Warrant Agreement
Aarica
WARRANT AGREEMENT
Between
AARICA HOLDINGS, INC.
And
AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST CO.
As Warrant Agent
for Public Offering of 1,000,000 Units, Each Consisting of One Share of
Common Stock and One Redeemable Common Stock Purchase Warrant
Dated as of September _____, 2000
THIS WARRANT AGREEMENT, dated as of September _____, 2000, between Aarica
Holdings, Inc., a Texas corporation (the "Company"), and American Stock Transfer
& Trust Co., New York, New York, as warrant agent (the "Warrant Agent");
WHEREAS, the Company proposes to issue 1,000,000 Redeemable Common
Stock Purchase Warrants (the "Warrants"), entitling the holders thereof to
purchase one share of Common Stock, at $.01 par value (the "Common Stock") for
each Warrant, in connection with the proposed issuance by the Company of
1,000,000 Units, each Unit consisting of one share of Common Stock and one
Warrant, and the Company also proposes to issue up to 150,000 Warrants
underlying, in part, the Underwriters' over-allotment option and up to 100,000
Warrants underlying, in part, a warrant to purchase Units to be granted to the
Representative of the Underwriters; and
WHEREAS, the Company desires the Warrant Agent to act on behalf of the
Company, and the Warrant Agent is willing to act in connection with the
registration, transfer, exchange and exercise of Warrants;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual
agreements herein set forth, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Appointment of Warrant Agent. The Company hereby appoints the Warrant
Agent to act as agent for the Company in accordance with the instructions
hereinafter in this Agreement set forth, and the Warrant Agent hereby accepts
such appointment.
2. Form of Warrant. The text of the Warrant and of the form of election
to purchase shares to be printed on the reverse thereof shall be substantially
as set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto. The Warrant Price to purchase one
share of Common Stock shall be as provided and defined in Section 8. The
Warrants shall be executed on behalf of the Company by the manual or facsimile
signature of the present or any future Chairman of the Board or President or
Vice President of the Company, under its corporate seal, affixed or in
facsimile, attested by the manual or facsimile signature of the present or any
future Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Company. Warrants shall be dated
as of the date of issuance thereof by the Warrant Agent either upon initial
issuance or upon transfer or exchange.
Warrant Agreement
Aarica
3. Countersignature and Registration. The Warrant Agent shall maintain
books for the transfer and registration of the Warrants. The Warrants shall be
countersigned by the Warrant Agent (or by any successor to the Warrant Agent
then acting as warrant agent under this Agreement) and shall not be valid for
any purpose unless so countersigned. Warrants may be so countersigned, however,
by the Warrant Agent (or by its successor as warrant agent) and be delivered by
the Warrant Agent, notwithstanding that the persons whose manual or facsimile
signatures appear thereon as proper officers of the Company shall have ceased to
be such officers at the time of such countersignature or delivery.
4. Transfers and Exchanges. The Warrant Agent shall transfer, from time
to time after the sale of the Units, any outstanding Warrants upon the books to
be maintained by the Warrant Agent for that purpose, upon surrender thereof for
transfer properly endorsed or accompanied by appropriate instructions for
transfer. Upon any such transfer, a new Warrant shall be issued to the
transferee, and the surrendered Warrant shall be cancelled by the Warrant Agent.
Warrants so cancelled shall be delivered by the Warrant Agent to the Company
from time to time. The Warrants may be exchanged at the option of the holder
thereof, when surrendered at the office of the Warrant Agent, for another
Warrant, or other Warrants of different denominations, of like tenor and
representing in the aggregate the right to purchase a like number of shares of
Common Stock. The Warrant Agent is hereby irrevocably authorized to countersign
in accordance with Section 3 of this Agreement the new Warrants required
pursuant to the provisions of this section, and the Company, whenever required
by the Warrant Agent, will supply the Warrant Agent with Warrants duly executed
on behalf of the Company for such purpose.
5. Exercise of Warrants. Subject to the provisions of this Agreement,
each registered holder of Warrants shall have the right, which may be exercised
as expressed in such Warrants, to purchase from the Company (and the Company
shall issue and sell to such registered holder of warrants) the number of fully
paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock specified in such Warrants, upon
surrender of such Warrants to the Company at the office of the Warrant Agent,
with the form of election to purchase on the reverse thereof duly filled in and
signed, and upon payment to the Warrant Agent for the account of the Company of
the Warrant Price for the number of shares of common stock in respect of which
such Warrants are then exercised. Payment of such Warrant Price may be made in
cash, or by certified or official bank check, payable in United States dollars,
to the order of the Warrant Agent. No adjustment shall be made for any dividends
on any shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of a Warrant. Upon such
surrender of Warrants, and payment of the Warrant Price as aforesaid, the
Company shall issue and cause to be delivered with all reasonable dispatch to or
upon the written order of the registered holder of such Warrants and in such
name or names as such registered holder may designate, a certificate or
certificates for the number of full shares of Common Stock so purchased upon the
exercise of such Warrants. Such certificate or certificates shall be deemed to
have been issued and any person so designated to be named therein shall be
deemed to have become a holder of record of such shares as of the date of the
surrender of such Warrants and payment of the Warrant Price as aforesaid;
provided, however, that if, at the date of surrender of such Warrants and
payment of the Warrant Price, the transfer books for the Common Stock or other
class of stock purchasable upon the exercise of such Warrants shall be closed,
the certificates for the shares in respect of which such Warrants are then
exercised shall be issuable as of the date on which such books shall next be
opened and until such date the Company shall be under no duty to deliver any
certificate for such shares; provided further, however, that the transfer books
aforesaid, unless otherwise required by law, shall not be closed at any one time
for a period longer than 20 days. The rights of purchase represented by the
Warrants shall be exercisable, at the election of the registered holders
thereof, either as an entirety or from time to time for part only of the shares
specified therein, and in the event that any Warrant is exercised in respect of
less than all of the shares specified therein, a new Warrant or Warrants will be
issued for the remaining number of shares specified in the Warrant so
surrendered, and the Warrant Agent is hereby irrevocably authorized to
countersign and to deliver the required new Warrants pursuant to the provisions
of this Section and of Section 3 of this Agreement and the Company, whenever
required by the Warrant Agent, will supply the Warrant Agent with Warrants duly
executed on behalf of the Company for such purpose.
6. Mutilated or Missing Warrants. In case any of the Warrants shall be
mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company will issue and the Warrant
Agent will countersign and deliver in exchange and substitution for and upon
cancellation of the mutilated warrant, or in lieu of and substitution for the
Warrant lost, stolen or destroyed, a new Warrant of like tenor and representing
an equivalent right or interest; but only upon receipt of evidence satisfactory
to the Company and the Warrant Agent of such loss, theft or destruction of such
Warrant and indemnity, if requested, also satisfactory to them. Applicants for
such substitute Warrants shall also comply with such other reasonable
regulations and pay such other reasonable charges as the Company or the Warrant
Agent may prescribe.
7. Reservation and Registration of Common Stock.
A. There have been reserved, and the Company shall at all times keep
reserved, out of the authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock, a number of
shares sufficient to provide for the exercise of the rights of purchase
represented by the Warrants, and the Transfer Agent for the Common Stock and
every subsequent Transfer Agent for any shares of the Company's capital stock
issuable upon the exercise of any of the rights of purchase aforesaid are hereby
irrevocably authorized and directed at all times to reserve such number of
authorized and unissued shares as shall be requisite for such purpose. The
Company will keep a copy of this Agreement on file with the Transfer Agent for
the Common Stock and with every subsequent Transfer Agent for any shares of the
Company's capital stock issuable upon the exercise of the rights of purchase
represented by the Warrants. The Warrant Agent is hereby irrevocably authorized
to requisition from time to time such Transfer Agent for stock certificates
required to honor outstanding Warrants. The Company will supply such Transfer
Agents with duly executed stock certificates for such purpose and will itself
provide or otherwise make available any cash which may be issuable as provided
in Section 9 of this Agreement. All Warrants surrendered in the exercise of the
rights thereby evidenced shall be cancelled by the Warrant Agent and shall
thereafter be delivered to the Company, and such cancelled Warrants shall
constitute sufficient evidence of the number of shares of stock which have been
issued upon the exercise of such Warrants.
B. The Company represents that it has registered under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of
the Warrants and will use its best efforts to maintain the effectiveness of such
registration by post-effective amendment during the entire period in which the
Warrants are exercisable, and that it will use its best efforts to qualify such
Common Stock for sale under the securities laws of such states of the United
States as may be necessary to permit the exercise of the Warrants in the states
in which the Units are initially qualified and to maintain such qualifications
during the entire period in which the Warrants are exercisable.
8. Warrant Price; Adjustments.
A. The exercise price (the "Exercise Price") at which Common Stock
shall be purchasable upon exercise of the Warrants at any time after the Common
Stock and Warrants become separately tradable and until 5:00 p.m., New York, New
York time, on ____________, 2005, shall be $_______ per share of Common Stock
or, if adjusted as provided in this Section, shall be such price as so adjusted.
B. The Warrant Price shall be subject to adjustment from time to time as
follows:
(1) Except as hereinafter provided, in case the
Company shall at any time or from time to time after the date
hereof issue any additional shares of Common Stock for a
consideration per share less than the Warrant Price in effect
immediately prior to the issuance of such additional shares,
or without consideration, then, upon each such issuance, the
Warrant Price in effect immediately prior to the issuance of
such additional shares shall forthwith be reduced to a price
(calculated to the nearest full cent) determined by dividing:
(a) An amount equal to (i) the total number
of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately
prior to such issuance multiplied by the Warrant
Price in effect immediately prior to such issuance,
plus (ii) the consideration, if any, received by the
Company upon such issuance, by
(b) The total number of shares of Common
Stock outstanding immediately after the issuance of
such additional shares.
(2) The Company shall not be required to make any
such adjustment of the Warrant Price in accordance with the
foregoing if the amount of such adjustment shall be less than
$0.05 (adjustment will be made when cumulative adjustment
equals or exceeds $0.05) but in such case the Company shall
maintain a cumulative record of the Warrant Price as it would
have been in the absence of this provision (the "Constructive
Warrant Price"), and for the purpose of computing a new
Warrant Price after the next subsequent issuance of additional
shares (but not for the purpose of determining whether an
adjustment thereof is required under the terms of this
paragraph) the constructive Warrant Price shall be deemed to
be the Warrant Price in effect immediately prior to such
issuance.
(3) For the purpose of this Section 8 the following provisions shall also
be applicable:
(a) In the case of the issuance of
additional shares of Common Stock for cash, the
consideration received by the Company therefor shall
be deemed to be the net cash proceeds received by the
Company for such shares before deducting any
commissions or other expenses paid or incurred by the
Company for any underwriting of, or otherwise in
connection with, the issuance of such shares.
(b) In case of the issuance (otherwise than
upon conversion or exchange of shares of Common
stock) of additional shares of Common Stock for a
consideration other than cash or a consideration a
part of which shall be other than cash, the amount of
the consideration other than cash received by the
Company for such shares shall be deemed to be the
value of such consideration as determined in good
faith by the Board of Directors of the Company, as of
the date of the adoption of the resolution of said
Board, providing for the issuance of such shares for
consideration other than cash or for consideration a
part of which shall be other than cash, such fair
value to include goodwill and other intangibles to
the extent determined in good faith by the Board.
(c) In case of the issuance by the Company
after the date hereof of any security (other than the
Warrants) that is convertible into shares of Common
Stock or of any warrants, rights or options to
purchase shares of Common stock (except the options
and warrants referred to in subsection H of this
Section 8), (i) the Company shall be deemed (as
provided in subparagraph (e) below) to have issued
the maximum number of shares of Common Stock
deliverable upon the exercise of such conversion
privileges or warrants, rights or options, and (ii)
the consideration therefor shall be deemed to be the
consideration received by the Company for such
convertible securities or for such warrants, rights
or options, as the case may be, before deducting
therefrom any expenses or commissions incurred or
paid by the Company for any underwriting of, or
otherwise in connection with, the issuance of such
convertible security or warrants, rights or options,
plus (A) the minimum consideration or adjustment
payment to be received by the Company in connection
with such conversion, or (B) the minimum price at
which shares of Common Stock are to be delivered upon
exercise of such warrants, rights or options or, if
no minimum price is specified and such shares are to
be delivered at an option price related to the market
value of the subject shares, an option price bearing
the same relation to the market value of the subject
shares at the time such warrants, rights or options
were granted; provided that as to such options such
further adjustment as shall be necessary on the basis
of the actual option price at the time of exercise
shall be made at such time if the actual option price
is less than the aforesaid assumed option price. No
further adjustment of the Warrant Price shall be made
as a result of the actual issuance of the shares of
Common Stock referred to in this subparagraph (c). on
the expiration of such warrants, rights or options,
or the termination of such right to convert, the
Warrant Price shall be readjusted to such Warrant
Price as would have pertained had the adjustments
made upon the issuance of such warrants, rights,
options or convertible securities been made upon the
basis of the delivery of only the number of shares of
Common Stock actually delivered upon the exercise of
such warrants, rights or options or upon the
conversion of such securities.
(d) For the purposes hereof, any additional
shares of Common Stock issued as a stock dividend
shall be deemed to have been issued for no
consideration.
(e) The number of shares of Common Stock at
any time outstanding shall include the aggregate
number of shares deliverable in respect of the
convertible securities, rights and options referred
to in subparagraph (c) of this paragraph; provided
that with respect to shares referred to in clause (i)
of subparagraph (c), to the extent that such
warrants, options, rights or conversion privileges
are not exercised, such shares shall be deemed to be
outstanding only until the expiration dates of the
warrants, rights, options or conversion privileges or
the prior cancellation thereof.
C. In case the Company shall at any time subdivide its outstanding
shares of Common stock into a greater number of shares, the Warrant Price in
effect immediately prior to such subdivision shall be proportionately reduced
and, in case the outstanding shares of the Common Stock of the Company shall be
combined into a smaller number of shares, the Warrant Price in effect
immediately prior to such combination shall be proportionately increased.
D. Upon each adjustment of the Warrant Price pursuant to the provisions
of this Section 8, the number of shares issuable upon the exercise of each
Warrant shall be adjusted by multiplying the Warrant Price in effect prior to
the adjustment by the number of shares of Common Stock covered by the warrant
and dividing the product so obtained by the adjusted Warrant Price.
E. Except upon consolidation or reclassification of the shares of
Common Stock of the Company as provided for in subsection C hereof and except
for readjustment of the Warrant Price upon expiration of warrants, rights or
options as provided for in subparagraph (c) of paragraph 3 of subsection B
hereof, the Warrant Price in effect at any time may not be adjusted upward or
increased in any manner whatsoever.
F. Irrespective of any adjustment or change in the Warrant Price or the
number of shares of Common Stock actually purchasable under the several
Warrants, the Warrants theretofore and thereafter issued may continue to express
the Warrant Price per share and the number of shares purchasable thereunder as
the Warrant Price per share and the number of shares purchasable were expressed
in the Warrants when initially issued.
G. If any capital reorganization or reclassification of the capital
stock of the Company (other than a distribution of stock in accordance with
Section 10.B) or consolidation or merger of the Company with another corporation
or the sale of all or substantially all of its assets to another corporation
shall be effected, then, as a condition of such reorganization,
reclassification, consolidation, or merger or sale, lawful and adequate
provision shall be made whereby the holder of each Warrant then outstanding
shall thereafter have the right to purchase and receive upon the basis and upon
the terms and conditions specified herein and in the Warrants and in lieu of the
shares of the Common Stock immediately theretofore purchasable and receivable
upon the exercise of the rights represented by each such Warrant, such shares of
stock, securities or assets as may be issued or payable with respect to or in
exchange for a number of outstanding shares of such Common Stock equal to the
number of shares of such Common Stock immediately theretofore purchasable and
receivable upon the exercise of the rights represented by each such Warrant had
such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger or sale not taken
place, and in any such case appropriate provisions shall be made with respect to
the rights and interest of the holder of each Warrant then outstanding to the
end that the provisions thereof (including without limitation provisions for
adjustment of the Warrant Price and of the number of shares purchasable upon the
exercise of each Warrant then outstanding) shall thereafter be applicable as
nearly as may be in relation to any shares of stock, securities or assets
thereafter deliverable upon the exercise of each Warrant.
H. No adjustment of the Warrant Price shall be made in connection with
the issuance or sale of shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to currently
outstanding options and warrants granted to officers, directors, employees,
advisory directors, or affiliates of the Company.
I. Whenever the Warrant Price is adjusted as herein provided, the
Company shall (a) forthwith file with the Warrant Agent a certificate signed by
the Chairman of the Board or the President or a Vice President of the Company
and by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer or the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary of the Company, showing in detail the facts requiring such adjustment
and the Warrant Price and the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable upon
exercise of the Warrants after such adjustment and (b) cause a notice stating
that such adjustment has been effected and stating the adjusted Warrant Price
and the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable upon exercise of the
Warrants to be published at least once a week for two consecutive weeks in a
newspaper of general circulation in Dallas, Texas and in New York, New York. The
Company, at its option, may cause a copy of such notice to be sent by first
class mail, postage prepaid, to each registered holder of Warrants at his
address appearing on the Warrant register. The Warrant Agent shall have no duty
with respect to any such certificate filed with it except to keep the same on
file and available for inspection by holders of Warrants during reasonable
business hours. The Warrant Agent shall not at any time be under any duty or
responsibility to any holder of a Warrant to determine whether any facts exist
which may require any adjustment of the Warrant Price, or with respect to the
nature or extent of any adjustment of the Warrant Price when made, or with
respect to the method employed in making such adjustment.
J. The Company may retain a firm of independent certified public
accountants of recognized standing (which may be the firm that regularly
examines the financial statements of the Company) selected by the Board of
Directors of the Company or the Executive Committee of said Board and approved
by the Warrant Agent, to make any computation required under this Section 8, and
a certificate signed by such firm shall be conclusive evidence of the
correctness of any computation made under this Section 8.
K. In case at any time conditions shall arise by reason of action taken
by the Company which, in the opinion of the Board of Directors of the Company,
are not adequately covered by the other provisions of this Agreement and which
might materially and adversely affect the rights of the holders of the Warrants,
or in case at any time any such conditions are expected to arise by reason of
any action contemplated by the Company, the Board of Directors of the Company
shall appoint a firm of independent certified public accountants of recognized
standing (which may be the firm that regularly examines the financial statements
of the Company), who shall give their opinion as to the adjustment, if any (not
inconsistent with the standards established in this Section 8), of the Warrant
Price and the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable pursuant hereto
(including, if necessary, any adjustment as to the property which may be
purchasable in lieu thereof upon exercise of the Warrants) which is, or would
be, required to preserve without dilution the rights of the holders of the
Warrants. The Board of Directors of the Company shall make the adjustment
recommended forthwith upon the receipt of such opinion or the taking of any such
action contemplated, as the case may be; provided, however, that no adjustment
of the Warrant Price shall be made which in the opinion of the accountant or
firm of accountants giving the aforesaid opinion would result in an increase of
the Warrant Price to more than the Warrant Price then in effect except as
otherwise provided in subsection E of this Section 8.
9. No Fractional Interests. The Company shall not be required to issue
fractions of shares of Common Stock on the exercise of Warrants. If any fraction
of a share of Common Stock would, except for the provisions of this section, be
issuable on the exercise of any warrant (or specified portions thereof), the
Company shall purchase such fraction for an amount in cash equal to the current
value of such fraction (a) computed, if the Common Stock shall be listed or
admitted to unlisted trading privileges on any national or regional securities
exchange, on the basis of the last reported sale price of the Common Stock on
such exchange on the last business day prior to the date of exercise upon which
such a sale shall have been effected (or, if the Common Stock shall be listed or
admitted to unlisted trading privileges on more than one such exchange, on the
basis of such price on the exchange designated from time to time for such
purpose by the Board of Directors of the Company) or (b) computed, if the Common
Stock shall not be listed or admitted to unlisted trading privileges, on the
basis of the average of the high and low bid prices of the Common Stock in the
Nasdaq Stock Market, on the last business day prior to the date of exercise.
10. Notice to Warrant Holders.
A. Nothing contained in this Agreement or in any of the Warrants shall
be construed as conferring upon the holders thereof the right to vote or to
consent or to receive notice as stockholders in respect of the meetings of
stockholders for the election of directors of the Company or any other matters,
or any rights whatsoever as stockholders of the Company; provided, however, that
in the event that a meeting of stockholders shall be called to consider and take
action on a proposal for the voluntary dissolution of the Company, other than in
connection with a consolidation, merger or sale of all, or substantially all, of
its property, assets, business and goodwill as an entirety, then and in that
event the Company shall cause a notice thereof to be published at least once a
week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in Dallas,
Texas and New York, New York, such publication to be completed at least 20 days
prior to the date fixed as a record date or the date of closing the transfer
books for the determination of the stock holders entitled to vote at such
meeting. The Company shall also cause a copy of such notice to be sent by first
class mail, postage prepaid, at least 20 days prior to said date fixed as a
record date or said date of closing the transfer books, to each registered
holder of Warrants at his address appearing on the Warrant register; but failure
to mail or receive such notice or any defect therein or in the mailing thereof
shall not affect the validity of any action taken in connection with such
voluntary dissolution. If such notice shall have been so given and if such a
voluntary dissolution shall be authorized at such meeting or any adjournment
thereof, then for and after the date on which such voluntary dissolution shall
have been duly authorized by the stockholders, the purchase rights represented
by the Warrants and other rights with respect thereto shall cease and terminate.
B. If the Company shall make any distribution on, or to holders of, its
Common Stock (or other property which may be purchasable in lieu thereof upon
the exercise of Warrants) of any property (other than a cash dividend), the
Company shall cause a notice of its intention to make such distribution to be
published at least once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of
general circulation in Dallas, Texas and New York, New York, such publication to
be completed at least 20 days prior to the date fixed as a record date or the
date of closing the transfer books for the determination of the stockholders
entitled to receive such distribution. The Company shall also cause a copy of
such notice to be sent by first class mail, postage prepaid, at least 20 days
prior to said date fixed as a record date or said date of closing the transfer
books, to each registered holder of Warrants at his address appearing on the
Warrant register; but failure to mail or to receive such notice or any defect
therein or in the mailing thereof shall not affect the validity of any action
taken in connection with such distribution.
11. Disposition of Proceeds on Exercise of Warrants.
A. The Warrant Agent shall account promptly to the Company with respect
to Warrants exercised and concurrently pay to the Company all monies received by
the Warrant Agent for the purchase of shares of the Company's stock through the
exercise of such Warrants.
B. The Warrant Agent shall keep copies of this Agreement available for
inspection by holders of Warrants during normal business hours at its principal
office.
12. Redemption of Warrants.
A. At any time on or after the Warrants and the shares of Common Stock
are separately traded, the Company may, at its option, redeem some or all of the
outstanding Warrants at $0.05 per Warrant, upon thirty (30) days' prior written
notice, if the closing sale price of the Common Stock on the American Stock
Exchange or any other national securities exchange, or the closing bid quotation
on the Nasdaq Stock Market, has equaled or exceeded $_______ for ten (10)
consecutive trading days preceding the date notice of redemption is given (the
"Redemption Price"). In order to redeem the Warrants, the Company must have on
file with the Securities and Exchange Commission a current registration
statement pertaining to the Common Stock underlying the Warrants.
B. The election of the Company to redeem some or all of the Warrants shall
be evidenced by a resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company.
C. Warrants may be exercised at any time on or before the date fixed for
redemption (the "Redemption Date").
D. Notice of redemption shall be given by first class mail, postage
prepaid, mailed not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption
Date, to each holder of Warrants, at his address appearing in the Warrant
register.
All notices of redemption shall state:
(1) The Redemption Date;
(2) That on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will become due and
payable upon each Warrant;
(3) The place where such Warrants are to be surrendered for redemption and
payment of the Redemption Price; and
(4) The current Warrant Price of the Warrants, the
place or places where such Warrants may be surrendered for
exercise, and the time at which the right to exercise the
Warrants will terminate in accordance with this Agreement.
E. Notice of redemption of Warrants at the election of the Company shall be
given by the Company or, at the Company's request, by the Warrant Agent in the
name and at the expense of the Company.
F. Prior to any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the
Warrant Agent an amount of money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of all
the Warrants which are to be redeemed on that date. If any Warrant is exercised
pursuant to Section 5, any money so deposited with the Warrant Agent for the
redemption of such Warrant shall be paid to the Company.
G. Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Warrants so
to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become redeemable at the
Redemption Price therein specified and on such date (unless the Company shall
default in the payment of the Redemption Price), such Warrants shall cease to be
exercisable and thereafter represent only the right to receive the Redemption
Price. Upon surrender of such Warrants for redemption in accordance with said
notice, such Warrants shall be redeemed by the Company for the Redemption Price.
13. Merger or Consolidation or Change of Name of Warrant Agent. Any
corporation into which the Warrant Agent may be merged or with which it may be
consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger or consolidation to
which the Warrant Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the
corporate trust business of the Warrant Agent, shall be the successor to the
Warrant Agent hereunder without the execution or filing of any paper or any
further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, provided that such
corporation would be eligible for appointment as a successor warrant agent under
the provisions of Section 15 of this Agreement. In case at the time such
successor to the Warrant Agent shall succeed to the agency created by this
Agreement and at such time any of the Warrants shall have been countersigned but
not delivered, any such successor to the Warrant Agent may adopt the
countersignature of the Warrant Agent and deliver such warrants so
countersigned; and in case at the time any of the Warrants shall not have been
countersigned, any successor to the Warrant Agent may countersign such Warrants
either in the name of the predecessor Warrant Agent or in the name of the
successor warrant agent; and in all such cases such Warrants shall have the full
force provided in the Warrant and in this Agreement.
In case at any time the name of the Warrant Agent shall be changed and
at such time any of the Warrants shall have been countersigned but not
delivered, the Warrant Agent may adopt the countersignature under its prior name
and deliver warrants so countersigned; and in case at that time any of the
Warrants shall not have been countersigned, the Warrant Agent may countersign
such Warrants whether in its prior name or in its changed name; and in all such
cases such Warrants shall have the full force provided in the Warrants and in
this Agreement.
14. Duties of Warrant Agent. The Warrant Agent undertakes the duties and
obligations imposed by this Agreement upon the following terms and conditions,
by all of which the Company and the holders of Warrants, by their acceptance
thereof, shall be bound:
A. The statements contained herein and in the Warrants shall be taken
as statements of the Company, and the Warrant Agent assumes no responsibility
for the correctness of any of the same except such as describe the Warrant Agent
or action taken or to be taken by it. The Warrant Agent assumes no
responsibility with respect to the distribution of the Warrants except as herein
otherwise provided.
B. The Warrant Agent shall not be responsible for any failure of the
Company to comply with any of the covenants contained in this Agreement or in
the Warrants to be complied with by the Company.
C. The Warrant Agent may execute and exercise any of the rights or powers
hereby vested in it to perform any duty hereunder either itself or by or through
its attorneys, agents or employees.
D. The Warrant Agent may consult at any time with counsel satisfactory
to it (who may be counsel for the Company) and the Warrant Agent shall incur no
liability or responsibility to the Company or to any holder of any Warrant in
respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith
and in accordance with the opinion or the advice of such counsel, provided the
Warrant Agent shall have exercised reasonable care in the selection and
continued employment of such counsel.
E. The Warrant Agent shall incur no liability or responsibility to the
Company or to any holder of any Warrant for any action taken in reliance on any
notice, resolution, waiver, consent, order, certificate, or other paper,
document or instrument believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed,
sent or presented by the proper party or parties.
F. The Company agrees to pay to the Warrant Agent reasonable
compensation for all services rendered by the Warrant Agent in the execution of
this Agreement, to reimburse the Warrant Agent for all expenses, taxes and
governmental charges and other appropriate charges incurred by the Warrant Agent
in the execution of this Agreement and to indemnify the Warrant Agent and save
it harmless against any and all liabilities, including judgments, costs and
reasonable counsel fees, for anything done or omitted by the Warrant Agent in
the execution of this Agreement except as a result of the Warrant Agent's
negligence or bad faith.
G. The Warrant Agent shall be under no obligation to institute any
action, suit or legal proceeding or to take any other action likely to involve
expense unless the Company or one or more registered holders of Warrants shall
furnish the Warrant Agent with reasonable security and indemnity for any cost
and expense which may be incurred, but this provision shall not affect the power
of the Warrant Agent to take such action as the Warrant Agent may consider
proper, whether with or without any such security or indemnity. All rights of
action under this Agreement or under any of the Warrants may be enforced by the
Warrant Agent without the possession of any of the Warrants or the production
thereof at any trial or other proceeding relative thereto, and any such action,
suit or proceeding instituted by the Warrant Agent shall be brought in its name
as Warrant Agent, and any recovery of judgment shall be for the ratable benefit
of the registered holders of the Warrants, as their respective rights or
interests may appear.
H. The Warrant Agent and any stockholder, director, officer or employee
of the Warrant Agent may buy, sell or deal in any of the Warrants or other
securities of the Company or become peculiarly interested in any transaction in
which the Company may be interested, or contract with or lend money to or
otherwise act as fully and freely as though it were not Warrant Agent under this
Agreement. Nothing herein shall preclude the Warrant Agent from acting in any
other capacity for the Company or for any other legal entity.
I. The Warrant Agent shall act hereunder solely as agent and not in a
ministerial capacity, and its duties shall be determined solely by the
provisions hereof. The Warrant Agent shall not be liable for anything which it
may do or refrain from doing in connection with this Agreement except for its
own negligence or bad faith.
15. Change of Warrant Agent. The Warrant Agent may resign and be
discharged from its duties under this Agreement by giving to the Company notice
in writing, and to the holders of the Warrants notice by publication, of such
resignation, specifying a date when such resignation shall take effect, which
notice shall be published at least once a week for two consecutive weeks in a
newspaper of general circulation in Dallas, Texas and New York, New York, prior
to the date so specified. The Warrant Agent may be removed by like notice to the
Warrant Agent from the Company and by like publication. If the Warrant Agent
shall resign or be removed or shall otherwise become incapable of acting, the
Company shall appoint a successor to the Warrant Agent. If the Company shall
fail to make such appointment within a period of 30 days after such removal or
after it has been notified in writing of such resignation or incapacity by the
resigning or incapacitated Warrant Agent or by the registered holder of a
Warrant (who shall, with such notice, submit his warrant for inspection by the
Company), then the registered holder of a Warrant may apply to any court of
competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor to the Warrant Agent.
Any successor warrant agent, whether appointed by the Company or by
such a court, shall be a bank or trust company having its principal office, and
having capital and surplus as shown by its last published report to its
stockholders, of at least $1,000,000. After appointment, the successor warrant
agent shall be vested with the same powers, rights, duties and responsibilities
as if it had been originally named as Warrant Agent without further act or deed;
but the former Warrant Agent shall deliver and transfer to the successor warrant
agent any property at the time held by it hereunder, and execute and deliver any
further assurance, conveyance, act or deed necessary for the purpose. Failure to
file or publish any notice provided for in this section, however, or any defect
therein, shall not affect the legality or validity of the resignation or removal
of the Warrant Agent or the appointment of the successor warrant agent, as the
case may be.
16. Identify of Transfer Agent. Forthwith upon the appointment of any
Transfer Agent for the Common Stock or of any subsequent Transfer Agent for
shares of the Common Stock or other shares of the Company's capital stock
issuable upon the exercise of the rights of purchase represented by the
Warrants, the Company will file with the Warrant Agent a statement setting forth
the name and address of such Transfer Agent.
17. Notices. Any notice pursuant to this Agreement to be given or made
by the Warrant Agent or the registered holder of any Warrant to or on the
Company shall be sufficiently given or made if sent by first-class mail, postage
prepaid, addressed (until another address is filed in writing by the Company
with the Warrant Agent) as follows:
Aarica Holdings, Inc.
000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000
Any notice pursuant to this Agreement to be given or made by the
Company or the registered holder of any Warrant to or on the Warrant Agent shall
be sufficiently given or made if sent by first-class mail, postage prepaid,
addressed (until another address is filed in writing by the warrant Agent with
the Company) as follows:
American Stock Transfer & Trust Co.
00 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
18. Supplements and Amendments. The Company and the Warrant Agent may
from time to supplement or amend this Agreement without the approval of any
holders of Warrants (i) in order to cure any ambiguity or to correct or
supplement any provision contained herein which may be defective or inconsistent
with any other provision herein; (ii) to extend the expiration date of the
Warrants or lower the Warrant Price; or (iii) to make any other provisions in
regard to matters or questions arising hereunder which the Company and the
Warrant Agent may deem necessary or desirable and which shall not be
inconsistent with the provisions of the Warrants and which shall not adversely
affect the interests of the holders of Warrants.
19. Successors. All the covenants and provisions of this Agreement by or
for the benefit of the Company or the Warrant Agent shall bind and inure to the
benefit of their respective successors and assigns hereunder.
20. Merger or Consolidation of the Company. The Company shall not
effect any consolidation or merger with, or sale of substantially all its
property to, any other corporation unless the corporation resulting from such
merger (if not the Company) or consolidation or the corporation purchasing such
property shall expressly assume, by supplemental agreement satisfactory in form
to the Warrant Agent and executed and delivered to the Warrant Agent, the due
and punctual performance and observance of each and every covenant and condition
of this Agreement to be performed and observed by the Company, such agreement by
the Warrant Agent not to be unreasonably withheld.
21. Florida Contract. This Agreement and each Warrant issued hereunder
shall be deemed to be a contract made under the laws of the State of Florida and
for all purposes shall be construed in accordance with the laws of said state.
22. Benefits of This Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement shall be
construed to give to any person or corporation other than the Company, the
Warrant Agent and the registered holders of the Warrants any legal or equitable
right, remedy or claim under this Agreement; but this Agreement shall be for the
sole and exclusive benefit of the Company, the Warrant Agent and the registered
holders of the Warrants.
23. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts and each of such counterparts shall for all purposes by deemed to
be an original, and all such counterparts shall together
constitute but one and the same instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
duly executed as of the date hereof.
AARICA HOLDINGS, INC.
By:-------------------
Xxxxx Xxxxxx, President
AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST CO.
By: ---- ----------------------------
No. ____
EXHIBIT A
FORM OF
AARICA HOLDINGS, INC.
REDEEMABLE COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT
TO PURCHASE ONE SHARE OF COMMON STOCK
EXERCISABLE ON OR BEFORE 5:00 P. M.,
NEW YORK, NEW YORK TIME, September _____, 2005
This Warrant Certifies that _____________________________________, or
registered assigns, is the holder of _______________ Warrants expiring _______,
2005, to purchase shares of Common Stock, $.01 par value per share (the "Common
Stock"), of Aarica Holdings, Inc., a Texas corporation (the "Company"). Each
Warrant entitles the holder to purchase from the Company at any time after the
Shares and Warrants become separately tradable and until 5:00 p.m. New York, New
York time, on _________, 2005,(the "Expiration Date"), ___________ fully-paid
and non-assessable shares of Common Stock at the exercise price (the "Exercise
Price") of $_____ per share, upon surrender of this Warrant Certificate and
payment of the Exercise Price at the office or agency of the Warrant Agent in
New York, New York, but only subject to the conditions set forth herein and in
the Warrant Agreement. Payment of the Exercise Price may be made in cash or by
certified check payable to the order of the Company. As used herein, "Shares"
refers to the Common Stock offered by the Prospectus dated September___,2000,
and, where appropriate, to the other securities or property issuable upon
exercise of a Warrant as provided for in the Warrant Agreement upon the
happening of certain events set forth in the Warrant Agreement.
No Warrant may be exercised after 5:00 p.m., New York, New York time,
on the Expiration Date. To the extent not exercised by such time, the Warrants
shall be cancelled and retired notwithstanding delivery of the related Warrant
Certificate. All Warrants evidenced hereby shall thereafter be void.
Reference is hereby made to the provisions of the Warrant Agreement
between Aarica Holdings, Inc., a Texas corporation (the "Company"), and American
Stock Transfer & Trust Co., New York, New York, as warrant agent (the "Warrant
Agent") and such further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect
as though fully set forth herein.
This Warrant Certificate shall not be valid unless countersigned by the
Warrant Agent.
Dated: September ____, 2000.
AARICA HOLDINGS, INC.
By: ---------------------
Xxxxx Xxxxxx, President
AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST CO.,
as Warrant Agent
By: ----------------------
FORM OF
ELECTION TO PURCHASE
Aarica Holdings, Inc.
c/o American Stock Transfer & Trust Co.
00 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise the right of
purchase represented by the within Warrant for, and to purchase thereunder,
shares of the stock provided for therein, and requests that certificates for
such shares shall be issued in the name of and be delivered to at and, if said
number of shares shall not be all of the shares purchasable thereunder, that a
new Warrant for the balance remaining of the shares purchasable under the within
Warrant be registered in the name of, and delivered to, the undersigned at the
address stated below.
Date:___________________
Name of Warrant Holder:______________________________
(Please Print)
Signature:___________________________________________
(Signature must conform in all respects to name of
holder as specified on the face of the Warrant
Certificate)
Address:____________________________________________
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FORM OF
ASSIGNMENT
For value received, does hereby well, assign and transfer unto the
within Warrant, together with all right, title and interest therein, and does
hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint attorney, to transfer said Warrant on
the books of the within-named Corporation, with full power of substitution in
the promises,
Date:___________________
Signature:___________________________________________
(Signature must conform in all respects to name of
holder as specified on the face of the Warrant
Certificate)
