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EXHIBIT 4.2
THIS WARRANT AND ANY SHARES ACQUIRED UPON THE EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT HAVE NOT
BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 OR UNDER ANY STATE SECURITIES
OR BLUE SKY LAWS. NEITHER THIS WARRANT NOR ANY OF SUCH SHARES MAY BE SOLD,
ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF REGISTRATION
UNDER SAID ACT AND UNDER APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES OR BLUE SKY LAWS OR
EXEMPTIONS FROM SUCH REGISTRATION. THIS WARRANT MAY NOT BE SOLD, ASSIGNED,
TRANSFERRED, OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF EXCEPT UPON THE CONDITIONS SPECIFIED IN
THIS WARRANT, AND NO SALE, ASSIGNMENT, TRANSFER, OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THIS
WARRANT SHALL BE VALID OR EFFECTIVE UNLESS AND UNTIL SUCH CONDITIONS SHALL HAVE
BEEN COMPLIED WITH.
No. 1003 Right to Purchase 93,808 Shares
STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT
THIS CERTIFIES THAT, for value received, Energy Capital Investment
Company PLC, an English investment company, or registered assigns, is entitled
to purchase from Future Petroleum Corporation, a Utah corporation (the
"COMPANY"), at any time or from time to time during the period specified in
Paragraph 2 hereof, Ninety Three Thousand Eight Hundred Eight (93,808) fully
paid and nonassessable shares of the Company's Common Stock, par value $0.01 per
share (the "COMMON STOCK"), at an exercise price per share of $1.00 (the
"EXERCISE PRICE"). The term "WARRANT SHARES", as used herein, refers to the
shares of Common Stock purchasable hereunder. The Warrant Shares and the
Exercise Price are subject to adjustment as provided in Paragraph 4 hereof.
This Warrant is subject to the following terms, provisions, and
conditions:
1. MANNER OF EXERCISE; ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES; PAYMENT FOR SHARES.
Subject to the provisions hereof, this Warrant may be exercised by the holder
hereof, in whole or in part by the surrender of this Warrant, together with a
completed Exercise Agreement in the form attached hereto, to the Company during
normal business hours on any business day at the Company's principal office in
Dallas, Texas (or such other office or agency of the Company as it may designate
by notice to the holder hereof), and upon payment to the Company in cash or by
certified or official bank check of the Exercise Price for the Warrant Shares
specified in said Exercise Agreement. The Warrant Shares so purchased shall be
deemed to be issued to the holder hereof or its designee as the record owner of
such shares as of the close of business on the date on which this Warrant shall
have been surrendered, the completed Exercise Agreement delivered, and payment
made for such shares as aforesaid. Certificates for the Warrant Shares so
purchased, representing the aggregate number of shares specified in said
Exercise Agreement, shall be delivered to the holder hereof within a reasonable
time, not exceeding seven business days, after this Warrant shall have been so
exercised. The certificates so delivered shall be in
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such denominations as may be requested by the holder hereof and shall be
registered in the name of said holder or such other name as shall be designated
by said holder. If this Warrant shall have been exercised only in part, then,
unless this Warrant has expired, the Company shall, at its expense, at the time
of delivery of said certificates, deliver to said holder a new Warrant
representing the number of shares with respect to which this Warrant shall not
then have been exercised. The Company shall pay all taxes and other expenses and
charges payable in connection with the preparation, execution, and delivery of
stock certificates (and any new Warrants) pursuant to this Paragraph 1 except
that, in case such stock certificates shall be registered in a name or names
other than the holder of this Warrant, funds sufficient to pay all stock
transfer taxes which shall be payable in connection with the execution and
delivery of such stock certificates shall be paid by the holder hereof to the
Company at the time of the delivery of such stock certificates by the Company as
mentioned above.
2. PERIOD OF EXERCISE. This Warrant is exercisable at any time or from
time to time after December 13, 1995, and before 5:00 p.m. local time on
December 13, 2000.
3. CERTAIN AGREEMENTS OF THE COMPANY. The Company hereby covenants and
agrees as follows:
(a) SHARES TO BE FULLY PAID. All Warrant Shares will, upon issuance, be
validly issued, fully paid, and nonassessable and free from all taxes, liens,
and charges with respect to the issue thereof.
