competitive we must continually introduce oxygen implanters with higher capacity, better production yields and the ability to process larger wafer sizes.

The commercialization of new products involves, among other requirements, substantial expenditures in research and development, production and marketing. We may be unable to successfully design or manufacture these new products

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and may have difficulty penetrating new markets. Because it is generally not possible to predict the amount of time required and the costs involved in achieving certain research, development and engineering objectives, actual development costs may exceed budgeted amounts and estimated product development schedules may be extended. Our business may be materially and adversely affected if:

·                  we are unable to improve our existing products on a timely basis,

·                  our new products are not introduced on a timely basis,

·                  we incur budget overruns or delays in our research and development efforts, or

·                  our new products experience reliability or quality problems.

The Sales Cycle for Our Oxygen Implanter Equipment is Lengthy and Complex and We Have Only Received Limited Orders for Our Oxygen Implanter Equipment. Certain Third Party Licensing Agreements May Cause Significant Delays.

Our customers expend significant efforts in evaluating and qualifying our implanters before they place orders with us. Since we began selling implanters in 1996, we have only sold a total of eight Ibis 1000 oxygen implanters at an average sale price of approximately $4.0 million each and four i2000 oxygen implanters at a selling price between $6.0 and $8.0 million. The sales cycle typically goes from equipment demonstration, equipment specification negotiations, formal quotation, contract negotiations and receipt of order and could take up to one year or longer. In addition, our potential equipment customers that would like to use the MLD process, owned by IBM, to manufacture SIMOX-SOI wafers using our implanters would be required to license this technology directly from IBM. We believe two silicon wafer manufacturers have already licensed this technology from IBM and others have developed their own SIMOX processes. Our potential equipment customers may wish to secure this license prior to giving us an order for equipment and these negotiations between IBM and our customer are beyond our control and no assurances are given that our customers and IBM would come to terms acceptable to both parties in a timely manner, or at all. These MLD process license issues may affect the timing of placement of customer orders in the future if customers plan to license this technology. We do not expect to sell more than a limited number of implanters in the near future. The sale of one implanter would generally represent a substantial portion of our annual revenue. Accordingly, the delay in the receipt of orders, manufacture or delivery of even one unit or the modification, change or cancellation of any such order would have a material adverse effect on our quarterly and annual results of operations.

Our Implanters and Associated Technology are Subject to Export Regulations, Which Could Prevent or Delay the Sale of Such Products in Foreign Countries.

Certain technologies associated with our implanters are subject to export regulations administered by the U.S. Department of Commerce. Accordingly, we may be required to secure U.S. export licenses with respect to sales of implanters or transfers of technologies to end users in certain foreign countries. This requirement could result in significant delays in, or the prevention of, sales of implanters or transfers of technology or other such technical data to customers in certain foreign countries. For example, the sale of an Ibis 1000 implanter and the corresponding transfer of technology to Simgui required an export license which took approximately one year to secure. There can be no assurance that if necessary, we will be able to secure such licenses in the future in a timely manner, or at all.

The Loss of Key Members of Our Scientific and Management Staff Could Delay and May Prevent the Achievement of Our Research, Development and Business Objectives.

Our Executive Chairman, Martin J. Reid, our Chief Executive Officer and President, Charles McKenna and other current officers and key members of our scientific staff are responsible for areas such as product development and improvements, and process improvements research, which are important to our specialized scientific business. The loss of, and failure to promptly replace, any member of this group could significantly delay and may prevent the achievement of our research, development and business objectives. While we have entered into an employment agreement with our Executive Chairman, under certain circumstances he may be able to terminate his employment with us. Furthermore,

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although our employees are subject to certain confidentiality and non-competition obligations, our key personnel may terminate their employment at any time and may become employed by a competitor. The current composition of Ibis management and of its board of directors is subject to change and should not be unduly relied upon.

Changes in Accounting Standards Regarding Stock Option Plans Could Limit the Desirability of Granting Stock Options, Which Could Harm Our Ability to Attract and Retain Employees, and Have Also Negatively Impacted Our Results of Operations.

On December 2004, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued FASB Statement No. 123R, Share Based Payment, which requires all companies to treat the fair value of stock options granted to employees as an expense. As a result of this standard, effective for periods beginning after January 1, 2006, we and other companies are required to record a compensation expense equal to the fair value of each stock option granted. This amounted to an expense of $0.4 million in the fiscal year ending December 31, 2006. FAS123 (R) requirements reduce the attractiveness of granting stock options because of the additional expense associated with these grants, which have impacted and will continue to negatively impact our results of operations. Nevertheless, stock options are an important employee recruitment and retention tool, and we may not be able to attract and retain key personnel if we reduce the scope of our employee stock option program. In addition, this accounting standard could negatively impact our ability to use stock options as an employee recruitment and retention tool in the future.

We May Not Be Able to Successfully Produce Our Products on a Large-Scale.

We have limited manufacturing experience and have only manufactured limited quantities of oxygen implanters. To be successful, our products must be manufactured in commercial quantities, at acceptable costs. We may not be able to make the transition to high volume commercial production successfully. Future production in commercial quantities may create technical and financial challenges for us. Any difficulty or delay in constructing additional implanters, if needed, could have a material adverse effect on our business.

Our Latest Products Have Not Been Used in Large-Scale Long-Term Production and Consequently They May Not Be Able to Perform at the Availability Levels Expected for Continuous (7 Days per Week / 24 Hours per Day) Operation. (and May Be Subject to Unknown and Undetected Hardware or Software Failures).

Semiconductor equipment is subject to stringent mean time between failure (MBTF) and similar quality and reliability requirements. Although our equipment has previously been used in our own production environment for manufacturing SIMOX SOI wafers, and has been used in limited manufacturing runs in our customers sites, as our equipment is exposed to long-term extended production processing on an automated basis, previously unknown and undetected hardware or software failures or combinations thereof may occur. Such failures could adversely affect our relationship with our customers.

We May Not Be Able to Use All of Our Existing or Future Manufacturing Capacity at a Profitable Level.

At times we may have the capacity to produce more oxygen implantation machines than we have orders for at such times. During such idle time we would continue to be responsible for the fixed costs of our facility and maintaining personnel, which could have a material adverse effect on our business.

We May Not Successfully Form or Maintain Desirable Strategic Alliances.

We believe we will need to form or maintain alliances with strategic partners for the manufacturing, marketing and distribution of our products. We may enter into these strategic alliances to satisfy customer demand and to address possible customer concerns regarding our being a sole source supplier. The limited number of reliable sources of supply other than Ibis may adversely affect or delay the integration of SIMOX-SOI wafers in mainstream commercial applications. We may not be successful in maintaining alliances or in forming and maintaining other alliances, including

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satisfying our contractual obligations with our strategic partners, and our partners may not devote adequate resources to manufacture, market and distribute these products successfully or may attempt to compete with us.

We May Have Difficulty Obtaining the Materials and Components Needed to Produce Our Products, and At Least One Major Component Has Only One Source.

Ibis manufactures its oxygen implanters from standard components and from components manufactured in-house or by other vendors according to our design specifications. Most raw materials and components not produced by us are available from more than one supplier. However, certain raw materials, components and subassemblies are obtained from a limited group of suppliers and at least one major component has a sole source. If we are unable to obtain such materials and components on a timely basis and on acceptable terms, if at all, our ability to complete orders could be significantly delayed and our business and results from operations could be materially and adversely affected. Semiconductor equipment is a growth industry and is very cyclical in nature, so if our suppliers experience an increase in demand from other semiconductor equipment manufacturers with much higher volumes than us, the lead-time and/or price for some of our components may increase. Although we have sought to reduce our dependence on these limited source suppliers and we have not experienced significant production delays due to unavailability or delay in procurement of component parts or raw materials to date, increased market demand for materials from, or disruption or termination of, certain of these sources could occur and such increased demand, disruptions, or termination could have a material adverse effect on our business and results of operations.

We May Not Be Able to Protect Our Patents and Proprietary Technology.

