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EXHIBIT 4.2
WARRANT AGREEMENT
WARRANT AGREEMENT dated as of ____________, 1996 between Karts
International Incorporated, a Nevada corporation, having its principal place of
business at 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000,
(the "Company") and Securities Transfer Corporation, a Texas corporation,
having its principal place of business at 00000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000,
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000 (the "Warrant Agent").
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS, the Company proposes to issue and sell to the public in a
secondary public offering (the "Secondary Offering") 1,400,000 shares of the
Company's Common Stock, par value $.01 per share ("Shares"), and 1,400,000
Redeemable Common Stock Purchase Warrants (the "Public Warrants") (plus an
additional 210,000 shares and 210,000 Warrants to cover overallotments);
WHEREAS, the Company also proposes to issue and sell to Argent
Securities, Inc. (the "Underwriter") in the Secondary Offering an option to
purchase 140 Shares and 140,000 Warrants (the "Underwriter Warrants" and
together with the Public Warrants sometimes hereinafter referred to as the
"Warrants");
WHEREAS, the Warrants shall be evidenced by certificates substantially
in the form of Exhibit A annexed hereto (the "Warrant Certificate"), each
Warrant entitling the holder thereof to purchase one share of Common Stock;
WHEREAS, the Warrants will have an exercise price of $_______ per
share of Common Stock, subject to certain adjustments (the "Warrant Price"),
will be exercisable commencing on the first anniversary of the effective date
of the Secondary Offering ("First Exercise Date") until a date which is the
fifth anniversary of the effective date of the Secondary Offering ("Last
Exercise Date"), unless extended by the Company, and, except for the
Underwriter's Warrants, will be exercisable during any period of time fixed for
that Warrant's redemption in a Redemption Notice (hereinafter defined in
Section 2.03), which period of time will terminate on a stated Redemption Date
(hereinafter defined in Section 2.03);
WHEREAS, the Company desires the Warrant Agent to act on behalf of the
Company, and the Warrant Agent is willing to so act in connection with the
issuance, registration, transfer, exchange and replacement of the Warrant
Certificates and exercise of the Warrants; and
WHEREAS, the Company and the Warrant Agent desire to set forth in this
Agreement the terms and conditions upon which the Warrant Certificates shall be
issued, transferred, exchanged and placed and the Warrants exercised, and to
provide for the rights of the holders of the Warrants;
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NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, and the respective undertakings herein below set forth, the
Company and the Warrant Agent agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
ISSUANCE AND EXECUTION OF WARRANTS
SECTION 1.01. The Company hereby appoints the Warrant Agent to act
on behalf of the Company in accordance with the terms and conditions herein set
forth, and the Warrant Agent hereby accepts such appointment and agrees to
perform the same in accordance with such provisions.
SECTION 1.02. The Warrant Certificates for the Warrants shall be
issued in registered form only. The text of the Warrant Certificate, including
the form of assignment and subscription printed on the reverse side thereof,
shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A annexed hereto, which text is
hereby incorporated in this Agreement by reference as though fully set forth
herein and to whose terms and conditions the Company and the Warrant Agent
hereby agree. Each Warrant Certificate shall evidence the right, subject to
the provisions of this Agreement and of such Warrant Certificate, to purchase
the number of validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common
Stock, as that term is defined in Section 1.05 of this Agreement, stated
therein, free of preemptive rights, subject to adjustment as provided in
Article III of this Agreement.
SECTION 1.03. Upon the written order of the Company, signed by the
President or any Vice President, and the Secretary, Treasurer, Assistant
Secretary or Assistant Treasurer of the Company, the Warrant Agent shall issue
and register Warrants in the names and denominations specified in that order,
and will countersign and deliver Warrant Certificates evidencing the same in
accordance with that order. Each Warrant Certificate shall be dated the date
of its countersignature. Each Warrant Certificate shall be executed on behalf
of the Company by the manual or facsimile signature of the President of the
Company, under its corporate seal, affixed or facsimile, attested by the manual
or facsimile signature of the Secretary of the Company and shall be
countersigned manually by the Warrant Agent. The Warrant Certificates shall
not be valid for any purpose unless so countersigned. In case any officer
whose facsimile signature has been placed upon any Warrant Certificate shall
have ceased to be such before such Warrant Certificate is issued, it may be
issued with the same effect as if such officer had not ceased to be such on the
date of issuance.
SECTION 1.04. Except as otherwise expressly stated herein, all
terms used in the Warrant Certificate have the meanings provided in this
Agreement.
SECTION 1.05. As used herein, the term "Common Stock" shall mean
the aggregate number of shares that the Company, by its Certificate of
Incorporation, as from time to time amended, is authorized to issue, which are
not limited by its Certificate of Incorporation to a fixed sum or percentage of
the book value in respect of the rights of the holders thereof to participate
in dividends or in distribution of assets upon the voluntary or involuntary
liquidation, dissolution, or winding up the Company.
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SECTION 1.06. The Warrant Agent understands and agrees that the
Public Warrants and shares of Common Stock are being sold separately in the
Secondary Offering and that the Shares and the Public Warrants will be traded
separately immediately upon the closing of the Secondary Offering.