(b) RESERVATION OF SHARES. During the period within which this Warrant
may be exercised, the Company will at all times have authorized, and reserved
for the purpose of issue upon exercise of this Warrant, a sufficient number of
shares of Common Stock to provide for the exercise of this Warrant.
(c) CERTAIN ACTIONS PROHIBITED. The Company will not, by amendment of
its charter or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation,
merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities, or any other voluntary action,
avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms to be
observed or performed by it hereunder, but will at all times in good faith
assist in the carrying out of all the provisions of this Warrant and in the
taking of all such action as may reasonably be requested by the holder of this
Warrant in order to protect the exercise privilege of the holder of this Warrant
against dilution or other impairment, consistent with the tenor and purpose of
this Warrant. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (i) the Company
will not increase the par value of the shares of Common Stock receivable upon
the exercise of this Warrant above the Exercise Price then in effect, (ii)
before taking any action which would cause an adjustment reducing the Exercise
Price below the then par value of the shares of Common Stock so receivable, the
Company will take all such corporate action as may be necessary or appropriate
in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and
nonassessable shares of Common Stock at such adjusted Exercise Price upon the
exercise of this Warrant.
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(d) REGISTRATION. If the issuance of any Warrant Shares required to be
reserved for purposes of exercise of this Warrant requires registration with or
approval of any governmental authority under any federal or state law (other
than any registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or under
applicable state securities or blue sky laws) or listing on any national
securities exchange, before such shares may be issued upon exercise of this
Warrant, the Company will, at its expense, use its best efforts to cause such
shares to be duly registered or approved, or listed on the relevant national
securities exchange, as the case may be, at such time, so that such shares may
be issued in accordance with the terms hereof.
4. ANTIDILUTION PROVISIONS. The Exercise Price shall be subject to
adjustment from time to time as provided in this Paragraph 4. Upon each
adjustment of the Exercise Price, the holder of this Warrant shall thereafter be
entitled to purchase, at the Exercise Price resulting from such adjustment, the
largest number of Warrant Shares obtained by multiplying the Exercise Price in
effect immediately prior to such adjustment by the number of Warrant Shares
purchasable hereunder immediately prior to such adjustment and dividing the
product thereof by the Exercise Price resulting from such adjustment. For
purposes of this Paragraph 4, the term "CAPITAL STOCK", as used herein,includes
the Common Stock and any additional class of stock of the Company having no
preference as to dividends or distributions on liquidation which may be
authorized in the future, provided that the shares purchasable pursuant to this
Warrant shall include only shares of Common Stock, or shares resulting from any
subdivision or combination of the Common Stock, or in the case of any
reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, or sale of the
character referred to in Paragraph 4(g) hereof, the stock or other securities or
property provided for in said Paragraph, but excludes any Common Stock and any
additional class of stock of the Company having no preference as to dividends or
distributions on liquidation (x) that may be authorized in the future pursuant
to currently existing and outstanding written agreements as listed in Schedule 4
attached hereto or (y) that may be issued pursuant to the exercise of any
currently existing or future options to purchase Common Stock (or any such
additional class of stock) granted by the Company to its employees.
(a) ISSUANCE OF CAPITAL STOCK. If and whenever the Company shall issue
or sell any shares of Capital Stock without consideration or for a consideration
per share less than the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to the time
of such issue or sale, then, forthwith upon such issue or sale, the Exercise
Price shall be reduced to a price (calculated to the nearest cent) determined by
dividing (x) an amount equal to the sum of (aa) the total number of shares of
Capital Stock outstanding immediately prior to such issue or sale multiplied by
the then existing Exercise Price, and (bb) the consideration, if any, received
by the Company upon such issue or sale, by (y) the total number of shares of
Capital Stock outstanding immediately after such issue or sale.