Our ability to compete effectively with other companies will depend, in part, on our ability to maintain the proprietary nature of our technology. Although we have been awarded or have filed applications for a number of patents in the U.S. and foreign countries, those patents may not provide meaningful protection, or pending patents may not be issued. Our competitors in both the U.S. and foreign countries, many of which have substantially greater resources and have made substantial investments in competing technologies, may have or may obtain patents that will prevent, limit or interfere with our ability to make and sell our products or infringe on our patents. The defense and prosecution of patent suits is both costly and time-consuming, even if the outcome is favorable to us. In addition, there is an inherent unpredictability regarding obtaining and enforcing patents. An adverse outcome in the defense of a patent suit could:

·                  subject us to significant liabilities to third parties,

·                  require disputed rights to be licensed from third parties, or

·                  require us to cease selling our products.

We also rely in large part on unpatented proprietary technology and others, including strategic partners, may independently develop the same or similar technology or otherwise obtain access to our proprietary technology. To protect our rights in these areas, we currently require all of our employees to enter into confidentiality agreements. However, these agreements may not provide meaningful protection for our trade secrets, know-how or other proprietary information in the event of any unauthorized use, misappropriation or disclosure of such trade secrets, know-how or other proprietary information.

Others may claim that our technology infringes on their proprietary rights. Any infringement claims, even if without merit, can be time consuming and expensive to defend and may divert management’s attention and resources. If successful, they could also require us to enter into costly royalty or licensing agreements. A successful claim of product infringement against us and our inability to license the infringed or similar technology could adversely affect our business.

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If We Do Not Comply With All Applicable Environmental Regulations, We May be Subject to Fines and Other Sanctions.

We are subject to a variety of federal, state and local environmental regulations related to the storage, treatment, discharge or disposal of chemicals used in our operations and to the exposure of our personnel to occupational hazards. Although we believe that we have all permits necessary to conduct our business, the failure to comply with present or future regulations could result in fines being imposed on us, suspension of production or a cessation of operations. Our future activities may result in our being subject to additional regulations. Such regulations could require us to acquire significant equipment or to incur other substantial expenses to comply with regulations. Our failure to control the use of, or to restrict adequately the discharge of, hazardous substances or properly control other occupational hazards could subject us to substantial financial liabilities.

Our Stock Price is Highly Volatile.

The market prices for securities of high tech companies have been volatile. This volatility has significantly affected the market prices for these securities for reasons frequently unrelated to the operating performance of the specific companies. These broad market fluctuations may adversely affect the market price of our common stock. The market price for our common stock has fluctuated significantly. Since January 1, 1999, our stock price has fluctuated from a high of $135.00 to a low of $1.14. It is likely that the market price of our stock will continue to fluctuate in the future. Events or factors that may have a significant impact on our business and on the market price of our common stock include the following:

·               quarterly fluctuations in operating results,

·               difficulty in forecasting future results,

·               announcements by us or our present or potential competitors,

·               technological innovations or new commercial products or services by us or our competitors,

·               the timing of receipt of orders and / or customer acceptance from major customers,

·               product mix,

·               product obsolescence,

·               shifts in customer demand,

·               our ability to manufacture and ship products on a cost-effective and timely basis,

·               market acceptance of new and enhanced versions of our implanters,

·               the evolving and unpredictable nature of the markets for the products incorporating SIMOX-SOI wafers,

·               the amount of research and development expenses associated with new or enhanced products or implanters

·               the cyclical nature of the semiconductor industry, and

·               general market conditions.

 

Concentrated Ownership of Shares Could Adversely Affect a Change in Control of the Company and the Price of Our Common Stock.

Our largest known shareholders are Special Situations Fund III QP, L.P. and affiliates (“SSF”), which include Austin W. Marxe and David M. Greenhouse, who as controlling persons of SSF are deemed beneficially owners of the shares held by SSF. As of May 14, 2007, SSF owned an aggregate of 3,378,377 shares, or approximately 23.6% of our common stock. SSF also may acquire an additional 2,533,781 shares upon exercise of warrants issued to SSF in the February 2007 financing. This concentration of beneficial ownership may have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a change in control of our company, or may directly or indirectly effect a change in control of our company. Moreover, the disposition by SSF of a substantial amount of its shares of our common stock in the open market could have an adverse impact on the market for our common stock.

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Future Issuances of Preferred Stock May Diminish the Rights of Our Common Stockholders.

Our board of directors has the authority to approve the issuance of up to 2.0 million shares of preferred stock and to determine the price, rights, privileges and other terms of these shares. The board of directors may exercise this authority without the approval of the stockholders. The rights of the holders of common stock may be adversely affected by the rights of the holders of any preferred stock that may be issued in the future.

Anti-takeover Provisions in Our Charter and Bylaws and Provisions of Massachusetts Law Could Make an Acquisition of the Business by a Third-Party Difficult.

Our restated articles of organization, as amended, and restated bylaws and the Massachusetts Business Corporation Law contain certain provisions that may make a third-party acquisition of us difficult, including:

·                  a classified board of directors, with three classes of directors each serving a staggered three-year term,

·                  the ability of the board of directors to issue preferred stock, and

·                  a 75% super-majority shareholder vote to amend certain provisions of our articles of organization and bylaws.

Limitations on Effectiveness of Controls.

The Company’s management, including the Chief Executive Officer and President and the Chief Financial Officer, does not expect that our internal controls will prevent all errors and intentional misrepresentations. A control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues, if any, within the Company have been detected. These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision-making can be faulty and that breakdowns can occur because of simple error or mistake. Additionally, controls can be circumvented by the individual acts of some persons, by collusion of two or more people, or by management override of the control. The design of any system of controls also is based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and no assurance can be given that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions; over time, controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. Because of the inherent limitations in a cost-effective control system, misstatements due to error or intentional conduct may occur and not be detected.

Evolving Regulation of Corporate Governance and Public Disclosure May Result in Additional Expenses and Continuing Uncertainty.

Changing laws, regulations and standards relating to corporate governance and public disclosure, including the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and related SEC regulations as well as the listing standards of the NASDAQ Stock Market, are creating uncertainty for public companies. We continually evaluate and monitor developments with respect to new and proposed rules and cannot predict or estimate the amount of the additional costs we may incur or the timing of such costs. These new or changed laws, regulations and standards are subject to varying interpretations, in many cases due to their lack of specificity, and as a result, their application in practice may evolve over time as new guidance is provided by regulatory and governing bodies. This could result in continuing uncertainty regarding compliance matters and higher costs necessitated by ongoing revisions to disclosure and governance practices. We are committed to maintaining high standards of corporate governance and public disclosure. As a result, we have invested resources to comply with evolving laws, regulations and standards. This investment may result in increased general and administrative expenses and a diversion of management time and attention from revenue-generating activities to compliance activities. If our efforts to comply with new or changed laws, regulations and standards differ from the activities intended by regulatory or governing bodies due to ambiguities related to practice, regulatory authorities may initiate legal proceedings against us and we may be harmed.

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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This Prospectus contains express or implied forward-looking statements within the meaning of the “safe harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that relate to future events or our future financial performance. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology, such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “could,” “expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “project,” “predict,” “intend,” “potential” or “continue” or the negative of such terms or other comparable terminology, although not all forward-looking statements contain such terms. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions about us. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements we make in this Prospectus are set forth under the caption “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this Prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference in this Prospectus. If one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or if any underlying assumptions prove incorrect, our actual results, performance or achievements may vary materially from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements attributable to us or persons acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirely by the cautionary statements in this paragraph. All information set forth in this Prospectus is as of the date of this Prospectus and Ibis undertakes no duty to update this information, unless required by law.

USE OF PROCEEDS

 The selling securityholders or their transferees will receive the proceeds from the sale or other disposition of the common stock covered by this Prospectus. We will not receive any proceeds from these dispositions. We will receive the proceeds from the cash exercise of warrants by the selling securityholders. Assuming all of the warrants registered herein are exercised for cash, we will receive gross proceeds of approximately $2.4 million. We intend to use any proceeds from the exercise of the warrants for general corporate purposes and working capital.

SELLING SECURITY HOLDERS

The shares of common stock covered by this Prospectus were issued pursuant to transactions exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. The shares are being registered to permit the public sale or other disposition of the shares, and the selling securityholders, including their transferees, pledgees, donees or their successors, may dispose of the shares or interests therein from time to time. See “Plan of Distribution.” In accordance with registration rights granted to the selling securityholders, we have filed with the SEC, under the Securities Act, a registration statement on Form S-3, of which this Prospectus forms a part, with respect to the disposition of the shares or interests therein from time to time and have agreed to prepare and file such amendments and supplements to the registration statement as may be necessary to keep such registration statement effective until the shares are no longer required to be registered for the sale or other disposition thereof by the selling securityholders.

