EXHIBIT 10.3
NEITHER THIS WARRANT NOR THE SHARES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE HEREOF HAVE BEEN
REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT")
OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM THE
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND SUCH OTHER SECURITIES LAWS.
NEITHER THIS WARRANT NOR THE SHARES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE HEREOF MAY BE SOLD,
PLEDGED, TRANSFERRED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN
EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR IN A TRANSACTION
WHICH IS EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.
STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT
To Purchase 400,000 Shares of the Common Stock of
XXXXXXXX.XXX, INC.
THIS CERTIFIES that, for value received, XXXXXXXX XXXXXXX (the
"Holder"), is entitled, upon the terms and subject to the conditions hereinafter
set forth, at any time on or after the date hereof (the "Exercise Date") and on
or prior to the close of business on the date which is ten years after the date
hereof (the "Termination Date"), to subscribe for and purchase from
xXxxxxxx.xxx, Inc. (the "Company"), up to Four Hundred Thousand (400,000) shares
(the "Warrant Shares") of common stock, par value $.001 per share (the "Common
Stock") of the Company. The purchase price of one share of Common Stock (the
"Exercise Price") under this Warrant shall be $0.625. The Exercise Price and the
number of shares for which the Warrant is exercisable shall be subject to
adjustment as provided herein. In the event of any conflict between the terms of
this Warrant and the Securities Exchange Agreement among Company and the
investors signatory thereto, including the Holder, dated as of August 15, 2001
(the "Exchange Agreement") pursuant to which this Warrant has been issued, the
Exchange Agreement shall control. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise
defined herein shall have the meanings set forth for such terms in the Exchange
Agreement.
1. Title to Warrant. Prior to the Termination Date and
subject to compliance with applicable laws and the terms of this Warrant, this
Warrant and all rights hereunder are transferable, in whole or in part, at the
office or agency of the Company by the holder hereof in person or by duly
authorized attorney, upon surrender of this Warrant together with the Assignment
Form annexed hereto properly endorsed.
2. Authorization of Shares. The Company covenants that
all shares of Common Stock which may be issued upon the exercise of rights
represented by this Warrant will, upon exercise of the rights represented by
this Warrant, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable
and free from all taxes, liens and charges in respect of the issue thereof
(other than taxes in respect of any transfer occurring contemporaneously with
such issue).
3. Exercise of Warrant. Except as provided in Section 4
herein, exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant may be made
at any time or times on or after the Exercise Date, as to not less than (i)
1,000 Warrant Shares at a time, or, (ii) if this Warrant evidences rights of a
Holder to purchase less than 2,000 unpurchased shares of Common Stock, all such
unpurchased shares, and in either case before the close of business on the
Termination Date by the surrender of this Warrant and the Notice of Exercise
Form annexed hereto duly executed, at the office of the Company (or such other
office or agency of the Company as it may designate by notice in writing to the
registered holder hereof at the address of such holder appearing on the books of
the Company) and upon payment of the Exercise Price of the shares thereby
purchased by wire transfer or cashier's check drawn on a United States bank, the
holder shall be entitled to receive a certificate for the number of shares of
Common Stock so purchased. Certificates for shares purchased hereunder shall be
delivered to the holder hereof within ten (10) Trading Days after the date on
which this Warrant shall have been exercised as aforesaid. This Warrant shall be
deemed to have been exercised and such certificate or certificates shall be
deemed to have been issued, and the Holder or any other person so designated to
be named therein shall be deemed to have become a holder of record of such
shares for all purposes, as of the date the Holder faxes a Notice of Exercise to
the Company, provided that such fax notice is followed by delivery of the
original notice and payment to the Company of the Exercise Price and all taxes
required to be paid by the Holder, if any, pursuant to Section 5 prior to the
issuance of such shares, have been paid within three (3) Trading Days of such
fax notice. If this Warrant shall have been exercised in part, the Company
shall, at the time of delivery of the certificate or certificates representing
Warrant Shares, deliver to the Holder a new Warrant evidencing the rights of
Holder to purchase the unpurchased shares of Common Stock called for by this
Warrant, which new Warrant shall in all other respects be identical with this
Warrant.
