EXHIBIT 4.2
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TECHNOLOGY SERVICE GROUP, INC.
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LIBERTY BANK AND TRUST COMPANY OF OKLAHOMA CITY, N.A.
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WARRANT AGREEMENT
Dated as of May 10, 1996
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WARRANT AGREEMENT, dated this 10th day of May, 1996, by and between
TECHNOLOGY SERVICE GROUP, INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and
LIBERTY BANK AND TRUST COMPANY OF OKLAHOMA CITY, N.A.
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, in connection with (i) the offering to the public of up to
1,000,000 units (the "Units") each Unit consisting of one share of the Company's
common stock, $.01 par value per share (the "Common Stock"), and one redeemable
warrant (the "Warrants"), two Redeemable Warrants entitling the holder thereof
to purchase one share of Common Stock and (ii) the overallotment option granted
to Brookehill Equities, Inc., the representative of the several underwriters
(the "Representative") in the public offering referred to above, to purchase up
to an additional 150,000 Units (the "Over-Allotment Option"), the Company will
issue up to 1,150,000 Warrants (subject to increase as provided herein);
WHEREAS, the Company desires to provide for the issuance of
certificates representing the Warrants; and
WHEREAS, the Company desires the Warrant Agent (as defined in Section
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1(x) hereof) to act on behalf of the Company, and the Warrant Agent is willing
to so act, in connection with the issuance, registration, transfer and exchange
of certificates representing the Warrants and the exercise of the Warrants.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual
agreements hereinafter set forth and for the purpose of defining the terms and
provisions of
the Warrants and the certificates representing the Warrants and the respective
rights and obligations thereunder of the Company, the Representative, the
holders of certificates representing the Warrants and the Warrant Agent, the
parties hereto agree as follows:
SECTION 1. Definitions. As used herein, the following terms shall
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have the following meanings, unless the context shall otherwise require:
(a) "Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
(b) "Change of Shares" shall have the meaning assigned to such
term in Section 8(a)(i) of this Agreement.
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(c) "Commission" shall mean the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
(d) "Common Stock" shall mean stock of the Company of any class,
whether now or hereafter authorized, which has the right to participate in the
voting and in the distribution of earnings and assets of the Company without
limit as to amount or percentage.
(e) "Company" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the
first (1st) paragraph of this Agreement.
(f) "Corporate Office" shall mean the office of the Warrant Agent
at which at any particular time its principal business in New York, New York,
shall be administered, which office is located on the date hereof at 0 Xxxxxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000.
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(g) "Exchange Act" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended.
(h) "Exercise Date" shall mean, subject to the provisions of
Section 5(b) hereof, as to any Warrant, the date on which the Warrant Agent
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shall have received both (i) the Warrant Certificate representing such Warrant,
with the exercise form thereon duly executed by the Registered Holder (as
defined in Section l(o) hereof) thereof or his attorney duly authorized in
writing, and (ii) payment in cash or by check made payable to the Warrant Agent
for the account of the Company of an amount in lawful money of the United States
of America equal to the applicable Purchase Price (as defined in Section 1(1)
hereof).
(i) "Initial Warrant Exercise Date" shall mean May 10, 1996.
(j) "Initial Warrant Redemption Date" shall mean February 10,
1997.
(k) "NASD" shall mean the National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc.
(l) "Purchase Price" shall mean, subject to modification and
adjustment as provided in Section 8 hereof, eleven dollars ($11.00) per Share.
(m) "Over-Allotment Option" shall have the meaning assigned to
such term in the first (1st) WHEREAS clause of this Agreement.
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(n) "Redemption Date" shall mean the date (which may not occur
before the Initial Warrant Redemption Date) fixed for the redemption of the
Warrants in accordance with the terms hereof.
(o) "Registered Holder" shall mean the person in whose name any
certificate representing the Warrants shall be registered on the books
maintained by the Warrant Agent pursuant to Section 6(b) hereof.
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(p) "Shares" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the
first (1st) WHEREAS clause of this Agreement.
(q) "Subsidiary" or "Subsidiaries" shall mean any corporation or
corporations, as the case may be, of which stock having ordinary power to elect
a majority of the board of directors of such corporation or corporations
(regardless of whether or not at the time the stock of any other class or
classes of such corporation shall have or may have voting power by reason of the
happening of any contingency) is at the time directly or indirectly owned by the
Company or by one or more Subsidiaries, or by the Company and one or more
Subsidiaries.
(r) "Transfer Agent" shall mean Liberty Bank and Trust Company of
Oklahoma City, N.A., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, or its authorized successor.
(s) "Representative" shall have the meaning assigned to such term
in the first (1st) WHEREAS clause of this Agreement.
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(t) "Underwriting Agreement" shall mean the underwriting
agreement dated May 10, 1996 between the Company and the Representative relating
to the purchase for resale to the public of 1,000,000 Units (without giving
effect to the Over-Allotment Option).
(u) "Warrant Agent" shall mean Liberty Bank and Trust Company of
Oklahoma City, N.A., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma or its authorized successor.
(v) "Warrant Certificate" shall mean a certificate representing
each of the Warrants substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A.
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(w) "Warrant Expiration Date" shall mean, unless the Warrants are
redeemed as provided in Section 9 hereof prior to such date, 5:00 p.m. (New York
time) on May 9, 1999, or, if such date shall in the State of New York be a
holiday or a day on which banks are authorized to close, then 5:00 p.m. (New
York time) on the next following day which in the State of New York is not a
holiday or a day on which banks are authorized to close, subject to the
Company's right, prior to the Warrant Expiration Date, with the consent of the
Representative, to extend such Warrant Expiration Date on five (5) business days
prior written notice to the Registered Holders.
(x) "Warrants" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
the first (1st) WHEREAS clause of this Agreement.
