WARRANT AGREEMENT
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THIS WARRANT AGREEMENT (this "Agreement"), dated as of December 7, 2000, by
and between TELSCAPE INTERNATIONAL, INC., a Texas corporation (the "Company"),
and the Investors identified on Schedule 1 and Schedule 2 attached hereto (each
an "Investor" and collectively, the "Investors").
R E C I T A L S:
WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement,
the Company is issuing and selling to the Investors on the Initial Closing Date
(as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement), Warrants of the Company in
the amounts set forth on Schedule 1 attached hereto, and will issue and sell to
the Investors on the Subsequent Closing Date (as defined in the Securities
Purchase Agreement), Warrants of the Company in the amounts set forth on
Schedule 2 attached hereto (the warrants on Schedule 1 and Schedule 2 are
collectively referred to herein as the "Warrants"), such Warrants initially
entitling the holders thereof to purchase an aggregate of 4,000,000 shares of
common stock of the Company par value $0.001 per share (the "Common Stock"),
subject to adjustment as hereinafter provided (the Common Stock and, pursuant to
Article 7 hereof, such other securities as may be issuable upon exercise of the
Warrants being referred to herein as the "Warrant Shares"); and
WHEREAS, the Company wishes to define the terms and provisions of the
Warrants and the respective rights and obligations thereunder of the Company and
the holders of the Warrants (the "Warrantholders");
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing recitals and the mutual
agreements herein set forth, and for other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto
agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.1 Certain Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following
terms have the meanings specified below:
"Amended Articles" means the Amended Articles of Incorporation of the
Company as amended to include the Certificate of Designation setting forth the
rights, preferences and privileges of the Class G Preferred Stock (as defined).
"Board of Directors" means the Board of Directors of the Company.
"Business Day" means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or any other day
on which banking institutions in the City of Atlanta, Georgia are permitted or
required to close.
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"Class G Preferred Stock" means the Class G Senior Preferred Stock, par
value $0.001 per share, of the Company issued to the Investors.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and
the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
"GAAP" means United States generally accepted accounting principles set
forth in opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and
pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other
statements by such other entity as may be approved by a significant segment of
the accounting profession, in each case as the same are applicable to the
circumstances as of the date of the determination.
"Person" means an individual, corporation, entity, limited liability
partnership or company, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock
company, trust, unincorporated organization, or government or any agency or
political subdivision thereof.
"Registration Rights Agreement" means that certain Registration Rights
Agreement by and among the Company and the Investors of even date herewith.
"SEC" means the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor
thereto.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
"Securities Purchase Agreement" means that certain Securities Purchase
Agreement by and among the Company and the Investors of even date herewith.
ARTICLE 2
ISSUANCE, FORM AND EXECUTION OF WARRANT CERTIFICATES
SECTION 2.1 Issuance of Warrants. The Warrants shall be originally issued
by the Company in connection with the issuance of Class G Preferred Stock
pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement. The Warrants shall be evidenced
by Warrant Certificates (as defined herein), and each Warrant Certificate shall
represent the right, subject to the provisions contained herein and therein, to
purchase from the Company (and the Company shall issue and sell to the
registered holder of such Warrants) the number of shares of Common Stock (as may
be adjusted pursuant to Article 7 hereof) issuable to such Warrantholder upon
exercise of such Warrants, at the price specified herein and therein.
SECTION 2.2 Form of Warrant Certificates. The certificates evidencing the
Warrants (the "Warrant Certificates") shall be in registered form only and shall
be substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto, shall be
dated the date on which signed by the Company and may have such letters, numbers
or other marks of identification or
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designation printed, lithographed, engraved or otherwise affixed thereon as the
Company may deem appropriate and as are not inconsistent with the provisions of
this Agreement or the Securities Purchase Agreement, or as may be required to
comply with any law or with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto.
SECTION 2.3 Execution of Warrant Certificates. Warrant Certificates shall
be executed on behalf of the Company by the president, any vice president or the
treasurer of the Company and signed by the secretary or any assistant secretary
of the Company and have affixed thereon the seal of the Company. Each such
signature and seal may be manual or facsimile.
In case any officer of the Company who shall have signed any of the Warrant
Certificates shall cease to be such officer before countersignature and delivery
by the Company, such Warrant Certificates, nevertheless, may be countersigned,
issued and delivered with the same force and effect as though such person had
not ceased to be such officer; and any Warrant Certificate may be signed on
behalf of the Company by any person who, at the actual date of the execution of
such Warrant Certificate, shall be a proper officer of the Company to sign such
Warrant Certificate, although at the date of the execution of this Agreement
such person was not such an officer of the Company. Upon countersignature on
behalf of the Company and delivery, the Warrant Certificate shall be valid and
binding upon the Company, and the Warrantholder thereof shall be entitled to all
of the benefits of this Agreement.
ARTICLE 3
REGISTRATION
SECTION 3.1 Registration. The Company shall number and register the Warrant
Certificates in a register (the "Warrant Register") maintained at 0000
Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000 (the "Office") as they
are issued by the Company (or such other location as the Company may establish
after giving notice thereof to the Warrantholders). The Company shall keep
copies of this Agreement available for inspection by the Warrantholders during
normal business hours at the Office.
