Exhibit 4.2
WARRANT AGREEMENT dated as of ________, 1998 between Able Energy,
Inc., a Delaware corporation, having its principal place of business at 000
Xxxxx 00, Xxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx 00000 (the "Company") and Continental Stock
Transfer & Trust Company, a New York corporation, having its principal place of
business at 0 Xxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 (the "Warrant Agent").
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS, the Company proposes to issue and sell to the public in an
initial public offering (the "IPO") up to 875,000 units ("Units"), each Unit
consisting of two (2) shares of the Company's Common Stock, par value $.001 per
share ("Shares"), and one Redeemable Class A Common Stock Purchase Warrant (the
"Public Warrants") (plus an additional 131,250 Units to cover overallotments);
WHEREAS, the Company also proposes to issue and sell to Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Securities, Inc. (the "Underwriter") in the IPO an option ("Underwriters' Unit
Option") to purchase 87,500 Units, each Unit consisting of two (2) shares of
Common Stock and one Common Stock Purchase Warrant (the "Underwriter Warrants"
and together with the Public Warrants sometimes hereinafter referred to as the
"Warrants");
WHEREAS, the Warrants shall be evidenced by certificates substantially
in the form of Exhibit A annexed hereto (the "Warrant Certificate"), each
Warrant entitling the holder thereof to purchase one share of Common Stock;
WHEREAS, the Warrants will have an exercise price of $5.00 per share
of Common Stock, subject to certain adjustments (the "Exercise Price"), and
except for the Underwriters' Warrants, will be exercisable commencing on the
date hereof ("First Exercise Date") until a date which is the third anniversary
thereof ("Last Exercise Date"), unless extended by the Company, and, except for
the Underwriter's Warrants, will be exercisable during any period of time fixed
for that Warrant's redemption in a Redemption Notice (hereinafter defined in
Section 2.03), which period of time will terminate on a stated Redemption Date
(hereinafter defined in Section 2.03);
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 replacement of the Warrant
Certificates and exercise of the Warrants; and
WHEREAS, the Company and the Warrant Agent desire to set forth in this
Agreement the terms and conditions upon which the Warrant Certificates shall be
issued, transferred, exchanged and placed and the Warrants exercised, and to
provide for the rights of the holders of the Warrants;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, and the
respective undertakings herein below set forth, the Company and the Warrant
Agent agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
ISSUANCE AND EXECUTION OF WARRANTS
SECTION 1.01. The Company hereby appoints the Warrant Agent to act on
behalf of the Company in accordance with the terms and conditions herein set
forth, and the Warrant Agent hereby accepts such appointment and agrees to
perform the same in accordance with
such provisions.
SECTION 1.02. The Warrant Certificates for the Warrants shall be issued in
registered form only. The text of the Warrant Certificate, including the form of
assignment and subscription printed on the reverse side thereof, shall be
substantially in the form of Exhibit A annexed hereto, which text is hereby
incorporated in this Agreement by reference as though fully set forth herein and
to whose terms and conditions the Company and the Warrant Agent hereby agree.
Each Warrant Certificate shall evidence the right, subject to the provisions of
this Agreement and of such Warrant Certificate, to purchase the number of
validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock, as that
term is defined in Section 1.05 of this Agreement, stated therein, free of
preemptive rights, subject to adjustment as provided in Article III of this
Agreement.
SECTION 1.03. Upon the written order of the Company, signed by the
President or any Vice President, and the Secretary, Treasurer, Assistant
Secretary or Assistant Treasurer of the Company, the Warrant Agent shall issue
and register Warrants in the names and denominations specified in that order,
and will countersign and deliver Warrant Certificates evidencing the same in
accordance with that order. Each Warrant Certificate shall be dated the date of
its countersignature. Each Warrant Certificate shall be executed on behalf of
the Company by the manual or facsimile signature of the President of the
Company, under its corporate seal, affixed or facsimile, attested by the manual
or facsimile signature of the Secretary of the Company and shall be
countersigned manually by the Warrant Agent. The Warrant Certificates shall not
be valid for any purpose unless so countersigned. In case any officer whose
facsimile signature has been placed upon any Warrant Certificate shall have
ceased to be such before such Warrant Certificate is issued, it may be issued
with the same effect as if such officer had not ceased to be such on the date of
issuance.
SECTION l.04. Except as otherwise expressly stated herein, all terms used
in the Warrant Certificate have the meanings provided in this Agreement.
SECTION l.05. As used herein, the term "Common Stock" shall mean the
aggregate number of shares that the Company, by its Certificate of
Incorporation, as from time to time
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amended, is authorized to issue, which are not limited by its Certificate of
Incorporation to a fixed sum or percentage of the book value in respect of the
rights of the holders thereof to participate in dividends or in distribution of
assets upon the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution, or winding up
the Company.
SECTION 1.06. The Warrant Agent understands and agrees that the Public
Warrants are being issued together with shares of Common Stock as constituting
Units in the IPO and that the Shares and the Public Warrants are detachable and
may be traded separately, immediately upon the Effective Date.