The following table sets forth information as of May      , 2007 regarding the shares of common stock beneficially owned by each selling securityholder and the number of shares held by each selling securityholder that are covered by this Prospectus. The information is based on information provided by or on behalf of the selling securityholders. The selling securityholders may offer all, some or none of the common stock. Because the selling securityholders may offer all or some portion of the common stock, we cannot estimate the amount of the common stock that will be held by the selling securityholders upon termination of any of these sales. In addition, the selling securityholders identified below may have sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of all or a portion of their common stock since the date on which they provided the information regarding their common stock in transactions exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

Information concerning other selling securityholders will be set forth in Prospectus supplements or post-effective amendments to this Prospectus from time to time, if required. Information concerning the securityholders may change from time to time and any changed information will be set forth in Prospectus supplements or post-effective amendments to this Prospectus if and when necessary. Except as disclosed in the footnotes to the selling securityholder table, Ibis had

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no relationship with the selling securityholders prior to the issuance of the common stock in the first closing of the February 2007 financing

 

 

 

 

Percentage of

 

 

 

 

 

Percentage of

 

 

 

Shares of

 

Outstanding

 

 

 

 

 

Outstanding

 

 

 

Common Stock

 

Stock

 

Shares of Common

 

Total Shares of

 

Stock

 

 

 

Beneficially

 

Beneficially

 

Stock Offered for

 

Common Stock

 

Beneficially

 

 

 

Owned Prior to 

 

Owned Prior to

 

Resale under this

 

Beneficially Owned

 

Owned After

 

Selling Securityholder

 

Offering

 

Offering (1)

 

Prospectus

 

After Offering

 

Offering (1)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Special Situations Fund III QP, L.P. (2)

 

2,956,080

(3)

19.0

%

1,731,080

 

1,225,000

 

8.27

 

Special Situations Private Equity Fund, L.P. (2)

 

1,182,431

(4)

7.99

%

692,431

 

490,000

 

3.38

 

Special Situations Technology Fund, L.P. (2)

 

254,222

(5)

1.77

%

148,892

 

105,350

 

*

 

Special Situations Technology Fund II, L.P. (2)

 

1,519,415

(6)

10.17

%

889.775

 

629,650

 

4.32

 

TN Capital Equities, Ltd.

 

35,924

(7)

 

*

21,037

 

14,887

 

*

 

Courtney L. Clark

 

71,847

(8)

 

*

42,074

 

29,773

 

*

 

Alliance Financial, LLC

 

71,848

(9)

 

*

42,074

 

29,774

 

*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

 

6,091,767

 

35.82

%

3,567,343

 

2,529,434

 

16.37

 

 


* less than 1%

(1)           Based on Rule 13d-3(d)(i) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 using 14,293,858 shares of common stock outstanding on May 25, 2007. The number of shares of common stock outstanding used in calculating the percentage for each selling securityholder includes common stock underlying a warrant held by the selling securityholder, but excludes common stock underlying warrants held by any other selling securityholder.

(2)           MGP Advisors Limited (“MGP”) is the general partner of the Special Situations Fund III, QP, L.P. AWM Investment Company, Inc. (“AWM”) is the general partner of MGP and the investment adviser to the Special Situations Fund III, QP, L.P., the Special Situations Technology Fund, L.P., the Special Situations Technology Fund III, L.P. and the Special Situations Private Equity Fund, L.P. Austin W. Marxe and David M. Greenhouse are the principal owners of MGP and AWM. Through their control of MGP and AWM, Messrs. Marxe and Greenhouse share voting and investment control over the portfolio securities of each of the funds listed above.

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(3)           Includes 1,689,189 shares of common stock and 1,266,891 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of warrants exercisable within 60 days of the date hereof.

(4)           Includes 675,675 shares of common stock and 506,756 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of warrants exercisable within 60 days of the date hereof.

(5)           Includes 145,270 shares of common stock and 108,952 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of warrants exercisable within 60 days of the date hereof.

(6)           Includes 868,233 shares of common stock and 651,182 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of warrants exercisable within 60 days of the date hereof.

(7)           Includes 35,924 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of warrants exercisable within 60 days of the date hereof.

(8)           Includes 71,847 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of warrants exercisable within 60 days of the date hereof.

(9)           Includes 71,848 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of warrants exercisable within 60 days of the date hereof.

To the best of our knowledge, none of the selling securityholders (i) is in the business of underwriting securities or (ii) had any material relationship with Ibis or any of its affiliates within the three-year period ending on the date of this Prospectus.

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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; and

·                  a combination of any such methods of sale.

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 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.

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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 of 1933, 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.

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 pursuant to Rule 144(k) of the Securities Act.

LEGAL MATTERS

The validity of the issuance of the shares of our common stock offered hereby will be passed upon for us by Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP, Boston, Massachusetts.

EXPERTS

The financial statements and related financial statement schedule of Ibis Technology Corporation as of December 31, 2005 and 2006, and for each of the years in the three year period ended December 31, 2006, have been incorporated by reference herein in reliance upon the reports of KPMG LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, incorporated by reference herein, and upon the authority of said firm as experts in accounting and auditing. The audit report covering the December 31, 2006 financial statements refers to a change in accounting for share-based payments.

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WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

We are subject to the informational requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and in accordance with those requirements file reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. You may read and copy the reports, proxy statements and other information that we file with the Commission under the informational requirements of the Securities Exchange Act at the Commission’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. Please call 1-800-SEC-0330 for information about the Commission’s Public Reference Room. The Commission also maintains a Web site that contains reports, proxy and information statements and other information regarding registrants that file electronically with the Commission. The address of the Commission’s Web site is http://www.sec.gov. Our Web site is http://www.ibis.com. Information contained on our Web site is not a part of this Prospectus.

We have filed with the Commission a registration statement on Form S-3, including all amendments to the registration statement under the Securities Act with respect to the shares of our common stock offered under this Prospectus. This Prospectus does not contain all of the information set forth in the registration statement, certain parts of which are omitted in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Commission. For further information regarding Ibis and the shares offered under this Prospectus, please see the registration statement and the exhibits and schedules filed with the registration statement. Statements contained in this Prospectus regarding the contents of any agreement or other document filed as an exhibit to the registration statement are not necessarily complete, and in each instance please see the copy of the full agreement filed as an exhibit to the registration statement. We qualify each of these statements in all respects by the reference to the full agreement. The registration statement, including the exhibits and schedules to the registration statement, may be inspected at the Commission’s Public Reference Room at 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549 and copies of all or any part of the registration statement may be obtained from the Commission’s office upon payment of the prescribed fees.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

The Commission allows us to “incorporate by reference” the information we file with them, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to those documents. The following documents filed by us with the Commission are incorporated by reference in this Prospectus, except as superseded or modified by this Prospectus:

1.               Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006;

2.               Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2007;

3.               Our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on January 19, 2007, February 21, 2007 and April 10, 2007; and

4.               The description of our Common Stock contained in our Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No. 0-23668) filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.

All documents filed by us under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act after the date of this Prospectus and prior to the termination of the offering made under this Prospectus are incorporated by reference in this Prospectus and made a part of this Prospectus from the date we file the documents with the Commission. We are not incorporating any information furnished under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of any Current Report on Form 8-K. Any statement contained in this Prospectus or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Prospectus shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Prospectus to the extent that a statement contained in this Prospectus or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Prospectus modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Prospectus. We will provide without charge to each person, including any beneficial owner, to whom this Prospectus is delivered, upon the written or oral request of that

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person, a copy of any document incorporated in this Prospectus by reference other than exhibits unless those exhibits are specifically incorporated by reference into the documents. Requests for these copies should be directed to Ibis Technology Corporation, Attention: Chief Financial Officer, 32 Cherry Hill Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, telephone (978) 777-4247.

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You should rely only on the information contained in this Prospectus or information specifically incorporated by reference in this Prospectus. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with information that is different. Neither the delivery of this Prospectus, nor any sale made hereunder, shall create any implication that the information in this Prospectus is correct after the date hereof. This Prospectus is not an offer to or solicitation of any person in any jurisdiction in which such offer or solicitation is illegal.