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SECTION 2. Warrants and Issuance of Warrant Certificates.
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(a) Two Warrants shall initially entitle the Registered Holder of
the Warrant Certificate representing such Warrants to purchase at the Purchase
Price therefor from the Initial Warrant Exercise Date until the Warrant
Expiration Date one (1) share of Common Stock upon the exercise thereof, subject
to modification and adjustment as provided in Section 8 hereof.
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(b) Upon execution of this Agreement, Warrant Certificates
representing 1,000,000 Warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 500,000 shares
of Common Stock (subject to modification and adjustment as provided in Section 8
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hereof), shall be executed by the Company and delivered to the Warrant Agent.
(c) Upon exercise of the Over-Allotment Option, in whole or in
part, Warrant Certificates representing up to 150,000 Warrants to purchase up to
an aggregate of 75,000 shares of Common Stock (subject to modification and
adjustment as provided in Section 8 hereof) shall be executed by the Company and
delivered to the Warrant Agent.
(d) From time to time, up to the Warrant Expiration Date, the
Warrant Agent shall countersign and deliver Warrant Certificates in required
denominations of one or whole number multiples thereof to the person entitled
thereto in connection with any transfer or exchange permitted under this
Agreement. No Warrant Certificates shall be issued except (i) Warrant
Certificates initially issued hereunder, (ii) Warrant Certificates issued upon
any transfer or exchange of Warrants, (iii) Warrant Certificates issued in
replacement of lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Warrant Certificates
pursuant to Section 7 hereof, and (iv) at
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the option of the Company, Warrant Certificates in such form as may be approved
by its Board of Directors, to reflect any adjustment or change in the Purchase
Price, the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable upon the exercise of a
Warrant or the redemption price therefor.
SECTION 3. Form and Execution of Warrant Certificates.
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(a) The Warrant Certificates shall be substantially in the form
annexed hereto as Exhibit A (the provisions of which are hereby incorporated
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herein) and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification or
designation and such legends, summaries or endorsements printed, lithographed or
engraved thereon as the Company may deem appropriate and as are not inconsistent
with the provisions of this Agreement, or as may be required to comply with any
law or with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or
regulation of any stock exchange on which the Warrants may be listed, or to
conform to usage. The Warrant Certificates shall be dated the date of issuance
thereof (whether upon initial issuance, transfer, exchange or in lieu of
mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed Warrant Certificates).
(b) Warrant Certificates shall be executed on behalf of the
Company by its Chairman of the Board, President or any Vice President and by its
Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer or its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary,
by manual signatures or by facsimile signatures printed thereon, and shall have
imprinted thereon a facsimile of the Company's seal. Warrant Certificates shall
be manually countersigned by the Warrant Agent and shall not be valid for any
purpose unless so countersigned. In case any officer of the
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Company who shall have signed any of the Warrant Certificates shall cease to be
such officer of the Company before the date of issuance of the Warrant
Certificates or before countersignature by the Warrant Agent and issue and
delivery thereof, such Warrant Certificates, nevertheless, may be countersigned
by the Warrant Agent and issued and delivered with the same force and effect as
though the officer of the Company who signed such Warrant Certificates had not
ceased to hold such office.
SECTION 4. Exercise.
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(a) Warrants in denominations of one or whole number multiples
thereof may be exercised commencing at any time on or after the Initial Warrant
Exercise Date, but not after the Warrant Expiration Date, upon the terms and
subject to the conditions set forth herein (including the provisions set forth
in Sections 5 and 9 hereof) and in the applicable Warrant Certificate. A Warrant
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shall be deemed to have been exercised immediately prior to the close of
business on the Exercise Date, provided that the Warrant Certificate
representing such Warrant, with the exercise form thereon duly executed by the
Registered Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, together
with payment in cash or by check made payable to the Warrant Agent for the
account of the Company of an amount in lawful money of the United States of
America equal to the applicable Purchase Price, have been received by the
Warrant Agent. The person entitled to receive the securities deliverable upon
such exercise shall be treated for all purposes as the holder of such securities
as of the close of business on the Exercise Date. As soon as practicable on or
after the Exercise Date and in any event within five (5) business days after
such date, the Warrant Agent, on behalf of the Company, shall cause to be issued
to the person or persons entitled to
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receive the same a Common Stock certificate or certificates for the shares of
Common Stock deliverable upon such exercise, and the Warrant Agent shall deliver
the same to the person or persons entitled thereto. Upon the exercise of any
Warrants, the Warrant Agent shall promptly notify the Company in writing of such
fact and of the number of securities delivered upon such exercise and, subject
to Section 4(b) hereof, shall cause all payments in cash or by check made
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payable to the order of the Company in respect of the Purchase Price to be
deposited promptly in the Company's bank account or delivered to the Company.
(b) The Company shall not be obligated to issue any fractional
share interests or fractional warrant interests upon the exercise of any Warrant
or Warrants, nor shall it be obligated to issue scrip or pay cash in lieu of
fractional interests. Any fraction equal to or greater than one-half ( 1/2)
shall be rounded up to the next full share or Warrant, as the case may be. Any
fraction less than one-half shall be eliminated.
SECTION 5. Reservation of Shares, Listing, Payment of Taxes etc.
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(a) The Company covenants that it will at all times reserve and
keep available out of its authorized Common Stock, solely for the purpose of
issuance upon the exercise of Warrants, such number of shares of Common Stock as
shall then be issuable upon the exercise of all outstanding Warrants. The
Company covenants that, upon exercise of the Warrants and payment of the
Purchase Price for the shares of Common Stock underlying the Warrants, all
shares of Common Stock which shall be issuable upon such exercise shall be duly
and validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable, free from all preemptive or
similar rights, and free from all taxes, liens and charges with respect to the
issuance thereof, and that upon
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issuance such shares shall be listed or quoted on each securities exchange, if
any, on which the other shares of outstanding Common Stock are then listed or
quoted, or if not then so listed or quoted on each place (whether the Nasdaq
Stock Market, Inc., the NASD Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board, the National
Quotation Bulletin Board "Pink Sheets" or otherwise) on which the other shares
of outstanding Common Stock are listed or quoted.
