EXHIBIT 10.34
NEITHER THIS WARRANT NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THIS WARRANT IS
EXERCISABLE HAVE BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM
REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES
ACT"), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN
EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN
AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS THEREUNDER AND IN
COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES OR BLUE SKY LAWS.
FIX-CORP INTERNATIONAL, INC.
WARRANT
Warrant No. 006 Dated March 11, 1998
FIX-CORP INTERNATIONAL, INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"),
hereby certifies that, for value received, JNC Strategic Fund Ltd., or its
registered assigns ("Holder"), is entitled, subject to the terms set forth
below, to purchase from the Company up to a total of 126,268 shares of Common
Stock, $.001 par value per share (the "Common Stock"), of the Company (each
such share, a "Warrant Share" and all such shares, the "Warrant Shares") at
an exercise price equal to $3.31 per share (as adjusted from time to time as
provided in Section 8, the "Exercise Price"), at any time and from time to
time from and after the date hereof and through and including March 11, 2001
(the "Expiration Date"), and subject to the following terms and conditions:
1. REGISTRATION OF WARRANT. The Company shall register this Warrant,
upon records to be maintained by the Company for that purpose (the "Warrant
Register"), in the name of the record Holder hereof from time to time. The
Company may deem and treat the registered Holder of this Warrant as the
absolute owner hereof for the purpose of any exercise hereof or any
distribution to the Holder, and for all other purposes, and the Company shall
not be affected by notice to the contrary.
2. REGISTRATION OF TRANSFERS AND EXCHANGES.
(a) The Company shall register the transfer of any portion of this
Warrant in the Warrant Register, upon surrender of this Warrant, with the
Form of Assignment attached hereto duly completed and signed, to the Company
at the office specified in or pursuant to Section 3(b). Upon any such
registration or transfer, a new warrant to purchase Common Stock, in
substantially the form of this Warrant (any such new warrant, a "New
Warrant"), evidencing the portion of this Warrant so transferred shall be
issued to the transferee and a New Warrant evidencing the remaining portion
of this Warrant not so transferred, if any, shall be issued to the
transferring Holder. The acceptance of the New Warrant by the transferee
thereof shall be deemed the acceptance of such transferee of all of the
rights and obligations of a holder of a Warrant.
(b) This Warrant is exchangeable, upon the surrender hereof by the
Holder to the office of the Company specified in or pursuant to Section 3(b)
for one or more New Warrants, evidencing in the aggregate the right to
purchase the number of Warrant Shares which may then be purchased hereunder.
Any such New Warrant will be dated the date of such exchange.
3. DURATION AND EXERCISE OF WARRANTS.
(a) This Warrant shall be exercisable by the registered Holder on
any business day before 5:30 P.M., New York City time, at any time and from
time to time on or after the date hereof to and including the Expiration
Date. At 5:30 P.M., New York City time on the Expiration Date, the portion
of this Warrant not exercised prior thereto shall be and become void and of
no value. This Warrant may not be redeemed by the Company.
(b) Subject to Sections 2(b), 6 and 11, upon surrender of this
Warrant, with the Form of Election to Purchase attached hereto duly completed
and signed, to the Company at its address for notice set forth in Section 11
and upon payment of the Exercise Price multiplied by the number of Warrant
Shares that the Holder intends to purchase hereunder, in lawful money of the
United States of America, in cash or by certified or official bank check or
checks, all as specified by the Holder in the Form of Election to Purchase,
the Company shall promptly (but in no event later than 3 business days after
the Date of Exercise (as defined herein)) issue or cause to be issued and
cause to be delivered to or upon the written order of the Holder and in such
name or names as the Holder may designate, a certificate for the Warrant
Shares issuable upon such exercise, free of restrictive legends other than as
required by the Purchase Agreement of even date herewith between the Holder
and the Company. Any person so designated by the Holder to receive Warrant
Shares shall be deemed to have become holder of record of such Warrant Shares
as of the Date of Exercise of this Warrant.
