WARRANT DEED (the “Warrant Deed”)
EXHIBIT 4.3
WARRANT DEED (the “Warrant Deed”)
This Warrant Deed is made as of June 21, 2007 between Titanium Asset Management Corp., a
company incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware, with its registered office at 00000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000 XXX (the
“Company”), and Capita Registrars (Jersey)
Limited, a company incorporated under the laws of Jersey, with its registered office at Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, Liberation Square, 0/0 Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xx. Helier, Jersey
(the “Warrant Agent”).
Capitalised terms used but not defined in this Warrant Deed have the meanings given to them
in the Offering Circular (defined below).
WHEREAS, pursuant to an offering circular dated on or around the date hereof (the “Offering
Circular”) the Company is engaged in an offering of units
(“Units”) each comprised of one share of
common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, in the share capital of the Company (the “Common
Shares”) and one warrant (the “Warrants”), each Warrant evidencing the right of the holder thereof
to purchase one Common Share for US$4.00, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in
the Offering Circular and subject to adjustment as described herein; and
WHEREAS the Company desires, for the benefit of the holders from time to time of the
Warrants, the Warrant Agent to act on behalf of the Company, and the Warrant Agent is willing to
so act, in connection with the issuance, registration, transfer, exchange, redemption and exercise
of the Warrants; and
WHEREAS, the Company desires to provide for the form and provisions of the Warrants, the
terms upon which they shall be issued and exercised, and the respective rights, limitation of
rights, and immunities of the Company, the Warrant Agent, and the holders of the Warrants; and
WHEREAS, all acts and things have been done and performed which are necessary to make the
Warrants, when executed on behalf of the Company and countersigned by or on behalf of the Warrant
Agent, as provided herein, the valid, binding and legal obligations of the Company, and to
authorize the execution and delivery of this Deed.
NOW, THEREFORE the Company and the Warrant Agent have executed as a Deed the following
1. Appointment of Warrant Agent. The Company hereby appoints the Warrant
Agent to act as agent for the Company for the Warrants, and the Warrant Agent hereby
accepts such appointment and agrees to perform the same in accordance with the terms
and conditions set forth in this Deed.
2. Warrants.
2.1 Form of Warrant. Each certified Warrant shall be issued in substantially the form
of Exhibit A hereto, the provisions of which are incorporated herein and shall be signed by, or
bear the facsimile signature of, the chairman of the Company, any director of the Company or the
company secretary of the Company. In the event the person whose facsimile signature has been placed
upon any Warrant shall have ceased to serve in the capacity in which such person signed the Warrant
before such Warrant is issued, it may be issued with the same effect as if he or she had not ceased
to be such at the date of issuance.
The Company shall not be required to issue to any person a Warrant certificate in respect of
any uncertificated Warrant, but for the avoidance of doubt the terms and conditions set out herein
shall continue to apply notwithstanding the fact that they are not endorsed upon a relevant
certificate. The Company shall perform and observe the terms and conditions set out herein and the
Warrants shall be
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held subject to the terms and conditions hereof, all of which shall be binding on the Company and
the holders of the Warrants and all persons claiming through or under them respectively.
2.2 Registration.
2.2.1 Warrant Register. The Warrant Agent shall maintain books (the “Warrant
Register”) for the registration of original issuance and transfer of the Warrants. Upon the
initial issuance of the Warrants, the Warrant Agent shall issue and register the Warrants in the
names of the respective holders thereof in such denominations and otherwise in accordance with
instructions delivered to the Warrant Agent by the Company.
2.2.2 Registered Holder. Prior to any due presentation for registration of the
transfer of any Warrant, the Company and the Warrant Agent may deem and treat the person in whose
name such Warrant shall be registered upon the Warrant Register (the
“registered holder”), as the
absolute owner of such Warrant and of each Warrant represented thereby (notwithstanding any
notation of ownership or other writing on the Warrant certificate made by anyone other than the
Company or the Warrant Agent), for the purpose of any exercise thereof, and for all other purposes,
and neither the Company nor the Warrant Agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
2.3 Trading of Securities. The Common Shares and the Warrants comprising the Units
will be separately tradable from the date on which the Common Shares and Warrants are admitted to
trading on AIM, a market operated by the London Stock Exchange plc (the date on which trading
commences being the “Admission Date”).
2.4 Uncertificated Warrants. The Company may permit title to the Warrants to be
evidenced otherwise than by a certificate and to be transferred by means of a relevant system,
provided that it first makes arrangements for the Warrants to become a security traded through
such system. The Company may also, subject to compliance with the rules of any relevant system,
determine that title to the Warrants may, from any date specified by the Company, no longer be
evidenced otherwise than by a certificate and/or that title to the Warrants shall cease to be
transferred by means of any particular relevant system.
2.5 In relation to the Warrants once they are eligible, and for so long as they remain
eligible, for
trading through a relevant system, no provision of these terms and conditions shall apply or
have effect to
the extent that it is inconsistent in any respect with:
2.5.1 the holding of Warrants in uncertificated form; or
2.5.2 the transfer of title to Warrants by means of the relevant system.
2.6 For so long as the Warrants are traded through a relevant system, Warrants may be
changed from uncertificated to certificated form, and from certificated to uncertificated
form, in
accordance with and subject as provided in the rules of such relevant system, and the Company
shall
record on the Warrant Register that the Warrants are held in certificated or uncertificated
form as
appropriate.