ARTICLE II
WARRANT PRICE, DURATION AND EXERCISE OF WARRANTS, CALL OF
WARRANTS AND TRADING OF WARRANTS
SECTION 2.01.
(a) Each Warrant shall entitle the person in whose name
at the time the Warrant shall be registered upon the books to be maintained by
the Warrant Agent for that purpose (the "Warrant Holder"), subject to the
provisions of the Warrant Certificates and of this Agreement, to purchase from
the Company any time on or after the First Exercise Date but at or before the
Last Exercise Date, up to the number of shares of Common Stock stated therein,
as adjusted, at the Warrant Price in effect at such date, payable in full at
the time of purchase in the manner provided in Section 2.02 of this Agreement.
(b) Each Warrant shall be exercisable in accordance with
the terms herein and in the Warrant Certificate which, among other things,
contains certain terms as to the Warrant Price.
SECTION 2.02.
(a) The Warrant Holder may exercise a Warrant, in whole
or in part, by surrender of the Warrant Certificate, with the form of
subscription thereon duly executed by the Warrant Agent at its corporate
office, together with the Warrant Price for each share of Common Stock to be
purchased in lawful money of the United States, or by certified check, bank
draft, or postal or express money order payable in United States Dollars to the
order of the Company.
(b) Upon receipt of a Warrant Certificate with the form
of election to purchase thereon duly executed and accompanied by payment of the
aggregate Warrant Price for the shares of Common Stock for which the Warrant is
then being exercised, the Warrant Agent shall requisition from the transfer
agent certificates for the total number of the shares of Common Stock for which
the Warrant is being exercised in such names and denominations as are required
for delivery to the Warrant Holder, and the Warrant Agent shall thereupon
deliver such certificates to or in accordance with the instructions of the
Warrant Holder. The Company covenants and agrees that it has duly authorized
and directed its transfer agent (and will authorize and direct all its future
transfer agents) to comply with all such requests of the Warrant Agent.
(c) In case any Warrant Holder shall exercise his Warrant
with respect to less than all of the shares of Common Stock that may be
purchased under the Warrant, a new
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Warrant Certificate for the balance shall be countersigned and delivered to or
upon the order of the Warrant Holder.
(d) The Company covenants and agrees that it will pay
when due and payable any and all taxes which may be payable in respect to the
issuance of Warrants, or the issuance of any shares of Common Stock upon the
exercise of Warrants. However, neither the Company nor the Warrant Agent shall
be required to issue or deliver any Warrant Certificate or shares of Common
Stock in a name other than that of the Warrant Holder at the time of surrender
if any tax is payable in respect of such transfer until the person requesting
the same has paid to the Company the amount of such tax or has established to
the Company's satisfaction that such tax has been paid or shall not be due and
payable. In the event that any transfer tax is due and payable, the Warrant
Agent shall be under no obligation to issue or deliver any Warrant Certificate
or shares of Common Stock in a name other than that of the Warrant Holder until
the Company has notified the Warrant Agent that the transfer tax, if any, has
been paid, or in the alternative, that no transfer tax is due and payable by
reason of an exemption.
(e) The Warrant Agent shall account promptly to the
Company with respect to Warrants exercised and concurrently account to the
Company for all moneys received by the Warrant Agent for the purchase of shares
of Common Stock upon the exercise of Warrants.
(f) The Warrant Agent covenants and agrees that upon the
exercise of any of the Warrants, the Warrant Agent shall provide written notice
to the Company at 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000,Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000
and to the Underwriter at its office at 0000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, X.X., Xxxxx 000,
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000, the expense of which notice shall be borne by the
Company. Each notice shall contain the name of the exercising Warrant Holder,
the number of shares of Common Stock that the Warrant Holder has elected to
purchase, the purchase price paid on a per share basis and the cumulative
number of Warrants exercised by all of the Warrant Holders as of the date of
the transaction which is the subject of the aforesaid notice. Such notice
shall be made on the date of the exercise of the Warrant. Nothing contained
herein shall be construed so as to prevent the Warrant Agent from providing the
information required in this Section 2.02 (f) in a consolidated or tabular
form, provided that all other provisions of this Section are complied with.
(g) The Warrant Agent covenants and agrees that it shall
provide a list of each and every holder of the Warrants to the Company and the
Underwriter at such time or from time to time as shall be required by the
Company or the Underwriter, but in no event shall such a list be provided less
frequently than once per annum at a date as shall be determined by the Company.
SECTION 2.03. (a) Commencing on the first anniversary of the effective
date of the Secondary Offering, the Company may, subject to the conditions set
forth herein, redeem all, but not less than all, the Warrants then outstanding
at a redemption price of $0.01 per Warrant upon not less than thirty (30) days
prior written notice (the "Redemption Notice") to the holders thereof provided
that the average closing price of the Common Stock for the 20 consecutive
trading days ending three (3) days prior to the date of the Redemption Notice
is at least $_____, subject to adjustment for stock dividends, stock splits and
other anti-dilution provisions as provided for under Article III herein. For
purposes of this Section 2.03, "closing price" at any
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date shall be deemed to be: (i) the last sale price regular way as reported on
the principal national securities exchange on which the Common Stock is listed
or admitted to trading, or (ii) if the Common Stock is not listed or admitted
to trading on any national securities exchange, the average of the closing bid
and asked prices regular way for the Common Stock as reported by the Nasdaq
National Market or Nasdaq Small Cap Market of the Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc.