 

3,567,343 Shares

of

Common Stock

of

IBIS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION

May 25, 2007

 

 

 

 

 

PROSPECTUS

 

 

 

 

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PART II

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

ITEM 14. Other expenses of issuance and distribution.

The expenses incurred by Ibis in connection with the issuance and distribution of the securities being registered are estimated as follows, subject to future contingencies:

 

Amount

 

 

 

 

 

SEC registration fee

 

$

153

 

Legal fees and expenses

 

$

20,000

 

Accounting fees and expenses

 

$

2,000

 

Miscellaneous

 

$

5,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

27,103

 

 

None of the above expenses will be paid by the selling securityholders.

ITEM 15. Indemnification of directors and officers.

The Company’s Restated Articles of Organization provide for indemnification of all persons permitted by the Massachusetts Business Corporation Act to the maximum extent permitted thereby. In addition, the Company’s Restated Articles of Organization limit the liability of directors to the maximum extent permitted by the Massachusetts Business Corporation Act. Massachusetts law permits a corporation’s articles of organization to provide that the directors of a Massachusetts corporation will not be personally liable to such corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of their fiduciary duties as directors, except for liability (i) for any breach of their duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders; (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law; (iii) for improper distributions under Section 6.40; or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derives an improper personal benefit.

Section 8.56 of the Massachusetts Business Corporation Act authorizes a corporation to indemnify an officer of the corporation who is a party to a proceeding because he is an officer of the corporation to the same extent as a director and, if he is an officer but not a director, to such further extent as may be provided by the articles of organization, bylaws, a resolution of the board of directors or contract except for liability arising out of acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of the law.

Article 6B of the Company’s Amended and Restated Articles of Organization provides as follows:

B. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY OF DIRECTORS

No director of the Corporation shall be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director notwithstanding any provision of law imposing such liability; provided, however, that this Article shall not eliminate or limit any liability of a director (i) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 61 or 62 of the Massachusetts Business Corporation Law, or (iv) with respect to any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.

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The provisions of this Article shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director of this Corporation for any act or omission occurring prior to the date on which this Article became effective, provided, however, that neither any provision of this Article nor the adoption of this Article shall affect the effectiveness of any predecessor provision of these Restated Articles of Organization pertaining to the elimination or limitation of the liability of a director of this Corporation for any act or omission occurring prior to the date on which this Article shall adversely affect the rights and protection afforded to a director of this Corporation under this Article for acts or omissions occurring prior to such amendment or repeal.

If the Massachusetts Business Corporation Law is subsequently amended to further eliminate or limit the personal liability of directors or to authorize corporate action to further eliminate or limit such liability, then the liability of the directors of this Corporation shall, without any further action of the Board of Directors or the stockholders of this Corporation, be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the Massachusetts Business Corporation Law as so amended.

The Company has obtained insurance which insures the officers and directors of the Company against certain losses and which insures the Company against certain of its obligations to indemnify such officers and directors.

ITEM 16. Exhibits.

Exhibit No.

 

Description of Exhibit

4.1

 

Article 4 of the Form of Restated Articles of Organization (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement filed on Form S-1, File No. 333-1174).

 

 

 

4.2

 

Form of Common Stock Certificate (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement filed on Form S-1, File No. 333-1174).

 

 

 

4.3

 

Purchase Agreement (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 16, 2007 and incorporated herein by reference).

 

 

 

4.4

 

Registration Rights Agreement (filed as Exhibit 4.2 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 16, 2007 and incorporated herein by reference).

 

 

 

4.5

 

Form of Warrant to Purchase Common Stock.*

 

 

 

4.6

 

Placement Agent Form of Warrant to Purchase Shares of Common Stock.*

 

 

 

5.1

 

Opinion of Choate Hall & Stewart, LLP.*

 

 

 

23.1

 

Consent of Choate Hall & Stewart, LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1).*

 

 

 

23.2

 

Consent of KPMG LLP.*

 

 

 

24.1

 

Power of Attorney (included on signature page).*

 


*  filed herewith.

Item 17.  Undertakings.

(a)                                  The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

(1)                                  To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

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(i)                                     To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;

(ii)                                  To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement;

(iii)                               To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;

(2)                                  That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(3)                                  To remove from registration by means of post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

(b)                                 The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(c)                                  Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3, and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Danvers, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on May 25, 2007.

Ibis Technology Corporation

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Charles M. McKenna, Ph.D.

 

 

Charles M. McKenna, Ph.D.

 

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Martin J. Reid, Charles M. McKenna and William J. Schmidt his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign this registration statement and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) hereto, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent or his substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

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Signatures

 

Title

 

Date

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Charles M. McKenna, Ph.D

 

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

May 25, 2007

 

 

Charles M. McKenna, Ph.D.

 

(principal executive officer)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ William J Schmidt

 

Chief Financial Officer,

 

May 25, 2007

 

 

William J. Schmidt

 

Treasurer, Clerk, (principal financial

 

 

 

 

 

 

and accounting officer)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Martin J. Reid

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Martin J. Reid

 

Executive Chairman

 

May 25, 2007

 

 

 

 

and Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Dimitri A. Antoniadis, Ph.D.

 

Director

 

May 25, 2007

 

 

Dimitri A. Antoniadis, Ph.D.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Robert L. Gable

 

Director

 

May 25, 2007

 

 

Robert L. Gable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Leslie B. Lewis

 

Director

 

May 25, 2007

 

 

Leslie B. Lewis

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Donald McGuinness

 

Director

 

May 25, 2007

 

 

Donald McGuinness

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Lamberto Raffaelli

 

Director

 

May 25, 2007

 

 

Lamberto Raffaelli

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Cosmo S. Trapani

 

Director

 

May 25, 2007

 

 

Cosmo S. Trapani

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT LIST

Exhibit No.

 

Description of Exhibit

4.1

 

Article 4 of the Form of Restated Articles of Organization (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement filed on Form S-1, File No. 333-1174)

 

 

 

4.2

 

Form of Common Stock Certificate (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement filed on Form S-1, File No. 333-1174)

 

 

 

4.3

 

Purchase Agreement (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 16, 2007 and incorporated herein by reference).

 

 

 

4.4

 

Registration Rights Agreement (filed as Exhibit 4.2 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 16, 2007 and incorporated herein by reference).

 

 

 

4.5

 

Form of Warrant to Purchase Common Stock.*

 

 

 

4.6

 

Placement Agent Form of Warrant to Purchase Shares of Common Stock.*

 

 

 

5.1

 

Opinion of Choate Hall & Stewart, LLP.*

 

 

 

23.1

 

Consent of Choate Hall & Stewart, LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1).*

 

 

 

23.2

 

Consent of KPMG LLP*

 

 

 

24.1

 

Power of Attorney (included on signature page).*

 


*  filed herewith.

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EX-4.5 2 a07-15302_1ex4d5.htm EX-4.5

Exhibit 4.5

THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY 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(K), 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 OR QUALIFICATION UNDER APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.

SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 10 HEREOF, THIS WARRANT SHALL BE VOID AFTER 5:00 P.M. EASTERN TIME ON MAY 14, 2012 (THE “EXPIRATION DATE”).

No. W-

IBIS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION

WARRANT TO PURCHASE _______ SHARES OF
COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $0.008 PER SHARE

For VALUE RECEIVED, _______________ (“Warrantholder”), is entitled to purchase, subject to the provisions of this Warrant, from Ibis Technology Corporation, 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 $0.008 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 Purchase Agreement, dated as of February 16, 2007 (the “Purchase Agreement”), among the Company and the initial holders of the Company Warrants (as defined below).  Capitalized terms used herein have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in the Purchase 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 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.

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 below 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 five (5) 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 Purchase Agreement are true and correct in all material respects with respect to the Warrantholder as of the time of such exercise.

Section 4.               Compliance with the Securities Act of 1933.   Except as provided in the Purchase 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

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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.

(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.

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(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.

(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

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trading day prior to the Valuation Date; (b) if the Common Stock is then quoted on the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. 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.