4. No Fractional Shares or Scrip. No fractional shares
or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the exercise of
this Warrant. As to any fraction of a share which Holder would otherwise be
entitled to purchase upon such exercise, the Company shall pay a cash adjustment
in respect of such final fraction in an amount equal to the Exercise Price.
5. Charges, Taxes and Expenses. Issuance of certificates
for shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of this Warrant shall be made
without charge to the holder hereof for any issue or federal or state transfer
tax or other incidental expense in respect of the issuance of such certificate,
all of which taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Company, and such
certificates shall be issued in the name of the holder of this Warrant or in
such name or names as
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may be directed by the holder of this Warrant; provided, however, that in the
event certificates for shares of Common Stock are to be issued in a name other
than the name of the holder of this Warrant, this Warrant when surrendered for
exercise shall be accompanied by the Assignment Form attached hereto duly
executed by the holder hereof; and the Company may require, as a condition
thereto, the payment of a sum sufficient to reimburse it for any transfer tax
incidental thereto.
6. Closing of Books. The Company will not close its
stockholder books or records in any manner which prevents the timely exercise of
this Warrant.
7. Transfer, Division and Combination. (a) the Holder
(and its transferees and assigns), by acceptance of this Warrant, covenants and
agrees that it is acquiring the Warrants evidenced hereby, and, upon exercise
hereof, the Warrant Shares, for its own account as an investment and not with a
view to the resale or distribution thereof. The Warrant Shares have not been
registered under the Securities Act or any state securities laws and no transfer
of any Warrant Shares shall be permitted unless the Company has received notice
of such transfer, at the address of its principal office set forth in the
Exchange Agreement, in the form of assignment attached hereto, accompanied by an
opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company that an exemption from
registration of such Warrants or Warrant Shares under the Securities Act is
available for such transfer, except that no such opinion shall be required after
the registration for resale by the Holder of the Warrant Shares, as contemplated
by the Registration Rights Agreement. Upon any exercise of the Warrants,
certificates representing the Warrant Shares shall bear a restrictive legend
substantially identical to that set forth on the face of this Warrant
certificate. Any purported transfer of any Warrant or Warrant Shares not in
compliance with the provisions of this section shall be null and void.
(b) This Warrant may be divided or combined with
other Warrants upon presentation hereof at the aforesaid office of the Company,
together with a written notice specifying the names and denominations in which
new Warrants are to be issued, signed by Holder or its agent or attorney;
provided, however, that no division of this Warrant shall be permitted which
would create at Warrant with respect to less than 1,000 Warrant Shares. Subject
to compliance with Section 7(a), as to any transfer which may be involved in
such division or combination, the Company shall execute and deliver a new
Warrant or Warrants in exchange for the Warrant or Warrants to be divided or
combined in accordance with such notice.
(c) The Company shall prepare, issue and deliver
at its own expense (other than transfer taxes) the new Warrant or Warrants under
this Section 7.
(d) The Company agrees to maintain, at its
aforesaid office or the office of its transfer or registration agent, books for
the registration and the registration of transfer of the Warrants.
8. No Rights as Stockholder until Exercise. This Warrant
does not entitle the holder hereof to any voting rights or other rights as a
shareholder of the Company prior to the exercise hereof. Upon the surrender of
this Warrant and the payment of the aggregate Exercise Price, the Warrant Shares
so purchased shall be and be deemed to be issued to such holder as the
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record owner of such shares as of the close of business on the later of the date
of such surrender or payment.
9. Loss, Theft, Destruction or Mutilation of Warrant.
The Company covenants that upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably
satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant
certificate or any stock certificate relating to the Warrant Shares, and in case
of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory
to it (which shall not exceed that customarily charged by the Company's transfer
agent), and upon surrender and cancellation of such Warrant or stock
certificate, if mutilated, the Company will make and deliver a new Warrant or
stock certificate of like tenor and dated as of such cancellation, in lieu of
such Warrant or stock certificate.
10. Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays, etc. If the last or
appointed day for the taking of any action or the expiration of any right
required or granted herein shall be a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday, then
such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding
day not a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday.
