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EXHIBIT 4.1
THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS WARRANT AND THE COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE THEREBY
HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE
"SECURITIES ACT"), OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAW AND, ACCORDINGLY, THE
SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS WARRANT MAY NOT BE RESOLD, PLEDGED, OR OTHERWISE
TRANSFERRED, EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER, OR IN
A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER, THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN
ACCORDANCE WITH ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS.
WARRANT
to Purchase Common Stock of
INTELECT COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
Expiring on December 16, 2002
This Common Stock Purchase Warrant (the "Warrant") certifies that for
value received, THE COASTAL CORPORATION SECOND PENSION TRUST (the "Holder") or
its assigns, is entitled to subscribe for and purchase from the Company (as
hereinafter defined), in whole or in part, Five Million (5,000,000) shares of
duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common
Stock (as hereinafter defined) at an initial Exercise Price (as hereinafter
defined) per share of NO AND 75/100 DOLLARS ($0.75), subject, however, to the
provisions and upon the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth. The number
of Warrants (as hereinafter defined), the number of shares of Common Stock
purchasable hereunder, and the Exercise Price therefor are subject to adjustment
as hereinafter set forth. This Warrant and all rights hereunder shall expire at
5:00 p.m., Houston, Texas time, three years from the date hereof, on December
16, 2002. This is the "Unit Warrant" referred to in the Subscription Agreement.
This Warrant is subject to the following Restrictions on Exercise:
(1) This Warrant may not be exercised prior to June 15, 2000; and
(2) This Warrant may not be exercised prior to the first Trading Day
following the date on which the closing bid price for the Common Stock of
Intelect Communications, Inc. is One and 20/100 Dollars ($1.20) or more for five
(5) consecutive Trading Days; and
(3) This Warrant may not be exercised until the Company increases the
number of shares of Common Stock authorized as of the date hereof by at least
five million (5,000,000) in accordance with the Certificate of Incorporation and
By-Laws of the Company, provided that if no additional shares of Common Stock
have been authorized within one year of the date of this Agreement, this
condition shall lapse.
As used herein, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth
below:
"Cashless Exercise" has the meaning given in Section 1.1.
"Company" shall mean Intelect Communications, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, and shall also include any successor thereto with respect to the
obligations hereunder, by merger, consolidation or otherwise.
"Common Stock" shall mean and include the Company's Common Stock, par
value $0.01 per share, authorized on the date of the original issue of this
Warrant and shall also include (i) in case of any reorganization,
reclassification, consolidation, merger, share exchange or sale, transfer or
other disposition of assets of the character referred to in Section 3.5 hereof,
the stock, securities provided for in such Section 3.5, and (ii) any other
shares of Common Stock of the Company into which such shares of Common Stock may
be converted.
"Convertible Securities" has the meaning given in Section 3.2 (b)(i).
"Exercise Date" has the meaning given in Section 1.1.
"Exercise Price" shall mean the initial purchase price of NO and 75/100
DOLLARS ($0.75), per share of Common Stock payable upon exercise of the
Warrants, as adjusted from time to time pursuant to the provisions hereof.
"Holder" means The Coastal Corporation Second Pension Trust.
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"Market Price" for any day, when used with reference to Common Stock,
shall mean the price of said Common Stock determined as follows: (x) the last
reported sale price for the Common Stock on such day on the principal securities
exchange on which the Common Stock is listed or admitted to trading or if no
such sale takes place on such date, the average of the closing bid and asked
prices thereof as officially reported, or, if not so listed or admitted to
trading on any securities exchange, the last sale price for the Common Stock on
the National Association of Securities Dealers ("NASD") National Market on such
date, or, if there shall have been no trading on such date or if the Common
Stock shall not be listed on such system, the average of the closing bid and
asked prices in the over-the-counter market as furnished by any NASD member firm
selected from time to time by the Company for such purpose, in each such case,
unless otherwise provided herein, averaged over a period of ten (10) consecutive
Trading Days prior to the date as of which the determination is to be made; or
(y) if the Common Stock shall not be listed or admitted to trading as provided
in clause "(x)" above, the fair market value of the Common Stock as determined
in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company.
"Outstanding" when used with reference to Common Stock, shall mean
(except as otherwise expressly provided herein) at any date as of which the
number of shares thereof is to be determined, all issued shares of Common Stock,
except shares then owned or held by or for the account of the Company.
"Registration Rights Agreement" means the Agreement between Company
and Holder.
"Restrictions on Exercise" means conditions (1), (2) and (3) set forth
above.
"Securities Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or
any similar federal statute and the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at the time.
"Subscription Agreement" shall mean the Subscription Agreement for
Common Stock Units between Holder and Company dated December 17, 1999.
"Subscription Notice" has the meaning given in Section 1.1.
"Trading Days" shall mean any days during the course of which the
principal securities exchange on which the Common Stock is listed or admitted to
trading is open for the exchange of securities.