ARTICLE II
WARRANT PRICE, DURATION AND EXERCISE OF WARRANTS,
CALL OF WARRANTS AND TRADING OF WARRANT
SECTION 2.01. (a) Each Warrant shall entitle the person in whose name at
the time the Warrant shall be registered upon the books to be maintained by the
Warrant Agent for that purpose (the Warrant Holder"), subject to the provisions
of the Warrant Certificates and of this Agreement, to purchase from the Company
any time on or after the First Exercise Date but at or before the Last Exercise
Date, the number of shares of Common Stock stated therein, as adjusted, at the
Warrant Price in effect at such date, payable in full at the time of purchase in
the manner provided in Section 2.02 of this agreement.
(b) Each Warrant shall be exercisable in accordance with the terms
herein and in the Warrant Certificate which, among other things, contains
certain terms as to the Warrant Price.
SECTION 2.02. (a) The Warrant Holder may exercise a Warrant,in whole or in
part, by surrender of the Warrant Certificate, with the form of subscription
thereon duly executed by the Warrant Agent at its corporate office, together
with the Warrant Price for each share of Common Stock to be purchased in lawful
money of the United States, or by certified check, bank draft, or postal or
express money order payable in United States Dollars to the order of the
Company.
(b) Upon receipt of a Warrant Certificate with the form of election to
purchase thereon duly executed and accompanied by payment of the aggregate
Warrant Price for the shares of Common Stock for which the Warrant is then being
exercised, the Warrant Agent shall requisition from the transfer agent
certificates for the total number of the shares of Common Stock, for which the
Warrant is being exercised in such names and denominations as are required for
delivery to the Warrant Holder, and the Warrant Agent shall thereupon deliver
such certificates to or in accordance with the instructions of the Warrant
Holder. The Company
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covenants and agrees that it has duly authorized and directed its transfer agent
(and will authorize and direct all its future transfer agents) to comply with
all such requests of the Warrant Agent.
(c) In case any Warrant Holder shall exercise his Warrant with respect
to less than all of the shares of Common Stock that may be purchased under the
Warrant, a new Warrant Certificate for be balance shall be countersigned and
delivered to or upon the order of the Warrant Holder.
(d) The Company covenants and agrees that it will pay when due and
payable any and all issue, transfer and other taxes which may be payable in
respect to the issuance of Warrants, or the issuance of any shares of Common
Stock upon the exercise of Warrants. However, neither the Company nor the
Warrant Agent shall be required to issue or deliver any Warrant Certificate or
shares of Common Stock in a name other than that of the Warrant Holder at the
time of surrender if any tax is payable in respect of such transfer until the
person requesting the same has paid to the Company the amount of such tax or has
established to the Company's satisfaction that such tax has been paid or shall
not be due and payable. In the event that any transfer tax is due and payable,
the Warrant Agent shall be under no obligation to issue or deliver any Warrant
Certificate or shares of Common Stock in a name other than that of the Warrant
Holder until the Company has notified the Warrant Agent that the transfer tax,
if any, has been paid, or in the alternative, that no transfer tax is due and
payable by reason of an exemption.
(e) The Warrant Agent shall account promptly to the Company with
respect to Warrants exercised and concurrently account to the Company for all
moneys received by the Warrant Agent for the purchase of shares of Common Stock
upon the exercise of Warrants.
(f) The Warrant Agent covenants and agrees that upon the exercise of
any of the Warrants, the Warrant Agent shall provide written notice to the
Company and to the Underwriter at its office at 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX
00000, the expense of which notice shall be borne by the Company. Each notice
shall contain the name of the exercising Warrant Holder, the number of shares of
Common Stock that the Warrant Holder has elected to purchase, the purchase price
paid on a per share basis and the cumulative number of Warrants exercised by all
of the Warrant Holders as of the date of the transaction which is the subject of
the aforesaid notice. Such notice shall be made on the date of the exercise of
the Warrant. Nothing contained herein shall be construed so as to prevent the
Warrant Agent from providing the information required in this Section 2.02 (f)
in a consolidated or tabular form, provided that all other provisions of this
Section are complied with.
(g) The Warrant Agent covenants and agrees that it shall provide a
list of each and every holder of the Warrants to the Company and the Underwriter
at such time or from time to time as shall be required by the Company or the
Underwriter, but in no event shall such a list be provided less frequently than
once per annum at a date as shall be determined by the
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Company.
