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Exhibit 4.04
THIS WARRANT AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON THE EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT CAN
BE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED,
AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THIS WARRANT AND THE UNDERLYING SECURITIES
MAY NOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED, OR ASSIGNED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT, UNLESS SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT THEN REQUIRED.
XXXXXXX.XXX, INC.
COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT
Warrant No. __
THIS CERTIFIES THAT, for value received, Verde Capital Partners, LLC,
or its successors and permitted assigns (the "Holder"), is entitled to subscribe
for and purchase from XXXXXXX.XXX, INC., a Nevada corporation with an address at
One Arizona Center, 000 Xxxx Xxx Xxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000 (the
"Company"), at any time from and after Midnight (Phoenix, Arizona time) on the
Initial Exercise Date (as defined in Section 2) until 5:00 p.m. (Phoenix,
Arizona time) on the fifth year anniversary of the Initial Exercise Date (the
"Exercise Period"), 340,909 shares of the Company's common stock, $.001 par
value per share (the "Common Stock"). The purchase price for each share of
Common Stock hereunder shall be $11.00 (as adjusted in accordance with this
Warrant, the "Purchase Price"), subject, however, to the provisions and upon the
terms and conditions set forth in this Warrant.
This Warrant is one of the "Warrants" originally issued on January 26,
2000 (the "Issue Date") pursuant to the Merger Agreement dated January 17, 2000
(the "Merger Agreement") by and among the Company, Credito Acquisition Inc.
("Credito"), xxxxxxx.xxx, Inc. and Verde Capital Partners, LLC and Verde
Reinsurance Company, Ltd.
1. Exercise; Issuance of Certificates; Payment for Shares. The rights
represented by this Warrant may be exercised by the Holder, in whole or in part,
at any time or from time to time during the Exercise Period (subject to Section
2), upon presentation and surrender of this Warrant to the Company, at its
principal office as set forth on the first page of this Warrant, with a duly
executed subscription (in the form attached hereto) and accompanied by payment
of the Purchase Price for each share of Common Stock purchased. Such payment
shall be made, in cash or by certified, bank, or cashier's check, payable to the
order of the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions requiring payment
in cash or by check, the Holder may from time to time at the Holder's option pay
the Purchase Price or any portion thereof by surrendering to the Company, in
lieu of such payment, the right of the Holder to receive a number of shares of
Common Stock having an aggregate Market Value equal to such Purchase Price (or
portion thereof) on the date of exercise (a "Cashless Exercise"). For purposes
of the foregoing, the "Market Value" of a share of
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Common Stock as of a relevant date means the closing price on the trading day
preceding such date with respect to the Common Stock on a national securities
exchange or the Nasdaq National Market or Nasdaq SmallCap Market, as the case
may be. The closing price shall be: (i) the last sale price of shares of the
Common Stock on such trading day or, if no such sale takes place on such date,
the average of the closing bid and asked prices thereof on such date, in each
case as officially reported by the principal exchange on which the Common Stock
is then listed or admitted to trading or by the Nasdaq Stock Market; or (ii) if
no shares of Common Stock are then listed or admitted to trading on any national
securities exchange or the Nasdaq National Market or the Nasdaq SmallCap Market,
the average of the reported closing bid and asked prices thereof on such date in
the over-the-counter market as shown on the National Association of Securities
Dealers automated quotation system. The Cashless Exercise rights of the Holder
shall be of no force or effect unless the Common Stock is then listed, admitted
to trading, or reported.
The shares of Common Stock purchased hereunder shall be deemed to have
been issued to the Holder as of the close of business on the date on which this
Warrant shall have been surrendered to the Company, along with the subscription
and full payment, whether by cash, check or Cashless Exercise, for the shares
purchased. Certificates for the shares so purchased and, unless this Warrant
shall have expired, a new Warrant representing the number of shares of Common
Stock, if any, with respect to which this Warrant shall not then have been
exercised, shall be delivered to the Holder within a reasonable time, and in any
event within 30 days, after the Holder has complied with the provisions of this
Section 1.