ARTICLE 4
TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR REPLACEMENT OF WARRANT CERTIFICATES
SECTION 4.1 Registration of Transfers. The Company shall from time to time
register the transfer of any outstanding Warrant Certificate on the Warrant
Register maintained at the Office, upon surrender thereof (i) accompanied by a
written instrument or instruments of transfer in form reasonably satisfactory to
the Company, (ii) duly endorsed by the registered holder thereof or by such
Warrantholder's appointed legal representative or attorney-in-fact, or
accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignment or authority to
transfer and (iii) an opinion of counsel, if requested by the Company, that the
Warrant was transferred in compliance with all federal and state securities
laws. In all cases of transfer by an attorney, the
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original power of attorney, duly approved, or an official copy thereof, duly
certified, shall be deposited and remain with the Company. Upon any such
registration or transfer in such name or names as may be directed in writing by
the Warrantholder, the Company shall execute and deliver (or cause to be
delivered) a new Warrant Certificate(s) without charge to such Warrantholder, or
to the Person or Persons entitled to receive the same, and the surrendered
Warrant Certificate shall be canceled by the Company.
SECTION 4.2 Exchanges of Warrant Certificates. Each Warrant Certificate may
be exchanged at the option of the Warrantholder without charge to such
Warrantholder when surrendered to the Company at the Office properly endorsed in
the manner described in Section 4.1 hereof for another Warrant Certificate(s) of
like tenor and representing in the aggregate a like number of shares of Common
Stock, as may be adjusted pursuant to Article 7 hereof. Thereupon, the Company
shall execute and deliver to the Person(s) entitled thereto a new Warrant
Certificate(s) as so requested. Warrant Certificates surrendered for exchange
shall be canceled by the Company.
SECTION 4.3 Mutilated or Missing Warrant Certificates. In the event that
any Warrant Certificate shall be mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the
Company shall execute and deliver in exchange and substitution for and upon
cancellation of the mutilated Warrant Certificate, or in lieu of and
substitution for the Warrant Certificate lost, stolen or destroyed, a new
Warrant Certificate of like tenor and representing Warrants for a like amount of
Warrant Shares, but only, in case of a lost, stolen or destroyed Warrant
Certificate, upon receipt of evidence satisfactory to the Company of such loss,
theft or destruction and, upon the Company's request, evidence of indemnity and
bond satisfactory to the Company and the absence of actual notice to the Company
that such Warrant Certificate has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser or
holder in due course. Every substitute Warrant Certificate executed and
delivered pursuant to this Section 4.3 in lieu of any lost, stolen or destroyed
warrant Certificate shall constitute an additional contractual obligation of the
Company, whether or not the lost, stolen or destroyed Warrant Certificate shall
be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to the benefits of
(but shall be subject to all the limitations of rights set forth in) this
Agreement equally and proportionately with any and all other Warrant
Certificates duly executed and delivered hereunder. The provisions of this
Section 4.3 are exclusive with respect to the replacement of mutilated, lost,
stolen or destroyed Warrant Certificates.
ARTICLE 5
EXERCISE OF WARRANTS; EXERCISE PRICE; EXERCISE PERIOD
SECTION 5.1 Exercise of Warrants. Subject to the provisions of this
Agreement, each Warrantholder shall have the right to purchase from the Company
the number of shares of Common Stock that the Warrantholder may at the time be
entitled to purchase on exercise of the Warrants and payment of the Exercise
Price (as defined below) for such Warrant Shares.
SECTION 5.2 Mechanics of Exercise.
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(a) Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, Warrants may be exercised
by the Warrantholder in whole or in part upon surrender at the Office to the
Company of the Warrant Certificate(s) evidencing the Warrants, together with the
form of election to purchase (the "Election to Purchase"), in the form set forth
as Exhibit B hereto or in the form set forth as Exhibit C hereto (in the case of
a Warrant Exchange (as defined)), duly completed and signed by such
Warrantholder or by such Warrantholder's appointed legal representative or
attorney-in-fact and upon payment in full of the Exercise Price for each Warrant
exercised (except in the case of a Warrant Exchange). Payment of the aggregate
Exercise Price shall be made by certified or official bank check payable to the
order of the Company or by wire transfer to an account designated by the
Company.
(b) Upon due exercise of the Warrants and surrender of the Warrant
Certificate, duly completed and signed, and payment of' the Exercise Price as
aforesaid, the Company shall cause to be issued to or upon the written order of
the Warrantholder and in such name or names as the Warrantholder may designate
in the Election to Purchase, the Warrant Shares so purchased. In lieu of
delivering physical certificates representing the Warrant Shares, provided the
Company's transfer agent is participating in the Depositary Trust Issuer Fast
Automated Securities Transfer ("FAST") program, upon request of the
Warrantholder, the Company shall use its best efforts to cause its transfer
agent to electronically transmit the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of
the Warrants to the holder by crediting the account of the Warrantholder's prime
broker with Depositary Trust Company through its Deposit Withdrawal Agent
Commission system (an "Electronic Transfer"). If all of the items referred to in
the first sentence of the preceding paragraph are received by the Company at or
prior to 1:00 p.m., Georgia time, on a Business Day, the exercise of the
Warrants to which such items relate will be effective on such Business Day. If
all of such items are received after 1:00 p.m., Georgia time, on a Business Day,
the exercise of the Warrants to which such items relate will be effective on the
next Business Day.
(c) The number and kind of Warrant Shares for which Warrants may be
exercised shall be subject to adjustment from time to time as set forth in
Article 7 hereof.
(d) The Warrants shall be exercisable as provided herein at the election of
the Warrantholder in whole or in part. In the event that the holder of a Warrant
Certificate shall exercise Warrants with respect to fewer than all the Warrant
Shares evidenced thereby, a new Warrant Certificate(s) evidencing the remaining
unexercised Warrant Shares shall be issued to such Warrantholder, and the
Company is hereby irrevocably authorized to execute and deliver the required new
Warrant Certificate(s) pursuant to provisions of Article 2 and Article 3 of this
Agreement.