("NASDAQ") or (iii) if the Common Stock is not listed or admitted for trading
on any national securities exchange, and is not reported by NASDAQ, the average
of the closing bid and asked prices in the over-the-counter market as furnished
by the National Quotation Bureau, Inc. or if no such quotation is available,
the fair market value of the Common Stock as determined in good faith by the
Board of Directors of the Company. The Redemption Notice shall be deemed
effective upon mailing and the time of mailing is the "Effective Date of the
Notice". The Redemption Notice shall state a redemption date not less than
thirty (30) days from the Effective Date of the Notice (the "Redemption Date")
. No Redemption Notice shall be mailed unless all funds necessary to pay for
redemption of all Warrants then outstanding shall have first been set aside by
the Company in trust with the Warrant Agent for the benefit of all Warrant
Holders so as to be and continue to be available therefor. The redemption
price to be paid to the Warrant Holders will be $____ for each share of the
Common Stock of the Company to which the Warrant Holder would then be entitled
upon exercise of the Warrant being redeemed, as adjusted from time to time as
provided herein (the "Redemption Price"). In the event the number of shares of
Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrant being redeemed are adjusted
pursuant to Article III hereof, then upon each such adjustment the Redemption
Price will be adjusted by multiplying the Redemption Price in effect
immediately prior to such adjustment by a fraction, the numerator of which is
the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrant
being redeemed immediately prior to such adjustment and the denominator of
which is the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of such
Warrant being redeemed immediately after such adjustment. The Warrants may
only be redeemed if the Company has in effect a current Registration Statement
or post-effective amendment covering the shares underlying the Warrants. The
Warrant Holders may exercise their Warrants between the Effective Date of the
Notice and the Redemption Date, such exercise being effective if done in
accordance with Section 2.02 (a), and if the Warrant Certificate, with form of
election to purchase duly executed and the Warrant Price, as applicable for
such Warrant subject to redemption for each share of Common Stock to be
purchased is actually received by the Warrant Agent at its office located at
00000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxx, XX 00000, no later than 5:00 P.M. New
York time on the Redemption Date.
(b) If any Warrant Holder does not wish to exercise any
Warrant being redeemed, the Warrant Holder should mail such Warrant to the
Warrant Agent at its office located at 00000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxx,
XX 00000, after receiving the Redemption Notice required by this Section. If
such Redemption Notice shall have been so mailed, and if on or before the
Effective Date of the Notice all funds necessary to pay for redemption of all
Warrants then outstanding shall have been set aside by the Company in trust
with the Warrant Agent for the benefit of all Warrant Holders so as to be and
continue to be available therefor, then, on and after said Redemption Date,
notwithstanding that any Warrant subject to redemption shall not have been
surrendered for redemption, the obligation evidenced by all Warrants not
surrendered for redemption or effectively exercised shall be deemed no longer
outstanding, and all rights with respect thereto shall forthwith cease and
terminate, except only the right of the holder of each Warrant subject to
redemption to receive the Redemption Price for each share of
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Common Stock to which he would be entitled if he exercised the Warrant upon
receiving the Redemption Notice of the Warrant subject to redemption held by
the Holder hereof.
(c) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Article
II, the Underwriter's Warrants shall not be eligible for redemption by the
Company.
ARTICLE III
ADJUSTMENT OF SHARES OF COMMON STOCK
PURCHASABLE AND OF WARRANT PRICE
SECTION 3.01. In case the Company shall at any time after the date
of this Agreement (i) declare a dividend on the outstanding Common Stock in
shares of its capital stock, (ii) subdivide the outstanding Common Stock, (iii)
combine the outstanding Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (iv)
issue any shares of its capital stock by reclassification of the Common Stock
(including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or
merger in which the Company is the continuing corporation), then, in each case,
the Warrant Price, and the number and kind of shares of Common Stock receivable
upon exercise, in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of
the effective date of such subdivision, combination, or reclassification shall
be proportionately adjusted so that the holder of any Warrant exercised after
such time shall be entitled to receive the aggregate number and kind of shares
which if such Warrant had been exercised immediately prior to such time, he
would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of
such dividend, subdivision, combination, or reclassification. Such adjustment
shall be made successively whenever any event listed above shall occur.