11. Adjustments of Exercise Price and Number of Warrant
Shares. (a) Stock Splits, etc. The number and kind of securities purchasable
upon the exercise of this Warrant and the Exercise Price shall be subject to
adjustment from time to time upon the happening of any of the following. In case
the Company shall (i) pay a dividend in shares of Common Stock or make a
distribution in shares of Common Stock to holders of its outstanding Common
Stock, (ii) subdivide its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater
number of shares of Common Stock, (iii) combine its outstanding shares of Common
Stock into a smaller number of shares of Common Stock or (iv) issue any shares
of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Common Stock, then the number
of Warrant Shares purchasable upon exercise of this Warrant immediately prior
thereto shall be adjusted so that the holder of this Warrant shall be entitled
to receive the kind and number of Warrant Shares or other securities of the
Company which he would have been entitled to receive had such Warrant been
exercised in advance thereof. Upon each such adjustment of the kind and number
of Warrant Shares or other securities of the Company which are purchasable
hereunder, the holder of this Warrant shall thereafter be entitled to purchase
the number of Warrant Shares or other securities resulting from such adjustment
at an Exercise Price per Warrant Share or other security obtained by multiplying
the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment by the number
of Warrant Shares purchasable pursuant hereto immediately prior to such
adjustment and dividing by the number of Warrant Shares or other securities of
the Company resulting from such adjustment. An adjustment made pursuant to this
paragraph shall become effective immediately after the effective date of such
event retroactive to the record date, if any, for such event.
(b) Reorganization, Reclassification, Merger,
Consolidation or Disposition of Assets. In case the Company shall reorganize its
capital, reclassify its capital stock (other than a change in nominal value to
no nominal value, or from no nominal value to nominal value, or as a result of a
subdivision, combination or other event described in paragraph (a) of this
Section), consolidate or merge with or into another corporation (where the
Company is not the surviving corporation or where there is a change in or
distribution with respect to the Common Stock of the Company), or sell, transfer
or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all its property, assets or
business to another corporation and, pursuant to the terms of such
reorganization,
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reclassification, merger, consolidation or disposition of assets, shares of
common stock of the successor or acquiring corporation, or any cash, shares of
stock or other securities or property of any nature whatsoever (including
warrants or other subscription or purchase rights) in addition to or in lieu of
common stock of the successor or acquiring corporation ("Other Property"), are
to be received by or distributed to the holders of Common Stock of the Company,
then Holder shall have the right thereafter to receive, upon exercise of this
Warrant, the number of shares of common stock of the successor or acquiring
corporation or of the Company, if it is the surviving corporation, and Other
Property receivable upon or as a result of such reorganization,
reclassification, merger, consolidation or disposition of assets by a holder of
the number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is exercisable
immediately prior to such event. In case of any such reorganization,
reclassification, merger, consolidation or disposition of assets, the successor
or acquiring corporation (if other than the Company) shall expressly assume the
due and punctual observance and performance of each and every covenant and
condition of this Warrant to be performed and observed by the Company and all
the obligations and liabilities hereunder, subject to such modifications as may
be deemed appropriate (as determined in good faith by resolution of the Board of
Directors of the Company) in order to provide for adjustments of shares of
Common Stock for which this Warrant is exercisable which shall be as nearly
equivalent as practicable to the adjustments provided for in this Section 11.
For purposes of this Section 11, "common stock of the successor or acquiring
corporation" shall include stock of such corporation of any class which is not
preferred as to dividends or assets over any other class of stock of such
corporation and which is not subject to redemption and shall also include any
evidences of indebtedness, shares of stock or other securities which are
convertible into or exchangeable for any such stock, either immediately or upon
the arrival of a specified date or the happening of a specified event and any
warrants or other rights to subscribe for or purchase any such stock. The
foregoing provisions of this Section 11 shall similarly apply to successive
reorganizations, reclassifications, mergers, consolidations or disposition of
assets.
12. Voluntary Adjustment by the Company. The Company may
at any time during the term of this Warrant, reduce the then current Exercise
Price to any amount and for any period of time deemed appropriate by the Board
of Directors of the Company.