3. Terms and Exercise of Warrants.
3.1 Warrant Price. Each Warrant shall, when accompanied by the duly completed
exercise notice substantially in the form set out in Exhibit B (the “Exercise Notice”), entitle
the registered holder thereof, subject to the provisions of this Deed, to purchase from the
Company the number of Common Shares stated therein, at the price of $4.00 per Common Share,
subject to the adjustments provided in Section 4 hereof and in the last sentence of this Section
3.1. The term “Warrant Price” as used in this Warrant Deed refers to the price per share at which
Common Shares may be purchased at the time a Warrant is exercised. The Company in its sole
discretion may reduce (but not increase) the Warrant Price at any time prior to the Expiration
Date (as defined in Section 3.2.2).
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3.2 Duration of Warrants. A Warrant may only be exercised during the period (the
“Exercise
Period”):
3.2.1 commencing on the earlier of (i) the consummation by the Company of a business
combination which either by itself or, when combined with all of the Company’s previous business
combinations, has an aggregate transaction value equal to at least seventy per cent of the Trust
Amount (as defined in the Offering Circular) (a “Qualified Business Combination”), and (ii) if one
or more business combinations have occurred but a Qualified Business Combination has not occurred,
the date that is 12 months from the Admission Date (or the date which is 18 months from the
Admission Date if, within such 12 month period, the Company has signed a current, binding (but
conditional, among other things, on the consent of its stockholders being given in special meeting)
letter of intent, agreement in principle or a definitive agreement in respect of a proposed
Qualified Business Combination); or (b) the deadline for consummating a Qualified Business
Combination has been extended (the date by which such Qualified Business Combination has to occur
following such extension being the “Extended Date”), in which case the relevant date shall be the
Extended Date); and
3.2.2 terminating at 5:00 p.m., New York City time on the earlier to occur of (i) the fourth
anniversary of the Admission Date and (ii) the date fixed for redemption of the Warrants as
provided in Section 6 of this Warrant Deed (the “Expiration Date”).
Except with respect to the right to receive the Redemption Price (as defined in Section 6
hereunder), each Warrant not exercised on or before the Expiration Date shall become void, and all
rights thereunder and all rights in respect thereof under this Warrant Deed shall automatically
cease at the close of business on the Expiration Date. The Company in its sole discretion may
extend (but not shorten) the Exercise Period.
3.3 Exercise of Warrants.
3.3.1 Payment. Subject to the provisions of the Warrant and this Warrant Deed, a
Warrant may be exercised by the registered holder thereof by (i) if certified, surrendering it at
the office of the Warrant Agent, or at the office of its successor as Warrant Agent, with the
Exercise Notice, duly executed, or, if uncertificated, by supplying to the Warrant Agent a properly
authenticated dematerialised instruction in the form from time to time prescribed by the Directors
that is addressed to the Company, is attributable to the system-member who is the holder of the
Warrants concerned and that specifies (in accordance with the form prescribed by the Directors as
aforesaid) the number of Warrants to be exercised; and in either case by paying in full, in lawful
money of the United States, in cash, banker’s cheque or good bank draft payable to the order of the
Company (or as otherwise provided in this Warrant Deed or otherwise agreed to by the Company), the
Warrant Price for each full share of Common Shares as to which the Warrant is exercised and any and
all applicable taxes due in connection with the exercise of the Warrant, the exchange of the
Warrant for the Common Shares, and the issuance of the Common Shares.
In the event the Company has called the Warrants for redemption pursuant to Section 6 hereof, the
registered holder may exercise its Warrant by payment of the Warrant Price pursuant to Section
3.3.1 above or, if the registered holder so elects, through a “cashless exercise” in which event
the Company shall issue to the registered holder the number of Common Shares determined by:
X=Y*(A-B)/A)
where
X is the number of Common Shares to be issued to the registered holder;
Y is the number of Common Shares underlying the Warrant being exercised;
A is the Fair Market Value (as defined below) of the Common Shares; and
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B is the Warrant Price,
provided however, that in the event the holder of a Warrant would be entitled, upon such
“cashless exercise”, to receive a fractional interest in a Common Share, the Company shall, upon
such exercise, round down to the nearest whole number the number of Common Shares to be issued to
the registered holder.
The “Fair Market Value” of the Common Shares shall mean: (i) if the Common Shares are listed on
AIM, the average of the reported last independent bid price of the Common Shares as reported by AIM
for the ten (10) trading days ending on the third business day preceding the date in question; (ii)
if the Common Shares are not listed on AIM but are listed on a national securities exchange or
quoted on the Nasdaq Global Market, Nasdaq Global Select Market, Nasdaq Capital Market or NASD OTC
Bulletin Board (or successor such as the Bulletin Board Exchange), the average of the reported last
independent bid price of the Common Shares as reported by the exchange, Nasdaq or the NASD, as the
case may be, for the ten (10) trading days ending on the third business day preceding the date in
question; (iii) if the Common Shares are not listed on AIM, on a national securities exchange or
quoted on the Nasdaq Global Market, Nasdaq Global Select Market, Nasdaq Capital Market or the NASD
OTC Bulletin Board (or successor exchange), but are traded in the residual over-the-counter market,
the average of the reported last independent bid price of the Common Shares for the ten (10)
trading days ending on the third business day preceding the date in question for which such
quotations are reported by the Pink Sheets, LLC or similar publisher of such quotations; and (iv)
if the fair market value of the Common Shares cannot be determined pursuant to sub-sections (i),
(ii) or (iii) above, such price as the board of directors of the Company shall determine, in good
faith.
