WARRANT PURCHASE AGREEMENT
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WARRANT PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this "Agreement") dated as of the 21st day
of October 2005, by and between InterAmerican Acquisition Group Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), and InterAmerican Capital Partners II LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company ("ICP").
W I T N E S S E T H:
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WHEREAS, the Company intends to sell in an initial public offering
("IPO") of units consisting of one share of common stock, par value $0.0001per
share (the "Common Stock") and two warrants to purchase shares of the Company's
common stock (the "Units");
WHEREAS, in order to induce institutional investors to invest in the
IPO, ICP has agreed to purchase warrants (the "Warrants") to purchase shares of
Common Stock with terms substantially similar to the terms of the warrants
included as part of the units to be sold in the IPO; and
WHEREAS, the Company shall issue and sell to ICP, and ICP agrees to
purchase, the Warrants, subject to the terms and conditions set forth below.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual
covenants and agreements hereinafter set forth and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the
parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
1. Purchase Price. On the basis of the representations, warranties,
covenants and agreements, and subject to the terms and conditions set forth
herein, upon the Closing hereof (as that term is defined in Section 2 below),
the Company agrees to sell, transfer, convey and deliver to ICP or cause to be
delivered to ICP and ICP agrees to purchase, acquire and accept delivery from
the Company of the Warrants for an aggregate purchase price of One Million Three
Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,300,000) (the "Purchase Price"). The Purchase Price
shall be payable by ICP to the Company in full at Closing. The number of
Warrants to be issued to ICP at the Closing shall equal the quotient of (i) the
Purchase Price and (ii) the average of the daily volume weighted average price
of the Warrants during the thirty trading days preceding the Closing; provided,
that (A) if the average of the daily volume weighted average price of the
Warrants during the thirty trading days preceding the Closing is less than
$0.40, then the average of the daily volume weighted average price of the
Warrants for such thirty trading day period shall be deemed to be $0.40, or (B)
if the average of the daily volume weighted average price of the Warrants during
the thirty trading days preceding the Closing is greater than $0.60, then the
average of the daily volume weighted average price of the Warrants for such
thirty trading day period shall be deemed to be $0.60.
2. Closing for Sale of the Warrants. The closing for the purchase and
sale of the Warrants shall occur forty-five (45) days after the commencement of
the separate trading of the securities comprising the Units at the offices of
the Company or at such other mutually convenient time or at such other mutually
convenient place as agreed upon by the parties (the "Closing"). At the Closing,
the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to ICP one or more
certificates representing the Warrants of the Company registered in ICP's name,
and ICP shall pay the Purchase Price.
3. Representations and Warranties of the Company. In order to induce
ICP to enter into this Agreement and to purchase the Warrants, the Company
hereby represents and warrants to ICP as follows:
(a) The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has
all requisite corporate power and authority to own its properties and assets and
to carry on its business as now conducted and as presently proposed to be
conducted.
(b) All corporate action on the part of the Company's
directors and stockholders necessary for the authorization, execution, delivery
of, and the performance of all obligations of the Company under, this Agreement
and the Warrants, has been taken or will be taken prior to the Closing, and this
Agreement constitutes, and the Warrants when executed and delivered, will
constitute, valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in
accordance with their respective terms, except as may be limited by (i)
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other laws of general
application relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditor's rights
generally and (ii) the effect of rules of law governing the availability of
equitable remedies.
(c) The Company has the corporate power to execute and deliver
this Agreement and the Warrants to be purchased by ICP hereunder, to issue the
Warrants and to carry out and perform all its obligations under this Agreement
and the Warrants.
(d) The Company is not in violation or default of any
provisions of its Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws or in any material
respect of any instrument, judgment, order, writ, decree, or contract to which
it is a party or by which it is bound. The execution, delivery and performance
of and compliance with this Agreement and the Warrants have not resulted and
will not result in any material violation of, or conflict with, any instrument,
judgment, order, writ, decree, or contract to which the Company is a party or by
which the Company is bound.