(e) All Warrant Certificates surrendered upon exercise of Warrants shall be
canceled and disposed of by the Company.
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(f) All Warrant Shares shall bear the following legend if they have not
been registered pursuant to a registration statement filed with the SEC at the
time such Warrant Shares are issued:
THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN
REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "ACT"), OR UNDER
ANY APPLICABLE STATE LAW. SUCH SHARES MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD,
TRANSFERRED OR PLEDGED UNLESS (1) SUCH SALE, TRANSFER OR PLEDGE IS COVERED BY AN
EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES
LAWS, OR (2) SUCH SALE, TRANSFER OR PLEDGE IS, IN THE WRITTEN OPINION OF COUNSEL
TO THE ISSUER, EXEMPT FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE ACT AND
APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.
SECTION 5.3 Exercise Price. The price at which each of the Warrants shall
be exercisable in exchange for Warrant Shares shall be $0.01 per Warrant Share
(as such price may be adjusted pursuant to Article 7 hereof) (being referred to
herein as the "Exercise Price").
SECTION 5.4 Exercise Period. The right to exercise the Warrants shall
terminate on the date which is the fifth anniversary of the date of issuance of
the Warrants (the "Expiration Date"). A Warrantholder may exercise any Warrant
from the date of issuance up to and including the Expiration Date. The Company
shall record the Expiration Date of each Warrant in the Warrant Register.
SECTION 5.5 Cashless Exercise.
(a) At any time prior to the Expiration Date of any Warrants, the
Warrantholder may, at its option, exchange such Warrants, in whole or in part (a
"Warrant Exchange"), into the number of fully paid and non-assessable Warrant
Shares determined in accordance with this Section 5.5, by surrendering the
Warrant Certificate relating to such Warrants at the Office, accompanied by a
notice stating such Warrantholder's intent to effect such cashless exchange, the
number of Warrant Shares to be issued upon such Warrant Exchange and the date on
which the Warrantholder requests that such cashless Warrant Exchange occur (the
"Notice of Exchange"). The cashless Warrant Exchange shall take place on the
date specified in the Notice of Exchange, or, if later, the date the Notice of
Exchange is received by the Company (the "Exchange Date"). Certificates for the
Warrant Shares issuable upon such cashless Warrant Exchange and, if applicable,
a new Warrant Certificate of like tenor evidencing the balance of the Warrant
Shares remaining subject to the Warrantholder's Warrant Certificate, shall be
issued as of the Exchange Date and delivered to the Warrantholder within three
Business Days following the Exchange Date, or by Electronic Transfer. In
connection with any cashless Warrant Exchange, the Warrantholder's Warrant
Certificate shall represent the right to subscribe for and acquire the number of
Warrant Shares (rounded to the next highest integer) equal to (A) the number of
Warrant Shares specified by the Warrantholder in its Notice of
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Exchange (the "Total Share Number") less (B) the number of Warrant Shares equal
to the quotient obtained by dividing (i) the product of the Total Share Number
and the existing Exercise Price per Warrant Share by (ii) the Market Price (as
hereafter defined) of a share of Common Stock.
(b) As used in this Section 5.5, the phrase "Market Price" at any date
shall be deemed to be the last reported sale price, or, in case no such reported
sale takes place on such day, the average of the last reported sale prices for
the last three trading days, in either case as officially reported by the
principal securities exchange on which the Common Stock is listed or admitted to
trading or by the NASDAQ Stock Market National Market ("NASDAQ"), or, if the
Common Stock is not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities
exchange or quoted by NASDAQ, the average closing bid price as furnished by the
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. ("NASD") through NASDAQ or
similar organization if NASDAQ is no longer reporting such information, or if
the Common Stock is not quoted on NASDAQ, any exchange or similar organization,
as determined in good faith by resolution of the Board of Directors of the
Company, based on the best information available to it for the two days
immediately preceding such issuance or sale and the day of such issuance or
sale.
SECTION 5.6 Mandatory Exercise.
(a) In the event the Market Price of the Common Stock for twenty (20)
consecutive trading days is equal to at least $15.00 per share (as appropriately
adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, combinations, recapitalizations,
reclassifications, mergers, consolidations and other similar events), the
Company shall have the right to cause the exercise of the Warrants at any time
thereafter by the Warrantholders by giving written notice to each Warrantholder
of such election (a "Mandatory Exercise Election Notice"); provided that the
Warrant Shares issuable upon such exercise shall have been Registered (as
defined) and listed on each securities exchange, over-the-counter market or on
the NASDAQ National Market on which similar Securities issued by the Company are
then listed. "Registered" refers to a registration effected by preparing and
filing with the SEC, a registration statement in compliance with the Securities
Act, as amended, and the declaration or ordering by the Commission of the
effectiveness of such registration statement.
(b) Upon receipt of a Mandatory Exercise Election Notice, each
Warrantholder shall have the right to exercise its Warrants on the terms and
conditions herein (including Section 5.5); provided, however, that the
Expiration Date with respect to such Warrants shall be deemed to be the date
that is fifteen (15) Business Days immediately after the date of the Mandatory
Exercise Election Notice.
