These Warrants have not been registered under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Act"), and may not be sold, transferred,
assigned or otherwise disposed of unless the person requesting the
transfer of the Warrants shall provide an opinion of counsel to
Preferred Voice, Inc. (the "Company") (both counsel and opinion to be
satisfactory to the Company) to the effect that such sale, transfer,
assignment or disposition will not involve any violation of the
registration provisions of the Act or any similar or superseding
statute.
No. 98 5,000 Warrants
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PREFERRED VOICE, INC.
WARRANT CERTIFICATE
This warrant certificate ("Warrant Certificate") certifies that for
value received Southwest Texas Telephone (the "Initial Warrant Holder") or
registered assigns is the owner of the number of warrants specified above, each
of which entitles the holder thereof to purchase, at any time on or before the
Expiration Date hereinafter provided, one fully paid and non-assessable share of
common Stock, $0.001 par value per share, of Preferred Voice, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), at a purchase price of $1.66 per share of Common
Stock payable in lawful money of the United States of America, in cash, by
official bank or certified check, or by wire transfer ("Warrants").
1. Warrant; Purchase Price
Each Warrant shall entitle the holder thereof to purchase one share of
Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share, of the Company ("Common Stock") during
the period commencing on the date hereof and ending on the Expiration Date. The
purchase price payable upon exercise of a Warrant shall be $1.66 (the "Purchase
Price"). The Purchase Price and number of Warrants evidenced by this Warrant
Certificate are subject to adjustment as provided in Article 7. Common Stock
purchased or subject to purchase pursuant to the Warrants shall be called
"Warrant Shares" herein.
2. Exercise; Expiration Date
2.1 Each Warrant is exercisable, at the option of the holder, at any
time after issuance and on or before the Expiration Date. In the case of
exercise of less than all the Warrants represented by a Warrant Certificate, the
Company shall cancel the Warrant Certificate upon the surrender thereof and
shall execute and deliver a new Warrant Certificate for the balance of such
Warrants.
2.2 The term "Expiration Date" shall mean 5:00 p.m. Dallas time on
September 20, 2000, or if such date shall in the State of Texas be a holiday or
a day on which banks are authorized to close, then 5:00 p.m. Dallas time the
next following day which in the State of Texas is not a holiday or a day on
which banks are authorized to close.
3. Registration and Transfer on Company Books
3.1 The Company shall maintain books for the registration and
transfer of Warrant Certificates.
3.2 Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer of this
Warrant Certificate, the Company may deem and treat the registered holder as the
absolute owner thereof.
3.3 The Company shall register upon its books any transfer of a Warrant
Certificate upon surrender of same to the Company accompanied (if so required by
the Company) by a written instrument of transfer duly executed by the registered
holder or by a duly authorized attorney. Upon any such registration of transfer,
new Warrant Certificate(s) shall be issued to the transferee(s) and the
surrendered Warrant Certificate shall be cancelled by the Company. A Warrant
Certificate may also be exchanged, at the option of the holder, for new Warrant
Certificates representing in the aggregate the number of Warrants evidenced by
the Warrant Certificate surrendered.
4. Securities Law Registration
4.1 The Warrant Shares will not be registered under the Securities Act
or any state securities law and shall not be transferrable unless registered or
an exemption from registration is available. A legend to the foregoing effect
will be placed on any certificate representing such shares.
4.2 If, at any time within five (5) years of the date of this Warrant
Certificate, the Company proposes for any reason to register any of its
securities under the Securities Act other than a registration on Form S-8
relating solely to employee stock option or purchase plans, on Form S-4 relating
solely to an SEC Rule 145 transaction or on any other form which does not
include substantially the same information as would be required to be included
in a registration statement covering the sale of the Warrant Shares, it shall
each such time give written notice to the holder of these Warrants or the
Warrant Shares ("Holder" for purposes of this Section 4) of the Company's
intention to register such securities, and, upon the written request, given
within thirty (30) days after receipt of any such notice, of the Holders of the
Warrants and Warrant Shares outstanding, to register any of the Warrant Shares,
the Company shall cause the Warrant Shares so requested by the Holder to be
registered, whether such Warrant Shares are outstanding or subject to purchase
hereby, to be registered under the Securities Act, all to the extent requisite
to permit the sale or other disposition by the Holder of the Warrant Shares so
registered; provided, however, that the Warrant Shares as to which registration
had been requested need not be included in such registration if in the opinion
of counsel for the Company and counsel for the Holder the proposed transfer by
the Holder may be effected without registration under the Securities Act and any
certificate evidencing the Warrant Shares need not bear any restrictive legend.