SECTION 3.02. In case the Company after the date hereof shall issue
rights, options, or warrants to all holders of Common Stock entitling them to
subscribe for or purchase Common Stock (or securities convertible into or
exchangeable for Common Stock) at a price per share (or having a conversion
price per share, if a security convertible into or exchangeable for Common
Stock) less than the "current market price" (as defined in Section 3.04 hereof)
per share of Common Stock on the record date established for the issuance of
such rights, options or warrants, then, in such case, the Warrant Price shall
be adjusted by multiplying the Warrant Price in effect on the record date of
such issuance by a fraction, of which the numerator shall be the number of
shares of Common Stock outstanding on the record date for such issuance plus
the number of shares of Common Stock which the aggregate offering price of the
total number of shares of Common Stock so to be issued (or the aggregate
initial conversion price of the convertible securities to be issued or sold)
would purchase at such "current market price" and of which the denominator
shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on the record date
for such issuance plus the number of additional shares of Common Stock to be
issued (or into which the convertible or exchangeable securities to be issued
or sold are initially convertible or exchangeable). Such adjustment shall
become effective at the close of business on such record date; provided,
however, that, to the extent the shares of Common Stock (or securities
convertible to or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock) are not delivered,
the Warrant Price shall be readjusted after the expiration of such rights,
options, or warrants (but only with respect to Warrants exercised after such
expiration), to the Warrant Price which would then be in effect had the
adjustments made upon the issuance of such rights or warrants been
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made upon the basis of delivery of only the number of shares of Common Stock or
securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock actually
issued. In case any subscription price may be paid in a consideration part or
all of which shall be in a form other than cash, the value of such
consideration shall be as determined in good faith by the board of directors of
the Company, whose determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
Shares of Common Stock owned by or held for the account of the Company or any
majority-owned subsidiary shall not be deemed outstanding for the purpose of
any such computation.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no adjustment in the
Warrant Price or the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of
the Warrants shall be made upon (i) the issuance of options (or upon exercise
thereof) by the Company pursuant to its Stock Option Plans, (ii) the issuance
of the Underwriter's Warrants, or (iii) any other options and warrants
outstanding as of the date hereof.
SECTION 3.03. In case the Company shall distribute to all holders
of Common Stock (including any such distribution made to the stockholders of
the Company in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company
is the continuing corporation) evidences of its indebtedness or assets (other
than cash dividends distributions and dividends payable in shares of Common
Stock), subscription rights, options, or warrants or convertible or
exchangeable securities containing the right to subscribe for or purchase
shares of Common Stock (excluding those referred to in Section 3.02 hereof),
then, in each case, the Warrant price shall be adjusted by multiplying the
Warrant Price in effect immediately prior to the record date for the
determination of stockholders entitled to receive such distribution by a
fraction of which the numerator shall be the "current market price" per share
of Common Stock on such record date, less the fair market value (as determined
in good faith by the board of directors of the Company, whose determination
shall be conclusive absent manifest error) of the portion of the evidences of
indebtedness or assets so to be distributed, or of such subscription rights,
options, or warrants, convertible or exchangeable securities containing the
right to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock, applicable to the
share, and of which the denominator shall be such "current market price" per
share of Common Stock. Such adjustment shall be made whenever any such
distribution is made, and shall become effective on the date of such
distribution retroactive to the record date for the determination of
stockholders entitled to receive such distribution.
SECTION 3.04. For the purpose of any computation under sections
3.02 and 3.03 hereof, the "current market price" per share of Common Stock on
any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices for the
20 consecutive trading days ending three (3) days prior to such date. The
closing price for each day shall be the last reported sales price regular way
or, in case no such reported sale takes place on such day, the closing bid
price regular way, in either case on the principal national securities exchange
on which the Common Stock is listed or admitted to trading or, if the Common
Stock is not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange,
the highest reported bid price as furnished by NASDAQ. If on any such date the
Common Stock is not quoted on NASDAQ or any such organization, the closing
price shall be deemed to be the average of the closing bid and asked prices in
the over-the-counter market as reported by the National Quotation Bureau or if
no such quotation is available, the fair value of the Common Stock on such
date, as determined in good faith by
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the board of directors of the Company, whose determination shall be conclusive
absent manifest error.
SECTION 3.05. No adjustment in the Warrant Price shall be required
if such adjustment is less than $____; provided, however, that any adjustments
which by reason of this Section 3.05 are not required to be made shall be
carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent adjustment. All
calculations under this Article III shall be made to the nearest cent or to the
nearest one-thousandth of a share, as the case may be.
SECTION 3.06. In any case in which this Article III shall require
that an adjustment in the Warrant Price be made effective as of a record date
for a specified event, the Company may elect to defer, until the occurrence of
such event, issuing to the holder of any Warrant exercised after such record
date, the shares, if any, issuable upon such exercise over and above the
shares, if any, issuable upon such exercise on the basis of the Warrant Price
in effect prior to such adjustment; provided, however, that the Company shall
deliver to such holder a due xxxx or other appropriate instrument evidencing
such holder's right to receive such additional shares upon the occurrence of
the event requiring such adjustment.
SECTION 3.07. Upon each adjustment of the Warrant Price as a result
of the calculations made in Section 3.01, 3.02, or 3.03 hereof, each Warrant
outstanding prior to the making of the adjustment in the Warrant Price shall
thereafter evidence the right to purchase, at the adjusted Warrant Price, that
number of shares (calculated to the nearest thousandth) obtained by dividing
(A) the product obtained by multiplying the number of shares purchasable upon
exercise of a Warrant prior to adjustment of the number of shares by the
Warrant Price in effect prior to adjustment of the Warrant Price by (B) the
Warrant Price in effect after such adjustment of the Warrant Price.
