Exhibit 10.3
NEITHER THESE SECURITIES NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THESE SECURITIES ARE
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 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 THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS THEREUNDER AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH
APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES OR BLUE SKY LAWS.
THE ASHTON TECHNOLOGY GROUP, INC.
WARRANT
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Warrant No. 2 Dated: July 10, 2001
The Ashton Technology Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"),
hereby certifies that, for value received, Xxxxxxx Drive LLC or its registered
assigns ("Holder"), is entitled, subject to the terms set forth below, to
purchase from the Company 1,506,024 shares of common stock, $.01 par value per
share (the "Common Stock"), of the Company (each such share, a "Warrant Share"
and all such shares, the "Warrant Shares") at an exercise price per share equal
to $1.02 (as such exercise price may be adjusted from time to time as provided
in Section 8, the "Exercise Price"), at any time and from time to time from and
after the date hereof and through and including July 10, 2006 (the "Expiration
Date"), and subject to the following terms and conditions:
1. Registration of Warrant. The Company shall register this Warrant,
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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, and the Company shall not be affected by
notice to the contrary.
2. Registration of Transfers and Exchanges.
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(a) The Company shall register the transfer of any portion of
this Warrant in the Warrant Register, upon surrender of this Warrant, with the
Form of Assignment attached hereto duly completed and signed, to the Transfer
Agent or to the Company at its address for notice set forth in Section 12. Upon
any such registration or transfer, a new warrant to purchase Common Stock, in
substantially the form of this Warrant (any such new warrant, a "New Warrant"),
evidencing the portion of this Warrant so transferred shall be issued to the
transferee and a New Warrant evidencing the remaining portion of this Warrant
not so transferred, if any, shall be issued to the transferring Holder. The
acceptance of the New Warrant by the transferee thereof shall be deemed the
acceptance of such transferee of all of the rights and obligations of a holder
of a Warrant.
(b) This Warrant is exchangeable, upon the surrender hereof by
the Holder to the office of the Company at its address for notice set forth in
Section 12 for one or more New Warrants, evidencing in the aggregate the right
to purchase the number of Warrant Shares which may then be purchased hereunder.
Any such New Warrant will be dated the date of such exchange.
3. Duration and Exercise of Warrants.
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(a) This Warrant shall be exercisable by the registered Holder
on any business day before 5:30 P.M., New York City time, at any time and from
time to time on or after the date hereof to and including the Expiration Date.
At 5:30 P.M., New York City time on the Expiration Date, the portion of this
Warrant not exercised prior thereto shall be and become void and of no value.
Prior to the Expiration Date, the Company may not call or otherwise redeem this
Warrant.
(b) Upon delivery of a duly completed and signed Form of
Election to Purchase attached hereto duly completed and signed, together with
the grid attached hereto as Annex A duly completed and signed, to the Company at
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its address for notice set forth in Section 12 and upon payment of the Exercise
Price multiplied by the number of Warrant Shares that the Holder intends to
purchase hereunder, in the manner provided hereunder, all as specified by the
Holder in the Form of Election to Purchase, the Company shall promptly (but in
no event later than 3 business days after the Date of Exercise (as defined
herein)) issue or cause to be issued and cause to be delivered to or upon the
written order of the Holder and in such name or names as the Holder may
designate, a certificate for the Warrant Shares issuable upon such exercise,
free of restrictive legends except (i) either in the event that a registration
statement covering the resale of the Warrant Shares and naming the Holder as a
selling stockholder thereunder is not then effective or the Warrant Shares are
not freely transferable without volume restrictions pursuant to Rule 144(k)
promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"),
or (ii) if this Warrant shall have been issued pursuant to a written agreement
between the original Holder and the Company, as required by such agreement. Any
person so designated by the Holder to receive Warrant Shares shall be deemed to
have become holder of record of such Warrant Shares as of the Date of Exercise
of this Warrant. The Company shall, upon request of the Holder, if available,
use its best efforts to deliver Warrant Shares hereunder electronically through
the Depository Trust Corporation or another established clearing corporation
performing similar functions. To effect an exercise hereunder, the Holder shall
not be required to physically surrender this Warrant to the Company unless all
the Warrant Shares have been exercised. Exercises hereunder shall have the
effect of lowering the number of Warrant Shares in an amount equal to the
applicable exercise, which shall be evidenced by entries set forth in Annex A.