(b) The Company covenants that if any securities reserved for the
purpose of exercise of Warrants hereunder require registration with, or approval
of, any governmental authority under any federal securities law before such
securities may be validly issued or delivered upon such exercise, then the
Company will file a registration statement under the federal securities laws or
a post-effective amendment to a registration statement, use its best efforts to
cause the same to become effective, keep such registration statement current
while any of the Warrants are outstanding and deliver a prospectus which
complies with Section 10(a)(3) of the Act, to the Registered Holder exercising
the Warrant (except, if in the opinion of counsel to the Company, such
registration is not required under the federal securities law or if the Company
receives a letter from the staff of the Commission stating that it would not
take any enforcement action if such registration is not effected). The Company
will use its best efforts to obtain appropriate approvals or registrations under
the state "blue sky" securities laws of all states in which Registered Holders
reside. Warrants may not be exercised by, nor may shares of Common Stock be
issued to, any Registered Holder in any state in which such exercise would be
unlawful.
(c) The Company shall pay all documentary, stamp or similar taxes
and other governmental charges that may be imposed with respect to the issuance
of Warrants,
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or the issuance or delivery of any shares of Common Stock upon exercise of the
Warrants; provided, however, that if shares of Common Stock are to be delivered
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in a name other than the name of the Registered Holder of the Warrant
Certificate representing any Warrant being exercised, then no such delivery
shall be made unless the person requesting the same has paid to the Warrant
Agent the amount of transfer taxes or charges incident thereto, if any.
(d) The Warrant Agent is hereby irrevocably authorized as the
Transfer Agent to requisition from time to time certificates representing shares
of Common Stock or other securities required upon exercise of the Warrants, and
the Company will comply with all such requisitions.
SECTION 6. Exchange and Registration of Transfer.
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(a) Warrant Certificates may be exchanged for other Warrant
Certificates representing an equal aggregate number of Warrants or may be
transferred in whole or in part. Warrant Certificates to be so exchanged shall
be surrendered to the Warrant Agent at its Corporate Office, and the Company
shall execute and the Warrant's Agent shall countersign, issue and deliver in
exchange therefor the Warrant Certificate or Certificates which the Registered
Holder making the exchange shall be entitled to receive.
(b) The Warrant Agent shall keep, at such office, books in which,
subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, it shall register
Warrant Certificates and the transfer thereof. Upon due presentment for
registration of transfer of any Warrant Certificate at such office, the Company
shall execute and the Warrant Agent shall issue and
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deliver to the transferee or transferees a new Warrant Certificate or
Certificates representing an equal aggregate number of Warrants.
(c) With respect to any Warrant Certificates presented for
registration of transfer, or for exchange or exercise, the subscription or
assignment form, as the case may be, on the reverse thereof shall be duly
endorsed or be accompanied by a written instrument or instruments of
subscription or assignment, in form satisfactory to the Company and the Warrant
Agent, duly executed by the Registered Holder thereof or his attorney duly
authorized in writing.
(d) No service charge shall be made for any exchange or
registration of transfer of Warrant Certificates. However, the Company may
require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental
charge that may be imposed in connection therewith.
(e) All Warrant Certificates surrendered for exercise or for
exchange shall be promptly canceled by the Warrant Agent.
(f) Prior to due presentment for registration or transfer
thereof, the Company and the Warrant Agent may deem and treat the Registered
Holder of any Warrant Certificate as the absolute owner thereof of each Warrant
represented thereby (notwithstanding any notations of ownership or writing
thereon made by anyone other than the Company or the Warrant Agent) for all
purposes and shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary.
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SECTION 7. Loss or Mutilation. Upon receipt by the Company and the
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Warrant Agent of evidence satisfactory to them 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 satisfactory to them, and (in case of
mutilation) upon surrender and cancellation thereof, the Company shall execute
and the Warrant Agent shall countersign and deliver in lieu thereof a new
Warrant Certificate representing an equal number of Warrants. Applicants for a
substitute Warrant Certificate shall also comply with such other reasonable
regulations and pay such other reasonable charges as the Warrant Agent may
prescribe.
SECTION 8. Adjustment of Purchase Price and Number of Shares of Common
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Stock Deliverable.
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(a) (i) Except as hereinafter provided, in the event the Company
shall, at any time or from time to time after the date hereof, sell any shares
of Common Stock for a consideration per share less than the Purchase Price or
issue any shares of Common Stock as a stock dividend to the holders of Common
Stock, or subdivide or combine the outstanding shares of Common Stock into a
greater or lesser number of shares (any such sale, issuance, subdivision or
combination being herein called a "Change of Shares"), then, and thereafter upon
each further Change of Shares, the Purchase Price for the Warrants (whether or
not the same shall be issued and outstanding) in effect immediately prior to
such Change of Shares shall be changed to a price (including any applicable
fraction of a cent to the nearest cent) determined by dividing (A) the sum of
(x) the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to
such Change of Shares, multiplied by the Purchase Price in effect immediately
prior to such Change of Shares, and (y) the consideration, if any, received
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by the Company upon such sale, issuance, subdivision or combination by (B) the
total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such Change
of Shares; provided, however, that in no event shall the Purchase Price be
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adjusted pursuant to this computation to an amount in excess of the Purchase
Price in effect immediately prior to such computation, except in the case of a
combination of outstanding shares of Common Stock.