ARTICLE 6
RESERVATION OF WARRANT SHARES
SECTION 6.1 Reservation. The Company shall at all times keep reserved, free
from preemptive rights, out of its authorized Common Stock, or other securities
of the
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Company issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants, a number of shares of Common
Stock, or such other securities, sufficient to provide for the exercise of' the
right of purchase represented by all outstanding and unexpired Warrants.
SECTION 6.2 Covenant. The Company covenants that (i) any Warrant Shares
will, upon issuance, be validly issued and upon payment of the exercise price
therefor, fully paid and free from all taxes payable by the Company, liens,
charges and security interests (except any liens, charges or security interests
created or suffered to be created by any of the Warrantholders), and will not be
subject to any preemptive rights or other similar rights or restrictions on
voting or transfer thereof that are created by the Company, except for such
restrictions on transfer under the Securities Act or applicable state securities
laws and will be issued in accordance with all applicable federal and state
securities laws, and (ii) it will register the Warrant Shares in accordance with
the provisions of Section 2.1 of the Registration Rights Agreement.
ARTICLE 7
ADJUSTMENTS AFFECTING THE EXERCISE OF WARRANTS
SECTION 7.1 Special Definitions. For purposes of this Article 7, the
following definitions shall apply:
(a) "Additional Shares of Common Stock" shall mean all shares of Common
Stock issued (or, pursuant to Section 7.2 below, deemed to be issued) by the
Company after the Original Issue Date (as defined herein), other than shares of
Common Stock issued or issuable:
(i) by reason of a dividend, stock split, split-up or other
distribution of shares of Common Stock;
(ii) as a dividend or distribution on the Company's Class G Preferred
Stock or such warrants;
(iii) in connection with any merger, acquisition or other transaction
by the Company, in either case approved by holders of at least sixty-six and
two-thirds (66 2/3) (a "Supermajority") of the Warrant Shares held or acquired
by the Investors, unless the Company agrees to include such issuance in the
definition of Additional Shares of Common Stock in connection with obtaining the
approval of the Investors to such acquisition or other transaction;
(iv) upon the exercise of options excluded from the definition of
"Option" in Section 7.1(c) and "Convertible Securities" in Section 7.1(b); or
(v) by reason of a dividend, stock split, split-up or other
distribution on shares of Common Stock excluded from the definition of
Additional Shares of Common Stock by the foregoing clauses (i), (ii), (iii), and
(iv) or this clause (v);
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(b) "Convertible Securities" shall mean any evidences of indebtedness,
shares or other securities directly or indirectly convertible into or
exchangeable for Common Stock, other than (i) securities excluded from the
definition of "Option" in Section 7.1(c) or (ii) outstanding on the Original
Issue Date.
(c) "Option" shall mean rights, options or warrants to subscribe for,
purchase or otherwise acquire Common Stock or Convertible Securities, excluding
(i) options granted to employees, officers, directors or issued to consultants
of the Company or its subsidiaries or rights, warrants or convertible securities
which, in each case, are outstanding as of the Original Issue Date, (ii) any
warrants outstanding on the Original Issue Date, issued under this Agreement, or
issued in connection with the issuance of the Class G Preferred Stock, or (iii)
options granted to employees, officers, directors or consultants pursuant to
stock option plans adopted by the Board of Directors and approved by any
Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors.
(d) "Original Issue Date" shall mean the date on which a Warrant was first
issued.
SECTION 7.2 Issue of Securities Deemed Issue of Additional Shares of Common
Stock. If the Company at any time or from time to time after the Original Issue
Date shall issue any Options or Convertible Securities, then the maximum number
of shares of Common Stock (as set forth in the instrument relating thereto
without regard to any provision contained therein for a subsequent adjustment of
such number) issuable upon the exercise of such Options or, in the case of
Convertible Securities and Options therefor, the conversion or exchange of such
Convertible Securities and the exercise of such Options therefor, shall be
deemed to be Additional Shares of Common Stock issued as of the time of such
issuance, provided that Additional Shares of Common Stock shall not be deemed to
have been issued unless the consideration per share (determined pursuant to
Section 7.4 hereof) of such Additional Shares of Common Stock would be less than
the applicable Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such issuance and
provided further that in any such case in which Additional Shares of Common
Stock are deemed to be issued:
(a) No further adjustment in the Exercise Price shall be made upon the
subsequent issuance of Convertible Securities or shares of Common Stock upon the
exercise of such Options or conversion or exchange of such Convertible
Securities;
(b) If such Options or Convertible Securities by their terms provide, with
the passage of time or otherwise, for any increase in the consideration payable
to the Company, or decrease in the number of shares of Common Stock issuable,
upon the exercise, conversion or exchange thereof, the Exercise Price computed
upon the original issuance thereof, and any subsequent adjustments based
thereon, shall, upon any such increase or decrease becoming effective, be
recomputed to reflect such increase or decrease insofar as it affects such
Options or the rights of conversion or exchange under such Convertible
Securities;
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(c) No readjustment pursuant to clause (b) above shall have the effect of
increasing the Exercise Price to an amount which exceeds the Exercise Price on
the original adjustment date; and
(d) In the event of any change in the number of shares of Common Stock
issuable upon the exercise, conversion or exchange of any Option or Convertible
Security, including, but not limited to, a change resulting from the
anti-dilution provisions thereof, the Exercise Price then in effect shall
forthwith be readjusted to such Exercise Price as would have obtained had the
adjustment which was made upon the issuance of such Option or Convertible
Security which have not been exercised or converted prior to such change in the
number of shares of Common Stock been made upon the basis of such change, but no
further adjustment shall be made for the actual issuance of Common Stock upon
the exercise or conversion of any such option or Convertible Security.