3.3.3 Issuance of Common Shares. As soon as practicable after the exercise of any
Warrant and the clearance of the funds in payment of the aggregate Warrant Price, the Company
shall issue to the registered holder of such Warrant the number of Common Shares to which he is
entitled, registered in such name or names as may be directed by him, her or it, and if such
Warrant shall not have been exercised in full, a Warrant for the number of Common Shares as to
which such Warrant shall not have been exercised. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall
not be obligated to deliver any securities pursuant to the exercise of a Warrant unless the
Company shall, in its sole reasonable discretion, be satisfied that the transfer procedures for
purchasers and sellers have been followed, including, without limitation, its receipt of (i) a
written certification from the holder that it is neither within the United States nor a U.S.
person (as such term is defined in Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
“Act”)) and the Warrant is not being exercised on behalf of a U.S. person, or (ii) in the case of
a holder who cannot make the representation in (i), a written opinion of counsel in a form
reasonably satisfactory to the Company to the effect that the Warrants and the securities to be
delivered upon exercise thereof have been registered under the Act or are exempt from registration
thereunder and such securities are qualified for sale or exempt from qualification under the
applicable securities laws of the states or other jurisdictions in which the registered holders
reside. Warrants may not be exercised by, or securities issued to, any registered holder in any
state in which such exercise would be unlawful.
3.3.4 Valid Issuance. All Common Shares issued upon the proper exercise of a Warrant
in conformity with this Warrant Deed shall be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
3.3.5 Date of Issuance. Each person in whose name any such certificate evidencing
Common Shares is issued shall for all purposes be deemed to have become the holder of record of
such Common Shares on the date on which such person’s name is entered into the register of members
following the surrender of its Warrant(s) for exercise and payment of any Warrant Price having
been made, irrespective of the date of delivery of such certificate, except that, if the date of
such surrender and any payment is a date when the share transfer books of the Company are closed,
such person shall be deemed to have become the holder of such Common Shares at the close of
business on the next succeeding date on which the share transfer books are open.
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3.3.6 AIM Admission. The Company shall notify the London Stock Exchange plc of the
issue and allotment of Common Shares issued on the exercise from time to time of the Warrants and
supply it with evidence of such issue and allotment and obtain its confirmation of admission of
such Common Shares to trading on AIM, which notification shall be made, and confirmation obtained,
immediately following the exercise of the Warrant. The Company agrees to do all such acts and
things and execute and deliver all such agreements, documents and instruments as may be required
to ensure the issue and allotment and admission of such Common Shares to trading on AIM.
4. Adjustments.
4.1 Share Dividends — Subdivisions. If after the date hereof, and subject to the
provisions of Section 4.6 below, the number of outstanding Common Shares is increased by a share
dividend payable in Common Shares, or by a subdivision of Common Shares, or other similar event,
then, on the effective date of such share dividend, subdivision or similar event, the number of
Common Shares issuable on exercise of each Warrant shall be increased in proportion to such
increase in outstanding Common Shares.
4.2 Aggregation of Common Shares. If after the date hereof, and subject to the
provisions of Section 4.6, the number of issued Common Shares is decreased by a consolidation,
combination, reverse share split or reclassification of Common Shares, or other similar event,
then, on the effective date of such consolidation, combination, reverse share split,
reclassification or similar event, the number of Common Shares issuable on exercise of each Warrant
shall be decreased in proportion to such decrease in issued Common Shares.
4.3 Adjustments in Exercise Price. Whenever the number of Common Shares purchasable
upon the exercise of the Warrants is adjusted, as provided in Sections 4.1 and 4.2 above, the
Warrant Price shall be adjusted (to the nearest cent) by multiplying such Warrant Price immediately
prior to such adjustment by a fraction (x) the numerator of which shall be the number of Common
Shares purchasable upon the exercise of the Warrants immediately prior to such adjustment, and (y)
the denominator of which shall be the number of Common Shares so purchasable immediately
thereafter.
4.4 Replacement of Securities upon Reorganisation, etc. In case of any
reclassification or reorganisation of the issued Common Shares (other than a change covered by
Sections 4.1 or 4.2 hereof or that solely affects the par value of such Common Shares), or in the
case of any merger, amalgamation or consolidation of the Company with or into another corporation
(other than a consolidation or merger (which shall not include amalgamation under U.S. law) in
which the Company is the continuing corporation and that does not result in any reclassification or
reorganisation of the outstanding Common Shares), or in the case of any sale or conveyance to
another corporation or entity of the assets or other property of the Company as an entirety or
substantially as an entirety in connection with which the Company is dissolved, the Warrant holders
shall thereafter have the right to purchase and receive, upon the basis and upon the terms and
conditions specified in the Warrants and in lieu of the Common Shares immediately theretofore
purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of the rights represented thereby, the kind and amount
of shares or other securities or property (including cash) receivable upon such reclassification,
reorganisation, merger, amalgamation or consolidation, or upon a dissolution following any such
sale or transfer, that the. Warrant holder would have received if such Warrant holder had exercised
his Warrant(s) immediately prior to such event; and if any reclassification also results in a
change in Common Shares covered by Sections 4.1 or 4.2, then such adjustment shall be made pursuant
to Sections 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 and this Section 4.4. The provisions of this Section 4.4 shall similarly
apply to successive reclassifications, reorganisations, mergers, amalgamations or consolidations,
sales or other transfers.
