EXHIBIT 3
THIS WARRANT AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON THE EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT HAVE
NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE
"SECURITIES ACT"), AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED
OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF, UNLESS REGISTERED PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE
SECURITIES ACT OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IS OBTAINED STATING THAT SUCH
DISPOSITION IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM SUCH REGISTRATION.
________________, 2000
EQUITY ONE, INC.
(Incorporated under the laws of the State of Maryland)
Warrant Agreement for the Purchase of Shares of Common Stock
No. WR-____
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, EQUITY ONE, INC., a Maryland corporation (the
"Corporation"), hereby certifies that XXXXX XXXX PROPERTIES & INVESTMENTS, LTD.
or assigns (the "Holder") is entitled, subject to the provisions of this
Warrant, to purchase from the Corporation, up to 1,025,000 fully paid and
non-assessable shares of Common Stock at a price of $10.875 per share, subject
to the adjustments set forth below (the "Exercise Price").
The term "Common Stock" means the Common Stock, par value $.01 per share,
of the Corporation. The number of shares of Common Stock to be received upon the
exercise of this Warrant may be adjusted from time to time as hereinafter set
forth. The shares of Common Stock deliverable upon such exercise, and as
adjusted from time to time, are hereinafter referred to as "Warrant Stock." The
term "Corporation" means and includes the corporation named above as well as (i)
any immediate or more remote successor corporation resulting from the merger or
consolidation of such corporation (or any immediate or more remote successor
corporation of such corporation) with another corporation, or (ii) any
corporation to which such corporation (or any immediate or more remote successor
corporation of such corporation) has transferred its property or assets as an
entirety or substantially as an entirety.
Upon receipt by the Corporation of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it
of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant, and (in the case
of loss, theft or destruction) of reasonably satisfactory indemnification, and
upon surrender and cancellation of this Warrant, if mutilated, the Corporation
shall execute and deliver a new Warrant of like tenor and date. Any such new
Warrant executed and delivered shall constitute an additional contractual
obligation on the part of the Corporation, whether or not this Warrant so lost,
stolen, destroyed or mutilated shall be at any time enforceable by anyone.
The Holder agrees with the Corporation that this Warrant is issued, and all
the rights hereunder shall be held subject to, all of the conditions,
limitations and provisions set forth herein.
1. Exercise of Warrant. This Warrant may be exercised, upon giving ten (10)
Business Days advance written notice to the Corporation, with respect to a
maximum of (i) 375,000 shares of Common Stock, in whole or in part, within any
30-50 day period following the end of a calendar quarter, provided that the
desired exercise date is on or after the second Business Day following the
Corporation's release of its quarterly or annual financial results, during the
period commencing on the date hereof and expiring 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on
December 31, 2001, and (ii) 650,000 shares of Common Stock in whole or in part,
within any 30-50 day period following the end of a calendar quarter, provided
that the desired exercise date is on or after the second Business Day following
the Corporation's release of its quarterly or annual financial results, during
the period commencing on the date hereof and expiring 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on
December 31, 2002 (each of December 31, 2001 and December 31, 2002 shall be
referred to herein as the "Expiration Date" with respect to the applicable
Warrant Stock). The exercise price shall be $10.875 per Share, subject to
adjustments set forth below. A "Business Day" as used herein shall mean any day
on which banks are open for business in the city of New York.
This Warrant shall be exercised by presentation and surrender of this
Warrant to the Corporation at its principal office, or at the office of its
stock transfer agent, if any, with the Warrant Exercise Form attached hereto
duly executed and accompanied by payment (by wire transfer in accordance with
instructions provided by the Corporation) of the Exercise Price for the number
of shares specified in such form and instruments of transfer, if appropriate,
duly executed by the Holder or his or her duly authorized attorney. If this
Warrant should be exercised in part only, the Corporation shall, upon surrender
of this Warrant for cancellation, execute and deliver a new Warrant of like
terms evidencing the rights of the Holder thereof to purchase the balance of the
shares purchasable hereunder. Upon receipt by the Corporation of this Warrant,
together with the Exercise Price, at its office, or by the stock transfer agent
of the Corporation at its office, in proper form for exercise, the Holder shall
be deemed to be the holder of record of the shares of Common Stock issuable upon
such exercise, notwithstanding that the stock transfer books of the Corporation
shall then be closed or that certificates representing such shares of Common
Stock shall not then be actually delivered to the Holder. The Corporation shall
pay any and all documentary stamp or similar issue or transfer taxes payable in
respect of the issue or delivery of shares of Common Stock on exercise of this
Warrant.