In the event that any registration pursuant to this Section 4.2 shall be, in
whole or in part, an underwritten offering of securities of the Company, then
(i) any request pursuant to this Section 4.2 to register Warrant Shares may
specify that such shares are to be included in the underwriting on the same
terms and conditions as the shares of the Company's capital stock otherwise
being sold through underwriters under such registration, (ii) if the managing
underwriter of such offering determines that the number of shares to be offered
by all selling shareholders must be reduced, then the Company shall have the
right to reduce the number of shares
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registered on behalf of the Holder, provided that the number of shares to be
registered on behalf of the Holder shall not be reduced to such an extent that
the ratio of the shares which the Holder is permitted to register to the total
number of shares the Holder owns is less than that ratio for any other selling
shareholder, and (iii) the Holder will be bound by the terms of the underwriting
agreement and the conditions imposed by the underwriter on selling shareholders.
4.3 If and whenever the Company is under an obligation pursuant to the
provisions of this Warrant Certificate to register any Warrant Shares, the
Company shall, as expeditiously as practicable:
(a) prepare and file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") a registration statement with respect to
such shares and use its best efforts to cause such registration
statement to become and remain effective for at least nine (9) months;
(b) prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and
supplements to such registration statement and the prospectus used in
connection therewith as may be necessary to keep such registration
statement effective for at least nine months and to comply with the
provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the sale or other
disposition of all Warrant Shares covered by such registration
statement;
(c) furnish to the Holder a suitable number of copies of all
preliminary and final prospectuses to enable the Holder to comply with
the requirements of the Securities Act, and such other documents as the
Holder may reasonably request in order to facilitate the public sale or
other disposition of the Warrant Shares;
(d) use its best efforts to register or qualify the Warrant
Shares covered by such registration statement under such securities or
blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Holder shall reasonably
request and where registration or qualification will not involve
unreasonable expense or delay and provided, however, that the Company
will not have to register or qualify in any state in which solely
because of such registration or qualification it would have to qualify
to do business; and the Company shall do any and all other reasonable
acts and things which may be necessary or advisable to enable the
Holder to consummate the public sale or other disposition of the
Warrant Shares in such jurisdiction;
(e) notify the Holder, at any time when a prospectus relating
to the Warrant Shares is required to be delivered under the Securities
Act within the appropriate period mentioned in clause (b) of this
Section 4.3, of the happening of any event as a result of which the
prospectus included in such registration statement, as then in effect,
includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances
then existing, and at the request of the Holder prepare and furnish to
the Holder a reasonable number of copies of a supplement to or an
amendment of such prospectus as may be necessary so that, as thereafter
delivered to the purchasers of the Warrant Shares, such prospectus
shall not include an untrue statement of a
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material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in
the light of the circumstances then existing; and
(f) exercise its best efforts to furnish, at the request of
the Holder on the date that the Warrant Shares are delivered to the
underwriters for sale pursuant to such registration or, if the Warrant
Shares are not being sold through underwriters, on the date that the
registration statements with respect to such Warrant Shares are
declared effective, (1) an opinion, dated such date, of the counsel
representing the Company for the purposes of such registration,
addressed to the Holder, stating that such registration statement has
become effective under the Securities Act and that (i) to the best of
the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the
effectiveness thereof has been issued and no proceedings for that
purpose have been instituted or are pending or contemplated under the
Securities Act; (ii) the registration statement, the related
prospectus, and each amendment or supplement thereto, comply as to form
in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act
and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder
(except that such counsel need express no opinion as to financial
statements and other financial data contained therein); and (iii) such
counsel has no reason to believe that either the registration statement
or the prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, contains any
untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading; and (2) a letter dated such date, from the
independent certified public accountants of the Company, stating that
they are independent certified public accountants within the meaning of
the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder and that in the opinion of such accountants, the financial
statements and other financial data of the Company included in the
registration statement or the prospectus, or any amendment or
supplement thereof, comply as to form in all material respects with the
applicable accounting requirements of the Securities Act and the rules
and regulations of the Commission thereunder. Such letter from the
independent certified public accountants shall additionally cover such
other financial matters (including information as to periods ending not
more than five business days prior to the date of such letter) as the
Holder may reasonably request.