A "Date of Exercise" means the date on which the Company shall have
received (i) this Warrant (or any New Warrant, as applicable), with the Form
of Election to Purchase attached hereto (or attached to such New Warrant)
appropriately completed and duly signed, and (ii) payment of the Exercise
Price for the number of Warrant Shares so indicated by the holder hereof to
be purchased.
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(c) This Warrant shall be exercisable, either in its entirety or,
from time to time, for a portion of the number of Warrant Shares. If less
than all of the Warrant Shares which may be purchased under this Warrant are
exercised at any time, the Company shall issue or cause to be issued, at its
expense, a New Warrant evidencing the right to purchase the remaining number
of Warrant Shares for which no exercise has been evidenced by this Warrant.
4. PIGGYBACK REGISTRATION RIGHTS. During the term of this Warrant,
the Company may not file any registration statement with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (other than registration statements of the Company filed
on Form S-8 or Form S-4, each as promulgated under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "SECURITIES ACT"), pursuant to which the Company is
registering securities pursuant to a Company employee benefit plan or
pursuant to a merger, acquisition or similar transaction including
supplements thereto, but not additionally filed registration statements in
respect of such securities) at any time when there is not an effective
registration statement covering the resale of the Warrant Shares and naming
the Holder as a selling stockholder thereunder, unless the Company provides
the Holder with not less than 20 days notice to each of the Holder and
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxx LLP, attention Xxxx X. Xxxxx,
notice of its intention to file such registration statement and provides the
Holder the option to include any or all of the applicable Warrant Shares
therein. The piggyback registration rights granted to the Holder pursuant to
this Section shall continue until all of the Holder's Warrant Shares have
been sold in accordance with an effective registration statement or upon the
Expiration Date. The Company will pay all registration expenses in
connection therewith.
5. PAYMENT OF TAXES. The Company will pay all documentary stamp taxes
attributable to the issuance of Warrant Shares upon the exercise of this
Warrant; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to pay any
tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the
registration of any certificates for Warrant Shares or Warrants in a name
other than that of the Holder, and the Company shall not be required to issue
or cause to be issued or deliver or cause to be delivered the certificates
for Warrant Shares unless or until the person or persons requesting the
issuance thereof shall have paid to the Company the amount of such tax or
shall have established to the satisfaction of the Company that such tax has
been paid. The Holder shall be responsible for all other tax liability that
may arise as a result of holding or transferring this Warrant or receiving
Warrant Shares upon exercise hereof.
6. REPLACEMENT OF WARRANT. If this Warrant is mutilated, lost, stolen
or destroyed, the Company shall issue or cause to be issued in exchange and
substitution for and upon cancellation hereof, or in lieu of and substitution
for this Warrant, a New Warrant, but only upon receipt of evidence reasonably
satisfactory to the Company of such loss, theft or destruction and indemnity,
if reasonably satisfactory to it. Applicants for a New Warrant under such
circumstances shall also comply with such other reasonable regulations and
procedures and pay such other reasonable charges as the Company may prescribe.
7. RESERVATION OF WARRANT SHARES. The Company covenants that it will
at all times reserve and keep available out of the aggregate of its
authorized but unissued Common Stock, solely for the purpose of enabling it
to issue Warrant Shares upon exercise of this Warrant
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as herein provided, the number of Warrant Shares which are then issuable and
deliverable upon the exercise of this entire Warrant, free from preemptive
rights or any other actual contingent purchase rights of persons other than
the Holder (taking into account the adjustments and restrictions of Section
8). The Company covenants that all Warrant Shares that shall be so issuable
and deliverable shall, upon issuance and the payment of the applicable
Exercise Price in accordance with the terms hereof, be duly and validly
authorized, issued and fully paid and nonassessable.