(f)            Except as provided in subsection (g) hereof, if and whenever the Company shall issue or sell, or is, in accordance with any of subsections (f)(l) through (f)(7) hereof, deemed to have issued or sold, any Additional Shares of Common Stock for no consideration or for a consideration per share less than the Warrant Price in effect immediately prior to the time of such issue or sale, then and in each such case (a “Trigger Issuance”) the then-existing Warrant Price, shall be reduced, as of the close of business on the effective date of the Trigger Issuance, to a price determined as follows:

Adjusted Warrant Price

 

=

 

(A x B) + D

 

 

 

 

A+C

 

where

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“A” equals the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding, including Additional Shares of Common Stock (as defined below) deemed to be issued hereunder, immediately preceding such Trigger Issuance;

“B” equals the Warrant Price in effect immediately preceding such Trigger Issuance;

“C” equals the number of Additional Shares of Common Stock issued or deemed issued hereunder as a result of the Trigger Issuance; and

“D” equals the aggregate consideration, if any, received or deemed to be received by the Company upon such Trigger Issuance;

provided, however, that in no event shall the Warrant Price after giving effect to such Trigger Issuance be greater than the Warrant Price in effect prior to such Trigger Issuance.

For purposes of this subsection (f), “Additional Shares of Common Stock” shall mean all shares of Common Stock issued by the Company or deemed to be issued pursuant to this subsection (f), other than Excluded Issuances (as defined in subsection (g) hereof).

For purposes of this subsection (f), the following subsections (f)(l) to (f)(8) shall also be applicable:

(f)(1)  Issuance of Rights or Options.  In case at any time the Company shall in any manner grant (directly and not by assumption in a merger or otherwise) any warrants or other rights to subscribe for or to purchase, or any options for the purchase of, Common Stock or any stock or security convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock (such warrants, rights or options being called “Options” and such convertible or exchangeable stock or securities being called “Convertible Securities”) whether or not such Options or the right to convert or exchange any such Convertible Securities are immediately exercisable, and the price per share for which Common Stock is issuable upon the exercise of such Options or upon the conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities (determined by dividing (i) the sum (which sum shall constitute the applicable consideration) of (x) the total amount, if any, received or receivable by the Company as consideration for the granting of such Options, plus (y) the aggregate amount of additional consideration payable to the Company upon the exercise of all such Options, plus (z), in the case of such Options which relate to Convertible Securities, the aggregate amount of additional consideration, if any, payable upon the issue or sale of such Convertible Securities and upon the conversion or exchange thereof, by (ii) the total maximum number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of such Options or upon the conversion or exchange of all such Convertible Securities issuable upon the exercise of such Options) shall be less than the Warrant Price in effect immediately prior to the time of the granting of such Options, then the total number of shares of Common Stock

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issuable upon the exercise of such Options or upon conversion or exchange of the total amount of such Convertible Securities issuable upon the exercise of such Options shall be deemed to have been issued for such price per share as of the date of granting of such Options or the issuance of such Convertible Securities and thereafter shall be deemed to be outstanding for purposes of adjusting the Warrant Price.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 8(f)(3), no adjustment of the Warrant Price shall be made upon the actual issue of such Common Stock or of such Convertible Securities upon exercise of such Options or upon the actual issue of such Common Stock upon conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities.

(f)(2)  Issuance of Convertible Securities.  In case the Company shall in any manner issue (directly and not by assumption in a merger or otherwise) or sell any Convertible Securities, whether or not the rights to exchange or convert any such Convertible Securities are immediately exercisable, and the price per share for which Common Stock is issuable upon such conversion or exchange (determined by dividing (i) the sum (which sum shall constitute the applicable consideration) of (x) the total amount received or receivable by the Company as consideration for the issue or sale of such Convertible Securities, plus (y) the aggregate amount of additional consideration, if any, payable to the Company upon the conversion or exchange thereof, by (ii) the total number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion or exchange of all such Convertible Securities) shall be less than the Warrant Price in effect immediately prior to the time of such issue or sale, then the total maximum number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion or exchange of all such Convertible Securities shall be deemed to have been issued for such price per share as of the date of the issue or sale of such Convertible Securities and thereafter shall be deemed to be outstanding for purposes of adjusting the Warrant Price, provided that (a) except as otherwise provided in subsection 8(f)(3), no adjustment of the Warrant Price shall be made upon the actual issuance of such Common Stock upon conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities and (b) no further adjustment of the Warrant Price shall be made by reason of the issue or sale of Convertible Securities upon exercise of any Options to purchase any such Convertible Securities for which adjustments of the Warrant Price have been made pursuant to the other provisions of subsection 8(f).

(f)(3) Change in Option Price or Conversion Rate.  Upon the happening of any of the following events, namely, if the purchase price provided for in any Option referred to in subsection 8(f)(l) hereof, the additional consideration, if any, payable upon the conversion or exchange of any Convertible Securities referred to in subsections 8(f)(l) or 8(f)(2), or the rate at which Convertible Securities referred to in subsections 8(f)(l) or 8(f)(2) are convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock shall change at any time (including, but not limited to, changes under or by reason of provisions designed to protect against dilution), the Warrant Price in effect at the time of such event shall forthwith be readjusted to the Warrant Price which would have been in effect at such time had such Options or

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Convertible Securities still outstanding provided for such changed purchase price, additional consideration or conversion rate, as the case may be, at the time initially granted, issued or sold.  On the termination of any Option for which any adjustment was made pursuant to this subsection 8(f) or any right to convert or exchange Convertible Securities for which any adjustment was made pursuant to this subsection 8(f) (including without limitation upon the redemption or purchase for consideration of such Convertible Securities by the Company), the Warrant Price then in effect hereunder shall forthwith be changed to the Warrant Price which would have been in effect at the time of such termination had such Option or Convertible Securities, to the extent outstanding immediately prior to such termination, never been issued.

(f)(4) Stock Dividends.  Subject to the provisions of this Section 8(f), in case the Company shall declare or pay a dividend or make any other distribution upon any stock of the Company (other than the Common Stock) payable in Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities, then any Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities, as the case may be, issuable in payment of such dividend or distribution shall be deemed to have been issued or sold without consideration.

(f)(5) Consideration for Stock.  In case any shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities shall be issued or sold for cash, the consideration received therefor shall be deemed to be the net amount received by the Company therefor, after deduction therefrom of any expenses incurred or any underwriting commissions or concessions paid or allowed by the Company in connection therewith.  In case any shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities shall be issued or sold for a consideration other than cash, the amount of the consideration other than cash received by the Company shall be deemed to be the fair value of such consideration as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company, after deduction of any expenses incurred or any underwriting commissions or concessions paid or allowed by the Company in connection therewith.  In case any Options shall be issued in connection with the issue and sale of other securities of the Company, together comprising one integral transaction in which no specific consideration is allocated to such Options by the parties thereto, such Options shall be deemed to have been issued for such consideration as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company.  If Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities shall be issued or sold by the Company and, in connection therewith, other Options or Convertible Securities (the “Additional Rights”) are issued, then the consideration received or deemed to be received by the Company shall be reduced by the fair market value of the Additional Rights (as determined using the Black-Scholes option pricing model or another method mutually agreed to by the Company and the Warrantholder).  The Board of Directors of the Company shall respond promptly, in writing, to an inquiry by the Warrantholder as to the fair market value of the Additional Rights.  In the event that the Board of Directors of the Company and the Warrantholder are unable to agree upon the fair market value of the

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Additional Rights, 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 evenly by the Company and the Warrantholder.

(f)(6) Record Date.  In case the Company shall take a record of the holders of its Common Stock for the purpose of entitling them (i) to receive a dividend or other distribution payable in Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities or (ii) to subscribe for or purchase Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities, then such record date shall be deemed to be the date of the issue or sale of the shares of Common Stock deemed to have been issued or sold upon the declaration of such dividend or the making of such other distribution or the date of the granting of such right of subscription or purchase, as the case may be.

(f)(7) Treasury Shares.  The number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at any given time shall not include shares owned or held by or for the account of the Company or any of its wholly-owned subsidiaries, and the disposition of any such shares (other than the cancellation or retirement thereof) shall be considered an issue or sale of Common Stock for the purpose of this subsection (f).