SECTION 7.3 Adjustment of Exercise Price Upon Issuance of Additional Shares
of Common Stock. In the event the Company shall at any time after the Original
Issue Date issue Additional Shares of Common Stock (including Additional Shares
of Common Stock deemed to be issued pursuant to Section 7.2, but excluding
shares issued as a dividend or distribution as provided in Section 7.6 or upon a
stock split or combination as provided in Section 7.5), without consideration or
for a consideration per share (determined pursuant to Section 7.4 hereof) less
than the applicable Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such issuance,
then and in such event, such Exercise Price shall be reduced, concurrently with
such issuance, to an Exercise Price equal to the price determined by dividing
(a) the sum of (1) the product derived by multiplying the Exercise Price in
effect immediately prior to such issuance by the number of shares of Common
Stock outstanding immediately prior to such issuance (together with the number
of shares of Common Stock then issuable upon exercise of the outstanding
Warrants and the conversion or exercise of any Convertible Securities or Options
(including, for this purpose, any securities of the Company which would be
excluded from the definitions of Convertible Securities and Options pursuant to
Sections 7.1(b) and (c))), plus (2) the aggregate consideration received by the
Corporation (as determined pursuant to Section 7.4 below) upon such issuance, by
(b) the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such
issuance (together with the number of shares of Common Stock then issuable upon
exercise of the outstanding Warrants and the conversion or exercise of any
Convertible Securities or Options (including, for this purpose, any securities
of the Company which would be excluded from the definitions of Convertible
Securities and Options pursuant to Sections 7.1(b) and (c))).
No adjustment of the Exercise Price, however, shall be made in an amount
less than $0.01 per share, and any such lesser adjustment shall be carried
forward and shall be made at the time and together with the next subsequent
adjustment which together with any adjustments so carried forward shall amount
to $0.01 per share or more. Any adjustments to the Exercise Price shall be
rounded to the nearest $0.01 per share.
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SECTION 7.4 Determination of Consideration. For purposes of this Section 7,
the consideration received by the Company for the issuance of any Additional
Shares of Common Stock shall be computed as follows:
(a) Cash and Property. Such consideration shall:
(i) insofar as it consists of cash, be computed at the aggregate of
cash received by the Company, excluding amounts paid or payable for accrued
interest or accrued dividends;
(ii) insofar as it consists of property other than cash, be computed
at the fair market value thereof at the time of such issuance, as determined in
good faith by the Board of Directors; and
(iii) in the event Additional Shares of Common Stock are issued
together with other shares of securities or other assets of the Company for
consideration which covers both, be the proportion of such consideration so
received, computed as provided in clauses (i) and (ii) above, as determined in
good faith by the Board of Directors.
(b) Options and Convertible Securities. The consideration per share
received by the Company for Additional Shares of Common Stock deemed to have
been issued pursuant to Section 7.2, relating to Options and Convertible
Securities, shall be determined by dividing the total amount, if any, received
or receivable by the Company as consideration for the issuance of such Options
or Convertible Securities, plus the minimum aggregate amount of additional
consideration (as set forth in the instruments relating thereto, without regard
to any provision contained therein for a subsequent adjustment of such
consideration) payable to the Company upon the exercise of such Options or the
conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities, or in the case of Options
for Convertible Securities, the exercise of such options for Convertible
Securities and the conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities, by the
maximum number of shares of Common Stock (as set forth in the instruments
relating thereto, without regard to any provision contained therein for a
subsequent adjustment of such number) issuable upon the exercise of such options
or the conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities.
SECTION 7.5 Adjustment for Stock Splits and Combinations. If the Company
shall at any time or from time to time after the Original Issue Date for the
Warrants effect a subdivision of the outstanding Common Stock, the Exercise
Price of each Warrant then in effect immediately before that subdivision shall
be proportionately decreased and the number of shares of Common Stock issuable
upon exercise of such Warrant shall be proportionately increased. If the Company
shall at any time or from time to time after the Original Issue Date for the
Warrants combine the outstanding shares of Common Stock, the Exercise Price of
each Warrant then in effect immediately before the combination shall be
proportionately increased and the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon
exercise of such Warrant shall be proportionately decreased. Any adjustment
under this Section 7.5 shall become effective at the close of business on the
date the subdivision or combination becomes effective.
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SECTION 7.6 Adjustment for Certain Dividends and Distributions. In the
event the Company at any time or from time to time after the Original Issue Date
for the Warrants shall make or issue a dividend or other distribution payable in
additional shares of Common Stock, then and in each such event the Exercise
Price for the Warrants then in effect shall be decreased as of the time of such
issuance or, in the event such a record date shall have been fixed, as of the
close of business on such record date, by multiplying the Exercise Price for the
Warrants then in effect by a fraction:
(a) the numerator of which shall be the total number of shares of Common
Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the time of such issuance or
the close of business on such record date, and
(b) the denominator of which shall be the total number of shares of Common
Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the time of such issuance or
the close of business on such record date plus the number of shares of Common
Stock issuable in payment of such dividend or distribution; provided, however,
if such record date shall have been fixed and such dividend is not fully paid or
if such distribution is not fully made on the date fixed therefor, the Exercise
Price for the Warrants shall be recomputed accordingly as of the close of
business on such record date and thereafter the Exercise Price for the Warrants
shall be adjusted pursuant to this paragraph as of the time of actual payment of
such dividends or distributions.