2. Adjustment of Exercise Price. If the Corporation shall issue or enter
into any agreement to issue any shares of Common Stock (excluding shares issued
in connection with a
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downREIT or UPREIT transaction, a Dividend Reinvestment Plan, or any existing or
future incentive compensation programs, whether in the form of shares or
options) for a net per share purchase price less than $10.625, then, as of the
date of such subsequent sale (the "Subsequent Issuance"), the exercise price for
any unexercised Warrants shall be reduced (but not increased) by an amount
(calculated to the nearest cent) determined by multiplying (a) the amount by
which the net consideration per share for the subsequent issuance is less than
$10.625 by (b) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of new shares
issued by the Corporation in the Subsequent Issuance and the denominator of
which is the number of unpurchased Shares (pursuant to the Subscription
Agreement) plus the number of unexercised Warrants (the "Subsequent Issuance
Price Adjustment"). To the extent that the Corporation makes, from time to time,
capital gain distributions, then, the exercise price of any unexercised
Warrants, as of the date of the distribution, will also be adjusted downward by
an amount, per share, on a fully diluted basis, so that the Investor will
receive the benefit of such distribution as though it had exercised the
Warrants, but only to the extent that it does exercise the Warrants.
3. Reservation of Shares. The Corporation will at all times reserve for
issuance and delivery upon exercise of this Warrant all shares of Common Stock
of the Corporation from time to time issuable upon exercise of this Warrant. All
such shares shall be duly authorized and, when issued upon such exercise, shall
be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and free of all preemptive
rights.
4. Rights of the Holder. The Holder shall not, by virtue hereof, be
entitled to any rights of a shareholder in the Corporation, either at law or in
equity, and the rights of the Holder are limited to those expressed in this
Warrant. The Holder will be entitled to participate in the Corporation's
Dividend Reinvestment Plan to the full extent of its unexercised Warrants, to
the extent they have not expired. With respect to the unexercised Warrants, the
Holder will remit to the Corporation sufficient funds to purchase the associated
number of shares. The Investor acknowledges and agrees that the Corporation may,
at any time and in its sole discretion, suspend its Dividend Reinvestment Plan
and that the Dividend Reinvestment Plan has been so suspended by the Corporation
as of September 1, 2000.
5. Anti-Dilution Provisions.
5.1 Adjustment for Recapitalization. In case (i) the outstanding shares of
the Common Stock shall be subdivided into a greater number of shares, (ii) a
dividend or other distribution in Common Stock shall be paid in respect of
Common Stock, (iii) the outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be combined
into a smaller number of shares thereof, or (iv) any shares of the Corporation's
capital stock are issued by reclassification of the Common Stock (including any
reclassification upon a consolidation or merger in which the Corporation is the
continuing corporation), the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such
subdivision, combination or reclassification or at the record date of such
dividend or distribution shall simultaneously with the effectiveness of such
subdivision, combination or reclassification or immediately after the record
date of such dividend or distribution shall be proportionately adjusted to equal
the product obtained by multiplying the Exercise Price by a fraction, the
numerator of which is the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock (on a
fully diluted basis) prior to giving effect to such combination, subdivision,
reclassification or dividend and the denominator of which is the number of
outstanding shares of Common Stock (on a fully diluted
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basis) after giving effect to such combination, subdivision, reclassification or
dividend. For purposes hereof, "on a fully diluted basis" means that all
outstanding options, rights or warrants to subscribe for shares of common stock
and all securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock
(such options, rights, warrants and securities are collectively referred to
herein as "Convertible Securities") and all options or rights to acquire
Convertible Securities have been exercised, converted or exchanged, and shall be
calculated using the treasury stock method basis, whereby options and warrants
will be included in the calculation of the number of outstanding shares of
common stock only to the extent the average market price of the common stock
over the preceding period of ten (10) Business Days exceeds the price of the
options or warrants.