8. CERTAIN ADJUSTMENTS. The Exercise Price and number of Warrant
Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant are subject to adjustment from
time to time as set forth in this Section 8. Upon each such adjustment of
the Exercise Price pursuant to this Section 8, the Holder shall thereafter
prior to the Expiration Date be entitled to purchase, at the Exercise Price
resulting from such adjustment, the number of Warrant Shares obtained by
multiplying the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment
by the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant
immediately prior to such adjustment and dividing the product thereof by the
Exercise Price resulting from such adjustment.
(a) If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding,
(i) shall pay a stock dividend or otherwise make a distribution or
distributions on shares of its Common Stock (as defined below) or on any
other class of capital stock (and not the Common Stock) payable in shares of
Common Stock, (ii) subdivide outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger
number of shares, or (iii) combine outstanding shares of Common Stock into a
smaller number of shares, the Exercise Price shall be multiplied by a
fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock
(excluding treasury shares, if any) outstanding before such event and of
which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock
(excluding treasury shares, if any) outstanding after such event. Any
adjustment made pursuant to this Section shall become effective immediately
after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to
receive such dividend or distribution and shall become effective immediately
after the effective date in the case of a subdivision or combination, and
shall apply to successive subdivisions and combinations.
(b) In case of any reclassification of the Common Stock, any
consolidation or merger of the Company with or into another person, the sale
or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company in which
the consideration therefor is equity or equity equivalent securities or any
compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the Common Stock is converted
into other securities or property, then the Holder shall have the right
thereafter to exercise this Warrant only into the shares of stock and other
securities and property receivable upon or deemed to be held by holders of
Common Stock following such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale,
transfer or share exchange, and the Holder shall be entitled upon such event
to receive such amount of securities or property of the Company's business
combination partner equal to the amount of Warrant Shares such Holder would
have been entitled to had such Holder exercised this Warrant immediately
prior to such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or
share exchange. The terms of any such consolidation, merger, sale, transfer
or share exchange shall include such terms so as to continue to give to the
Holder the right to receive the securities or property set forth in this
Section 8(b) upon any exercise following any such reclassification,
consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share
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exchange.
(c) If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding,
shall distribute to all holders of Common Stock (and not to holders of this
Warrant) evidences of its indebtedness or assets or rights or warrants to
subscribe for or purchase any security (excluding those referred to in
Sections 8(a), (b) and (d)), then in each such case the Exercise Price shall
be determined by multiplying the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior
to the record date fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to
receive such distribution by a fraction of which the denominator shall be the
Exercise Price determined as of the record date mentioned above, and of which
the numerator shall be such Exercise Price on such record date less the then
fair market value at such record date of the portion of such assets or
evidence of indebtedness so distributed applicable to one outstanding share
of Common Stock as determined by a nationally recognized or major regional
investment banking firm or firm of independent certified public accountants
of recognized standing (which may be the firm that regularly examines the
financial statements of the Company) (an "Appraiser") mutually selected in
good faith by the holders of a majority in interest of the Warrants then
outstanding and the Company. Any determination made by the Appraiser shall
be final.
(d) If, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding, the Company
shall issue or cause to be issued rights or warrants to acquire or otherwise
sell or distribute shares of Common Stock to all holders of Common Stock for
a consideration per share less than the Exercise Price then in effect, then,
forthwith upon such issue or sale, the Exercise Price shall be reduced to the
price (calculated to the nearest cent) determined by dividing (i) an amount
equal to the sum of (A) the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding
immediately prior to such issue or sale multiplied by the Exercise Price, and
(B) the consideration, if any, received or receivable by the Company upon
such issue or sale by (ii) the total number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding immediately after such issue or sale.
(e) For the purposes of this Section 8, the following clauses
shall also be applicable:
(i) RECORD DATE. In case the Company shall take a
record of the holders of its Common Stock for the purpose of entitling
them (A) to receive a dividend or other distribution payable in Common
Stock or in securities convertible or exchangeable into shares of Common
Stock, or (B) to subscribe for or purchase Common Stock or securities
convertible or exchangeable into shares of Common Stock, then such
record date shall be deemed to be the date of the issue or sale of the
shares of Common Stock deemed to have been issued or sold upon the
declaration of such dividend or the making of such other distribution or
the date of the granting of such right of subscription or purchase, as
the case may be.
