Exhibit 4.4
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THIS WARRANT AND THE COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE HEREOF HAVE NOT BEEN
REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR ANY STATE SECURITIES
LAWS AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED, HYPOTHECATED OR ASSIGNED IN THE ABSENCE
OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN EXEMPTION THEREFROM UNDER SAID ACT OR ANY SUCH STATE
SECURITIES LAWS WHICH MAY BE APPLICABLE.
No. 1
WARRANT TO PURCHASE
SHARES OF COMMON STOCK
OF
PLATINUM ENTERTAINMENT, INC.
Void after January 31, 2002
Dated: January 31, 1997
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION HEADING PAGE
SECTION 1. EXERCISE OF WARRANT........................................2
SECTION 2. ADJUSTMENT OF APPLICABLE PERCENTAGE........................2
Section 2.1. Adjustment of Applicable Percentage...................2
Section 2.2. Adjustment of Applicable Percentage...................3
Section 2.3. Notice of Adjustments.................................3
SECTION 3. MERGERS, CONSOLIDATIONS, SALES.............................3
SECTION 4. DISSOLUTION OR LIQUIDATION.................................4
SECTION 5. NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY DIVIDENDS..........................4
SECTION 6. FRACTIONAL SHARES..........................................4
SECTION 7. FULLY PAID STOCK, TAXES....................................4
SECTION 8. CLOSING OF TRANSFER BOOKS..................................5
SECTION 9. RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERABILITY OF WARRANTS AND SHARES,
COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS.......................................5
Section 9.1. In General............................................5
Section 9.2. Restrictive Legends...................................5
Section 9.3. Notice of Proposed Transfer, Registration Not
Required..............................................6
Section 9.4. Demand Registration...................................6
Section 9.5. Participation in Registered Offerings ("Piggyback
Rights")..............................................8
Section 9.6. Obligations of Investors..............................8
Section 9.7. Registration Proceedings..............................9
Section 9.8. Expenses.............................................11
Section 9.9. Indemnification of Investors.........................12
Section 9.10. Indemnification of Company...........................13
Section 9.11. Contribution.........................................14
Section 9.12. Reporting Requirements under Securities Exchange Act
of 1934..............................................14
SECTION 10. PARTIAL EXERCISE AND PARTIAL ASSIGNMENT...................14
Section 10.1. Partial Exercise.....................................14
Section 10.2. Assignment...........................................15
SECTION 11. DEFINITIONS...............................................15
SECTION 12. LOST, STOLEN WARRANTS, ETC................................17
SECTION 13. WARRANT HOLDER NOT SHAREHOLDER............................17
SECTION 14. SEVERABILITY..............................................17
SECTION 15. INDEX AND CAPTIONS........................................18
Signature Page................................................................19
Annex A Securities Act Representations
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THIS WARRANT AND THE COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE HEREOF HAVE NOT BEEN
REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR ANY STATE SECURITIES
LAWS AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED, HYPOTHECATED OR ASSIGNED IN THE ABSENCE
OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN EXEMPTION THEREFROM UNDER SAID ACT OR ANY SUCH STATE
SECURITIES LAWS WHICH MAY BE APPLICABLE.
No. 1
WARRANT TO PURCHASE
SHARES OF COMMON STOCK
OF
PLATINUM ENTERTAINMENT, INC.
THIS IS TO CERTIFY that, for value received and subject to the provisions
hereinafter set forth,
BANK OF MONTREAL
or permitted assigns,
is entitled to purchase from Platinum Entertainment, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), at any time to and including 5:00 p.m. (Chicago
time) on January 31, 2002 (the "Expiration Date"), that number of shares of
Common Stock of the Company of the par value of $.001 per share which, after
giving effect to such purchase, and prior to giving effect to any adjustments
provided for under Section 2 hereof, represents 5% (the "Applicable Percentage")
of the number of shares of Common Stock of the Company outstanding at the time
of such purchase (but without giving effect to such purchase) for an aggregate
price of $2,585.72 (the "Aggregate Warrant Price"), all on and subject to the
terms, provisions and conditions hereinafter set forth. The initial number of
shares of Common Stock of the Company purchasable hereunder is 258,571.95.
The terms which are capitalized herein shall have the meanings specified in
Section 11 unless the context shall otherwise require.
SECTION 1. EXERCISE OF WARRANT; RESERVATION.
Subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth, this Warrant may be
exercised in whole at any time or in part from time to time prior to the
Expiration Date by the surrender of this Warrant (accompanied by (i) the
subscription form at the end hereof duly executed and (ii) if this Warrant is
not registered in the name of the purchaser, an assignment(s) in the form
attached hereto evidencing the assignment of this Warrant to such purchaser, in
which case the registered holder shall have complied with the provisions set
forth in Section 9.3) at the principal office of the Company in Downers Grove,
Illinois, and upon payment to the Company of the
Aggregate Warrant Price (or, if exercised in part, upon payment to the
Company of the applicable Proportionate Part of the Aggregate Warrant Price)
for the shares so purchased in funds current in Chicago, Illinois.
This Warrant and all rights and options hereunder shall expire on the
Expiration Date, and shall be wholly null and void to the extent this Warrant is
not exercised before it expires.
Upon exercise of this Warrant, the holder shall, if requested by the
Company, confirm in writing, in a form satisfactory to the Company, that the
Underlying Shares so purchased are being acquired solely for the holder's own
account and not as a nominee for any other party, for investment, and not with a
view toward distribution or resale and that such holder is an Accredited
Investor (as defined in Annex A hereto). If such holder cannot make such
representations because they would be factually incorrect, it shall be a
condition to such holder's exercise of this Warrant that the Company receive
such other representations as the Company considers reasonably necessary to
assure the Company that the issuance of its securities upon exercise of this
Warrant shall not violate any United States or state securities laws.