"Warrant" shall mean the right upon exercise to purchase one Warrant
Share.
"Warrant Shares" shall mean the shares of Common Stock purchased or
purchasable by the Holder hereof upon the exercise of the Warrants.
ARTICLE I
EXERCISE OF WARRANTS
Section I.1 Method of Exercise. The Warrants represented hereby may be
exercised by the Holder hereof, in whole or in part, at any time and from time
to time on or after June 15, 2000 until 5:00 p.m., Houston, Texas time, on
December 16, 2002 (the "Exercise Date").
(a) To exercise the Warrants, the Holder hereof shall
deliver to the Company, at the Warrant Office designated in Section 2.1 hereof:
(i) a written notice in the form of the
Subscription Notice attached as an exhibit hereto, stating therein the election
of such holder to exercise the Warrants in the manner provided in the
Subscription Notice;
(ii) payment in full of the Exercise Price (A) in
cash or immediately available funds for all Warrant Shares purchased hereunder,
or (B) if the Company and the Holder mutually elect, through a "cashless" or
"net-issue" exercise of each such Warrant ("Cashless Exercise"); the Holder
shall exchange each Warrant subject to a Cashless Exercise for that number of
Warrant Shares determined by multiplying the number of Warrant Shares issuable
hereunder by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the difference between
(x) the Market Price and (y) the Exercise
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Price for each such Warrant, and the denominator of which shall be the Market
Price; the Subscription Notice shall set forth the calculation upon which the
Cashless Exercise is based, or (C) a combination of (A) and (B) above; and
(iii) this Warrant.
(b) The Warrants shall be deemed to be exercised on the
date of receipt by the Company of the Subscription Notice, accompanied by
payment for the Warrant Shares and surrender of this Warrant, as aforesaid, and
such date is referred to herein as the "Exercise Date". Upon such exercise, the
Company shall, as promptly as practicable and in any event within ten (10)
business days, issue and deliver to such holder a certificate or certificates
for the full number of the Warrant Shares purchased by such holder hereunder,
and shall, unless the Warrants have expired, deliver to the Holder hereof a new
Warrant representing the number of Warrants, if any, that shall not have been
exercised, in all other respects identical to this Warrant. As permitted by
applicable law, the person in whose name the certificates for Common Stock are
to be issued shall be deemed to have become a holder of record of such Common
Stock on the Exercise Date and shall be entitled to all of the benefits of such
holder on the Exercise Date, including without limitation the right to receive
dividends and other distributions for which the record date falls on or after
the Exercise Date and to exercise voting rights.
Section I.2 Reservation of Shares. The Company shall reserve at all
times so long as the Warrants remain outstanding, free from preemptive rights,
out of its treasury Common Stock or its authorized but unissued shares of Common
Stock, or both, solely for the purpose of effecting the exercise of the
Warrants, a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock to provide for the
exercise of the Warrants, provided that no shares of Common Stock shall be
required to be reserved for issuance upon exercise of this Warrant until the
Restrictions on Exercise have been met, provided further, that if insufficient
shares have been authorized at the time of Coastal's notice of timely exercise
of the Warrants following satisfaction of the Restrictions on Exercise, Coastal
shall be entitled to damages as follows: The amount of damages shall be
calculated as the average closing Market Price for the Common Stock for the ten
(10) Trading Days preceding the deemed date of exercise in accordance with
Section 1.1(b), less the Exercise Price of such Warrant, multiplied by the
number of Warrants sought to be exercised. The Company shall pay the damages
within ten (10) business days and shall, unless the Warrants have expired,
deliver to the Holder hereof a new Warrant representing the number of Warrants,
if any, that shall not have been exercised, in all other respects identical to
this Warrant. The Warrants for which damages are paid in accordance with this
Section shall be deemed exercised.
Section I.3 Expenses and Taxes. The Company shall pay all expenses, and
taxes (including, without limitation, all documentary, stamp, transfer or other
transactional taxes) other than income taxes attributable to the preparation,
issuance or delivery of the Warrants and of the shares of Common Stock issuable
upon exercise of the Warrants.
Section I.4 Valid Issuance. All shares of Common Stock that may be
issued upon exercise of the Warrants will, upon issuance by the Company, be duly
and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all taxes, liens
and charges with respect to the issuance thereof and, without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the Company shall take no action or fail to take
any action which will cause a contrary result (including, without limitation,
any action that would cause the Exercise Price to be less than the par value, if
any, of the Common Stock).
Section I.5 Purchase Agreement. The Warrants represented hereby are
part of a duly authorized issuance and sale of Warrants to purchase Common Stock
issued and sold pursuant to the Subscription Agreement between Holder and
Company of even date herewith.