The number of Warrant Shares issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants
shall be adjusted by multiplying a number equal to the Exercise Price in effect
immediately prior to such adjustment by the number of shares issuable upon the
exercise of the Warrants immediately prior to such adjustment and dividing the
product so obtained by the adjusted Exercise Price.
SECTION 7.7 Adjustments for Other Dividends and Distributions. In the event
the Company at any time or from time to time after the Original Issue Date for
the Warrants shall make or issue a dividend or other distribution payable in
securities of the Company other than shares of Common Stock, then and in each
such event provision shall be made so that the holders of the Warrants shall
receive upon exercise thereof in addition to the number of shares of Common
Stock receivable thereupon, the amount of securities of the Company that they
would have received had their Warrants been exercised on the date of such event
and had thereafter, during the period from the date of such event to and
including the conversion date, retained such securities receivable by them as
aforesaid during such period giving application to all adjustments called for
during such period, under this paragraph with respect to the rights of the
holders of the Warrants.
SECTION 7.8 Adjustment for Reclassification, Exchange, or Substitution. If
the Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants shall be changed
into the same or a different number of shares of any class or classes of stock,
whether by capital reorganization, reclassification or otherwise (other than a
subdivision or combination of shares or stock dividend provided for above, or a
reorganization, merger, consolidation, or sale of assets
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provided for below), then and in each such event the holder of the Warrants
shall have the right thereafter to convert each such share of Common Stock
issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants into the kind and amount of shares of
stock and other securities and property receivable upon such reorganization,
reclassification, or other change, by holders of the number of shares of Common
Stock for which such Warrants might have been exercised immediately prior to
such reorganization, reclassification, or change, all subject to further
adjustment as provided herein.
SECTION 7.9 Adjustment for Merger or Reorganization. In case of any
consolidation or merger of the Company with or into another Company, each
Warrant shall thereafter be exercisable for the kind and amount of shares of
stock or other securities or property to which a holder of the number of shares
of Common Stock of the Company deliverable upon exercise of such Warrant world
have been entitled upon such consolidation or merger; and, in such case,
appropriate adjustment (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors)
shall be made in the application of the provisions in this Article 7 set forth
with respect to the rights and interest thereafter of the holders of the
Warrants, to the end that the provisions set forth in this Article 7 (including
provisions with respect to changes in and other adjustments of the Exercise
Price) shall thereafter be applicable, as nearly as reasonably may be, in
relation to any shares of stock or other property thereafter deliverable upon
the exercise of the Warrants.
SECTION 7.10 Notice of Adjustment to Exercise Price and Warrant Shares.
(a) Whenever the Exercise Price is required to be adjusted as provided in
this Article 7, simultaneously with the adjustment of the Exercise Price, the
number of Warrant Shares issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants shall be
adjusted by multiplying a number equal to the Exercise Price in effect
immediately prior to such adjustment by the number of shares issuable upon the
exercise of the Warrants immediately prior to such adjustment and dividing the
product so obtained by the adjusted Exercise Price.
(b) Whenever the Exercise Price is required to be adjusted as provided in
this Article 7, or any other adjustment is required pursuant to this Article 7,
the Company shall forthwith compute the adjusted Exercise Price and the
corresponding number of Warrant Shares purchasable upon the exercise of the
Warrants or any other adjustment made pursuant to this Article 7 and shall
prepare a certificate setting forth such adjusted Exercise Price and the
corresponding number of Warrant Shares purchasable upon the exercise of the
Warrants or any other adjustment made pursuant to this Article 7 and showing in
reasonable detail the facts upon which such adjustments are based. Whenever the
Exercise Price and the corresponding number of Warrant Shares purchasable upon
the exercise of the Warrants are adjusted or any other adjustment is made
pursuant to this Article 7, the Company shall promptly mail, or cause to be
mailed, to the Warrantholders a statement setting forth the adjustments and the
reasons for such adjustments.
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(c) To the extent that the Exercise Price cannot be reduced, the number of
Warrant Shares shall be adjusted in a manner consistent with the provisions of
this Section 7.10 and in any case having the same result as if the Exercise
Price had been so adjusted.
SECTION 7.11 Form of Warrant Certificate. Irrespective of any adjustments
in the Exercise Price or the kind of Warrant Shares purchasable upon the
exercise of the Warrants, Warrant Certificates evidencing such Warrants
theretofore or thereafter issued may continue to express the same number and
kind of Warrant Shares as are stated in the Warrant Certificates initially
issuable pursuant to this Agreement.
SECTION 7.12 No Impairment. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the Company shall take all such action as may be necessary or
appropriate in order that the Warrant Shares to be issued upon the exercise of
the Warrants from time to time outstanding will, when issued, be fully paid and
non-assessable. In addition, without limiting the generality of Section 6.1, the
Company shall take all such action as shall be necessary so that, after any
adjustment to the Exercise Price required hereunder, the total number of shares
of Common Stock or other capital stock of the Company then authorized by the
Amended Articles and available for the purpose of issuance upon such exercise
shall exceed the total number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the
exercise of all of the outstanding Warrants. The Company will not, by amendment
of its Articles of Incorporation or through any reorganization, transfer of
assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any
other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of
any of the terms to be observed or performed hereunder by the Company, but will
at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all the provisions of
this Article 7 and in the taking of all such action as may be necessary or
appropriate in order to protect the rights of the Warrantholders against
impairment.
ARTICLE 8
NOTICES
SECTION 8.1 Notices to Warrantholders.