SECTION 3.08. In case of any capital reorganization of the Company,
or of any reclassification of the Common Stock (other than a reclassification
of the Common Stock referred to in Section 3.01 hereof), or in the case of the
consolidation of the Company with or the merger of the Company into any other
coporation or of the sale, transfer, or lease of the properties and assets of
the Company as, or substantially as, an entirety to any other corporation or
other entity, each Warrant shall after such capital reorganization,
reclassification of Common Stock, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer, or
lease, be exerciwsable, on the same terms and conditions specified in this
Agreement, for the number of shares of stock or other securities, assets, or
cash to which a holder of the number of shares purchasable (at the time of such
capital reorganization, reclassification of Common Stock, consolidation,
merger, sale, transfer, or lease) upon exercise of such Warrant would have been
entitled upon such capital reorganization, reclassification of Common Stock,
consolidation, merger, sale, transfer, or lease; and in any such case, if
necessary, the provisions set forth in this Article III with respect to the
rights and interests thereafter of the holders of the Warrants shall be
appropriately adjusted so as to be applicable, as nearly as may reasonably be,
to any shares of stock, other securities, assets, or cash thereafter
deliverable on the exercise of the Warrants. The subdivision or combination of
shares of Common Stock at any time outstanding into a greater or lesser number
of shares shall not be deemed to be a reclassification of the Common Stock for
the purposes of this subsection. The Company shall not effect any such
consolidation, merger, transfer, or lease, unless prior to or simultaneously
with the consummation thereof, the successor corporation (if other than the
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Company) resulting from such consolidation or merger or the Corporation
purchasing, receiving, or leasing such assets or other appropriate corporation
or entity shall expressly assume, by written instrument in form satisfactory to
the Underwriter, the obligation to deliver to the holder of each Warrant such
shares of stock, securities, or assets as, in accordance with the foregoing
provisions, such holders may be entitled to purchase and to perform the other
obligations of the Company under this Agreement.
SECTION 3.09. The Company may make such reductions in the Warrant
Price, in addition to those required by this Article III, as it shall, in it
sole discretion, determine to be advisable.
ARTICLE IV
OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO RIGHTS OF
WARRANT HOLDERS
SECTION 4.01. No Warrant Holder, as such, shall be entitled to vote or
receive dividends or be deemed the holder of shares of Common Stock for any
purposes, nor shall anything contained in any Warrant Certificate be construed
to confer upon any Warrant Holder, as such, any of the rights of a shareholder
of the Company or any right to vote, give or withhold consent to any action by
the Company, whether upon any recapitalization, issue of stock,
reclassification of stock, consolidation, merger, conveyance or otherwise,
receive dividends or subscription rights, or otherwise, until in connection
with the exercise of any Warrant, such Warrant shall have been surrendered and
the purchase price or the shares of Common Stock for which such Warrant is
being exercised shall have been received by the Warrant Agent; provided,
however, that any such surrender and payment on any date when the stock
transfer books of the Company shall be closed shall constitute the person or
persons in whose name or names the certificate or certificates for those shares
of Common Stock are to be issued as the record holder or holders thereof for
all purposes at the opening of business on the next succeeding day on which
such stock transfer books are open and the Warrant surrendered shall not be
deemed to have been exercised, in whole or in part, as the case maybe, until
such next succeeding day on which stock transfer books are open.
SECTION 4.02. The Company covenants and agrees that it shall
contemporaneously provide to all Warrant Holders of record any publication,
mailing or notice of an event which it shall provide to all of its shareholders
of record and which event shall result in the adjustment to the Warrant Price
as provided in Article III hereof. For purposes of this Section 4.02, the
Warrant Holders of record shall be those Warrant Holders who are of record on a
date even with the date chosen by the Company for the purpose of determining
the shareholders of record who shall be entitled to receive such publication,
mailing or notice.
SECTION 4.03. If any Warrant Certificate is lost, stolen, mutilated
or destroyed, the Company and the Warrant Agent may, on such terms as to
indemnity or otherwise as they may in their discretion reasonably impose, which
shall, in the case of a mutilated Warrant Certificate, include the surrender
thereof, issue a new Warrant Certificate of like denomination and tenor as, and
in substitution for, the Warrant Certificate so lost, stolen mutilated or
destroyed.
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SECTION 4.04.
(a) The Company covenants and agrees that at all times it
shall reserve and keep available for the exercise of outstanding Warrants such
number of authorized shares of Common Stock and the aggregate number and kind
of any other securities which the Warrants are exercisable for, pursuant to the
provisions of Article III hereof, as are sufficient to permit the exercise in
full of such Warrants and that it will make available to the Warrant Agent from
time to time a number of duly executed certificates representing shares of
Common Stock and other securities, sufficient therefor.
(b) The Company shall use its best efforts to secure the
listing, upon official notice of issuance, of the shares of Common Stock
issuable upon exercise of Warrants upon any securities exchange upon which the
Common Stock becomes listed.
(c) The Company covenants that all shares of Common Stock
issued on exercise of Warrants shall be validly issued, fully paid,
non-assessable and free of preemptive rights.
(d) The Company has filed a Registration Statement on
Form SB-2 (Registration No. 333- ) for the registration of, among
other things, the sale of the Warrants and the shares of Common Stock issuable
upon exercise thereof under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act").