4.5 Notices of Changes in Warrant. Upon every adjustment of the Warrant Price or the
number of Common Shares to be issued upon exercise of a Warrant, the Company shall give written
notice thereof to the Warrant Agent, which notice shall state the Warrant Price resulting from
such
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adjustment and the increase or decrease, if any, in the number of Common Shares purchasable at
such price upon the exercise of a Warrant, setting forth in reasonable detail the method of
calculation and the facts upon which such calculation is based. Upon the occurrence of any event
specified in Sections 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 or 4.4, then, in any such event, the Company shall give
written notice to the Warrant holder, at the last address set forth for such holder in the Warrant
Register, of the record date or the effective date of the event. Failure to give such notice, or
any defect therein, shall not affect the legality or validity of such event.
4.6 No Fractional Common Shares. Notwithstanding any provision contained in this Deed
to the contrary, the Company shall not issue fractional Common Shares upon exercise of Warrants.
If, by reason of any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 4, the holder of any Warrant would
be entitled, upon the exercise of such Warrant, to receive a fractional interest in a Common
Share, the Company shall, upon such exercise, round down to the nearest whole number the number of
Common Shares to be issued to the Warrant holder.
4.7 Form of Warrant. The form of Warrant need not be changed because of any adjustment
pursuant to this Section 4, and Warrants issued after such adjustment may state the same Warrant
Price and the same number of Common Shares as is stated in the Warrants initially issued pursuant
to this Deed. However, the Company may at any time in its sole discretion make any change in the
form of Warrant that the Company may reasonably deem appropriate and that does not affect the
substance thereof, and any Warrant thereafter issued, whether in exchange or substitution for an
outstanding Warrant or otherwise, may be in the form as so changed.
5. Transfer and Exchange of Warrants.
5.1 Registration of Transfer. Each Warrant held in certificated form will be
registered and will be transferable by instrument of transfer in any usual or common form, or in
any other form which may be approved by the Directors. Each Warrant held in uncertificated form
will be registered and will be transferable in whole or in part by means of a relevant system in
such manner provided for, and subject as provided in, the regulations and the rules of the
relevant system and accordingly no paragraph of these terms and conditions shall apply in respect
of such a Warrant to the extent that the paragraph requires or contemplates the effecting of a
transfer by an instrument in writing and the production of a certificate for the Warrant to be
transferred. The Warrant Agent shall register the transfer, from time to time, of any outstanding
Warrant upon the Warrant Register.
5.2 Procedure for Surrender of Certified Warrants. Subject to compliance with Section
3.3.3, the Certified Warrants may be surrendered to the Warrant Agent, together with a written
request for exchange or transfer, and thereupon the Warrant Agent shall, subject to the Company’s
satisfaction that, in its sole reasonable discretion, the transfer procedures for purchasers and
sellers have been followed, issue in exchange therefore one or more new Warrants as requested by
the registered holder of the Warrants so surrendered, representing an equal aggregate number of
Warrants; provided, however, that in the event that a Warrant surrendered for transfer bears a
restrictive legend, the Warrant Agent shall not cancel such Warrant and issue new Warrants in
exchange therefore unless the transfer is pursuant to an effective registration statement under
the Act or pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Act provided by Rule 144, Rule
144A or Regulation S under the Act (subject to such transferee making such representations in
favor of the Company as the Company may deem advisable to ensure that such transfer is conducted
pursuant to such an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, registration under the Act
and in accordance with any applicable laws of any state in the U.S. and any other jurisdiction
and, inter alia, agreement by the transferee to take such securities subject to customary transfer
restrictions and appropriate legends), and in each case in accordance with applicable securities
laws of each state of the U.S. and any other jurisdiction. The Company may request an opinion of
counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company that such transfer is to be effected in a
transaction meeting the requirements of Regulation S under the Act or is exempt from registration.
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5.3 Fractional Warrants. The Warrant Agent shall not be required to effect any
registration of transfer or exchange which will result in the issuance of a Warrant certificate
for a fraction of a Warrant.
5.4 Service Charges. No service charge shall be made for any exchange or registration
of transfer of Warrants.
5.5 Warrant Execution. The Warrant Agent is hereby authorized to deliver, in
accordance with the terms of this Deed, the Warrants required to be issued pursuant to the
provisions of this Section 5, and the Company, whenever required by the Warrant Agent, will supply
the Warrant Agent with Warrants duly executed on behalf of the Company for such purpose.
6. Redemption.
6.1 Redemption. Subject to Section 6.4 hereof, all (but not less than all) of the
then outstanding Warrants may be redeemed at the option of the Company with the prior written
consent of Sunrise Securities Corp. (the “Placing Agent”), at any time during the Exercise Period,
at the office of the Warrant Agent, upon the notice referred to in Section 6.2., at the price of
$0.01 per Warrant (“Redemption Price”), provided that the last sales price of the Common Shares
equals or exceeds $8.50 per Common Share, on each of any twenty (20) trading days within a thirty
(30) trading day period ending three business days prior to the date on which notice of redemption
is given and the weekly trading volume of the Common Shares has been at least 800,000 Common
Shares for each of the previous two calendar weeks. The provisions of this Section 6.1 may not be
modified, amended or deleted without the prior written consent of the Placing Agent.
