Jess Ravich
EXHIBIT 10.2
Xxxx Xxxxxx
000 X Xxxxxxxxxx Xxx., X.X. 000
Xxx Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
November 28, 2018
ALJ Regional Holdings, Inc.
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, XXX #000
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Re: Backstop Letter Agreement - ALJ Regional Holdings, Inc.
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This letter is delivered to you in connection with (i) the Financing Agreement, dated as of August 14, 2015 (as amended by the Fourth Amendment (as defined below), and as further amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the "Financing Agreement"), by and among ALJ Regional Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“you"), Faneuil, Inc., Floors-N-More, LLC, Phoenix Color Corp., each subsidiary of yours listed as a "Guarantor" on the signature pages thereto, the lenders from time to time party thereto, Cerberus Business Finance, LLC ("CBF") and PNC Bank, National Association, (ii) the Fourth Amendment to Financing Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the "Fourth Amendment"), (iii) the Junior Participation Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the “Junior Participation Agreement”), by and between CBF and Xxxx Xxxxxx ("Junior Participant") and (iv) any other agreements, supplements, documents and instruments relating thereto or executed in connection therewith, all as from time to time amended and supplemented (together with the Financing Agreement, the Fourth Amendment and the Junior Participation Agreement, collectively the "Financing Documents"), regarding the sale by the Lenders to the Junior Participant and the purchase by the Junior Participant from the Lenders of a junior and subordinate participation interest in the Term Loan (the “Junior Participation”). Any capitalized term used herein and not defined shall have the meaning assigned to it in the Financing Agreement. In connection with, and in consideration of the agreements contained in the Financing Documents, you agree with the Junior Participant as follows:
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a.Commitment Fee. You will pay to the Ravich Revocable Trust of 1989, a trust created by the Junior Participant (the “Junior Participant Trust”), a non-refundable fee (the “Commitment Fee”) of 2.00% of the aggregate commitments in respect of the Junior Participation Interest under the Junior Participation Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, the Commitment Fee shall be one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) and shall be due and payable in cash upon your acceptance of this Backstop Letter Agreement.
b.Warrant. In the event that CBF exercises its rights under the Term Loan and the Junior Participant buys the Junior Participation (the “Warrant Conditions”), you will issue to the Junior Participant Trust a five-year warrant (the “Warrant”) to purchase 1,500,000 shares of
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your common stock, par value $0.01 per share, at a price equal to 100% of the average closing price (as reported by The Nasdaq Capital Market) for the trailing 30 trading days of your common stock on the Funding Date (as defined in the Junior Participation Agreement). The Warrant will be in the form attached as Exhibit A to this Agreement (the "Form of Warrant"). The Warrant shall be earned upon satisfaction of the Warrant Conditions and issuable on the Funding Date .
c.In connection with the syndication of the Junior Participation Interest, Junior Participant may, in its discretion, allocate to other parties participating in the Junior Participation Interest portions of the Commitment Fee or Warrant payable to the Junior Participant Trust therewith; provided, however, that in no event shall the Company be obligated to pay any additional fees or issue any additional securities (equity or otherwise), other than the Commitment Fee and the Warrant as described herein.
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You agree that, once paid, the Commitment Fees or any part thereof payable hereunder will not be refundable under any circumstances. All Commitment Fees payable hereunder will be paid in immediately available funds and shall not be subject to reduction by way of setoff or counterclaim.
It is understood that this Backstop Letter Agreement shall not constitute or give rise to any obligation on the part of the Junior Participant to provide or arrange any financing; such an obligation will arise only under the Junior Participation Agreement in accordance with its terms. This Backstop Letter Agreement may not be amended or any provision hereof waived or modified except by an instrument in writing signed by each of the parties hereto. THIS BACKSTOP LETTER AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. This Backstop Letter Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which, when taken together, shall constitute one agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Backstop Letter Agreement by facsimile transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Backstop Letter Agreement. Section headings used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Backstop Letter Agreement and are not to affect the construction of, or to be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Backstop Letter Agreement.
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Address:
000 X Xxxxxxxxxx Xxx., X.X. 000
Xxx Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Email: xxxxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx
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ACCEPTED AND AGREED:
ALJ Regional Holdings, Inc.
By:/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx .
Name:Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title:Chief Financial Officer
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NEITHER THIS WARRANT, NOR THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT (COLLECTIVELY, THE “SECURITIES”), HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF EXCEPT WHILE A REGISTRATION STATEMENT RELATING THERETO IS IN EFFECT UNDER SUCH ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT OR SUCH LAWS.
