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Exhibit 4.9
WARRANT AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT, dated as of this ____th day of ___________, 1997,
by and among Piranha Interactive Publishing, Inc., a Nevada corporation
("Company"), American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as Warrant Agent (the
"Warrant Agent"), and X.X. XXXXX INVESTMENT BANKING CORP., a New York
corporation ("Xxxxx").
W I T N E S S E T H
WHEREAS, in connection with (i) a public offering of up to
1,380,000 units ("Units"), each unit consisting of one (1) share of the
Company's Common Stock, $.001 par value ("Common Stock"), one (1) redeemable
Class A Warrant ("Class A Warrants") and one (1) redeemable Class B Warrant
("Class B Warrants") pursuant to an underwriting agreement (the "Underwriting
Agreement") dated _______________, 1997 between the Company and Xxxxx, (ii) the
issuance to the Underwriter or its designees of Unit Purchase Options to
purchase an aggregate of 120,000 additional Units, to be dated as of __________,
1997 (the "Unit Purchase Options"),and (iii) the conversion of 750,000 warrants
issued in a private placement by the Company on November 27, 1996 and December
5, 1996, into 750,000 Class A Warrants, the Company may issue up to 2,250,000
Class A Warrants and 1,500,000 Class B Warrants (the Class A Warrants and Class
B Warrants may be collectively referred to as "Warrants"); and
WHEREAS, each Class A Warrant initially entitles the
Registered Holder thereof to purchase one (1) share of Common Stock and one (1)
Class B Warrant, and accordingly, the Company may issue up to an additional
2,250,000 Class B Warrants; and
WHEREAS, each Class B Warrant initially entitles the
Registered Holder thereof to purchase one (1) share of Common Stock; and
WHEREAS, the Company desires the Warrant Agent to act on
behalf of the Company, and the Warrant Agent is willing to so act, in connection
with the issuance, registration, transfer exchange and redemption of the
Warrants, the issuance of certificates representing the Warrants, the exercise
of the Warrants, and the rights of the Registered Holders thereof;
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual
agreements hereinafter set forth and for the purpose of defining the terms and
provisions of the Warrants and the certificates representing the Warrants and
the respective rights and obligations thereunder of the Company, the holders of
certificates representing the Warrants and the Warrant Agent, the parties hereto
agree as follows:
SECTION 1. Definitions. As used herein, the following terms
shall have the following meanings, unless the context shall otherwise require:
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(a) "Common Stock" shall mean stock of the Company of any
class, whether now or hereafter authorized, which has the right to participate
in the distribution of earnings and assets of the Company without limit as to
amount or percentage, which at the date hereof consists of twenty million
(20,000,000) shares of Common Stock, $.001 par value.
(b) "Corporate Office" shall mean the office of the Warrant
Agent (or its successor) at which at any particular time its principal business
shall be administered, which office is located at the date hereof at 00 Xxxx
Xxxxxx, 00xx Xx., Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000.
(c) "Exercise Date" shall mean, as to any Warrant, the date on
which the Warrant Agent shall have received both (a) the Warrant Certificate
representing such Warrant, with the exercise form thereon duly executed by the
Registered Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and (b)
payment in cash, or by official bank or certified check made payable to the
Company, of an amount in lawful money of the United States of America equal to
the applicable Purchase Price.
(d) "Initial Warrant Exercise Date" shall mean as to each
Class A Warrant and Class B Warrant __________, 1997.
(e) "Purchase Price" shall mean the purchase price to be paid
upon exercise of each Class A Warrant or Class B Warrant in accordance with the
terms hereof, which price shall be $6.50 as to the Class A Warrants and $8.75 as
to the Class B Warrants, subject to adjustment from time to time pursuant to the
provisions of Section 9 hereof, and subject to the Company's right to reduce the
Purchase Price upon notice to all Registered Holders of Warrants.
(f) "Redemption Price" shall mean the price at which the
Company may, at its option in accordance with the terms hereof, redeem the Class
A Warrants and/or Class B Warrants, which price shall be $0.05 per Warrant.
(g) "Registered Holder" shall mean as to any Warrant and as of
any particular date, the person in whose name the certificate representing the
Warrant shall be registered on that date on the books maintained by the Warrant
Agent pursuant to Section 6.
(h) "Transfer Agent" shall mean American Stock Transfer &
Trust Company, as the Company's transfer agent, or its authorized successor, as
such.
(i) "Warrant Expiration Date" shall mean 5:00 P.M. (New York
time) on _________, 2002 or, with respect to Warrants which are outstanding as
of the applicable Redemption Date (as defined in Section 8) and specifically
excluding Warrants issuable upon exercise of Unit Purchase Options if the Unit
Purchase Options have not been exercised, the Redemption Date, whichever is
earlier; provided that if such date shall in the State of New York be a holiday
or a day on which banks are authorized or required to close, then 5:00 P.M. (New
York time) on the next following day which in the State of New York is not a
holiday or a day
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on which banks are authorized or required to close. Upon notice to all
Registered Holders, the Company shall have the right to extend the Warrant
Expiration Date.
SECTION 2. Warrants and Issuance of Warrant Certificates.
(a) A Class A Warrant initially shall entitle the Registered
Holder of the Warrant Certificate representing such Warrant to purchase one
share of Common Stock and one Class B Warrant upon the exercise thereof, in
accordance with the terms hereof, subject to modification and adjustment as
provided in Section 9.
(b) A Class B Warrant initially shall entitle the Registered
Holder of the Warrant Certificate representing such Warrant to purchase one
share of Common Stock upon the exercise thereof, in accordance with the terms
hereof, subject to modification and adjustment as provided in Section 9.
(c) The Class A Warrants and Class B Warrants included in the
offering of Units will be detachable and separately transferable immediately
from the shares of Common Stock constituting part of such Units. The Class B
Warrants will also be detachable and separately transferable immediately from
the shares of Common Stock issued upon exercise of the Class A Warrants.
(d) Upon execution of this Agreement, Warrant Certificates
representing the number of Class A Warrants and Class B Warrants sold pursuant
to the Underwriting Agreement shall be executed by the Company and delivered to
the Warrant Agent. Upon written order of the Company signed by its President or
Chairman or a Vice President and by its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, the
Warrant Certificates shall be countersigned, issued and delivered by the Warrant
Agent as part of the Units.
(e) From time to time, up to the Warrant Expiration Date, the
Transfer Agent shall countersign and deliver stock certificates in required
whole number denominations representing up to an aggregate of 6,000,000 shares
of Common Stock, subject to adjustment as described herein, upon the exercise of
Warrants in accordance with this Agreement.
(f) From time to time, up to the Warrant Expiration Date, the
Warrant Agent shall countersign and deliver Warrant Certificates in required
whole number denominations to the persons entitled thereto in connection with
any transfer or exchange permitted under this Agreement; provided that no
Warrant Certificates shall be issued except (i) those initially issued
hereunder, (ii) those issued on or after the Initial Warrant Exercise Date, upon
the exercise of fewer than all Warrants represented by any Warrant Certificate,
to evidence any unexercised Warrants held by the exercising Registered Holder,
(iii) those issued upon any transfer or exchange pursuant to Section 6; (iv)
those issued in replacement of lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Warrant
Certificates pursuant to Section 7; (v) those issued pursuant to the Unit
Purchase Option; (vi) at the option of the Company, in such form as may be
approved by the its Board of Directors, to reflect any adjustment or change in
the Purchase Price, the number of
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shares of Common Stock purchasable upon exercise of the Warrants or the Target
Price(s) therefor made pursuant to Section 8 hereof; and (vii) those Class B
Warrants issued upon exercise of Class A Warrants.
(g) Pursuant to the terms of the Unit Purchase Options, the
Underwriter may purchase up to 120,000 Units, which include up to120,000 Class A
Warrants and 120,000 Class B Warrants. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained herein, the Warrants underlying the Unit Purchase Option shall not be
subject to redemption by the Company except under the terms and conditions set
forth in the Unit Purchase Options.
SECTION 3. Form and Execution of Warrant Certificates.
(a) The Warrant Certificates shall be substantially in the
form annexed hereto as Exhibit A as to the Class A Warrants and Exhibit B as to
the Class B Warrants (the provisions of which are hereby incorporated herein)
and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification or
designation and such legends, summaries or endorsements printed, lithographed or
engraved thereon as the Company may deem appropriate and as are not inconsistent
with the provisions of this Agreement, or as may be required to comply with any
law or with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or
regulation of any stock exchange on which the Class A Warrants or Class B
Warrants may be listed, or to conform to usage or to the requirements of Section
2(d). The Warrant Certificates shall be dated the date of issuance thereof
(whether upon initial issuance, transfer, exchange or in lieu of mutilated,
lost, stolen, or destroyed Warrant Certificates) and issued in registered form.