6.2 Date Fixed for, and Notice of, Redemption. In the event the Company shall elect
to redeem all of the Warrants with the prior written consent of the Placing Agent, the Company
shall fix a date for the redemption. Notice of redemption shall be mailed by first class mail,
postage prepaid, by the Company not less than thirty (30) days prior to the date fixed for
redemption to the registered holders of the Warrants to be redeemed at their last addresses as
they shall appear on the Warrant Register. Any notice mailed in the manner herein provided shall
be conclusively presumed to have been duly given whether or not the registered holder received
such notice.
6.3 Exercise After Notice of Redemption. The Warrants may be exercised for cash or on
a “cashless” basis in accordance with Section 3 of this Warrant Deed at any time after notice of
redemption shall have been given by the Company pursuant to Section 6.2. hereof and prior to the
time and date fixed for redemption. On and after the redemption date, the record holder of the
Warrants shall have no further rights except to receive, upon surrender of the Warrants, the
Redemption Price.
6.4 Outstanding Warrants Only. The Company understands that the redemption rights
provided for by this Section 6 apply only to outstanding Warrants. To the extent a person holds
rights to purchase Warrants, such purchase rights shall not be extinguished by redemption.
However, once such purchase rights are exercised, the Company may redeem the Warrants issued upon
such exercise provided that the criteria for redemption is met. The provisions of this Section 6.4
may not be modified, amended or deleted without the prior written consent of the Placing Agent.
7. Other Provisions Relating to Rights of Holders of Warrants.
7.1 No Rights as Shareholder. A Warrant does not entitle the registered holder
thereof to any of the rights of a shareholder of the Company, including, without limitation, the
right to receive dividends, or other distributions, exercise any preemptive rights to vote or to
consent or to receive notice as shareholders in respect of the meetings of shareholders or the
election of directors of the Company or any other matter.
7.2 Lost, Stolen, Mutilated, or Destroyed Warrants. If any Warrant Certificate is
lost, stolen, mutilated, or destroyed, the Company and the Warrant Agent may on such terms as to
indemnity or
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otherwise as they may in their discretion impose (which shall, in the case of a mutilated Warrant
Certificate, include the surrender thereof), issue a new Warrant Certificate of like denomination,
tenor, and date as the Warrant Certificate so lost, stolen, mutilated, or destroyed. Any such new
Warrant Certificate shall constitute a substitute contractual obligation of the Company, whether
or not the allegedly lost, stolen, mutilated, or destroyed Warrant Certificate shall be at any
time located or enforceable by anyone.
7.3 Reservation of Common Shares. The Company shall at all times reserve and keep
available a number of its authorized but unissued Common Shares that will be sufficient to permit
the exercise in full of all outstanding Warrants issued pursuant to this Deed.
7.4 Listing of Common Shares. Upon exercise of the Warrants the Company will use its
reasonable endeavors to ensure that Common Shares issued pursuant to such exercise are admitted to
trading on such exchange as the Company’s Common Shares and/or Warrants are trading at that time.
8. Concerning the Warrant Agent and Other Matters.
8.1 Payment of Taxes. The Company will from time to time promptly pay all taxes and
charges that may be imposed upon the Company or the Warrant Agent in respect of the issuance or
delivery of Common Shares upon the exercise of Warrants, but the Company shall not be obligated to
pay any transfer taxes in respect of the Warrants or such Common Shares.
8.2 Resignation, Consolidation, or Merger of Warrant Agent.
8.2.1 Appointment of Successor Warrant Agent. The Warrant Agent, or any successor to
it hereafter appointed, may resign its duties and be discharged from all further duties and
liabilities hereunder after giving sixty (60) days’ prior written notice to the Company. If the
office of the Warrant Agent becomes vacant by resignation or incapacity to act or otherwise, the
Company shall appoint in writing a successor Warrant Agent in place of the Warrant Agent. If the
Company shall fail to make such appointment within a period of thirty (30) days after it has been
notified in writing of such resignation or incapacity by the Warrant Agent or by the holder of the
Warrant (who shall, with such notice, submit his Warrant for inspection by the Company), then the
holder of any Warrant may apply to the High Court of Justice in England for the appointment of a
successor Warrant Agent at the Company’s cost. Any successor Warrant Agent, whether appointed by
the Company or by such court, shall be a corporation in good standing authorized to exercise the
functions of the Warrant Agent pursuant to this Warrant Deed and shall be subject to supervision or
examination by appropriate regulatory authorities. After appointment, any successor Warrant Agent
shall be vested with all the authority, powers, rights, immunities, duties, and obligations of its
predecessor Warrant Agent with like effect as if originally named as Warrant Agent hereunder,
without any further act or deed; but if for any reason it becomes necessary or appropriate, the
predecessor Warrant Agent shall execute and deliver, at the expense of the Company, an instrument
transferring to such successor Warrant Agent all the authority, powers, and rights of such
predecessor Warrant Agent hereunder; and upon request of any successor Warrant Agent the Company
shall make, execute, acknowledge, and deliver any and all instruments in writing for more fully and
effectually vesting in and confirming to such successor Warrant Agent all such authority, powers,
rights, immunities, duties, and obligations.
8.2.2 Notice of Successor Warrant Agent. In the event a successor Warrant Agent shall
be appointed, the Company shall give notice thereof to the predecessor Warrant Agent and the
transfer agent for the Common Shares not later than the effective date of any such appointment.