For the purposes of any adjustment to be made in accordance with this
Section 8(a)(i) the following provisions shall be applicable:
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(A) In case of the issuance or sale of shares of Common Stock
(or of other securities deemed hereunder to involve the issuance or sale of
shares of Common Stock) for a consideration part or all of which shall be cash,
the amount of the cash portion of the consideration therefor deemed to have been
received by the Company shall be (i) the subscription price, if shares of Common
Stock are offered by the Company for subscription, or (ii) the public offering
price (before deducting therefrom any compensation paid or discount allowed in
the sale, underwriting or purchase thereof by underwriters or dealers or others
performing similar services, or any expenses incurred in connection therewith),
if such securities are sold to underwriters or dealers for public offering
without a subscription offering, or (iii) the gross amount of cash actually
received by the Company for such securities, in any other case.
(B) In case of the issuance or sale (otherwise than as a
dividend or other distribution on any stock of the Company, and otherwise than
on the exercise of options, rights or warrants or the conversion or exchange of
convertible or exchangeable securities) of shares of Common Stock (or of other
securities deemed hereunder
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involve the issuance or sale of shares of Common Stock) for a consideration part
or all of which shall be other than cash, the amount of the consideration
therefor other than cash deemed to have been received by the Company shall be
the value of such consideration as determined in good faith by the Board of
Directors of the Company on the basis of a record of values of similar property
or services.
(C) Shares of Common Stock issuable by way of dividend or other
distribution on any stock of the Company shall be deemed to have been issued
immediately after the opening of business on the day following the record date
for the determination of shareholders entitled to receive such dividend or other
distribution and shall be deemed to have been issued without consideration.
(D) The reclassification of securities of the Company other than
shares of Common Stock into securities including shares of Common Stock shall be
deemed to involve the issuance of such shares of Common Stock for a
consideration other than cash immediately prior to the close of business on the
date fixed for the determination of security holders entitled to receive such
shares, and the value of the consideration allocable to such shares of Common
Stock shall be determined as provided in subsection (B) of this Section 8(a)(i).
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(E) The number of shares of Common Stock at any one time outstanding
shall be deemed to include the aggregate maximum number of shares issuable
(subject to readjustment upon the actual issuance thereof) upon the exercise of
options, rights or warrants and upon the conversion or exchange of convertible
or exchangeable securities.
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(ii) Upon each adjustment of the Purchase Price pursuant to
this Section 8, the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable upon the
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exercise of each Warrant shall be the number derived by multiplying the number
of shares of Common Stock purchasable immediately prior to such adjustment by
the Purchase Price in effect prior to such adjustment and dividing the product
so obtained by the applicable adjusted Purchase Price.
(b) In case the Company shall at any time after the date hereof issue
options, rights or warrants to subscribe for shares of Common Stock, or issue
any securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock, for
a consideration per share (determined as provided in Section 8(a)(i) hereof and
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as provided below) less than the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to
the issuance of such options, rights or warrants, or such convertible or
exchangeable securities, or without consideration (including the issuance of any
such securities by way of dividend or other distribution), the Purchase Price
for the Warrants (whether or not the same shall be issued and outstanding) in
effect immediately prior to the issuance of such options, rights or warrants, or
such convertible or exchangeable securities, as the case may be, shall be
reduced to a price determined by making the computation in accordance with the
provisions of Section 8(a)(i) hereof, provided that:
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(A) The aggregate maximum number of shares of Common Stock,
as the case may be, issuable or that may become issuable under such options,
rights or warrants (assuming exercise in full even if not then currently
exercisable or currently exercisable in full) shall be deemed to be issued and
outstanding at the time such options, rights or warrants were issued, for a
consideration equal to the minimum purchase price per
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share provided for in such options, rights or warrants at the time of issuance,
plus the consideration, if any, received by the Company for such options, rights
or warrants; provided, however, that upon the expiration or other termination of
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such options, rights or warrants, if any thereof shall not have been exercised,
the number of shares of Common Stock deemed to be issued and outstanding
pursuant to this subsection (A) (and for the purposes of subsection (E) of
Section 8(a)(i) hereof) shall be reduced by the number of shares as to which
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options, warrants and/or rights shall have expired, and such number of shares
shall no longer be deemed to be issued and outstanding, and the Purchase Price
then in effect shall forthwith be readjusted and thereafter be the price that it
would have been had adjustment been made on the basis of the issuance only of
the shares actually issued plus the shares remaining issuable upon the exercise
of those options, rights or warrants as to which the exercise rights shall not
have expired or terminated unexercised.
(B) The aggregate maximum number of shares of Common Stock issuable or
that may become issuable upon conversion or exchange of any convertible or
exchangeable securities (assuming conversion or exchange in full even if not
then currently convertible or exchangeable in full) shall be deemed to be issued
and outstanding at the time of issuance of such securities, for a consideration
equal to the consideration received by the Company for such securities, plus the
minimum consideration, if any, receivable by the Company upon the conversion or
exchange thereof; provided, however, that upon the termination of the right to
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convert or exchange such convertible or exchangeable securities (whether by
reason of redemption or otherwise), the number of shares of Common Stock deemed
to be issued and outstanding pursuant to this subsection (B) (and for the
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purposes of subsection (E) of Section 8(a)(i) hereof) shall be reduced by the
number of shares as to which the conversion or exchange rights shall have
expired or terminated unexercised, and such number of shares shall no longer be
deemed to be issued and outstanding, and the Purchase Price then in effect shall
forthwith be readjusted and thereafter be the price that it would have been had
adjustment been made on the basis of the issuance only of the shares actually
issued plus the shares remaining issuable upon conversion or exchange of those
convertible or exchangeable securities as to which the conversion or exchange
rights shall not have expired or terminated unexercised.