Warrant Certificates shall be numbered serially with the letters AW on Class A
Warrants of all denominations and the letters BW on Class B Warrants of all
denominations.
(b) Warrant Certificates shall be executed on behalf of the
Company by its Chairman of the Board, President or any Vice President and by its
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, by manual signatures or by facsimile
signatures printed thereon, and shall have imprinted thereon a facsimile of the
Company's seal. Warrant Certificates shall be manually countersigned by the
Warrant Agent and shall not be valid for any purpose unless so countersigned. In
case any officer of the Company who shall have signed any of the Warrant
Certificates shall cease to be an officer of the Company or to hold the
particular office referenced in the Warrant Certificate before the date of
issuance of the Warrant Certificates or before countersignature by the Warrant
Agent and issue and delivery thereof, such Warrant Certificates may nevertheless
be countersigned by the Warrant Agent, issued and delivered with the same force
and effect as though the person who signed such Warrant Certificates had not
ceased to be an officer of the Company or to hold such office. After
countersignature by the Warrant Agent, Warrant Certificates shall be delivered
by the Warrant Agent to the Registered Holder without further action by the
Company, except as otherwise provided by Section 4(a) hereof.
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SECTION 4. Exercise.
(a) Each Warrant may be exercised by the Registered Holder
thereof at any time on or after the Initial Exercise Date, but not after the
Warrant Expiration Date, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth
herein and in the applicable Warrant Certificate. A Warrant shall be deemed to
have been exercised immediately prior to the close of business on the Exercise
Date and the person entitled to receive the securities deliverable upon such
exercise shall be treated for all purposes as the holder of those securities
upon the exercise of the Warrant as of the close of business on the Exercise
Date. As soon as practicable on or after the Exercise Date, the Warrant Agent
shall deposit the proceeds received from the exercise of a Warrant and shall
notify the Company in writing of the exercise of the Warrants. Promptly
following, and in any event within five days after the date of such notice from
the Warrant Agent, the Warrant Agent, on behalf of the Company, shall cause to
be issued and delivered by the Transfer Agent, to the person or persons entitled
to receive the same, a certificate or certificates for the securities
deliverable upon such exercise, (plus a Warrant Certificate for any remaining
unexercised Warrants of the Registered Holder) unless prior to the date of
issuance of such certificates the Company shall instruct the Warrant Agent to
refrain from causing such issuance of certificates pending clearance of checks
received in payment of the Purchase Price pursuant to such Warrants.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of payment made in the form of a
check drawn on an account of Xxxxx or such other investment banks and brokerage
houses as the Company shall approve in writing to the Warrant Agent,
certificates shall immediately be issued without prior notice to the Company or
any delay. Upon the exercise of any Warrant and clearance of the funds received,
the Warrant Agent shall promptly remit the payment received for the Warrant (the
"Warrant Proceeds") to the Company or as the Company may direct in writing,
subject to the provisions of Sections 4(b) and 4(c) hereof.
(b) If, at the Exercise Date in respect of the exercise of any
Warrant after _______, 199_, (i) the market price of the Company's Common Stock
is greater than the then Purchase Price of the Warrant, (ii) the exercise of the
Warrant was solicited by a member of the National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc. ("NASD") as designated in writing on the Warrant Certificate
Subscription Form, (iii) the Warrant was not held in a discretionary account,
(iv) disclosure of compensation arrangements was made both at the time of the
original offering and at the time of exercise; and (v) the solicitation of the
exercise of the Warrant was not in violation of Rule 10b-6 (as such rule or any
successor rule may be in effect as of such time of exercise) promulgated under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, then the Warrant Agent, simultaneously with
the distribution of the Warrant Proceeds to the Company shall, on behalf of the
Company, pay from the Warrant Proceeds, a fee of 5% (the "Xxxxx Fee") of the
Purchase Price to Xxxxx, unless Xxxxx refuses or is unable to solicit such
exercise (of which a portion may be reallowed by Xxxxx to the dealer who
solicited the exercise, which may also be Xxxxx or X.X. Xxxxx & Co., Inc.,
unless Xxxxx refuses or is unable to solicit such exercise). In the event the
Xxxxx Fee is not received within five days of the date on which the Company
receives Warrant Proceeds, unless such failure to make payment occurs as a
result of actions by a person other than the Company and the Company has used
its best efforts to cause the Xxxxx Fee to be paid, then the Xxxxx Fee shall
begin accruing interest at an annual rate of prime plus four percent (4%),
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payable by the Company to Xxxxx at the time Xxxxx receives the Xxxxx Fee. Within
five days after exercise the Warrant Agent shall send to Xxxxx a copy of the
reverse side of each Warrant exercised. Xxxxx shall reimburse the Warrant Agent,
upon request, for its reasonable expenses relating to compliance with this
section 4(b). The Company shall pay all fees and expenses including all blue sky
fees and expenses and all out-of-pocket expenses of Xxxxx, including legal fees,
in connection with the solicitation, redemption or exchange of the Warrants,
unless Xxxxx refuses or is unable to solicit such exercise. In addition, Xxxxx
and the Company may at any time during business hours, examine the records of
the Warrant Agent, including its ledger of original Warrant Certificates
returned to the Warrant Agent upon exercise of Warrants. The provisions of this
paragraph may not be modified, amended or deleted without the prior written
consent of Xxxxx.
(c) In order to enforce the provisions of Section 4(b) above,
in the event there is any dispute or question as to the amount or payment of the
Xxxxx Fee, the Warrant Agent is hereby expressly authorized to withhold payment
to the Company of the Warrant Proceeds unless and until the Company establishes
an escrow account for the purpose of depositing the entire amount of the Xxxxx
Fee, which amount will be deducted from the net Warrant Proceeds to be paid to
the Company. The funds placed in the escrow account may not be released to the
Company without a written agreement from Xxxxx that the required Xxxxx Fee has
been received by Xxxxx.
SECTION 5. Reservation of Shares; Listing; Payment of Taxes;
etc.
(a) The Company covenants that it will at all times reserve
and keep available out of its authorized Common Stock, solely for the purpose of
issue upon exercise of Warrants, such number of shares of Common Stock as shall
then be issuable upon the exercise of all outstanding Warrants. The Company
covenants that all shares of Common Stock which shall be issuable upon exercise
of the Warrants shall, at the time of delivery, be duly and validly issued,
fully paid, nonassessable and free from all taxes, liens and charges with
respect to the issue thereof, (other than those which the Company shall promptly
pay or discharge) and that upon issuance such shares shall be listed on each
national securities exchange, on which the other shares of outstanding Common
Stock of the Company are then listed or shall be eligible for inclusion in the
Nasdaq National Market or the Nasdaq SmallCap Market if the other shares of
outstanding Common Stock of the Company are so included.
(b) The Company covenants that if any securities to be
reserved for the purpose of exercise of Warrants hereunder require registration
with, or approval of, any governmental authority under any federal securities
law before such securities may be validly issued or delivered upon such
exercise, then the Company will in good faith and as expeditiously as reasonably
possible, endeavor to secure such registration or approval. The Company will use
reasonable efforts to obtain appropriate approvals or registrations under state
"blue sky" securities laws. With respect to any such securities, however,
Warrants may not be exercised by, or shares of Common Stock issued to, any
Registered Holder in any state in which such exercise would be unlawful.
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(c) The Company shall pay all documentary, stamp or similar
taxes and other governmental charges that may be imposed with respect to the
issuance of Warrants, or the issuance or delivery of any shares or Class B
Warrants upon exercise of the Class A Warrants, or the issuance or delivery of
any shares upon exercise of the Class B Warrants; provided, however, that if the
shares of Common Stock or Class B Warrants, as the case may be, are to be
delivered in a name other than the name of the Registered Holder of the Warrant
Certificate representing any Warrant being exercised, then no such delivery
shall be made unless the person requesting the same has paid to the Warrant
Agent the amount of transfer taxes or charges incident thereto, if any.
(d) The Warrant Agent is hereby irrevocably authorized to
requisition the Company's Transfer Agent from time to time for certificates
representing shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants, and
the Company will authorize the Transfer Agent to comply with all such proper
requisitions. The Company will file with the Warrant Agent a statement setting
forth the name and address of the Transfer Agent of the Company for shares of
Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants.
SECTION 6. Exchange and Registration of Transfer.
(a) Warrant Certificates may be exchanged for other Warrant
Certificates representing an equal aggregate number of Warrants of the same
class or may be transferred in whole or in part. Warrant Certificates to be
exchanged shall be surrendered to the Warrant Agent at its Corporate Office, and
upon satisfaction of the terms and provisions hereof, the Company shall execute
and the Warrant Agent shall countersign, issue and deliver in exchange therefor
the Warrant Certificate or Certificates which the Registered Holder making the
exchange shall be entitled to receive.
