COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT To Purchase Shares of Common Stock of GULFSTREAM INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC.
Exhibit 10.9
NEITHER
THIS SECURITY NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THIS SECURITY IS EXERCISABLE HAVE
BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES
COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”),
AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE
EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION
REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE
SECURITIES LAWS AS EVIDENCED BY A LEGAL OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE TRANSFEROR TO
SUCH EFFECT, THE SUBSTANCE OF WHICH SHALL BE REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE
COMPANY. THIS SECURITY AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS
SECURITY MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER
LOAN SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.
COMMON
STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT
To
Purchase Shares of Common Stock of
GULFSTREAM
INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC.
THIS
COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT (the “Warrant”) certifies
that, for value received, Shelter Island Opportunity Fund, LLC or its registered
assigns (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 “Initial Exercise
Date”) and on or prior to the close of business on the sixth anniversary
of the Initial Exercise Date (the “Termination Date”) to
purchase up to 70,000 shares (the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise
of this Warrant and the Remaining Warrant (as defined in that certain
Forbearance Agreement, dated February 26, 2010, by and between the Company and
the Holder), collectively, (without regard to any limitation on exercise set
forth herein or therein) representing an amount equal to 15% of the Common Stock
at the date hereof calculated on a fully-diluted as-if converted basis) (such
greater amount being the “Warrant Shares”) of
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), of
Gulfstream International Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”). The
purchase price of one share of Common Stock under this Warrant shall be equal to
the Exercise Price, as defined in Section 2(b).
Section
1.Definitions. Capitalized terms used
and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in that
certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the “Agreement”), between
the Company and the initial Holder and in the Transaction Documents referred to
therein.
Section 2.
Exercise.
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a) Exercise of
Warrant.
Exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant may be made, in
whole or in part, at any time or times on or after the Initial Exercise Date and
on or before the Termination Date by delivery to the Company of a duly executed
facsimile copy of the Notice of Exercise Form annexed hereto (or to such other
office or agency of the Company as it may designate by notice in writing to the
registered Holder at the address of such Holder appearing on the books of the
Company); and, within five Business Days of the date said Notice of Exercise is
delivered to the Company, the Company shall have received payment of the
aggregate Exercise Price of the shares thereby purchased by wire transfer or
cashier's check drawn on a United States bank. Notwithstanding anything herein
to the contrary, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this
Warrant to the Company until the Holder has purchased all of the Warrant Shares
available hereunder and the Warrant has been exercised in full, in which case,
the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company for cancellation within
three Business Days of the date the final Notice of Exercise is delivered to the
Company. Partial exercises of this Warrant resulting in purchases of a portion
of the total number of Warrant Shares available hereunder shall have the effect
of lowering the outstanding number of Warrant Shares purchasable hereunder in an
amount equal to the applicable number of Warrant Shares purchased. The Holder
and the Company shall maintain records showing the number of Warrant Shares
purchased and the date of such purchases. The Company shall deliver any
objection to any Notice of Exercise Form within two Business Days of receipt of
such notice. In the event of any dispute or discrepancy, the records of the
Company shall be controlling and determinative in the absence of manifest error,
negligence or willful misconduct. The Holder, by acceptance of this Warrant,
acknowledges and agrees that the number of Warrant Shares available for purchase
hereunder at any given time may be less than the amount stated on the face
hereof.
In lieu
of the payment of the aggregate Exercise Price, the Holder shall have the right
(but not the obligation), to require the Company to convert this Warrant, in
whole or in part, into shares of Common Stock (the “Cashless Exercise
Right”). Upon exercise of the Cashless Exercise Right, the Company shall
deliver to the Holder (without payment of the Exercise Price) that number of
shares of Common Stock equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (i) the value
of this Warrant or portion thereof at the time the Cashless Exercise Right is
exercised (determined by subtracting the aggregate Exercise Price at the time of
the exercise of the Cashless Exercise Right from the aggregate VWAP of the
shares of Common Stock to be issued upon such exercise) by (ii) the VWAP of one
share of Common Stock at the time of the exercise of the Cashless Exercise
Right. The Cashless Exercise Right may be exercised by surrendering this Warrant
to the Company, with an executed Notice of Exercise with the Cashless Exercise
Right completed and specifying the total number of shares of Common Stock that
the Holder will be issued pursuant to the exercise of such Cashless Exercise
Right.
b) Exercise
Price The
exercise price per share of the Common Stock under this Warrant shall be
$1,000.00 for all Warrant Shares (or a pro rata portion thereof, with respect to
less than all of the Warrant Shares) (the “Exercise
Price”).
c)
Mechanics
of Exercise
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i. Authorization of Warrant
Shares
The Company covenants that all Warrant Shares which may be issued upon the
exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant will, upon exercise
of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant, be duly authorized, validly
issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all taxes, liens and charges
created by the Company in respect of the issue thereof (other than taxes in
respect of any transfer occurring contemporaneously with such
issue).
ii. Delivery of Certificates
Upon Exercise
Certificates for shares purchased hereunder shall be transmitted by the transfer
agent of the Company to the Holder by crediting the account of the Holder's
prime broker with the Depository Trust Company through its Deposit Withdrawal
Agent Commission (“DWAC”) system if the
Company is a participant in such system, and otherwise by physical delivery to
the address specified by the Holder in the Notice of Exercise within fifteen
Business Days from the delivery to the Company of the Notice of Exercise Form,
surrender of this Warrant (if required) and payment of the aggregate Exercise
Price as set forth above (“Warrant Share Delivery
Date”). This Warrant shall be deemed to have been exercised on the date
the Exercise Price is received by the Company. The Warrant Shares shall be
deemed to have been issued, and 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 Warrant has been exercised by payment to
the Company of the Exercise Price and all taxes required to be paid by the
Holder, if any, pursuant to Section 2(c)(vi) prior to the issuance of such
shares, have been paid.
iii. Delivery of New Warrants
Upon Exercise If
this Warrant shall have been exercised in part, the Company shall, at the
request of a Holder and upon surrender of this Warrant certificate, at the time
of delivery of the certificate or certificates representing Warrant Shares,
deliver to Holder a new Warrant evidencing the rights of Holder to purchase the
unpurchased Warrant Shares called for by this Warrant, which new Warrant shall
in all other respects be identical with this Warrant.
iv. Rescission
Rights If
the Company fails to cause its transfer agent to transmit to the Holder a
certificate or certificates representing the Warrant Shares pursuant to Section
2(c)(ii) by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, then the Holder will have the right
to rescind such exercise.
v. 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 at its
election, either pay a cash adjustment in respect of such final fraction in an
amount equal to such fraction multiplied by the Exercise Price or round up to
the next whole share.
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vi. Charges, Taxes and
Expenses
Issuance of certificates for Warrant Shares shall be made without charge to the
Holder for any issuance tax, 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 or in such name or names as may be directed by the Holder; provided,
however, that in the event certificates for Warrant Shares are to be issued in a
name other than the name of the Holder, this Warrant when surrendered for
exercise shall be accompanied by the Assignment Form attached hereto duly
executed by the Holder; and the Company may require, as a condition thereto, the
payment of a sum sufficient to reimburse it for any transfer tax incidental
thereto.
vii. Closing of
Books
The Company will not close its stockholder books or records in any manner which
prevents the timely exercise of this Warrant, pursuant to the terms
hereof.
viii. Compensation for Buy-In on
Failure to Timely Deliver Certificates Upon Exercise. In addition to any
other rights available to the Holder, if the Company fails to cause its transfer
agent to transmit to the Holder a certificate or certificates representing the
Warrant Shares pursuant to an exercise on or before the Warrant Share Delivery
Date, and if after such date the Holder is required by its broker to purchase
(in an open market transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver
in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of the Warrant Shares which the Holder
anticipated receiving upon such exercise (a “Buy-In”), then the
Company shall (1) pay in cash to the Holder the amount by which (x) the Holder's
total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if any) for the shares of
Common Stock so purchased exceeds (y) the amount obtained by multiplying (A) the
number of Warrant Shares that the Company was required to deliver to the Holder
in connection with the exercise at issue times (B) the price at which the sell
order giving rise to such purchase obligation was executed, and (2) at the
option of the Holder, either reinstate the portion of the Warrant and equivalent
number of Warrant Shares for which such exercise was not honored or deliver to
the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock that would have been issued had
the Company timely complied with its exercise and delivery obligations
hereunder. For example, if the Holder purchases Common Stock having a total
purchase price of $11,000 to cover a Buy-In with respect to an attempted
exercise of shares of Common Stock with an aggregate sale price giving rise to
such purchase obligation of $10,000, under clause (1) of the immediately
preceding sentence, the Company shall be required to pay the Holder $1,000. The
Holder shall provide the Company written notice indicating the amounts payable
to the Holder in respect of the Buy-In, together with applicable confirmations
and other evidence reasonably requested by the Company. Nothing herein shall
limit a Holder's right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder,
at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific
performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company's failure to
timely deliver certificates representing shares of Common Stock upon exercise of
the Warrant as required pursuant to the terms hereof.
d) Exercise
Limitations
The Company shall not effect any exercise of this Warrant and a Holder shall not
have the right to exercise any portion of this Warrant, pursuant to Section 2(a)
or otherwise, to the extent that after giving effect to such issuance after
exercise, such Holder (together with such Holder's Affiliates, and any other
person or entity acting as a group together with such Holder or any of such
Holder's Affiliates), as set forth on the applicable Notice of Exercise, would
beneficially own in excess of 4.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock
outstanding immediately after giving effect to such issuance. For purposes of
the foregoing sentence, the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned
by such Holder and its Affiliates shall include the number of shares of Common
Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant with respect to which the
determination of such sentence is being made, but shall exclude the number of
shares of Common Stock which would be issuable upon (A) exercise of the
remaining, unexercised portion of this Warrant beneficially owned by such Holder
or any of its Affiliates and (B) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or
unconverted portion of any other securities of the Company (including, without
limitation, any Warrants) subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise
analogous to the limitation contained herein beneficially owned by such Holder
or any of its Affiliates. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for
purposes of this Section 2(d), beneficial ownership shall be calculated in
accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder, it being acknowledged by the Holder that the Company is
not representing to such Holder that such calculation is in compliance with
Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the Holder is solely responsible for any
schedules required to be filed in accordance therewith.
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To the
extent that the limitation contained in this Section 2(d) applies, the
determination of whether this Warrant is exercisable (in relation to other
securities owned by such Holder) and of which a portion of this Warrant is
exercisable shall be in the sole discretion of the Holder, and the submission of
a Notice of Exercise shall be deemed to be the Holder's determination of whether
this Warrant is exercisable (in relation to other securities owned by the
Holder) and of which portion of this Warrant is exercisable, in each case
subject to such aggregate percentage limitation, and the Company shall have no
obligation to verify or confirm the accuracy of such determination. In addition,
a determination as to any group status as contemplated above shall be determined
in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder. For purposes of this Section 2(d), in
determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, a Holder may rely
on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as reflected in (x) the
Company's most recent Form 10-Q or Form 10-K, as the case may be, (y) a more
recent public announcement by the Company or (z) any other notice by the Company
or the Company's Transfer Agent setting forth the number of shares of Common
Stock outstanding. Upon the written or oral request of the Holder, the Company
shall within two Business Days confirm orally and in writing to the Holder the
number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding. In any case, the number of
outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be determined after giving effect to
the conversion or exercise of securities of the Company, including this Warrant,
by the Holder or its Affiliates since the date as of which such number of
outstanding shares of Common Stock was reported. The provisions of this Section
2(d) may be waived by the Holder, at the election of the Holder, upon not less
than 61 days' prior notice to the Company, and the provisions of this Section
2(d) shall continue to apply until such 61st day
(or such later date, as determined by such Holder, as may be specified in such
notice of waiver).
Section
3.Certain
Adjustments.
a) Stock Dividends and
Splits If
the Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding: (A) pays a stock
dividend or otherwise makes a distribution or distributions on shares of its
Common Stock or any other equity or equity equivalent securities payable in
shares of Common Stock (which, for avoidance of doubt, shall not include any
shares of Common Stock issued by the Company upon exercise of this Warrant), (B)
subdivides outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares,
(C) combines (including by way of reverse stock split) outstanding shares of
Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issues by reclassification
of shares of the Common Stock any shares of capital stock of the Company, then
in each case, the Exercise Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the
numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding treasury
shares, if any) outstanding immediately before such event and of which the
denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding
immediately after such event. Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 3(a)
shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination
of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution and shall
become effective immediately after the effective date in the case of a
subdivision, combination or re-classification.
b) Subsequent Equity
Sales If
the Company at any time while this Warrant is outstanding, except for issuances
contemplated by Section 2(a), Exempt Issuances and issuances pursuant to the
exercise of the warrants with respect to 225,000 shares of Common Stock at an
exercise price of $3.20 per share that were issued by the Company pursuant to
Section 2.2(a)(x)(ii) of the Agreement, shall sell or grant any option to
purchase or sell or grant any right to reprice its securities, or otherwise
dispose of or issue (or announce any offer, sale, grant or any option to
purchase or other disposition) any Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents
entitling any Person to acquire shares of Common Stock, at an effective price
that reflects an equity valuation of the Company of less than $5,000,000 (such
issuances collectively, a “Dilutive Issuance”)
(if the holder of the Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents so issued shall
at any time, whether by operation of purchase price adjustments, reset
provisions, floating conversion, exercise or exchange prices or otherwise, or
due to warrants, options or rights per share which are issued in connection with
such issuance, be entitled to receive shares of Common Stock at an effective
price per share which reflects an equity valuation of the Company of less than
$5,000,000, such issuance shall be deemed to be a Dilutive Issuance), then the
number of Warrant Shares shall be increased so that immediately following such
Dilutive Issuance this Warrant shall be exercisable for the same percentage of
the outstanding Common Stock as it was immediately prior to such Dilutive
Issuance. Such adjustment shall be made whenever such Common Stock or Common
Stock Equivalents are issued.
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The
Company shall notify the Holder in writing, no later than two Business Days
following the issuance of any Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents subject
to this section, indicating therein the applicable issuance price, or applicable
reset price, exchange price, conversion price and other pricing terms (such
notice the “Dilutive
Issuance Notice”). For purposes of clarification, whether or not the
Company provides a Dilutive Issuance Notice pursuant to this Section 3(b), upon
the occurrence of any Dilutive Issuance, the Holder shall be entitled to receive
such number of Warrant Shares that will enable the Holder to maintain its right
through the exercise in full of this Warrant to acquire that percentage of the
outstanding Common Stock that it had the right to acquire immediately prior to
the date of such Dilutive Issuance, regardless of whether the Holder accurately
refers thereto in the Notice of Exercise.
c) Subsequent Rights
Offerings If
the Company, at any time while the Warrant is outstanding, shall issue rights,
options or warrants to all holders of Common Stock (and not to Holders on an
as-exercised basis) entitling them to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common
Stock at a price per share less than the VWAP at the record date mentioned
below, then, unless adjustment is required pursuant to Section 3(b) above, the
Exercise Price shall be multiplied by a fraction, of which the denominator shall
be the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding on the date of issuance
of such rights or warrants plus the number of additional shares of Common Stock
offered for subscription or purchase, and of which the numerator shall be the
number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding on the date of issuance of such
rights or warrants plus the number of shares which the aggregate offering price
of the total number of shares so offered (assuming receipt by the Company in
full of all consideration payable upon exercise of such rights, options or
warrants) would purchase at such VWAP. Such adjustment shall be made whenever
such rights or warrants are issued, and shall become effective immediately after
the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such
rights, options or warrants.
d) Pro Rata
Distributions If
the Company, at any time prior to the Termination Date, shall distribute to all
holders of Common Stock (and not to Holders of the Warrants on an as-exercised
basis) evidences of its indebtedness or assets (including cash and cash
dividends) or rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any security other
than the Common Stock (which shall be subject to Section 3(b) or 3(c)), then in
each such case the Exercise Price shall be adjusted by multiplying the Exercise
Price in effect immediately prior to the record date fixed for determination of
stockholders entitled to receive such distribution by a fraction of which the
denominator shall be the VWAP determined as of the record date mentioned above,
and of which the numerator shall be such VWAP on such record date less the then
per share fair market value at such record date of the portion of such assets or
evidence of indebtedness so distributed applicable to one outstanding share of
the Common Stock as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company in good
faith. In either case the adjustments shall be described in a statement provided
to the Holder of the portion of assets or evidences of indebtedness so
distributed or such subscription rights applicable to one share of Common Stock.
Such adjustment shall be made whenever any such distribution is made and shall
become effective immediately after the record date mentioned above.
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e) Fundamental
Transaction
If, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding, (A) the Company effects any
merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another Person, (B) the
Company effects any sale of all or substantially all of its assets in one or a
series of related transactions, (C) any tender offer or exchange offer (whether
by the Company or another Person) is completed pursuant to which holders of
Common Stock are permitted to tender or exchange their shares for other
securities, cash or property, or (D) the Company effects any reclassification of
the Common Stock or any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the Common
Stock is effectively converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash or
property (in any such case, a “Fundamental
Transaction”), then, upon any subsequent exercise of this Warrant, the
Holder shall have the right to receive, for each Warrant Share that would have
been issuable upon such exercise immediately prior to the occurrence of such
Fundamental Transaction, at the option of the Holder, (a) 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 any
additional consideration (the “Alternate
Consideration”) 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 or (b) if the Company is acquired in an all cash
transaction, cash equal to the value of this Warrant as determined in accordance
with the Black-Scholes option pricing formula. For purposes of any such exercise
and lieu of receiving any Additional Consideration, the Exercise Price shall be
appropriately adjusted to apply to such Alternate Consideration based on the
amount of Alternate Consideration issuable in respect of one share of Common
Stock in such Fundamental Transaction, and the Company shall apply the Alternate
Consideration against the Exercise Price in a reasonable manner reflecting the
relative value of any different components of the Alternate Consideration. If
holders of Common Stock are given any choice as to the securities, cash or
property to be received in a Fundamental Transaction, then the Holder shall be
given the same choice as to what it shall be entitled to receive upon any
exercise of this Warrant following such Fundamental Transaction. To the extent
necessary to effectuate the foregoing provisions, any successor to the Company
or surviving entity in such Fundamental Transaction shall issue to the Holder a
new warrant consistent with the foregoing provisions and evidencing the Holder's
right to exercise such warrant into Alternate Consideration. The terms of any
agreement pursuant to which a Fundamental Transaction is affected shall include
terms requiring any such successor or surviving entity to comply with the
provisions of this Section 3(e) and insuring that this Warrant (or any such
replacement security) will be similarly adjusted upon any subsequent transaction
analogous to a Fundamental Transaction.
f) Calculations
All calculations under this Section 3 shall be made to the nearest cent or the
nearest 1/100th of a share, as the case may be. For purposes of this Section 3,
the number of shares of Common Stock deemed to be issued and outstanding as of a
given date shall be the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding
treasury shares, if any) issued and outstanding.
g) Intentional
Left.
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h) Notice to
Holders.
i. Adjustment to Exercise
Price
Whenever the Exercise Price is adjusted pursuant to any provision of this
Section 3, the Company shall promptly mail to each Holder a notice setting forth
the Exercise Price after such adjustment and setting forth a brief statement of
the facts requiring such adjustment.
ii. Notice to Allow Exercise by
Holder If
(A) the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution in whatever
form) on the Common Stock; (B) the Company shall declare a special nonrecurring
cash dividend on or a redemption of the Common Stock; (C) the Company shall
authorize the granting to all holders of the Common Stock rights or warrants to
subscribe for or purchase any shares of capital stock of any class or of any
rights; (D) the approval of any stockholders of the Company shall be required in
connection with any reclassification of the Common Stock, any consolidation or
merger to which the Company is a party, any sale or transfer of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Company, of any compulsory share exchange
whereby the Common Stock is converted into other securities, cash or property;
(E) there shall be a voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or
winding up of the affairs of the Company; then, in each case, the Company shall
cause to be mailed to the Holder at its last address as it shall appear upon the
Warrant Register of the Company, at least 10 calendar days prior to the
applicable record or effective date hereinafter specified, a notice stating (x)
the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend,
distribution, redemption, rights or warrants, or if a record is not to be taken,
the date as of which the holders of the Common Stock of record to be entitled to
such dividend, distributions, redemption, rights or warrants are to be
determined or (y) the date on which such reclassification, consolidation,
merger, sale, transfer or share exchange is expected to become effective or
close, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of the Common Stock
of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares of the Common Stock for
securities, cash or other property deliverable upon such reclassification,
consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange; provided that the
failure to mail such notice or any defect therein or in the mailing thereof
shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be specified
in such notice. The Holder is entitled to exercise this Warrant during the
10-day period commencing on the date of such notice to the effective date of the
event triggering such notice.
iii. Notice of Subsequent
Issuance
The first time after the Initial Exercise Date that the Company issues shares of
Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents, other than to an Affiliate of the
Company, and the aggregate amount of net proceeds received by the Company
therefrom is not less than the Subscription Amount, the Company shall mail to
each Holder a notice within two Business Days thereof and shall provide evidence
therewith of the price per share at which such issuance was made.
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iv. Effect of Failure to Give
Notice
The failure of the Company to give any notice required under this section or any
inaccuracy or other defect therein shall not affect the determination of the
Exercise Price that shall be in effect as provided herein.
Section
4.Transfer of
Warrant.
a) Transferability
Subject to compliance with any applicable securities laws and the terms and
conditions of Section 4(d) hereof and Section 4.1 of the Agreement, this Warrant
and all rights hereunder (including, without limitation, any registration
rights) are transferable, in whole or in part, upon surrender of this Warrant at
the principal office of the Company or its designated agent, together with a
written assignment of this Warrant substantially in the form attached hereto
duly executed by the Holder or its agent or attorney and funds sufficient to pay
any transfer taxes payable upon the making of such transfer. Upon such surrender
and, if required, such payment, the Company shall execute and deliver a new
Warrant or Warrants in the name of the assignee or assignees and in the
denomination or denominations specified in such instrument of assignment, and
shall issue to the assignor a new Warrant evidencing the portion of this Warrant
not so assigned, and this Warrant shall promptly be cancelled. A Warrant, if
properly assigned, may be exercised by a new holder for the purchase of Warrant
Shares without having a new Warrant issued.
b) New
Warrants
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 the Holder or its agent or attorney. Subject to compliance with
Section 4(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) Warrant
Register
The Company shall register this Warrant, upon records to be maintained by the
Company for that purpose (the “Warrant Register”),
in the name of the record Holder hereof from time to time. The Company may deem
and treat the registered Holder of this Warrant as the absolute owner hereof for
the purpose of any exercise hereof or any distribution to the Holder, and for
all other purposes, absent actual notice to the contrary.
d) Transfer
Restrictions
If, at the time of the surrender of this Warrant in connection with any transfer
of this Warrant, the transfer of this Warrant shall not be registered pursuant
to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and under
applicable state securities or blue sky laws, the Company may require, as a
condition of allowing such transfer (i) that the Holder or transferee of this
Warrant, as the case may be, furnish to the Company a written opinion of counsel
(which opinion shall be in form, substance and scope customary for opinions of
counsel in comparable transactions) to the effect that such transfer may be made
without registration under the Securities Act and under applicable state
securities or blue sky laws, (ii) that the holder or transferee execute and
deliver to the Company an investment letter in form and substance acceptable to
the Company and (iii) that the transferee be an “accredited investor” as defined
in Rule 501(a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3), (a)(7), or (a)(8) promulgated under the
Securities Act or a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A(a)
under the Securities Act.
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Section
5. Miscellaneous.
a) No Rights as Shareholder
Until Exercise
This Warrant does not entitle the Holder to any voting rights or other rights as
a shareholder of the Company prior to the exercise hereof as set forth in
Section 2(c).
b) 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
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, in the case of the Warrant, shall not include the posting of any bond),
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.
c) 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 not be a Business Day, then such action
may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding Business
Day.
d) 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 any stock exchange or Trading Market upon which the Common Stock
may be listed.
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The
Company will (a) not increase the par value of any Warrant Shares above the
amount payable 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
Warrant Shares upon the exercise of this Warrant, and (c) use commercially
reasonable 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 Warrant
Shares 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
e) Jurisdiction
All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and
interpretation of this Warrant shall be determined in accordance with the
provisions of the Agreement.
f) Restrictions
The Holder 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.
g) Nonwaiver and
Expenses No
course of dealing or any delay or failure to exercise any right hereunder on the
part of Holder shall operate as a waiver of such right or otherwise prejudice
Holder's rights, powers or remedies, notwithstanding the fact that all rights
hereunder terminate on the Termination Date. If the Company willfully and
knowingly fails to comply with any provision of this Warrant, which results in
any material damages to the Holder, the Company shall pay to Holder such amounts
as shall be sufficient to cover any reasonable costs and expenses including, but
not limited to, reasonable attorneys' fees, including those of appellate
proceedings, incurred by Holder in collecting any amounts due pursuant hereto or
in otherwise enforcing any of its rights, powers or remedies
hereunder.
h) Notices
Any notice, request or other document required or permitted to be given or
delivered to the Holder by the Company shall be delivered in accordance with the
notice provisions of the Agreement.
i) Limitation of
Liability No
provision hereof, in the absence of any affirmative action by Holder to exercise
this Warrant to purchase Warrant Shares, and no enumeration herein of the rights
or privileges of Holder, shall give rise to any liability of 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.
j) Remedies
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 Warrant and hereby agrees to waive and not to assert the
defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be
adequate.
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k) 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
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.
l) Amendment
This Warrant may be modified or amended or the provisions hereof waived with the
written consent of the Company and the Holder.
m) 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.
n) 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.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company bas caused this Warrant to be executed by its
officer thereunto duly authorized.
| GULFSTREAM INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC. | |||
|
Dated:
August 31, 2008
|
By:
|
/s/Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |
| Name:Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||
| Title:President | |||
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NOTICE
OF EXERCISE
TO: GULFSTREAM INTERNATIONAL GROUP,
INC.
(1) The
undersigned hereby elects to purchase Warrant Shares of the Company pursuant to
the terms of the attached Warrant (only if exercised in full), and tenders
herewith payment of the exercise price in full, together with all applicable
transfer taxes, if any.
(2) Payment
shall take the form of (check applicable box):
o in lawful money of the
United States; or
o the issuance
of shares of Common Stock in accordance with the formula set forth in
Section 2(a) pursuant to the Cashless Exercise Right procedure set forth in
Section 2(a).
(3) Please
issue a certificate or certificates representing said Warrant Shares in the name
of the undersigned or in such other name as is specified below:
The
Warrant Shares shall be delivered to the following DWAC Account Number or by
physical delivery of a certificate to:
________________________________________________
________________________________________________
________________________________________________
(4) Accredited
Investor. The undersigned is an “accredited investor” as defined in Regulation D
promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
[SIGNATURE
OF HOLDER]
Name of
Investing
Entity:____________________________________________________________________________________________
Signature
of Authorized Signatory of Investing
Entity:______________________________________________________________________
Name of
Authorized
Signatory:________________________________________________________________________________________
Title of
Authorized
Signatory:_________________________________________________________________________________________
Date:____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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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, [____] all of or [__________] shares of the foregoing Warrant and all
rights evidenced thereby are hereby assigned to
_________________________________________________________________________________________________whose
address is
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________,
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Dated:____________________ ,______________________
Holder's
Signature:__________________________________
Holder's
Address:___________________________________
Signature
Guaranteed:_______________________________________________________________
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 a fiduciary or other representative capacity
should file proper evidence of authority to assign the foregoing
Warrant.
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