SECTION 2.03. (a) Commencing on ______, 1999, the Company may, subject to
the conditions set forth herein, redeem all, but not less than all, the Public
Warrants then outstanding at a redemption price of $.10 per Public Warrant upon
not less than thirty (30) days prior written notice (the "Redemption Notice") to
the holders thereof that the average closing price of the Common Stock for the
10 consecutive trading days ending three (3) days prior to the date of the
Redemption Notice is at least 200% of the current Exercise Price, subject to
adjustment for stock dividends, stock splits and other anti-dilution provisions
as provided for under Article III herein. For purposes of this Section 2.03,
"closing price" at any date shall be deemed to be: (i) the last sale price
regular way as reported on the principal national securities exchange on which
the Common Stock is listed or admitted to trading, or (ii) if the Common Stock
is not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, the
average of the closing bid and asked prices regular way for the Common Stock as
reported by the Nasdaq National Market or Nasdaq SmallCap Market of the Nasdaq
Stock Market, Inc. ("NASDAQ") or (iii) if the Common Stock is not listed or
admitted for trading on any national securities exchange, and is not reported by
NASDAQ, the average of the closing bid and asked prices in the over-the-counter
market as furnished by the National Quotation Bureau, Inc. or if no such
quotation is available, the fair market value of the Common Stock as determined
in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company. The Redemption Notice
shall be deemed effective upon mailing and the time of mailing is the "Effective
Date of The Notice". The Redemption Notice shall state a redemption date not
less than thirty (30) days from the Effective Date of the Notice (the
"Redemption Date"). No Redemption Notice shall be mailed unless all funds
necessary to pay for redemption of all Warrants then outstanding shall have
first been set aside by the Company in trust with the Warrant Agent for the
benefit of all Public Warrant Holders so as to be and continue to be available
therefor. The redemption price to be paid to the Public Warrant Holders will be
$.10 for each share of the Common Stock of the Company to which the Warrant
Holder would then be entitled upon exercise of the Public Warrant being
redeemed, as adjusted from time to time as provided herein (the "Redemption
Price"). In the event the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon
exercise of the Public Warrant being redeemed are adjusted pursuant to Article
III hereof, then upon each such adjustment the Redemption Price will be adjusted
by multiplying the Redemption Price in effect immediately prior to such
adjustment by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of shares of
Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrant being redeemed immediately
prior to such adjustment and the denominator of which is the number of shares of
Common Stock issuable upon exercise of such Public Warrant being redeemed
immediately after such adjustment. The Public Warrants may only be redeemed if
the Company has in effect a current Registration Statement or post-effective
amendment covering the shares underlying the Public Warrants and allowing the
resale of the shares by the holders thereof. The Public Warrant Holders may
exercise their Public Warrants between the Effective Date of The Notice and the
Redemption Date, such exercise being effective if done in accordance with
Section 2.02 (a), and if the Warrant Certificate, with form of election to
purchase duly executed and the Warrant Price, as applicable for such Public
Warrant subject to redemption for each share of Common Stock to be purchased is
actually received by the Warrant Agent at its office located at 0 Xxxxxxxx Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx
0
Xxxx 00000, no later than 5:00 P.M. New York Time on the Redemption Date.
(b) If any Public Warrant Holder does not wish to exercise any Public
Warrant being redeemed, the Warrant Holder should mail such Public Warrant to
the Warrant Agent at its office located at 0 Xxxxxxxx Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000,
after receiving the Redemption Notice required by this Section. If such
Redemption Notice shall have been so mailed, and if on or before the Effective
Date of the Notice all funds necessary to pay for redemption of all Public
Warrants then outstanding shall have been set aside by the Company in trust with
the Warrant Agent for the benefit of all Public Warrant Holders so as to be and
continue to be available therefor, then, on and after said Redemption Date,
notwithstanding that any Public Warrant subject to redemption shall not have
been surrendered for redemption, the obligation evidenced by all Public Warrants
not surrendered for redemption or effectively exercised shall be deemed no
longer outstanding, and all rights with respect thereto shall forthwith cease
and terminate, except only the right of the holder of each Public Warrant
subject to redemption to receive the Redemption Price for each share of Common
Stock to which he would be entitled if he exercised the Public Warrant upon
receiving the Redemption Notice of the Public Warrant subject to redemption held
by the Holder hereof.
(c) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Article II, the
Underwriter's Warrants shall not be eligible for redemption by the Company.
ARTICLE III
ADJUSTMENT OF SHARES OF COMMON STOCK PURCHASABLE
AND OF WARRANT PRICE
SECTION 3.01. In case the Company shall at any time after the date of this
Agreement (i) declare a dividend on the outstanding Common Stock in shares of
its capital stock, (ii) subdivide the outstanding Common Stock, (iii) combine
the outstanding Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (iv) issue any
shares of its capital stock by reclassification of the Common Stock (including
any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which
the Company is the continuing corporation), then, in each case, the Warrant
Price, and the number and kind of shares of Common Stock receivable upon
exercise, in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the
effective date of such subdivision, combination, or reclassification shall be
proportionately adjusted so that the holder of any Warrant exercised after such
time shall be entitled to receive the aggregate number and kind of shares which
if such warrant had been exercised immediately prior to such time, he would have
owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such
dividend, subdivision, combination, or reclassification. Such adjustment shall
be made successively whenever any event listed above shall occur.
SECTION 3.02. In case the Company shall issue rights, options, or warrants
to holders of Common Stock entitling them to subscribe for or purchase Common
Stock (or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock) at a
price per share (or having a conversion
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price per share, if a security convertible into or exchangeable for Common
Stock) less than the "current market price" (as defined in Section 3.04 hereof)
per share of Common Stock on the record date established for the issuance of
such rights, options or warrants, then, in such case, the Warrant Price shall be
adjusted by multiplying the Warrant Price in effect on the record date of such
issuance by a fraction, of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of
Common Stock outstanding on record date for such issuance plus the number of
shares of Common Stock which the aggregate offering price of the total number of
shares of Common Stock so to be issued (or the aggregate initial conversion
price of the convertible securities to be issued or sold) would purchase at such
"current market price" and of which the denominator shall be the number of
shares of Common Stock outstanding on the record date for such issuance plus the
number of additional shares of Common Stock to be issued (or into which the
convertible or exchangeable securities to be issued or sold are initially
convertible or exchangeable). Such adjustment shall become effective at the
close of business on such record date; provided, however, that, to the extent
the shares of Common Stock (or securities convertible to or exchangeable for
shares of Common Stock) are not delivered, the Warrant Price shall be readjusted
after the expiration of such rights, options, or warrants (but only with respect
to Warrants exercised after such expiration), to the Warrant Price which would
then be in effect had the adjustments made upon the issuance of such rights or
warrants been made upon the basis of delivery of only the number of shares of
Common Stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of Common
Stock) actually issued. In case any subscription price may be paid in a
consideration part or all of which shall be in a form other than cash, the value
of such consideration shall be as determined in good faith by the board of
directors of the Company, whose determination shall be conclusive absent
manifest error. Shares of Common Stock owned by or held for the account of the
Company or any majority-owned subsidiary shall not be deemed outstanding for the
purpose of any such computation.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no adjustment in the Warrant Price or the
number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants shall be
made upon (i) the issuance of options (or upon exercise thereof) by the Company
pursuant to its 1998 Stock Option Plan or (ii) the issuance of the Underwriter's
Warrants.