If the Holder exercises its rights to have the Warrant Shares
registered, it is understood that the Holder shall furnish to the Company such
information regarding the securities held by it and the intended method of
disposition thereof as the Company shall reasonably request and as shall be
required in connection with the action to be taken by the Company.
4.4 All Registration Expenses incurred in connection with any
registration pursuant to this Warrant Certificate shall be borne by the Company.
All Selling Expenses in connection with any registration pursuant to this
Warrant Certificate shall be borne by the Holder.
For purposes of Section 4.4, all expenses incurred by the company in
complying with Section 4.3, including, without limitation, all registration and
filing fees, fees and expenses of complying with securities and blue sky laws,
printing expenses, and fees and disbursements of counsel and of independent
public accountants for the Company (including the expense of any special audits
in connection with any such registration), are herein called "Registration
Expenses", and all underwriting discounts and selling
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commissions applicable to the Warrant Shares covered by any such registration
and all fees and disbursements of counsel for the Holder are herein called
"Selling Expenses".
4.5 In the event of any registration of any Warrant Shares under the
Securities Act pursuant to this Warrant Certificate, the Company shall indemnify
and hold harmless the Holder, each underwriter of such shares, if any, each
broker, and any other person, if any, who controls any of the foregoing persons
within the meaning of the Securities Act, against any losses, claims, damages or
liabilities, joint or several, to which any of the foregoing persons may become
subject under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims,
damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based
upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
contained in any registration statement under which the Warrant Shares were
registered under the Securities Act, any preliminary prospectus or final
prospectus contained therein, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any
document incident to registration or qualification of any Warrant Shares
pursuant to paragraph 4.3(d) above, or arise out of or are based upon the
omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or,
with respect to any prospectus, necessary to make the statements therein, in the
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or any
violation by the Company of the Securities Act or state securities or blue sky
laws applicable to the Company and relating to action or inaction required of
the company in connection with such registration or registration or
qualification under such state securities or blue sky laws; and shall reimburse
the Holder and such underwriter, broker or other person acting on behalf of the
Holder and each such controlling person for any legal or any other expenses
reasonably incurred by any of them in connection with investigating or defending
any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided, however, that the
Company shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss,
claim, damage, or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement
or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in reliance
upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company in an
instrument duly executed by the Holder or such underwriter specifically for use
in the preparation thereof. The indemnity agreement set forth in this Section
4.5, insofar as it relates to any such omission, alleged omission, untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement made in a preliminary prospectus but
eliminated or remedied in the final prospectus, shall not inure to the benefit
of any of the beneficiaries named in this Section 4.5 whose responsibility it
was to send, furnish or give a copy of the final prospectus to a person
asserting a claim for which indemnification is sought (the "Claimant") unless a
copy of the final prospectus was so sent, furnished or given to the Claimant at
or prior to the time such action is required by the Act.