(a) Notices to holders of Warrants shall be delivered to such holders at
the addresses of such holders as they appear in Section 8.2 hereof or in the
Warrant Register (in the case of transfers). Any such notice shall be
sufficiently given if sent by first-class certified or registered mail, postage
prepaid, facsimile or overnight courier.
(b) In the event (i) of any consolidation or merger or binding exchange of
interests to which the Company is a party and for which approval of the Investor
or any holders of equity interests of the Company is required, or of the
conveyance or sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, or
of any change of the Common Stock or other securities issuable upon exercise of
the Warrants; or (ii) the Company shall make any distribution in respect of the
Common Stock; or (iii) of the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation
or winding up of the Company; then the Company shall send to each Warrantholder
at least thirty
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days prior to the applicable date hereinafter specified, a written notice
stating (A) the date for the determination of the holders of Common Stock (or
other Securities issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants) entitled to receive
any such distribution, (B) the initial expiration date Set forth in any offer
for exchange of interests, or (C) the date on which any such consolidation,
merger, exchange of interests, conveyance, transfer, reclassification,
dissolution, liquidation or winding up is expected to become effective or
consummated, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of record of
Common Stock (or other securities issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants)
shall be entitled to exchange such Common Stock for securities or other
property, if any, deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger,
exchange of interests, conveyance, transfer, dissolution, liquidation or winding
up.
SECTION 8.2 Notices to Company. Any notice or demand authorized by this
Agreement to be given to or on the parties shall be delivered in person or by
facsimile transmission, by courier guaranteeing overnight delivery or mailed by
first-class United States certified or registered mail, postage prepaid, as
follows:
a) if to the Company:
Telscape International, Inc.
0000 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxx Xxxxxx, General Counsel
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
with a copy to:
Gardere & Xxxxx, L.L.P.
3000 Thanksgiving Tower
0000 Xxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000-0000
Attention: W. Xxxxxx Xxxx, Jr.
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
(b) if to the Investors: at the addresses set forth on their respective
signature pages.
SECTION 8.3 Receipt of Notice. Any notice hereunder shall be in writing and
shall be deemed effectively given and received upon delivery in person, or two
business days after delivery by national overnight courier service or by
telecopier transmission with acknowledgment of transmission receipt, or five
business days after deposit via certified or registered mail, return receipt
requested.
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ARTICLE 9
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 9.1 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. THE COMPANY AND EACH OF THE INVESTORS
DOES HEREBY KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY, INTENTIONALLY AND IRREVOCABLY WAIVE SUCH
RIGHT ANY PARTY MAY HAVE TO A JURY TRIAL IN EVERY JURISDICTION IN ANY ACTION,
PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM BROUGHT BY ANY OF THE PARTIES HERETO OR THEIR
RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES, SUCCESSORS OR ASSIGNS AGAINST ANY OTHER PARTY HERETO OR
THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES, SUCCESSORS OR ASSIGNS IN RESPECT OF ANY MATTER
ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER DOCUMENT
EXECUTED AND DELIVERED BY ANY PARTY IN CONNECTION THEREWITH (INCLUDING, WITHOUT
LIMITATION, ANY ACTION TO RESCIND OR CANCEL THIS AGREEMENT, AND ANY CLAIMS OR
DEFENSES ASSERTING THAT THIS AGREEMENT WAS FRAUDULENTLY INDUCED OR OTHERWISE
VOID OR VOIDABLE).
SECTION 9.2 Payment of Taxes. The Company covenants and agrees that it will
pay when due and payable all documentary, stamp and other taxes attributable to
the issuance or delivery of the Warrant Certificates or of the Warrant Shares
purchasable upon the exercise of Warrants; provided, however, the Company shall
not be required to pay any tax or taxes that may be payable in respect of any
transfer involving the issue of any Warrant Certificate(s) or any certificates)
for Warrant Shares in a name other than that of the Warrantholder of such
exercised Warrant Certificate (s).
SECTION 9.3 Amendment.
(a) The Company may modify this Agreement and the terms of the Warrants
only with the consent of the Warrantholders representing at least a
Supermajority of the Warrant Shares for the purpose of adding any provision to
or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Agreement
or modifying in any manner the rights of the holders of the outstanding
Warrants; provided, however, that no such modification that (i) materially and
adversely affects the exercise rights of the holders of the Warrants or (ii)
reduces the percentage required for modification, may be made without the
consent of the holder of all outstanding warrants.
(b) Any such modification or amendment will be conclusive and binding on
all present and future holders of Warrant Certificates whether or not they have
consented to such modification or amendment or waiver and whether or not
notation of such modification or amendment is made upon such Warrant
Certificates. Any instrument given by or on behalf of any holder of a Warrant
Certificate in connection with any consent to any modification or
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amendment will be conclusive and binding on all Subsequent holders of such
Warrant Certificate.
SECTION 9.4 Termination. This Agreement shall terminate on or upon (a) the
repurchase by the Company of all Warrants, (b) the fifteenth day following the
date on which all of the Warrant Shares have been issued upon the exercise of
all Warrants issued pursuant hereto, or (c) the Expiration Date.
SECTION 9.5 Reports to Warrantholders. The Company will cause to be
delivered, by first-class mail, postage prepaid, facsimile or overnight courier,
to each Warrantholder at such Warrantholder's address appearing on the Warrant
Register, a copy of any reports delivered by the Company to any of the holders
of Class G Preferred Stock as provided in the Securities Purchase Agreement or
to holders of the Common Stock.