(f)(8) Nasdaq Limitation.  Notwithstanding any other provision in Section 8(f) to the contrary, if a reduction in the Warrant Price pursuant to Section 8(f) (other than as set forth in this clause (f)(8)) would require the Company to obtain stockholder approval of the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement pursuant to Nasdaq Marketplace Rule 4350(i) and such stockholder approval has not been obtained, (i) the Warrant Price shall be reduced to the maximum extent that would not require stockholder approval under such Rule, and (ii) the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain such stockholder approval as soon as reasonably practicable, including by calling a special meeting of stockholders to vote on such Warrant Price adjustment.  This provision shall not restrict the number of shares of Common Stock which a Warrantholder may receive or beneficially own in order to determine the amount of securities or other consideration that such Holder may receive in the event of a transaction contemplated by Section 8 of this Warrant.

(g)           Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company shall not be required to make any adjustment of the Warrant Price in the case of the issuance of (A) capital stock, Options or Convertible Securities issued to directors, officers, employees or consultants of the Company in connection with their service as directors of the Company, their employment by the Company or their retention as consultants by the Company pursuant to an equity compensation or purchase program approved by the Board of Directors of the Company or the compensation committee of the Board of Directors of the Company, (B) shares of Common Stock issued upon the conversion or exercise of Options or Convertible Securities issued prior to the date hereof, provided such securities are not amended after the date hereof to increase the

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number of shares of Common Stock issuable thereunder or to lower the exercise or conversion price thereof, (C) securities issued pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and securities issued upon the exercise or conversion of those securities, and (D) shares of Common Stock issued or issuable by reason of a dividend, stock split or other distribution on shares of Common Stock (but only to the extent that such a dividend, split or distribution results in an adjustment in the Warrant Price pursuant to the other provisions of this Warrant) (collectively, “Excluded Issuances”).

(h)           Upon any adjustment to the Warrant Price pursuant to Section 8(f) above, the number of Warrant Shares purchasable hereunder shall be adjusted by multiplying such number by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the Warrant Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment and the denominator of which shall be the Warrant Price in effect immediately thereafter.

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.             Extension of Expiration Date.   If the Company fails to cause any Registration Statement covering the Warrant Shares to be declared effective prior to the applicable dates set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement, or if any of the events specified in Section 2(c)(ii) of the Registration Rights Agreement occurs, and the Blackout Period (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) (whether alone, or in combination with any other Blackout Period) continues for more than 60 days in any 12 month period, or for more than a total of 90 days, then the Expiration Date of this Warrant shall be extended one day for each day beyond the 60-day or 90-day limits, as the case may be, that the Blackout Period continues.

Section 11.             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 12.             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 13.             Identity of Transfer Agent.   The Transfer Agent for the Common Stock is  Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Co.  Upon the appointment of any subsequent transfer agent

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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 14.             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 telex or 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 days after such notice is deposited in first class mail, postage prepaid, and (iv) if given by an internationally recognized overnight air courier, then such notice shall be deemed given one business day after delivery to such carrier.  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 days’ advance written notice to the other:

If to the Company:

Ibis Technology Corporation
32 Cherry Hill Drive
Danvers, Massachusetts 01293
Attention:  William Schmidt
Fax:  (978) 777-6570

With a copy to:

Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP
Two International Place
100-150 Oliver Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02110
Attention:  Lawrence H. Gennari
Fax:  (617) 248-4000

Section 15.             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, and any subsequent Warrantholder may be entitled to such rights.

Section 16.             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 17.             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

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New York, without reference to the choice of law provisions thereof.  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.

Section 18.             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

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

Section 19.             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.

Section 20.             Amendment; Waiver.   This Warrant is one of a series of Warrants of like tenor issued by the Company pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and initially covering an aggregate of 1,483,781 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 (the “Majority Holders”); 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 21.             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 ______ day of May, 2007.

IBIS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION

By:___________________________

Name: William Schmidt

Title: Chief Financial Officer

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APPENDIX A
IBIS TECHN1OLOGY CORPORATION
WARRANT EXERCISE FORM

To Ibis Technology Corporation:

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

 

Signature:______________________________

the name of the Warrantholder as written

 

 

on the first page of the Warrant in every

 

______________________________

particular, without alteration or enlargement

 

Name (please print)

or any change whatever, unless the Warrant

 

 

has been assigned.

 

______________________________

 

 

______________________________

 

 

Address

 

 

______________________________

 

 

Federal Identification or

 

 

Social Security No.

 

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Assignee:

_______________________________

_______________________________

_______________________________

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APPENDIX B
IBIS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
NET ISSUE ELECTION NOTICE

To: Ibis Technology Corporation

Date:[_________________________]

The undersigned hereby elects under Section 18 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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EX-4.6 3 a07-15302_1ex4d6.htm EX-4.6

Exhibit 4.6

THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY 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(K), 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 OR QUALIFICATION UNDER APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.

SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 10 HEREOF, THIS WARRANT SHALL BE VOID AFTER 5:00 P.M. EASTERN TIME ON MAY 14, 2012 (THE “EXPIRATION DATE”).

No. W-

IBIS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION

WARRANT TO PURCHASE _______ SHARES OF
COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $0.008 PER SHARE

For VALUE RECEIVED, ______________ (“Warrantholder”), is entitled to purchase, subject to the provisions of this Warrant, from Ibis Technology Corporation, 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 $0.008 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 in connection with the Warrantholder’s services provided as the Company’s placement agent in connection with the Company entering into the Purchase Agreement, dated as of February 16, 2007 (the “Purchase Agreement”), among the Company and the Investors set forth on the signature pages affixed thereto.  Capitalized terms used herein have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in the Purchase 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 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.

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 below 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 five (5) 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 13 of this Warrant are true and correct in all material respects with respect to the Warrantholder as of the time of such exercise.

Section 4.               Compliance with the Securities Act of 1933. Except as provided in the Purchase 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

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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.

(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.

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(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.

(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 National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. OTC Bulletin Board (the “Bulletin Board”) or such

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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.

(f)            Except as provided in subsection (g) hereof, if and whenever the Company shall issue or sell, or is, in accordance with any of subsections (f)(l) through (f)(7) hereof, deemed to have issued or sold, any Additional Shares of Common Stock for no consideration or for a consideration per share less than the Warrant Price in effect immediately prior to the time of such issue or sale, then and in each such case (a “Trigger Issuance”) the then-existing Warrant Price, shall be reduced, as of the close of business on the effective date of the Trigger Issuance, to a price determined as follows:

Adjusted Warrant Price = (A x B) + D

A+C

where

“A” equals the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding, including Additional Shares of Common Stock (as defined below) deemed to be issued hereunder, immediately preceding such Trigger Issuance;

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“B” equals the Warrant Price in effect immediately preceding such Trigger Issuance;

“C” equals the number of Additional Shares of Common Stock issued or deemed issued hereunder as a result of the Trigger Issuance; and

“D” equals the aggregate consideration, if any, received or deemed to be received by the Company upon such Trigger Issuance;

provided, however, that in no event shall the Warrant Price after giving effect to such Trigger Issuance be greater than the Warrant Price in effect prior to such Trigger Issuance.

For purposes of this subsection (f), “Additional Shares of Common Stock” shall mean all shares of Common Stock issued by the Company or deemed to be issued pursuant to this subsection (f), other than Excluded Issuances (as defined in subsection (g) hereof).

For purposes of this subsection (f), the following subsections (f)(l) to (f)(8) shall also be applicable:

(f)(1)  Issuance of Rights or Options.  In case at any time the Company shall in any manner grant (directly and not by assumption in a merger or otherwise) any warrants or other rights to subscribe for or to purchase, or any options for the purchase of, Common Stock or any stock or security convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock (such warrants, rights or options being called “Options” and such convertible or exchangeable stock or securities being called “Convertible Securities”) whether or not such Options or the right to convert or exchange any such Convertible Securities are immediately exercisable, and the price per share for which Common Stock is issuable upon the exercise of such Options or upon the conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities (determined by dividing (i) the sum (which sum shall constitute the applicable consideration) of (x) the total amount, if any, received or receivable by the Company as consideration for the granting of such Options, plus (y) the aggregate amount of additional consideration payable to the Company upon the exercise of all such Options, plus (z), in the case of such Options which relate to Convertible Securities, the aggregate amount of additional consideration, if any, payable upon the issue or sale of such Convertible Securities and upon the conversion or exchange thereof, by (ii) the total maximum number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of such Options or upon the conversion or exchange of all such Convertible Securities issuable upon the exercise of such Options) shall be less than the Warrant Price in effect immediately prior to the time of the granting of such Options, then the total number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of such Options or upon conversion or exchange of the total amount of such Convertible Securities issuable upon the exercise of such Options shall be deemed to have been issued for such price per share as of the date of granting of such Options or the issuance of such Convertible Securities

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and thereafter shall be deemed to be outstanding for purposes of adjusting the Warrant Price.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 8(f)(3), no adjustment of the Warrant Price shall be made upon the actual issue of such Common Stock or of such Convertible Securities upon exercise of such Options or upon the actual issue of such Common Stock upon conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities.