(ii) TREASURY SHARES. The number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding at any given time shall not include shares owned or held by or
for the account of the Company, and the disposition of any such shares
shall be considered an issue or sale of Common Stock.
(f) All calculations under this Section 8 shall be made to the
nearest
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cent or the nearest 1/100th of a share, as the case may be.
(g) If:
(i) the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other
distribution) on its Common Stock; or
(ii) the Company shall declare a special nonrecurring cash
dividend on or a redemption of its Common Stock; or
(iii) the Company shall authorize the granting to all
holders of the Common Stock rights or warrants to
subscribe for or purchase any shares of capital stock
of any class or of any rights; or
(iv) the approval of any stockholders of the Company shall
be required in connection with any reclassification
of the Common Stock of the Company, any consolidation
or merger to which the Company is a party, any sale
or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets
of the Company, or any compulsory share exchange
whereby the Common Stock is converted into other
securities, cash or property; or
(v) the Company shall authorize the voluntary
dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs
of the Company,
then the Company shall cause to be mailed to each Holder at their last
addresses as they shall appear upon the Warrant Register, at least 30
calendar days prior to the applicable record or effective date hereinafter
specified, a notice stating (x) the date on which a record is to be taken for
the purpose of such dividend, distribution, redemption, rights or warrants,
or if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of Common
Stock of record to be entitled to such dividend, distributions, redemption,
rights or warrants are to be determined or (y) the date on which such
reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange is
expected to become effective or close, and the date as of which it is
expected that holders of Common Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange
their shares of Common Stock for securities, cash or other property
deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale,
transfer, share exchange, dissolution, liquidation or winding up; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that the failure to mail such notice or any defect therein or in the
mailing thereof shall not affect the validity of the corporate action
required to be specified in such notice.
9. PAYMENT OF EXERCISE PRICE. The Holder may pay the Exercise Price
in one of the following manners:
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(a) CASH EXERCISE. The Holder shall deliver immediately available
funds; or
(b) CASHLESS EXERCISE. The Holder shall surrender this Warrant to
the Company together with a notice of cashless exercise, in which event the
Company shall issue to the Holder the number of Warrant Shares determined as
follows:
X = Y (A-B)/A
where:
X = the number of Warrant Shares to be issued to the Holder.
Y = the number of Warrant Shares with respect to which this
Warrant is being exercised.
A = the average of the closing sale prices of the Common Stock
for the five (5) Trading Days immediately prior to (but not
including) the Date of Exercise.
B = the Exercise Price.
For purposes of Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, it is
intended, understood and acknowledged that the Warrant Shares issued in a
cashless exercise transaction shall be deemed to have been acquired by the
Holder, and the holding period for the Warrant Shares shall be deemed to have
been commenced, on the issue date.
10. FRACTIONAL SHARES. The Company shall not be required to issue or
cause to be issued fractional Warrant Shares on the exercise of this Warrant.
The number of full Warrant Shares which shall be issuable upon the exercise
of this Warrant shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate number of
Warrant Shares purchasable on exercise of this Warrant so presented. If any
fraction of a Warrant Share would, except for the provisions of this Section
10, be issuable on the exercise of this Warrant, the Company shall, at its
option, (i) pay an amount in cash equal to the Exercise Price multiplied by
such fraction or (ii) round the number of Warrant Shares issuable, up to the
next whole number.
11. NOTICES. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries
hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given and effective on the
earliest of (i) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is
delivered via facsimile at the facsimile telephone number specified in this
Section, (ii) the business day following the date of mailing, if sent by
nationally recognized overnight courier service, or (iii) upon actual receipt
by the party to whom such notice is required to be given. The addresses for
such communications shall be: (1) if to the Company, to 0000 Xxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000, or to Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Chief Financial Officer, or (ii) if to the Holder, to the Holder
at the address or facsimile number appearing on the Warrant Register or such
other address or facsimile number as the Holder may provide to the Company in
accordance with this Section 11.
