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Exhibit 4.1


MICROVISION, INC.

WARRANT

Warrant No. [  ]   Date of Original Issuance: October [  ], 2001

    Microvision, Inc., a Washington corporation (the "Company"), hereby certifies that, for value received, [name of Holder] or its registered assigns (the "Holder"), has the right to purchase from the Company up to a total of [  ](1) shares of common stock, no par value per share (the "Common Stock"), of the Company (each such share, a "Warrant Share" and all such shares, the "Warrant Shares") at an exercise price equal to $14.62 per share (as adjusted from time to time as provided in Section 9, the "Exercise Price"), at any time and from time to time from and after the date hereof and through and including October [  ], 2005 (the "Expiration Date"), and subject to the following terms and conditions.


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15% of the Shares issued to original Holder on the Closing Date under the Purchase Agreement.

    1.  Definitions.  For the purposes hereof, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

    "Trading Day" means (a) a day on which the shares of Common Stock are traded on the Nasdaq National Market or Nasdaq SmallCap Market, New York Stock Exchange or American Stock Exchange (each a "Subsequent Market") on which the shares of Common Stock are then listed or quoted, or (b) if the shares of Common Stock are not listed on a Subsequent Market, a day on which the shares of Common Stock are traded in the over-the-counter market, as reported by the OTC, or (c) if the shares of Common Stock are not quoted on the OTC, a day on which the shares of Common Stock are quoted in the over-the-counter market as reported by the National Quotation Bureau Incorporated (or any similar organization or agency succeeding its functions of reporting prices); provided, that in the event that the shares of Common Stock are not listed or quoted as set forth in (a), (b) and (c) hereof, then Trading Day shall mean a Business Day.

    "Business Day" means any day except Saturday, Sunday and any day which shall be a federal legal holiday in the United States or a day on which banking institutions in the State of New York or the State of Washington are authorized or required by law or other government action to close.

    "Person" means a corporation, an association, a partnership, organization, a business, an individual, a government or political subdivision thereof or a governmental agency.

    "Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

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

    3.  Registration of Transfers.  The Company shall register the transfer of any portion of this Warrant in the Warrant Register, upon surrender of this Warrant, with the Form of Assignment attached hereto duly completed and signed, to the Company at its address specified herein. Upon any such registration or transfer, a new warrant to purchase Common Stock, in substantially the form of this Warrant (any such new warrant, a "New Warrant"), evidencing the portion of this Warrant so transferred shall be issued to the transferee and a New Warrant evidencing the remaining portion of this Warrant not so transferred, if any, shall be issued to the transferring Holder. The delivery of the

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New Warrant by the Company to the transferee thereof shall be deemed to constitute acceptance by such transferee of all of the rights and obligations of a holder of a Warrant.

    4.  Exercise and Duration of Warrants.  This Warrant shall be exercisable by the registered Holder at any time and from time to time on or after the date hereof to and including the Expiration Date. At 6:30 p.m., New York City time on the Expiration Date, the portion of this Warrant not exercised prior thereto shall be and become void and of no value.

    5.  Delivery of Warrant Shares.  

    A "Date of Exercise" means the date on which the Holder shall have delivered to the Company (i) the Form of Election to Purchase attached hereto (with the Warrant Exercise Log attached to it), appropriately completed and duly signed and (ii) payment of the Exercise Price in accordance with Section 10 for the number of Warrant Shares so indicated by the Holder to be purchased.

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

    7.  Replacement of Warrant.  If this Warrant is mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall issue or cause to be issued in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation hereof, or in lieu of and substitution for this Warrant, a New Warrant, but only upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of such loss, theft or destruction and customary and reasonable indemnity, if requested. Applicants for a New Warrant under such circumstances shall also comply with such other reasonable regulations and procedures and pay such other reasonable third-party costs as the Company may prescribe.

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

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

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    10.  Payment of Exercise Price.  The Holder shall pay the Exercise Price by wire transfer of immediately available funds sent pursuant to the Company's wire transfer instructions. The Company shall provide wire transfer instructions to the Holder within one Trading Day of receipt of a written request therefor made in accordance with Section 14 hereof.