(f)(2)  Issuance of Convertible Securities.  In case the Company shall in any manner issue (directly and not by assumption in a merger or otherwise) or sell any Convertible Securities, whether or not the rights to exchange or convert any such Convertible Securities are immediately exercisable, and the price per share for which Common Stock is issuable upon such conversion or exchange (determined by dividing (i) the sum (which sum shall constitute the applicable consideration) of (x) the total amount received or receivable by the Company as consideration for the issue or sale of such Convertible Securities, plus (y) the aggregate amount of additional consideration, if any, payable to the Company upon the conversion or exchange thereof, by (ii) the total number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion or exchange of all such Convertible Securities) shall be less than the Warrant Price in effect immediately prior to the time of such issue or sale, then the total maximum number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion or exchange of all such Convertible Securities shall be deemed to have been issued for such price per share as of the date of the issue or sale of such Convertible Securities and thereafter shall be deemed to be outstanding for purposes of adjusting the Warrant Price, provided that (a) except as otherwise provided in subsection 8(f)(3), no adjustment of the Warrant Price shall be made upon the actual issuance of such Common Stock upon conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities and (b) no further adjustment of the Warrant Price shall be made by reason of the issue or sale of Convertible Securities upon exercise of any Options to purchase any such Convertible Securities for which adjustments of the Warrant Price have been made pursuant to the other provisions of subsection 8(f).

(f)(3) Change in Option Price or Conversion Rate.  Upon the happening of any of the following events, namely, if the purchase price provided for in any Option referred to in subsection 8(f)(l) hereof, the additional consideration, if any, payable upon the conversion or exchange of any Convertible Securities referred to in subsections 8(f)(l) or 8(f)(2), or the rate at which Convertible Securities referred to in subsections 8(f)(l) or 8(f)(2) are convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock shall change at any time (including, but not limited to, changes under or by reason of provisions designed to protect against dilution), the Warrant Price in effect at the time of such event shall forthwith be readjusted to the Warrant Price which would have been in effect at such time had such Options or Convertible Securities still outstanding provided for such changed purchase price, additional consideration or conversion rate, as the case may be, at the time initially granted, issued or sold.  On the termination of any Option for which any adjustment was made pursuant to this subsection 8(f) or any right to convert or

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exchange Convertible Securities for which any adjustment was made pursuant to this subsection 8(f) (including without limitation upon the redemption or purchase for consideration of such Convertible Securities by the Company), the Warrant Price then in effect hereunder shall forthwith be changed to the Warrant Price which would have been in effect at the time of such termination had such Option or Convertible Securities, to the extent outstanding immediately prior to such termination, never been issued.

(f)(4) Stock Dividends.  Subject to the provisions of this Section 8(f), in case the Company shall declare or pay a dividend or make any other distribution upon any stock of the Company (other than the Common Stock) payable in Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities, then any Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities, as the case may be, issuable in payment of such dividend or distribution shall be deemed to have been issued or sold without consideration.

(f)(5) Consideration for Stock.  In case any shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities shall be issued or sold for cash, the consideration received therefor shall be deemed to be the net amount received by the Company therefor, after deduction therefrom of any expenses incurred or any underwriting commissions or concessions paid or allowed by the Company in connection therewith.  In case any shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities shall be issued or sold for a consideration other than cash, the amount of the consideration other than cash received by the Company shall be deemed to be the fair value of such consideration as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company, after deduction of any expenses incurred or any underwriting commissions or concessions paid or allowed by the Company in connection therewith.  In case any Options shall be issued in connection with the issue and sale of other securities of the Company, together comprising one integral transaction in which no specific consideration is allocated to such Options by the parties thereto, such Options shall be deemed to have been issued for such consideration as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company.  If Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities shall be issued or sold by the Company and, in connection therewith, other Options or Convertible Securities (the “Additional Rights”) are issued, then the consideration received or deemed to be received by the Company shall be reduced by the fair market value of the Additional Rights (as determined using the Black-Scholes option pricing model or another method mutually agreed to by the Company and the Warrantholder).  The Board of Directors of the Company shall respond promptly, in writing, to an inquiry by the Warrantholder as to the fair market value of the Additional Rights.  In the event that the Board of Directors of the Company and the Warrantholder are unable to agree upon the fair market value of the Additional Rights, 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 evenly by the Company and the Warrantholder.

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(f)(6) Record Date.  In case the Company shall take a record of the holders of its Common Stock for the purpose of entitling them (i) to receive a dividend or other distribution payable in Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities or (ii) to subscribe for or purchase Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities, then such record date shall be deemed to be the date of the issue or sale of the shares of Common Stock deemed to have been issued or sold upon the declaration of such dividend or the making of such other distribution or the date of the granting of such right of subscription or purchase, as the case may be.

(f)(7) Treasury Shares.  The number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at any given time shall not include shares owned or held by or for the account of the Company or any of its wholly-owned subsidiaries, and the disposition of any such shares (other than the cancellation or retirement thereof) shall be considered an issue or sale of Common Stock for the purpose of this subsection (f).

(f)(8) Nasdaq Limitation.  Notwithstanding any other provision in Section 8(f) to the contrary, if a reduction in the Warrant Price pursuant to Section 8(f) (other than as set forth in this clause (f)(8)) would require the Company to obtain stockholder approval of the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement pursuant to Nasdaq Marketplace Rule 4350(i) and such stockholder approval has not been obtained, (i) the Warrant Price shall be reduced to the maximum extent that would not require stockholder approval under such Rule, and (ii) the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain such stockholder approval as soon as reasonably practicable, including by calling a special meeting of stockholders to vote on such Warrant Price adjustment.  This provision shall not restrict the number of shares of Common Stock which a Warrantholder may receive or beneficially own in order to determine the amount of securities or other consideration that such Holder may receive in the event of a transaction contemplated by Section 8 of this Warrant.

(g)           Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company shall not be required to make any adjustment of the Warrant Price in the case of the issuance of (A) capital stock, Options or Convertible Securities issued to directors, officers, employees or consultants of the Company in connection with their service as directors of the Company, their employment by the Company or their retention as consultants by the Company pursuant to an equity compensation or purchase program approved by the Board of Directors of the Company or the compensation committee of the Board of Directors of the Company, (B) shares of Common Stock issued upon the conversion or exercise of Options or Convertible Securities issued prior to the date hereof, provided such securities are not amended after the date hereof to increase the number of shares of Common Stock issuable thereunder or to lower the exercise or conversion price thereof, (C) securities issued pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and securities issued upon the exercise or conversion of those securities, and (D) shares of Common Stock issued or issuable by reason of a dividend, stock split or other distribution on shares of Common Stock (but only to the extent that such a dividend, split or distribution results in an adjustment in the

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Warrant Price pursuant to the other provisions of this Warrant) (collectively, “Excluded Issuances”).

(h)           Upon any adjustment to the Warrant Price pursuant to Section 8(f) above, the number of Warrant Shares purchasable hereunder shall be adjusted by multiplying such number by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the Warrant Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment and the denominator of which shall be the Warrant Price in effect immediately thereafter.

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.             Extension of Expiration Date.  If the Company fails to cause any Registration Statement covering the Warrant Shares to be declared effective prior to the applicable dates set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement, or if any of the events specified in Section 2(c)(ii) of the Registration Rights Agreement occurs, and the Blackout Period (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) (whether alone, or in combination with any other Blackout Period) continues for more than 60 days in any 12 month period, or for more than a total of 90 days, then the Expiration Date of this Warrant shall be extended one day for each day beyond the 60-day or 90-day limits, as the case may be, that the Blackout Period continues.