(C) If any change shall occur in the price per share provided for
in any of the options, rights or warrants referred to in subsection (A) of this
Section 8(b), or in the price per share or ratio at which the securities
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referred to in subsection (B) of this Section 8(b) are convertible or
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exchangeable, such options, rights or warrants or conversion or exchange rights,
as the case may be, to the extent not theretofore exercised, shall be deemed to
have expired or terminated on the date when such price change became effective
in respect of shares not theretofore issued pursuant to the exercise or
conversion or exchange thereof, and the Company shall be deemed to have issued
upon such date new options, rights or warrants or convertible or exchangeable
securities.
(c) In case of any reclassification or change of outstanding shares of
Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants (other than a change in par
value, or from par value to no par value, or from no par value to par value or
as a result of a subdivision or combination), or in case of any consolidation or
merger of the Company with or into another corporation (other than a merger with
a Subsidiary in which merger the
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Company is the continuing corporation and which does not result in any
reclassification or change of the then outstanding shares of Common Stock or
other capital stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants), or in case of any
sale or conveyance to another corporation of the property of the Company as an
entirety or substantially as an entirety, then, as a condition of such
reclassification, change, consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance, the
Company, or such successor or purchasing corporation, as the case may be, shall
make lawful and adequate provision whereby the Registered Holder of each Warrant
then outstanding shall have the right thereafter to receive on exercise of such
Warrant the kind and amount of securities and property receivable upon such
reclassification, change, consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance by a holder
of the number of securities issuable upon exercise of such Warrant immediately
prior to such reclassification, change, consolidation, merger, sale or
conveyance and shall forthwith file at the Corporate Office of the Warrant Agent
a statement signed by its Chairman of the Board, President or a Vice President
and by its Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer or its Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary evidencing such provision. Such provisions shall include provision for
adjustments which shall be as nearly equivalent as may be practicable to the
adjustments provided for in Sections 8(a) and 8(b) hereof. The above provisions
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of this Section 8(c) shall similarly apply to successive reclassifications and
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changes of shares of Common Stock and to successive consolidations, mergers,
sales or conveyances.
(d) Irrespective of any adjustments or changes in the Purchase Price
or the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable upon exercise of the
Warrants, the Warrant Certificates theretofore and thereafter issued shall,
unless the Company shall exercise its option to issue new Warrant Certificates
pursuant to Section 2(e) hereof, continue to
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express the Purchase Price per share and the number of shares purchasable
thereunder as the Purchase Price per share and the number of shares purchasable
thereunder were expressed in the Warrant Certificates when the same were
originally issued.
(e) After each adjustment of the Purchase Price pursuant to this
Section 8, the Company will promptly prepare a certificate signed by the
Chairman of the Board, President, or a Vice President and by the Treasurer or an
Assistant Treasurer or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company
setting forth: (i) the Purchase Price as so adjusted, (ii) the number of shares
of Common Stock purchasable upon exercise of each Warrant, after such
adjustment, and (iii) a brief statement of the facts accounting for such
adjustment. The Company will promptly file such certificate with the Warrant
Agent and cause a brief summary thereof to be sent by ordinary first class mail
to each Registered Holder at his last address as it shall appear on the registry
books of the Warrant Agent. No failure to mail such notice nor any defect
therein or in the mailing thereof shall affect the validity thereof except as to
the holder to whom the Company failed to mail such notice, or except as to the
holder whose notice was defective. The affidavit of an officer of the Warrant
Agent or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company that such notice
has been mailed shall, in the absence of fraud, be prima facie evidence of the
facts stated therein.
(f) No adjustment of the Purchase Price shall be made as a result of
or in connection with (A) the issuance or sale of shares of Common Stock
pursuant to options, warrants, stock purchase agreements and convertible or
exchangeable securities outstanding or in effect on the date hereof, (B) the
issuance or sale of shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of any "incentive
stock options" (as such term is defined in the Internal Revenue
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Code of 1986, as amended), or any options issuable pursuant to the Company's
stock option plan or stock purchase plan as described in the Company's
Prospectus dated May 10, 1996, whether or not such options were outstanding on
the date hereof, or (C) the issuance or sale of shares of Common Stock if the
amount of said adjustment shall be less than five cents ($.05); provided,
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however, that in such case, any adjustment that would otherwise be required then
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to be made shall be carried forward and shall be made at the time of and
together with the next subsequent adjustment that shall amount, together with
any adjustment so carried forward, to at least five cents ($.05). In addition,
Registered Holders shall not be entitled to cash dividends paid by the Company
prior to the exercise of any Warrant or Warrants held by them.
SECTION 9. Redemption.
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(a) Commencing on the Initial Warrant Redemption Date, the Company may
(but only with the prior written consent of the Representative), on thirty (30)
days' prior written notice, redeem all of the Warrants, in whole and not in
part, at a redemption price of five cents ($.05) per Warrant; provided, however,
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that before any such call for redemption of Warrants can take place, the (i)
average closing bid price for the Common Stock, as reported by the National
Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System, or (ii) if not so
quoted, as reported by any other recognized quotation system on which the Common
Stock is quoted, shall have for the twenty (20) consecutive trading days ending
on the fifth (5th) trading day prior to the date on which the notice
contemplated by Sections 9(b) and 9(c) hereof is given, equaled or exceeded
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twelve dollars
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($12.00) per share of Common Stock (subject to adjustment in the event of any
stock splits or other similar events as provided in Section 8 hereof).