SECTION 3.03. In case the Company shall distribute to holders of Common
Stock (including any such distribution made to the stockholders of the Company
in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the
continuing corporation) evidences of its indebtedness or assets (other then cash
dividends distributions and dividends payable in shares of Common Stock),
subscription rights, options, or warrants or convertible or exchangeable
securities containing the right to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common
Stock (excluding those referred to in Section 3.02 hereof), then, in each case,
the Warrant price shall be adjusted by multiplying the Warrant Price in effect
immediately prior to the record date for the determination of stockholders
entitled to receive such distribution by a fraction of which the numerator shall
be the "current market price" per share of Common Stock on such record date,
less the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the board of
directors of the Company, whose determination shall be conclusive absent
manifest error) of the portion of the evidences of indebtedness or assets so to
be distributed, or
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of such subscription rights, options, or warrants, convertible or exchangeable
securities containing the right to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common
Stock, applicable to the share, and of which the denominator shall be such
"current market price" per share of Common Stock. Such adjustment shall be made
whenever any such distribution is made, and shall become effective on the date
of such distribution retroactive to the record date for the determination of
stockholders entitled to receive such distribution.
SECTION 3.04. For the purpose of any computation under sections 3.02 and
3.03 hereof, the "current market price" per share of Common Stock on any date
shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices for the 20
consecutive trading days ending three (3) days prior to such date. The closing
price for each day shall be the last reported sales price regular way or, in
case no such reported sale takes place on such day, the closing bid price
regular way, in either case on the principal national securities exchange on
which the Common Stock is listed or admitted to trading or, if the Common Stock
is not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, the
highest reported bid price as furnished by NASDAQ. If on any such date the
Common Stock is not quoted on NASDAQ or any such organization, the closing price
shall be deemed to be the average of the closing bid and asked prices in the
over-the-counter market as reported by the National Quotation Bureau or if no
such quotation is available, the fair value of the Common Stock on such date, as
determined in good faith by the board of directors of the Company, whose
determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
SECTION 3.05. No adjustment in the Warrant Price shall be required if such
adjustment is less than $.01; provided, however, that any adjustments which by
reason of this Section 3.05 are not required to be made shall be carried forward
and taken into account in any subsequent adjustment. All calculations under this
Article III shall be made to the nearest cent or to the nearest one-thousandth
of a share, as the case may be.
SECTION 3.06. In any case in which this Article III shall require that an
adjustment in the Warrant Price be made effective as of a record date for a
specified event, the Company may elect to defer, until the occurrence of such
event, issuing to the holder of any Warrant exercised after such record date,
the shares, if any, issuable upon such exercise over and above the shares, if
any, issuable upon such exercise on the basis of the Warrant Price in effect
prior to such adjustment; provided, however, that the Company shall deliver to
such holder a due xxxx or other appropriate instrument evidencing such holder's
right to receive such additional shares upon the occurrence of the event
requiring such adjustment.
SECTION 3.07. Upon each adjustment of the Warrant Price as a result of the
calculations made in Section 3.01, 3.02, or 3.03 hereof, each Warrant
outstanding prior to the making of the adjustment in the Warrant Price shall
thereafter evidence the right to purchase, at the adjusted Warrant Price, that
number of shares (calculated to the nearest thousandth) obtained by dividing (A)
the product obtained by multiplying the number of shares purchasable upon
exercise of a Warrant prior to adjustment of the number of shares by the Warrant
Price in effect prior to adjustment of the Warrant Price by (B) the Warrant
Price in effect after such
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adjustment of the Warrant Price.