(b) The Warrant Agent shall keep at its office books in which,
subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, it shall register
Warrant Certificates and the transfer thereof in accordance with its regular
practice. Upon due presentment for registration of transfer of any Warrant
Certificate at such office, the Company shall execute and the Warrant Agent
shall issue and deliver to the transferee or transferees a new Warrant
Certificate or Certificates representing an equal aggregate number of Warrants.
(c) With respect to all Warrant Certificates presented for
registration or transfer, or for exchange or exercise, the subscription form on
the reverse thereof shall be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written
instrument or instruments of transfer and subscription, in form satisfactory to
the Company and the Warrant Agent, duly executed by the Registered Holder or his
attorney-in-fact duly authorized in writing.
(d) A service charge may be imposed by the Warrant Agent for
any exchange or registration of transfer of Warrant Certificates. In addition,
the Company may require payment by such holder of a sum sufficient to cover any
tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection therewith.
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(e) All Warrant Certificates surrendered for exercise or for
exchange in case of mutilated Warrant Certificates shall be promptly cancelled
by the Warrant Agent and thereafter retained by the Warrant Agent until
termination of this Agreement or resignation as Warrant Agent, or, with the
prior written consent of Xxxxx, disposed of or destroyed, at the direction of
the Company.
(f) Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer
thereof, the Company and the Warrant Agent may deem and treat the Registered
Holder of any Warrant Certificate as the absolute owner thereof and of each
Warrant represented thereby (notwithstanding any notations of ownership or
writing thereon made by anyone other than a duly authorized officer of the
Company or the Warrant Agent) for all purposes and shall not be affected by any
notice to the contrary. The Warrants, which are being publicly offered in Units
with shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, will be
immediately detachable from the Common Stock and transferable separately
therefrom.
SECTION 7. Loss or Mutilation. Upon receipt by the Company and
the Warrant Agent of evidence satisfactory to them of the ownership of and loss,
theft, destruction or mutilation of any Warrant Certificate and (in case of
loss, theft or destruction) of indemnity satisfactory to them, and (in the case
of mutilation) upon surrender and cancellation thereof, the Company shall
execute and the Warrant Agent shall ( in the absence of notice to the Company
and/or Warrant Agent that the Warrant Certificate has been acquired by a bona
fide purchaser) countersign and deliver to the Registered Holder in lieu thereof
a new Warrant Certificate of like tenor representing an equal aggregate number
of Class A Warrants or Class B Warrants. Applicants for a substitute Warrant
Certificate shall comply with such other reasonable regulations and pay such
other reasonable charges as the Warrant Agent may prescribe.
SECTION 8. Redemption.
(a) Subject to the provisions of paragraph 2(g) hereof, on not
less than thirty (30) days notice given at any time after ___________, 1998 (the
"Redemption Notice"), to Registered Holders of the Warrants being redeemed, the
Warrants may be redeemed, at the option of the Company, at a redemption price of
$0.05 per Warrant, provided the Market Price shall exceed $9.10 with respect to
the Class A Warrants and $12.25 with respect to the Class B Warrants (the
"Target Prices"), subject to adjustment as set forth in Section 8(f), below.
Market Price shall mean (i) the average closing bid price of the Common Stock,
for thirty (30) consecutive business days ending on the Calculation Date as
reported by Nasdaq, if the Common Stock is traded on the Nasdaq SmallCap Market,
or (ii) the average last reported sale price of the Common Stock, for thirty
(30) consecutive business days ending on the Calculation Date, as reported by
the primary exchange on which the Common Stock is traded, if the Common Stock is
traded on a national securities exchange, or by Nasdaq, if the Common Stock is
traded on the Nasdaq National Market. All Warrants of a class must be redeemed
if any of that class are redeemed, provided that the Warrants underlying the
Unit Purchase Option may only be redeemed in compliance with and subject to the
terms and conditions of the Unit Purchase Option. For purposes of this Section
8, the Calculation Date shall mean a date within 15 days of the mailing
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of the Redemption Notice. The date fixed for redemption of the Warrants is
referred to herein as the "Redemption Date". The Class B Warrant Redemption Date
may not be earlier than thirty-one (31) days after the Class A Warrant
Redemption Date.
(b) If the conditions set forth in Section 8(a) are met, and
the Company desires to exercise its right to redeem the Warrants, it shall
request Xxxxx to mail a Redemption Notice to each of the Registered Holders of
the Warrants to be redeemed, first class, postage prepaid, not later than the
thirtieth day before the date fixed for redemption, at their last address as
shall appear on the records maintained pursuant to Section 6(b). Any notice
mailed in the manner provided herein shall be conclusively presumed to have been
duly given whether or not the Registered Holder receives such notice.
(c) The Redemption Notice shall specify (i) the redemption
price, (ii) the Redemption Date, (iii) the place where the Warrant Certificates
shall be delivered and the redemption price paid, (iv) that Xxxxx will assist
each Registered Holder of a Warrant in connection with the exercise thereof and
(v) that the right to exercise the Warrant shall terminate at 5:00 P.M. (New
York time) on the business day immediately preceding the Redemption Date. No
failure to mail such notice nor any defect therein or in the mailing thereof
shall affect the validity of the proceedings for such redemption except as to a
Registered Holder (a) to whom notice was not mailed or (b) whose notice was
defective. An affidavit of the Warrant Agent or of the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary of Xxxxx or the Company that notice of redemption has been mailed
shall, in the absence of fraud, be prima facie evidence of the facts stated
therein.
(d) Any right to exercise a Warrant shall terminate at 5:00
P.M. (New York time) on the business day immediately preceding the Redemption
Date. On and after the Redemption Date, Registered Holders of the Warrants shall
have no further rights except to receive, upon surrender of the Warrant, the
Redemption Price.
(e) From and after the Redemption Date, the Company shall, at
the place specified in the Redemption Notice, upon presentation and surrender to
the Company by or on behalf of the Registered Holder thereof of one or more
Warrant Certificates evidencing Warrants to be redeemed, deliver or cause to be
delivered to or upon the written order of such Registered Holder a sum in cash
equal to the Redemption Price of each such Warrant. From and after the
Redemption Date and upon the deposit or setting aside by the Company of a sum
sufficient to redeem all the Warrants called for redemption, such Warrants shall
expire and become void and all rights hereunder and under the Warrant
Certificates, except the right to receive payment of the Redemption Price, shall
cease.
(f) If the shares of the Company's Common Stock are subdivided
or combined into a greater or smaller number of shares of Common Stock, the
Target Prices shall be proportionally adjusted by the ratio which the total
number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such event
bears to the total number of shares of Common Stock to be outstanding
immediately after such event.
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SECTION 9. Adjustment of Exercise Price and Number of Shares
of Common Stock or Warrants.
(a) Subject to the exceptions referred to in Section 9(g)
below, in the event the Company shall, at any time or from time to time after
the date hereof, sell any shares of Common Stock for a consideration per share
less than the Market Price (as defined in Section 8, except that for purposes of
Section 9, the Calculation Date shall mean the date of the sale or other
transaction referred to in this Section 9) on the date of the sale or issue any
shares of Common Stock as a stock dividend to the holders of Common Stock, or
subdivide or combine the outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater or
lesser number of shares (any such sale, issuance, subdivision or combination
being herein called a "Change of Shares"), then, and thereafter upon each
further Change of Shares, the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such
Change of Shares shall be changed to a price (including any applicable fraction
of a cent) determined by multiplying the Purchase Price in effect immediately
prior thereto by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the sum of the
number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the issuance
of such additional shares and the number of shares of Common Stock which the
aggregate consideration received (determined as provided in subsection 9(f)(F)
below) for the issuance of such additional shares would purchase at the Market
Price and the denominator of which shall be the sum of the number of shares of
Common Stock outstanding immediately after the issuance of such additional
shares. Such adjustment shall be made successively whenever such an issuance is
made.
Upon each adjustment of the Purchase Price pursuant to
this Section 9, the total number of shares of Common Stock and Class B Warrants
purchasable upon the exercise of each Class A Warrant or the total number of
shares of Common Stock purchasable upon exercise of each Class B Warrant, as
applicable, shall (subject to the provisions contained in Section 9(b) hereof)
be such number of shares (and Class B Warrants, if applicable) (calculated to
the nearest one hundredth; provided, however, that in no event shall the Class A
Aggregate Per Share Price or the Class B Aggregate Per Share Price as
applicable, increase as a result of such rounding calculation) purchasable at
the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment multiplied by
a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the Purchase Price in effect
immediately prior to such adjustment and the denominator of which shall be the
Purchase Price in effect immediately after such adjustment.
