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Exhibit 10.19
THIS WARRANT HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR
SALE, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF,
UNLESS REGISTERED PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THAT
ACT OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE COMPANY IS OBTAINED
STATING THAT SUCH DISPOSITION IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH
AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM SUCH REGISTRATION.
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JAKKS PACIFIC, INC.
(Incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware)
Void after 5:00 P.M., Pacific Coast Time, on January 8, 2002
Warrant to Purchase 150,000
Shares of Common Stock
Warrant for the Purchase of Shares of Common Stock
January 8, 1997
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, JAKKS Pacific, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), hereby certifies that Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Associates, Inc. (the
"Holder") is entitled, subject to the provisions of this warrant (this
"Warrant"), to purchase, from the Company, during the period commencing on
January 8, 1997, and expiring at 5:00 P.M. Pacific Coast time on January 8,
2002, up to 150,000 fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock of the
Company at a price of $7.50 per share (the "Exercise Price").
The term "Common Stock" means the common shares, $.001 par value, of
the Company. The shares of Common Stock deliverable upon such exercise, are
hereinafter sometimes referred to as "Warrant Stock."
Upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it
of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant, and of the
cancellation of this Warrant, the Company shall execute and deliver a new
Warrant of like tenor and date.
The Holder agrees with the Company that this Warrant is issued, and
all the rights hereunder shall be held, subject to all of the conditions,
limitations and provisions set forth herein.
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1. Exercise of Warrant. This Warrant may be exercised in whole
or in part at any time, or from time to time, during the period commencing on
January 8, 1997 and expiring 5:00 P.M. Pacific Coast time on January 8, 2002
or, if such day is a day on which banking institutions in the City of Malibu,
California are authorized by law to close, then on the next succeeding day that
shall not be such a day, by presentation and surrender hereof to the Company at
its principal office, or at the office of its stock transfer agent, if any,
with the Warrant Exercise Form attached hereto duly executed and accompanied by
payment (either in cash or by certified or official bank check, payable to the
order of the Company) of the Exercise Price for the number of shares specified
in such Form and instruments of transfer, if appropriate, duly executed by the
Holder or his duly authorized attorney. If this Warrant should be exercised in
part only, the Company shall, upon surrender of this Warrant for cancellation,
execute and deliver a new Warrant evidencing the rights of the Holder thereof
to purchase the balance of the shares purchasable hereunder. Upon receipt by
the Company of this Warrant, together with the Exercise Price, at its office,
or by the stock transfer agent of the Company at its office, in proper form for
exercise, the Holder shall be deemed to be the holder of record of the shares
of Common Stock issuable upon such exercise, notwithstanding that the stock
transfer books of the Company shall then be closed or that certificates
representing such shares of Common Stock shall not then be actually delivered
to the Holder. The Company shall pay any and all documentary stamp or similar
issue taxes payable in respect of the issue or delivery of shares of Common
Stock on exercise of this Warrant.
2. Reservation of Shares. The Company will at all times reserve
for issuance and delivery upon exercise of this Warrant all shares of Common
Stock from time to time receivable upon exercise of this Warrant. All such
shares shall be duly authorized and, when issued upon such exercise, shall be
validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable shares of the Company.
3. Absence of Registration under Securities Act of 1933.
3.1 Absence of Registration under Securities Act of 1933.
The shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant are not, as
of the date hereof, registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "Act"). The Warrant Stock, if not previously registered, will be
registered under the Act at the time of, and together with, the registration of
shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion of debentures date December 31,
1996 held by Renaissance Capital Growth & Income Fund III, Inc. and Renaissance
US Growth & Income Trust PLC.
3.2 Restrictions on Transferability. The Warrant Stock
and this Warrant may be sold or otherwise disposed of only in accordance with
the provisions of Section 8 hereof.