The Company shall pay all reasonable expenses, taxes and other charges
payable in connection with the preparation, execution and delivery of stock
certificates pursuant to this Section, regardless of the name or names in which
such stock certificates shall be registered.
The Company will at all times prior to the Expiration Date reserve and keep
available such number of authorized shares of its Common Stock, solely for the
purpose of issue upon the exercise of the rights represented by this Warrant as
herein provided for, as may at any time be issuable (based upon the number of
shares of Common Stock outstanding at any such time) upon the exercise of this
Warrant and such shares issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant shall at no
time have an aggregate par value which is in excess of the Aggregate Warrant
Price then in effect.
SECTION 2. ADJUSTMENT OF APPLICABLE PERCENTAGE.
Section 2.1. Adjustment of Applicable Percentage. In the event
that, on or prior to the Credit Agreement Termination Date, the Company shall at
any time issue any Qualifying Additional Shares of Common Stock, the Applicable
Percentage shall be adjusted as of the date of making by the Company of the
related Qualifying Credit Agreement Payment to that percentage determined by
multiplying the Applicable Percentage as in effect immediately prior to the
making of such Qualifying Credit Agreement Payment by a fraction:
(a) the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of
Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the issuance of such
Qualifying Additional Shares of Common Stock, and
(b) the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of
Common Stock outstanding immediately subsequent to the issuance of such
Qualifying Additional Shares of Common Stock and giving effect to such
issuance (but not to the issuance of any Common Stock not constituting
Qualifying Additional Shares of Common Stock).
Section 2.2. Adjustment of Applicable Percentage. In the event
that, subsequent to the Credit Agreement Termination Date, the Company shall at
any time issue any shares of Common Stock, the Applicable Percentage shall be
adjusted as of the date of such issuance to that percentage expressing a
fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock
(adjusted for intervening stock splits, stock dividends, reverse stock splits or
other reclassifications) purchaseable by the holder hereof on the Credit
Agreement Termination Date and the denominator of which shall be the total
number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately subsequent to the
issuance of said shares of Common Stock and giving effect to such issuance.
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Section 2.3. Notice of Adjustments. Whenever the Applicable
Percentage shall be adjusted pursuant to this Section 2, the Company shall
promptly prepare a certificate signed by the President or a Vice President and
by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer of the Company setting forth, in
reasonable detail, the event requiring the adjustment, the amount of the
adjustment and the method by which such adjustment was calculated, and shall
promptly cause copies of such certificate to be mailed (by first class mail,
postage prepaid) to the holder of this Warrant.
SECTION 3. MERGERS, CONSOLIDATIONS, SALES.
In the case of any consolidation or merger of the Company with another
entity, or the sale of all or substantially all of its assets to another entity,
or any reorganization, recapitalization or reclassification of the Common Stock
or other equity securities of the Company, then, as a condition of such
consolidation, merger, sale, reorganization, recapitalization or
reclassification, lawful and adequate provision shall be made whereby the holder
of this Warrant shall thereafter have the right to receive upon the basis and
upon the terms and conditions specified herein and in lieu of the shares of
Common Stock immediately theretofore purchasable hereunder, such shares of
stock, securities or assets as may (by virtue of such consolidation, merger,
sale, reorganization or reclassification) 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 so purchasable
hereunder had such consolidation, merger, sale, reorganization, recapitalization
or reclassification not taken place, and in any such case, appropriate
provisions shall be made with respect to the rights and interests of the holder
of this Warrant to the end that the provisions hereof shall thereafter be
applicable, as nearly as may be, in relation to any shares of stock, securities
or assets thereafter deliverable upon exercise of this Warrant. The Company
shall not effect any such consolidation, merger or sale, unless prior to or
simultaneously with the consummation thereof, the successor entity (if other
than the Company) resulting from such consolidation or merger or the entity
purchasing such assets shall assume by written instrument executed and mailed or
delivered to the holder of this Warrant, the obligation to deliver to such
holder such shares of stock, securities or assets as, in accordance with the
foregoing provisions, such holder may be entitled to receive.
SECTION 4. DISSOLUTION OR LIQUIDATION.
In the event of any proposed distribution of the assets of the Company in
dissolution or liquidation except under circumstances when the foregoing Section
3 shall be applicable, the Company shall mail notice thereof to the holder of
this Warrant and shall make no distribution to shareholders until the expiration
of 30 days from the date of mailing of the aforesaid notice and, in any such
case, the holder of this Warrant may exercise the purchase rights with respect
to this Warrant within 30 days from the date of mailing such notice and all
rights herein granted not so exercised within such 30-day period shall
thereafter become null and void.
SECTION 5. NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY DIVIDENDS.
If the Board of Directors of the Company shall declare any dividend or
other distribution on its Common Stock except out of earned surplus or by way of
a stock dividend payable on its Common Stock, the Company shall mail notice
thereof to the holder of this Warrant not less than 30 days prior to the record
date fixed for determining shareholders entitled to participate in such dividend
or other distribution and the holder of this Warrant shall not participate in
such dividend or other distribution or be entitled to any rights on account or
as a result thereof unless and to the extent that this Warrant is exercised
prior to such record date. The provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to
distributions made in connection with transactions covered by Section 3.
SECTION 6. FRACTIONAL SHARES.
Fractional shares may be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant in any
case where the holder hereof would be entitled to receive a fractional share
upon the exercise of this Warrant in order to receive the appropriate percentage
of shares of Common Stock.
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SECTION 7. FULLY PAID STOCK, TAXES.
The Company covenants and agrees that the shares of stock represented by
each and every certificate for its Common Stock to be delivered on the exercise
of the purchase rights herein provided for shall, at the time of such delivery,
be validly issued and outstanding and be fully paid and nonassessable. The
Company further covenants and agrees that it will pay when due and payable any
and all Federal and State taxes (but not including income taxes) which may be
payable in respect of this Warrant or any Common Stock or certificates therefor
upon the exercise of the conversion rights provided for herein. The Company
shall not, however, be required to pay any tax which may be payable in respect
of any transfer involved in the transfer and delivery of stock certificates in
the name other than that of the holder exercising this Warrant, and any such tax
shall be paid by such holder at the time of presentation.
SECTION 8. CLOSING OF TRANSFER BOOKS.
The right to exercise this Warrant shall not be suspended during any period
that the stock transfer books of the Company for its Common Stock may be closed.
The Company shall not be required, however, to deliver certificates of its
Common Stock upon such exercise while such books are duly closed for any
purpose, but the Company may postpone the delivery of the certificates for such
Common Stock until the opening of such books, and they shall, in such case, be
delivered forthwith upon the opening thereof, or as soon as practicable
thereafter.
SECTION 9. RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERABILITY OF WARRANTS AND SHARES,
COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS.
Section 9.1. In General. This Warrant and the Common Stock issued
upon the exercise hereof shall not be transferable except upon the conditions
hereinafter specified, which conditions are intended to insure compliance with
the provisions of the Securities Act and any applicable State securities laws in
respect of the transfer of this Warrant or any such Common Stock.
Section 9.2. Restrictive Legends. Each Warrant shall bear on the
face thereof a legend substantially in the form of the notice endorsed on the
first page of this Warrant.
Each certificate for shares of Common Stock initially issued upon the
exercise of any Warrant and each certificate for shares of Common Stock issued
to a subsequent transferee of such certificate shall, unless otherwise permitted
by the provisions of this Section 9.2, bear on the face thereof a legend reading
substantially as follows:
"The shares represented by this certificate have not
been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, or any State securities laws and may not be sold,
transferred, hypothecated or assigned in the absence of such
registration or an exemption therefrom under said Act and
any such State securities laws which may be applicable."
In the event that a registration statement covering the Underlying Shares
or the Restricted Stock shall become effective under the Securities Act and
under any applicable State securities laws or in the event that the Company
shall receive an opinion of its counsel that, in the opinion of such counsel,
such legend is not, or is no longer, necessary or required (including, without
limitation, because of the availability of the exemption afforded by Rule 144 of
the General Rules and Regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission),
the Company shall, or shall instruct its transfer agents and registrars to,
remove such legend from the certificates evidencing the Restricted Stock or
issue new certificates without such legend in lieu thereof. Upon the written
request of the holder or holders of any Warrant or of any Restricted Stock the
Company covenants and agrees forthwith to request its counsel to render an
opinion with respect to the matters covered by this Section 9.2 and to bear all
expenses in connection with the same.
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Section 9.3. Notice of Proposed Transfer, Registration Not Required.
The holder of each Warrant or any Restricted Stock, by acceptance thereof,
agrees to give prior written notice to the Company of such holder's intention to
transfer such Warrant or the Underlying Shares relating thereto or such
Restricted Stock (or any portion thereof), describing briefly the manner and
circumstances of the proposed transfer; provided, however, that no such notice
shall be required for a transfer under a registration, qualification or filing
for exemption requested in accordance with the provisions of Section 9.4 or for
the transfer of this Warrant or any Underlying Shares in their entirety to any
direct or indirect parent, subsidiary or corporate affiliate of the initial
holder of this Warrant. In addition, in the event that such transfer is
proposed to be made in compliance with an exemption from the registration
requirements of the Securities Act, the availability of which exemption is
dependent upon the accuracy of the representations set forth in Annex A hereto,
the holder (or the proposed transferee) shall, as a precondition to such
transfer, provide to the Company a certificate of the proposed transferee
containing said representations. In the event that such transferee cannot make
such representations because they would be factually incorrect, it shall be a
condition to the transfer of this Warrant to such transferee that the Company
receive such other representations as the Company considers reasonably necessary
to assure the Company that the transfer of this Warrant shall not violate any
United States or state securities laws. Such notice shall describe briefly the
nature of such transfer, and no such transfer shall be made unless and until (i)
the holder has supplied to the Company an opinion of counsel for the holder
(which counsel shall be satisfactory to the Company) to the effect that no
registration (or perfection of an exemption) under the Securities Act is
required with respect to such transfer (which opinion may be conditioned upon
the transferee's assuming the obligations of a holder of this Warrant under this
Section 9.3) or (ii) an appropriate registration statement with respect to such
sale or other disposition of the Warrant or Restricted Stock shall have been
filed by the Company with the Commission and declared effective by the
Commission. All fees and expenses of counsel (including counsel designated by
any holder of Warrants or Restricted Stock) in connection with the rendition of
the opinions provided for in this subparagraph shall be paid by the Company. As
used in this Section 9.3, the term "transfer" includes an assignment pursuant to
Section 10.2 hereof.
Section 9.4. Demand Registration. At any time after the first to
occur of (i) January 31, 1998 or (ii) in the event that an Event of Default
shall have occurred and then be continuing, July 31, 1997, the Investors (or
their permitted transferees) may demand registration under the Securities Act of
any Underlying Shares issuable upon conversion of any Warrant or Restricted
Stock of the Company obtained pursuant to the conversion of the Warrants
(collectively, on a Common Stock equivalent basis, the "Registrable
Securities"), or otherwise, on Form S-1 or any similar long-form registration
("Long-Form Registration") or Form S-2 or S-3 or any similar short-form
registration ("Short-Form Registration"). The registration requested pursuant
to this Section 9.4 is referred to herein as "Demand Registration."
(A) Number of Registrations. The Investors shall be entitled to demand
one Long-Form or Short-Form Registration. A registration will count as the
Demand Registration when it has become effective, unless (i) the Investors are
unable to register and sell at least 80% of any Registrable Securities demanded
to be included in such registration or (ii) the registration is withdrawn prior
to effectiveness at the request of the Investors (or by the underwriter selected
by the Investors) as a consequence of the good faith determination by the
underwriter selected by the Investors that a sale under then current market
conditions of at least 80% of any Registrable Securities demanded to be included
in such registration could not be effected under commercially reasonably terms;
provided that in any event, the Company will pay all registration expenses in
connection with any registration initiated as a Demand Registration as provided
in Section 9.8 hereof.
(B) Priority on Demand Registrations. If the Demand Registration is an
underwritten offering and the managing underwriters advise the Company in
writing that in their opinion the number of Registrable Securities requested to
be included exceeds the number of Registrable Securities which, under then
current market conditions, can be sold in such offering at the price expected to
be obtained for such shares by the Investors in a commercially reasonable sale,
the Company will include in such registration prior to the inclusion of any
securities which are not Registrable Securities owned by the Investors the
number of shares of Investors' Underlying Shares or Restricted Stock requested
to be included which in the opinion of such underwriters can be sold, pro rated
among the Investors based upon the number of Registrable Securities owned by
them. In the event that the Demand Registration is an underwritten offering,
and all Registrable Securities which the Investors requested to be included in
such offering are to be so included, then, to the extent that the managing
underwriter shall advise the Company and the Investors that the inclusion of
additional shares of Common Stock in such offering will not materially and
adversely affect the price or salability of the Registrable Securities being
included in such offering, the Company may include such additional shares in the
related registration (whether such shares are proposed to be sold by the Company
or by other shareholders).
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(C) Restrictions on Demand Registration. Unless an Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing, the Company may postpone for a reasonable
period, not to exceed 90 days, the filing or the effectiveness of a registration
statement for a Demand Registration, if the Company has been advised by legal
counsel that such filing would require disclosure of a material fact that the
Company reasonably and in good faith determines would have a material adverse
effect on any proposal or plan by the Company or any of its subsidiaries to
engage in any significant transaction. In addition, the Company will not be
obligated to effect a Demand Registration unless it receives a written request
to do so from the holders of at least 50% of the outstanding Registrable
Securities, which request proposes to register not less than 50% of the then
outstanding Registrable Securities. The Company will not be obligated to effect
a Demand Registration within 180 days after the effective date of a registration
in which the Investors were given "Piggyback Rights" pursuant to Section 9.5.
(D) Selection of Underwriters. Selection of Underwriters. The Investors
will have the right to select the investment banker(s) and manager(s) to
administer the offering, subject to the Company's approval (which approval will
not be unreasonably withheld); provided, that the fees and expenses payable by
the Company to such persons are in accordance with industry standards.
Section 9.5. Participation in Registered Offerings ("Piggyback
Rights"). If the Company at any time or times proposes or is required to
register any of its Common Stock or other equity securities (whether such Common
Stock or other equity securities are owned by the Company or another holder
entitled to demand registration) for public sale for cash under the Securities
Act (other than on Forms S-4 or S-8 or similar registration forms), it will at
each such time or times give written notice to the Investors of its intention to
do so. Upon the written request of the Investors given within 20 days after
receipt of any such notice, the Company shall use its best efforts to cause to
be included in such registration any Registrable Securities held by the
Investors (or their permitted transferees) or Underlying Shares or shares of
Restricted Stock obtainable upon conversion of the Warrant and requested to be
registered under the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws;
provided, that if such registration is a underwritten public offering and the
managing underwriter advises that less than all of the shares and Registrable
Securities to be registered should be offered for sale so as not materially and
adversely to affect the price or salability of the offering, the Investors and
any Qualifying Other Holders (but not the Company if such registration is a
primary registration and not the holder originally demanding the registration if
such registration is a secondary demand registration) shall reduce on a pro rata
basis the number of their shares of Common Stock (as if exercised or converted,
as the case may be) to be included in the registration statement as required by
the managing underwriter to the extent requisite to permit the sale or other
disposition (in accordance with the intended method of disposition thereof as
aforesaid) by the prospective seller or sellers of the securities so registered.
Section 9.6. Obligations of Investors. It shall be a condition
precedent to the obligation of the Company to register any Registrable
Securities pursuant to Section 9.4 and 9.5 hereof that the Investors shall
(i) furnish to the Company such information regarding the Registrable Securities
held and the intended method of disposition thereof and other information
concerning the Investors as the Company shall reasonably request and as shall be
required in connection with the registration statement to be filed by the
Company; (ii) agree to abide by such additional or customary terms affecting the
proposed offering as are applicable to shareholders (including holders of
Warrants, Underlying Shares or shares of Restricted Stock) in any such
registration as reasonably may be requested by the managing underwriter of such
offering, including a requirement, if applicable, to withhold from the public
market for a period of time requested by the managing underwriting not to exceed
180 days after any such offering, Warrants and any shares excluded from the
offering at the request of the underwriter as permitted under Section 9.4 and
9.5 hereof; and (iii) agree in writing in form satisfactory to the Company to
pay all underwriting discounts and commissions applicable to the securities
being sold by the Investors.
Section 9.7. Registration Proceedings. If and whenever the Company
is required by the provisions of Section 9.4 or Section 9.5 hereof to effect the
registration of the Registrable Securities under the Securities Act, until all
of the securities covered by such registration statement have been sold or for
nine months after effectiveness, whichever is the shorter period of time, the
Company shall:
(A) Prepare and file with the Commission a registration statement
with respect to such securities and use its best efforts to cause such
registration statement to become and remain effective;
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(B) 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;
(C) Furnish to the Investors participating in such registration (the
"Participating Investors") and to the underwriters of the securities being
registered such reasonable number of copies of the registration statement,
preliminary prospectus, final prospectus and such other documents as such
underwriters may reasonably request in order to facilitate the public
offering of such securities;
(D) Use its best efforts to register or qualify the securities
covered by such registration statement under such state securities or "Blue
Sky" laws of such jurisdictions as such Participating Investors may
reasonably request within 20 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;
(E) Notify the Participating Investors, 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;
(F) Notify such Participating Investors promptly of any request by
the Commission for the amending or supplementing of such registration
statement or prospectus or for additional information;
(G) Prepare and file with the Commission, promptly upon the request
of any such Participating Investors, any amendments or supplements to such
registration statement or prospectus which, in the opinion of counsel for
such Participating Investors, are required under the Securities Act or the
rules and regulations thereunder in connection with the distribution of the
Registrable Securities by such Participating Investors;
(H) Prepare and promptly file with the Commission and promptly notify
such Participating Investors 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 light of the circumstances in which they were made,
not misleading;
(I) In case any of such Participating Investors or any underwriter
for any such Participating Investors is required to deliver a prospectus at
a time when the prospectus then in circulation is not in compliance with
the Securities Act, the Company will prepare and file such supplements or
amendments to such registration statement and such prospectus or
prospectuses as may be necessary to permit compliance with the requirements
of the Securities Act;
(J) Advise such Participating Investors, 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 reasonable best efforts to prevent the
issuance of any stop order or to obtain its withdrawal if such stop order
should be issued;
(K) Not file any amendment or supplement to such registration
statement or prospectus to which counsel selected by a majority in interest
of such Participating Investors shall reasonably have 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 at
least five business days prior to the filing thereof unless, in the case of
an amendment or supplement, 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 laws; and
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(L) At the request of any such Participating Investor, (i) use its
best efforts to obtain and furnish on the effective date of the
registration statement or, if such registration includes an underwritten
public offering, at the closing provided for in the underwriting agreement,
a customary opinion, dated such date, of the counsel representing the
Company for the purposes of such registration, addressed to the
underwriters, if any, and to the Participating Investors making such
request, or, if the offering is not underwritten, shall state that such
registration statement has become effective under the Securities Act and
that: (a) to the best of such counsel's knowledge, no stop order
suspending the effectiveness thereof has been issued and no proceedings for
that purpose have been instituted or are pending or contemplated under the
Securities Act; (b) the registration statement, related prospectus and each
amendment or supplement thereto comply as to form in all material respects
with the requirements of the Securities Act and applicable rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder (except that such counsel need
express no opinion as to financial statements, financial data or schedules
contained therein); (c) such counsel has no reason to believe that either
the registration statement or the prospectus or any amendment or supplement
thereto contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state
a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading; (d) the description in the registration
statement or prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto of all legal
and governmental matters and all contracts and other legal documents or
instruments described therein are accurate and fairly present the
information required to be shown; and (e) such counsel does not know of any
legal or governmental proceedings, pending or threatened, required to be
described in the registration statement or prospectus or any amendment or
supplement thereto which are not described as required, nor of any
contracts or documents or instruments of the character required to be
described in the registration statement or prospectus or amendment or
supplement thereto or to be filed as exhibits to the registration
statement, which are not described and filed as required; and (ii) in the
case of an underwritten offering, use its best efforts to obtain customary
letters dated such effective date, and such closing date, if any, from the
independent certified public accountants of the Company, addressed to the
underwriters, if any, and to the Participating Investor or Investors,
stating that they are independent certified public accountants within the
meaning of the Securities Act and dealing with such matters as the
underwriters may request, or, if the offering is not underwritten, stating
that in the opinion of such accountants, the financial statements and other
financial data pertaining to the Company included in the registration
statement or the prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto comply
in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the
Securities Act.
Section 9.8. Expenses. With respect to each inclusion of
Registrable Securities in a registration statement pursuant to Section 9.4 or
9.5 hereof, all registration expenses, fees, costs and expenses of and
incidental to such registration, inclusion and public offering in connection
therewith shall be borne by the Company (including the reasonable fees and
disbursements of one counsel acting on behalf of the Participating Investors);
provided, however, that the Participating Investors shall bear their pro rata
share of the underwriting discount and commissions. The fees, costs and
expenses of registration to be borne by the Company shall include, without
limitation, all registration, filing and NASD fees, printing expenses, fees and
disbursements of one counsel on behalf of the Participating Investors, fees and
disbursements of counsel and accountants for the Company (including the cost of
any special audit deemed necessary by counsel to the Company in order to effect
such registration), fees and disbursements of counsel for the underwriter or
underwriters of such securities (if the Company and/or Participating Investors
are required to bear such fees and disbursements), all legal fees and
disbursements and other expenses of complying with state securities or "BLUE
SKY" laws of any jurisdiction in which the securities to be offered are to be
registered or qualified, and the premiums and other costs of policies of
insurance against liability arising out of such public offering which the
Company determines to obtain.
Section 9.9. Indemnification of Investors. Subject to the
conditions set forth below, in connection with any registration of Securities
pursuant to Section 9.4 or Section 9.5 hereof, the Company agrees to indemnify
and hold harmless (i) each Participating Investor and each director and officer
of each Participating Investor, (ii) any underwriter for the Company or acting
on behalf of any Participating Investor and (iii) each person, if any, who
controls any such Participating Investor within the meaning of Section 15 of the
Securities Act (hereinafter collectively referred to as "Company Indemnified
Parties" and individually referred to as a "Company Indemnified Party") as
follows:
(A) Against any and all loss, claim, damage and expense whatsoever
(including, but not limited to, any and all expense whatsoever reasonably
incurred in investigating, preparing or defending any litigation, commenced
or threatened), arising out of or based upon any untrue or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact contained in any preliminary prospectus (if
used prior to the effective date of the registration statement), the
registration statement or the prospectus (as from time to time amended and
supplemented), or in any application or other document executed by the
Company or based
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upon written information furnished by the Company filed in any jurisdiction
in order to qualify the Company's securities under the securities laws
thereof; or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein
not misleading; or any other violation of applicable federal or state
statutory or regulatory requirements or limitations relating to action or
inaction by the Company in the course of preparing, filing, or implementing
such registered offering; provided, however, that the indemnity agreement
contained in this Section 9.9(A) shall not apply to any loss, claim,
damage, liability or action arising out of or based upon any untrue or
alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in
conformity with any information furnished in writing to the Company by or
on behalf of any Company Indemnified Party expressly for use in connection
therewith or arising out of any action or inaction of any such Company
Indemnified Party;
(B) Subject to the proviso contained in Section 9.9(A) above, against
any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever to the
extent of the aggregate amount paid in settlement of any litigation,
commenced or threatened, or of any claim whatsoever based upon any such
untrue statement or omission or any such alleged untrue statement or
omission (including, but not limited to, any and all expense whatsoever
reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any
such litigation or claim, but subject to the provisions of Section 9.9(C))
if such settlement is effected with the written consent of the Company;
(C) In no case shall the Company be liable under this Section 9.9
with respect to any claim made against any Company Indemnified Party unless
the Company shall be notified in writing sent by overnight courier or by
confirmed facsimile transmission followed by delivery of such notice by
overnight air courier sent on the date of such facsimile communication, of
any action commenced against such Company Indemnified Party, promptly after
such Company Indemnified Party shall have been served with the summons or
other legal process giving information as to the nature and basis of the
claim. The failure to so notify the Company, if prejudicial in any
material respect to the Company's ability to defend such claim, shall
relieve the Company from its liability to the Company Indemnified Party
under this Section 9.9, but only to the extent that the Company was so
prejudiced, but the failure to so notify the Company shall not relieve the
Company from any liability which it may have otherwise than on account of
this Section 9.9. The Company shall be entitled to participate at its own
expense in the defense of any suit brought to enforce any such claim, but
if the Company elects to assume the defense, such defense shall be
conducted by counsel chosen by it, provided that such counsel is reasonably
satisfactory to the Company Indemnified Parties, defendants in any suit so
brought. In the event the Company elects to assume the defense of any such
suit and retain such counsel, the Company Indemnified Parties, defendants
in the suit, shall, after the date they are notified of such election, bear
the fees and expenses of any counsel thereafter retained by them as well as
any other expenses thereafter incurred in connection with the defense
thereof; provided, however, that if the Company Indemnified Parties
reasonably believe that there may be available to them any defense or
counterclaim different than those available to the Company or that
representation of such Company Indemnified Parties by counsel for the
Company presents a conflict of interest for such counsel, then such Company
Indemnified Parties shall be entitled to defend such suit with counsel of
their own choosing and the Company shall bear the fees, expenses and other
costs of one counsel for all Company Indemnified Parties.
Section 9.10. Indemnification of Company. Each Participating
Investor severally and individually agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the
Company, each underwriter for the offering, and each of their officers and
directors and agents and each other person, if any, who controls the Company
within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act (hereinafter collectively
referred to as "Investor Indemnified Parties" and individually referred to as an
"Investor Indemnified Party") against any and all such losses, liabilities,
claims, damages and expenses as are indemnified against by the Company under
Section 9.9; Provided, However, that such indemnification by such Participating
Investors hereunder shall be limited to statements or omissions, if any, made
(or in settlement of any litigation effected with the written consent of such
Participating Investors, alleged to have been made) in any preliminary
prospectus, registration statement or prospectus or any amendment or supplement
thereof or any application or other document in reliance upon, and in conformity
with, written information furnished in respect of such Participating Investors
by or on behalf of such Participating Investors expressly for use in such
preliminary prospectus, registration statement or prospectus or amendment or
supplement thereof or in such application or other document or arising out of
any action or inaction of such Participating Investors in implementing such
registered offering. In case any action shall be brought against any Investor
Indemnified Party, in respect of which indemnity may be sought against any
Participating Investors, such Participating Investors shall have the rights and
duties given to the Company, and the Company and each other Investor Indemnified
Party shall have the rights and duties given to the Participating Investors, by
the provisions of Section 9.9(c) hereof. The Investor Indemnified Party
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agrees to notify the Participating Investors promptly after the assertion of any
claim against the Investor Indemnified Party in connection with the sale of the
Registrable Securities.
Section 9.11. Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in
Section 9.9 and 9.10 are unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an
indemnified party in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or
actions in respect thereof) referred to therein, then each indemnifying party
shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a
result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect
thereof) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of
the indemnified party, on one hand, and such indemnifying party, on the other
hand, in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such
losses, claims, damages, or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof). The
relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether
the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or
alleged omission to state a material fault relates to information supplied by
the indemnified party, on one hand, or such indemnifying party, on the other
hand, and the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to information and
opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. Notwithstanding
the provisions of this Section 9.11, the Participating Investors shall not be
required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount of the total proceeds
received by such Participating Investors from the sale pursuant to the
registration with respect to which the registration statement, preliminary or
final prospectus, or amendments or supplements thereto, containing such
statement, omission or alleged omission (notwithstanding that the amount of
damages which such Participating Investors would otherwise have been required to
pay by reason of such statement, omission or alleged omission exceeds the amount
of total proceeds). No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within
the meaning of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any
person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The amount paid
or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or
liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to above in this
Section 9.11 shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably
incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending
and such action or claim.
Section 9.12. Reporting Requirements under Securities Exchange Act of
1934. At all times during which the Company shall be subject to the reporting
requirements of either Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 ("Exchange Act"), the Company shall, whenever requested by any
Investor, notify such Investor in writing whether the Company has, as of any
date specified in such request, complied with the Exchange Act reporting
requirements as to which it is subject to a period prior to such date as may be
specified in such request. In addition, in such event, the Company shall take
such other measures and file such other information, documents and reports as
shall hereafter be required by the Commission as a condition to the availability
of Rule 144 under the Securities Act (or any corresponding rule hereafter in
effect).
SECTION 10. PARTIAL EXERCISE AND PARTIAL ASSIGNMENT
Section 10.1. Partial Exercise. If this Warrant is exercised in part
only, the holder hereof shall surrender this Warrant upon such exercise and
shall receive a new Warrant, registered in the name of the holder or its nominee
and setting forth a new Applicable Percentage and a new Aggregate Warrant Price
in the first paragraph of page one hereof, which shall be proportionately
adjusted to reflect such partial exercise.
Section 10.2. Assignment. Subject to compliance with Section 9.3,
this Warrant may be assigned either in whole or in part by surrender of this
Warrant at the principal office of the Company in Downers Grove, Illinois (with
the assignment or, as the case may be, partial assignment form at the end hereof
duly executed). If this Warrant is being assigned in whole and the holder
hereof previously has not partially exercised this Warrant, the assignee shall
receive a new Warrant (registered in the name of such assignee or its nominee)
which new Warrant shall have the same Aggregate Warrant Price and Applicable
Percentage as this Warrant. If this Warrant is being assigned in part and the
holder hereof previously has not partially exercised this Warrant, the assignor
and assignee shall each receive a new Warrant (which, in the case of the
assignee, shall be registered in the name of the assignee or its nominee), each
of which new Warrants shall have a new Applicable Percentage and Aggregate
Warrant Price proportionately adjusted to reflect such partial assignment. If
this Warrant is being assigned in whole and the holder hereof previously has
partially exercised this Warrant, the assignee shall receive a new Warrant
(registered in the name of such assignee or its nominee), which new Warrant
shall have the same Aggregate Warrant Price and Applicable Percentage as in
effect immediately preceding such assignment. If this Warrant is being assigned
in part and the holder hereof previously has partially exercised this Warrant,
the assignor and assignee shall each receive a new Warrant (which, in the
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case of the assignee, shall be registered in the name of the assignee or its
nominee), each of which new Warrants shall have a new Applicable Percentage and
Aggregate Warrant Price proportionately adjusted to reflect such partial
assignment
SECTION 11. DEFINITIONS.
In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Warrant, the following
terms have the following respective meanings:
"Aggregate Warrant Price" is as set forth in the first paragraph, subject
to adjustment as provided in Section 2 hereof.
"Applicable Percentage" shall mean, as of the date of any determination,
the amount then so designated in the first paragraph of this Warrant, subject to
adjustment as provided in Section 2 hereof. All determinations of the
Applicable Percentage shall be expressed as a percentage carried out to four
decimal places.
"Business Day" shall mean a day, except Saturday, Sunday and legal
holidays, on which banks are generally open for business in Chicago, Illinois.
"Commission" shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any
other Federal agency at the time administering the Securities Act.
"Common Stock" as used herein shall include any class of capital stock of
the Company now or hereafter authorized, the right of which to share in
distributions either of earnings or assets of the Company is without limit as to
any amount or percentage; provided, however, that the shares of Common Stock
deliverable upon the exercise of the rights granted under this Warrant shall
include only Common Stock of the Company having a par value of $.001 per share
authorized at the date hereof and any class of Common Stock issued in
substitution therefor.
"Company Indemnified Party" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 9.6(C).
"Credit Agreement" shall mean that certain Credit Agreement dated as of
January 31, 1997 between the Company, Bank of Montreal (individually and agent)
and any other banks which may at any time be parties thereto.
"Credit Agreement Termination Date" shall mean the date on which all Term
Credit Loans, Revolving Credit Loans and other obligations of the Company under
the Credit Agreement shall have been paid in full, the Revolving Credit
Commitments shall have been reduced to zero and the credit facility existing
under the Credit Agreement shall have been terminated in its entirety.
"Demand Registration" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.4.
"Event of Default" shall have the meaning set forth in the Credit
Agreement.
"Investor" for purposes of Section 9 hereof shall mean any holder of any
Warrant or any Underlying Shares or Restricted Stock issued pursuant thereto and
"Investors" shall mean all of the holders of the Warrants or Underlying Shares
or Restricted Stock issued pursuant thereto.