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(b) In case the Company shall exercise its right to redeem all of the
Warrants, it shall give or cause to be given notice to the Registered Holders of
the Warrants, by mailing to such Registered Holders a notice of redemption,
first class, postage prepaid, at their last address as shall appear on the
records of the Warrant Agent. Any notice mailed in the manner provided herein
shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given whether or not the
Registered Holder receives such notice. Not less than five (5) business days
prior to the mailing to the Registered Holders of the Warrants of the notice of
redemption, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the
Representative or its successors or assigns a similar notice telephonically and
confirmed in writing, together with a list of the Registered Holders (including
their respective addresses and number of Warrants beneficially owned by them) to
whom such notice of redemption has been or will be given.
(c) The notice of redemption shall specify (i) the redemption price,
(ii) the date fixed for redemption, which shall in no event be less than (30)
days after the date of mailing of such notice, (iii) the place where the Warrant
Certificates shall be delivered and the redemption price shall be paid, and (iv)
that the right to exercise the Warrant shall terminate at 5:00 p.m. (New York
time) on the business day immediately preceding the date fixed for redemption.
The date fixed for the redemption of the Warrants shall be the "Redemption Date"
for purposes of this Agreement. No failure to mail such notice nor any defect
therein or in the mailing thereof shall affect the validity of the proceedings
for such redemption except as to a holder (A) to whom notice was not mailed or
(B) whose notice was
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defective. An affidavit of the Warrant Agent or the Secretary or Assistant
Secretary of the Company that notice of redemption has been mailed shall, in the
absence of fraud, be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.
(d) Any right to exercise a Warrant shall terminate at 5:00 p.m. (New
York time) on the business day immediately preceding the Redemption Date. The
redemption price payable to the Registered Holders shall be mailed to such
persons at their addresses of record.
SECTION 10. Concerning the Warrant Agent.
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(a) The Warrant Agent acts hereunder as agent and in a ministerial
capacity for the Company and the Representative, and its duties shall be
determined solely by the provisions hereof. The Warrant Agent shall not, by
issuing and delivering Warrant Certificates or by any other act hereunder, be
deemed to make any representations as to the validity or value or authorization
of the Warrant Certificates or the Warrants represented thereby or of any
securities or other property delivered upon exercise of any Warrant or whether
any stock issued upon exercise of any Warrant is fully paid and non-assessable.
(b) The Warrant Agent shall not at any time be under any duty or
responsibility to any holder of Warrant Certificates to make or cause to be made
any adjustment of the Purchase Price provided in this Agreement, or to determine
whether any fact exists which may require any such adjustment, or with respect
to the nature or extent of any such adjustment, when made, or with respect to
the method employed in making the same. It
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shall not (i) be liable for any recital or statement of fact contained herein or
for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it in reliance on any Warrant
Certificate or other document or instrument believed by it in good faith to be
genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties,
(ii) be responsible for any failure on the part of the Company to comply with
any of its covenants and obligations contained in this Agreement or in any
Warrant Certificate, or (iii) be liable for any act or omission in connection
with this Agreement except for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct.
(c) The Warrant Agent may at any time consult with counsel
satisfactory to it (who may be counsel for the Company or the Representative)
and shall incur no liability or responsibility for any action taken, suffered or
omitted by it in good faith in accordance with the opinion or advice of such
counsel.
(d) Any notice, statement, instruction, request, direction, order or
demand of the Company shall be sufficiently evidenced by an instrument signed by
the Chairman of the Board of Directors, President or any Vice President (unless
other evidence in respect thereof is herein specifically prescribed). The
Warrant Agent shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered or omitted by
it in accordance with such notice, statement, instruction, request, direction,
order or demand.
(e) The Company agrees to pay the Warrant Agent reasonable
compensation for its services hereunder and to reimburse it for its reasonable
expenses hereunder; the Company further agrees to indemnify the Warrant Agent
and hold it harmless against any and all losses, expenses and liabilities,
including judgments, costs and counsel
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fees, for anything done or omitted by the Warrant Agent in the execution of its
duties and powers hereunder except losses, expenses and liabilities arising as a
result of the Warrant Agent's gross negligence or willful misconduct.
(f) The Warrant Agent may resign its duties and be discharged from all
further duties and liabilities hereunder (except liabilities arising as a result
of the Warrant Agent's own gross negligence or willful misconduct), after giving
thirty (30) days' prior written notice to the Company. At least fifteen (15)
days prior to the date such resignation is to become effective, the Warrant
Agent shall cause a copy of such notice of resignation to be mailed to the
Registered Holder of each Warrant Certificate at the Company's expense. Upon
such resignation the Company shall appoint in writing a new 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 by the resigning
Warrant Agent, then the Registered Holder of any Warrant Certificate may apply
to any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a new warrant
agent. Any new warrant agent, whether appointed by the Company or by such a
court, shall be a bank or trust company having a capital and surplus, as shown
by its last published report to its stockholders, of not less than ten million
dollars ($10,000,000) or a stock transfer company doing business in New York,
New York. After acceptance in writing of such appointment by the new warrant
agent is received by the Company, such new warrant agent shall be vested with
the same powers, rights, duties and responsibilities as if it had been
originally named herein as the warrant agent, without any further assurance,
conveyance, act or deed; but if for any reason it shall be necessary or
expedient to execute and deliver any further assurance, conveyance, act or deed,
the same shall be done at the expense of the
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Company and shall be legally and validly executed and delivered by the resigning
Warrant Agent. Not later than the effective date of any such appointment, the
Company shall file notice thereof with the resigning Warrant Agent and shall
forthwith cause a copy of such notice to be mailed to the Registered Holder of
each Warrant Certificate.
(g) Any corporation into which the Warrant Agent or any new warrant
agent may be converted or merged, any corporation resulting from any
consolidation to which the Warrant Agent or any new warrant agent shall be a
party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate trust business of the
Warrant Agent or any new warrant agent shall be a successor warrant agent under
this Agreement without any further act, provided that such corporation is
eligible for appointment as successor to the Warrant Agent under the provisions
of the preceding paragraph. Any such successor warrant agent shall promptly
cause notice of its succession as warrant agent to be mailed to the Company and
to the Registered Holders of each Warrant Certificate.