8.2.3 Merger or Consolidation of Warrant Agent. Any corporation into which the
Warrant Agent may be merged or with which it may be consolidated or any corporation resulting from
any merger or consolidation to which the Warrant Agent shall be a party shall be the successor
Warrant Agent under this Warrant Deed without any further act.
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8.3
Fees and Expenses of Warrant Agent.
8.3.1 Remuneration. The Company agrees to pay the Warrant Agent reasonable
remuneration for its services as such Warrant Agent hereunder and will reimburse the Warrant Agent
upon demand for all expenditures that the Warrant Agent may reasonably incur in the execution of
its duties hereunder (as more particularly set out in the off-shore registrar agreement between
the Company and the Warrant Agent dated on or around the date hereof.
8.3.2 Further Assurances. The Company agrees to perform, execute, acknowledge, and
deliver or cause to be performed, executed, acknowledged, and delivered all such further and other
acts, instruments, and assurances as may reasonably be required by the Warrant Agent for the
carrying out or performing of the provisions of this Deed.
8.4 Liability of Warrant Agent.
8.4.1 Reliance on Company Statement. Whenever in the performance of its duties under
this Warrant Deed, the Warrant Agent shall deem it necessary or desirable that any fact or matter
be proved or established by the Company prior to taking or suffering any action hereunder, such
fact or matter (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed) may be
deemed to be conclusively proved and established by a statement signed by the chairman or deputy
chairman of the Company and delivered to the Warrant Agent. The Warrant Agent may rely upon such
statement for any action taken or suffered in good faith by it pursuant to the provisions of this
Deed.
8.4.2 Indemnity. The Warrant Agent shall be liable hereunder only for its own
negligence, fraud, willful misconduct or bad faith provided that the aggregate liability of the
Warrant Agent will be limited to the lesser of £1,000,000 (one million pounds) or an amount equal
to ten (10) times the total annual fee payable to the Warrant Agent under the Registrar Agreement.
The Company agrees to indemnify the Warrant Agent and save it harmless against any and all
liabilities, including judgments, costs and reasonable counsel fees, for anything done or omitted
by the Warrant Agent in the execution of this Warrant Deed except as a result of the Warrant
Agent’s negligence, fraud, wilful misconduct or bad faith
8.4.3 Exclusions. The Warrant Agent shall have no responsibility with respect to the
validity of this Warrant Deed or with respect to the validity or execution of any Warrant; nor
shall it be responsible for any breach by the Company of any covenant or condition contained in
this Warrant Deed or in any Warrant; nor shall it be responsible to make any adjustments required
under the provisions of Section 4 hereof or responsible for the manner, method, or amount of any
such adjustment or the ascertaining of the existence of facts that would require any such
adjustment; nor shall it by any act hereunder be deemed to make any representation or warranty as
to the authorization or reservation of any Common Shares to be issued pursuant to this Warrant Deed
or any Warrant or as to whether any Common Shares will when issued be valid and fully paid and
nonassessable.
8.5 Acceptance of Appointment. The Warrant Agent hereby accepts the appointment as
Warrant Agent as described in this Warrant Deed and agrees to perform the same upon the terms and
conditions herein set forth and among other things, shall account promptly to the Company with
respect to Warrants exercised and concurrently account for, and pay to the Company, all moneys
received by the Warrant Agent for the purchase of the Common Shares through the exercise of
Warrants.
8.6 Waiver of Claims. The Warrant Agent hereby agrees that it does not have any
right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to any monies held in the trust established by
the Company with Continental Stock Transfer and Trust Company, as trustee, pursuant to a trust
agreement to be signed on or prior to the Admission Date (the “Claim”) and hereby waives any Claim
it may have in the future as a result of, or arising out of, this Deed and will not seek recourse
against such trust for any reason whatsoever.
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9. Miscellaneous Provisions.
9.1 Successors. All the covenants and provisions of this Deed by or for the benefit
of the Company or the Warrant Agent shall bind and inure to the benefit of their respective
successors and assigns.
9.2 Notices. Any notice, statement or demand authorized by this Deed to be given or
made by the Warrant Agent or by the holder of any Warrant to or on the Company shall be
sufficiently given when so delivered if by hand or overnight delivery or if sent by certified mail
or private courier service within five days after deposit of such notice, postage prepaid,
addressed (until another address is filed in writing by the Company with the Warrant Agent), as
follows:
Titanium Asset Management Corp.
ComCenter at Lakewood Ranch
0000 Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx 00000
ComCenter at Lakewood Ranch
0000 Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx 00000
Attn: The Chief Executive Officer
Any notice, statement or demand authorized by this Warrant Deed to be given or made by the
holder of any Warrant or by the Company to or on the Warrant Agent shall be sufficiently given when
so delivered if by hand or overnight delivery or if sent by certified mail or private courier
service within five days after deposit of such notice, postage prepaid, addressed (until another
address is filed in writing by the Warrant Agent with the Company), as follows:
Capita Registrars (Jersey) Limited
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Liberation Square
1 /3 The Esplanade
St. Helier
Jersey
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Liberation Square
1 /3 The Esplanade
St. Helier
Jersey
Attn: Compliance Department
with a copy in each case to:
Sunrise Securities Corp.
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attn: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attn: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
9.3 Applicable law. This Warrant Deed shall be governed by, interpreted under, and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any
choice-of-law provisions thereof that would compel the application of the substantive laws of any
other jurisdiction. Each party hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives the right to a trial
by jury in any action, suit, counterclaim or other proceeding (whether based on contract, tort or
otherwise) arising out of, connected with or relating to this Warrant Deed or the negotiation,
administration, performance or enforcement hereof.