(b) TREATMENT OF OPTIONS AND CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES; COMPUTATION OF
CONSIDERATION. For purposes of Paragraph 4(a) hereof the following provisions
shall also be applicable:
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(i) In case the Company shall grant any rights to subscribe
for or purchase, or any options for the purchase of, Capital Stock or
securities convertible into or exchangeable for Capital Stock (such
rights and options being herein called "OPTIONS" and such convertible
or exchangeable securities being herein called "CONVERTIBLE
SECURITIES"), whether or not such Options or the rights to convert or
exchange any such Convertible Securities are immediately exercisable,
and the price per share for which Capital Stock is issuable upon the
exercise of such Options or upon the conversion or exchange of such
Convertible Securities (as determined in accordance with the following
sentence) shall be less than the Exercise Price in effect immediately
prior to the time of the granting of such Options, then the total
maximum number of shares of Capital Stock issuable upon the exercise of
such Options or upon the conversion or exchange of the total maximum
amount of such Convertible Securities issuable upon the exercise of
such Options shall (as of the date of granting of such Options) be
deemed to be outstanding and to have been issued and sold for such
price per share. The price per share for which the Capital Stock is
issuable, as provided in the preceding sentence, shall be determined by
dividing (x) the total amount, if any, received or receivable by the
Company as consideration for the granting of such Options, plus the
minimum aggregate amount of additional consideration payable to the
Company upon the exercise of such Options, plus, in the case of any
such Options which relate to Convertible Securities, the minimum
aggregate amount of additional consideration, if any, payable to the
Company upon the conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities,
by (y) the total maximum number of shares of Capital Stock issuable
upon the exercise of such Options or upon the conversion or exchange of
all such Convertible Securities issuable upon the exercise of such
Options. Except as provided in Paragraph 4(b)(vi) hereof, no further
adjustments of the Exercise Price shall be made upon the actual issue
of such Capital Stock or of such Convertible Securities upon the
exercise of such Options or upon the actual issue of such Capital Stock
upon the conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities.
(ii) In case the Company shall issue or sell Convertible
Securities, whether or not the rights to convert or exchange such
Convertible Securities are immediately exercisable, and the price per
share for which Capital Stock is issuable upon the conversion or
exchange of such Convertible Securities (as determined in accordance
with the following sentence) shall be less than the Exercise Price in
effect immediately prior to the time of the issue or sale of such
Convertible Securities, then the total maximum number of shares of
Capital Stock issuable upon the conversion or exchange of all such
Convertible Securities shall (as of the date of the issue or sale of
such Convertible Securities) be deemed to be outstanding and to have
been issued and sold for such price per share, provided that (a) except
as provided in Paragraph 4(b)(vi) hereof, no further adjustments of the
Exercise Price shall be made upon the actual issue of such Capital
Stock upon the conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities,
and (b) if any such issue or sale of such Convertible Securities is
made upon exercise of any Options for which adjustments of the Exercise
Price have been or are to be made pursuant to other provisions of this
Paragraph 4(b), no further adjustment of the Exercise Price shall be
made by reason of such issue or sale. The price per share for which the
Capital Stock is issuable, as provided in the preceding sentence,
shall be determined by
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dividing (x) the total amount received or receivable by the Company as
consideration for the issue or sale of such Convertible Securities,
plus the minimum aggregate amount of additional consideration, if any,
payable to the Company upon the conversion or exchange thereof, by (y)
the total maximum number of shares of Capital Stock issuable upon the
conversion or exchange of all such Convertible Securities.
(iii) In case at any time the Company shall pay a
dividend or make any other distribution upon the Capital Stock payable
in Capital Stock, Options or Convertible Securities, any Capital Stock,
Options or Convertible Securities, as the case may be, issuable in
payment of such dividend or distribution shall be deemed to have been
issued without consideration.