(b) The Company may elect, upon any adjustment of the Purchase
Price hereunder, to adjust the number of Class A Warrants or Class B Warrants
outstanding, in lieu of the adjustment in the number of shares of Common Stock
(and Class B Warrants, if applicable) purchasable upon the exercise of each
Warrant as hereinabove provided, so that each Class A Warrant outstanding after
such adjustment shall represent the right to purchase one share of Common Stock
and one Class B Warrant, and each Class B Warrant outstanding after such
adjustment shall represent the right to purchase one share of Common Stock. Each
Warrant held of record prior to such adjustment of the number of Warrants shall
become that number of Warrants (calculated to the nearest tenth) determined by
multiplying the number one by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the
Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such
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adjustment and the denominator of which shall be the Purchase Price in effect
immediately after such adjustment. Upon each adjustment of the number of
Warrants pursuant to this Section 9, the Company shall, as promptly as
practicable, cause to be distributed to each Registered Holder of Warrant
Certificates on the date of such adjustment Warrant Certificates evidencing,
subject to Section 10 hereof, the number of additional Warrants to which such
Holder shall be entitled as a result of such adjustment or, at the option of the
Company, cause to be distributed to such Holder in substitution and replacement
for the Warrant Certificates held by him prior to the date of adjustment (and
upon surrender thereof, if required by the Company) new Warrant Certificates
evidencing the number of Warrants to which such Holder shall be entitled after
such adjustment.
(c) In case of any reclassification, capital reorganization or
other change of outstanding shares of Common Stock, or in case of any
consolidation or merger of the Company with or into another corporation (other
than a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing
corporation and which does not result in any reclassification, capital
reorganization or other change of outstanding shares of Common Stock), or in
case of any sale or conveyance to another corporation of the property of the
Company as, or substantially as, an entirety (other than a sale/leaseback,
mortgage or other financing transaction), the Company shall cause effective
provision to be made so that each holder of a Warrant then outstanding shall
have the right thereafter, by exercising such Warrant, to purchase the kind and
number of shares of stock or other securities or property (including cash)
receivable upon such reclassification, capital reorganization or other change,
consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance by a holder of the number of shares of
Common Stock that might have been purchased upon exercise of such Warrant
immediately prior to such reclassification, capital reorganization or other
change, consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance. Any such provision shall
include provision for adjustments that shall be as nearly equivalent as may be
practicable to the adjustments provided for in this Section 9. The Company shall
not effect any such consolidation, merger or sale unless prior to or
simultaneously with the consummation thereof the successor (if other than the
Company) resulting from such consolidation or merger or the corporation
purchasing assets or other appropriate corporation or entity shall assume, by
written instrument executed and delivered to the Warrant Agent, the obligation
to deliver to the holder of each Warrant such shares of stock, securities or
assets as, in accordance with the foregoing provisions, such holders may be
entitled to purchase and the other obligations of the Company under this
Agreement. The foregoing provisions shall similarly apply to successive
reclassifications, capital reorganizations and other changes of outstanding
shares of Common Stock and to successive consolidations, mergers, sales or
conveyances.
(d) Irrespective of any adjustments or changes in the Purchase
Price or the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable upon exercise of the
Warrants, the Warrant Certificates theretofore and thereafter issued shall,
unless the Company shall exercise its option to issue new Warrant Certificates
pursuant to Section 2(f) hereof, continue to express the Purchase Price per
share, the number of shares purchasable thereunder and the Redemption Price
therefor as the Purchase Price per share, and the number of shares purchasable
and the Redemption Price therefor were expressed in the Warrant Certificates
when the same were
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originally issued.
(e) After each adjustment of the Purchase Price pursuant to
this Section 9, the Company will promptly prepare a certificate signed by the
Chairman or President, and by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer or the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, of the Company setting forth: (i) the
Purchase Price as so adjusted, (ii) the number of shares of Common Stock
purchasable upon exercise of each Warrant after such adjustment and, if the
Company shall have elected to adjust the number of Warrants, the number of
Warrants to which the Registered Holder of each Warrant shall then be entitled,
and the adjustment in Redemption Price resulting therefrom, and (iii) a
statement showing in detail the method of calculation and the facts upon which
such adjustment or readjustment is based, including a statement of (a) the
consideration received or to be received by the Company for any securities
issued or sold or deemed to have been issued, (b) the number of shares of Common
Stock outstanding or deemed to be outstanding, and (c) the Purchase Price in
effect immediately prior to such issue or sale and as adjusted and readjusted
(if required by Section 9) on account thereof. The Company will promptly file
such certificate with the Warrant Agent and furnish a copy thereof to be sent by
ordinary first class mail to Xxxxx and to each Registered Holder of Warrants at
his last address as it shall appear on the registry books of the Warrant Agent.
No failure to mail such notice nor any defect therein or in the mailing thereof
shall affect the validity thereof except as to the holder to whom the Company
failed to mail such notice, or except as to the holder whose notice was
defective. The Company will, upon the written request at any time of the
Underwriter, furnish to the Underwriter a report by Coopers & Xxxxxxx LLP, or
other independent public accountants of recognized national standing (which may
be the regular auditors of the Company) selected by the Company to verify such
computation and setting forth such adjustment or readjustment and showing in
detail the method of calculation and the facts upon which such adjustment or
readjustment is based. The Company will also keep copies of all such
certificates and reports at its principal office.
(f) For purposes of Section 9(a) and 9(b) hereof, the
following provisions (A) to (F) shall also be applicable:
(A) The number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at
any given time shall include shares of Common Stock owned or
held by or for the account of the Company and the sale or
issuance of such treasury shares or the distribution of any
such treasury shares shall not be considered a Change of
Shares for purposes of said sections.
(B) No adjustment of the Purchase Price shall be made
unless such adjustment would require an increase or decrease
of at least $.10 in the Purchase Price; provided that any
adjustments which by reason of this clause (B) are not
required to be made shall be carried forward and shall be made
at the time of and together with the next subsequent
adjustment which, together with any adjustment(s) so carried
forward, shall require an increase or decrease of at least
$.10 in the Purchase Price then in effect hereunder.
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(C) In case of (1) the sale by the Company for cash (or as
a component of a unit being sold for cash) of any rights or
warrants to subscribe for or purchase, or any options for the
purchase of, Common Stock or any securities convertible into
or exchangeable for Common Stock without the payment of any
further consideration other than cash, if any (such securities
convertible, exercisable or exchangeable into Common Stock
being herein called "Convertible Securities"), or (2) the
issuance by the Company, without the receipt by the Company of
any consideration therefor, of any rights or warrants to
subscribe for or purchase, or any options for the purchase of,
Common Stock or Convertible Securities, in each case, if (and
only if) the consideration payable to the Company upon the
exercise of such rights, warrants or options shall consist of
cash, whether or not such rights, warrants or options, or the
right to convert or exchange such Convertible Securities, are
immediately exercisable, and the price per share for which
Common Stock is issuable upon the exercise of such rights,
warrants or options or upon the conversion or exchange of such
Convertible Securities (determined by dividing (x) the minimum
aggregate consideration payable to the Company upon the
exercise of such rights, warrants or options, plus the
consideration, if any, received by the Company for the
issuance or sale of such rights, warrants or options, plus, in
the case of such Convertible Securities, the minimum aggregate
amount of additional consideration, other than such
Convertible Securities, payable upon the conversion or
exchange thereof, by (y) the total maximum number of shares of
Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of such rights,
warrants or options or upon the conversion or exchange of such
Convertible Securities issuable upon the exercise of such
rights, warrants or options) is less than the Market Price of
the Common Stock on the date of the issuance or sale of such
rights, warrants or options, then the total maximum number of
shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of such
rights, warrants or options or upon the conversion or exchange
of such Convertible Securities (as of the date of the issuance
or sale of such rights, warrants or options) shall be deemed
to be outstanding shares of Common Stock for purposes of
Sections 9(a) and 9(b) hereof and shall be deemed to have been
sold for cash in an amount equal to such price per share.
(D) In case of the sale by the Company for cash of any
Convertible Securities, whether or not the right of conversion
or exchange thereunder is immediately exercisable, and the
price per share for which Common Stock is issuable upon the
conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities
(determined by dividing (x) the total amount of consideration
received by the Company for the sale of such Convertible
Securities, plus the minimum aggregate amount of additional
consideration, if any, other than such Convertible Securities,
payable upon the conversion or exchange thereof, by (y) the
total maximum number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon
the conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities) is
less than the Market Price of the Common Stock on the date of
the sale of such Convertible Securities, then the total
maximum
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number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion
or exchange of such Convertible Securities (as of the date of
the sale of such Convertible Securities) shall be deemed to be
outstanding shares of Common Stock for purposes of Sections
9(a) and 9(b) hereof and shall be deemed to have been sold for
cash in an amount equal to such price per share.