The Company shall use its best efforts to secure the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement under the Act, and to register or qualify such Warrants
and shares of Common Stock under the laws of any states in which the sale of
the Warrants and shares of Common Stock was registered or qualified at the time
of the Secondary Offering and shall use its reasonable good faith efforts to
register and qualify such Warrants and shares of Common Stock in such
additional states and jurisdictions as may be appropriate. The Company further
agrees to use its best efforts to maintain the effectiveness of such
Registration Statement and such state qualifications, as aforesaid, by the
filing of any and all amendments to the Registration Statement and such state
qualifications as may be required from time to time under the Act or the laws
of the various states until the expiration or termination of all the Warrants
in accordance herewith.
(e) The Company will furnish to the Warrant Agent, upon
request, an opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Warrant Agent to the effect
that (i) a Registration Statement under the Act is then in effect with respect
to the Warrants and shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of the
Warrants and that the prospectus included therein complies as to form in all
material respects, (except as to financial statements, including schedules, and
other accounting and financial data, as to which such counsel need express no
opinion), with the requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder; or a Registration Statement under the Act with respect
to said shares of Common Stock is not required. In the event that said opinion
states that such a Registration Statement is in effect, the Company will from
time to time furnish the Warrant Agent with current prospectuses meeting the
requirements of the Act and such rules and regulations in sufficient quantity
to permit the Warrant Agent to deliver a prospectus ("Prospectus") to each
Warrant Holder upon exercise thereof. The Company further agrees to pay all
fees, costs and expenses in connection with the preparation and delivery to the
Warrant Agent of the foregoing opinions and Prospectuses and the above
mentioned registrations
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and other actions, and to immediately notify the Warrant Agent in the event
that (i) the Commission shall have issued or threatened to issue any order
preventing or suspending the use of any Prospectus; (ii) at any time any
Prospectus shall contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading; or (iii) for any reason it shall be
necessary to amend or supplement any Prospectus in order to comply with the
Act.
SECTION 4.05. If the number of shares purchasable upon the
exercise of each Warrant is adjusted pursuant to Section 3.07 hereof, the
Company shall not be required to issue fractions of shares upon exercise of the
Warrants or to distribute share certificates which evidence fractional shares.
In lieu of fractional shares, the Company, in its sole discretion, may pay to
the registered holders of Warrant Certificates at the time such Warrants are
exercised as herein provided an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of
the current market value of a share. For purposes of this Section 4.05, the
current market value of a share issuable upon the exercise of a Warrant shall
be the closing price of a share of Common Stock, as determined pursuant to the
second and third sentences of Section 3.04, for the trading day immediately
prior to the date of such exercise.
ARTICLE V
TREATMENT OF WARRANT HOLDERS
SECTION 5.01. Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer
of any Warrant, the Company and the Warrant Agent may deem and treat the
Warrant Holder as the absolute owner of such warrant, notwithstanding any
notation of ownership or other writing thereon, for the purpose of any exercise
thereof and for all other purposes, and neither the Company nor the Warrant
Agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
ARTICLE VI
CONCERNING THE WARRANT AGENT
AND OTHER MATTERS
SECTION 6.01. The Company will from time to time promptly pay,
subject to the provisions of Section 2.02 (d) of this Agreement, all taxes and
charges that may be imposed upon the Company or the Warrant Agent in respect of
the issuance or delivery of shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of
Warrants.
SECTION 6.02.
(a) The Warrant Agent may resign and be discharged from
its duties under this Agreement upon sixty (60) days notice in writing, mailed
to the Company by registered or certified mail, and to each Warrant Holder.
The Company may remove the Warrant Agent or any successor warrant agent upon
sixty (60) days notice in writing, mailed to the Warrant Agent or successor
Warrant Agent, as the case may be, by registered or certified mail, and to each
Warrant Holder; provided, however, the Company shall appoint a new Warrant
Agent as hereinafter provided and such removal shall not become effective until
a successor Warrant
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Agent has been appointed and has accepted such appointment. If the Warrant
Agent shall resign or shall otherwise become capable of acting, the Company
shall appoint a successor to the Warrant Agent. If the Company shall fail to
make such appointment within a period of sixty (60) days after it has been
notified in writing of such resignation or incapability by the Warrant Agent by
a Warrant Holder, who shall, with such notice, submit his Warrant Certificate
for inspection by the Company, then any Warrant Holder may apply to any court
of competent jurisdiction or the appointment of a successor to the Warrant
Agent. Any successor Warrant Agent, whether appointed by the Company or by
such a court shall be a registered transfer agent, bank or trust company,
subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 6.02, in good standing and
incorporated under the laws of any State of the United States, having its
principal office in the United States of America. After appointment, the
successor Warrant Agent shall be vested with the same powers, rights, duties
and responsibilities as if it had been originally named as Warrant Agent
without further act or deed. The former Warrant Agent shall deliver and
transfer to the successor Warrant Agent any property at the time held by it
hereunder and execute and deliver any further assurance, conveyance, act or
deed necessary for the purpose. Failure to give any notice provided for in
this Section, however, or any defect therein, shall not affect the legality or
validity of the resignation or removal of the Warrant Agent or the appointment
of the successor Warrant Agent, as the case may be.