9.4 Persons Having Rights under this Deed. Nothing in this Warrant Deed expressed and
nothing that may be implied from any of the provisions hereof is intended, or shall be construed,
to confer
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upon, or give to, any person or corporation other than the parties hereto and the registered
holders of the Warrants and, for the purposes of Sections 6.1, 6.4 and 9.2 hereof, the Placing
Agent, any right, remedy, or claim under or by reason of this Warrant Deed or of any covenant,
condition, stipulation, promise, or agreement hereof. The Placing Agent shall be deemed to be a
third-party beneficiary of this Warrant Deed with respect to Sections 6.1, 6.4 and 9.2 hereof. All
covenants, conditions, stipulations, promises, and agreements contained in this Warrant Deed shall
be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the parties hereto (and the Placing Agent with respect to
the Sections 6.1, 6.4 and 9.2 hereof) and their successors and assigns and of the registered
holders of the Warrants.
9.5 Examination of the Deed. A copy of this Warrant Deed shall be available at all
reasonable times at the office of the Warrant Agent, for inspection by the registered holder of
any Warrant. The Warrant Agent may require any such holder to submit his Warrant for inspection by
it.
9.6 Counterparts. This Warrant Deed may be executed in any number of counterparts and
each of such counterparts shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original, and all such
counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
9.7 Effect of Headings. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and are
not part of this Warrant Deed and shall not affect the interpretation thereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Warrant Deed has been duly executed by the parties hereto as of the
day and year first above written.
SIGNED by XXXXX XXXXXXXX, duly authorised, for and on behalf of TITANIUM ASSET MANAGEMENT CORP. |
) ) ) |
/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx |
SIGNED
by CAPITA REGISTRARS (JERSEY) LIMITED duly authorised, for and on behalf of CAPITA REGISTRARS (JERSEY) LIMITED |
) ) ) |
/s/ Capita Registrars (Jersey) Limited |
WARRANT DEED
EXHIBIT A
WARRANT
CERTIFICATE FACE
Titanium Asset Management Corp.
Titanium Asset Management Corp.
(Incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware pursuant to Delaware General Corporation Law)
Certificates Representing Warrants to subscribe for Common Shares at $4.00 per Common Share
ISIN:
CUSIP:
SEDOL:
CUSIP:
SEDOL:
This is to certify that:
Is/are the registered holder(s) of
Warrants to subscribe for fully paid Common Shares, having a par value of US$0.0001 fully paid in
Titanium Asset Management Corp, subject to the certificate of incorporation and the bylaws of the
Company and the deed under which the Warrants are constituted (the
“Warrant Deed”). The exercise
price of the Warrants is $4.00, subject to adjustment as described in the Warrant Deed, and the
Warrants expire on June 21, 2011. The Warrant Deed can be viewed at Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Liberation
Square, 0/0 Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xx. Helier, Jersey. The Warrantholder is entitled to the benefit of and
is bound by and is deemed to have knowledge of all the provisions of the Warrant Deed.
PRIOR TO INVESTING IN THE SECURITIES OR CONDUCTING ANY TRANSACTIONS IN THE SECURITIES, INVESTORS
ARE ADVISED TO CONSULT PROFESSIONAL ADVISERS REGARDING THE RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER SUMMARIZED
BELOW AND ANY OTHER RESTRICTIONS.
THIS SECURITY (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM
REGISTRATION UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS
AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND
THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION
OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION THEREFROM. EACH PURCHASER OF THIS SECURITY IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE
SELLER OF THIS SECURITY MAY BE RELYING ON THE EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 OF THE
SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144A THEREUNDER.
THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMPANY THAT (A) THIS SECURITY MAY BE
OFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, ONLY (I) IN THE UNITED STATES TO A PERSON WHOM
THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT) IN A TRANSACTION
MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (II) OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION
IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (III) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM
REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER (IF AVAILABLE) OR (IV)
PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, IN EACH OF CASES (I)
THROUGH (IV) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES,
AND (B) THE HOLDER WILL, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT HOLDER IS REQUIRED TO, NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER OF THIS
SECURITY FROM IT OF THE RESALE RESTRICTIONS REFERRED TO IN
(A) ABOVE.
THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS WHICH REQUIRE
THAT IN ADDITION TO ANY CERTIFICATIONS REQUIRED FROM A TRANSFEROR AS SET FORTH ON THE REVERSE OF
THIS CERTIFICATE, PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION OF A ONE-YEAR DISTRIBUTION COMPLIANCE PERIOD, THE
TRANSFEREE CERTIFIES AS TO WHETHER OF NOT IT IS A U.S. PERSON WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S AND
PROVIDES CERTAIN OTHER CERTIFICATIONS AND AGREEMENTS. PRIOR TO PERMITTING ANY TRANSFER, THE COMPANY
MAY REQUEST AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS TO
BE EFFECTED IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF REGULATIONS UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR IS
EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION.