SECTION 3.08. In case of any capital reorganization of the Company, or of
any reclassification of the Common Stock (other than a reclassification of the
Common Stock referred to in Section 3.01 hereof), or in the case of the
consolidation of the Company with or the merger of the Company into any other
corporation or of the sale, transfer, or lease of the properties and assets of
the Company as, or substantially as, an entirety to any other corporation or
other entity, each Warrant shall after such capital reorganization,
reclassification of Common Stock, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer, or
lease, be exercisable, on the same terms and conditions specified in this
Agreement, for the number of shares of stock or other securities, assets, or
cash to which a holder of the number of shares purchasable (at the time of such
capital reorganization, reclassification of Common Stock, consolidation, merger,
sale, transfer, or lease) upon exercise of such Warrant would have been entitled
upon such capital reorganization, reclassification of Common Stock,
consolidation, merger, sale, transfer, or lease; and in any such case, if
necessary, the provisions set forth in this Article III with respect to the
rights and interests thereafter of the holders of the Warrants shall be
appropriately adjusted so as to be applicable, as nearly as may reasonably be,
to any shares of stock other securities, assets, or cash thereafter deliverable
on the exercise of the Warrants. The subdivision or combination of shares of
Common Stock at any time outstanding into a greater or lesser number of shares
shall not be deemed to be a reclassification of the Common Stock for the
purposes of this subsection. The Company shall not effect any such
consolidation, merger, transfer, or lease, unless prior to or simultaneously
with the consummation thereof, the successor corporation (if other than the
Company) resulting from such consolidation or merger or the Corporation
purchasing, receiving, or leasing such assets or other appropriate corporation
or entity shall expressly assume, by written instrument in form satisfactory to
the Underwriter and duly executed and delivered to each holder of a Warrant, 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 to perform the other obligations of the
Company under this Agreement.
SECTION 3.09. The Company may make such reductions in the Warrant Price, in
addition to those required by this Article III, as it shall, in it sole
discretion, determine to be advisable.
ARTICLE IV
OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO RIGHTS OF
WARRANT HOLDERS
SECTION 4.01. No Warrant Holder, as such shall be entitled to vote or
receive dividends or be deemed the holder of shares of Common Stock for any
purposes, nor shall anything contained in any Warrant Certificate be construed
to confer upon any Warrant holder, as such, any of the rights of a shareholder
of the Company or any right to vote, give or withhold consent to any action by
the Company, whether upon any recapitalization, issue of stock,
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reclassification of stock, consolidation, merger, conveyance or otherwise,
receive dividends or subscription rights, or otherwise, until in connection with
the exercise of any Warrant, such Warrant shall have been surrendered and the
purchase price or the shares of Common Stock for which such Warrant is being
exercised shall have been received by the Warrant Agent; provided, however, that
any such surrender and payment on any date when the stock transfer books of the
Company shall be closed shall constitute the person or persons in whose name or
names the certificate or certificates for those shares of Common Stock are to be
issued as the record holder or holders thereof for all purposes at the opening
of business on the next succeeding day on which such stock transfer books are
open and the Warrant surrendered shall not be deemed to have been exercised, in
whole or in part, as the case maybe, until such next succeeding day on which
stock transfer books are open.
SECTION 4.02. The Company covenants and agrees that it shall
contemporaneously provide to all Warrant Holders of record any publication,
mailing or notice of an event which it shall provide to all of its shareholders
of record and which event shall result in the adjustment to the Warrant Price as
provided in Article III hereof. For purposes of this Section 4.02, the Warrant
Holders of record shall be those Warrant Holders who are of record on a date
even with the date chosen by the Company for the purpose of determining the
shareholders of record who shall be entitled to receive such publication,
mailing or notice.
SECTION 4.03. If any Warrant Certificate is lost, stolen, mutilated or
destroyed, the Company and the Warrant Agent may, on such terms as to indemnity
or otherwise as they may in their discretion reasonably impose, which shall, in
the case of a mutilated Warrant Certificate, include the surrender thereof,
issue a new Warrant Certificate of like denomination and tenor as, and in
substitution for, the Warrant Certificate so lost, stolen mutilated or
destroyed.
SECTION 4.04. (a) The Company covenants and agrees that at all times it
shall reserve and keep available for the exercise of outstanding Warrants such
number of authorized shares of Common Stock and the aggregate number and kind of
any other securities which the Warrants are exercisable for, pursuant to the
provisions of Article III hereof, as are sufficient to permit the exercise in
full of such Warrants and that it will make available to the Warrant Agent from
time to time a number of duly executed certificates representing shares of
Common Stock and other securities, sufficient therefor.
(b) The Company shall use its best efforts to secure the listing, upon
official notice of issuance, of the shares of Common Stock issuable upon
exercise of Warrants upon any securities exchange or NASDAQ upon which the
Common Stock becomes listed.
(c) The Company covenants that all shares of Common Stock issued on
exercise of Warrants shall be validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable and
free of preemptive rights.
(d) The Company has filed a Registration Statement on Form SB-2
(Registration No. __________) for the registration of, among other things, the
sale of the Warrants and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise
thereof under the Securities Act of 1933, as
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amended (the "Act"). The Company shall use its best efforts to secure the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement under the Act, and to register or
qualify such Warrants and shares of Common Stock under the laws of any states in
which the sale of the Warrants and shares of Common Stock was registered or
qualified at the time of the IPO and shall use its reasonable good faith efforts
to register and qualify such Warrants and shares of Common Stock in such
additional states and jurisdictions as may be appropriate. The Company further
agrees to use its best efforts maintain the effectiveness of such Registration
Statement and such state qualifications, as aforesaid, by the filing of any and
all amendments to the Registration Statement and such state qualifications as
may be required from time to time under the Act or the laws of the various
states until the expiration or termination of all the Warrants in accordance
herewith.