Section I.6 Acknowledgment of Rights. At the time of the exercise of
the Warrants in accordance with the terms hereof and upon the written request of
the Holder hereof, the Company will acknowledge in writing its continuing
obligation to afford to such holder any rights (including, without limitation,
any right to registration of the Warrant Shares) to which such holder shall
continue to be entitled after such exercise in accordance with the provisions of
this Warrant; provided, however, that if the Holder hereof shall fail to make
any such request, such failure shall not affect the continuing obligation of the
Company to afford to such holder any such rights.
Section I.7 No Fractional Shares. The Company shall not be required to
issue fractional shares of Common Stock on the exercise of this Warrant. If more
than one Warrant shall be presented for exercise at the same
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time by the same holder, the number of full shares of Common Stock which shall
be issuable upon such exercise shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate
number of whole shares of Common Stock purchasable on exercise of the Warrants
so presented. If any fraction of a share of Common Stock would, except for the
provisions of this Section 1.7, be issuable on the exercise of this Warrant, the
Company shall pay an amount in cash calculated by it to be equal to the Market
Price of one share of Common Stock at the time of such exercise multiplied by
such fraction computed to the nearest whole cent.
ARTICLE II
TRANSFER
Section II.1 Warrant Office. The Company shall maintain an office for
certain purposes specified herein (the "Warrant Office"), which office shall
initially be the Company's offices at 0000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx
00000 and may subsequently be such other office of the Company or of any
transfer agent of the Common Stock in the continental United States as to which
written notice has previously been given to the Holder hereof. The Company shall
maintain, at the Warrant Office, a register for the Warrants in which the
Company shall record the name and address of the person in whose name this
Warrant has been issued, as well as the name and address of each permitted
assignee of the rights of the registered owner hereof.
Section II.2 Ownership of Warrants. The Company may deem and treat the
person in whose name the Warrants are registered as the Holder and owner hereof
(notwithstanding any notations of ownership or writing hereon made by anyone
other than the Company) for all purposes and shall not be affected by any notice
to the contrary until presentation of this Warrant for registration of transfer
as provided in this Article II. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Warrants
represented hereby, if properly assigned in compliance with this Article II, may
be exercised by an assignee for the purchase of Warrant Shares without having a
new Warrant issued.
Section II.3 Restrictions on Transfer of Warrants.
(a) The Company agrees to maintain at the Warrant Office
books for the registration and transfer of the Warrants. Subject to the
restrictions on transfer of the Warrants in this Section 2.3, the Company, from
time to time, shall register the transfer of the Warrants in such books upon
surrender of this Warrant at the Warrant Office properly endorsed or accompanied
by appropriate instruments of transfer and written instructions for transfer
satisfactory to the Company. Upon any such transfer and upon payment by the
Holder or its transferee of any applicable transfer taxes, new Warrants shall be
issued to the transferee and the transferor (as their respective interests may
appear) and the surrendered Warrants shall be canceled by the Company. The
Company shall pay all taxes (other than securities transfer taxes or income
taxes) and all other expenses and charges payable in connection with the
transfer of the Warrants pursuant to this Section 2.3.
(b) The Holder of the Warrants agrees that it will
neither (i) transfer the Warrants prior to delivery to the Company of written
notice of such transfer, nor (ii) transfer such Warrant Shares prior to delivery
to the Company of written notice of such transfer, or until registration of such
Warrant Shares under the Securities Act and any applicable state securities or
Blue Sky laws has become effective.
Section II.4 Compliance with Securities Laws. Subject to the terms of
the Registration Rights Agreement between the Holder and the Company dated as of
the date hereof and notwithstanding any other provisions contained in this
Warrant, the Holder hereof understands and agrees that the following
restrictions and limitations shall be applicable to all Warrant Shares and to
all resales or other transfers thereof pursuant to the Securities Act:
(a) The Holder hereof agrees that the neither this
Warrant nor the Warrant Shares shall be sold or otherwise transferred unless
this Warrant and/or the Warrant Shares are registered under the Securities Act
and applicable state securities or Blue Sky laws or are exempt therefrom.
(b) A legend in substantially the following form will be
placed on the certificate(s) evidencing the Warrant Shares:
"THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE
NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS
AMENDED (THE
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"SECURITIES ACT"), OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAW AND,
ACCORDINGLY, THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE
MAY NOT BE RESOLD, PLEDGED, OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, EXCEPT
PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER, OR IN A
TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER, THE SECURITIES ACT
AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS."
(c) Stop transfer instructions will be imposed with
respect to the Warrant Shares so as to restrict resale or other transfer
thereof, subject to this Section 2.4.
(d) The Holder understands that it must bear the economic
risk of the investment for an indefinite period of time because the Warrant
Shares have not been registered under the Securities Act and therefor cannot be
sold unless they are subsequently registered under the Securities Act or an
exemption from such registration is available. The Holder acknowledges that the
Holder or the Holder's representative is familiar with the condition, financial
and otherwise, of the Company. The Holder or the Holder's representative has
such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that the Holder
or the Holder's representative is able to weigh the information so received and
to evaluate the merits and risks of the Holder's investment in the Warrant
Shares.