(b) Any corporation into which the Warrant Agent may be
merged or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from
any merger or consolidation to which the Warrant Agent shall be a party, or any
corporation succeeding to the corporate trust business of the Warrant Agent,
shall be the successor to the Warrant Agent hereunder without the execution or
filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties
hereto. In case at the time such successor to the Warrant Agent shall succeed
to the agency created by this Agreement, any of the Warrant Certificates shall
have been countersigned but not delivered, any such successor to the Warrant
Agent may adopt the countersignature of the original Warrant Agent and deliver
such Warrant Certificates so countersigned, and in case at that time any of the
Warrant Certificates shall not have been countersigned, any successor to the
Warrant Agent may countersign such Warrant Certificate in its own name or in
the name of the successor Warrant Agent; and in all such cases such Warrant
Certificates shall have the full force provided in the Warrant Certificates and
this Agreement.
In case at any time the name of the Warrant Agent
shall be changed and at such time any of the Warrant Certificates shall have
been countersigned but not delivered, the Warrant Agent may adopt the
countersignature under this prior name and deliver Warrant Certificates so
countersigned; and in case at that time any of the Warrant Certificates shall
not have been countersigned, the Warrant Agent may countersign such Warrant
Certificates either in its prior name or in its changed name; and in all such
cases such Warrant Certificates shall have the full force provided in the
Warrant Certificates and in this Agreement.
SECTION 6.03. The Company agrees to pay the Warrant Agent a
reasonable fee for all services rendered by it hereunder. The Company also
agrees to indemnify the Warrant Agent for, and to hold it harmless against, any
loss, liability or expense, incurred without gross negligence, willful
misconduct or bad faith on the part of the Warrant Agent, arising out of or in
connection with the acceptance and administration of this Agreement, including
the costs and expenses of defending against any claim of liability in the
premises.
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SECTION 6.04. The Company covenants and agrees that it shall, at
the Company's expense, provide to the Warrant Agent copies of its current
prospectus, if any, in such quantity as to enable the Warrant Agent to deliver
one copy of such current prospectus to such Warrant Holder who shall exercise
his rights under a Warrant. Notwithstanding anything else contained in this
Section 6.04, the Company shall not be obligated to provide copies of its
current prospectus for the purpose of allowing the Warrant Agent to deliver
such copies to any Warrant Holder who delivers all of his redeemable warrants
for redemption pursuant to Section 2.03 or who shall notice the Company of his
intent to permit redemption of all of his Warrants pursuant to Section 2.03
herein or to any person who shall hold any Warrant subject to the terms of this
Agreement after the earlier of the Redemption Date or the Last Exercise Date of
the Warrants.
SECTION 6.05. The Warrant Agent undertakes the duties and
obligations imposed by this Agreement upon the following terms and conditions,
by all of which the Company and the holders of Warrant certificates, by their
acceptance thereof, shall be bound:
(a) Whenever in the performance of its duties under this
Agreement the Warrant Agent shall deem it necessary or desirable that any fact
or matter be proved or established by the Company prior to taking or suffering
any action hereunder, that fact or matter, unless other evidence in respect
thereof be herein specifically prescribed, may be deemed to be conclusively
proved and established by a certificate signed by the President or the
Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Warrant Agent. That certificate
shall be full authorization to the Warrant Agent for any action taken or
suffered in good faith by it under the provisions of this Agreement in reliance
upon that certificate.
(b) The Warrant Agent shall be liable hereunder only for
its own gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith.
(c) The Warrant Agent shall not be liable for or by
reason of any of the statements of fact or recitals continaed in this Agreement
or in the Warrant Certificates, except its countersignature thereof, or b
required to verify the same, but all such statements and recitals are and shall
be deemed to have been made by the Company only.
(d) The Warrant Agent shall not be under any
responsibility in respect of the validity of this Agreement or the execution
and delivery hereof, except the due execution hereof by the Warrant Agent, or
in respect of the validity or execution of any Warrant Certificate, except its
countersignature thereof; nor shall it be responsible for any Warrant
Certificate; nor shall it be responsible for the adjustment of the Warrant
Price or the making of any change in the number of shares of Common Stock
required under the provisions of Article III of this Agreement or responsible
for the manner, method or amount of any such change or the ascertaining of the
existence of facts that would require any such adjustment or change except with
respect to the exercise of Warrant Certificates after actual notice of any
adjustment of the Warrant Price; nor shall it by any act under this Agreement
be deemed to make any representation or warranty as to the authorization or
reservation of any shares of Common Stock to be issued pursuant to this
Agreement or any Warrant Certificate or as to whether any share of Common Stock
will when issued be validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable and free of
preemptive rights.
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(e) The Warrant Agent and any shareholder, director,
officer or employee of the Warrant Agent may buy, sell or deal in any of the
Warrant Certificates or other securities of the Company to retain a pecuniary
interest in any transaction in which the Company may be interested or contract
with or lend money to or otherwise act as fully and freely as though it was not
the Warrant Agent or subject to this Agreement. Nothing herein shall preclude
the Warrant Agent from acting in any other capacity for the Company or for any
other legal entity.
(f) The Warrant Agent is hereby authorized and directed
to accept instructions with respect to the performance of its duties hereunder
from any officer or assistant officer of the Company, and to apply to any such
officer or assistant officer for advice or instructions in connection with its
duties, and shall not be liable for any action taken or suffered to be taken by
it in good faith in accordance with instructions of any such officer or
assistant officer.
