First Amendment Dated as of January 14, 2007 to Warrant Agreement between Stratus Services Group, Inc. and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company Dated as of July 14, 2004
EXHIBIT
4.2.15
First
Amendment
Dated
as
of January 14, 2007
to
between
Stratus
Services Group, Inc.
and
American
Stock Transfer & Trust Company
Dated
as
of July 14, 2004
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This
First Amendment dated as of January 14, 2007 (the “Amendment”) to Warrant
Agreement dated as of July 14, 2004 (the “Warrant Agreement”) between Stratus
Services Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) and American Stock
Transfer and Trust Company, a New York corporation (the “Warrant
Agent”).
WHEREAS,
the Company and the Warrant Agent have previously entered into the Warrant
Agreement;
WHEREAS,
the Company and the Warrant Agent wish to enter into this Amendment to amend
certain terms of the Warrant Agreement to extend the Expiration Date of the
Warrant and reduce the Exercise Price of the Warrant to $.50 per
Warrant;
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual agreements herein set
forth, the parties hereto agree as follows:
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Extension
of Exercise Price and Adjustment of Price.
Section 2(a) of the Warrant Agreement is hereby amended and restated
to
read in its entirety as follows:
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“The
Warrant Certificates (and the Form of Election to Purchase and the Form of
Assignment to be printed on the reverse thereof) shall be in registered form
only and shall be substantially of the tenor and purport recited in Exhibit
A
hereto, 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 Common Stock or the Warrants
may
be listed or any automated quotation system, or to conform to usage. Each
Warrant Certificate shall entitle the registered holder thereof, subject to
the
provisions of this Agreement and of the Warrant Certificate, to purchase, on
or
after July 14, 2005 and on or before the close of business on January 14, 2008
(the "Expiration Date"), one fully paid and non-assessable share of Common
Stock
for each Warrant evidenced by such Warrant Certificate for $0.50. The exercise
price of the Warrants (the "Exercise Price") is subject to adjustments as
provided in Section 6 hereof. Each Warrant Certificate shall be dated the date
on which the Warrant Agent receives valid issuance instructions from the Company
or a transferring holder of a Warrant Certificate or, if such instructions
specify another date, such other date.”
2. |
Amendment
of Warrant Certificate.
Exhibit A to the Warrant Agreement is hereby restated and replaced
in its
entirety by Exhibit A to the
Amendment.
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3. |
Descriptive
Headings.
The descriptive headings of the sections of this Amendment are inserted
for convenience only and shall not control or affect the meaning
of any of
the provisions hereof.
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4. |
Counterparts.
This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each
of
which shall be an original, but such counterparts shall together
constitute one and the same
instrument.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly
executed as of the day and year first above written.
STRATUS SERVICES GROUP, INC. | AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY | ||
/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxx | ||
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Name:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx Title: Executive Vice President & CFO |
Name:
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Title: Vice President |
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Exhibit
A
VOID
AFTER 5 P.M. EASTERN TIME ON January 14, 2008
WARRANTS
TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK
__________
Warrants
W
- Stratus
Services Group, Inc.
CUSIP
__________
THIS
CERTIFIES THAT
or
registers assigns, is the registered holder of the number of Warrants
("Warrants") set forth above. Each Warrant, unless and until redeemed by the
Company as provided in the Warrant Agreement, hereinafter more fully described
(the " Warrant Agreement") entitles the holder thereof to purchase from Stratus
Services Group, Inc., a corporation incorporated under the laws of the State
of
Delaware ("Company"), subject to the terms and conditions set forth hereinafter
and in the Warrant Agreement, at any time on or after July 14, 2005 and before
the close of business on January 14, 2008 ("Expiration Date"), one fully paid
and non-assessable share of Common Stock, $0.04 par value, of the Company
("Common Stock") upon presentation and surrender of this Warrant Certificate,
with the instructions for the registration and delivery of Common Stock filled
in, at the stock transfer office in New York, New York, of American Stock
Transfer & Trust Company, Warrant Agent of the Company ("Warrant Agent") or
of its successor warrant agent or, if there be no successor warrant agent,
at
the corporate offices of the Company, and upon payment of the Exercise Price
(as
defined in the Warrant Agreement) and any applicable taxes paid either in cash,
or by certified or official bank check, payable in lawful money of the United
States of America to the order of the Company. Each Warrant initially entitles
the holder to purchase one share of Common Stock for $0.50 (subject to
appropriate adjustments as provided in the Warrant Agreement). The number and
kind of securities or other property for which the Warrants are exercisable
are
subject to adjustment in certain events, such as mergers, splits, stock
dividends, splits and the like, to prevent dilution. The Company may redeem
any
or all outstanding and unexercised warrants by giving not less than 30 days
prior notice at any time after the last reported sale price of the Common Stock
on the principal exchange on which it is traded has equaled or exceeded $1.33
per share (subject to appropriate adjustments as provided in the Warrant
Agreement) on each of twenty (20) consecutive trading days subsequent to July
14, 2005. The Redemption Price is $0.08 (subject to appropriate adjustments
as
provided in the Warrant Agreement) per Warrant. All Warrants not theretofore
exercised will expire on the Expiration Date.