(iv) In case at any time any Capital Stock, Convertible
Securities, or Options shall be issued or sold for cash, the
consideration received therefor shall be deemed to be the amount
received by the Company therefor, without deduction therefrom of any
expenses incurred or any underwriting commissions or concessions paid
or allowed by the Company in connection therewith. In case any Capital
Stock, Convertible Securities, or Options shall be issued or sold for a
consideration other than cash, the amount of the consideration other
than cash received by the Company therefor shall be deemed to be the
fair value of such consideration as determined in good faith by the
Board of Directors of the Company, except where such consideration
consists of securities, in which case the amount of consideration
received by the Company shall be the market price thereof (determined
as provided in Paragraph 4(e) hereof) as of the date of receipt, but in
each such case without deduction therefrom of any expenses incurred or
any underwriting commissions or concessions paid or allowed by the
Company in connection therewith. In computing the market price of a
note or other obligation that is not listed or admitted to trading on
any securities exchange or quoted in the National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc. Automated Quotation System or reported by the
National Quotation Bureau, Inc. or a similar reporting organization,
the total consideration to be received by the Company thereunder
(including interest) shall be discounted to present value at the prime
rate of interest of NationsBank of Texas, N.A. in effect at the time
the note or obligation is deemed to have been issued. In case any
Capital Stock, Convertible Securities, or Options shall be issued in
connection with any merger of another corporation into the Company, the
amount of consideration therefor shall be deemed to be the fair value
as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company of
such portion of the assets of such merged corporation as the Board
shall determine to be attributable to such Capital Stock, Convertible
Securities, or Options.
(v) In case at any time the Company shall take a record
of the holders of Capital Stock for the purpose of entitling them (a)
to receive a dividend or other distribution payable in Capital Stock,
Options or Convertible Securities, or (b) to subscribe for or purchase
Capital Stock, Options or Convertible Securities, then such record date
shall be deemed to be the date of the issue or sale of such Capital
Stock, Options or Convertible Securities.
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(vi) If the purchase price provided for in any Option
referred to in Paragraph 4(b)(i) hereof, or the price at which any
Convertible Securities referred to in Paragraph 4(b)(i) or (ii) hereof
are convertible into or exchangeable for Capital Stock, shall change at
any time (whether by reason of provisions designed to protect against
dilution or otherwise), the Exercise Price then in effect hereunder
shall forthwith be increased or decreased to such Exercise Price as
would have obtained had the adjustments made upon the issuance of such
Options or Convertible Securities been made upon the basis of (a) the
issuance of the number of shares of Capital Stock theretofore actually
delivered upon the exercise of such Options or upon the conversion or
exchange of such Convertible Securities, and the total consideration
received therefor, and (b) the number of shares of Capital Stock to be
issued for the consideration, if any, received by the Company therefor
and to be received on the basis of such changed price.
(vii) If any adjustment has been made in the Exercise
Price because of the issuance of Options or Convertible Securities and
if any of such Options or rights to convert or exchange such
Convertible Securities expire or otherwise terminate, then the Exercise
Price shall be readjusted to eliminate the adjustments previously made
in connection with the Options or rights to convert or exchange
Convertible Securities which have expired or terminated.
(viii) The number of shares of Capital 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 Capital Stock.
(c) SUBDIVISIONS AND COMBINATIONS. In case at any time the Company
shall subdivide the outstanding shares of Capital Stock into a greater number of
shares, the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such subdivision shall
be proportionately reduced, and conversely, in case the outstanding shares of
Capital Stock shall be combined into a smaller number of shares, the Exercise
Price in effect immediately prior to such combination shall be proportionately
increased. An adjustment made pursuant to this Paragraph 4(c) shall become
effective immediately after the effective date of such subdivision or
combination.
(d) EXTRAORDINARY DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS. In case at any time the
Company shall pay a dividend or make a distribution to all holders of Capital
Stock, as such, of shares of its stock, evidences of its indebtedness, assets,
or rights, options, or warrants to subscribe for or purchase such shares,
evidences of indebtedness, or assets, other than (i) a dividend or distribution
payable in Capital Stock, Options, or Convertible Securities or (ii) a dividend
or distribution payable in cash out of earnings or earned surplus, then in each
such case the Exercise Price shall be adjusted so that the same shall equal the
price determined by multiplying the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior
to the record date mentioned below by a fraction, the numerator of which shall
be the total number of shares of Capital Stock outstanding on such record date
multiplied by the market price per share of Capital Stock (determined as
provided in Paragraph 4(e) hereof) on such record date, less the fair market
value (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company) as
of such record date of such shares of stock, evidences of indebtedness, assets,
or rights, options, or warrants so paid or distributed, and the
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denominator of which shall be the total number of shares of Capital Stock
outstanding on such record date multiplied by the market price per share of
Capital Stock (determined as provided in Paragraph 4(e) hereof) on such record
date. Such adjustment shall be made whenever such dividend is paid or such
distribution is made and shall become effective immediately after the record
date for the determination of shareholders entitled to receive such dividend or
distribution.