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The Holder and the Company shall maintain records showing the number of Warrant
Shares exercised and the date of such exercises. In the event of any dispute or
discrepancy, the records of the Holder shall be controlling and determinative in
the absence of manifest error. The Holder and any assignee, by acceptance of
this Warrant, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of this
paragraph, following exercise of a portion of this Warrant, the number of shares
issuable upon exercise of this Warrant may be less than the amount stated on the
face hereof.
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A "Date of Exercise" means the date on which the Company shall
have received (i) the Form of Election to Purchase completed and duly signed,
and (ii) payment of the Exercise Price for the number of Warrant Shares so
indicated by the Holder to be purchased.
4. Registration Rights. With respect to the Warrant Shares, the
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Holder shall be entitled to all of the rights and privileges available to the
original Holder pursuant to that certain Registration Rights Agreement, dated as
of February 9, 2001 between the Company and the original Holder (the
"Registration Rights Agreement"), with respect to the Registrable Securities (as
defined in the Registration Rights Agreement). In furtherance of the foregoing,
the Warrant Shares shall be included within the definition of "Registrable
Securities" and this Warrant shall be included within the definition of
"Warrant" (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement).
5. Payment of Taxes. The Company will pay all documentary stamp
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taxes attributable to the issuance of Warrant Shares upon the exercise of this
Warrant; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to pay any
tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the registration
of any certificates for Warrant Shares or Warrants in a name other than that of
the Holder. The Holder shall be responsible for all other tax liability that may
arise as a result of holding or transferring this Warrant or receiving Warrant
Shares upon exercise hereof.
6. Replacement of Warrant. If this Warrant is mutilated, lost,
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stolen or destroyed, the Company shall issue or cause to be issued in exchange
and substitution for and upon cancellation hereof, or in lieu of and
substitution for this Warrant, a New Warrant, but only upon receipt of evidence
reasonably satisfactory to the Company of such loss, theft or destruction and
indemnity, if requested, satisfactory to it. Applicants for a New Warrant under
such circumstances shall also comply with such other reasonable regulations and
procedures and pay such other reasonable charges as the Company may prescribe.
7. Reservation of Warrant Shares. The Company covenants that it will
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at all times reserve and keep available out of the aggregate of its authorized
but unissued Common Stock, solely for the purpose of enabling it to issue
Warrant Shares upon exercise of this Warrant as herein provided, the number of
Warrant Shares which are then issuable and deliverable upon the exercise of this
entire Warrant, free from preemptive rights or any other actual contingent
purchase rights of persons other than the Holder (taking into account the
adjustments and restrictions of Section 8). The Company covenants that all
Warrant Shares that shall be so issuable and deliverable shall, upon issuance
and the payment of the applicable Exercise Price in accordance with the terms
hereof, be duly and validly authorized, issued and fully paid and nonassessable.
8. Certain Adjustments. The Exercise Price and number of Warrant
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Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant are subject to adjustment from
time to time as set forth in this Section 8.
(a) If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is
outstanding, (i) shall pay a stock dividend (except scheduled dividends paid on
outstanding preferred stock as of the date hereof which contain a stated
dividend rate) or otherwise make a distribution or distributions on shares of
its Common Stock or on any other class of capital stock payable in
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shares of Common Stock, (ii) subdivide outstanding shares of Common Stock into a
larger number of shares, or (iii) combine outstanding shares of Common Stock
into a smaller number of shares, 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 before such event and of which
the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding
treasury shares, if any) outstanding after such event (and the number of Warrant
Shares to which this Warrant shall hereafter apply shall be equitably adjusted
to reflect such change). Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 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 or
combination, and shall apply to successive subdivisions and combinations.