(h) The Warrant Agent, its subsidiaries and affiliates, and any of its
or their officers or directors, may buy and hold or sell Warrants or other
securities of the Company and otherwise deal with the Company in the same manner
and to the same extent and with like effect as though it were not Warrant Agent.
Nothing herein shall preclude the Warrant Agent from acting in any other
capacity for the Company or for any other legal entity.
(i) The Warrant Agent shall retain for a period of two (2) years from
the date of exercise any Warrant Certificate received by it upon such exercise.
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SECTION 11. Modification of Agreement.
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The Warrant Agent and the Company may by supplemental agreement make
any changes or corrections in this Agreement (a) that they shall deem
appropriate to cure any ambiguity or to correct any defective or inconsistent
provision or manifest mistake or error herein contained, or (b) that they may
deem necessary or desirable and which shall not adversely affect the interests
of the holders of Warrant Certificates; provided, however, that this Agreement
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shall not otherwise be modified, supplemented or altered in any respect except
with the consent in writing of the Registered Holders holding not less than
sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%) of the Warrants then outstanding;
provided, further, that no change in the number or nature of the securities
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purchasable upon the exercise of any Warrant, and no change that increases the
Purchase Price of any Warrant, other than such changes as are specifically set
forth in this Agreement as originally executed, shall be made without the
consent in writing of each Registered Holders affected by such change. In
addition, this Agreement may not be modified, amended or supplemented without
the prior written consent of the Representative or its successors or assigns,
other than to cure any ambiguity or to correct any defective or inconsistent
provision or manifest mistake or error herein contained or to make any such
change that the Warrant Agent and the Company deem necessary or desirable and
which shall not adversely affect the interests of the Underwriter or its
successors or assigns.
SECTION 12. Notices.
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All notices, requests, consents and other communications hereunder
shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been made when delivered or
mailed first-class postage prepaid or delivered to a telegraph office for
transmission, if to the Registered Holder of a Warrant Certificate, at the
address of such holder as shown on the registry books maintained by the Warrant
Agent; if to the Company at Technology Service Group, Inc., 00 Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx,
President and Chief Executive Officer, or at such other address as may have been
furnished to the Warrant Agent in writing by the Company; and if to the Warrant
Agent, at its Corporate Office. Copies of any notice delivered pursuant to this
Agreement shall be delivered to Brookehill Equities, Inc, 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000-0000, Attention: Syndicate Department, or at such other
address as may have been furnished to the Company and the Warrant Agent in
writing.
SECTION 13. Governing Law.
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This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of New York without giving effect to conflicts of laws
rules or principals.
SECTION 14. Binding Effect.
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This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the
Company, the Warrant Agent and their respective successors and assigns and the
holders from time to time of Warrant Certificates or any of them. Except as
hereinafter stated, nothing in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed
to confer upon any other person any right, remedy or claim or to impose upon any
other person any duty, liability or obligation. The
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Representative is, and shall at all times irrevocably be deemed to be, a third-
party beneficiary of this Agreement, with full power, authority and standing to
enforce the rights granted to it hereunder.
SECTION 15. Counterparts.
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This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, which taken
together shall constitute a single document.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to
be duly executed as of the date first above written.
TECHNOLOGY SERVICE GROUP, INC. LIBERTY BANK AND TRUST COMPANY
OF OKLAHOMA CITY, N.A.
As Warrant Agent
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx Name: Xxxx Xxxxx
Title: President and Chief Title: Senior Vice President
Executive Officer
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EXHIBIT A
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No. W ____________________ VOID AFTER MAY 9, 1999
___________ WARRANTS
REDEEMABLE WARRANT CERTIFICATE TO
PURCHASE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK
TECHNOLOGY SERVICE GROUP, INC.
CUSIP 00000X000
THIS CERTIFIES THAT, FOR VALUE RECEIVED
or registered assigns (the "Registered Holder") is the owner of the number of
Redeemable Warrants (the "Warrants") specified above. Two Warrants initially
entitle the Registered Holder to purchase, subject to the terms and conditions
set forth in this Certificate and the Warrant Agreement (as hereinafter
defined), one fully paid and non-assessable share of Common Stock, $.01 par
value per share, of Technology Service Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), at any time from May 10, 1996 and prior to the Expiration Date (as
hereinafter defined) upon the presentation and surrender of this Warrant
Certificate with the Subscription Form on the reverse hereof duly executed, at
the corporate office of Liberty Bank and Trust Company of Oklahoma City, N.A.,
____________________, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, as Warrant Agent, or its
successor (the "Warrant Agent"), accompanied by payment of $11.00 subject to
adjustment (the "Purchase Price"), in lawful money of the United States of
America in cash or by check made payable to the Warrant Agent for the account of
the Company.
This Warrant Certificate and each Warrant represented hereby are
issued pursuant to and are subject in all respects to the terms and conditions
set forth in the Warrant Agreement (the "Warrant Agreement"), dated May 10,
1996, by and between the Company and the Warrant Agent.
In the event of certain contingencies provided for in the Warrant
Agreement, the Purchase Price and the number of shares of Common Stock subject
to purchase upon the exercise of each Warrant represented hereby are subject to
modification or adjustment.
Each Warrant represented hereby is exercisable at the option of the
Registered Holder, but no fractional interests will be issued. In the case of
the exercise of less than all the Warrants represented hereby, the Company shall
cancel this Warrant Certificate upon the surrender hereof and shall execute and
deliver a new Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates of like tenor, which
the Warrant Agent shall countersign, for the balance of such Warrants.