ALJ REGIONAL HOLDINGS, INC.
Warrant to Purchase Common Stock
Warrant No.: [●]
Number of Shares of Common Stock: 1,500,000
Date of Issuance: [●] (“Issuance Date”)
ALJ Regional Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), certifies that, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are acknowledged, the Ravich Revocable Trust of 1989, the registered holder hereof or its permitted assigns (the “Holder”), is entitled, subject to the terms set forth below, to purchase from the Company, at the Exercise Price (as defined below) then in effect, upon surrender of this Warrant to Purchase Common Stock (including any Warrants to Purchase Common Stock issued in exchange, transfer or replacement hereof, the “Warrant”), at any time or times on or after the Issuance Date, but not after 5:30 p.m., New York City time, on the Expiration Date (as defined below), one million five-hundred thousand (1,500,000) fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock (the “Warrant Shares”). This Warrant has been issued pursuant to that certain Backstop Letter Agreement, by and between the Company and the Holder, dated [●] (the “Backstop Letter Agreement”). In addition to the defined terms set forth in Section 16 herein, capitalized terms that are not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Backstop Letter Agreement.
Exercise of Warrant
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(a)Mechanics of Exercise. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, this Warrant may be exercised by the Holder on any day on or after the Issuance Date, but not after 5:30 p.m., New York City time, on the Expiration Date, in whole or in part, by (i) delivery of a written notice, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Exercise Notice”), of the Holder’s election to exercise this Warrant and (ii) payment to the Company of an amount equal to the applicable Exercise Price multiplied by the number of Warrant Shares as to which this Warrant is being exercised (the “Aggregate Exercise Price”) in cash or wire transfer of immediately available funds (the items under (i) and (ii) above, the “Exercise Deliveries”). The Holder shall not be required to surrender this Warrant in order to effect an exercise hereunder; provided, however, that in the event that this Warrant is exercised in full or for the remaining unexercised portion hereof, the Holder shall deliver this Warrant to the Company for cancellation within a reasonable time after such exercise. No ink-original Exercise Notice shall be required, nor shall
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any medallion guarantee (or other type of guarantee or notarization) of any Exercise Notice be required. On or before the Trading Day following the date on which the Company has received the Exercise Deliveries (the date upon which the Company has received the Exercise Deliveries, the “Exercise Date”), the Company shall transmit by e-mail transmission an acknowledgment of confirmation of receipt of the Exercise Deliveries to the Holder and the Company’s transfer agent for the Common Stock (the “Transfer Agent”). The Company shall deliver any objection to the Exercise Deliveries on or before the second Trading Day following the date on which the Company has received the Exercise Deliveries. On or before the fourth Trading Day following the date on which the Company has received the Exercise Deliveries (the “Share Delivery Date”), the Company shall cause the Transfer Agent to issue the Holder a certificate representing the number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled, with the appropriate restrictive legends, including as required by the Securities Act or under any state securities or blue sky laws; provided, however, the Company shall not be required to deliver such Warrant Shares if the Company has not received the Aggregate Exercise Price for such Warrant Shares on or before the Share Delivery Date. Upon delivery of the Exercise Deliveries, the Holder shall be deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the holder of record of the Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been exercised, irrespective of the date of delivery of such certificate. If this Warrant is submitted in connection with any exercise pursuant to this Section 1(a) and the number of Warrant Shares represented by this Warrant submitted for exercise is greater than the number of Warrant Shares being acquired upon an exercise, then the Company shall as soon as practicable and in no event later than five Trading Days after any such submission and at its own expense, issue a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 6(e)) representing the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares purchasable immediately prior to such exercise under this Warrant, less the number of Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been and/or is exercised. The Company shall pay any and all taxes that may be payable with respect to the issuance and delivery of Warrant Shares upon 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 Warrants in a name other than that of the Holder or an affiliate thereof. 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.
(b)Exercise Price. For purposes of this Warrant, “Exercise Price” means $[●] per share of Common Stock, a price equal to the average of the closing price (as reported by the Principal Market) on the trailing 30 Trading Days prior to the Funding Date, subject to adjustment as provided herein.
(c)Failure to Timely Deliver Shares. In addition to any other rights available to the Holder, if the Company fails to deliver the Warrant Shares to the Holder by the fourth Trading Day after the Exercise Date, then the Holder will have the right to rescind such exercise by giving written notice to the Company.
(d)No “Cashless Exercise”. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Warrant, the Holder may not exercise this Warrant in whole or in part without making the cash payment in the amount of the Aggregate Exercise Price to the Company; provided, that at the request of the Holder, if desired to facilitate payment through a broker-dealer sale and remittance procedure pursuant to which the Holder’s brokerage firm will effect the immediate sale of some
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or all of the Warrant Shares exercised hereunder and remit to the Company the Aggregate Exercise Price, the Company agrees to, upon 90 days written notice from the Holder, to use its reasonable best efforts to register the Warrant Shares under the Securities Act for sale pursuant to a registration statement filed by the Company and to cause such registration statement to be declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
(e)Disputes. In the case of a dispute as to the determination of the Exercise Price or the arithmetic calculation of the number of Warrant Shares to be issued pursuant to the terms hereof, the Company shall promptly issue to the Holder the number of Warrant Shares that are not disputed and resolve such dispute in accordance with Section 12 herein.
(f)No Fractional Shares or Scrip. No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant. As to any fraction of a share that the Holder would otherwise be entitled to purchase upon such exercise, the Company shall pay a cash adjustment in respect of such final fraction in an amount equal to such fraction multiplied by the Exercise Price or round up to the next whole share.
Adjustment of Exercise Price and Number of Warrant Shares
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The Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares shall be adjusted from time to time as follows:
(a)Adjustment upon Subdivision or Combination of Shares of Common Stock. If the Company at any time on or after the Issuance Date: (i) pays a stock dividend or otherwise makes a distribution or distributions on shares of Common Stock or any other equity or equity equivalent securities payable in shares of Common Stock, (ii) subdivides (by any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization or otherwise) outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares, (iii) combines (by combination, reverse stock split or otherwise) outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (iv) issues by reclassification of shares of Common Stock any shares of capital stock of the Company, then, in each case, the Exercise Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which (A) the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on a fully-diluted basis immediately before such event, and (B) the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on a fully-diluted basis immediately after such event. Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 2(a) shall become effective, (x) in the case of clause (i) above, immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution, and (y) in the case of clauses (ii), (iii) and (iv) above, immediately after the effective date of such event.
(b)Other Events. If any event occurs of the type contemplated by the provisions of Section 2(a) but not expressly provided for by such provisions, then the Company’s Board of Directors will make an appropriate adjustment in the Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares so as to protect the rights of the Holder; provided, that no such adjustment pursuant to this Section 2(b) will increase the Exercise Price or decrease the number of Warrant Shares as otherwise determined pursuant to this Section 2.
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(c)Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Warrant, in no event shall the Exercise Price be reduced below the par value of the Company’s Common Stock.
Fundamental Transactions
. Upon the occurrence of any Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such Fundamental Transaction, the provisions of this Warrant referring to the “Company” shall refer instead to the Successor Entity), and may exercise every right and power of the Company and shall assume all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant with the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the Company herein. Upon consummation of the Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall deliver to the Holder confirmation that there shall be issued upon exercise of this Warrant at any time after the consummation of the Fundamental Transaction, in lieu of the shares of the Common Stock (or other securities, cash, assets or other property purchasable upon the exercise of the Warrant prior to such Fundamental Transaction), such shares of stock, securities, cash, assets or any other property whatsoever (including warrants or other purchase or subscription rights), if any, that the Holder would have been entitled to receive upon the happening of such Fundamental Transaction had this Warrant been exercised immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction, as adjusted in accordance with the provisions of this Warrant. In addition to and not in substitution for any other rights hereunder, prior to the consummation of any Fundamental Transaction pursuant to which holders of shares of Common Stock are entitled to receive securities or other assets with respect to or in exchange for shares of Common Stock (a “Corporate Event”), the Company shall make appropriate provision to ensure that the Holder will thereafter have the right to receive upon an exercise of this Warrant within 90 days after the consummation of the Fundamental Transaction but, in any event, prior to the Expiration Date, in lieu of the shares of the Common Stock (or other securities, cash, assets or other property) purchasable upon the exercise of the Warrant prior to such Fundamental Transaction, such shares of stock, securities, cash, assets or any other property whatsoever (including warrants or other purchase or subscription rights) which the Holder would have been entitled to receive upon the happening of such Fundamental Transaction had the Warrant been exercised immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction and shall be applied without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant. Provision made pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be in a form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Holder. The provisions of this Section 3 shall apply similarly and equally to successive Fundamental Transactions and Corporate Events and shall be applied without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant.
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 and otherwise unreserved Common Stock, solely for the purpose of enabling it to issue Warrant Shares upon exercise of this Warrant as herein provided, the number of shares of Common Stock which are then issuable and deliverable upon the exercise of this entire Warrant, free from preemptive or any other contingent purchase rights of Persons other than the Holder (taking into account the adjustments and restrictions in Section 2). Such reservation shall comply with the provisions of Section 1. The Company covenants that all shares of Common Stock 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. The Company will take all such actions as may be necessary to assure that such shares of Common Stock may be issued as provided herein without violation of any applicable
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law or regulation, or of any requirements of any securities exchange or automated quotation system upon which the Common Stock may be listed. If, notwithstanding the foregoing, and not in limitation thereof, at any time while this Warrant remains outstanding the Company does not have a sufficient number of authorized and unreserved shares of Common Stock to satisfy its obligation to reserve for issuance upon exercise of this Warrant at least a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the maximum number of shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be necessary to effect the exercise of all this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on exercise contained herein) (the “Required Reserve Amount”), then the Company shall immediately take all action necessary to increase the Company’s authorized shares of Common Stock to an amount sufficient to allow the Company to reserve the Required Reserve Amount for this entire Warrant.
Warrant Holder Not Deemed a Stockholder
. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the Holder, solely in such Person’s capacity as a holder of this Warrant, shall not be entitled to vote or receive dividends or be deemed the holder of share capital of the Company for any purpose, nor shall anything contained in this Warrant be construed to confer upon the Holder, solely in such Person’s capacity as the Holder of this Warrant, any of the rights of a stockholder of the Company or any right to vote, give or withhold consent to any corporate action (whether any reorganization, issue of stock, reclassification of stock, consolidation, merger, conveyance or otherwise), receive notice of meetings, receive dividends or subscription rights, or otherwise, prior to the issuance to the Holder of the Warrant Shares which such Person is then entitled to receive upon the due exercise of this Warrant. In addition, nothing contained in this Warrant shall be construed as imposing any liabilities on the Holder to purchase any securities (upon exercise of this Warrant or otherwise) or as a stockholder of the Company, whether such liabilities are asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company.
Registration and Reissuance of Warrants
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(a)Registration of Warrant. The Company shall register this Warrant, upon the 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, absent actual notice to the contrary. The Company shall also register any transfer, exchange, reissuance or cancellation of any portion of this Warrant in the Warrant Register.
(b)Transfer of Warrant. This Warrant may be offered for sale, sold, transferred or assigned without the consent of the Company, except as may otherwise be required by applicable securities laws. Subject to applicable securities laws, if this Warrant is to be transferred, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company together with all applicable transfer taxes, whereupon the Company will forthwith issue and deliver upon the order of the Holder a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 6(e)), registered as the Holder may request, representing the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares being transferred by the Holder and, if less than the total number of Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant is being transferred, a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 6(e)) to the Holder representing the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares not being transferred.
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(c)Lost, Stolen or Mutilated Warrant. Upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant, and, in the case of loss, theft or destruction, of any indemnification undertaking by the Holder to the Company in customary form or the provision of reasonable security by the Holder to the Company and, in the case of mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation of this Warrant, the Company shall execute and deliver to the Holder a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 6(e)) representing the right to purchase the Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant.
(d)Exchangeable for Multiple Warrants. This Warrant is exchangeable, upon the surrender hereof by the Holder at the principal office of the Company together with all applicable transfer taxes, for a new Warrant or Warrants (in accordance with Section 6(e)) representing in the aggregate the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant, and each such new Warrant will represent the right to purchase such portion of such Warrant Shares as is designated by the Holder at the time of such surrender; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to issue Warrants for fractional shares of Common Stock hereunder.
(e)Issuance of New Warrants. Whenever the Company is required to issue a new Warrant pursuant to the terms of this Warrant, such new Warrant shall (i) be of like tenor with this Warrant, (ii) represent, as indicated on the face of such new Warrant, the right to purchase the Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant (or in the case of a new Warrant being issued pursuant to Section 6(b) or Section 6(c), the Warrant Shares designated by the Holder which, when added to the number of shares of Common Stock underlying the other new Warrants issued in connection with such issuance, does not exceed the number of Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant), (iii) have an issuance date, as indicated on the face of such new Warrant which is the same as the Issuance Date and (iv) have the same rights and conditions as this Warrant.
Notices
. Whenever notice is required to be given under this Warrant, unless otherwise provided herein, such notice shall be given in accordance with the information set forth in the Warrant Register. The Company shall provide the Holder with prompt written notice of all actions taken pursuant to this Warrant, including, in reasonable detail, a description of such action and the reason or reasons therefore. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company will give written notice to the Holder (i) immediately upon any adjustment of the Exercise Price, setting forth in reasonable detail, and certifying, the calculation of such adjustment and (ii) at least 20 days prior to the date on which the Company closes its books or takes a record (A) with respect to any dividend or distribution upon the shares of Common Stock or (B) for determining rights to vote with respect to any Fundamental Transaction, dissolution or liquidation; provided, that in each case, such information shall be made known to the public prior to or in conjunction with such notice being provided to the Holder.
Noncircumvention
. The Company hereby covenants and agrees that the Company will not, by amendment of its Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, scheme of arrangement, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or
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performance of any of the terms of this Warrant, and will at all times in good faith carry out all the provisions of this Warrant and take all action as may be required to protect the rights of the Holder. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company (i) shall not increase the par value of any shares of Common Stock receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant above the Exercise Price then in effect, (ii) shall use all reasonable efforts to take all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of this Warrant and (iii) shall, so long as any of the Warrants are outstanding, take all action necessary to reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock, solely for the purpose of effecting the exercise of the Warrants, the number of shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be necessary to effect the exercise of the Warrants then outstanding (without regard to any limitations on exercise).
Amendment and Waiver
. Except as otherwise provided herein, the provisions of this Warrant may be amended and the Company may take any action herein prohibited, or omit to perform any act herein required to be performed by it, only if the Company has obtained the written consent of the Holder. No such amendment shall be effective to the extent that it applies to less than all of the holders of the Warrants then outstanding.
Governing Law
. This Warrant shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with, and all questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and performance of this Warrant shall be governed by, the internal laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdictions) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other than the State of New York.
Construction; Headings
. This Warrant shall be deemed to be jointly drafted by the Company and the Holder and shall not be construed against any person as the drafter hereof. The headings of this Warrant are for convenience of reference and shall not form part of, or affect the interpretation of, this Warrant.
Dispute Resolution
. In the case of a dispute as to the determination of the Exercise Price or the arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares, the Company shall submit the disputed determinations or arithmetic calculations via email within two Trading Days of receipt of the Exercise Notice giving rise to such dispute, as the case may be, to the Holder. If the Holder and the Company are unable to agree upon such determination or calculation of the Exercise Price or the Warrant Shares within five Trading Days of such disputed determination or arithmetic calculation being submitted to the Holder, then the Company shall, within three Trading Days submit via email (a) the disputed determination of the Exercise Price to an independent, reputable investment bank selected by the Company and approved by the Holder or (b) the disputed arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares to the Company’s independent, outside accountant. The Company shall cause the investment bank or the accountant, as the case may be, to perform the determinations or calculations and notify the Company and the Holder of the results no later than 10 Trading Days from the time it receives the disputed determinations or calculations. Such investment bank’s or accountant’s determination or calculation, as the case may be, shall be binding upon all parties absent demonstrable error. The expenses of the investment bank and accountant will be borne by the
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Company unless the investment bank or accountant determines that the determination of the Exercise Price or the arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares by the Holder was incorrect by ten percent (10%) or more, in which case the expenses of the investment bank and accountant will be borne by the Holder.
Remedies, Other Obligations, Breaches and Injunctive Relief
. The remedies provided in this Warrant shall be cumulative and in addition to all other remedies available under this Warrant, at law or in equity (including a decree of specific performance and/or other injunctive relief), and nothing herein shall limit the right of the Holder to pursue actual damages for any failure by the Company to comply with the terms of this Warrant. The Company acknowledges that a breach by it of its obligations hereunder would cause irreparable harm to the Holder and that the remedy at law for any such breach would be inadequate. The Company therefore agrees that, in the event of any such breach or threatened breach, the holder of this Warrant shall be entitled, in addition to all other available remedies, to an injunction restraining any breach. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything else herein to the contrary, other than as expressly provided in Section 1(c) hereof, if the Company is for any reason unable to issue and deliver Warrant Shares upon exercise of this Warrant as required pursuant to the terms hereof, the Company shall have no obligation to pay to the Holder any cash or other consideration or otherwise “net cash settle” this Warrant.
Limitation on Liability
. No provisions hereof, in the absence of affirmative action by the Holder to purchase Warrant Shares hereunder, shall give rise to any liability of the Holder to pay the Exercise Price or as a shareholder of the Company (whether such liability is asserted by the Company or creditors of the Company).
Successors and Assigns
. This Warrant shall bind and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Company and the Holder and their respective permitted successors and assigns.
Certain Definitions
. For purposes of this Warrant, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
“Common Stock” means (i) the Company’s shares of Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share, and (ii) any share capital into which such Common Stock shall have been changed or any share capital resulting from a reclassification of such Common Stock.
“Eligible Market” means The New York Stock Exchange, Inc., the NYSE MKT or The Nasdaq Stock Market.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Expiration Date” means the date that is the fifth (5th) anniversary of the Issuance Date or, if such date falls on a day other than a Trading Day or on which trading does not take place on the Principal Market, or, if the Principal Market is not the principal trading market for the Common Stock, then on the principal securities exchange or securities market on which the Common Stock is then traded (a “Holiday”), the next date that is not a Holiday.
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“Fundamental Transaction” means that the Company shall, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions, (i) consolidate or merge with or into another Person, (ii) sell, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company to another Person, (iii) allow another Person to make a purchase, tender or exchange offer that is accepted by the holders of more than 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (not including any shares of Common Stock held by the Person or Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the Persons making or party to, such purchase, tender or exchange offer), (iv) consummate a stock purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off or scheme of arrangement) with another Person whereby such other Person acquires more than 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (not including any shares of Common Stock held by the other Person or other Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the other Persons making or party to, such stock purchase agreement or other business combination), (v) reorganize, recapitalize or reclassify its Common Stock or (vi) any “person” or “group” (as these terms are used for purposes of Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) is or shall become the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of 50% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by issued and outstanding Common Stock.
“Person” means an individual, company, corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, syndicate, person (including a “person” as defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), trust, association or entity or government, political subdivision, agency or instrumentality of a government.
“Principal Market” means The NASDAQ Stock Market.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Successor Entity” means the Person formed by, resulting from or surviving any Fundamental Transaction or the Person with which such Fundamental Transaction shall have been entered into.
“Trading Day” means any day on which the Common Stock is traded on the Principal Market, or, if the Principal Market is not the principal trading market for the Common Stock, then on the principal securities exchange or securities market on which the Common Stock is then traded; provided that “Trading Day” shall not include any day on which the Common Stock is scheduled to trade on such exchange or market for less than 4.5 hours or any day that the Common Stock is suspended from trading during the final hour of trading on such exchange or market (or if such exchange or market does not designate in advance the closing time of trading on such exchange or market, then during the hour ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York City time).
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to Purchase Common Stock to be duly executed as of the Issuance Date set forth above.
ALJ REGIONAL HOLDINGS, INC.
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EXERCISE NOTICE
TO BE EXECUTED BY THE REGISTERED HOLDER TO EXERCISE THIS
WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK
ALJ REGIONAL HOLDINGS, INC.
The undersigned, the holder of a right to purchase shares of Common Stock of ALJ Regional Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), pursuant to that certain Warrant to Purchase Common Stock of ALJ Regional Holdings, Inc. (the “Warrant”), dated as of _______________, 2018, hereby irrevocably elects to exercise the purchase right represented by such Warrant for, and to purchase thereunder, __________________________ (_________) shares of Common Stock of the Company and herewith makes payment of _________________________________ Dollars ($__________) therefor in cash.
The undersigned represents that it is acquiring such securities for its own account for investment and not with a view to or for sale in connection with any distribution thereof and is an accredited investor as such term is defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The undersigned understands that such securities have not been and are not being registered under the Securities Act or any state securities laws and may not be offered for sale, sold, assigned or transferred unless (i) subsequently registered thereunder or (ii) sold in reliance on an exemption therefrom. The undersigned understands that such securities are being offered and will be sold to it in reliance on specific exemptions from the registration requirements of the U.S. federal and state securities laws and that the Company is relying upon the truth and accuracy of, and the undersigned’s compliance with, the representations and warranties of the undersigned set forth herein in order to determine the availability of such exemptions and the eligibility of the undersigned to acquire such Securities.
DATED: ________________
[NAME OF HOLDER]
By:
Name:
Its:
The Company hereby acknowledges this Exercise Notice.
ALJ REGIONAL HOLDINGS, INC.
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