SECTION 9.6 GOVERNING LAW. THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN
THIS AGREEMENT AND THE WARRANT CERTIFICATES WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF
CONFLICTS OF LAW.
SECTION 9.7 Benefits of this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement shall be
construed to give to any Person other than the Company, the Warrantholders and
the holders of Warrant Shares any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim
under this Agreement; this Agreement shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit
of the Company, the Warrantholders and the holders of Warrant Shares.
SECTION 9.8 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts, and each of such counterparts shall for all purposes be deemed to
be an original, and all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and
the same instrument. Facsimile transmission of any signed original document
and/or retransmission of any signed facsimile transmission will be deemed the
same as delivery of any original. At the request of any party, the parties will
confirm facsimile transmission by signing a duplicate original document.
SECTION 9.9 Severability of Provisions. Any provision of this Agreement
that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such
jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or
unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof or
affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other
jurisdiction.
SECTION 9.10 Headings. The headings of the sections of this Agreement are
inserted for convenience only and shall not constitute a part of this Agreement.
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SECTION 9.11 Access to Company Records. So long as Warrants remain
outstanding, the Investors shall be entitled to review the financial and
corporate books and records of the Company and to meet with the executive
officers and independent accountants of the Company for purposes reasonably
related to the Investor's ownership of the Warrants, which review and/or
meetings shall take place at reasonable times during the normal business hours
of the Company and in such a manner as to not unduly interfere with the conduct
of the Company's business.
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EXHIBIT A
TELSCAPE INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Common Stock Purchase Warrant
Number
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Warrant Certificate Evidencing Right to Purchase
[ ] Shares of Common Stock
This is to certify that [Investor], [a _________________], or assigns, is
entitled to purchase at any time or from time to time up to the above-referenced
number of shares of Common Stock ("Common Stock"), of Telscape International,
Inc., a Texas corporation (the "Company"), for the Exercise Price for the
Warrants specified in the Warrant Agreement, dated as of _______ __, 2000,
between the Company and [Investor] (the "Warrant Agreement"), pursuant to which
this Warrant Certificate is issued. All rights of the holder of this Warrant
Certificate are subject to the terms and provisions of the Warrant Agreement,
copies of which are available for inspection the Company's office located at
0000 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000 (the "Office"). The
Expiration Date (as defined in the Warrant Agreement) of the right to purchase
Common Stock pursuant to this Certificate is __________ __, 2005.
IN THE EVENT THAT THE WARRANT SHARES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED, NEITHER THE
WARRANTS REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK THAT MAY
BE PURCHASED UPON EXERCISE HEREOF HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT
OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "ACT"), OR UNDER ANY APPLICABLE STATE LAW. SUCH
WARRANTS AND SHARES MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR PLEDGED
UNLESS (1) SUCH SALE, TRANSFER OR PLEDGE IS COVERED BY AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT UNDER THE ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, OR (2) SUCH SALE,
TRANSFER OR PLEDGE IS, IN THE WRITTEN OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE ISSUER, EXEMPT
FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES
LAWS.
Subject to the provisions of the Act, applicable state laws and such
Warrant Agreement, this Warrant Certificate and all rights hereunder are
transferable, in whole or in part, at the Office by the holder hereof in person
or by a duly authorized attorney, upon surrender of this Warrant Certificate,
together with the assignment hereof duly endorsed. Until transfer of this
Warrant Certificate on the books of the Company, the Company may treat the
registered holder hereof as the owner hereof for all purposes.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant Certificate to be
executed on this ___ day of __________, 2000 in Atlanta, Georgia by its proper
corporate officers thereunto duly authorized.
TELSCAPE INTERNATIONAL, INC.
a Texas corporation
By:______________________________________
Name:____________________________________
Title:___________________________________
Attest:_______________________________
Name:_________________________________
Title:________________________________
EXHIBIT B
Election to Purchase
(To be executed by the registered holder if
such holder desires to exercise any Warrant Certificate)
The undersigned, the registered holder of the attached Warrant
Certificate, hereby irrevocably elects to exercise Warrants represented by such
Warrant Certificate and acquire an aggregate of _____ shares of Common Stock of
Telscape International, Inc., a Texas corporation, and herewith tenders payment
for such Common Stock in the amount of $_______ (by certified check, official
bank check or wire transfer to an account as designated by Telscape
International, Inc.) in accordance with the terms hereof. The undersigned
requests that the aforementioned Common Stock be registered in the name of
___________________________ whose address is
----------------------------------.
Dated:_____________________
Name of registered holder of Warrant Certificate:
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(please print)
Address of registered holder:
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Signature:_______________________________
(Note: The signature to the foregoing Election must correspond to the name as
written upon the face of the Warrant Certificate in every particular, without
alteration or any change whatsoever.)
EXHIBIT C
Election to Purchase
(To be executed by the registered holder if such
holder desires to effect cashless exercise any Warrant
Certificate)
The undersigned, the registered holder of the attached Warrant Certificate,
hereby irrevocably elects to exchange Warrants represented by such Warrant
Certificate and acquire an aggregate of _________shares of Common Stock of
Telscape International, Inc., a Texas corporation on ___[DATE]____. The
undersigned requests that the aforementioned Common Stock be registered in the
name of ____________________________________ whose address is
__________________________________________________________.
Dated:_____________________
Name of registered holder of Warrant Certificate:
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(please print)
Address of registered holder:______________________________________________
Signature:_______________________________
(Note: The signature to the foregoing Election must correspond to the name as
written upon the face of the Warrant Certificate in every particular, without
alteration or any change whatsoever.)