(e) The Company will furnish to the Warrant Agent, upon request, an
opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Warrant Agent the effect that (i) a
Registration Statement under the Act is then in effect with respect to the
Warrants and shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants
and that the prospectus included therein complies as to form in all material
respects, (except as to financial statements, including schedules, and other
accounting and financial data, as to which such counsel need express no
opinion), with the requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder; or (ii) a Registration Statement under the Act with
respect to said shares of Common Stock is not required. In the event that said
opinion states that such a Registration Statement is in effect, the Company will
from time to time furnish the Warrant Agent with current prospectuses meeting
the requirements of the Act and such rules and regulations in sufficient
quantity to permit the Warrant Agent to deliver a prospectus ("Prospectus") to
each Warrant Holder upon exercise thereof. The Company further agrees to pay all
fees, costs and expenses in connection with the preparation and delivery to the
Warrant Agent of the foregoing opinions and Prospectuses and the above mentioned
registrations and other actions, and to immediately notify the Warrant Agent in
the event that (i) the Commission shall have issued or threatened to issue any
order preventing or suspending the use of any Prospectus; (ii) at any time any
Prospectus shall contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading; or (iii) for any reason it shall be necessary
to amend or supplement any Prospectus in order to comply with the Act.
SECTION 4.05. If the number of shares purchasable upon the exercise of each
Warrant is adjusted pursuant to Section 3.07 hereof, the Company shall not be
required to issue fractions of shares upon exercise of the Warrants or to
distribute share certificates which evidence fractional shares. In lieu of
fractional shares, there shall be paid to the registered holders of Warrant
Certificates at the time such Warrants are exercised as herein provided an
amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the current market value of a
share. For purposes of this Section 4.05, the current market value of a share
issuable upon the exercise of a Warrant shall be the closing price of a share of
Common Stock, as determined pursuant to the second and third sentences of
Section 3.04, for the trading day immediately prior to the date of such
exercise.
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ARTICLE V
TREATMENT OF WARRANT HOLDERS
SECTION 5.01. Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer of any
Warrant, the Company and the Warrant Agent may deem and treat the Warrant Holder
as the absolute owner of such warrant, notwithstanding any notation of ownership
or other writing thereon, for the purpose of any exercise thereof and for all
other purposes, and neither the Company nor the Warrant Agent shall be affected
by any notice to the contrary.
ARTICLE VI
CONCERNING THE WARRANT AGENT
AND OTHER MATTERS
SECTION 6.01. The Company will from time to time promptly pay, subject to
the provisions of Section 2.02 (d) of this Agreement, all taxes and charges that
may be imposed upon the Company or the Warrant Agent in respect of the issuance
or delivery of shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of Warrants.
SECTION 6.02. (a) The Warrant Agent may resign and be discharged from its
duties under this Agreement upon sixty (60) days notice in writing, mailed to
the Company by registered or certified mail, and to each Warrant Holder. The
Company may remove the Warrant Agent or any successor warrant agent upon sixty
(60) days notice in writing, mailed to the Warrant Agent or successor Warrant
Agent, as the case may be, by registered or certified mail, and to each Warrant
Holder; provided, however, the Company shall appoint a new Warrant Agent as
hereinafter provided and such removal shall not become effective until a
successor Warrant Agent has been appointed and has accepted such appointment. If
the Warrant Agent shall resign or shall otherwise become capable of acting, the
Company shall appoint a successor to the Warrant Agent. If the Company shall
fail to make such appointment within a period of sixty (60) days after it has
been notified in writing of such resignation or incapability by the Warrant
Agent by a Warrant Holder, who shall, with such notice, submit his Warrant
Certificate for inspection by the Company, then any Warrant Holder may apply to
any court of competent jurisdiction or the appointment of a successor to the
Warrant Agent. Any successor Warrant Agent, whether appointed by the Company or
by such a court shall be a registered transfer agent, bank or trust company,
subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 6.02, in good standing and
incorporated under the laws of any State of the United States, having its
principal office in the United States of America. After appointment, the
successor Warrant Agent shall be vested with the same powers, rights, duties and
responsibilities as if it had been originally named as Warrant Agent without
further act or deed. The former Warrant Agent shall deliver and transfer to the
successor Warrant Agent any property at the time held by it hereunder and
execute and deliver any further assurance, conveyance, act or deed necessary for
the purpose. Failure to give any notice provided for in this Section, however,
or any defect therein, shall not
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affect the legality or validity of the resignation or removal of the Warrant
Agent or the appointment of the successor Warrant Agent, as the case may be.
(b) Any corporation into which the Warrant Agent may be merged or with
which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger or
consolidation to which the Warrant Agent shall be a party, or any corporation
succeeding to the corporate trust business of the Warrant Agent, shall be the
successor to the Warrant Agent hereunder without the execution or filing of any
paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto. In case at
the time such successor to the Warrant Agent shall succeed to the agency created
by this Agreement, any of the Warrant Certificates shall have been countersigned
but not delivered, any such successor to the Warrant Agent may adopt the
countersignature of the original Warrant Agent and deliver such Warrant
Certificates so countersigned, and in case at that time any of the Warrant
Certificates shall not have been countersigned, any successor to the Warrant
Agent may countersign such Warrant Certificate in its own name or in the name of
the successor Warrant Agent; and in all such cases such Warrant Certificates
shall have the full force provided in the Warrant Certificates and this
Agreement.