"Investor Indemnified Party" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 9.7.
"Proportionate Part of the Aggregate Warrant Price" shall mean that part of
the Aggregate Warrant Price which bears the same ratio to the Aggregate Warrant
Price:
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- in the case of any partial exercise of this Warrant--as the
shares then being purchased bear to total number of shares then purchasable
if this Warrant were exercised in whole; and
- in the case of any partial assignment of this Warrant--as
the percentage of shares of Common Stock assigned bears to the percentage
of shares of Common Stock purchasable under this Warrant immediately prior
to such assignment.
"Qualifying Additional Shares of Common Stock" shall mean any shares of
Common Stock issued by the Company in an arms-length transaction, the proceeds
of which transaction are used by the Company to make a Qualifying Credit
Agreement Payment.
"Qualifying Credit Agreement Payment" shall mean a payment under the Credit
Agreement applied in reduction of the Term Credit Loans until repayment in full
thereof, and thereafter, in reduction of the Revolving Credit Loans, which
reduction of the Revolving Credit Loans is accompanied by a concurrent and like
reduction of the Revolving Credit Commitments (as such terms are defined in the
Credit Agreement).
"Qualifying Other Holders" shall mean the holders of any shares of Common
Stock or other equity securities of the Company which shall have requested that
such shares or other equity securities be included in a registration which is
the subject of Section 9.5 hereof; provided, however, that the Company shall
have provided to each of the Investors not less than 10 Business Day's notice of
such request, together with such other related information as the Investors
shall reasonably request.
"Registrable Securities" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.4.
"Restricted Stock" shall mean the shares of Common Stock of the Company
issued upon the exercise of any of the Warrants and evidenced by a certificate
required to bear the legend specified in Section 9.2.
"Securities Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, or any similar
Federal statute, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, all
as the same shall be in effect at the time.
"Underlying Shares" shall mean the shares of Common Stock of the Company
issuable upon exercise of any of the Warrants.
"Warrants" as used herein shall mean this Warrant and all warrants
hereafter issued in exchange or substitution for this Warrant.
SECTION 12. LOST, STOLEN WARRANTS, ETC.
In case this Warrant shall be mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the
Company may issue a new Warrant of like date, tenor and denomination and deliver
the same in exchange and substitution for and upon surrender and cancellation of
the mutilated Warrant, or in lieu of the Warrant lost, stolen or destroyed, upon
receipt of evidence satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft or
destruction of such Warrant, and upon receipt of indemnity satisfactory to the
Company.
SECTION 13. WARRANT HOLDER NOT SHAREHOLDER.
This Warrant does not confer upon the holder hereof any right to vote or to
consent or to receive notice as a shareholder of the Company, as such, in
respect of any matters whatsoever, or any other rights or liabilities as a
shareholder, prior to the exercise hereof as hereinbefore provided.
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SECTION 14. SEVERABILITY.
Should any part of this Warrant for any reason be declared invalid, such
decision shall not affect the validity of any remaining portion, which remaining
portion shall remain in force and effect as if this Warrant had been executed
with the invalid portion thereof eliminated, and it is hereby declared the
intention of the parties hereto that they would have executed and accepted the
remaining portion of this Warrant without including therein any such part, parts
or portion which may, for any reason, be hereafter declared invalid.
SECTION 15. INDEX AND CAPTIONS.
The index and the descriptive headings of the various sections of this
Warrant are for convenience only and shall not affect the meaning or
construction of the provisions hereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Platinum Entertainment, Inc. has caused this Warrant to
be signed by its President or one of its Vice Presidents and attested by its
Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries and this Warrant to be dated
January 31, 1997.
PLATINUM ENTERTAINMENT, INC.
By /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Its President
ATTEST:
By /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx
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Secretary
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SUBSCRIPTION
Re: PLATINUM ENTERTAINMENT, INC.
The undersigned, _______________________________, pursuant to the
provisions of the within Warrant, hereby elects to purchase _________________
shares of Common Stock of ______________________ covered by the within Warrant.
Signature
________________________________
Address
________________________________
Dated: ______________
ASSIGNMENT
Re: PLATINUM ENTERTAINMENT, INC.
FOR VALUE RECEIVED ________________ hereby sells, assigns and transfers
unto _______________ the within Warrant and all rights evidenced thereby and
does irrevocably constitute and appoint _______________________, attorney, to
transfer the said Warrant on the books of the within named Company.
_________________________________
________________________
Dated: _______________
PARTIAL ASSIGNMENT
Re: PLATINUM ENTERTAINMENT, INC.
FOR VALUE RECEIVED ____________________ hereby sells, assigns and transfers
unto ____________________ that portion of the within Warrant and the rights
evidenced thereby which will on the date hereof entitle the holder to purchase
_______ shares of Common Stock of _______________________________, irrevocably
constitute and appoint ____________________________, attorney, to transfer that
part of the said Warrant on the books of the within named Company.
_________________________________
__________________________
Dated: ________________
ANNEX A
The undersigned hereby represents that it is acquiring the subject Warrant
or Warrant Shares for its own account for investment and not with a view to, or
for sale in connection with, any distribution thereof or of any of the shares of
Common Stock or other securities issuable upon the exercise thereof, and not
with any present intention of distributing any of the same. The holder of this
Warrant further represents that, as of this date, such holder is an "accredited
investor" as such term is defined in Rule 501(a)(1) of Regulation D promulgated
by the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
Dated: ____________________
____________________________
By _________________________