2. Initial Exercise Date; Reduction of Number of Warrant Shares. This
Warrant may only be exercised if Credito's aggregate gross revenues exceed (i)
$1,000,000 as of December 31, 2000 and (ii) $9,900,000 at December 31, 2001. The
Company will notify the Holder promptly following achievement of each of these
gross revenue amounts. The later of (i) the first date upon which each of these
gross revenue amounts has been achieved and (ii) January 26, 2001 is the
"Initial Exercise Date." If either of these gross revenue amounts is not
achieved by the specified date, this Warrant shall not be exercisable and shall
automatically be deemed canceled without any further action on the part of the
Company. If Credito is merged with the Company or any other subsidiary of the
Company, the Company will use its best efforts to calculate gross revenues
attributable to Credito for purposes of determining whether the Initial Exercise
Date has occurred. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Initial Exercise Date
shall be deemed to have occurred immediately prior to the occurrence of a Change
of Control (as defined below), but only if such Change of Control occurs on or
prior to December 31, 2001. A "Change of Control" means a transaction
constituting (i) a sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company
or (ii) a merger, acquisition, consolidation or other transaction involving the
transfer or issuance of at least 50% of the outstanding voting stock of the
Company.
If the Holder fails to pay when due any portion of any amount (the
"Unpaid Amount") for which the Holder is liable to the Company or Credito
pursuant to Section 8.6 of the Merger Agreement, the Company may, but is not
obligated to, notify the Holder in writing (the "Reduction Notice") that it has
reduced the number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is
exercisable by the Indemnification Shares (as defined below). The
"Indemnification Shares" is that number of shares of Common Stock for which this
Warrant is exercisable equal to the Unpaid Amount divided by the difference
between the Fair Market Value and $11.00. "Fair
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Market Value" is the closing price for the Common Stock on the date that the
Unpaid Amount first becomes due to the Company or Credito, as reported on the
Nasdaq National Market or any other exchange or quotation system reporting
trades in the Common Stock. Upon the giving of the Reduction Notice, the number
of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is exercisable shall
automatically be deemed to have been so reduced without any further action on
the part of the Company.
3. Restrictions on Transfer of Warrant. For the one-year period after
the Issue Date the Holder may not sell, assign pledge, hypothecate or otherwise
transfer any rights under this Warrant to anyone other than any successor to the
business of Holder or any transferee who receives this Warrant by operation of
law as a result of the death or dissolution of any Holder.
4. Reservation of Shares. The Company covenants and agrees that all
securities that it may issue upon the exercise of the rights represented by this
Warrant will, upon issuance, be fully paid and nonassessable and free from all
taxes, liens and charges. The Company further agrees that at all such times
there shall be authorized and reserved for issuance upon exercise of this
Warrant such number of shares of Common Stock as shall be required for issuance
on full exercise of this Warrant.
5. Exchange, Assignment, or Loss of Warrant.
(a) This Warrant may not be sold, transferred, assigned, or
hypothecated except in accordance with Section 3 and except in compliance with
Federal and state securities laws. Any permitted transfer shall be made by
surrender of this Warrant to the Company, together with a duly executed
assignment (in the form of the assignment attached to this Warrant) and funds
sufficient to pay any transfer tax, whereupon the Company shall, without charge,
execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in the name(s) of the assignee(s)
named in such instrument of assignment, and this Warrant shall be canceled. Any
transferee of this Warrant, by its acceptance thereof, agrees to be bound by the
terms of this Warrant, with the same force and effect as if a signatory thereto.
(b) The Company will execute and deliver a new Warrant of like
tenor and date upon receipt by the Company of evidence satisfactory to it of the
loss, theft, destruction, or mutilation of this Warrant, and (i) in the case of
loss, theft, or destruction, upon receipt by the Company of indemnity
satisfactory to the Company, or (ii) in the case of mutilation, upon
presentation, surrender, and cancellation of this Warrant.
6. Rights of the Holder. The Holder shall not, by virtue hereof, be
entitled to any rights of a stockholder in the Company, either at law or equity.
The rights of the Holder are limited to those expressed in the Warrant and are
not enforceable against the Company except to the extent set forth herein.