In case at any time the name of the Warrant Agent shall be changed and
at such time any of the Warrant Certificates shall have been countersigned but
not delivered, the Warrant Agent may adopt the countersignature under this prior
name and deliver Warrant Certificates so countersigned; and in case at that time
any of the Warrant Certificates shall not have been countersigned, the Warrant
Agent may countersign such Warrant Certificates either in its prior name or in
its changed name; and in all such cases such Warrant Certificates shall have the
full force provided in the Warrant Certificates and in this Agreement.
SECTION 6.03. The Company agrees to pay the Warrant Agent the sum of
$_________ for all services rendered by it hereunder. The Company also agrees
to indemnify the Warrant Agent for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss,
liability or expense, incurred without gross negligence, willful misconduct or
bad faith on the part of the Warrant Agent, arising out of or in connection with
the acceptance and administration of this Agreement, including the costs and
expenses of defending against any claim of liability in the premises.
SECTION 6.04. The Company covenants and agrees that it shall, at the
Company's expense, provide to the Warrant Agent copies of its current
prospectus, if any, in such quantity as to enable the Warrant Agent to deliver
one copy of such current prospectus to such Warrant Holder who shall exercise
his rights under a Warrant. Notwithstanding anything else contained in this
Section 6.04, the Company shall not be obligated to provide copies of its
current prospectus for the purpose of allowing the Warrant Agent to deliver such
copies to any Warrant Holder who delivers all of his redeemable warrants for
redemption pursuant to Section 2.03 or who shall notice the Company of his
intent to permit redemption of all of his Warrants pursuant to Section 2.03
herein or to any person who shall hold any Warrant subject to the terms of this
Agreement after the earlier of the Redemption Date or the Last Exercise Date of
the Warrants.
SECTION 6.05. The Warrant Agent undertakes the duties and obligations
imposed by
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this Agreement upon the following terms and conditions, by all of which the
Company and the holders of Warrant certificates, by their acceptance thereof,
shall be bound:
(a) Whenever in the performance of its duties under this Agreement the
Warrant Agent shall deem it necessary or desirable that any fact or matter be
proved or established by the Company prior to taking or suffering any action
hereunder, that fact or matter, unless other evidence in respect thereof be
herein specifically prescribed, may be deemed to be conclusively proved and
established by a certificate signed by the President or the Secretary of the
Company and delivered to the Warrant Agent. That certificate shall be full
authorization to the Warrant Agent for any action taken or suffered in good
faith by it under the provisions of this Agreement in reliance upon that
certificate.
(b) The Warrant Agent shall be liable hereunder only for its own
negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith.
(c) The Warrant Agent shall not be liable for or by reason of any of
the statements of fact or recitals contained in this agreement or in the Warrant
Certificates, except its countersignature thereof, or be required to verify the
same, but all such statements and recitals are and shall be deemed to have been
made by the Company only.
(d) The Warrant Agent shall not be under any responsibility in respect
of the validity of this Agreement or the execution and delivery hereof, except
the due execution hereof by the Warrant Agent, or in respect of the validity or
execution of any Warrant Certificate, except its countersignature thereof; nor
shall it be responsible for any Warrant Certificate; nor shall it be responsible
for the adjustment of the Warrant Price or the making of any change in the
number of shares of Common Stock required under the provisions of Article III of
this Agreement or responsible for the manner, method or amount of any such
change or the ascertaining of the existence of facts that would require any such
adjustment or change except with respect to the exercise of Warrant
Certificates after actual notice of any adjustment of the Warrant Price; nor
shall it by any act under this Agreement be deemed to make any representation or
warranty as to the authorization or reservation of any shares of Common Stock to
be issued pursuant to this Agreement or any Warrant Certificate or as to whether
any share of Common Stock will when issued be validly issued, fully paid,
non-assessable and free of preemptive rights.
(e) The Warrant Agent and any shareholder, director, officer or
employee of the Warrant Agent may buy, sell or deal in any of the Warrant
Certificates or other securities of the Company to retain a pecuniary interest
in any transaction in which the Company may be interested or contract with or
lend money to or otherwise act as fully and freely as though it was not Warrant
Agent or subject to this Agreement. Nothing herein shall preclude
the Warrant Agent from acting in any other capacity for the Company or for any
other legal entity.
(f) The Warrant Agent is hereby authorized and directed to accept
instructions
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with respect to the performance of its duties hereunder from any officer or
assistant officer of the Company, and to apply to any such officer or assistant
officer for advice or instructions in connection with its duties, and shall not
be liable for any action taken or suffered to be taken by it in good faith in
accordance with instructions of any such officer or
assistant officer.
(g) The Warrant Agent may consult with its counsel or other counsel
satisfactory to it, including counsel for the Company, and the opinion of such
counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of
any action taken, offered, or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in
accordance with the opinion of such counsel.
(h) The Warrant Agent shall incur no liability to the Company or to
any holder of any Warrant for any action taken by it in reliance upon any
Warrant Certificate or certificate for Common Stock, instrument of assignment or
transfer, power of attorney, endorsement, affidavit, letter, notice, direction,
consent, certificate, statement, or other paper or document believed by it to be
genuine and to be signed, executed, and where necessary, certified or
acknowledged, by the proper person or persons.