(e) COMPUTATION OF MARKET PRICE. For the purpose of any computation
under Paragraph 4(b) or (d) hereof, the market price of the security in question
on any day shall be deemed to be the average of the last reported sale prices
for the security for the 20 consecutive Trading Days (as defined below)
commencing 30 Trading Days before the day in question. The last reported sale
price for each day shall be (i) the last reported sale price of the security on
the National Market of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
Automated Quotation System, or any similar system of automated dissemination of
quotations of securities prices then in common use, if so quoted, or (ii) if not
quoted as described in clause (i) above, the mean between the high bid and low
asked quotations for the security as reported by the National Quotation Bureau,
Inc. if at least two securities dealers have inserted both bid and asked
quotations for such security on at least 10 of such 20 consecutive Trading Days,
or (iii) if the security is listed or admitted for trading on any national
securities exchange, the last sale price, or the closing bid price if no sale
occurred, of such class of security on the principal securities exchange on
which such class of security is listed or admitted to trading. If the security
is quoted on a national securities or central market system, in lieu of a market
or quotation system described above, the last reported sale price shall be
determined in the manner set forth in clause (ii) of the preceding sentence if
bid and asked quotations are reported but actual transactions are not, and in
the manner set forth in clause (iii) of the preceding sentence if actual
transactions are reported. If none of the conditions set forth above is met, the
last reported sale price of the security on any day or the average of such last
reported sale prices for any period shall be the fair market value of such
security as determined by a member firm of the New York Stock Exchange, Inc.
selected by the Company. The term "TRADING DAYS", as used herein, means (i) if
the security is quoted on the National Market of the National Association of
Security Dealers, Inc. Automated Quotation System, or any similar system of
automated dissemination of quotations of securities prices, days on which trades
may be made on such system or (ii) if the security is listed or admitted for
trading on any national securities exchange, days on which such national
securities exchange is open for business.
(f) RECORD DATE ADJUSTMENTS. In any case in which this Paragraph 4
requires that a downward adjustment of the Exercise Price shall become effective
immediately after a record date for an event, the Company may defer, until the
occurrence of such event, issuing to the holder of this Warrant exercised after
such record date and before the occurrence of such event the additional Warrant
Shares issuable upon such exercise by reason of the adjustment required by such
event over and above the Warrant Shares issuable upon such exercise before
giving effect to such adjustment.
(g) REORGANIZATION, RECLASSIFICATION, CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, OR SALE.
If any capital reorganization of the Company, or any reclassification of the
Capital Stock, or any
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consolidation or merger of the Company with or into another corporation or
entity, or any sale of all or substantially all the assets of the Company to
another corporation or entity, shall be effected in such a way that the holders
of Common Stock (or any other securities of the Company then issuable upon the
exercise of this Warrant) shall be entitled to receive stock or other securities
or property (including cash) with respect to or in exchange for Common Stock (or
such other securities), then, as a condition of such reorganization,
reclassification, consolidation, merger, or sale, lawful and adequate provision
shall be made whereby the holder of this Warrant shall thereafter have the right
to purchase and receive upon the basis and upon the terms and conditions
specified in this Warrant, and in lieu of the shares of Common Stock (or such
other securities) immediately theretofore purchasable and receivable upon the
exercise hereof, such stock or other securities or property (including cash) as
may be issuable or payable with respect to or in exchange for a number of
outstanding shares of Common Stock (or such other securities) equal to the
number of shares of Common Stock (or such other securities) immediately
theretofore purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant, had
such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, or sale not taken
place. In any such case appropriate provision shall be made with respect to the
rights and interests of the holder of this Warrant to the end that the
provisions hereof (including, without limitation, the provisions for adjustments
of the Exercise Price and of the number of Warrant Shares purchasable upon
exercise hereof) shall thereafter be applicable, as nearly as reasonably may be,