Whenever the Exercise Price per share is adjusted as provided in this
Section 5.1, the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable upon conversion of
the Warrant immediately prior to such Exercise Price adjustment shall be
adjusted, effective simultaneous with the Exercise Price adjustment, either up
or down, to equal the product obtained (calculated to the nearest full share) by
multiplying such number of shares of Common Stock by a fraction, the numerator
of which is the Exercise Price per share in effect immediately prior to such
Exercise Price adjustment and the denominator of which is the Exercise Price per
share in effect upon such Exercise Price adjustment, which adjusted number of
shares of Common Stock shall thereupon be the number of shares of Common Stock
purchasable upon conversion of the Warrant until further adjusted as provided
herein.
5.2 Adjustment for Reorganization, Consolidation, Merger, Liquidation Etc.
In case of any reorganization of the Corporation (or any other corporation, the
securities of which are at the time receivable on the exercise of this Warrant)
after the date hereof or in case after such date the Corporation (or any such
other corporation) shall consolidate with or merge into another corporation or
convey all or substantially all of its assets to another corporation or
liquidate, then, and in each such case, the Holder of this Warrant upon the
exercise thereof as provided in Section 1 at any time after the consummation of
such reorganization, consolidation, merger, conveyance or liquidation, shall be
entitled to receive, in lieu of the securities and property receivable upon the
exercise of this Warrant prior to such consummation, the securities or property
to which such Holder would have been entitled upon such consummation if such
Holder had exercised this Warrant immediately prior thereto; in each such case,
the terms of this Warrant shall be applicable to the securities or property
receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant after such consummation.
5.3 No Dilution. The Corporation will not, by amendment of its Certificate
of Incorporation or through reorganization, consolidation, merger, dissolution,
issue or sale of securities, sale of assets or any other voluntary action, avoid
or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this
Warrant, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all
such terms and in the taking of all such action as may be necessary or
appropriate in order to protect the rights of the Holder of this Warrant against
dilution or other impairment. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
while this Warrant is outstanding, the Corporation (a) will not permit the par
value, if any, of the shares of Common Stock receivable upon the exercise of
this Warrant to be above the amount payable therefor upon such exercise and (b)
will take all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the
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Corporation may validly and legally issue or sell fully paid and non-assessable
shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of this Warrant. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, shares issued in connection with a
downREIT or UPREIT transaction, a Dividend Reinvestment Plan, or any existing or
future incentive compensation programs, whether in the form of shares or
options, shall not be deemed a dilution in contravention of this provision.
5.4 Certificate as to Adjustments. In each case of an adjustment in the
number of shares of Warrant Stock receivable on the exercise of this Warrant,
the Corporation at its expense will promptly compute such adjustment in
accordance with the terms of this Warrant and prepare a certificate executed by
an executive officer of the Corporation setting forth such adjustment and
showing in detail the facts upon which such adjustment is based. The Corporation
will forthwith mail a copy of each such certificate to the Holder.
5.5 Notices of Record Date, Etc. In case:
(a) the Corporation shall take a record of the holders of its Common Stock
for the purpose of entitling them to receive any dividend (other than a cash
dividend at the same rate as the rate of the last cash dividend theretofore
paid) or other distribution, or any right to subscribe for, purchase or
otherwise acquire any shares of stock of any class or any other securities, or
to receive any other right; or
(b) of any capital reorganization of the Corporation, any reclassification
of the capital stock of the Corporation, any consolidation or merger of the
Corporation with or into another corporation, or any conveyance of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Corporation to another corporation; or
(c) of any voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up
of the Corporation,
then, and in each such case, the Corporation shall mail or cause to be mailed to
each Holder of the Warrant at the time outstanding a notice specifying, as the
case may be, (i) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of
such dividend, distribution or right, and stating the amount and character of
such dividend, distribution or right, or (ii) the date on which such
reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, conveyance,
dissolution, liquidation or winding up is to take place, and the time, if any,
is to be fixed, as to which the holders of record of Common Stock (or such other
securities at the time receivable upon the exercise of the Warrant) shall be
entitled to exchange their shares of Common Stock (or such other securities) for
securities or other property deliverable upon such reorganization,
reclassification, consolidation, merger, conveyance, dissolution, liquidation or
winding up. Such notice shall be mailed at least 15 Business Days prior to the
date therein specified and the Warrant may be exercised prior to said date
during the term of the Warrant, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in
Section 1 hereof, provided that the Holder is not in possession of any material
nonpublic information at such time.