This
Warrant Certificate is subject to all of the terms, provisions and conditions
of
the Warrant Agreement, dated as of July 14, 2004, between the Company and the
Warrant Agent, to all of which terms, provisions and conditions the registered
holder of this Warrant Certificate consents by acceptance hereof. The Warrant
Agreement is incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof and
reference is made to the Warrant Agreement for a full description of the rights,
limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities of the Warrant Agent,
the Company and the holders of the Warrant Certificates. Copies of the Warrant
Agreement are available for inspection at the stock transfer office of the
Warrant Agent or may be obtained upon written request addressed to the Company
at Stratus Services Group, Inc., 000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0, Xxxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000, Attention: Chief Financial Officer.
The
Company shall not be required upon the exercise of the Warrants evidenced by
this Warrant Certificate to issue fractions of Warrants, Common Stock or other
securities, but shall make adjustment therefore in cash on the basis of the
current market value of any fractional interest as provided in the Warrant
Agreement.
In
certain cases, the sale of securities by the Company upon exercise of Warrants
would violate the securities laws of the United States, certain states thereof
or other jurisdictions. The Company has agreed to use all commercially
reasonable efforts to cause a registration statement to continue to be effective
during the term of the Warrants with respect to such sales under the Securities
Act of 1933, and to take such action under the laws of various states as may
be
required to cause the sale of securities upon exercise to be lawful. However,
the Company will not be required to honor the exercise of Warrants if, in the
opinion of the Board of Directors, upon advice of counsel, the sale of
securities upon such exercise would be unlawful. In certain cases, the Company
may, but is not required to, purchase Warrants submitted for exercise for a
cash
price equal to the difference between the market price of the securities
obtainable upon such exercise and the exercise price of such
Warrants.
This
Warrant Certificate, with or without other Certificates, upon surrender to
the
Warrant Agent, any successor warrant agent or, in the absence of any successor
warrant agent, at the corporate offices of the Company, may be exchanged for
another Warrant Certificate or Certificates evidencing in the aggregate the
same
number of Warrants as the Warrant Certificate or Certificates so surrendered.
If
the Warrants evidenced by this Warrant Certificate shall be exercised in part,
the holder hereof shall be entitled to receive upon surrender hereof another
Warrant Certificate or Certificates evidencing the number of Warrants not so
exercised.
No
holder
of this Warrant Certificate, as such, shall be entitled to vote, receive
dividends or be deemed the holder of Common Stock or any other securities of
the
Company which may at any time be issuable on the exercise hereof for any purpose
whatever, nor shall anything contained in the Warrant Agreement or herein be
construed to confer upon the holder of this Warrant Certificate, 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 give or withhold consent to any corporate action (whether upon any matter
submitted to stockholders at any meeting thereof, or give or withhold consent
to
any merger, recapitalization, issuance of stock, reclassification of stock,
change of par value or change of stock to no par value, consolidation,
conveyance or otherwise) or to receive notice of meetings or other actions
affecting stockholders (except as provided in the Warrant Agreement) or to
receive dividends or subscription rights or otherwise until the Warrants
evidenced by this Warrant Certificate shall have been exercised and the Common
Stock purchasable upon the exercise thereof shall have become deliverable as
provided in the Warrant Agreement.
If
this
Warrant Certificate shall be surrendered for exercise within any period during
which the transfer books for the Company's Common Stock or other class of stock
purchasable upon the exercise of the Warrants evidenced by this Warrant
Certificate are closed for any purpose, the Company shall not be required to
make delivery of certificates for shares purchasable upon such transfer until
the date of the reopening of said transfer books.
Every
holder of this Warrant Certificate by accepting the same consents and agrees
with the Company, the Warrant Agent, and with every other holder of a Warrant
Certificate that:
(a) |
this
Warrant Certificate is transferable on the registry books of the
Warrant
Agent only upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Warrant
Agreement, and
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(b) |
the
Company and the Warrant Agent may deem and treat the person in whose
name
this Warrant Certificate is registered as the absolute owner hereof
(notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing thereon
made
by anyone other than the Company or the Warrant Agent) for all purposes
whatever and neither the Company nor the Warrant Agent shall be affected
by any notice to the contrary. The Company shall not be required
to issue
or deliver any certificate for shares of Common Stock or other securities
upon the exercise of Warrants evidenced by this Warrant Certificate
until
any tax which may be payable in respect thereof by the holder of
this
Warrant Certificate pursuant to the Warrant Agreement shall have
been
paid, such tax being payable the holder of this Warrant Certificate
at the
time of surrender.
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This
Warrant Certificate shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until
it
shall have been countersigned by the Warrant Agent.
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of page intentionally left blank; signature page follows)
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WITNESS
the facsimile signatures of the proper officers of the Company and its corporate
seal.
Dated:
ATTEST | STRATUS SERVICES GROUP, INC. | ||
/s/ J. Xxxx Xxxxxxx | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | ||
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Name:
J. Xxxx Xxxxxxx Title: Secretary |
Name:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx Title: Executive Vice President & CFO |
Countersigned: | |||
AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY | |||
/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxx | |||
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Name:
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Title: Vice President |
Countersigned:
AMERICAN
STOCK TRANSFER
&
TRUST COMPANY
By:
(Authorized
Officer)