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The term "Expiration Date" shall mean 5:00 p.m. (New York time) on May
9, 1999. If such date shall in the State of New York be a holiday or a day on
which banks are authorized to close, then the Expiration Date shall mean 5:00
p.m. (New York time) the next following day which in the State of New York is
not a holiday or a day on which banks are authorized to close.
The Company shall not be obligated to deliver any securities pursuant
to the exercise of this Warrant unless a registration statement under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), with respect to such securities
is effective or an exemption thereunder is available. The Company has
covenanted and agreed that it will file a registration statement under the
Federal securities laws, use its best efforts to cause the same to become
effective, to keep such registration statement current, if required under the
Act, while any of the Warrants are outstanding, and deliver a prospectus which
complies with Section 10(a)(3) of the Act to the Registered Holder exercising
this Warrant. This Warrant shall not be exercisable by a Registered Holder in
any state where such exercise would be unlawful.
This Warrant Certificate is exchangeable, upon the surrender hereof by
the Registered Holder at the corporate office of the Warrant Agent, for a new
Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates of like tenor representing an equal
aggregate number of Warrants, each of such new Warrant Certificates to represent
such number of Warrants as shall be designated by such Registered Holder at the
time of such surrender. Upon due presentment and payment of any tax or other
charge imposed in connection therewith or incident thereto, for registration of
transfer of this Warrant Certificate at such office, a new Warrant Certificate
or Warrant Certificates representing an equal aggregate number of Warrants will
be issued to the transferee in exchange therefor, subject to the limitations
provided in the Warrant Agreement.
Prior to the exercise of any Warrant represented hereby, the
Registered Holder shall not be entitled to any rights of a stockholder of the
Company, including, without limitation, the right to vote or to receive
dividends or other distributions, and shall not be entitled to receive any
notice of any proceedings of the Company, except as provided in the Warrant
Agreement.
Subject to the provisions of the Warrant Agreement, this Warrant may
be redeemed at the option of the Company, in whole and not in part, at a
redemption price of $.05 per Warrant, at any time commencing February 10, 1997
[nine months from the effective date of the Registration Statement], provided
that the average closing bid price for the Company's Common Stock, as reported
by the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System
(or, if not so quoted, as reported by any other recognized quotation system on
which the price of the Common Stock is quoted), shall have, for the twenty (20)
consecutive trading days the ending on the fifth (5th) trading day prior to the
date on which the Notice of Redemption (as defined below) is given, equaled or
exceeded $12.00 per share (subject to adjustment in the event of any stock
splits or other similar events). Notice of redemption (the "Notice of
Redemption") shall be given not later than the thirtieth (30th) day before the
date fixed for redemption, all as provided in the Warrant Agreement. On and
after the date fixed for redemption, the Registered Holder shall have no rights
with respect to this Warrant except to receive the $.05 per Warrant upon
surrender of this Certificate.
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Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer hereof, the
Company and the Warrant Agent may deem and treat the Registered Holder as the
absolute owner hereof and of each Warrant represented hereby (notwithstanding
any notations of ownership or writing hereof made by anyone other than a duly
authorized officer of the Company or the Warrant Agent) for all purposes and
shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary, except as provided in the
Warrant Agreement.
This Warrant Certificate shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York without giving effect to
conflicts of laws.
This Warrant Certificate is not valid unless countersigned by the
Warrant Agent.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant Certificate to
be duly executed, manually or in facsimile by two of its officers thereunto duly
authorized and a facsimile of its corporate seal to be imprinted hereon.
Dated: ________________________, 1996
TECHNOLOGY SERVICE GROUP, INC.
[SEAL]
By:
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer
By:
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
COUNTERSIGNED: Title: Vice President Finance, Chief
Financial Officer and Secretary
LIBERTY BANK AND TRUST COMPANY OF
OKLAHOMA CITY, N.A., as Warrant Agent
By:
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Authorized Officer
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SUBSCRIPTION FORM
To be executed by the Registered holder
in Order to Exercise Warrant
The undersigned Registered Holder hereby irrevocably elects to exercise
_____ Warrants represented by this Warrant Certificate, and to purchase the
securities issuable upon the exercise of such Warrants, and requests that
certificates for such securities shall be issued in the name of
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY
OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER
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(please print or type name and address)
and be delivered to
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(please print or type name and address)
and if such number of Warrants shall not be all the Warrants evidenced by this
Warrant Certificate, that a new Warrant Certificate for the balance of such
Warrants be registered in the name of, and delivered to, the Registered Holder
at the address stated below.
Dated: X
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Address
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Social Security or Taxpayer
Identification Number
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Signature Guaranteed
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ASSIGNMENT
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To be Executed by the Registered Holder
in Order to Assign Warrants
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, _______________________ hereby sells, assigns and
transfers unto
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR
OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER
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(please print or type name and address)
__________________________ of the Warrants represented by this Warrant
Certificate, and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints
______________________ Attorney to transfer this Warrant Certificate on the
books of the Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated: X
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Signature Guaranteed
THE SIGNATURE TO THE ASSIGNMENT OR THE SUBSCRIPTION FORM MUST CORRESPOND TO THE
NAME AS WRITTEN UPON THE FACE OF THIS WARRANT CERTIFICATE IN EVERY PARTICULAR,
WITHOUT ALTERATION OR ENLARGEMENT OR ANY CHANGE WHATSOEVER AND MUST BE
GUARANTEED BY A COMMERCIAL BANK OR TRUST COMPANY OR A MEMBER FIRM OF THE
AMERICAN STOCK EXCHANGE, NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE, PACIFIC STOCK EXCHANGE,
MIDWEST STOCK EXCHANGE OR BOSTON STOCK EXCHANGE.
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