ARTICLE III
ANTI-DILUTION
Section III.1 Anti-Dilution Provisions. The Exercise Price shall be
subject to adjustment from time to time as hereinafter provided. Upon each
adjustment of the Exercise Price, the Holder of this Warrant shall thereafter be
entitled to purchase, at the Exercise Price resulting from such adjustment, the
number of shares of Common Stock obtained by multiplying the Exercise Price in
effect immediately prior to such adjustment by the number of shares purchasable
pursuant hereto immediately prior to such adjustment and dividing the product
thereof by the Exercise Price resulting from such adjustment.
Section III.2 Adjustment of Exercise Price Upon Issuance of Common
Stock.
(a) (i) If and whenever after the date hereof the
Company shall issue or sell any Common Stock for no consideration or
for a consideration per share less than the Exercise Price, then,
forthwith upon such issue or sale, the Exercise Price shall be reduced
(but not increased, except as otherwise specifically provided in
Section 3.2 hereof), to the price (calculated to the nearest one-ten
thousandth of a cent) determined by dividing (x) an amount equal to the
sum of (i) the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock Outstanding
immediately prior to such issue or sale multiplied by the consideration
received by the Company upon such issuance or sale on a per share basis
plus (ii) the consideration received by the Company upon such issue or
sale by (y) the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock Outstanding
immediately after such issue or sale.
(ii) Notwithstanding the provisions of this
Section 3.2, no adjustment shall be made in the Exercise Price in the
event that the Company issues, in one or more transactions, (A) Common
Stock or Convertible Securities upon exercise of any options issued to
officers, directors or employees of the Company pursuant to a stock
option plan or an employment, severance or consulting agreement as now
or hereafter in effect, in each case approved by the Board of Directors
(provided that the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock which may
be issuable, including options issued prior to the date hereof, under
all such employee plans and agreements shall at no time exceed the
number of such shares of Common Stock that are issuable under currently
effective employee plans and agreements); (B) Common Stock upon
exercise of the Warrants or any other Warrant issued pursuant to the
terms of the Agreement or otherwise issued to the Holder; (C) Common
Stock upon exercise of any stock purchase Warrant or option (other than
the options referred to in clause "(A)" above) or other convertible
security outstanding on the date hereof; (D) Common Stock upon
conversion of the Note; or (E) Common Stock issued as consideration in
acquisitions. In addition, for purposes of calculating any adjustment
of the Exercise Price as provided in this Section 3.2, all of the
shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to any of the foregoing shall
be assumed to be Outstanding prior to the event causing such adjustment
to be made.
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(b) For purposes of this Section 3.2, the following Sections
3.2(b)(i) to 3.2(b)(v) inclusive, shall be applicable:
(i) Issuance of Rights or Options. In case at any time
after the date hereof the Company shall in any manner grant (whether
directly or by assumption in a merger or otherwise) any rights to
subscribe for or to purchase, or any options for the purchase of,
Common Stock or any stock or securities convertible into or
exchangeable for Common Stock (such convertible or exchangeable stock
or securities being herein called "Convertible Securities"), whether or
not such rights or options or the right to convert or exchange any such
Convertible Securities are immediately exercisable, and the price per
share for which shares of Common Stock are issuable upon the exercise
of such rights or options or upon conversion or exchange of such
Convertible Securities (determined by dividing (A) the total amount, if
any, received or receivable by the Company as consideration for the
granting of such rights or options, plus the minimum aggregate amount
of additional consideration, if any, payable to the Company upon the
exercise of such rights or options, or plus, in the case of such rights
or options that relate to Convertible Securities, the minimum aggregate
amount of additional consideration, if any, payable upon the issue or
sale of such Convertible Securities and upon the conversion or exchange
thereof, by (B) the total maximum number of shares of Common Stock
issuable upon the exercise of such rights or options or upon the
conversion or exchange of all such Convertible Securities issuable upon
the exercise of such rights or options) shall be less than the Exercise
Price in effect as of the date of granting such rights or options, then
the total maximum number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the
exercise of such rights or options or upon conversion or exchange of
all such Convertible Securities issuable upon the exercise of such
rights or options shall be deemed to be outstanding as of the date of
the granting of such rights or options and to have been issued for such
price per share, with the effect on the Exercise Price specified in
Section 3.2(a) hereof. Except as provided in Section 3.2(b) hereof, no
further adjustment of the Exercise Price shall be made upon the actual
issuance of such Common Stock or of such Convertible Securities upon
exercise of such rights or options or upon the actual issuance of such
Common Stock upon conversion or exchange of such Convertible
Securities.
(ii) Change in Option Price or Conversion Rate.
Upon the happening of any of the following events, namely, if the
purchase price provided for in any right or option referred to in
Section 3.2(b), the additional consideration, if any, payable upon the
conversion or exchange of any Convertible Securities referred to in
Section 3.2(b), or the rate at which any Convertible Securities
referred to in Section 3.2(b), are convertible into or exchangeable for
Common Stock shall change (other than under or by reason of provisions
designed to protect against dilution), the Exercise Price then in
effect hereunder shall forthwith be readjusted (increased or decreased,
as the case may be) to the Exercise Price that would have been in
effect at such time had such rights, options or Convertible Securities
still outstanding provided for such changed purchase price, additional
consideration or conversion rate, as the case may be, at the time
initially granted, issued or sold. On the expiration of any such option
or right referred to in Section 3.2(b), or on the termination of any
such right to convert or exchange any such Convertible Securities
referred to in Section 3.2(b), the Exercise Price then in effect
hereunder shall forthwith be readjusted (increased or decreased, as the
case may be) to the Exercise Price that would have been in effect at
the time of such expiration or termination had such right, option or
Convertible Securities, to the extent outstanding immediately prior to
such expiration or termination, never been granted, issued or sold, and
the Common Stock issuable thereunder shall no longer be deemed to be
Outstanding. If the purchase price provided for in Section 3.2(b) or
the rate at which any Convertible Securities referred to in Section
3.2(b) reduced at any time under or by reason of provisions with
respect thereto designed to protect against dilution, then in case of
the delivery of Common Stock upon the exercise of any such right or
option or upon conversion or exchange of any such Convertible
Securities, the Exercise Price then in effect hereunder shall, if not
already adjusted, forthwith be adjusted to such amount as would have
obtained had such right, option or Convertible Securities never been
issued as to such Common Stock and had adjustments been made upon the
issuance of the Common Stock delivered as aforesaid, but only if as a
result of such adjustment the Exercise Price then in effect hereunder
is thereby reduced.
(iii) Consideration for Stock. In case at any time
Common Stock or Convertible Securities or any rights or options to
purchase any such Common Stock or Convertible Securities shall be
issued or sold for cash, the consideration therefor shall be deemed to
be the amount received by the Company therefor. In
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case at any time any Common Stock, Convertible Securities or any rights
or options to purchase any such Common Stock or Convertible Securities
shall be issued or sold for consideration other than cash, the amount
of the consideration other than cash received by the Company shall be
deemed to be the fair value of such consideration, as determined
reasonably and in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company.
In case at any time any Common Stock, Convertible Securities or any
rights or options to purchase any Common Stock or Convertible
Securities shall be issued in connection with any merger or
consolidation in which the Company is the surviving corporation, the
amount of consideration received therefor shall be deemed to be the
fair value, as determined reasonably and in good faith by the Board of
Directors of the Company, of such portion of the assets and business of
the nonsurviving corporation as such Board of Directors may determine
to be attributable to such Common Stock, Convertible Securities, rights
or options as the case may be. In case at any time any rights or
options to purchase any shares of Common Stock or Convertible
Securities shall be issued in connection with the issuance and sale of
other securities of the Company, together consisting of one integral
transaction in which no consideration is allocated to such rights or
options by the parties, such rights or options shall be deemed to have
been issued with consideration.
(iv) Record Date. In the case the Company shall
take a record of the holders of its Common Stock for the purpose of
entitling them (i) to receive a dividend or other distribution payable
in Common Stock or Convertible Securities, or (ii) to subscribe for or
purchase Common Stock or Convertible Securities, then such record date
shall be deemed to be the date of the issuance or sale of the Common
Stock or Convertible Securities deemed to have been issued or sold as a
result of 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.
(v) Treasury Shares. The number of shares of
Common Stock Outstanding at any given time shall not include shares
owned directly by the Company in treasury, and the disposition of any
such shares shall be considered an issuance or sale of Common Stock for
the purpose of this Section 3.2.
Section III.3 Stock Dividends. In case the Company shall declare a
dividend or make any other distribution upon any shares of the Company, payable
in Common Stock or Convertible Securities, any Common Stock or Convertible
Securities, as the case may be, issuable in payment of such dividend or
distribution shall be deemed to have been issued or sold without consideration.
Section III.4 Stock Splits and Reverse Splits. In the event that the
Company shall at any time subdivide its Outstanding shares of Common Stock into
a greater number of shares, the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to
such subdivision shall be proportionately reduced and the number of Warrant
Shares purchasable pursuant to this Warrant immediately prior to such
subdivision shall be proportionately increased, and conversely, in the event
that the Outstanding shares of Common Stock shall at any time be combined into a
smaller number of shares, the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such
combination shall be proportionately increased and the number of Warrant Shares
purchasable upon the exercise of this Warrant immediately prior to such
combination shall be proportionately reduced. Except as provided in this Section
3.4, no adjustment in the Exercise Price and no change in the number of Warrant
Shares purchasable shall be made under this Article III as a result of or by
reason of any such subdivision or combination.
