Exhibit # 10.9 AGREEMENT TO ISSUE WARRANT
This Agreement is entered into as of the ___ day of June, 2000 by and
between Leasing Technologies International, Inc., a Delaware corporation
("LTI"), and Xxxxxxxxxx.xxx, Inc., a Delawarecorporation (the "Company").
Recitals
A. The Company desires to enter into an equipment leasing arrangement with
LTI; and
B. LTI requires that the Company issue to LTI a warrant to purchase shares
of the Company's Common Stock (the "Warrant") as partial consideration for
entering into the leasing arrangement;
NOW THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Warrant Issue. As partial consideration for LTI's entering into an
equipment leasing arrangement as of the date hereof with the Company for a total
commitment of up to $1,500,000.00 (the "Commitment"), the Company hereby agrees
to issue to LTI a Warrant to purchase 13,345 shares of the Company's Common
Stock at an exercise price of $5.68 per share, in substantially the form of
instrument attached hereto as Exhibit A and made a part hereof.
2. Representations of LTI. With respect to the Warrant in which it holds
the beneficial interest, LTI represents and warrants to the Company as follows:
2.1 Experience. LTI is experienced in evaluating and investing in
companies engaged in businesses similar to that of the Company; it understands
that investment in the Warrant involves substantial risks; it has made detailed
inquiries concerning the Company, its business and services, its officers and
its personnel; the officers of the Company have made available to LTI any and
all written information it has requested; the officers of the Company have
answered to LTI's satisfaction all inquiries made by it; in making this
investment LTI has relied upon information made available to it by the Company;
and LTI has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that
it is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of investment in the Company
and it is able to bear the economic risk of that investment.
2.2 Investment. LTI is acquiring the Warrant for investment for its
own account and not with a view to, or for resale in connection with, any
distribution thereof. It understands that the Warrant, and the shares of Common
Stock issuable upon exercise thereof (the "Common Stock") have not been
registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act")
nor qualified under any applicable state securities laws.
2.3 Rule 144. LTI acknowledges that the Warrant and the Common Stock
must be held indefinitely unless they are subsequently registered under the
Securities Act or an exemption from such registration is available. It has been
advised or is aware of the provisions of Rule 144 promulgated under the
Securities Act.
2.4 Access to Data. LTI has had an opportunity to discuss the
Company's business, management and financial affairs with the Company's
management and has had the opportunity to inspect the Company's facilities.
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2.5 Corporate Status of LTI. LTI represents and warrants that it is
a corporation duly incorporated under the laws of the state of Delaware, with
its principal place of business at Wilton, Connecticut and that it is engaged
primarily in the business of equipment leasing and commercial finance.
3. Conditions of Company to Issuance. The Company's obligation to issue
the Warrant is subject to the fulfillment to its satisfaction on or prior to
such issuance of each of the following conditions:
3.1 Representations. Each nominee or assignee of LTI, if any, shall
have made representations similar to those made in Section 2 hereof.
3.2 Approvals and Qualifications. All authorizations, approvals or
permits, if any, of any governmental authority or regulatory body that are
required at this time in connection with the lawful issuance and sale of the
Warrant pursuant to this Agreement, and the issuance of shares of Common Stock
upon exercise of the Warrant, shall have been duly obtained and be in effect
prior to the issuance of the applicable securities.
4. Representations and Warranties of the Company.
4.1 Corporate Power. The Company has all requisite corporate power
and authority to enter into this Agreement, to issue the Warrant hereunder and
to carry out and perform its other obligations under this Agreement and the
Warrant.
4.2 Authorization. All corporate action on the part of the Company,
its directors and shareholders necessary for the authorization, execution,
delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement, and for the
consummation of the transactions contemplated herein, and otherwise for the
authorization, issuance and delivery of the Warrant and the Common Stock, have
been taken. This Agreement and the Warrant are valid and binding obligations of
the Company, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms. The Common
Stock, when issued pursuant to exercise of the Warrant, will be validly issued,
fully paid and nonassessable, and will be free and clear of encumbrances and not
subject to any preemptive rights or rights of first refusal or any liens or
encumbrances created by the Company, except restrictions on transfer in
compliance with federal and state securities laws, and will have the rights,
preferences, privileges and restrictions as provided in the Company's Articles
of Incorporation.
4.3 Offering. Subject in part to the truth and accuracy of LTI's
representations set forth in Section 2 hereof and to the truth and accuracy of
the representations of the nominees or assignees of LTI, if any, required by
Section 3.1 hereof, the offer, issuance and sale of the Warrant as contemplated
by this Agreement and the issuance of Common Stock upon exercise of the Warrant,
will be exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, and are
exempt from the qualification requirements of any applicable state securities
laws, and neither the Company nor anyone acting on its behalf will take any
action hereafter that would cause the loss of such exemptions.
4.4 Stock Issuance. Upon exercise of the Warrant the Company will
use its best efforts to cause stock certificates representing the shares of
Common Stock purchase pursuant to
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the exercise to be issued in the individual names of LTI and/or the nominees or
assignees, if any, of LTI, as LTI directs the Company at the time of exercise of
the Warrant.
4.5 Articles and By-Laws. The Company has provided LTI with true and
complete copies of the Company's Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws, each as
amended and in effect on the dated of this Agreement.
4.6 Registration Rights. LTI, its permitted successors and assigns,
shall be entitled to the registration rights set forth in Section 7 of the
Warrant. Such registration rights shall be transferable to the extent set forth
in the Warrant, and shall terminate at the times provided for in the Warrant.
Reference is made to Exhibit A hereto for a complete description of such
registration rights.
5. Miscellaneous.
(a) Notices. Any notice required or permitted by this Agreement
shall be in writing, and shall be deemed given when delivered personally to the
party for whom it is intended, or when deposited in the U.S. Mail, postage
prepaid, either registered or certified, addressed to such party at the address
set forth below or at such other address as such party may hereafter designate
by written notice to the other.
If to the Company: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Controller
Xxxxxxxxxx.xxx, Inc.
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
If to LTI: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Chief Financial Officer
Leasing Technologies International, Inc.
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
(b) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and
inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the Company and of LTI.
(c) Governing Law. This Agreement shall be subject to and governed
by the internal laws of the State of Connecticut.
(d) Construction. The section headings used herein are for
convenience of reference only and shall not be resorted to for interpretation of
this Agreement.
(e) Severability. The provisions of this Agreement are divisible and
severable, and if any provision of this Agreement, or the application of such
provision to any person or circumstances, shall be held invalid or
unenforceable, the remainder of this Agreement, or the application of such
provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is held
invalid, shall be valid as if the void or unenforceable provision were not
included in this Agreement.
(f) Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire
understanding between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and
supersedes all prior negotiations and
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agreements, whether written or oral, with respect to the subject matter of this
Agreement. This Agreement may not be amended or modified without the written
consent of the Company and LTI.
(g) Lost Warrants or Stock Certificates. The Company represents and
warrants to LTI that upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the
Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of the Warrant (or stock
certificate issued upon exercise thereof), and, in the case of any such loss,
theft or destruction, upon receipt of an indemnity reasonably satisfactory to
the Company, or, in the case of any such mutilation, upon surrender and
cancellation of such Warrant or stock certificate, the Company, at its expense,
will issue and deliver a new Warrant or stock certificate issued upon exercise
thereof of like tenor, in lieu of the lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated
Warrant or stock certificate.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have hereunto set their hand as of the
first above written.
Xxxxxxxxxx.xxx, Inc.
By:______________________________________
Title:____________________________________
Leasing Technologies International, Inc.
By:______________________________________
Title:____________________________________
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