7. Adjustment and Other Events.
(a) If the Company shall, after the Issue Date, declare any
dividend or other distribution upon its outstanding Common Stock payable in
Common Stock or shall subdivide its
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outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares, then the
number of shares of Common Stock that may thereafter be purchased upon the
exercise of the rights represented by this Warrant must be increased in
proportion to the increase through such dividend, distribution, or subdivision,
and the Purchase Price must be decreased in such proportion. If the Company
shall at any time combine the outstanding shares of its Common Stock into a
smaller number of shares, the number of shares of Common Stock that may
thereafter be purchased upon the exercise of the rights represented hereby will
be decreased in proportion to the decrease through such combination, and the
Purchase Price will be increased in such proportion.
(b) If, after the Issue Date, there shall occur (i) any
reclassification, capital reorganization, or other change of outstanding Common
Stock of the Company (other than a change described or referred to in Subsection
7(a)), or (ii) any consolidation or merger of the Company with or into another
corporation or other entity (other than a consolidation or merger in which the
Company is the continuing corporation and that does not result in any
reclassification, capital reorganization or other change of the shares of Common
Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant), or (iii) sale or conveyance to a
third party of all or substantially all of the Company's assets as an entirety,
then and in such event the terms of this Section 6 will be deemed to be
appropriately adjusted, and the Company will cause effective provision to be
made, so that the Holder shall have the right thereafter, by exercising this
Warrant, to purchase the kind and amount of shares of stock and other securities
and property, if any receivable upon such reclassification, capital
reorganization, or other change, consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance that
the Holder would have received had this Warrant been exercised in full
immediately prior to such event.
(c) If, after the Issue Date, the Company shall at any time or from
time to time (i) distribute (otherwise than as a dividend in cash or in Common
Stock or in securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock) to the
holders of Common Stock (or grant any rights to such holders to acquire) assets,
including stock or other securities of the Company (or the right to acquire the
same) or any subsidiary, without any consideration paid or to be paid by such
holders or for a consideration paid less than the fair market value of such
assets as reasonably and objectively determined by the Board of Directors of the
Company, or (ii) declare a distribution, right or dividend upon the Common Stock
in cash or assets other than shares of Common Stock, then the Company shall
reserve, and the Holder of this Warrant shall thereafter upon exercise of this
Warrant be entitled to receive, for each share of Common Stock purchasable
hereunder on the record date established by the Company for the determination of
holders of Common Stock entitled to receive such distribution, right or dividend
(or if no such record date shall have been established, on the date of such
distribution, grant of such right or payment of such dividend), (i) the amount
of such assets that would have been distributable to, or as to which such right
would have been granted to, the Holder hereof or (ii) the amount of such
dividend (to the extent above-stated) that the Holder would have received, had
the Holder been a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable
under this Warrant on such record (or other) date. Such entitlement by the
Holder shall be without increase in (except in respect for the consideration, if
any, paid for such assets by the holders of Common Stock) the then current
Purchase Price.
(d) If: (i) there shall be an event requiring an adjustment as
provided in subsections 7(a) or 7(b); (ii) the Company shall make a distribution
that may come within subsection 7(c); (iii) the Company shall offer for
subscription pro rata to the holders of its
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Common Stock any additional shares of stock of any class, or other rights; or
(iv) there shall be a voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or
winding up of the Company; then, in any one or more of such cases, the Company
shall give to the Holder (1) at least twenty days' prior written notice of the
date on which the books of the Company shall close or a record shall be taken
for such dividend, distribution or subscription rights, or for determining
rights to vote in respect of any merger, consolidation, reorganization or
reclassification, and (2) in the case of any such merger, consolidation,
reorganization or reclassification at least twenty days' prior written notice of
the date when the same shall take place. Such notice in accordance with the
foregoing clause and to the extent applicable shall specify (A) in the case of
any such dividend, distribution or subscription rights, the date on which the
holders of Common Stock shall be entitled thereto, and (B) when the holders of
Common Stock shall be entitled to exchange their Common Stock for securities or
other property deliverable upon such merger, consolidation, reorganization,
liquidation or winding up, as the case may be. Upon the happening of an event
requiring adjustment of the Purchase Price or the kind or amount of securities
or property purchasable hereunder, the Company shall forthwith give notice to
the Holder, which notice shall be accompanied by a certificate of the Company,
stating the adjusted Purchase Price and the adjusted number of shares of Common
Stock purchasable or the kind and amount of any such securities or property
purchasable upon exercise of this Warrant, as the case may be, and setting forth
in reasonable detail the method of calculation and the facts upon which the
calculation is based.