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6. Transfers. This Warrant and the rights granted hereunder may not be
assigned, sold, transferred, pledged, hypothecated or otherwise disposed except
to wholly owned subsidiaries or majority controlled affiliates of the Holder.
Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, the Warrant Stock may not
be sold, transferred, pledged, hypothecated or otherwise disposed of except as
follows: (a) to a person who, in the opinion of counsel to the Corporation, is a
person to whom the Warrant Stock may legally be transferred without registration
and without the delivery of a current prospectus under the Securities Act with
respect thereto and then only against receipt of an agreement of such person to
comply with the provisions of this Section 6 with respect to any resale or other
disposition of such securities; or (b) to any person upon delivery of a
prospectus then meeting the requirements of the Securities Act relating to such
securities and the offering thereof for such sale or disposition, and thereafter
to all successive assignees.
7. Legend. Unless the shares of Warrant Stock have been registered under
the Securities Act, upon exercise of any of the Warrants and the issuance of any
of the shares of Warrant Stock, all certificates representing such securities
shall bear on the face thereof substantially the following legend:
THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN
REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND MAY NOT
BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED
OF, UNLESS REGISTERED PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THAT ACT OR UNLESS
AN OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE CORPORATION IS OBTAINED STATING THAT SUCH
DISPOSITION IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM SUCH
REGISTRATION.
8. Incorporation of Subscription Agreement. The terms and conditions of the
Subscription Agreement (including the representations, warranties and covenants
made therein) between the Corporation and the Holder, dated as of the date
hereof, (the "Subscription Agreement") are incorporated herein by reference and
shall be deemed to be made herein.
9. Notices. Except as set forth elsewhere herein, any notice or demand to
be given or served in connection herewith shall be deemed to be sufficiently
given or served for all purposes by being sent as registered or certified mail,
return receipt requested, postage prepaid, in the case of the Corporation,
addressed to it at the address set forth below;
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Equity One, Inc.
0000 XX Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000
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and in the case of the Holder at the address set forth on the record books of
the Corporation, or at such other address of which the Corporation or the Holder
has been advised by notice hereunder.
10. Applicable Law. The Warrant is issued under and shall for all purposes
be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of
Florida, without giving effect to the choice of law rules thereof.
11. Successors and Assigns. The terms and provisions of this Warrant shall
inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the Corporation and the Holder and
their respective successors and permitted assigns. Any successor or permitted
assign of this Warrant, by its acceptance thereof, agrees to be bound by the
terms of this Warrant with the same force and effect as if a signatory thereof.
(Signature on following page)
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IN WITNESS HEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Warrant to be signed on
its behalf, in its corporate name, by its duly authorized officer, all as of the
day and year first above written.
EQUITY ONE, INC.
By:
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Name:
Title:
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WARRANT EXERCISE FORM
The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise the within Warrant to the
extent of purchasing ____________ shares of Common Stock of Equity One, Inc., a
Maryland corporation, and hereby makes payment of $____________ in payment
therefor.
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Signature
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Signature, if jointly held
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Date
INSTRUCTIONS FOR ISSUANCE OF STOCK
(if other than to the registered holder of the within Warrant)
Name____________________________________________________________________________
(Please type or print in block letters)
Address_________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
Social Security or
Taxpayer Identification Number__________________________________________________
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