4. Representations and Warranties of ICP. In order to induce the
Company to enter into this Agreement and to sell the Warrants, ICP hereby
represents and warrants to the Company as follows:
(a) ICP is a limited liability company, duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of Delaware. The Company (i) has
full power and authority to own and operate its properties and assets and to
conduct and carry on its business as it is now being conducted and operated, and
(ii) is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing, and is duly
licensed, authorized or qualified to transact or conduct business, in each
jurisdiction in which the ownership or lease of real property or the conduct of
its business requires it to be so licensed, authorized or qualified.
(b) This Agreement constitutes ICP's valid and legally binding
obligation, enforceable in accordance with its terms except as may be limited by
(i) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other laws of general
application relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights
generally and (ii) the effect of rules of law governing the availability of
equitable remedies. ICP represents that it has full power and authority to enter
into this Agreement.
(c) The Warrants and the shares of the Company's capital stock issuable
upon exercise of the Warrants (collectively, the "Securities") will be acquired
for investment for ICP's own account, not as a nominee or agent, and not with a
view to the public resale or distribution thereof within the meaning of the Act.
(d) ICP is an "accredited investor" within the meaning of Regulation D
promulgated under the Act.
(e) ICP understands that the Securities are characterized as
"restricted securities" under the Act and Rule 144 promulgated thereunder
inasmuch as they are being acquired from the Company in a transaction not
involving a public offering, and that under the Act and applicable regulations
thereunder
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such securities may not be resold without registration under the Act only in
certain limited circumstances. The certificates for such Warrants shall contain
a legend indicating such restriction on transferability.
5. Registration Rights; Warrant Agent. The Warrants and the shares of
Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants shall be registered by the
Company pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement between the Company and ICP.
Prior to the date that the Securities and Exchange Commission declares the
registration statement effective, ICP will enter into a warrant agreement, or
amend any existing warrant agreement between the Company and Continental Stock
Transfer & Trust Company, as warrant agent (the "Warrant Agent"), to provide
that the Warrant Agent shall act on behalf of the Company in connection with the
issuance, registration, transfer, exchange, redemption and exercise of the
Warrants.
6. Warrant Adjustments.
6.1. Stock Dividends; Split-Ups. If after the date hereof, and subject
to the provisions of Section 6.6 below, the number of outstanding shares of
Common Stock is increased by a stock dividend payable in shares of Common Stock,
or by a split-up of shares of Common Stock, or other similar event, then, on the
effective date of such stock dividend, split-up or similar event, the number of
shares of Common Stock issuable on exercise of each Warrant shall be increased
in proportion to such increase in outstanding shares of Common Stock.
6.2. Aggregation of Shares. If after the date hereof, and subject to
the provisions of Section 6.6, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock
is decreased by a consolidation, combination, reverse stock split or
reclassification of shares of Common Stock or other similar event, then, on the
effective date of such consolidation, combination, reverse stock split,
reclassification or similar event, the number of shares of Common Stock issuable
on exercise of each Warrant shall be decreased in proportion to such decrease in
outstanding shares of Common Stock.
6.3 Adjustments in Exercise Price. Whenever the number of shares of
Common Stock purchasable upon the exercise of the Warrants is adjusted, as
provided in Section 6.1 and 6.2 above, the warrant exercise price shall be
adjusted (to the nearest cent) by multiplying such warrant exercise price
immediately prior to such adjustment by a fraction (x) the numerator of which
shall be the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable upon the exercise of
the Warrants immediately prior to such adjustment, and (y) the denominator of
which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock so purchasable immediately
thereafter.