in relation to the stock or other securities or property thereafter deliverable
upon the exercise hereof (including an immediate adjustment of the Exercise
Price if by reason of or in connection with such consolidation, merger, or sale
any securities are issued or event occurs which would, under the terms hereof,
require an adjustment of the Exercise Price). In the event of a consolidation or
merger of the Company with or into another corporation or entity as a result of
which a greater or lesser number of shares of common stock of the surviving
corporation or entity are issuable to holders of Capital Stock in respect of the
number of shares of Capital Stock outstanding immediately prior to such
consolidation or merger, then the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to
such consolidation or merger shall be adjusted in the same manner as though
there were a subdivision or combination of the outstanding shares of Capital
Stock. The Company shall not effect any such consolidation, merger, or sale
unless prior to or simultaneously with the consummation thereof the successor
corporation or entity (if other than the Company) resulting from such
consolidation or merger or the corporation or entity purchasing such assets and
any other corporation or entity the shares of stock or other securities or
property of which are receivable thereupon by the holder of this Warrant shall
expressly assume, by written instrument executed and delivered (and satisfactory
in form) to the holder of this Warrant, (i) the obligation to deliver to such
holder such stock or other securities or property as, in accordance with the
foregoing provisions, such holder may be entitled to purchase and (ii) all other
obligations of the Company hereunder.
(h) NO FRACTIONAL SHARES. No fractional shares of Common Stock are to
be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant, but the Company shall pay a cash
adjustment in respect of any fractional share which would otherwise be issuable
in an amount equal to the same fraction of the current market value of a share
of Common Stock, which current market value shall be the last reported sale
price (determined as provided in Paragraph 4(e) hereof) on the Trading Day
immediately preceding the date of the exercise.
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(i) NOTICE OF ADJUSTMENT. Upon the occurrence of any event which
requires any adjustment of the Exercise Price, then and in each such case the
Company shall give notice thereof to the holder of this Warrant, which notice
shall state the Exercise Price resulting from such adjustment and the increase
or decrease, if any, in the number of shares purchasable at such price upon
exercise, setting forth in reasonable detail the method of calculation and the
facts upon which such calculation is based.
(j) OTHER NOTICES. In case at any time:
(i) the Company shall declare any dividend upon the Capital
Stock payable in shares of stock of any class or make any other
distribution (other than dividends or distributions payable in cash out
of earnings or earned surplus) to the holders of the Capital Stock;
(ii) the Company shall offer for subscription pro rata to the
holders of the Capital Stock any additional shares of stock of any
class or other rights;
(iii) there shall be any capital reorganization of the Company, or
reclassification of the Capital Stock, or consolidation or merger of
the Company with or into, or sale of all or substantially all its
assets to, another corporation or entity; or
(iv) there shall be a voluntary or involuntary dissolution,
liquidation, or winding-up of the Company;
then, in each such case, the Company shall give to the holder of this Warrant
(a) notice of the date on which the books of the Company shall close or a record
shall be taken for determining the holders of Capital Stock entitled to receive
any such dividend, distribution, or subscription rights or for determining the
holders of Capital Stock entitled to vote in respect of any such reorganization,
reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, dissolution, liquidation, or
winding-up and (b) in the case of any such reorganization, reclassification,
consolidation, merger, sale, dissolution, liquidation, or winding-up, notice of
the date (or, if not then known, a reasonable approximation thereof by the
Company) when the same shall take place. Such notice shall also specify the date
on which the holders of Capital Stock shall be entitled to receive such
dividend, distribution, or subscription rights or to exchange their Capital
Stock for stock or other securities or property deliverable upon such
reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, dissolution,
liquidation, or winding-up, as the case may be. Such notice shall be given at
least 20 days prior to the record date or the date on which the Company's books
are closed in respect thereto. Failure to give any such notice or any defect
therein shall not affect the validity of the proceeding referred to in clauses
(i), (ii), (iii), and (iv) above.