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12. WARRANT AGENT.
(a) The Company shall serve as warrant agent under this Warrant.
Upon thirty (30) days' notice to the Holder, the Company may appoint a new
warrant agent.
(b) Any corporation into which the Company or any new warrant
agent may be merged or any corporation resulting from any consolidation to
which the Company or any new warrant agent shall be a party or any
corporation to which the Company or any new warrant agent transfers
substantially all of its corporate trust or shareholders services business
shall be a successor warrant agent under this Warrant without any further
act. Any such successor warrant agent shall promptly cause notice of its
succession as warrant agent to be mailed (by first class mail, postage
prepaid) to the Holder at the Holder's last address as shown on the Warrant
Register.
13. MISCELLANEOUS.
(a) This Warrant shall be binding on and inure to the benefit of
the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns.
This Warrant may be amended only in writing signed by the Company and the
Holder.
(b) Subject to Section 13(a), above, nothing in this Warrant shall
be construed to give to any person or corporation other than the Company and
the Holder any legal or equitable right, remedy or cause under this Warrant;
this Warrant shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Company and
the Holder.
(c) This Warrant shall be governed by and construed and enforced
in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York without regard
to the principles of conflicts of law thereof.
(d) The headings herein are for convenience only, do not
constitute a part of this Warrant and shall not be deemed to limit or affect
any of the provisions hereof.
(e) In case any one or more of the provisions of this Warrant
shall be invalid or unenforceable in any respect, the validity and
enforceability of the remaining terms and provisions of this Warrant shall
not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and the parties will attempt
in good faith to agree upon a valid and enforceable provision which shall be
a commercially reasonable substitute therefor, and upon so agreeing, shall
incorporate such substitute provision in this Warrant.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be duly
executed by its authorized officer as of the date first indicated above.
FIX-CORP INTERNATIONAL, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx Xxxxxx
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Title: President/CEO
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FORM OF ELECTION TO PURCHASE
(To be executed by the Holder to exercise the right to purchase shares of
Common Stock under the foregoing Warrant)
To FIX-CORP INTERNATIONAL, INC.:
In accordance with the Warrant enclosed with this Form of Election to
Purchase, the undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to purchase [___________]
shares of Common Stock ("Common Stock"), $.001 par value per share, of
Fix-Corp International, Inc. and encloses herewith $________ in cash or
certified or official bank check or checks, which sum represents the
aggregate Exercise Price (as defined in the Warrant) for the number of shares
of Common Stock to which this Form of Election to Purchase relates, together
with any applicable taxes payable by the undersigned pursuant to the Warrant.
The undersigned requests that certificates for the shares of Common
Stock issuable upon this exercise be issued in the name of
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR
TAX IDENTIFICATION NUMBER
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If the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon this exercise
shall not be all of the shares of Common Stock which the undersigned is
entitled to purchase in accordance with the enclosed Warrant, the undersigned
requests that a New Warrant (as defined in the Warrant) evidencing the right
to purchase the shares of Common Stock not issuable pursuant to the exercise
evidenced hereby be issued in the name of and delivered to:
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Dated: ________________, __ Name of Holder:
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(By:)
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(Name:)
(Title:)
(Signature must conform in all respects to name of
holder as specified on the face of the Warrant)
[To be completed and signed only upon transfer of Warrant]
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers
unto ________________________________ the right represented by the within
Warrant to purchase ____________ shares of Common Stock of Fix-Corp
International, Inc. to which the within Warrant relates and appoints
________________ attorney to transfer said right on the books of Fix-Corp
International, Inc. with full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated:
_______________, ____
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(Signature must conform in all respects
to name of holder as specified on the
face of the Warrant)
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Address of Transferee
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In the presence of:
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