13. Notice of Adjustment. Whenever the number of Warrant
Shares or number or kind of securities or other property purchasable upon the
exercise of this Warrant or the Exercise Price is adjusted, as herein provided,
the Company shall promptly mail by registered or certified mail, return receipt
requested, to the holder of this Warrant notice of such adjustment or
adjustments setting forth the number of Warrant Shares (and other securities or
property) purchasable upon the exercise of this Warrant and the Exercise Price
of such Warrant Shares (and other securities or property) after such adjustment,
setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment and
setting forth the computation by which such adjustment was made. Such notice, in
the absence of manifest error, shall be conclusive evidence of the correctness
of such adjustment.
14. Notice of Corporate Action. If at any time:
(a) the Company shall take a record of the
holders of its Common Stock for the purpose of entitling them to receive a
dividend or other distribution, or any right to
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subscribe for or purchase any evidences of its indebtedness, any shares of stock
of any class or any other securities or property, or to receive any other right,
or
(b) there shall be any capital reorganization of
the Company, any reclassification or recapitalization of the capital stock of
the Company or any consolidation with or merger of the Company into, or any
sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all the property,
assets or business of the Company to, another corporation or,
(c) there shall be a voluntary or involuntary
dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company;
then, in any one or more of such cases, the Company shall give to Holder (i) at
least 10 days' prior written notice of any record date for such dividend,
distribution or right or for determining rights to vote in respect of any such
reorganization, reclassification, merger, consolidation, sale, transfer,
disposition, liquidation or winding up, and (ii) in the case of any such
reorganization, reclassification, merger, consolidation, sale, transfer,
disposition, dissolution, liquidation or winding up, at least 10 days' prior
written notice of the date when the same shall take place. Such notice in
accordance with the foregoing clause also shall specify (i) the date on which
any such record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution or
right, the date on which the holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to any
such dividend, distribution or right, and the amount and character thereof, and
(ii) the date on which any such reorganization, reclassification, merger,
consolidation, sale, transfer, disposition, dissolution, liquidation or winding
up is to take place and the time, if any such time is to be fixed, as of which
the holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to exchange their shares of Common
Stock for securities or other property deliverable upon such disposition,
dissolution, liquidation or winding up. Each such written notice shall be
sufficiently given if addressed to Holder at the last address of Holder
appearing on the books of the Company and delivered in accordance with Section
16(d).
15. Authorized Shares. The Company covenants that during
the period the Warrant is outstanding, it will reserve from its authorized and
unissued Common Stock a sufficient number of shares to provide for the issuance
of the Warrant Shares upon the exercise of any purchase rights under this
Warrant. The Company further covenants that its issuance of this Warrant shall
constitute full authority to its officers who are charged with the duty of
executing stock certificates to execute and issue the necessary certificates for
the Warrant Shares upon the exercise of the purchase rights under this Warrant.
The Company will take all such reasonable action as may be necessary to assure
that such Warrant Shares may be issued as provided herein without violation of
any applicable law or regulation, or of any requirements of the Principal Market
upon which the Common Stock may be listed.
The Company shall not by any action, including,
without limitation, amending its certificate of incorporation or through any
reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or
sale of securities or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the
observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant, but will at all
times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all such terms and in the
taking of all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate to protect the
rights of Holder against impairment. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the Company will (a) not increase the par value of any shares of
Common Stock receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant above the amount
payable
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therefor upon such exercise immediately prior to such increase in par value, (b)
take all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the
Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable shares of
Common Stock upon the exercise of this Warrant, and (c) use its best efforts to
obtain all such authorizations, exemptions or consents from any public
regulatory body having jurisdiction thereof as may be necessary to enable the
Company to perform its obligations under this Warrant.
Before taking any action which would result in an
adjustment in the number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is
exercisable or in the Exercise Price, the Company shall obtain all such
authorizations or exemptions thereof, or consents thereto, as may be necessary
from any public regulatory body or bodies having jurisdiction thereof.
16. Miscellaneous.
(a) Jurisdiction. This Warrant shall be binding
upon any successors or assigns of the Company. This Warrant shall constitute a
contract under the laws of New York without regard to its conflict of law,
principles or rules, and be subject to arbitration pursuant to the terms set
forth in the Exchange Agreement.
(b) Restrictions. The holder hereof acknowledges
that the Warrant Shares acquired upon the exercise of this Warrant, if not
registered, will have restrictions upon resale imposed by state and federal
securities laws.