(k) CERTAIN EVENTS. If any event occurs as to which, in the good faith
judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, the other provisions of this
Paragraph 4 are not strictly applicable or if strictly applicable would not
fairly protect the exercise rights of the holder of this Warrant in accordance
with the essential intent and principles of such provisions, then the
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Board of Directors of the Company shall appoint the Company's regular
independent auditors or another firm of independent public accountants of
recognized national standing who are satisfactory to the holder of this Warrant
which shall give their opinion upon the adjustment, if any, on a basis
consistent with such essential intent and principles, necessary to preserve,
without dilution, the rights of the holder of this Warrant. Upon receipt of such
opinion, the Board of Directors of the Company shall forthwith make the
adjustments described therein; provided that no such adjustment shall have the
effect of increasing the Exercise Price as otherwise determined pursuant to this
Paragraph 4. The Company may make such reductions in the Exercise Price or
increase in the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable hereunder as it
deems advisable, including any reductions or increases, as the case may be,
necessary to ensure that any event treated for federal income tax purposes as a
distribution of stock rights not be taxable to recipients.
5. ISSUE TAX. The issuance of certificates for Warrant Shares upon the
exercise of this Warrant shall be made without charge to the holder of this
Warrant or such shares for any issuance tax in respect thereof, provided that
the Company shall not be required to pay any tax which may be payable in respect
of any transfer involved in the issuance and delivery of any certificate in a
name other than the holder of this Warrant.
6. AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION. The Company will cooperate with the
holder of this Warrant and each holder of any Warrant Shares in supplying such
information as may be necessary for such holder to complete and file any
information reporting forms presently or hereafter required by the Securities
and Exchange Commission as a condition to the availability of an exemption from
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, for the sale of this Warrant or any
Warrant Shares. The Company will deliver to the holder of this Warrant, promptly
upon their becoming available, copies of all financial statements, reports,
notices, and proxy statements sent or made available generally by the Company to
its shareholders, and copies of all regular and periodic reports and all
registration statements and prospectuses filed by the Company with any
securities exchange or with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
7. NO RIGHTS OR LIABILITIES AS A SHAREHOLDER. This Warrant shall not
entitle the holder hereof to any voting rights or other rights as a shareholder
of the Company. No provision of this Warrant, in the absence of affirmative
action by the holder hereof to purchase Warrant Shares, and no mere enumeration
herein of the rights or privileges of the holder hereof, shall give rise to any
liability of such holder for the Exercise Price or as a shareholder of the
Company, whether such liability is asserted by the Company or by creditors of
the Company.
8. TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, AND REPLACEMENT OF WARRANT.
(a) WARRANT TRANSFERABLE. The transfer of this Warrant and all rights
hereunder, in whole or in part, is registrable at the office or agency of the
Company referred to in Paragraph 8(e) hereof by the holder hereof in person or
by his duly authorized attorney, upon surrender of this Warrant properly
endorsed. Each taker and holder of this Warrant, by taking or holding the same,
consents and agrees that this Warrant, when endorsed in blank, shall be deemed
negotiable, and that the holder hereof, when this Warrant shall have been so
endorsed,
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may be treated by the Company and all other persons dealing with this Warrant as
the absolute owner and holder hereof for any purpose and as the person entitled
to exercise the rights represented by this Warrant and to the registration of
transfer hereof on the books of the Company; but until due presentment for
registration of transfer on such books the Company may treat the registered
holder hereof as the owner and holder hereof for all purposes, and the Company
shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary.
(b) WARRANT EXCHANGEABLE FOR DIFFERENT DENOMINATIONS. This Warrant is
exchangeable, upon the surrender hereof by (and at the expense of) the holder
hereof at the office or agency of the Company referred to in Paragraph 8(e)
hereof, for new Warrants of like tenor representing in the aggregate the right
to purchase the number of shares of Common Stock which may be purchased
hereunder, each of such new Warrants to represent the right to purchase such
number of shares as shall be designated by said holder hereof at the time of
such surrender.
(c) REPLACEMENT OF WARRANT. Upon receipt of evidence reasonably
satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction, or mutilation of
this Warrant and, in the case of any such loss, theft, or destruction, upon
delivery of an indemnity agreement reasonably satisfactory in form and amount to
the Company, or, in the case of any such mutilation, upon surrender and
cancellation of this Warrant, the Company, at the expense of the holder hereof,
will execute and deliver, in lieu thereof, a new Warrant of like tenor.