Before Warrant Shares held or purchasable by the Holder shall be
included in any registration pursuant to this Warrant Certificate, the Holder
and any underwriter acting on its behalf shall have agreed to indemnify and hold
harmless (in the same manner and to the same extent as set forth in the
preceding paragraph) the Company, each director of the Company, each officer of
the Company who shall sign such registration statement and any person who
controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act, with respect to
any failure of the Holder or such underwriter to comply with all laws, rules and
regulations in connection with the offer and sale of Warrant Shares, or any
statement or omission from such registration statement, any preliminary
prospectus or final prospectus contained therein, or any amendment or supplement
thereto, if such statement or omission was made in reliance upon and in
conformity with written
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information furnished to the Company in an instrument duly executed by the
Holder or such underwriter specifically for use in the preparation of such
registration statement, preliminary prospectus, final prospectus or amendment or
supplement.
Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party of notice of the
commencement of any action involving a claim referred to in the preceding
paragraphs of this Section 4.5, such indemnified party will, if a claim in
respect thereof is to be made against an indemnifying party, give written notice
to the indemnifying party of the commencement of such action. In case any such
action is brought against an indemnified party, the indemnifying party will be
entitled to participate in and to assume the defense thereof, jointly with any
other indemnifying party similarly notified to the extent that it may wish, with
counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party, and after notice from
the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume
the defense thereof, the indemnifying party will not be liable to such
indemnified party for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by the
latter in connection with the defense thereof.
5. Reservation of Warrant Shares
The Company covenants that it will at all times reserve and keep
available out of its authorized Common Stock, solely for the purpose of issue
upon exercise of the Warrants, such number of shares of Common Stock as shall
then be issuable upon the exercise of all outstanding Warrants. The Company
covenants that all shares of Common Stock which shall be issuable upon exercise
of the Warrants shall be duly and validly issued and fully paid and
non-assessable and free from all taxes, liens and charges with respect to the
issue thereof.
6. Loss or Mutilation
Upon receipt by the Company of reasonable evidence of the ownership of
and the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of any Warrant Certificate and,
in the case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity reasonably satisfactory
to the Company, or, in the case of mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation
of the mutilated Warrant Certificate, the Company shall execute and deliver in
lieu thereof a new Warrant Certificate representing an equal number of Warrants.
7. Adjustment of Purchase Price and Number of Warrant Shares Deliverable
7.1 The Purchase Price and the number of shares of Common Stock
purchasable pursuant to this Warrant shall be subject to adjustment from time to
time as hereinafter set forth in this Article 7. Whenever reference is made in
this Article 7 to the issue or sale of shares of Common Stock, or simply shares,
such term shall mean any stock of any class of the Company other than preferred
stock with a fixed limit on dividends and a fixed amount payable in the event of
any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the
Company. The shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants shall however be
shares of Common Stock of the Company, par value $0.001 per share, as
constituted at the date hereof, except as otherwise provided in Sections 7.3 and
7.4.
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7.2 In case the Company shall at any time change as a whole, by
subdivision or combination in any manner or by the making of a stock dividend,
the number of outstanding shares into a different number of shares, with or
without par value, (i) the number of shares which immediately prior to such
change the holder of each Warrant shall have been entitled to purchase pursuant
to this Warrant shall be increased or decreased in direct proportion to the
increase or decrease, respectively, in the number of shares outstanding
immediately prior to such change, and (ii) the Purchase Price in effect
immediately prior to such change shall be increased or decreased in inverse
proportion to such increase or decrease in the number of such shares outstanding
immediately prior to such change. For the purpose of this Section 7.2, the
number of shares outstanding at any given time shall not include shares in the
treasury of the Company.