    11.  Limitation on Exercise.  (a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the number of shares of Common Stock that may be acquired by the Holder upon any exercise of this Warrant (or otherwise in respect hereof) shall be limited to the extent necessary to insure that, following such exercise (or other issuance), the total number of shares of Common Stock then beneficially owned by such Holder and its Affiliates under Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, does not exceed 4.999% of the total number of issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock (including for such purpose the shares of Common Stock issuable upon such exercise). For such purposes, beneficial ownership shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. Each delivery of an Exercise Notice hereunder will constitute a representation by the Holder that it has evaluated the limitation set forth in this paragraph and determined that issuance of the full number of Warrant Shares requested in such Exercise Notice is permitted under this paragraph. By written notice to the Company, the Holder may waive the provisions of this Section but (i) any such waiver or increase will not be effective until the 61st day after such notice is delivered to the Company, and (ii) any such waiver will apply only to the Holder and not to any other holder of Warrants.

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

    13.  Exchange Act Filings.  The Holder agrees and acknowledges that it shall have sole responsibility for making any applicable filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Sections 13 and 16 of the Exchange Act as a result of its acquisition of this Warrant and the Warrant Shares and any future retention or transfer thereof.

    14.  Notices.  Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries hereunder (including without limitation any Exercise Notice) shall be in writing and shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of (i) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number specified in this Section prior to 6:30 p.m. (New York City time) on a Trading Day, (ii) the next Trading Day after the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number specified in this Section on a day that is not a Trading Day or later than 6:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day, (iii) the Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent by nationally recognized overnight courier service, or (iv) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given. The addresses for such communications shall be: (i) if to the Company, to Microvision, Inc., 19910 North Creek Parkway, Facsimile No.: (425) 481-1625, Attn: Chief Financial Officer, or (ii) if to the Holder, to the address or facsimile number appearing on the Warrant Register or such other address or facsimile number as the Holder may provide to the Company in accordance with this Section.

    15.  Warrant Agent.  The Company shall serve as warrant agent under this Warrant. Upon 30 days' notice to the Holder, the Company may appoint a new warrant agent. Any corporation into which the Company or any new warrant agent may be merged or any corporation resulting from any consolidation to which the Company or any new warrant agent shall be a party or any corporation to which the Company or any new warrant agent transfers substantially all of its corporate trust or shareholders services business shall be a successor warrant agent under this Warrant without any further act. Any such successor warrant agent shall promptly cause notice of its succession as warrant agent to be mailed (by first class mail, postage prepaid) to the Holder at the Holder's last address as shown on the Warrant Register.

    16.  Miscellaneous.  

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

    MICROVISION, INC.

 

 

By:

 

  

    Name:     
    Title:     

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FORM OF ELECTION TO PURCHASE

To Microvision, Inc.:

    In accordance with the Warrant enclosed with this Form of Election to Purchase, the undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to purchase            shares of common stock ("Common Stock"), no par value per share, of Microvision, Inc. (the "Company") and has sent via wire transfer to the account the Company the amount of $      in immediately available funds, which sum represents the aggregate Exercise Price (as defined in the Warrant) for the number of shares of Common Stock to which this Form of Election to Purchase relates, together with any applicable taxes payable by the undersigned pursuant to the Warrant.

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

    The undersigned requests that certificates for the shares of Common Stock issuable upon this exercise be issued in the name of

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Warrant Shares Exercise Log

Date

  Number of Warrant Shares Available to be Exercised
  Number of Warrant Shares Exercised
  Number of Warrant Shares Remaining to be Exercised
              


FORM OF ASSIGNMENT

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

    FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto            the right represented by the within Warrant to purchase            shares of Common Stock of Microvision, Inc. to which the within Warrant relates and appoints            attorney to transfer said right on the books of Microvision, Inc. with full power of substitution in the premises.

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(Signature must conform in all respects to name of holder as specified on the face of the Warrant)

 

 

 

 

 


Address of Transferee

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 


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MICROVISION, INC. WARRANT
FORM OF ELECTION TO PURCHASE
Warrant Shares Exercise Log
FORM OF ASSIGNMENT