(E) In case the Company shall modify the rights of
conversion, exchange or exercise of any of the securities
referred to in (C) or (D) above or any other securities of the
Company convertible, exchangeable or exercisable for shares of
Common Stock, for any reason other than an event that would
require adjustment to prevent dilution, so that the
consideration per share received by the Company after such
modification is less than the Market Price on the date prior
to such modification, the Purchase Price to be in effect after
such modification shall be determined by multiplying the
Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such event by a
fraction, of which the numerator shall be the number of shares
of Common Stock outstanding on the date prior to the
modification plus the number of shares of Common Stock which
the aggregate consideration receivable by the Company for the
securities affected by the modification would purchase at the
Market Price and of which the denominator shall be the number
of shares of Common Stock outstanding on such date plus the
number of shares of Common Stock to be issued upon conversion,
exchange or exercise of the modified securities at the
modified rate. Such adjustment shall become effective as of
the date upon which such modification shall take effect. On
the expiration of any such right, warrant or option or the
termination of any such right to convert or exchange any such
Convertible Securities referred to in Paragraph (C) or (D)
above, the Purchase Price then in effect hereunder shall
forthwith be readjusted to such Purchase Price as would have
obtained (a) had the adjustments made upon the issuance or
sale of such rights, warrants, options or Convertible
Securities been made upon the basis of the issuance of only
the number of shares of Common Stock theretofore actually
delivered (and the total consideration received therefor) upon
the exercise of such rights, warrants or options or upon the
conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities and (b)
had adjustments been made on the basis of the Purchase Price
as adjusted under clause (a) for all transactions (which would
have affected such adjusted Purchase Price) made after the
issuance or sale of such rights, warrants, options or
Convertible Securities.
(F) In case of the sale for cash of any shares of Common
Stock, any Convertible Securities, any rights or warrants to
subscribe for or purchase, or any options for the purchase of,
Common Stock or Convertible Securities, the consideration
received by the Company therefore shall be deemed to be the
gross sales price therefor without deducting therefrom any
expense paid or incurred by the Company or any underwriting
discounts or commissions or concessions paid or allowed by the
Company in connection therewith.
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(G) In case any event shall occur as to which the
provisions of Section 9 are not strictly applicable but the
failure to make any adjustment would not fairly protect the
purchase rights represented by the Warrants in accordance with
the essential intent and principles of Section 9, then, in
each such case, the Board of Directors of the Company shall in
good faith by resolution provide for the adjustment, if any,
on a basis consistent with the essential intent and principles
established in Section 9, necessary to preserve, without
dilution, the purchase rights represented by the Warrants. The
Company will promptly make the adjustments described therein.
(g) No adjustment to the Purchase Price of the Warrants or to
the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable upon the exercise of each
Warrant will be made, however,
(i) upon the exercise of any of the options presently
outstanding under the Company's Stock Option Plan (the "Plan")
for officers, directors and certain other key personnel of the
Company; or
(ii) upon the issuance or exercise of any other securities
which may hereafter be granted or exercised under the Plan or
under any other employee benefit plan of the Company approved
by the Company's stockholders; or
(iii) upon the sale or exercise of the Warrants, including
without limitation the sale or exercise of any of the Warrants
comprising the Unit Purchase Option or upon the sale or
exercise of the Unit Purchase Option; or
(iv) upon the sale of any shares of Common Stock and/or
Convertible Securities in a firm commitment underwritten
public offering, including, without limitation, shares sold
upon the exercise of any overallotment option granted to the
Underwriter in connection with such offering; or
(v) upon the issuance or sale of Common Stock or
Convertible Securities upon the exercise of any rights or
warrants to subscribe for or purchase, or any options for the
purchase of, Common Stock or Convertible Securities, whether
or not such rights, warrants or options were outstanding on
the date of the original sale of the Warrants or were
thereafter issued or sold; or
(vi) upon the issuance or sale of Common Stock upon
conversion or exchange of any Convertible Securities, whether
or not any adjustment in the Purchase Price was made or
required to be made upon the issuance or sale of such
Convertible Securities and whether or not such Convertible
Securities were outstanding on the date of the original sale
of the Warrants or were thereafter issued or sold.
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(h) Any determination as to whether an adjustment in the
Purchase Price in effect hereunder is required pursuant to Section 9, or as to
the amount of any such adjustment, if required, shall be binding upon the
holders of the Warrants and the Company if made in good faith by the Board of
Directors of the Company.
(i) If and whenever the Company shall grant to the holders of
Common Stock, as such, rights or warrants to subscribe for or to purchase, or
any options for the purchase of, Common Stock or securities convertible into or
exchangeable for or carrying a right, warrant or option to purchase Common
Stock, the Company shall concurrently therewith grant to each Registered Holder
as of the record date for such transaction of the Warrants then outstanding, the
rights, warrants or options to which each Registered Holder would have been
entitled if, on the record date used to determine the stockholders entitled to
the rights, warrants or options being granted by the Company, the Registered
Holder were the holder of record of the number of whole shares of Common Stock
then issuable upon exercise (assuming, for purposes of this Section 9(j), that
exercise of Warrants is permissible during periods prior to the Initial Warrant
Exercise Date) of his Warrants. Such grant by the Company to the holders of the
Warrants shall be in lieu of any adjustment which otherwise might be called for
pursuant to this Section 9.
SECTION 10. Fractional Warrants and Fractional Shares.
(a) If the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable upon
the exercise of each Warrant is adjusted pursuant to Section 9 hereof, the
Company nevertheless shall not be required to issue fractions of shares, upon
exercise of the Warrants or otherwise, or to distribute certificates that
evidence fractional shares. With respect to any fraction of a share called for
upon the exercise of any Warrant, the Company shall pay to the Holder an amount
in cash equal to such fraction multiplied by the current market value of such
fractional share, determined as follows:
(1) If the Common Stock is listed on a national securities
exchange or admitted to unlisted trading privileges on such
exchange or is traded on the Nasdaq National Market, the
current market value shall be the last reported sale price of
the Common Stock on such exchange or market on the last
business day prior to the date of exercise of this Warrant or
if no such sale is made on such day, the average of the
closing bid and asked prices for such day on such exchange or
market; or
(2) If the Common Stock is not listed or admitted to
unlisted trading privileges on a national securities exchange
or is not traded on the Nasdaq National Market, the current
market value shall be the mean of the last reported bid and
asked prices reported by the Nasdaq SmallCap Market or, if not
traded thereon, by the National Quotation Bureau, Inc. on the
last business day prior to the date of the exercise of this
Warrant; or
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(3) If the Common Stock is not so listed or admitted to
unlisted trading privileges and bid and asked prices are not
so reported, the current market value shall be an amount
determined in such reasonable manner as may be prescribed by
the Board of Directors of the Company.
SECTION 11. Warrant Holders Not Deemed Stockholders. No holder
of Warrants shall, as such, be entitled to vote or to receive dividends or be
deemed the holder of Common Stock that may at any time be issuable upon exercise
of such Warrants for any purpose whatsoever, nor shall anything contained herein
be construed to confer upon the holder of Warrants, as such, any of the rights
of a stockholder of the Company or any right to vote for the election of
directors or upon any matter submitted to stockholders at any meeting thereof,
or to give or withhold consent to any corporate action (whether upon any
recapitalization, issue or reclassification of stock, change of par value or
change of stock to no par value, consolidation, merger or conveyance or
otherwise), or to receive notice of meetings, or to receive dividends or
subscription rights, until such holder shall have exercised such Warrants and
been issued shares of Common Stock in accordance with the provisions hereof.
SECTION 12. Rights of Action. All rights of action with
respect to this Agreement are vested in the respective Registered Holders of the
Warrants, and any Registered Holder of a Warrant, without consent of the Warrant
Agent or of the holder of any other Warrant, may, in his own behalf and for his
own benefit, enforce against the Company his right to exercise his Warrants for
the purchase of shares of Common Stock in the manner provided in the Warrant
Certificate and this Agreement.
SECTION 13. Agreement of Warrant Holders. Every holder of a
Warrant, by his acceptance thereof, consents and agrees with the Company, the
Warrant Agent and every other holder of a Warrant that:
(a) The Warrants are transferable only on the registry books
of the Warrant Agent by the Registered Holder thereof in person or by his
attorney duly authorized in writing and only if the Warrant Certificates
representing such Warrants are surrendered at the office of the Warrant Agent,
duly endorsed or accompanied by a proper instrument of transfer satisfactory to
the Warrant Agent and the Company in their sole discretion, together with
payment of any applicable transfer taxes; and
(b) The Company and the Warrant Agent may deem and treat the
person in whose name the Warrant Certificate is registered as the holder and as
the absolute, true and lawful owner of the Warrants represented thereby for all
purposes, and neither the Company nor the Warrant Agent shall be affected by any
notice or knowledge to the contrary, except as otherwise expressly provided in
Section 7 hereof.