Director
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Director | |||||||||
No transfer of the warrants (or any portion thereof) comprised in this certificate can be
registered until
this certificate has been lodged with the
Company’s Registrars: Capita Registrars (Jersey) Limited, Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Liberation Square, 0/0 Xxx Xxxxxxxxx,
Xx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx XX0 OFF
UK Transfer Agent: Capita Registrars, The Registry, 00 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxx XX0 0XX
this certificate has been lodged with the
Company’s Registrars: Capita Registrars (Jersey) Limited, Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Liberation Square, 0/0 Xxx Xxxxxxxxx,
Xx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx XX0 OFF
UK Transfer Agent: Capita Registrars, The Registry, 00 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxx XX0 0XX
Warrant Certificate
REVERSE BOX
REVERSE BOX
The common shares underlying this Warrant Certificate shall be
held (pending exercise of this Warrant Certificate) subject to all
the provisions of the certificate of incorporation and the bylaws
the Company and any amendments thereto, a copy of each of which is
on file at the registered office of the Company’s Registrar and
made a part hereof as fully as though the provisions of said
certificate of incorporation and bylaws were imprinted in full
this Warrant Certificate, to all of which the holder of this
Warrant Certificate, by acceptance hereof, assents and agrees to
be bound. The Company will furnish without charge to each holder
warrants (a “Holder") who so requests a copy of the certificate of
incorporation and the bylaws of the Company.
In connection with any transfer of this Warrant Certificate to be
consummated prior to such time as the Company shall have otherwise
notified all Holders writing, the undersigned holder warrants
certifies that (check one):
o | (a) This Warrant Certificate is being transferred to the Company. |
o | (b) This Warrant Certificate is being transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and in accordance with any applicable laws of the United States and any state of the United States. |
o | (c) (i) This Warrant Certificate is being transferred in an offshore transaction not subject to the registration requirements of the Securities Act, by virtue of Regulation S thereunder; (ii) the offer of the warrants was not made to a person in the United States; (iii) (A) at the time the buy order was originated, the transferee was outside the United States or the Holder and any person acting on its behalf reasonably believed that the transferee was outside the United States or (B) the transaction is executed in, or through the facilities of the AIM Market operated by the London Stock Exchange plc, and neither the Holder nor any person acting on its behalf knows that the transaction has been pre-arranged with a buyer in the United States; (iv) the transferee is not a U.S. person (as defined in Regulation S) and is not purchasing for the account or benefit of a U.S. person; (v) no directed selling efforts have been made in contravention of the requirements of Regulation S; (vi) the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act; (vii) if applicable, in the case of a transfer by a Holder who is a dealer or a person receiving a selling concession, fee or other remuneration in connection with such transfer, such Holder has complied with the additional conditions set forth in Rule 904(b) of Regulation S, and (viii) the Holder has complied with all applicable additional requirements imposed by Rule 903 of Regulation S; |
o | (d) This Warrant Certificate is being transferred pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act in compliance with Rule 144, if applicable, under Securities Act and is in accordance with applicable US state securities laws and in relation to which the Holder has furnished to the Company an opinion to such effect from counsel of recognized standing in form and substance satisfactory to the Company prior to such offer, sale, pledge or transfer. |
o | (e) This Warrant Certificate is being transferred to a person whom the Holder reasonably believes is a qualified institutional buyer (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act) in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A and is in accordance with applicable US state securities laws. |
The Company may determine to extend or shorten the certification
periods set forth above, or to modify the form of the
certificates, or to require additional certifications and/or
related documentation evidence an exemption from registration, in
each case in accordance with applicable law.
The exercise of this Warrant Certificate must be in accordance with
the procedures implemented by the Company to ensure that the
warrants are not exercised in the U.S., and that the common shares
underlying the warrants are not delivered within the United States
upon exercise, other than in offerings in accordance with
Regulation S, or unless registered under the Securities Act, or
exempt from such registration. These procedures include delivery of
an exercise notice. If you do not have a form of exercise notice,
please contact the Transfer Agent.
The Transfer Agent shall not be obligated to register this Warrant
Certificate in the name of any person other than the Holder thereof
unless and until the conditions to any such transfer of
registration set forth herein and on the face hereof shall have
been satisfied.
Assignment and transfer of this Warrant Certificate shall not be
effected by an endorsement on this certificate, but by execution
delivery of a separate stock transfer form, which may be from the
Company’s Transfer Agent.
Unless otherwise specified, terms used in this Warrant Certificate
have the meanings set forth in Regulation S. Transferee and the
Company are entitled to rely upon this certificate and are
irrevocably authorized to produce this Certificate or a copy hereof
to any interested party in any administrative or legal proceeding
or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby.
EXHIBIT B
Notice of Exercise
To:
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The Directors | |
Titanium Asset Management Corp. | ||
ComCenter at Lakewood Ranch | ||
0000 Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx | ||
Xxxxx 000 | ||
Xxxxxxxxx | ||
Xxxxxxx 00000 |
I/We hereby exercise the rights to call for the issue to [me] [us] of [ ] Common Shares the subject
of the [ ] Warrant(s) represented by this Certificate and attach hereto a banker’s draft/cheque for
[ ]/attach my/our duly executed authority that you may deduct from the proceeds of any sale of the
Common Shares referred to above which you might effect on my/our behalf the sum of [ ] (delete as
appropriate), being the aggregate Subscription Price payable in respect thereof.
I/We hereby exercise the rights to call for the issue of [ ] Common Shares as set out above as a
direct consequence of the solicitation by Sunrise Securities Corp.*
* PLEASE TICK BOX IF APPLICABLE o OR DELETE IF NOT APPLICABLE
I/We agree that such Common Shares are accepted subject to the Bylaws and Certificate of
Incorporation.
Signed:
Full Name:
Address: