EXHIBIT 10.8
WARRANT
TO PURCHASE SHARES OF
COMMON STOCK OF
UNITED SHIPPING & TECHNOLOGY, INC.
JANUARY 18, 2000
This Certifies that, in consideration of having purchased _________
shares of the Company's Common Stock, and for other good and valuable
consideration, ___________ (the "Warrantholder"), is entitled to subscribe for
and purchase from the Company, at any time after the date hereof, and prior to
January 18, 2005 (the "Expiration Date") up to _________ shares of the Company's
Common Stock at a purchase price of $12.50 per share (the "Purchase Price"),
subject to adjustment as hereinafter set forth.
1 Definitions. For the purposes of this Warrant the following terms
shall have the following meanings:
"Commission" shall mean the Securities and Exchange
Commission, or any other federal agency then administering the
Securities Act.
"Company" shall mean United Shipping & Technology, Inc., a
Utah corporation, and any corporation which shall succeed to, or
assume, the obligations of said corporation hereunder.
"Common Stock" shall mean the shares of Common Stock of the
Company, $0.004 par value.
"Other Securities" shall mean any stock (other than Common
Stock) or other securities of the Company which the Warrantholder at
any time shall be entitled to receive, or shall have received, upon the
exercise of the Warrants, in lieu of or in addition to Common Stock, or
which at any time shall be issuable or shall have been issued in
exchange for or in replacement of Common Stock or Other Securities.
"Securities Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, as
in effect at the time.
"Subscription Form" shall mean the subscription forms attached
hereto.
"Transfer" shall mean any sale, assignment, pledge, or other
disposition of any Warrants and/or Warrant Shares, or of any interest
in either thereof, which would constitute a sale thereof within the
meaning of Section 2(3) of the Securities Act.
"Warrant Shares" shall mean the shares of Common Stock
purchased or purchasable by the Warrantholder upon the exercise of the
Warrants pursuant to Section 2 hereof.
"Warrantholder" shall mean the holder or holders of the
Warrants or any related Warrant Shares.
"Warrants" shall mean the Warrants (including this Warrant),
identical as to terms and conditions and date, issued by the Company in
connection with the sale of the Notes, and all Warrants issued in
exchange, transfer or replacement thereof.
All terms used in this Warrant which are not defined in Section 1
hereof have the meanings respectively set forth elsewhere in this Warrant.
2 Exercise of Warrant, Issuance of Certificate, and Payment for Warrant
Shares. The rights represented by this Warrant may be exercised at any time
after the date hereof, and prior to the Expiration Date, by the Warrantholder,
in whole or in part (but not as to any fractional share of Common Stock), by:
(a) delivery to the Company of a completed Subscription Form, (b) surrender to
the Company of this Warrant properly endorsed and signature guaranteed, and (c)
delivery to the Company of a certified or cashier's check made payable to the
Company in an amount equal to the aggregate Purchase Price of the shares of
Common Stock being purchased, at its principal office or agency in Minnesota (or
such other office or agency of the Company as the Company may designate by
notice in writing to the holder hereof). The Company agrees and acknowledges
that the shares of Common Stock so purchased shall be deemed to be issued to the
holder hereof as the record owner of such shares as of the close of business on
the date on which this Warrant, properly endorsed, and the Subscription Form
shall have been surrendered and payment made for such shares as aforesaid. Upon
receipt thereof, the Company shall, as promptly as practicable, and in any event
within fifteen (15) days thereafter, execute or cause to be executed and deliver
to the Warrantholder a certificate or certificates representing the aggregate
number of shares of Common Stock specified in said Subscription Form. Each stock
certificate so delivered shall be in such denomination as may be requested by
the Warrantholder and shall be registered in the name of the Warrantholder or
such other name as shall be designated by the Warrantholder. If this Warrant
shall have been exercised only in part, the Company shall, at the time of
delivery of said stock certificate or certificates, deliver to the Warrantholder
a new Warrant evidencing the rights of such holder to purchase the remaining
shares of Common Stock covered by this Warrant. The Company shall pay all
expenses, taxes, and other charges payable in connection with the preparation,
execution, and delivery of stock certificates pursuant to this Section 2, except
that, in case any such stock certificate or certificates shall be registered in
a name or names other than the name of the Warrantholder, funds sufficient to
pay all stock transfer taxes which shall be payable upon the execution and
delivery of such stock certificate or certificates shall be paid by the
Warrantholder to the Company at the time of delivering this Warrant to the
Company as mentioned above.
3 Ownership of this Warrant. The Company may deem and treat the
registered Warrantholder as the holder and owner hereof (notwithstanding any
notations of ownership or writing made hereon by anyone other than the Company)
for all purposes and shall not be
2
affected by any notice to the contrary, until presentation of this Warrant for
transfer as provided herein and then only if such transfer meets the
requirements of Section 5.
4 Exchange, Transfer, and Replacement. Subject to Section 5 hereof,
this Warrant is exchangeable upon the surrender hereof by the Warrantholder to
the Company at its office or agency described in Section 2 hereof for new
Warrants of like tenor and date representing in the aggregate the right to
purchase the number of shares purchasable hereunder, each of such new Warrants
to represent the right to purchase such number of shares (not to exceed the
aggregate total number purchasable hereunder) as shall be designated by the
Warrantholder at the time of such surrender. Subject to Section 5 hereof, this
Warrant and all rights hereunder are transferable, in whole or in part, upon the
books of the Company by the Warrantholder in person or by duly authorized
attorney, and a new Warrant of the same tenor and date as this Warrant, but
registered in the name of the transferee, shall be executed and delivered by the
Company upon surrender of this Warrant, duly endorsed, at such office or agency
of the Company. Upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory
to it of the loss, theft, destruction, or mutilation of this Warrant, and, in
the case of loss, theft, or destruction, of indemnity or security reasonably
satisfactory to it, and upon surrender and cancellation of this Warrant, if
mutilated, the Company will make and deliver a new Warrant of like tenor, in
lieu of this Warrant. This Warrant shall be promptly canceled by the Company
upon the surrender hereof in connection with any exchange, transfer, or
replacement. The Company shall pay all expenses, taxes (other than stock
transfer taxes), and other charges payable in connection with the preparation,
execution, and delivery of Warrants pursuant to this Section 4.
5 Restrictions on Transfer. Notwithstanding any provisions contained in
this Warrant to the contrary, neither this Warrant nor the Warrant Shares shall
be transferable except upon the conditions specified in this Section 5, which
conditions are intended, among other things, to ensure compliance with the
provisions of the Securities Act in respect of the transfer of this Warrant or
such Warrant Shares. The holder of this Warrant agrees that such holder will not
transfer this Warrant or the related Warrant Shares (a) prior to delivery to the
Company of an opinion of counsel selected by the Warrantholder and reasonably
satisfactory to the Company, stating that such transfer is exempt from
registration under the Securities Act, or (b) until registration of such
Warrants and/or Warrant Shares under the Securities Act has become effective and
continues to be effective at the time of such transfer. An appropriate legend
may be endorsed on the Warrants and the certificates of the Warrant Shares
evidencing these restrictions. The holder of this Warrant further agrees that
such holder will not, for a period of 180 days from the date that a registration
statement covering securities offered by the Company is declared effective by
the Commission, offer to sell, contract to sell, or otherwise sell, dispose of,
loan, pledge or grant any rights with respect to the Warrant or the Warrant
Shares owned by the holder, otherwise than with the prior written consent of the
Company.
6 Antidilution Provisions. The rights granted hereunder are subject to
the following:
(a) Stock Splits. In case at any time the Company shall
subdivide its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number
of shares, the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such
subdivision shall be proportionately reduced and the
3
number of Warrant Shares purchasable pursuant to this Warrant
immediately prior to such subdivision shall be proportionately
increased, and conversely, in case at any time the Company shall
combine its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of
shares, the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such
combination shall be proportionately increased and the number of
Warrant Shares purchasable upon the exercise of this Warrant
immediately prior to such combination shall be proportionately reduced.
Except as provided in this paragraph (a), no adjustment in the Purchase
Price and no change in the number of Warrant Shares so purchasable
shall be made pursuant to this Section 6 as a result of or by reason of
any such subdivision or combination.
(b) Reorganization, Reclassification, Consolidation, Merger,
or Sale. If any capital reorganization or reclassification or merger of
the Company with another corporation, or the sale of all or
substantially all of its assets to another corporation, shall be
effected in such a way that holders of shares of Common Stock shall be
entitled to receive Common Stock, Other Securities or assets with
respect to or in exchange for shares of Common Stock, then, as a
condition of such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation,
merger or sale, lawful and adequate provision shall be made whereby the
Warrantholder shall thereafter have the right to purchase and receive
upon the basis and upon the terms and conditions specified in the
Warrants and in lieu of the shares of Common Stock of the Company
immediately theretofore purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of
the Warrants such shares of Common Stock, Other Securities or assets as
may be issued or payable with respect to or in exchange for a number of
outstanding shares of Common Stock equal to the number of shares of
Common Stock immediately theretofore purchasable and receivable upon
the exercise of the Warrants had such reorganization, reclassification,
consolidation, merger or sale not taken place, and in any such case
appropriate provision shall be made with respect to the rights and
interests of the Warrantholder so that the provisions of the Warrants
(including, without limitation, provisions for adjustment of the
Purchase Price and the number of shares purchasable upon the exercise
of the Warrants) shall thereafter be applicable, as nearly as may be,
in relation to any shares of Common Stock, Other Securities or assets
thereafter deliverable upon the exercise of the Warrants.
7 Special Agreements of the Company.
(a) Will Reserve Shares. The Company will reserve and set
apart and have at all times the number of shares of authorized but
unissued Common Stock deliverable upon the exercise of the Warrants,
and it will have at all times any other rights or privileges provided
for herein sufficient to enable it at any time to fulfill all of its
obligations hereunder.
(b) Will Avoid Certain Actions. The Company will not, by
amendment of its Articles of Incorporation or through any
reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, issue or
sale of securities or otherwise, avoid or take any action which would
have the effect of avoiding the observance or performance hereunder by
the Company, but will at all times in good faith assist in carrying out
of all the provisions of the
4
Warrants and in taking all such actions as may be necessary or
appropriate in order to protect the rights of the Warrantholder against
dilution or other impairment.
8 Provisions for Registration. Despite anything in this Warrant to the
contrary, the Warrantholder shall have the following rights regarding
registration of Warrant Shares which may be hereafter acquired upon exercise of
this Warrant.
(a) Required Registration. If at any time the Company receives
the written request from the Holder of this Warrant, the Company shall
prepare and file a registration statement under the Securities Act
covering the Warrant Shares which are the subject of such requests and
shall use its best efforts to cause such registration statement to
become effective; provided, however, that all Warrant Shares covered by
such registration statement shall be converted into Common Stock prior
to inclusion in such registration statement. In addition, upon the
receipt of the aforementioned request, the Company shall promptly give
written notice to all other record holders of Warrant Shares that such
registration is to be effected. The Company shall include in such
registration statement such Warrant Shares for which it has received
written requests to register by such other record holders within
fifteen (15) days after the Company's written notice to such other
record holders. The Company shall be obligated to prepare, file and
cause to become effective only two (2) registration statements pursuant
to this Section 8(a). In the event that the holders of a majority of
the Warrant Shares for which registration has been requested pursuant
to this Section determine for any reason not to proceed with a
registration at any time before the registration statement has been
declared effective by the Commission, and such holders thereafter
request the Company to withdraw such registration statement, the
holders of such Warrant Shares agree to bear their own expenses
incurred in connection therewith and to reimburse the Company for the
expenses incurred by it attributable to such registration statement,
then, and in such event, the holders of such Warrant Shares shall not
be deemed to have exercised their right to require the Company to
register Warrant Shares pursuant to this Section 8(a).
(b) Incidental Registration. Each time the Company shall
determine to proceed with the actual preparation and filing of a
registration statement under the Securities Act in connection with the
proposed offer and sale for money of any of its Common Stock by it or
any of its security holders, the Company will give written notice of
its determination to all record holders of Warrant Shares. Upon the
written request of a record holder of any Warrant Shares given within
fifteen (15) days after receipt of any such notice from the Company,
the Company will, except as herein provided, cause all such Warrant
Shares, the record holders of which have so requested registration
thereof, to be included in such registration statement, all to the
extent requisite to permit the sale or other disposition by the
prospective seller or sellers of the Warrant Shares to be so
registered; provided, however, that (a) all such Warrant Shares to be
so registered shall be converted into Common Stock prior to sale
pursuant to such registration statement; (b) nothing herein shall
prevent the Company from, at any time, abandoning or delaying any such
registration initiated by it; and (c) if the Company determines not to
proceed with a registration after the registration statement has been
filed with the Commission and the Company's decision not to proceed is
primarily based upon the anticipated public
5
offering price of the securities to be sold by the Company, the Company
shall promptly complete the registration for the benefit of those
selling security holders who wish to proceed with a public offering of
their securities and who bear all expenses in excess of $25,000
incurred by the Company as the result of such registration after the
Company has decided not to proceed. If any registration pursuant to
this Section shall be underwritten in whole or in part, the Company may
require that the Warrant Shares requested for inclusion pursuant to
this Section be included in the underwriting on the same terms and
conditions as the securities otherwise being sold through the
underwriters. If in the good faith judgment of the managing underwriter
of such public offering the inclusion of all of the Warrant Shares
originally covered by a request for registration would reduce the
number of shares to be offered by the Company or interfere with the
successful marketing of the shares of stock offered by the Company, the
number of Warrant Shares otherwise to be included in the underwritten
public offering may be reduced pro rata among the holders thereof
requesting such registration to a number that the managing underwriter
believes will not adversely affect the sale of shares by the Company.
Those securities which are thus excluded from the underwritten public
offering, and any other Common Stock owned by such holders, shall be
withheld from the market by the holders thereof for a period, not to
exceed one hundred eighty (180) days, which the managing underwriter
reasonably determines is necessary in order to effect the underwritten
public offering.
(c) Registration Procedures. If and whenever the Company is
required by the provisions of Sections 8(a) or 8(b) to effect the
registration of any Warrant Shares under the Securities Act, the
Company will:
1 prepare and file with the Commission a registration
statement with respect to such Warrant Shares, and use its
best efforts to cause such registration statement to become
and remain effective for such period as may be reasonably
necessary to effect the sale of such Warrant Shares, not to
exceed three (3) months;
2 prepare and file with the Commission such
amendments to such registration statement and supplements to
the prospectus contained therein as may be necessary to keep
such registration statement effective for such period as may
be reasonably necessary to effect the sale of such Warrant
Shares, not to exceed three (3) months;
3 furnish to the security holders participating in
such registration and to the underwriters of the Warrant
Shares being registered such reasonable number of copies of
the registration statement, preliminary prospectus, final
prospectus and such other documents as such security holders
and underwriters may reasonably request in order to facilitate
the public offering of such Warrant Shares;
6
4 use its best efforts to register or qualify the
Warrant Shares covered by such registration statement under
such state securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions
as such participating holders may reasonably request within
ten (10) days following the original filing of such
registration statement, except that the Company shall not for
any purpose be required to execute a general consent to
service of process or to qualify to do business as a foreign
corporation in any jurisdiction wherein it is not so
qualified;
5 notify the security holders participating in such
registration, promptly after it shall receive notice thereof,
of the time when such registration statement has become
effective or a supplement to any prospectus forming a part of
such registration statement has been filed;
6 notify such holders promptly of any request by the
Commission for the amending or supplementing of such
registration statement or prospectus or for additional
information;
7 prepare and file with the Commission, promptly upon
the request of any such holders, any amendments or supplements
to such registration statement or prospectus which, in the
opinion of counsel for such holders (and concurred in by
counsel for the Company), is required under the Securities Act
or the rules and regulations thereunder in connection with the
distribution of the Warrant Shares by such holder;
8 prepare and promptly file with the Commission and
promptly notify such holders of the filing of such amendment
or supplement to such registration statement or prospectus as
may be necessary to correct any statements or omissions if, at
the time when a prospectus relating to such securities is
required to be delivered under the Securities Act, any event
shall have occurred as the result of which any such prospectus
or any other prospectus as then in effect would include an
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any
material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the
light of the circumstances in which they were made, not
misleading;
9 advise such holders, promptly after it shall
receive notice or obtain knowledge thereof, of the issuance of
any stop order by the Commission suspending the effectiveness
of such registration statement or the initiation or
threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and promptly
use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order
or to obtain its withdrawal if such stop order should be
issued; and
10 not file any amendment or supplement to such
registration statement or prospectus to which a majority in
interest of such holders shall have reasonably objected on the
grounds that such amendment or supplement does not comply in
all material respects with the requirements of the Securities
Act or the rules and regulations thereunder, after having been
furnished with a copy thereof
7
at least five (5) business days prior to the filing thereof,
unless in the opinion of counsel for the Company the filing of
such amendment or supplement is reasonably necessary to
protect the Company from any liabilities under any applicable
federal or state law and such filing will not violate
applicable law.
(d) Expenses. With respect to any registration, requested
pursuant to Section 8(a) (except as otherwise provided in such section
with respect to registrations voluntarily terminated at the request of
the requesting security holders) and with respect to each inclusion of
securities in a registration statement pursuant to Section 8(b) (except
as otherwise provided in Section 8(b) with respect to registrations
terminated by the Company), the Company shall bear the following fees,
costs and expenses: all registration, filing and NASD fees, printing
expenses, fees and disbursements of counsel and accountants for the
Company, fees and disbursements of counsel for the underwriter or
underwriters of such securities (if the Company and/or selling security
holders are required to bear such fees and disbursements), all internal
Company expenses, the premiums and other costs of policies of insurance
against liability arising out of the public offering, and all legal
fees and disbursements and other expenses of complying with state
securities or blue sky laws of any jurisdictions in which the
securities to be offered are to be registered or qualified. Fees and
disbursements of counsel and accountants for the selling security
holders, underwriting discounts and commissions and transfer taxes for
selling security holders and any other expenses incurred by the selling
security holders not expressly included above shall be borne by the
selling security holders.
(e) Copies of Prospectus; Amendments of Prospectus. The
Company will furnish the Warrantholder with a reasonable number of
copies of any prospectus or offering circular and one copy of the
registration statement included in such filings and will amend or
supplement the same as required during the nine (9) month period
following the effective date of the registration statement, provided,
that the expenses of any amendment or supplement made or filed more
than three (3) months after the effective date of the registration
statement, at the request of the Warrantholder, shall be borne by the
Warrantholder.
(f) Conditions of the Company's Obligations. It shall be a
condition of the Company's obligation to register the Warrant Shares
hereunder that the Warrantholder agrees to cooperate with the Company
in the preparation and filing of any such registration statement, or in
its efforts to establish that the proposed sale is exempt under the
Securities Act, as to any proposed distribution. It shall also be a
condition of the Company's obligations under this Agreement that, in
the case of the filing of any registration statement, and to the extent
permissible under the Securities Act, and controlling precedent
thereunder, the Company and the Warrantholder provide
cross-indemnification agreements to each other in customary scope
covering the accuracy and completeness of the information furnished by
each.
8
9 Notices. Any notice or other document required or permitted to be
given or delivered to the Warrantholder shall be delivered or sent by certified
mail to the Warrantholder at the last address shown on the books of the Company
maintained for the registry and transfer of the Warrants. Any notice or other
document required or permitted to be given or delivered to the Company shall be
delivered or sent by certified or registered mail to the principal office of the
Company.
10 No Rights as Shareholders; Limitation of Liability. This Warrant
shall not entitle any holder hereof to any of the rights of a shareholder of the
Company. No provisions hereof, in the absence of affirmative action by the
holder hereof to purchase shares of Common Stock, and no mere enumeration herein
of the rights or privileges of the holder hereof, shall give rise to any
liability of such holder for the Purchase Price or as a shareholder of the
Company whether such liability is asserted by the Company or by creditors of the
Company.
11 Governing Law. This Warrant shall be governed by, and construed and
enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of Minnesota, without regard
to conflicts of laws principles.
12 Miscellaneous. This Warrant and any provision hereof may be changed,
waived, discharged, or terminated only by an instrument in writing signed by the
party (or any predecessor in interest thereof) against which enforcement of the
same is sought. The headings in this Warrant are for purposes of reference only
and shall not affect the meaning or construction of any of the provisions
hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be signed by
a duly authorized officer, and to be dated as of January 18, 2000.
UNITED SHIPPING & TECHNOLOGY, INC.
By:
----------------------------------
Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
Chief Executive Officer
"THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 (THE "1933 ACT") OR UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY
OTHER STATE AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED WITHOUT (i) THE OPINION OF COUNSEL
SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY THAT SUCH TRANSFER MAY LAWFULLY BE MADE WITHOUT
REGISTRATION UNDER THE 1933 ACT OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY APPLICABLE STATE;
OR (ii) SUCH REGISTRATION."
9
FULL SUBSCRIPTION FORM
To Be Executed By the Registered Warrantholder if It/
She/He Desires to Exercise in Full the Within Warrant
The undersigned hereby exercises the right to purchase the
_____________ shares of Common Stock covered by the within Warrant at the date
of this subscription and herewith makes payment of the sum of
$____________________________ representing the Purchase Price of $__________ per
share in effect at that date. Certificates for such shares shall be issued in
the name of and delivered to the undersigned, unless otherwise specified by
written instructions, signed by the undersigned and accompanying this
subscription.
Dated:______________________________
Signature:_____________________________
Address:
10
PARTIAL SUBSCRIPTION FORM
To be Executed by the Registered Warrantholder if It/She/He
Desires to Exercise in Part Only the Within Warrant
The undersigned hereby exercises the right to purchase __________
shares of the total shares of Common Stock covered by the within Warrant at the
date of this subscription and herewith makes payment of the sum of $____________
representing the Purchase Price of $_________ per share in effect at this date.
Certificates for such shares and a new Warrant of like tenor and date
for the balance of the shares not subscribed for (if any) shall be issued in the
name of and delivered to the undersigned, unless otherwise specified by written
instructions, signed by the undersigned and accompanying this subscription.
The shares hereby subscribed for constitute ______________ shares of
Common Stock (to the nearest whole share) resulting from adjustment of
______________ shares of the total of __________________ shares of Common Stock
covered by the within Warrant, as said shares were constituted at the date of
the Warrant.
Dated:__________________________
Signature:__________________________
Address:
11