6.4. Replacement of Securities upon Reorganization, etc. In case of any
reclassification or reorganization of the outstanding shares of Common Stock
(other than a change covered by Section 6.1 or 6.2 hereof or that solely affects
the par value of such shares of Common Stock), or in the case of any merger or
consolidation of the Company with or into another corporation (other than a
consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing corporation and
that does not result in any reclassification or reorganization of the
outstanding shares of Common Stock), or in the case of any sale or conveyance to
another corporation or entity of the assets or other property of the Company as
an entirety or substantially as an entirety in connection with which the Company
is dissolved, the Warrant holders shall thereafter have the right to purchase
and receive, upon the basis and upon the terms and conditions specified in the
Warrants and in lieu of the shares of Common Stock of the Company immediately
theretofore purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of the rights
represented thereby, the kind and amount of shares of stock or other securities
or property (including cash) receivable upon such reclassification,
reorganization, merger or consolidation, or upon a dissolution following any
such sale or transfer, that the Warrant holder would have received if such
Warrant holder had exercised his, her or its Warrant(s) immediately prior to
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such event; and if any reclassification also results in a change in shares of
Common Stock covered by Section 6.1 or 6.2, then such adjustment shall be made
pursuant to Sections 6.1, 6.2, 6.3 and this Section 6.4. The provisions of this
Section 6.4 shall similarly apply to successive reclassifications,
reorganizations, mergers or consolidations, sales or other transfers.
6.5. Notices of Changes in Warrant. Upon every adjustment of the
warrant exercise price or the number of shares issuable upon exercise of a
Warrant, the Company shall give written notice thereof to the Warrant Agent,
which notice shall state the warrant exercise price resulting from such
adjustment and the increase or decrease, if any, in the number of shares
purchasable at such price upon the exercise of a Warrant, setting forth in
reasonable detail the method of calculation and the facts upon which such
calculation is based. Upon the occurrence of any event specified in Sections
6.1, 6.2, 6.3 or 6.4, then, in any such event, the Company shall give written
notice to each Warrant holder, at the last address set forth for such holder in
the warrant register, of the record date or the effective date of the event.
Failure to give such notice, or any defect therein, shall not affect the
legality or validity of such event.
6.6. No Fractional Shares. Notwithstanding any provision contained in
this Agreement to the contrary, the Company shall not issue fractional shares
upon exercise of Warrants. If, by reason of any adjustment made pursuant to this
Section 6, the holder of any Warrant would be entitled, upon the exercise of
such Warrant, to receive a fractional interest in a share, the Company shall,
upon such exercise, round up to the nearest whole number the number of the
shares of Common Stock to be issued to the Warrant holder.
6.7. Form of Warrant. The form of Warrant need not be changed because
of any adjustment pursuant to this Section 6, and Warrants issued after such
adjustment may state the same warrant exercise price and the same number of
shares as is stated in the Warrants initially issued pursuant to this Agreement.
However, the Company may at any time in its sole discretion make any change in
the form of Warrant that the Company may deem appropriate and that does not
affect the substance thereof, and any Warrant thereafter issued or
countersigned, whether in exchange or substitution for an outstanding Warrant or
otherwise, may be in the form as so changed.
7. Miscellaneous.
(a) ICP agrees that it will not sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of
the Warrants or any shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the
Warrants until after the Company has consummated a merger, capital stock
exchange, asset acquisition or other similar business combination as
contemplated by the registration statement on Form S-1 filed in connection with
the IPO. The certificates for such Warrants shall contain a legend indicating
such restriction on transferability.
(b) This Agreement (i) cannot be amended, modified or terminated except
in writing signed by both of the parties hereto, (ii) sets forth the entire
understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and (iii)
supersedes any and all prior agreements or arrangements with respect thereto.
(c) The parties agree to execute and deliver such other and further
documents and to take such action as may be reasonably necessary or desirable to
give effect to any of the provisions of this Agreement.
(d) If any provisions of this Agreement shall be held to be invalid or
unenforceable, such invalidity or unenforceability shall attach only to such
provision and shall not in any way affect or render invalid or unenforceable any
other severable provision of this Agreement, and this Agreement shall be carried
out as if any invalid or unenforceable provision were not embodied herein.
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(e) The Section headings contained herein are for the purposes of
convenience only and are not intended to define or limit the contents thereof.
(f) This Agreement shall be governed by, construed and enforced in
accordance with the internal laws of the State of Delaware, without reference to
principles of conflict of laws.
(g) This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure solely to the
benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted
assigns.
(h) This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of
which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which shall constitute one
and the same
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this
Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
INTERAMERICAN ACQUISITION GROUP INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Chief Executive Officer
INTERAMERICAN CAPITAL PARTNERS II LLC
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Managing Member
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