(e) No fractional shares of Common Stock or script representing
fractional shares of Common Stock shall be issued upon the exercise of this
Warrant, and the Company shall have no obligation for any cash payment with
respect thereto. If a fractional share shall result from adjustments in the
number of shares of Common Stock purchasable hereunder, the number of shares of
Common Stock purchasable hereunder shall, on an aggregate basis taking into
account all prior adjustments, be rounded up to the next whole number.
(f) Irrespective of any adjustment or change in the Purchase Price
or the number of shares of Common Stock or other securities actually purchasable
under this Warrant, this Warrant may continue to express the Purchase Price and
the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable hereunder as such price and
number of shares were expressed on this Warrant when initially issued.
8. Transfer to Comply with the Securities Act of 1933.
(a) This Warrant and the shares of Common Stock or any other
security issued or issuable upon exercise of this Warrant may not be offered or
sold except in compliance with the Act and then only against receipt of an
agreement of such person to whom such offer or sale is made to comply with the
provisions of this Section 8 with respect to any resale or other disposition of
such securities; except that no such agreement shall be required from any person
purchasing shares of Common Stock pursuant to a registration statement effective
under the Act or pursuant to a sale pursuant to Rule 144 under the act to a
person who is not an "affiliate" (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company.
(b) The Company may cause a legend in substantially the form set
forth on the first page of this Warrant to be placed on each Warrant and
certificate representing shares of
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Common Stock or any other security issued or issuable upon exercise of this
Warrant, unless counsel for the Company is of the opinion as to any such
certificate that such legend is unnecessary.
9. Applicable Law. This Warrant shall be governed by, and construed in
accordance with, the laws of the State of Nevada.
10. Notice. All notices and other communications provided for herein
shall be in writing and telecopied, mailed or to the intended recipient to the
following addresses: (i) if to the Holder, to Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx XX, Verde Capital
Partners, LLC, 0000 X. Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000 (Fax:
000-000-0000), and (ii) if to the Company, at its address appearing on the first
page of this Warrant. The Holder and the Company may change its address for
delivery of notice to such other address as may be designated therefor by
written notice to the other hereunder. All such communications shall be deemed
to have been duly given when transmitted by telecopier or personally delivered
or, in the case of a mailed notice or notice sent by overnight courier service,
upon receipt, in each case given or addressed as aforesaid.
11. Survival. The various rights and obligations of the Holder and of
the Company as set forth in Section 8 herein shall survive the exercise and
surrender of this Warrant.
12. Successors and Assigns. All the covenants and provisions of this
Warrant shall bind and inure to the benefit of the Holder and the Company and
their respective successors and assigns.
13. Descriptive Headings. The descriptive headings of the several
Sections of this Warrant are inserted for convenience only and do not constitute
a part of this Warrant.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly
executed by its officer duly authorized.
DATED: January 26, 2000.
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XXXXXXX.XXX, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx,
Chairman/Chief Executive Officer
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ASSIGNMENT
(to be executed only upon assignment of the Warrant)
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned assigns and transfers to the
Assignee named below all of the rights of the undersigned under the attached
Warrant, with respect to the number of shares of Common Stock of XXXXXXX.XXX,
INC., a Nevada corporation (the "Company"), set forth below:
Name Number
of Assignee Address of Shares
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The undersigned does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint
__________________________________ as Attorney-in-fact to transfer such right on
the books of the Company, with full power of substitution.
Dated: ___________________________
___________________________________
By:________________________________
Its:_______________________________
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SUBSCRIPTION
(To be executed only upon exercise of Warrant)
xxxxxxx.xxx, inc.
One Arizona Center
000 Xxxx Xxx Xxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
The undersigned hereby elects to purchase, pursuant to the provisions
of the within Warrant held by the undersigned, _________ shares of Common Stock.
(Check Appropriate Box)
/ / Payment of the Purchase Price per share accompanies this Subscription.
/ / Pursuant to Section 1 of the within Warrant, the undersigned hereby
surrenders the right to receive ____ shares of Common Stock to which
this exercise relates, in payment of the Purchase Price for all shares
of Common Stock to which this exercise relates.
Dated: ___________________________
___________________________________
By:________________________________
Its:_______________________________