4. Piggyback Registration Rights
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4.1 Except for the registration statement which the
Company is currently planning to file with respect to a proposed underwritten
offering of its common stock by Cruttenden Xxxx Incorporated, if during the
period commencing on January 8, 1997 and ending January 8, 2002, the Company
proposes for any reason to register any of its securities under the Act (other
than pursuant to a Registration Statement on Forms S-8, S-4 or similar or
successor forms), it shall each such time promptly give written notice to the
Holder of its intentions to do so, and, upon the written request, given within
fifteen (15) days after the mailing of any such notice of the Holder to
register its Warrant Stock (which request shall specify the number of shares of
the Holder's Warrant Stock requested to be registered as part of such
Registration Statement), the Company shall, unless such Warrant Stock shall
previously have been registered by the Company under the Act, use its best
efforts to cause all of the shares of Warrant Stock the Holder requested to be
registered, to be registered as part of the Registration Statement proposed to
be filed by the Company, all to the extent requisite to permit the sale or
other disposition by the Holder of such registered shares of Warrant Stock
through the public securities markets.
4.2 In the event that the proposed registration under
Section 4.1 hereof is, in whole or in part, an underwritten public offering of
securities, any request by the Holder to register its Warrant Stock may specify
that they are to be included in the underwriting on the same terms and
conditions as like shares, if any, otherwise being sold through underwriters
under such registration; provided, however, that, as to any registration
pursuant to Section 4.1 hereof, if the managing underwriter(s) of such proposed
public offering determine(s) and advise(s) that the inclusion of all or any
part of the Warrant Stock proposed to be included in the underwritten public
offering would interfere with or adversely affect the successful marketing of
the securities originally intended to be underwritten, then the number of
shares of Warrant Stock to be offered for the account of the Holder shall be
eliminated from or reduced or limited in such Registration Statement to the
amount, if any, recommended by such managing underwriter(s).
5. Restrictive Legends. Upon exercise of this Warrant and the
issuance of Warrant Stock, each certificate shall bear on the face thereof
(unless otherwise permitted by the provisions of Section 8 hereof) the
following legend (in addition to any legend required under applicable state
securities laws):
"THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF
1933, AS AMENDED, OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THEY MAY NOT BE SOLD
OR OFFERED FOR SALE EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT AS TO THESE SECURITIES UNDER SAID ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE
STATE SECURITIES LAW OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY
TO THE COMPANY THAT SUCH OFFER OR SALE IS EXEMPT FROM THE
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REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF SAID ACT AND IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH
APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS."
6. Fractional Shares. No fractional shares or scrip representing
fractional shares shall be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant, and the
Holder hereof hereby waives its right to receive such fractional shares or
scrip representing fractional shares or to receive any payment in lieu thereof.
7. Exchange, Transfers, Assignment of Warrant. This Warrant is
not registered under the Act nor under any applicable state securities law or
regulation. This Warrant cannot be exchanged, transferred or assigned, except
in accordance with the provisions of Section 8 hereafter. Upon such event and
upon surrender of this Warrant to the Company or at the office of its stock
transfer agent, if any, with the Assignment Form annexed hereto duly executed
and funds sufficient to pay any transfer tax, the Company shall, without
charge, execute and deliver a new Warrant in the name of the assignee named in
such instrument of assignment and this Warrant shall promptly be cancelled.
8. Notice of Transfer. By acceptance of this Warrant or of any
Warrant Stock, the Holder agrees, prior to any transfer of this Warrant or of
such Warrant Stock, to give written notice to the Company of the Holder's
intention to effect such transfer and to comply in all other respects with the
provisions of this Section 7. Each such notice shall describe the manner and
circumstances of the proposed transfer and shall be accompanied by the written
opinion, addressed to the Company, of counsel for the Holder as to whether in
the opinion of such counsel (which opinion shall be satisfactory to counsel for
the Company) such proposed transfer involves a transaction that does not
require the registration of this Warrant or the Warrant Stock under the Act.
If in the opinion of such counsel and counsel for the Company, the proposed
transfer of this Warrant or the Warrant Stock may be effected without
registration under the Act, the Holder shall thereupon be entitled to transfer
such Warrant or Warrant Stock in accordance with the terms of the notice
delivered by it to the Company. Each certificate or other instrument
evidencing the securities issued upon the transfer of this Warrant or the
Warrant Stock (and each certificate or other instrument evidencing any
untransferred balance of such securities) shall bear the legend described in
Section 5 hereof unless (a) in the opinion of such counsel and counsel for the
Company registration of future transfers is not required by the applicable
provisions of the Act or (b) the Company shall have waived the requirement of
such legends; provided, however, that such legend shall not be required on any
certificate or other instrument evidencing the securities issued upon such
transfer in the event that in the opinion of counsel for the Company such
transfer shall be made in compliance with the requirements of Rule 144 (as
amended from time to time) promulgated under the Act (or successor Rule
thereto). The Holder shall not transfer this Warrant or the Warrant Stock
until such opinion of counsel has been given to the Company (which opinion
shall be satisfactory to counsel for the Company), unless such opinion is
waived by the Company.
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9. Rights of the Holder. The Holder shall not, by virtue hereof,
be entitled to any rights of a stockholder of the Company, either at law or in
equity, and the rights of the Holder are limited to those expressed in this
Warrant.
10. Anti-Dilution.
10.1 Adjustments. In the event that the Company shall have
effected one or more stock splits, reverse splits, or readjustments, stock
dividends, or other increases or reductions of the number of outstanding shares
of Common Stock of the Company, or issued as dividends on the outstanding
shares of Common Stock of the Company other securities convertible into shares
of Common Stock of the Company, without receiving compensation therefor in
money, services or property (any such event being hereinafter referred to as a
"Dilutive Event"), the Holder shall be entitled to receive for the aggregate
payments to be made by him for the Warrant Stock, the number of shares of
Common Stock or other securities the Holder would have been entitled to receive
as a result of any such Dilutive Event if he had immediately prior to such
Dilutive Event exercised this Warrant and paid for and received the Warrant
Stock.
10.2 Merger, Consolidation or Recapitalization. In the event of
the recapitalization, merger or consolidation of the Company with or into
another corporation the Holder shall be entitled to receive upon payment of the
Exercise Price, such securities of such other corporation with or into which
the Company shall have been merged or consolidated as the Holder would have
received if he had immediately prior to such recapitalization, merger or
consolidation exercised this Warrant and paid for and received the Warrant
Stock.
11. Applicable Law. This Warrant is issued under and shall for
all purposes be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the
State of Delaware.
11. Notice. Notices and other communications to be given to the
Holder of the Warrant evidenced by this certificate or to the Company shall be
deemed to have been sufficiently given if made by personal delivery or sent by
registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, to the Company at 00000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, #X000, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000, and if to the Holder,
0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000, or to such
other address as has been made known by such party in the manner required for
notice hereunder, with a copy to Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxx, Xxxxx &
Bass LLP, 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000-0000, Attn.: Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Esq.
12. Qualification or Exemption of Option. The sale of the Warrant
(and underlying shares of Stock) which is the subject of this agreement has not
been qualified with the Commissioner of Corporations of the State of California
and the issuance of the Warrant and the underlying shares of Stock or the
payment or receipt of any part of the consideration therefore prior to the
qualification is unlawful, unless the sale of such
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securities is exempt from qualification by Section 25100, 25102 or 25105 of the
California Corporations code. The rights of all parties to this agreement are
expressly conditioned upon the qualification being obtained, unless the sale is
so exempt.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be signed on its
behalf, in its corporate name, by its duly authorized officer, all as of the
day and year first above written.
JAKKS PACIFIC, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxx, President
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Xxxx Xxxxxxxx, President
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ASSIGNMENT
(To be executed by the registered holder to effect a transfer of the within
Warrant)
For value received
(the "Assignor")
hereby sells, assigns, and transfers unto
(the "Assignee") this Warrant and the
rights represented thereby to purchase the Warrant Stock (as such term is
defined in this Warrant) in accordance with the terms and conditions thereof,
and does hereby irrevocably direct any authorized officer of JAKKS PACIFIC,
INC. to execute and deliver a new warrant in the name of the Assignee and to
cancel this Warrant. All costs in connection with such assignment shall be
borne by the Assignor.
Dated: Signed:
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WARRANT EXERCISE FORM
(To be executed by the registered holder to exercise the rights to purchase
Common Stock evidenced by the within Warrant)
JAKKS PACIFIC, INC.
00000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, #X000
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
The undersigned hereby irrevocably subscribes for _____ shares of the
Warrant Stock (as such term is defined in this Warrant) pursuant to and in
accordance with the terms and conditions of this Warrant, and herewith makes
payment of $_________ therefor, and requests that a certificate for such shares
be issued in the name of the undersigned and be delivered to the undersigned at
the address stated below, and, if such number of shares shall not be all of the
shares purchasable hereunder, that a new Warrant of like tenor for the balance
of the remaining shares purchasable hereunder be delivered to the undersigned
at the address stated below:
Dated: Signed:
Address:
