EXHIBIT 10.15
THIS WARRANT AND THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS
WARRANT HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED,
OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THIS WARRANT AND THE COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON
EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT MAY NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED OR
HYPOTHECATED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AS TO THIS
WARRANT UNDER SAID ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR AN OPINION OF
COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO NEW CENTURY ENERGY CORP. THAT SUCH
REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED.
Right to Purchase up to 900,000 Shares of Common Stock of
New Century Energy Corp.
(subject to adjustment as provided herein)
COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT
No. Issue Date: June 30, 2005
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NEW CENTURY ENERGY CORP., a corporation organized under the laws of the
State of Colorado (the "Company"), hereby certifies that, for value received,
ENERGY CAPITAL SOLUTIONS, LP or assigns (the "Holder"), is entitled, subject to
the terms set forth below, to purchase from the Company (as defined herein) from
and after the Issue Date of this Warrant and at any time or from time to time
before 5:00 p.m., Houston time, through the close of business June 30, 2008
(the "Expiration Date"), up to 900,000 fully paid and nonassessable shares of
Common Stock (as hereinafter defined), $0.001 par value per share, at the
applicable Exercise Price per share (as defined below). The number and character
of such shares of Common Stock and the applicable Exercise Price per share are
subject to adjustment as provided herein.
As used herein the following terms, unless the context otherwise requires,
have the following respective meanings:
(a) "Company" means New Century Energy Corp. and any person or
entity which shall succeed, or assume the obligations of, New Century
Energy Corp. hereunder.
(b) "Common Stock" means (i) the Company's Common Stock, par
value $0.001 per share; and (ii) any other securities into which or
for which any of the securities described in the preceding clause (i)
may be converted or exchanged pursuant to a plan of recapitalization,
reorganization, merger, sale of assets or otherwise.
(c) "Exercise Price" means a price of $0.80 per share of Common
Stock.
(d) "Other Securities" means any stock (other than Common Stock)
and other securities of the Company or any other person (corporate or
otherwise) which the holder of the Warrant at any time shall be
entitled to receive, or shall have received, on the exercise of the
Warrant, in lieu of or in addition to Common Stock, or which at any
time shall be issuable or shall have been issued in exchange for or in
replacement of Common Stock or Other Securities pursuant to Section 4
or otherwise.
1. Exercise of Warrant.
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1.1 Number of Shares Issuable upon Exercise. From and after the date
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hereof through and including the Expiration Date, the Holder shall be
entitled to receive, upon exercise of this Warrant in whole or in part, by
delivery of an original or fax copy of an exercise notice in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit A (the "Exercise Notice"), shares of Common
Stock of the Company, subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 4.
1.2 Fair Market Value. For purposes hereof, the "Fair Market Value" of
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a share of Common Stock as of a particular date (the "Determination Date")
shall mean:
(a) If the Company's Common Stock is traded on the American Stock
Exchange or another national exchange or is quoted on the National or
SmallCap Market of The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. ("Nasdaq"), then the
closing or last sale price, respectively, reported for the last
business day immediately preceding the Determination Date.
(b) If the Company's Common Stock is not traded on the American
Stock Exchange or another national exchange or on the Nasdaq but is
traded on the NASD Over the Counter Bulletin Board, then the mean of
the average of the closing bid and asked prices reported for the last
business day immediately preceding the Determination Date.
(c) Except as provided in clause (d) below, if the Company's
Common Stock is not publicly traded, then as the Holder and the
Company agree or in the absence of agreement by arbitration in
accordance with the rules then in effect of the American Arbitration
Association, before a single arbitrator to be chosen from a panel of
persons qualified by education and training to pass on the matter to
be decided.
(d) If the Determination Date is the date of a liquidation,
dissolution or winding up, or any event deemed to be a liquidation,
dissolution or winding up pursuant to the Company's charter, then all
amounts to be payable per share to holders of the Common Stock
pursuant to the charter in the event of such liquidation, dissolution
or winding up, plus all other amounts to be payable per share in
respect of the Common Stock in liquidation under the charter, assuming
for the purposes of this clause (d) that all of the shares of Common
Stock then issuable upon exercise of the Warrant are outstanding at
the Determination Date.
1.3 Company Acknowledgment. The Company will, at the time of the
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exercise of this Warrant, upon the request of the Holder hereof acknowledge
in writing its continuing obligation to afford to such Holder any rights to
which such Holder shall continue to be entitled after such exercise in
accordance with the provisions of this Warrant. If the Holder shall fail to
make any such request, such failure shall not affect the continuing
obligation of the Company to afford to such Holder any such rights.
1.4 Trustee for Warrant Holders. In the event that a bank or trust
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company shall have been appointed as trustee for the Holders of this
Warrant pursuant to Subsection 3.2, such bank or trust company shall have
all the powers and duties of a warrant agent (as hereinafter described) and
shall accept, in its own name for the account of the Company or such
successor person as may be entitled thereto, all amounts otherwise payable
to the Company or such successor, as the case may be, on exercise of this
Warrant pursuant to this Section 1.
2. Procedure for Exercise.
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2.1 Delivery of Stock Certificates, Etc., on Exercise. The Company
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agrees that the shares of Common Stock purchased upon exercise of this
Warrant shall be deemed to be issued to the Holder as the record owner of
such shares as of the close of business on the date on which this Warrant
shall have been surrendered and payment shall have been made for such
shares in accordance herewith. As soon as practicable after the exercise of
this Warrant in full or in part, and in any event within three (3) business
days thereafter, the Company at its expense (including the payment by it of
any applicable issue taxes) will cause to be issued in the name of and
delivered to the Holder, or as such Holder (upon payment by such Holder of
any applicable transfer taxes) may direct in compliance with applicable
securities laws, a certificate or certificates for the number of duly and
validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock (or
Other Securities) to which such Holder shall be entitled on such exercise,
plus, in lieu of any fractional share to which such Holder would otherwise
be entitled, cash equal to such fraction multiplied by the then Fair Market
Value of one full share, together with any other stock or other securities
and property (including cash, where applicable) to which such Holder is
entitled upon such exercise pursuant to Section 1 or otherwise.
2.2 Exercise. Payment shall be made either in cash or by certified or
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official bank check payable to the order of the Company equal to the
applicable aggregate Exercise Price for the number of Common Shares
specified in such Exercise Notice (as such exercise number shall be
adjusted to reflect any adjustment in the total number of shares of Common
Stock issuable to the Holder per the terms of this Warrant) and the Holder
shall thereupon be entitled to receive the number of duly authorized,
validly issued, fully-paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock (or
Other Securities) determined as provided herein.
3. Effect of Reorganization, Etc.; Adjustment of Exercise Price.
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3.1 Reorganization, Consolidation, Merger, Etc. In case at any time or
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from time to time the Company shall (a) effect a reorganization, (b)
consolidate with or merge into any other person, or (c) transfer all or
substantially all of its properties or assets to any other person under any
plan or arrangement contemplating the dissolution of the Company, then, in
each such case, as a condition to the consummation of such a transaction,
proper and adequate provision shall be made by the Company whereby the
Holder, on the exercise hereof as provided in Section 1 at any time after
the consummation of such reorganization, consolidation or merger or the
effective date of such dissolution, as the case may be, shall receive, in
lieu of the Common Stock (or Other Securities) issuable on such exercise
prior to such consummation or such effective date, the stock and other
securities and property (including cash) to which such Holder would have
been entitled upon such consummation or in connection with such
dissolution, as the case may be, if such Holder had so exercised this
Warrant, immediately prior thereto, all subject to further adjustment
thereafter as provided in Section 4
3.2 Dissolution. In the event of any dissolution of the Company
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following the transfer of all or substantially all of its properties or
assets, the Company, concurrently with any distributions made to holders of
its Common Stock, shall at its expense deliver or cause to be delivered to
the Holder the stock and other securities and property (including cash,
where applicable) receivable by the Holder pursuant to Section 3.1, or, if
the Holder shall so instruct the Company, to a bank or trust company
specified by the Holder (the "Trustee").
3.3 Continuation of Terms. Upon any reorganization, consolidation,
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merger or transfer (and any dissolution following any transfer) referred to
in this Section 3, this Warrant shall continue in full force and effect and
the terms hereof shall be applicable to the shares of stock and other
securities and property receivable on the exercise of this Warrant after
the consummation of such reorganization, consolidation or merger or the
effective date of dissolution following any such transfer, as the case may
be, and shall be binding upon the issuer of any such stock or other
securities, including, in the case of any such transfer, the person
acquiring all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the
Company, whether or not such person shall have expressly assumed the terms
of this Warrant as provided in Section 4. In the event this Warrant does
not continue in full force and effect after the consummation of the
transactions described in this Section 3, then the Company's securities and
property (including cash, where applicable) receivable by the Holder will
be delivered to the Holder or the Trustee as contemplated by Section 3.2.
4. Extraordinary Events Regarding Common Stock. In the event that the
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Company shall (a) issue additional shares of the Common Stock as a dividend or
other distribution on outstanding Common Stock or any preferred stock issued by
the Company, (b) subdivide its outstanding shares of Common Stock, or (c)
combine its outstanding shares of the Common Stock into a smaller number of
shares of the Common Stock, then, in each such event, the Exercise Price shall,
simultaneously with the happening of such event, be adjusted by multiplying the
then Exercise Price by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of
shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such event and the
denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding
immediately after such event, and the product so obtained shall thereafter be
the Exercise Price then in effect. The Exercise Price, as so adjusted, shall be
readjusted in the same manner upon the happening of any successive event or
events described herein in this Section 4. The number of shares of Common Stock
that the Holder shall thereafter, on the exercise hereof as provided in Section
1, be entitled to receive shall be adjusted to a number determined by
multiplying the number of shares of Common Stock that would otherwise (but for
the provisions of this Section 4) be issuable on such exercise by a fraction of
which (a) the numerator is the Exercise Price that would otherwise (but for the
provisions of this Section 4) be in effect, and (b) the denominator is the
Exercise Price in effect on the date of such exercise (taking into account the
provisions of this Section 4).
5. Certificate as to Adjustments. In each case of any adjustment or
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readjustment in the shares of Common Stock (or Other Securities) issuable on the
exercise of this Warrant, the Company at its expense will promptly cause its
Chief Financial Officer or other appropriate designee to compute such adjustment
or readjustment in accordance with the terms of this Warrant and prepare a
certificate setting forth such adjustment or readjustment and showing in detail
the facts upon which such adjustment or readjustment is based, including a
statement of (a) the consideration received or receivable by the Company for any
additional shares of Common Stock (or Other Securities) issued or sold or deemed
to have been issued or sold, (b) the number of shares of Common Stock (or Other
Securities) outstanding or deemed to be outstanding, and (c) the Exercise Price
and the number of shares of Common Stock to be received upon exercise of this
Warrant, in effect immediately prior to such adjustment or readjustment and as
adjusted or readjusted as provided in this Warrant. The Company will forthwith
mail a copy of each such certificate to the Holder and any Warrant agent of the
Company (appointed pursuant to Section 11 hereof).
6. Reservation of Stock, Etc., Issuable on Exercise of Warrant. The Company
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will at all times reserve and keep available, solely for issuance and delivery
on the exercise of this Warrant, shares of Common Stock (or Other Securities)
from time to time issuable on the exercise of this Warrant.
7. Assignment; Exchange of Warrant. Subject to compliance with applicable
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securities laws, this Warrant, and the rights evidenced hereby, may be
transferred by any registered holder hereof (a "Transferor") in whole or in
part. On the surrender for exchange of this Warrant, with the Transferor's
endorsement in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto (the "Transferor
Endorsement Form") and together with evidence reasonably satisfactory to the
Company demonstrating compliance with applicable securities laws, which shall
include, without limitation, the provision of a legal opinion from the
Transferor's counsel (at the Company's expense) that such transfer is exempt
from the registration requirements of applicable securities laws, the Company at
its expense (but with payment by the Transferor of any applicable transfer
taxes) will issue and deliver to or on the order of the Transferor thereof a new
Warrant of like tenor, in the name of the Transferor and/or the transferee(s)
specified in such Transferor Endorsement Form (each a "Transferee"), calling in
the aggregate on the face or faces thereof for the number of shares of Common
Stock called for on the face or faces of the Warrant so surrendered by the
Transferor.
8. Replacement of Warrant. On receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory
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to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant
and, in the case of any such loss, theft or destruction of this Warrant, on
delivery of an indemnity agreement or security reasonably satisfactory in form
and amount to the Company or, in the case of any such mutilation, on surrender
and cancellation of this Warrant, the Company at its expense will execute and
deliver, in lieu thereof, a new Warrant of like tenor.
9. Registration Rights. The Company agrees that if, at any time during the
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three year period, beginning on the date first written above, it proposes to
file a registration statement with respect to any class of equity or
equity-related security (other than in connection with an offering to the
Company's employees or in connection with an acquisition, merger or similar
transaction) under the Securities Act of 1933 in a primary registration on
behalf of the Company and/or in a secondary registration on behalf of holders of
such securities and the registration form to be used may be used for
registration of the shares, the Company will give prompt written notice to
Holder of its intention to file a registration statement and will offer to
include in such registration statement, such number of the shares with respect
to which the Company has received written requests for inclusion therein within
Twenty (20) days after the giving of notice by the Company. This Section is not
applicable to a registration statement filed by the Company on Forms S-4 or S-8
or any successor forms.