SECTION 14. Cancellation of Warrant Certificates. If the
Company shall purchase or acquire any Warrant or Warrants, the Warrant
Certificate or Warrant Certificates evidencing the same shall thereupon be
delivered to the Warrant Agent and cancelled by it and
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retired. The Warrant Agent shall also cancel the Warrant Certificate or Warrant
Certificates following exercise of any or all of the Warrants represented
thereby or delivered to it for transfer or exchange.
SECTION 15. Concerning the Warrant Agent. The Warrant Agent
acts hereunder as agent and in a ministerial capacity for the Company, and its
duties shall be determined solely by the provisions hereof. The Warrant Agent
shall not, by issuing and delivering Warrant Certificates or by any other act
hereunder be deemed to make any representations as to the validity, value or
authorization of the Warrant Certificates or the Warrants represented thereby or
of any securities or other property delivered upon exercise of any Warrant or
whether any stock issued upon exercise of any Warrant is fully paid and
nonassessable.
The Warrant Agent shall not at any time be under any duty
or responsibility to any holder of Warrant Certificates to make or cause to be
made any adjustment of the Purchase Price or the Redemption Price provided in
this Agreement, or to determine whether any fact exists which may require any
such adjustments, or with respect to the nature or extent of any such
adjustment, when made, or with respect to the method employed in making the
same. It shall not (i) be liable for any recital or statement of facts contained
herein or for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it in reliance on any
Warrant Certificate or other document or instrument believed by it in good faith
to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or
parties, (ii) be responsible for any failure on the part of the Company to
comply with any of its covenants and obligations contained in this Agreement or
in any Warrant Certificate, or (iii) be liable for any act or omission in
connection with this Agreement except for its own negligence or wilful
misconduct.
The Warrant Agent may at any time consult with counsel
satisfactory to it (who may be counsel for the Company) and shall incur no
liability or responsibility for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it in
good faith in accordance with the opinion or advice of such counsel.
Any notice, statement, instruction, request, direction,
order or demand of the Company shall be sufficiently evidenced by an instrument
signed by the Chairman of the Board, President, any Vice President, its
Secretary, or Assistant Secretary, (unless other evidence in respect thereof is
herein specifically prescribed). The Warrant Agent shall not be liable for any
action taken, suffered or omitted by it in accordance with such notice,
statement, instruction, request, direction, order or demand believed by it to be
genuine.
The Company agrees to pay the Warrant Agent reasonable
compensation for its services hereunder and to reimburse it for its reasonable
expenses hereunder; it further agrees to indemnify the Warrant Agent and save it
harmless against any and all losses, expenses and liabilities, including
judgments, costs and counsel fees, for anything done or omitted by the Warrant
Agent in the execution of its duties and powers hereunder except losses,
expenses and liabilities arising as a result of the Warrant Agent's negligence
or wilful misconduct.
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The Warrant Agent may resign its duties and be discharged
from all further duties and liabilities hereunder (except liabilities arising as
a result of the Warrant Agent's own negligence or wilful misconduct), after
giving 30 days' prior written notice to the Company. At least 15 days prior to
the date such resignation is to become effective, the Warrant Agent shall cause
a copy of such notice of resignation to be mailed to the Registered Holder of
each Warrant Certificate at the Company's expense. Upon such resignation, or any
inability of the Warrant Agent to act as such hereunder, the Company shall
appoint a new warrant agent in writing. If the Company shall fail to make such
appointment within a period of 15 days after it has been notified in writing of
such resignation by the resigning Warrant Agent, then the Registered Holder of
any Warrant Certificate may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for the
appointment of a new warrant agent. Any new warrant agent, whether appointed by
the Company or by such a court, shall be a bank or trust company having a
capital and surplus, as shown by its last published report to its stockholders,
of not less than $10,000,000 or a stock transfer company that is a registered
transfer agent under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. After acceptance in
writing of such appointment by the new warrant agent is received by the Company,
such new warrant agent shall be vested with the same powers, rights, duties and
responsibilities as if it had been originally named herein as the Warrant Agent,
without any further assurance, conveyance, act or deed; but if for any reason it
shall be necessary or expedient to execute and deliver any further assurance,
conveyance, act or deed, the same shall be done at the expense of the Company
and shall be legally and validly executed and delivered by the resigning Warrant
Agent. Not later than the effective date of any such appointment the Company
shall file notice thereof with the resigning Warrant Agent and shall forthwith
cause a copy of such notice to be mailed to the Registered Holder of each
Warrant Certificate.
Any corporation into which the Warrant Agent or any new
warrant agent may be converted or merged or any corporation resulting from any
consolidation to which the Warrant Agent or any new warrant agent shall be a
party or any corporation succeeding to the trust business of the Warrant Agent
shall be a successor warrant agent under this Agreement without any further act,
provided that such corporation is eligible for appointment as successor to the
Warrant Agent under the provisions of the preceding paragraph. Any such
successor warrant agent shall promptly cause notice of its succession as warrant
agent to be mailed to the Company and to the Registered Holder of each Warrant
Certificate.
The Warrant Agent, its subsidiaries and affiliates, and
any of its or their officers or directors, may buy and hold or sell Warrants or
other securities of the Company and otherwise deal with the Company in the same
manner and to the same extent and with like effects as though it were not
Warrant Agent. Nothing herein shall preclude the Warrant Agent from acting in
any other capacity for the Company or for any other legal entity.
SECTION 16. Modification of Agreement. Subject to the
provisions of Section 4(b), the parties hereto and the Company may by
supplemental agreement make any changes or corrections in this Agreement (i)
that they shall deem appropriate to cure any ambiguity or to correct any
defective or inconsistent provision or manifest mistake or error herein
contained; (ii) to reflect an increase in the number of Class A or Class B
Warrants which
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are to be governed by this Agreement resulting from(a) a subsequent public
offering of Company securities which includes Class A or Class B Warrants or (b)
a subsequent private placement of Company securities which includes Class A or
Class B Warrants, in either case having the same terms and conditions as the
Class A or Class B Warrants, respectively, originally covered by or subsequently
added to this Agreement under this Section 16, provided, however, that in the
case of a private placement, the amendment to this Agreement will be effective
only at such time as the resale of such Warrants, as well as the securities
underlying such Warrants is covered by an effective registration statement under
the Act; or (iii) that they may deem necessary or desirable and which shall not
adversely affect the interests of the holders of Warrant Certificates; provided,
however, that this Agreement shall not otherwise be modified, supplemented or
altered in any respect except with the consent in writing of the Registered
Holders of Warrant Certificates representing not less than 50% of the Warrants
then outstanding; and provided, further, that no change in the number or nature
of the securities purchasable upon the exercise of any Warrant, or the Purchase
Price therefor, or the acceleration of the Warrant Expiration Date, shall be
made without the consent in writing of the Registered Holder of the Warrant
Certificate representing such Warrant, other than such changes as are
specifically prescribed by this Agreement as originally executed or are made in
compliance with applicable law.
SECTION 17. Notices. All notices, requests, consents and other
communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been
made when delivered or mailed first class registered or certified mail, postage
prepaid as follows: if to the Registered Holder of a Warrant Certificate, at the
address of such holder as shown on the registry books maintained by the Warrant
Agent; if to the Company, at 0000 Xxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx X, Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000,
attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, or at such other address as may have been
furnished to the Warrant Agent in writing by the Company; if to the Warrant
Agent, at its Corporate Office; if to Xxxxx, at X.X. Xxxxx Investment Banking
Corp., 00 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000.
SECTION 18. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by
and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without
reference to principles of conflict of laws.
SECTION 19. Binding Effect. This Agreement shall be binding
upon and inure to the benefit of the Company and, the Warrant Agent and their
respective successors and assigns, and the holders from time to time of Warrant
Certificates . Nothing in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to
confer upon any other person any right, remedy or claim, in equity or at law, or
to impose upon any other person any duty, liability or obligation.
SECTION 20. Termination. This Agreement shall terminate at the
close of business on the earlier of the Warrant Expiration Date or the date upon
which all Warrants (including the warrants issuable upon exercise of the Unit
Purchase Options) have been exercised, except that the Warrant Agent shall
account to the Company for cash held by it and the provisions of Section 15
hereof shall survive such termination.
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SECTION 21. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in
several counterparts, which taken together shall constitute a single document.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written.
PIRANHA INTERACTIVE PUBLISHING, INC.
By: ______________________________
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
President
AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER &
TRUST COMPANY
By: ______________________________
Authorized Officer
X.X. XXXXX INVESTMENT BANKING CORP.
By: ______________________________
Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
Vice Chairman and General Counsel
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EXHIBIT A
[FORM OF FACE OF CLASS A WARRANT CERTIFICATE]
No. AW _____ Class A Warrants
VOID AFTER __________, 2002
CLASS A WARRANT CERTIFICATE FOR PURCHASE
OF COMMON STOCK AND REDEEMABLE CLASS B WARRANTS
PIRANHA INTERACTIVE PUBLISHING, INC.
This certifies that FOR VALUE RECEIVED __________________ or
registered assigns (the "Registered Holder") is the owner of the number of Class
A Warrants ("Class A Warrants") specified above. Each Class A Warrant
represented hereby initially entitles the Registered Holder to purchase, subject
to the terms and conditions set forth in this Warrant Certificate and the
Warrant Agreement (as hereinafter defined), one fully paid and nonassessable
share of Common Stock, $.001 par value ("Common Stock"), of Piranha Interactive
Publishing, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the "Company"), and one Class B Warrant
of the Company at any time between ____________, 1997 and the Expiration Date
(as hereinafter defined), upon the presentation and surrender of this Warrant
Certificate with the Subscription Form on the reverse hereof duly executed, at
the corporate office of American Stock Transfer & Trust Company as Warrant
Agent, or its successor (the "Warrant Agent"), accompanied by payment of $6.50
(the "Purchase Price") in lawful money of the United States of America in cash
or by official bank or certified check made payable to the Company.
This Warrant Certificate and each Class A Warrant represented
hereby are issued pursuant to and are subject in all respects to the terms and
conditions set forth in the Warrant Agreement (the "Warrant Agreement"), dated
______________, 1997 by and among the Company, the Warrant Agent and X.X. Xxxxx
Investment Banking Corp.
In the event of certain contingencies provided for in the
Warrant Agreement, the Purchase Price or the number of shares of Common Stock
and Class B Warrants subject to purchase upon the exercise of each Class A
Warrant represented hereby are subject to modification or adjustment.
Each Class A Warrant represented hereby is exercisable at the
option of the Registered Holder, but no fractional shares of Common Stock will
be issued. In the case of the
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exercise of less than all the Class A Warrants represented hereby, the Company
shall cancel this Warrant Certificate upon the surrender hereof and shall
execute and deliver a new Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates of like
tenor, which the Warrant Agent shall countersign, for the balance of such Class
A Warrants.
The term "Expiration Date" shall mean 5:00 P.M. (New York
time) on _________________, 2002 or such earlier date as the Class A Warrants
shall be redeemed. If such date shall in the State of New York be a holiday or a
day on which banks are authorized to close, then the Expiration Date shall mean
5:00 P.M. (New York time) the next following day which in the State of New York
is not a holiday or a day on which banks are authorized to close.
The Company shall not be obligated to deliver any securities
pursuant to the exercise of the Class A Warrants represented hereby unless a
registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, with
respect to such securities is effective. The Company has covenanted and agreed
that it will file a registration statement and will use its best efforts to
cause the same to become effective and to keep such registration statement
current while any of the Class A Warrants are outstanding. The Class A Warrants
represented hereby shall not be exercisable by a Registered Holder in any state
where such exercise would be unlawful.
This Warrant Certificate is exchangeable, upon the surrender
hereof by the Registered Holder at the corporate office of the Warrant Agent,
for a new Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates of like tenor representing
an equal aggregate number of Class A Warrants, each of such new Warrant
Certificates to represent such number of Class A Warrants as shall be designated
by such Registered Holder at the time of such surrender. Upon due presentment
for registration of transfer of this Class A Warrant Certificate at such office,
a new Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates representing an equal
aggregate number of Class A Warrants will be issued to the transferee in
exchange therefor, subject to the limitations provided in the Warrant Agreement.
Prior to the exercise of any Class A Warrant represented
hereby, the Registered Holder shall not be entitled to any rights of a
stockholder of the Company, including, without limitation, the right to vote or
to receive dividends or other distributions, and shall not be entitled to
receive any notice of any proceedings of the Company, except as provided in the
Warrant Agreement.
The Class A Warrants represented hereby may be redeemed at the
option of the Company, at a redemption price of $.05 per Class A Warrant at any
time after __________, 1998 provided the Market Price (as defined in the Warrant
Agreement) for the Common Stock shall exceed $9.10 per share. Notice of
redemption shall be given not later than the thirtieth day before the date fixed
for redemption, all as provided in the Warrant Agreement. On and after the date
fixed for redemption, the Registered Holder shall have no rights with respect to
the Class A Warrants represented hereby except to receive the $.05 per Class A
Warrant upon surrender of this Warrant Certificate.
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Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer hereof,
the Company and the Warrant Agent may deem and treat the Registered Holder as
the absolute owner hereof and of each Class A Warrant represented hereby
(notwithstanding any notations of ownership or writing hereon made by anyone
other than a duly authorized officer of the Company or the Warrant Agent) for
all purposes and shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary.
The Company has agreed to pay a fee of 5% of the Purchase
Price upon certain conditions as specified in the Warrant Agreement upon the
exercise of the Class A Warrants represented hereby.
This Warrant Certificate shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
This Warrant Certificate is not valid unless countersigned by
the Warrant Agent.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant
Certificate to be duly executed, manually or in facsimile, by two of its
officers thereunto duly authorized and a facsimile of its corporate seal to be
imprinted hereon.
PIRANHA INTERACTIVE PUBLISHING, INC.
Dated: _____________ By: ______________________________
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
President
By: ______________________________
J. Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx, XX, Vice President
[seal]
Countersigned:
CONTINENTAL STOCK TRANSFER
& TRUST COMPANY, Warrant Agent
By ___________________________
Authorized Officer
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[FORM OF REVERSE OF WARRANT CERTIFICATE]
TRANSFER FEE: $_______ PER CERTIFICATE ISSUED
SUBSCRIPTION FORM
To Be Executed by the Registered Holder
in Order to Exercise Warrants
The undersigned Registered Holder hereby irrevocably elects to
exercise _______ Class A Warrants represented by this Warrant Certificate, and
to purchase the securities issuable upon the exercise of such Class A Warrants,
and requests that certificates for such securities shall be issued in the name
of
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER
_____________________
_____________________
_____________________
_____________________
[please print or type name and address]
and be delivered to
_____________________
_____________________
_____________________
_____________________
[please print or type name and address]
and if such number of Class A Warrants shall not be all the Class A Warrants
evidenced by this Warrant Certificate, that a new Class A Warrant Certificate
for the balance of such Class A Warrants be registered in the name of, and
delivered to, the Registered Holder at the address stated below.
The undersigned represents that the exercise of the Class A
Warrants evidenced hereby was solicited by a member of the National Association
of Securities Dealers, Inc. If not
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solicited by an NASD member, please write "unsolicited" in the space below.
Unless otherwise indicated by listing the name of another NASD member firm, it
will be assumed that the exercise was solicited by X.X. Xxxxx Investment Banking
Corp. or X.X. Xxxxx & Co., Inc.
____________________________________
(Name of NASD Member)
Dated: X ___________________________
____________________________________
____________________________________
Address
____________________________________
Taxpayer Identification Number
____________________________________
Signature Guaranteed
____________________________________
THE SIGNATURE TO THE ASSIGNMENT OR THE SUBSCRIPTION FORM MUST CORRESPOND TO THE
NAME AS WRITTEN UPON THE FACE OF THIS WARRANT CERTIFICATE IN EVERY PARTICULAR,
WITHOUT ALTERATION OR ENLARGEMENT OR ANY CHANGE WHATSOEVER, AND MUST BE
GUARANTEED BY A MEMBER OF THE MEDALLION STAMP PROGRAM.
(INSERT THE FOLLOWING ON BOTH CERTIFICATES) ONLY IF FCC OR OTHER REGULATIONS
LIMIT OWNERSHIP BY NON-U.S. PERSONS ("ALIENS"):
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ASSIGNMENT
To Be Executed by the Registered Holder
in Order to Assign Warrants
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, __________________ hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER
OF TRANSFEREE
_____________________
_____________________
_____________________
_____________________
[please print or type name and address]
_________________ of the Class A Warrants represented by this Warrant
Certificate, and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints
____________________________________ Attorney to transfer this Warrant
Certificate on the books of the Company, with full power of substitution in the
premises.
Dated:________________ X ______________________________
Signature Guaranteed
_______________________________________
THE SIGNATURE TO THE ASSIGNMENT OR THE SUBSCRIPTION FORM MUST CORRESPOND TO THE
NAME AS WRITTEN UPON THE FACE OF THIS WARRANT CERTIFICATE IN EVERY PARTICULAR,
WITHOUT ALTERATION OR ENLARGEMENT OR ANY CHANGE WHATSOEVER, AND MUST BE
GUARANTEED BY A MEMBER OF THE MEDALLION STAMP PROGRAM.