7.3 In case of any capital reorganization or any reclassification of
the capital stock of the Company or in case of the consolidation or merger of
the Company with another corporation, or in case of any sale, transfer or other
disposition to another corporation of all or substantially all the property,
assets, business and good will of the Company, the holder of each Warrant shall
thereafter be entitled to purchase (and it shall be a condition to the
consummation of any such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation,
merger, sale, transfer or other disposition that appropriate provision shall be
made so that such holder shall thereafter be entitled to purchase) the kind and
amount of shares of stock and other securities and property receivable in such
transaction which a shareholder receives who holds the number of shares which
the Warrant entitled the holder to purchase immediately prior to such capital
reorganization, reclassification of capital stock, consolidation, merger, sale,
transfer or other disposition; and in any such case appropriate adjustments
shall be made in the application of the provisions of this Article 7 with
respect to rights and interests thereafter of the holder of the Warrants to the
end that the provisions of this Article 7 shall thereafter be applicable, as
nearly as reasonably may be, in relation to any shares or other property
thereafter purchasable upon the exercise of the Warrants.
7.4 In the event the Company shall declare a dividend upon the Common
Stock payable otherwise than out of earnings or earned surplus or otherwise than
in shares of Common Stock or in stock or obligations directly or indirectly
convertible into or exchangeable for such shares, the holder of each Warrant
shall, upon exercise of the Warrant, be entitled to purchase, in addition to the
number of shares deliverable upon such exercise, against payment of the Warrant
Price therefor but without further consideration, the cash, stock or other
securities or property which the holder of the Warrant would have received as
dividends (otherwise than out of such earnings or earned surplus and otherwise
than in shares or in obligations convertible into or exchangeable for Common
Stock) if continuously since the date hereof such holder (i) had been the holder
of record of the number of shares deliverable upon such exercise and (ii) had
retained all dividends in stock or other securities (other than shares or such
convertible or exchangeable stock or obligations) paid or payable in respect of
said number of shares or in respect of any such stock or other securities so
paid or payable as such dividends.
7.5 No certificate for fractional shares shall be issued upon the
exercise of the Warrants, but in lieu thereof the Company shall purchase any
such fractional interest calculated to the nearest cent.
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7.6 Whenever the Purchase Price is adjusted as herein provided, the
Company shall forthwith deliver to each Warrant holder a statement signed by the
President of the Company and by its Treasurer or Secretary stating the adjusted
Purchase Price and number of shares determined as herein specified. Such
statement shall show in detail the facts requiring such adjustment, including a
statement of the consideration received by the Company for any additional stock
issued.
7.7 In the event at any time:
(i) The Company shall pay any dividend payable in stock upon
its Common Stock or make any distribution (other than cash
dividends) to the holders of its Common Stock; or
(ii) The Company shall offer for subscription pro rata to
the holders of its Common Stock any additional shares of stock
of any class or any other rights; or
(iii) The Company shall effect any capital reorganization or
any reclassification of or change in the outstanding capital
stock of the Company (other than a chance in par value, or a
change from par value to no par value, or a change from no par
value to par value, or a change resulting solely from a
subdivision or combination of outstanding shares), or any
consolidation or merger, or any sale, transfer or other
disposition of all or substantially all its property, assets,
business and good will as an entirety, or the liquidation,
dissolution or winding up of the Company; or
(iv) The Company shall declare a dividend upon its Common
Stock payable otherwise than out of earnings or earned surplus
or otherwise than in Common Stock or any stock or obligations
directly or indirectly convertible into or exchangeable for
Common Stock;
then, in any such case, the Company shall cause at least thirty days' prior
notice to be mailed to the registered holder of each Warrant at the address of
such holder shown on the books of the Company. Such notice shall also specify
the date on which the books of the Company shall close, or a record be taken,
for such stock dividend, distribution or subscription rights, or the date on
which such reclassification, reorganization, consolidation, merger, sale,
transfer, disposition, liquidation, dissolution, winding up or dividend, as the
case may be, shall take place, and the date of participation therein by the
holders of shares if any such date is to be fixed, and shall also set forth such
facts with respect thereto as shall be reasonably necessary to indicate the
effect of such action on the rights of the holders of the Warrants.
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8. Governing Law
8.1 This Warrant Certificate shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant Certificate to
be duly executed by its officers thereunto duly authorized and its corporate
seal to be affixed hereon as of the 21st day of September, 1999.
PREFERRED VOICE, INC.
BY:
Chairman of the Board
Attest:
Secretary
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