Section 11.             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 12.             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 13.             Representations and Warranties of the Warrantholder.  By acceptance of this Warrant, the Warrantholder hereby represents and warrants that:

(a)           Purchase Entirely for Own Account.  This Warrant will be acquired for such Warrantholder’s own account, not as nominee or agent, and not with a view to the resale or distribution of any part thereof in violation of the 1933 Act, and such Warrantholder has no present intention of selling, granting any participation in, or otherwise distributing the same in violation of the 1933 Act without prejudice, however, to such Warrantholder’s right at all times

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to sell or otherwise dispose of all or any part of this Warrant in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws.  Nothing contained herein shall be deemed a representation or warranty by such Warrantholder to hold this Warrant for any period of time.

(b)           Investment Experience.  Such Warrantholder acknowledges that it can bear the economic risk and complete loss of its investment in the Warrant and has such knowledge and experience in financial or business matters that it is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the investment contemplated hereby.

(c)           Disclosure of Information.  Such Warrantholder has had an opportunity to receive all information related to the Company requested by it and to ask questions of and receive answers from the Company regarding the Company, its business and the terms and conditions of this Warrant.  Such Warrantholder acknowledges receipt of copies of the SEC Filings.

(d)           Accredited Investor.  The Warrantholder is an accredited investor as defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D, as amended, under the 1933 Act;

Section 14.             Identity of Transfer Agent.  The Transfer Agent for the Common Stock is  Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Co.  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 15.             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 telex or 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 days after such notice is deposited in first class mail, postage prepaid, and (iv) if given by an internationally recognized overnight air courier, then such notice shall be deemed given one business day after delivery to such carrier.  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 days’ advance written notice to the other:

If to the Company:

Ibis Technology Corporation
32 Cherry Hill Drive
Danvers, Massachusetts 01293
Attention:
Fax:

 

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With a copy to:

Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP
Two International Place
100-150 Oliver Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02110
Attention:  Lawrence H. Gennari
Fax:  (617) 248-4000

Section 16.             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 set forth on Exhibit A, and any subsequent Warrantholder may be entitled to such rights.

Section 17.             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 18.             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.  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.

Section 19.             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

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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 20.             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.

Section 21.             Amendment; Waiver.  This Warrant is one of a series of Warrants of like tenor issued by the Company to the Investors pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and initially covering an aggregate of 1,483,781 shares of Common Stock (collectively, the “Investor 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 Investor Warrants representing at least 50% of the number of shares of Common Stock then subject to all outstanding Investor Warrants (the “Majority Holders”); provided, that (x) any such amendment or waiver must apply to all Investor 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 22.             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 May, 2007.

IBIS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION

By:___________________________
Name:
Title:

AGREED AND ACCEPTED:

By:___________________________
Name:
Title:

 

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APPENDIX A
IBIS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
WARRANT EXERCISE FORM

To Ibis Technology Corporation:

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
                Signature:____________________________
the name of the Warrantholder as written
on the first page of the Warrant in every                                             ______________________________
particular, without alteration or enlargement                                       Name (please print)
or any change whatever, unless the Warrant
has been assigned.                                                                                 ______________________________

                                                                                                                ______________________________
                                     & #160;                                                                          Address

                                                                                                                ______________________________

                                                                                                                Federal Identification or
                                                                                                                Social Security No.




 

Assignee:

_______________________________

_______________________________

_______________________________

 




APPENDIX B
IBIS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
NET ISSUE ELECTION NOTICE

To: Ibis Technology Corporation

Date:[_________________________]

The undersigned hereby elects under Section 19 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




EXHIBIT A
REGISTRATION RIGHTS

A.           Piggyback Registration.  Not later than __________, 2007, the Company shall prepare and file with the Securities Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) one registration statement (the “Registration Statement”) on Form S-3 (or, if Form S-3 is not then available to the Company, on such form of registration statement as is then available to effect a registration for resale of the securities), covering the resale of certain securities issued to the Investors under the Purchase Agreement and the Warrant Shares associated with this Warrant (the “Registrable Securities”).

B.             Company Obligations.  The Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to effect the registration of the Registrable Securities, and the Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Registration Statement to become effective and to remain continuously effective for a period of five years from the date the Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC.

C.             Obligations of the Warrantholder.

(a)                The Warrantholder 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 the Registration Statement, the Company shall notify the Warrantholder of the information the Company requires from the Warrantholder if the Warrantholder elects to have any of the Registrable Securities included in the Registration Statement.  The Warrantholder shall provide such information to the Company at least two (2) Business Days prior to the first anticipated filing date of such Registration Statement if the Warrantholder elects to have any of the Registrable Securities included in the Registration Statement.

(b)               The Warrantholder, 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 the Warrantholder has notified the Company in writing of its election to exclude all of its Registrable Securities from such Registration Statement.

D.            Rule 415; Cutbacks.  If at any time the SEC takes the position that the offering of some or all of the Registrable Securities in a Registration Statement are not eligible to be made on a delayed or continuous basis under the provisions of Rule 415 under the 1933 Act, 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”).  Any cut-back imposed pursuant to this action shall be allocated first to the shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant or any other warrant held by this Warrantholder and then among the Investors on a pro rata basis and shall be allocated first to any Warrant Shares held by the Investor, unless the SEC Restrictions otherwise require.

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

F.              Rights Similar to Registration Rights Agreement.  Nothing herein shall require the Company to offer registration terms, conditions or provisions to the Warrantholder that convey a benefit or are more expansive than those provided to the Investors who are signatories to the Registration Rights Agreement.  In any event where the terms, conditions or provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement are amended or waived by the Investors so that the registration rights conveyed herein are greater or more expansive than those offered to the Investors in the Registration Rights Agreement, then provisions of this Exhibit A shall be amended and conformed so that the registration rights offered herein are consistent, as nearly as possible, with the Registration Rights Agreement.

 



EX-5.1 4 a07-15302_1ex5d1.htm EX-5.1

Exhibit 5.1

May 25, 2007

Ibis Technology Corporation

32 Cherry Hill Drive

Danvers, Massachusetts 01923

Re:          Securities Being Registered under Registration Statement on Form S-3

Ladies and Gentlemen:

This opinion letter is furnished to you in connection with your filing of a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (as amended or supplemented, the “Registration Statement”) pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), relating to the registration of up to 3,567,343 shares of common stock, $0.008 par value per share (the “Common Stock”), of Ibis Technology Corporation, a Massachusetts corporation (the “Company”), consisting of: (1) 1,978,377 shares (the “Shares”) of Common Stock issued pursuant to a Purchase Agreement, dated as of February 16, 2007 (the “Purchase Agreement”), by and among the Company and the investors (the “Investors”) named therein and (2) 1,588,966 shares (the “Warrant Shares) of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of warrants (the “Warrants”) issued by the Company to the Investors and to placement agents in connection with the Purchase Agreement.

We have reviewed such documents and made such examination of law as we have deemed appropriate to give the opinions expressed below.  We have relied, without independent verification, on certificates of public officials and, as to matters of fact material to the opinions set forth below, on certificates of officers of the Company.  We have assumed that the Shares and the Warrants were issued in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Agreement.

The opinion expressed below is limited to the federal laws of the United States of America and the internal laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (without giving effect to conflicts of laws principals).

Based on the foregoing, we are of the opinion that: (1) the Shares have been duly authorized and are validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and (2) the Warrant Shares have been duly authorized and when issued, delivered and paid for upon exercise of the Warrants and in accordance with the terms of the Warrants, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

We hereby consent to the inclusion of this opinion as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement and to the references to our firm under the caption “Legal Matters” in the Registration Statement.  In giving our consent, we do not admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations thereunder.

 

Very truly yours,

 

/s/ CHOATE, HALL & STEWART LLP

 

 

CHOATE, HALL & STEWART LLP

 



EX-23.2 5 a07-15302_1ex23d2.htm EX-23.2

Exhibit 23.2

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors

Ibis Technology Corporation:

We consent to the use of our reports dated March 26, 2007, with respect to the balance sheets of Ibis Technology Corporation as of December 31, 2005 and 2006, and the related statements of operations, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2006, and the related financial statement schedule, which reports appear in the December 31, 2006 annual report on form 10-K of Ibis Technology Corporation, incorporated herein by reference, and to the reference to our firm under the heading “Experts” in the prospectus.

As described in note 2(k) to the financial statements, the Company adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123 (revised 2004), Share-based Payment, effective January 1, 2006.

 

/s/ KPMG LLP

 

 

 

KPMG, LLP

 

Boston, Massachusetts

 

May 25, 2007

 



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