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EXHIBIT B
[FORM OF FACE OF CLASS B WARRANT CERTIFICATE]
No. BW __ Class B Warrants
VOID AFTER _____________ 2002
CLASS B WARRANT CERTIFICATE FOR
PURCHASE OF COMMON STOCK
PIRANHA INTERACTIVE PUBLISHING, INC.
This certifies that FOR VALUE RECEIVED _______________________
or registered assigns (the "Registered Holder") is the owner of the number of
Class B Warrants specified above. Each Class B Warrant represented hereby
initially entitles the Registered Holder to purchase, subject to the terms and
conditions set forth in this Warrant Certificate and the Warrant Agreement (as
hereinafter defined), one fully paid and nonassessable share of Common Stock,
$.001 par value ("Common Stock"), of Piranha Interactive Publishing, Inc., a
Nevada corporation (the "Company"), at any time between _____________, 1997 and
the Expiration Date (as hereinafter defined), upon the presentation and
surrender of this Warrant Certificate with the Subscription Form on the reverse
hereof duly executed, at the corporate office of American Stock Transfer & Trust
Company, as Warrant Agent, or its successor (the "Warrant Agent"), accompanied
by payment of $8.75 (the "Purchase Price") in lawful money of the United States
of America in cash or by official bank or certified check made payable to the
Company.
This Warrant Certificate and each Class B Warrant represented
hereby are issued pursuant to and are subject in all respects to the terms and
conditions set forth in the Warrant Agreement (the "Warrant Agreement"), dated
___________, 1997 by and among the Company, the Warrant Agent and X.X. Xxxxx
Investment Banking Corp.
In the event of certain contingencies provided for in the
Warrant Agreement, the Purchase Price or the number of shares of Common Stock
subject to purchase upon the exercise of each Class B Warrant represented hereby
are subject to modification or adjustment.
Each Class B Warrant represented hereby is exercisable at the
option of the Registered Holder, but no fractional shares of Common Stock will
be issued. In the case of the exercise of less than all the Class B Warrants
represented hereby, the Company shall cancel this Warrant Certificate upon the
surrender hereof and shall execute and deliver a new Warrant Certificate or
Warrant Certificates of like tenor, which the Warrant Agent shall countersign,
for the balance of such Class B Warrants.
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The term "Expiration Date" shall mean 5:00 P.M. (New York
time) on _______________, 2002 or such earlier date as the Class B Warrants
shall be redeemed. If such date shall in the State of New York be a holiday or a
day on which banks are authorized to close, then the Expiration Date shall mean
5:00 P.M. (New York time) the next following day which in the State of New York
is not a holiday or a day on which banks are authorized to close.
The Company shall not be obligated to deliver any securities
pursuant to the exercise of the Class B Warrants represented hereby unless a
registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, with
respect to such securities is effective. The Company has covenanted and agreed
that it will file a registration statement and will use its best efforts to
cause the same to become effective and to keep such registration statement
current while any of the Class B Warrants are outstanding. The Class B Warrants
represented hereby shall not be exercisable by a Registered Holder in any state
where such exercise would be unlawful.
This Warrant Certificate is exchangeable, upon the surrender
hereof by the Registered Holder at the corporate office of the Warrant Agent,
for a new Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates of like tenor representing
an equal aggregate number of Class B Warrants, each of such new Warrant
Certificates to represent such number of Class B Warrants as shall be designated
by such Registered Holder at the time of such surrender. Upon due presentment
with any applicable transfer fee in addition to any tax or other governmental
charge imposed in connection therewith, for registration of transfer of this
Warrant Certificate at such office, a new Warrant Certificate or Warrant
Certificates representing an equal aggregate number of Class B Warrants will be
issued to the transferee in exchange therefor, subject to the limitations
provided in the Warrant Agreement.
Prior to the exercise of any Class B Warrant represented
hereby, the Registered Holder shall not be entitled to any rights of a
stockholder of the Company, including, without limitation, the right to vote or
to receive dividends or other distributions, and shall not be entitled to
receive any notice of any proceedings of the Company, except as provided in the
Warrant Agreement.
The Class B Warrants represented hereby may be redeemed at the
option of the Company, at a redemption price of $.05 per Class B Warrant at any
time after _____________, 1998 provided the Market Price (as defined in the
Warrant Agreement) for the Common Stock shall exceed $12.25 per share. Notice of
redemption shall be given not later than the thirtieth day before the date fixed
for redemption, all as provided in the Warrant Agreement. On and after the date
fixed for redemption, the Registered Holder shall have no rights with respect to
the Class B Warrants represented hereby except to receive the $.05 per Class B
Warrant upon surrender of this Warrant Certificate.
Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer hereof,
the Company and the Warrant Agent may deem and treat the Registered Holder as
the absolute owner hereof and of each Class B Warrant represented hereby
(notwithstanding any notations of ownership or writing
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hereon made by anyone other than a duly authorized officer of the Company or the
Warrant Agent) for all purposes and shall not be affected by any notice to the
contrary.
The Company has agreed to pay a fee of 5% of the Purchase
Price upon certain conditions as specified in the Warrant Agreement upon the
exercise of the Class B Warrants represented hereby.
This Warrant Certificate shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
This Warrant Certificate is not valid unless countersigned by
the Warrant Agent.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant
Certificate to be duly executed, manually or in facsimile, by two of its
officers thereunto duly authorized and a facsimile of its corporate seal to be
imprinted hereon.
PIRANHA INTERACTIVE PUBLISHING, INC.
Dated: _________________ By: _______________________________
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
President
By: ______________________________
J. Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx, XX
Vice President
[seal]
Countersigned:
AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER &
TRUST COMPANY, as Warrant Agent
By: ______________________________
Authorized Officer
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[FORM OF REVERSE OF WARRANT CERTIFICATE]
SUBSCRIPTION FORM
To Be Executed by the Registered Holder
in Order to Exercise Warrants
The undersigned Registered Holder hereby irrevocably elects to
exercise _____________ Class B Warrants represented by this Warrant Certificate,
and to purchase the securities issuable upon the exercise of such Class B
Warrants, and requests that certificates for such securities shall be issued in
the name of
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER
_____________________
_____________________
_____________________
_____________________
[please print or type name and address]
and be delivered to
_____________________
_____________________
_____________________
_____________________
[please print or type name and address]
and if such number of Class B Warrants shall not be all the Class B Warrants
evidenced by this Warrant Certificate, that a new Warrant Certificate for the
balance of such Class B Warrants be registered in the name of, and delivered to,
the Registered Holder at the address stated below.
The undersigned represents that the exercise of the Class B
Warrants evidenced hereby was solicited by a member of the National Association
of Securities Dealers, Inc. If not
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solicited by an NASD member, please write "unsolicited" in the space below.
Unless otherwise indicated by listing the name of another NASD member firm, it
will be assumed that the exercise was solicited by X.X. Xxxxx Investment Banking
Corp.
____________________________________
(Name of NASD Member)
Dated: X ___________________________
____________________________________
____________________________________
Address
____________________________________
Taxpayer Identification Number
____________________________________
Signature Guaranteed
____________________________________
THE SIGNATURE TO THE ASSIGNMENT OR THE SUBSCRIPTION FORM MUST CORRESPOND TO THE
NAME AS WRITTEN UPON THE FACE OF THIS WARRANT CERTIFICATE IN EVERY PARTICULAR,
WITHOUT ALTERATION OR ENLARGEMENT OR ANY CHANGE WHATSOEVER, AND MUST BE
GUARANTEED BY A MEMBER OF THE MEDALLION STAMP PROGRAM.
ASSIGNMENT
To Be Executed by the Registered Holder
in Order to Assign Warrants
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, ___________________ hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto
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PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER
OF TRANSFEREE
_____________________
_____________________
_____________________
_____________________
[please print or type name and address]
_________________ of the Class B Warrants represented by this Warrant
Certificate, and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints
__________________________________ Attorney to transfer this Warrant Certificate
on the books of the Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated: X ______________________________
Signature Guaranteed
_______________________________________
THE SIGNATURE TO THE ASSIGNMENT OR THE SUBSCRIPTION FORM MUST CORRESPOND TO THE
NAME AS WRITTEN UPON THE FACE OF THIS WARRANT CERTIFICATE IN EVERY PARTICULAR,
WITHOUT ALTERATION OR ENLARGEMENT OR ANY CHANGE WHATSOEVER, AND MUST BE
GUARANTEED BY A MEMBER OF THE MEDALLION STAMP PROGRAM.
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