Section III.5 Reorganizations and Asset Sales. If any capital
reorganization or reclassification of the capital stock of the Company, or any
consolidation, merger or share exchange of the Company with another person, or
the sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of its
assets to another person shall be effected in such a way that a holder of Common
Stock of the Company shall be entitled to receive capital stock, securities or
assets with respect to or in exchange for their shares, then the following
provisions shall apply:
(a) As a condition of such reorganization,
reclassification, consolidation, merger, share exchange, sale, transfer or other
disposition (except as otherwise provided below in this Section 3.5), lawful and
adequate provisions shall be made whereby the holder of Warrants shall
thereafter have the right to purchase and receive upon the terms and conditions
specified in this Warrant and in lieu of the Warrant Shares immediately
theretofore receivable upon the exercise of the rights represented hereby, such
shares of capital 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 Warrant Shares immediately theretofore so
receivable had such reorganization, reclassification,
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consolidation, merger, share exchange or sale not taken place, and in any such
case appropriate provision reasonably satisfactory to such holder shall be made
with respect to the rights and interests of such holder to the end that the
provisions hereof (including, without limitation, provisions for adjustments of
the Exercise Price and of the number of Warrant Shares receivable upon the
exercise) shall thereafter be applicable, as nearly as possible, in relation to
any shares of capital stock, securities or assets thereafter deliverable upon
the exercise of Warrants.
(b) In the event of a merger, share exchange or
consolidation of the Company with or into another person as a result of which a
number of shares of Common Stock or its equivalent of the successor person
greater or lesser than the number of shares of Common Stock Outstanding
immediately prior to such merger, share exchange or consolidation are issuable
to holders of Common Stock, then the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior
to such merger, share exchange or consolidation shall be adjusted in the same
manner as though there were a subdivision or combination of the Outstanding
shares of Common Stock.
(c) The Company shall not effect any such consolidation,
merger, share exchange, sale, transfer or other disposition unless prior to or
simultaneously with the consummation thereof the successor person (if other than
the Company) resulting from such consolidation, share exchange or merger or the
person purchasing or otherwise acquiring such assets shall have assumed by
written instrument executed and mailed or delivered to the Holder hereof at the
last address of such holder appearing on the books of the Company the obligation
to deliver to such holder such shares of capital stock, securities or assets as,
in accordance with the foregoing provisions, such holder may be entitled to
receive, and all other liabilities and obligations of the Company hereunder.
Upon written request by the Holder hereof, such successor person will issue a
new Warrant revised to reflect the modifications in this Warrant effected
pursuant to this Section 3.5.
(d) If a purchase, tender or exchange offer is made to
and accepted by the holders of 50% or more of the Outstanding shares of Common
Stock, the Company shall not effect any consolidation, merger, share exchange or
sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Company's
assets with the person having made such offer or with any affiliate of such
person, unless prior to the consummation of such consolidation, merger, share
exchange, sale, transfer or other disposition the Holder hereof shall have been
given a reasonable opportunity to then elect to receive upon the exercise of the
Warrants either the capital stock, securities or assets then issuable with
respect to the Common Stock or the capital stock, securities or assets, or the
equivalent, issued to previous holders of the Common Stock in accordance with
such offer.
Section III.6 Adjustment for Asset Distribution. If the Company
declares a dividend or other distribution payable to all holders of shares of
Common Stock in evidences of indebtedness of the Company or other assets of the
Company (including, cash (other than regular cash dividends declared by the
Board of Directors), capital stock (other than Common Stock, Convertible
Securities or options or rights thereto) or other property), the Exercise Price
in effect immediately prior to such declaration of such dividend or other
distribution shall be reduced by an amount equal to the amount of such dividend
or distribution payable per share of Common Stock, in the case of a cash
dividend or distribution, or by the fair value of such dividend or distribution
per share of Common Stock (as reasonably determined in good faith by the Board
of Directors of the Company), in the case of any other dividend or distribution.
Such reduction shall be made whenever any such dividend or distribution is made
and shall be effective as of the date as of which a record is taken for purpose
of such dividend or distribution or, if a record is not taken, the date as of
which holders of record of Common Stock entitled to such dividend or
distribution are determined.
Section III.7 De Minimis Adjustments. No adjustment in the number of
shares of Common Stock purchasable hereunder shall be required unless such
adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least one share of Common
Stock purchasable upon an exercise of each Warrant and no adjustment in the
Exercise Price shall be required unless such adjustment would require an
increase or decrease of at least $0.01 in the Exercise Price; provided, however,
that any adjustments which by reason of this Section 3.7 are not required to be
made shall be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent
adjustment. All calculations shall be made to the nearest full share or nearest
one-hundredth of a dollar, as applicable.
Section III.8 Notice of Adjustment. Whenever the Exercise Price or the
number of Warrant Shares issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants shall be
adjusted as herein provided, or the rights of the Holder hereof shall change by
reason of other events specified herein, the Company shall compute the adjusted
Exercise Price and the adjusted number of Warrant Shares in accordance with the
provisions hereof and shall prepare an Officer's Certificate
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setting forth the adjusted Exercise Price and the adjusted number of Warrant
Shares issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants or specifying the other shares
of stock, securities or assets receivable as a result of such change in rights,
and showing in reasonable detail the facts and calculations upon which such
adjustments or other changes are based. The Company shall cause to be mailed to
the Holder hereof copies of such Officer's Certificate together with a notice
stating that the Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares purchasable
upon exercise of the Warrants have been adjusted and setting forth the adjusted
Exercise Price and the adjusted number of Warrant Shares purchasable upon the
exercise of the Warrants.
Section III.9 Notifications to Holders. In case at any time the Company
proposes:
(a) to declare any dividend upon its Common Stock payable
in capital stock or make any special dividend or other distribution (other than
cash dividends) to the holders of its Common Stock;
(b) to offer for subscription pro rata to all of the
holders of its Common Stock any additional shares of capital stock of any class
or other rights;
(c) to effect any capital reorganization, or
reclassification of the capital stock of the Company, or consolidation, merger
or share exchange of the Company with another person, or sale, transfer or other
disposition of all or substantially all of its assets; or
(d) to effect a voluntary or involuntary dissolution,
liquidation or winding up of the Company, then, in any one or more of such
cases, the Company shall give the Holder hereof (a) at least ten (10) days' (but
not more than ninety (90) days') prior written notice of the date of which the
books of the Company shall close or a record shall be taken for such dividend,
distribution or subscription rights or for determining rights to vote in respect
of such issuance, reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, share
exchange, sale, transfer, disposition, dissolution, liquidation or winding up,
and (b) in the case of any such issuance, reorganization, reclassification,
consolidation, merger, share exchange, sale, transfer, disposition, dissolution,
liquidation or winding up, at least ten (10) days' (but not more than ninety
(90) days') prior written notice of the date when the same shall take place.
Such notice in accordance with the foregoing clause "(a)" shall also specify, in
the case of any such dividend, distribution or subscription rights, the date on
which the holders of Common Stock shall be entitled thereto, and such notice in
accordance with the foregoing clause "(b)" shall also specify the date on which
the holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to exchange their Common Stock, as
the case may be, for securities or other property deliverable upon such
reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, share exchange, sale,
transfer, disposition, dissolution, liquidation or winding up, as the case may
be.
Section III.10 Company to Prevent Dilution. If any event or condition
occurs as to which other provisions of this Article III are not strictly
applicable or if strictly applicable would not fairly protect the exercise or
purchase rights of the Warrants evidenced hereby in accordance with the
essential intent and principles of such provisions, or that might materially and
adversely affect the exercise or purchase rights of the Holder hereof under any
provisions of this Warrant, then the Company shall make such adjustments in the
application of such provisions, in accordance with such essential intent and
principles, so as to protect such exercise and purchase rights as aforesaid, and
any adjustments necessary with respect to the Exercise Price and the number of
Warrant Shares purchasable hereunder so as to preserve the rights of the Holder
hereunder. In no event shall any such adjustment have the effect of increasing
the Exercise Price as otherwise determined pursuant to this Article III except
in the event of a combination of shares of the type contemplated in Section 3.4
hereof, and then in no event to an amount greater than the Exercise Price as
adjusted pursuant to Section 3.4 hereof.
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ARTICLE IV
MISCELLANEOUS
Section IV.1 Negative Covenants. Without the consent of Coastal, the
Company will not:
(a) Enter into any merger or consolidation unless the
surviving entity assumes all obligations of the Company under this Warrant,
provided that nothing herein shall prohibit the merger of one or more
Subsidiaries into the Company or any other Material Subsidiary.
(b) Amend the By-Laws in any way, or take such other
corporate action, which would by its terms restrict the exercise of any Warrants
issued to Coastal, as such Warrants may have been amended by agreement from time
to time.
Section IV.2 Entire Agreement. This Warrant, together with the
Agreement, contain the entire agreement between the Holder hereof and the
Company with respect to the Warrant Shares purchasable upon exercise hereof and
the related transactions and supersedes all prior arrangements or understandings
with respect thereto.
Section IV.3 Governing Law. THIS WARRANT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.
Section IV.4 Waiver and Amendment. Any term or provision of this
Warrant may be waived at any time by the party which is entitled to the benefits
thereof and any term or provision of this Warrant may be amended or supplemented
at any time by agreement of the Holder hereof and the Company, except that any
waiver of any term or condition, or any amendment or supplementation, of this
Warrant shall be in writing. A waiver of any breach or failure to enforce any of
the terms or conditions of this Warrant shall not in any way effect, limit or
waive a party's rights hereunder at any time to enforce strict compliance
thereafter with every term or condition of this Warrant.
Section IV.5 Illegality. In the event that any one or more of the
provisions contained in this Warrant shall be determined to be invalid, illegal
or unenforceable in any respect for any reason, the validity, legality and
enforceability of any such provision in any other respect and the remaining
provisions of this Warrant shall not, at the election of the party for whom the
benefit of the provision exists, be in any way impaired.
Section IV.6 Copy of Warrant. A copy of this Warrant shall be filed
among the records of the Company.
Section IV.7 Notice. All notices, requests, demands or other
communications to or upon the respective parties hereto shall be deemed to have
been duly given or made when delivered to the party to which such notice,
request, demand or other communication is required or permitted to be given or
made under this Warrant addressed to such party at its address set forth below
or at such other address as either of the parties hereto may hereafter notify
the other in writing.
To COMPANY: INTELECT COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
0000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Telephone: 000-000-0000
Telecopy: 000-000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, President and CEO
with a copy to: XXXX & SUDAN, L.L.P.
000 Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Telephone: 000-000-0000
Telecopy: 000-000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Sudan, Jr., Esq.
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To HOLDER: THE COASTAL CORPORATION SECOND PENSION TRUST
Nine Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000-0000
Telephone: 000-000-0000
Telecopy: 000-000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx, Trustee
with a copy to: THE COASTAL CORPORATION
Nine Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000-0000
Telephone: 000-000-0000
Telecopy: 000-000-0000
Attention: Director, Financial Administration
Section IV.8 Limitation of Liability; Not Stockholders. No provision of
this Warrant shall be construed as conferring upon the Holder hereof the right
to vote, consent, receive dividends or receive notices (other than as herein
expressly provided) in respect of meetings of stockholders for the election of
directors of the Company or any other matter whatsoever as a stockholder of the
Company. No provision hereof, in the absence of affirmative action by the Holder
hereof to purchase shares of Common Stock, and no mere enumeration herein of the
rights or privileges of the Holder hereof, shall give rise to any liability of
such holder for the purchase price of any shares of Common Stock or as a
stockholder of the Company, whether such liability is asserted by the Company or
by creditors of the Company.
Section IV.9 Exchange, Loss, Destruction, etc. of Warrant. Upon receipt
of evidence satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, mutilation or
destruction of this Warrant, and in the case of any such loss, theft or
destruction upon delivery of a bond of indemnity or such other security in such
form and amount as shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company, or in the
event of such mutilation upon surrender and cancellation of this Warrant, the
Company will make and deliver a new Warrant of like tenor, in lieu of such lost,
stolen, destroyed or mutilated Warrant. Any Warrant issued under the provisions
of this Section 4.8 in lieu of any Warrant alleged to be lost, destroyed or
stolen, or in lieu of any mutilated Warrant, shall constitute an original
contractual obligation on the part of the Company. This Warrant shall be
promptly canceled by the Company upon the surrender hereof in connection with
any exchange or replacement. The Company shall pay all taxes (other than
securities transfer taxes or income taxes) and all other expenses and charges
payable in connection with the preparation, execution and delivery of Warrants
pursuant to this Section 4.8.
Section IV.10 Registration Rights. The Warrant Shares shall be entitled
to such registration rights under the Securities Act and under applicable state
securities laws as are specified in the Registration Rights Agreement.
Section IV.11 Headings. The Article and Section and other headings
herein are for convenience only and are not a part of this Warrant and shall not
affect the interpretation thereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be issued as
of December 17, 1999.
INTELECT COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
By:
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Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Chairman & CEO
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SUBSCRIPTION NOTICE
The undersigned, the Holder of the foregoing Warrant, hereby elects to
exercise purchase rights represented thereby for and to purchase thereunder,
_________________________________ (____________) shares of the Common Stock
covered by such Warrant, and herewith makes payment in full for such shares
pursuant to Section 1.1 of such Warrant, and requests (a) that certificates for
such shares (and any other securities or other property issuable upon such
exercise) be issued in the name of, and delivered to THE COASTAL CORPORATION
SECOND PENSION TRUST and (b), if such shares shall not include all of the shares
issuable as provided in such Warrant, that a new Warrant of like tenor and date
for the balance of the shares issuable thereunder be delivered to the
undersigned.
THE COASTAL CORPORATION SECOND PENSION TRUST
By:
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Date:
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ASSIGNMENT
For value received, _______________________, hereby sells, assigns, and
transfers unto _________________________ the within Warrant, together with all
right, title and interest therein, and does hereby irrevocably constitute and
appoint ________________________ attorney, to transfer such Warrant on the books
of the Company, with full power of substitution.
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