(g) The Warrant Agent may consult with its counsel or
other counsel satisfactory to it, including counsel for the Company, and the
opinion of such counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection
in respect of any action taken, offered, or omitted by it hereunder in good
faith and in accordance with the opinion of such counsel.
(h) The Warrant Agent shall incur no liability to the
Company or to any holder of any Warrant for any action taken by it in reliance
upon any Warrant Certificate or certificate for Common Stock, instrument of
assignment or transfer, power of attorney, endorsement, affidavit, letter,
notice, direction, consent, certificate, statement, or other paper or document
believed by it to be genuine and to be signed, executed, and where necessary,
certified or acknowledged, by the proper person or persons.
SECTION 6.06. The Warrant Agent may, without the consent or
concurrence of the Warrant Holders, by supplemental agreement or otherwise,
concur with the Company in making any changes or corrections in this Agreement
that (i) it shall have been advised by counsel, who may be counsel for the
Company, are required to cure any ambiguity or to correct any defective or
inconsistent provision or clerical omission or mistake or manifest error herein
contained, or (ii) as provided in Section 3.09, the Company deems necessary of
advisable and which shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of the
Warrant Certificates, provided such changes or corrections do not adversely
affect the privileges or immunities of the Warrant Holders.
SECTION 6.07. All the covenants and provisions of this Agreement by
or for the benefit of the Company or the Warrant Agent shall bind and inure to
the benefit of their respective successors and assigns hereunder.
SECTION 6.08. Forthwith upon the appointment after the date thereof
of any transfer agent for the Common Stock, or of any subsequent transfer agent
for the Common Stock, the Company will file with the Warrant Agent a statement
setting forth the name and address of such transfer agent.
SECTION 6.09. Notice or demand pursuant to this Agreement to be
given or made by the Warrant Agent or by any Warrant Holder to or on the
Company shall be sufficiently given or made and effective on the third business
day after posting thereof, unless otherwise
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provided in this Agreement, if sent by first-class mail, postage prepaid,
addressed (until another address is filed in writing by the Company with the
Warrant Agent) as follows:
Karts International Incorporated
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000
Attn: V. Xxxx Xxxxxxxx, President
notice or demand pursuant to this Agreement to be given or made by the Company
or any Warrant Holder to or on the Warrant Agent shall be sufficiently given or
made and effective on the third business day after posting thereof, unless
otherwise provided in this Agreement, if sent by first-class mail, postage
prepaid, addressed (until another address is filed in writing by the Warrant
Agent with the Company) as follows:
Securities Transfer Corporation
00000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxx XX 00000
Attn: Compliance Department
notice or demand pursuant to this Agreement to be given or made by the Company
or the Warrant Agent to or on the Underwriter shall be sufficiently given or
made and effective on the third business day after posting thereof, unless
otherwise provided in this Agreement, if sent by first-class mail, postage
prepaid, addressed (until another address is filed in writing by the
Underwriter with the Company) as follows:
Argent Securities, Inc.
0000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000
Attn: X. Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
notice or demand pursuant to this Agreement to be given or made by the Company
or the Warrant Agent to or on any Warrant Holder shall be sufficiently given or
made and effective on the third business day after posting thereof, unless
otherwise provided in this Agreement, if sent by first-class mail, postage
prepaid, addressed to such Warrant Holder at his last known address as it shall
appear in the records of the Company, if such notice shall be given by the
Company, or, if such notice shall be given by the Warrant Agent, as it shall
appear on the register maintained by the Warrant Agent.
A copy of any Notice or demand given or made pursuant to this
Agreement on the Warrant Agent, Company or Underwriter shall be promptly
forwarded by the recipient thereof to each of the Company, Warrant Agent or
Underwriter who shall not have received or made such demand or Notice.
SECTION 6.10. The validity, interpretation and performance of this
Agreement and the Warrants shall be governed by the law of the State of Nevada.
SECTION 6.11. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to give
to any person or corporation other than the parties hereto and the Warrant
Holders any right, remedy or claim
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under promise or agreement hereof. All covenants, conditions, stipulations,
promises and agreements contained in this Agreement shall be for the sole and
exclusive benefit of the Company and the Warrant Agent and their successors and
of the Warrant Holders, and their heirs, representatives, successors, assigns
and transferees.
SECTION 6.12. A copy of this Agreement shall be available for
inspection by any Warrant Holder during the regular business hours and at the
corporate office of the Warrant Agent in Dallas, Texas, at which time the
Warrant Agent may require any Warrant Holder to submit his Warrant Certificate
for inspection by it.
SECTION 6.13. This Agreement shall terminate on the Last Exercise
Date, or such earlier date upon which all Warrants have been exercised or
redeemed, except that the Warrant Agent shall account to the Company pursuant
to Section 2.02 (e) of this Agreement for all cash held by it. The provisions
of Section 6.03 and 6.04 of this Agreement shall survive such termination.
SECTION 6.14. The Article headings in this Agreement are for
convenience only and are not part of this Agreement and shall not affect the
interpretation thereof.
SECTION 6.15. This Agreement may be executed in any number
counterparts, each of which is so executed shall be deemed to be an original,
and all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same
agreement.
ATTEST: KARTS INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
By:
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V. Xxxx Xxxxxxxx, President
and Chief Executive Officer
ATTEST: SECURITIES TRANSFER CORPORATION
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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