SECTION 6.06. The Warrant Agent may, without the consent or concurrence of
the Warrant Holders, by supplemental agreement or otherwise, concur with the
Company in making any changes or corrections in this Agreement that (i) it shall
have been advised by counsel, who may be counsel for the Company, are required
to cure any ambiguity or to correct any defective or inconsistent provision or
clerical omission or mistake or manifest error herein contained, or (ii) as
provided in Section 3.09, the Company deems necessary of advisable and which
shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of the Warrant Certificates,
provided such changes or corrections do not adversely affect the privileges or
immunities of the Warrant Holders.
SECTION 6.07. All the covenants and provisions of this Agreement by or for
the benefit of the Company or the Warrant Agent shall bind and inure to the
benefit of their respective
successors and assigns hereunder.
SECTION 6.08. Forthwith upon the appointment after the date thereof of any
transfer agent for the Common Stock, or of any subsequent transfer agent for the
Common Stock, the Company will file with the Warrant Agent a statement setting
forth the name and address of such transfer agent.
SECTION 6.09. Notice or demand pursuant to this Agreement to be given or
made by the Warrant Agent or by any Warrant Holder to or on the Company shall be
sufficiently given or made and effective on the third business day after posting
thereof, unless otherwise provided in this Agreement, if sent by first-class
mail, postage prepaid, addressed (until another address is filed in writing by
the Company with the Warrant Agent) as follows:
Able Energy, Inc.
000 Xxxxx 00
00
Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx, Chief Executive Officer
notice or demand pursuant to this Agreement to be given or made by the Company
or any Warrant Holder to or on the Warrant Agent shall be sufficiently given or
made and effective on the third business day after posting thereof, unless
otherwise provided in this Agreement, if sent by first-class mail, postage
prepaid, addressed until another address is filed in writing by the Warrant
Agent with the Company) as follows:
Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company
0 Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attn: Compliance Department
notice or demand pursuant to this Agreement to be given or made by the Company
or the Warrant Agent to or on the Underwriter shall be sufficiently given or
made and effective on the third business day after posting thereof, unless
otherwise provided in this Agreement, if sent by first-class mail, postage
prepaid, addressed until another address is filed in writing by the Underwriter
with the Company) as follows:
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Securities, Inc.
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx
notice or demand pursuant to this Agreement to be given or made by the Company
or the Warrant Agent to or on any Warrant Holder shall be sufficiently given or
made and effective on the third business day after posting thereof, unless
otherwise provided in this Agreement, if sent by first-class mail, postage
prepaid, addressed to such Warrant Holder at his last known address as it shall
appear in the records of the Company, if such notice shall be given by the
Company, or, if such notice shall be given by the Warrant Agent, as it shall
appear on the register maintained by the Warrant Agent.
A copy of any Notice or demand given or made pursuant to this Agreement on
the Warrant Agent, Company or Underwriter shall be promptly forwarded by the
recipient thereof to each of the Company, Warrant Agent or Underwriter who shall
not have received or made such demand or notice.
SECTION 6.10. The validity, interpretation and performance of this
Agreement and the Warrants shall be governed by the law of the State of New
York. (b) The Company and the Placement Agent: (a) agree that any legal suit,
action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement shall be
instituted exclusively in New York State Supreme Court, County of New York, or
in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, (b)
waive any objection which they may have now or hereafter to the venue of any
such suit, action or
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proceeding, and (c) irrevocably consent to the jurisdiction of the New York
State Supreme Court, County of New York and the United States District Court for
the Southern District of New York in any such suit, action or procedure. Each
of the Company and the Placement Agent further agrees to accept and acknowledge
service of any and all process which may be served in any suit, action or
proceeding in the New York State Supreme Court for the Southern District of New
York, and agree that service of process upon them mailed by certified mail to
their respective addresses shall be deemed in every respect effective service of
process in any such suit, action or proceeding. In the event of litigation
between the parties arising hereunder, the prevailing party shall be entitled to
costs and reasonable attorney's fees.
SECTION 6.11. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to give to any
person or corporation other than the parties hereto and the Warrant Holders any
right, remedy or claim under promise or agreement hereof. All covenants,
conditions, stipulations, promises and agreements contained in this Agreement
shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Company and the Warrant Agent
and their successors and of the Warrant Holders, and their heirs,
representatives, successors, assigns and transferees.
SECTION 6.12. A copy of this Agreement shall be available for inspection by
any Warrant Holder during the regular business hours and at the corporate office
of the Warrant Agent in New York, New York, at which time the Warrant Agent may
require any Warrant Holder to submit his Warrant Certificate for inspection by
it.
SECTION 6.13. This Agreement shall terminate on the Last Exercise Date, or
such earlier date upon which all Warrants have been exercised or redeemed,
except that the Warrant Agent shall account to the Company pursuant to Section
2.02 (e) of this Agreement for all cash held by it. The provisions of Section
6.03 and 6.04 of this Agreement shall survive such termination.
SECTION 6.14. The Article headings in this Agreement are for
convenience only and are not part of this Agreement and shall not
affect the interpretation thereof.
SECTION 6.15. This Agreement may be executed in any number counterparts,
each of which is so executed shall be deemed to be an original, and all such
counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same agreement.
ATTEST: ABLE ENERGY, INC.
BY:
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Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx, Chief Executive Officer
CONTINENTAL STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST CO.
BY:
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Name:
Title:
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