(c) Nonwaiver and Expenses. No course of dealing
or any delay or failure to exercise any right hereunder on the part of the
Holder shall operate as a waiver of such right or otherwise prejudice Holder's
rights, powers or remedies, except that all rights hereunder terminate on the
Termination Date. If the Company fails to comply with any provision of this
Warrant, the Company shall pay to the Holder such amounts as shall be sufficient
to cover any costs and expenses including, but not limited to, reasonable
attorneys' fees, including those of appellate proceedings, incurred by the
Holder in collecting any amounts due pursuant hereto or in otherwise enforcing
any of its rights, powers or remedies hereunder.
(d) Notices. Any notice, request or other
document required or permitted to be given or delivered to the holder hereof by
the Company shall be delivered in accordance with the notice provisions of the
Exchange Agreement.
(e) Limitation of Liability. No provision
hereof, in the absence of affirmative action by Holder to purchase shares of
Common Stock, and no enumeration herein of the rights or privileges of Holder
hereof, shall give rise to any liability of the Holder for the purchase price of
any Common Stock or as a stockholder of the Company, whether such liability is
asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company.
(f) Remedies. The Holder, in addition to being
entitled to exercise all rights granted by law, including recovery of damages,
will be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this Warrant. The
Company agrees that monetary damages would not be adequate compensation for any
loss incurred by reason of a breach by it of the provisions of this
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Warrant and hereby agrees to waive the defense in any action for specific
performance that a remedy at law would be adequate.
(g) Successors and Assigns. Subject to
applicable securities laws, this Warrant and the rights and obligations
evidenced hereby shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the
successors of the Company and the successors and permitted assigns of the
Holder. The provisions of this Warrant are intended to be for the benefit of all
Holders from time to time of this Warrant and shall be enforceable by any such
Holder or holder of Warrant Shares.
(h) Amendment. This Warrant may be modified or
amended or the provisions hereof waived only with the written consent of the
Company and the Holder.
(i) Severability. Wherever possible, each
provision of this Warrant shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective
and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Warrant shall be
prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be
ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without
invalidating the remainder of such provisions or the remaining provisions of
this Warrant.
(j) Headings. The headings used in this Warrant
are for the convenience of reference only and shall not, for any purpose, be
deemed a part of this Warrant.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be
executed by its officer thereunto duly authorized.
Dated: August 15, 2001
xXxxxxxx.xxx, Inc.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Chief Executive Officer and President
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NOTICE OF EXERCISE
To: xXxxxxxx.xxx, Inc.
(1) The undersigned hereby elects to purchase ________ shares of Common
Stock (the "Common Stock"), of xXxxxxxx.xxx, Inc. pursuant to the terms
of the attached Warrant, and tenders herewith payment of the exercise
price in full, together with all applicable transfer taxes, if any.
(2) Please issue a certificate or certificates representing said shares of
Common Stock in the name of the undersigned or in such other name as is
specified below:
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(Name)
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(Address)
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Dated: ______________, _______
Holder's Signature:
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Holder's Name:
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Holder's Address:
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Social Security, Employer
or Other Tax Identification
Number of Holder:
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NOTE: The signature to this Assignment Form must correspond with the name as it
appears on the face of the Warrant, without alteration or enlargement or any
change whatsoever, and must be guaranteed by a bank or trust company. Officers
of corporations and those acting in an fiduciary or other representative
capacity should file proper evidence of authority to assign the foregoing
Warrant.
ASSIGNMENT FORM
(To assign the foregoing warrant, execute
this form and supply required information.
Do not use this form to exercise the warrant.)
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the foregoing Warrant and all rights evidenced
thereby are hereby assigned to
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whose address is
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Dated:
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Holder's Signature:
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Holder's Name:
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Holder's Address:
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Social Security, Employer
or Other Tax Identification
Number of Holder:
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Signature Guaranteed:
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NOTE: The signature to this Assignment Form must correspond with the name as it
appears on the face of the Warrant, without alteration or enlargement or any
change whatsoever, and must be guaranteed by a bank or trust company. Officers
of corporations and those acting in an fiduciary or other representative
capacity should file proper evidence of authority to assign the foregoing
Warrant.