(b) In case of any reclassification of the Common Stock or any
compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the Common Stock is converted into
other securities, cash or property, then the Holder shall have the right
thereafter to exercise this Warrant only into the shares of stock and other
securities and property receivable upon or deemed to be held by holders of
Common Stock following such reclassification or share exchange, and the Holder
shall be entitled upon such event to receive such amount of securities or
property equal to the amount of Warrant Shares such Holder would have been
entitled to had such Holder exercised this Warrant immediately prior to such
reclassification or share exchange. The terms of any such reclassification or
share exchange shall include such terms so as to continue to give to the Holder
the right to receive the securities or property set forth in this Section 8(b)
upon any exercise following any such reclassification or share exchange.
(c) If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is
outstanding, shall distribute to all holders of Common Stock (and not to holders
of this Warrant) evidences of its indebtedness or assets or rights or warrants
to subscribe for or purchase any security (excluding those referred to in
Sections 8(a), (b) and (d)), then in each such case the Exercise Price shall be
determined 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 Exercise Price
determined as of the record date mentioned above, and of which the numerator
shall be such Exercise Price on such record date less the then 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 Common Stock as determined by
the Company's independent certified public accountants that regularly examines
the financial statements of the Company (an "Appraiser").
(d) If the Company or any subsidiary thereof, as applicable with
respect to Common Stock Equivalents (as defined below), at any time while this
Warrant is outstanding, shall issue shares of Common Stock or rights, warrants
(including those issued under the purchase agreement pursuant to which this
Warrant was issued), options or other securities or debt that is convertible
into or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock ("Common Stock Equivalents")
entitling any Person to acquire shares of Common Stock, at a price per share
less than the Exercise Price (if the holder of the Common Stock or Common Stock
Equivalent 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 issued in connection with
such issuance, be entitled to receive shares of Common Stock at a price less
than the Exercise Price, such issuance shall be deemed to have
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occurred for less than the Exercise Price), then, at the option of the Holder
for such exercises as it shall indicate, the Exercise Price shall be adjusted to
mirror the conversion, exchange or purchase price for such Common Stock or
Common Stock Equivalents (including any reset provisions thereof) at issue. Such
adjustment shall be made whenever such Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents
are issued. The Company shall notify the Holder in writing, no later than the
Trading Day following the issuance of any Common Stock or Common Stock
Equivalent subject to this section, indicating therein the applicable issuance
price, or of applicable reset price, exchange price, conversion price and other
pricing terms.
(e) In case of any (1) merger or consolidation of the Company
with or into another Person, or (2) sale by the Company of more than one-half of
the assets of the Company (on a book value basis) in one or a series of related
transactions, then, notwithstanding any agreement to delay the ability of the
original Holder to purchase Warrant Shares pursuant to the terms hereof to the
contrary, the Holder shall have the right thereafter to: (A) exercise this
Warrant for the shares of stock and other securities, cash and property
receivable upon or deemed to be held by holders of Common Stock following such
merger, consolidation or sale, and the Holder shall be entitled upon such event
or series of related events to receive such amount of securities, cash and
property as the Common Stock for which this Warrant could have been exercised
immediately prior to such merger, consolidation or sales would have been
entitled or (B) in the case of a merger or consolidation, (x) require the
surviving entity to issue common stock purchase warrants equal to the number
Warrant Shares to which this Warrant then permits, which newly warrant shall be
identical to this Warrant, and (y) simultaneously with the issuance of such
warrant, the Holder of such warrant shall have the right to exercise such
warrant only into shares of stock and other securities, cash and property
receivable upon or deemed to be held by holders of Common Stock following such
merger or consolidation or (C) require the surviving entity from such merger,
acquisition or business combination to pay to the Holder, in cash, the Black
Scholes value of this Warrant. In the case of clause (B), the exercise price for
such new warrant shall be based upon the amount of securities, cash and property
that each share of Common Stock would receive in such transaction and the
Exercise Price of this Warrant immediately prior to the effectiveness or closing
date for such transaction. The terms of any such merger, sale or consolidation
shall include such terms so as continue to give the Holder the right to receive
the securities, cash and property set forth in this Section upon any conversion
or redemption following such event. This provision shall similarly apply to
successive such events.
(f) For the purposes of this Section 8, the following clauses
shall also be applicable:
(i) Record Date. In case the Company shall take a record
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of the holders of its Common Stock for the purpose of entitling them (A) to
receive a dividend or other distribution payable in Common Stock or in
securities convertible or exchangeable into shares of Common Stock, or (B) to
subscribe for or purchase Common Stock or securities convertible or exchangeable
into shares of Common Stock, then such record date shall be deemed to be the
date of the issue or sale of the shares of Common Stock deemed to have been
issued or sold upon the declaration of such dividend or the making of such other
distribution or the date of the granting of such right of subscription or
purchase, as the case may be.
(ii) Treasury Shares. The number of shares of Common Stock
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outstanding at any given time shall not include shares owned or held by or for
the account of the
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Company, and the disposition of any such shares shall be considered an issue
or sale of Common Stock.
(g) All calculations under this Section 8 shall be made to the
nearest cent or the nearest 1/100th of a share, as the case may be.
(h) Whenever the Exercise Price is adjusted pursuant to Section
8(c) above, the Holder, after receipt of the determination by the Appraiser,
shall have the right to select an additional appraiser (which shall be a
nationally recognized accounting firm), in which case the adjustment shall be
equal to the average of the adjustments recommended by each of the Appraiser and
such appraiser. The Holder shall promptly mail or cause to be mailed to the
Company, a notice setting forth the Exercise Price after such adjustment and
setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment. Such
adjustment shall become effective immediately after the record date mentioned
above.
(i) If:
(i) the Company shall declare a dividend (or any
other distribution) on its Common Stock; or
(ii) the Company shall declare a special nonrecurring
cash dividend on or a redemption of its Common
Stock; or
(iii) 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; or
(iv) 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,
or any compulsory share exchange whereby the
Common Stock is converted into other securities,
cash or property; or
(v) the Company shall authorize the voluntary
dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the
affairs of the Company,
then the Company shall cause to be mailed to each Holder at their last addresses
as they shall appear upon the Warrant Register, at least 20 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 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
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become effective or close, and the date as of which it is expected that holders
of Common Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares of Common
Stock for securities, cash or other property deliverable upon such
reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer, share exchange,
dissolution, liquidation or winding up; provided, however, that the failure to
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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.
9. Payment of Exercise Price. The Holder shall pay the Exercise
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Price in one of the following manners:
(a) Cash Exercise. The Holder may deliver immediately
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available funds; or
(b) Cashless Exercise. The Holder may surrender this
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Warrant to the Company together with a notice of cashless exercise, in which
event the Company shall issue to the Holder the number of Warrant Shares
determined as follows:
X = Y [(A-B)/A]
where:
X = the number of Warrant Shares to be issued
to the Holder.
Y = the number of Warrant Shares with respect to which
this Warrant is being exercised.
A = the average of the closing sale prices of the
Common Stock for the five (5) trading days
immediately prior to (but not including) the Date
of Exercise.
B = the Exercise Price.
For purposes of Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, it is intended,
understood and acknowledged that the Warrant Shares issued in a cashless
exercise transaction shall be deemed to have been acquired by the Holder, and
the holding period for the Warrant Shares shall be deemed to have been
commenced, on the issue date.
10. Certain Exercise Restrictions.
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(a) A Holder may not exercise this Warrant to the extent
such exercise would result in the Holder, together with its affiliate,
beneficially owning (as determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") and the rules promulgated
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thereunder) in excess of 4.999% of the then issued and outstanding shares of
Common Stock, including shares issuable upon such exercise and held by such
Holder after application of this Section. To ensure compliance with this
restriction, the Holder will be deemed to represent to the Company each time
that it delivers a Form of Election to Purchase, that such Form of Election to
Purchase has not violated the restrictions set forth in this paragraph. If the
Holder has delivered a Form of Election to Purchase for a number of Warrant
Shares that, without regard to any other shares that the Holder or its
affiliates may beneficially own, would result in the issuance in excess of the
permitted amount hereunder, the Company shall notify the Holder of this fact and
shall honor the exercise for the maximum portion of this
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Warrant permitted to be exercised on such Date of Exercise in accordance with
the periods described herein and, at the option of the Holder, either keep the
portion of the Warrant tendered for exercise in excess of the permitted amount
hereunder for future exercises or return such excess portion of the Warrant to
the Holder. In the event of a merger or consolidation of the Company with or
into another Person, this paragraph shall not apply with respect to a
determination of the number of shares of common stock issuable upon exercise in
full of the Warrants if such determination is necessary to establish the
securities or other assets which the holders of Common Stock shall be entitled
to receive upon the effectiveness of such merger or consolidation.
(b) A Holder may not exercise this Warrant to the extent such
exercise would result in the Holder, together with its affiliate, beneficially
owning (as determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and
the rules promulgated thereunder) in excess of 9.999% of the then issued and
outstanding shares of Common Stock, including shares issuable upon such exercise
and held by such Holder after application of this Section. To ensure compliance
with this restriction, the Holder will be deemed to represent to the Company
each time that it delivers a Form of Election to Purchase, that such Form of
Election to Purchase has not violated the restrictions set forth in this
paragraph. If the Holder has delivered a Form of Election to Purchase for a
number of Warrant Shares that, without regard to any other shares that the
Holder or its affiliates may beneficially own, would result in the issuance in
excess of the permitted amount hereunder, the Company shall notify the Holder of
this fact and shall honor the exercise for the maximum portion of this Warrant
permitted to be exercised on such Date of Exercise in accordance with the
periods described herein and, at the option of the Holder, either keep the
portion of the Warrant tendered for exercise in excess of the permitted amount
hereunder for future exercises or return such excess portion of the Warrant to
the Holder. In the event of a merger or consolidation of the Company with or
into another Person, this paragraph shall not apply with respect to a
determination of the number of shares of common stock issuable upon exercise in
full of the Warrants if such determination is necessary to establish the
securities or other assets which the holders of Common Stock shall be entitled
to receive upon the effectiveness of such merger or consolidation.
11. Fractional Shares. The Company shall not be required to issue or
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cause to be issued fractional Warrant Shares on the exercise of this Warrant.
The number of full Warrant Shares which shall be issuable upon the exercise of
this Warrant shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate number of Warrant
Shares purchasable on exercise of this Warrant so presented. If any fraction of
a Warrant Share would, except for the provisions of this Section, be issuable on
the exercise of this Warrant, the Company shall pay an amount in cash equal to
the Exercise Price multiplied by such fraction.
12. Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or
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deliveries hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given and effective
on the earliest of (i) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication
is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile telephone number specified in this
Section prior to 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on a business day, (ii) the
business day after the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is
delivered via facsimile at the facsimile telephone number specified in this
Section later than 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any date and earlier than
11:59 p.m. (New York City time) on such date, (iii) the business day following
the date of mailing, if sent by nationally recognized overnight courier service,
or (iv) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required
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to be given. The addresses for such communications shall be: (i) if to the
Company, to 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000Xxxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxx 00000 or
facsimile number (000) 000-0000, attention President, or (ii) if to the Holder,
to the Holder at the address or facsimile number appearing on the Warrant
Register or such other address or facsimile number as the Holder may provide to
the Company in accordance with this Section.
13. Warrant Agent. The Company shall serve as warrant agent under
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this Warrant. Upon thirty days' notice to the Holder, the Company may appoint a
new warrant agent. Any corporation into which the Company or any new warrant
agent may be merged or any corporation resulting from any consolidation to which
the Company or any new warrant agent shall be a party or any corporation to
which the Company or any new warrant agent transfers substantially all of its
corporate trust or shareholders services business shall be a successor warrant
agent under this Warrant without any further act. Any such successor warrant
agent shall promptly cause notice of its succession as warrant agent to be
mailed (by first class mail, postage prepaid) to the Holder at the Holder's last
address as shown on the Warrant Register.
14. Miscellaneous.
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(a) This Warrant shall be binding on and inure to the benefit of
the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. This Warrant may
be amended only in writing signed by the Company and the Holder and their
successors and assigns.
(b) Subject to Section 14(a), above, nothing in this Warrant
shall be construed to give to any person or corporation other than the Company
and the Holder any legal or equitable right, remedy or cause under this Warrant.
This Warrant shall inure to the sole and exclusive benefit of the Company and
the Holder.
(c) The corporate laws of the State of Delaware shall govern all
issues concerning the relative rights of the Company and its stockholders. All
other questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and
interpretation of this Warrant shall be governed by and construed and enforced
in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to
the principles of conflicts of law thereof. The Company and the Holder hereby
irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts
sitting in the City of New York, borough of Manhattan, for the adjudication of
any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction
contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and
agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not
personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, or that such suit,
action or proceeding is improper. Each of the Company and the Holder hereby
irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being
served in any such suit, action or proceeding by receiving a copy thereof sent
to the Company at the address in effect for notices to it under this instrument
and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of
process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in
any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law.
(d) The headings herein are for convenience only, do not
constitute a part of this Warrant and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any
of the provisions hereof.
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(e) In case any one or more of the provisions of this Warrant
shall be invalid or unenforceable in any respect, the validity and
enforceability of the remaining terms and provisions of this Warrant shall not
in any way be affected or impaired thereby and the parties will attempt in good
faith to agree upon a valid and enforceable provision which shall be a
commercially reasonable substitute therefor, and upon so agreeing, shall
incorporate such substitute provision in this Warrant.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be duly
executed by its authorized officer as of the date first indicated above.
THE ASHTON TECHNOLOGY GROUP, INC.
By:_____________________________
Name:
Title:
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FORM OF ELECTION TO PURCHASE
(To be executed by the Holder to exercise the right to purchase shares of Common
Stock under the foregoing Warrant)
To The Ashton Technology Group, Inc.:
The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to purchase _____________ shares
of common stock, $.01 par value per share, of The Ashton Technology Group, Inc.
(the "Common Stock") and, if such Holder is not utilizing the cashless exercise
provisions set forth in this Warrant, encloses herewith $________ in cash,
certified or official bank check or checks, which sum represents the aggregate
Exercise Price (as defined in the Warrant) for the number of shares of Common
Stock to which this Form of Election to Purchase relates, together with any
applicable taxes payable by the undersigned pursuant to the Warrant.
By its delivery of this Form of Election To Purchase, the Holder represents
and warrants to the Company that in giving effect to the exercise evidenced
hereby the Holder will not beneficially own in excess of the number of shares of
Common Stock (determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934) permitted to be owned under Section 10 of this Warrant to
which this notice relates.
The undersigned requests that certificates for the shares of Common Stock
issuable upon this exercise be issued in the name of
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY
OR
TAX IDENTIFICATION NUMBER
_____________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
(Please print name and address)
Dated:_________, ____ Name of Holder:
(Print)______________________
(By:)________________________
(Name:)
(Title:)
(Signature must conform in
all respects to name of
holder as specified on the
face of the Warrant)
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FORM OF ASSIGNMENT
[To be completed and signed only upon transfer of Warrant]
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers
unto ________________________________ the right represented by the within
Warrant to purchase ____________ shares of Common Stock of The Ashton Technology
Group, Inc. to which the within Warrant relates and appoints ________________
attorney to transfer said right on the books of The Ashton Technology Group,
Inc. with full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated:
_______________, ____
____________________________________________
(Signature must conform in all respects to
name of holder as specified on the face of
the Warrant)
____________________________________________
Address of Transferee
____________________________________________
____________________________________________
In the presence of:
___________________________
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