10. Warrant Agent. The Company may, by written notice to the Holder of the
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Warrant, appoint an agent for the purpose of issuing Common Stock (or Other
Securities) on the exercise of this Warrant pursuant to Section 1, exchanging
this Warrant pursuant to Section 7, and replacing this Warrant pursuant to
Section 8, or any of the foregoing, and thereafter any such issuance, exchange
or replacement, as the case may be, shall be made at such office by such agent.
11. Transfer on the Company's Books. Until this Warrant is transferred on
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the books of the Company, the Company may treat the registered Holder hereof as
the absolute owner hereof for all purposes, notwithstanding any notice to the
contrary.
12. Notices, Etc. All notices and other communications from the Company to
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the Holder shall be mailed by first class registered or certified mail, postage
prepaid, at such address as may have been furnished to the Company in writing by
such Holder or, until any such Holder furnishes to the Company an address, then
to, and at the address of, the last Holder who has so furnished an address to
the Company.
13. Miscellaneous. This Warrant and any term hereof may be changed, waived,
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discharged or terminated only by an instrument in writing signed by the party
against which enforcement of such change, waiver, discharge or termination is
sought. THIS WARRANT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
LAWS OF STATE OF TEXAS WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS. ANY
ACTION BROUGHT CONCERNING THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS WARRANT SHALL BE
BROUGHT ONLY IN THE STATE COURTS OF TEXAS OR IN THE FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN
THE STATE OF TEXAS; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE HOLDER MAY CHOOSE TO WAIVE THIS
PROVISION AND BRING AN ACTION OUTSIDE THE STATE OF TEXAS. The individuals
executing this Warrant on behalf of the Company agree to submit to the
jurisdiction of such courts and waive trial by jury. The prevailing party shall
be entitled to recover from the other party its reasonable attorneys' fees and
costs. In the event that any provision of this Warrant is invalid or
unenforceable under any applicable statute or rule of law, then such provision
shall be deemed inoperative to the extent that it may conflict therewith and
shall be deemed modified to conform with such statute or rule of law. Any such
provision which may prove invalid or unenforceable under any law shall not
affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Warrant.
The headings in this Warrant are for purposes of reference only, and shall not
limit or otherwise affect any of the terms hereof. The Company acknowledges that
legal counsel participated in the preparation of this Warrant and, therefore,
stipulates that the rule of construction that ambiguities are to be resolved
against the drafting party shall not be applied in the interpretation of this
Warrant to favor any party against the other party.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has executed this Warrant as of the date
first written above.
NEW CENTURY ENERGY CORP.
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/s/ Xxxxxx X. XxXxxxxxx
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Xxxxxx X. XxXxxxxxx
President
ENERGY CAPITAL SOLUTIONS, LP
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By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Its: Managing Director
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Printed Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
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EXHIBIT A
FORM OF SUBSCRIPTION
(To Be Signed Only On Exercise Of Warrant)
TO: New Century Energy Corp.
0000 Xxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
The undersigned, pursuant to the provisions set forth in the attached
Warrant (No. ), hereby irrevocably elects to purchase shares of the
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Common Stock covered by such Warrant.
The undersigned herewith makes payment of the full Exercise Price for such
shares at the price per share provided for in such Warrant, which is
$ . Such payment takes the form of $ in lawful money of the
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United States.
The undersigned requests that the certificates for such shares be issued in
the name of, and delivered to
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whose address is
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The undersigned represents and warrants that all offers and sales by the
undersigned of the securities issuable upon exercise of the within Warrant shall
be made pursuant to registration of the Common Stock under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") or pursuant to an exemption from
registration under the Securities Act.
Dated:
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(Signature must conform to name of
holder as specified on the face of the
Warrant)
Address:
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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF TRANSFEROR ENDORSEMENT
(To Be Signed Only On Transfer Of Warrant)
For value received, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns, and transfers
unto the person(s) named below under the heading "Transferees" the right
represented by the within Warrant to purchase the percentage and number of
shares of Common Stock of New Century Energy Corp. into which the within Warrant
relates specified under the headings "Percentage Transferred" and "Number
Transferred," respectively, opposite the name(s) of such person(s) and appoints
each such person attorney to transfer its respective right on the books of New
Century Energy Corp. with full power of substitution in the premises.
Transferees Address Percentage Number
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Dated:
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(Signature must conform to name of
holder as specified on the face of the
Warrant)
Address:
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SIGNED IN THE PRESENCE OF:
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(Name)
ACCEPTED AND AGREED:
[TRANSFEREE]
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(Name)