(d) CANCELLATION; PAYMENT OF EXPENSES. Upon the surrender of this
Warrant in connection with any transfer, exchange, or replacement as provided in
this Paragraph 8, this Warrant shall be promptly cancelled by the Company. The
Company shall pay all taxes (other than securities transfer taxes) in connection
with the preparation, execution, and delivery of Warrants pursuant to this
Paragraph 8.
(e) REGISTER. The Company shall maintain, at its principal office in
Dallas, Texas (or such other office or agency of the Company as it may designate
by notice to the holder hereof), a register for this Warrant, in which the
Company shall record the name and address of the person in whose name this
Warrant has been issued, as well as the name and address of each transferee and
each prior owner of this Warrant.
(f) EXERCISE OR TRANSFER WITHOUT REGISTRATION. Anything in this Warrant
to the contrary notwithstanding, if, at the time of the surrender of this
Warrant in connection with any exercise, transfer, or exchange of this Warrant,
this Warrant shall not be registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and under applicable state securities or blue sky laws, the Company may
require, as a condition of allowing such exercise, transfer, or exchange, that
(i) the holder or transferee of this Warrant, as the case may be, furnish to the
Company a written opinion of counsel, which opinion and counsel are acceptable
to the Company, to the effect that such exercise, transfer, or exchange may be
made without registration under said Act and under applicable state securities
or blue sky laws and (ii) the holder or transferee execute and deliver to the
Company an investment letter in form and substance acceptable to the Company.
The first holder of this Warrant, by taking and holding the same, represents to
the Company that
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such holder is acquiring this Warrant for investment and not with a view to the
distribution thereof.
9. NOTICES. All notices, requests, and other communications required or
permitted to be given or delivered hereunder to the holder of this Warrant or to
the holder of shares acquired upon exercise of this Warrant shall be in writing,
and shall be personally delivered, or shall be sent by certified or registered
mail, postage prepaid and addressed, to such holder at the address shown for
such holder on the books of the Company, or at such other address as shall have
been furnished to the Company by notice from such holder. All notices, requests,
and other communications required or permitted to be given or delivered
hereunder to the Company shall be in writing, and shall be personally delivered,
or shall be sent by certified or registered mail, postage prepaid and addressed,
to the office of the Company at 0000 Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxx,
Xxxxx, Attention: President, or at such other address as shall have been
furnished to the holder of this Warrant or to the holder of shares acquired upon
exercise of this Warrant by notice from the Company. Any such notice, request,
or other communication may be sent by telegram or telex, but shall in such case
be subsequently confirmed by a writing personally delivered or sent by certified
or registered mail as provided above. All notices, requests, and other
communications shall be deemed to have been given either at the time of the
delivery thereof to (or the receipt by, in the case of a telegram or telex) the
person entitled to receive such notice at the address of such person for
purposes of this Paragraph 9, or, if mailed, at the completion of the third full
day following the time of such mailing thereof to such address, as the case may
be.
10. GOVERNING LAW. THIS WARRANT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED
AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, EXCEPT WITH
RESPECT TO THE VALIDITY OF THIS WARRANT AND THE RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF THE COMPANY
WITH RESPECT TO REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER WHICH SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF
THE STATE OF UTAH.
11. MISCELLANEOUS.
(a) AMENDMENTS. This Warrant and any provision hereof may not be
changed, waived, discharged, or terminated orally, but only by an instrument in
writing signed by the party (or any predecessor in interest thereof) against
which enforcement of the same is sought.
(b) DESCRIPTIVE HEADINGS. The descriptive headings of the several
paragraphs of this Warrant are inserted for purposes of reference only, and
shall not affect the meaning or construction of any of the provisions hereof.
(c) SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. This Warrant shall be binding upon any
entity succeeding to the Company by merger, consolidation, or acquisition of all
or substantially all the Company's assets.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be signed by
its duly authorized officer under its corporate seal, attested by its duly
authorized officer, on this __ day of December, 1995.
FUTURE PETROLEUM CORPORATION
By: /s/ XXXX XXXXX
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Name: Xxxx Xxxxx
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Title: President
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