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EXHIBIT 4.3
FORM OF WARRANT
THIS WARRANT AND THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE
HEREOF HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED
(THE "SECURITIES ACT"), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND MAY NOT BE SOLD,
TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF UNLESS REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT AND UNDER APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX.XXX, A DELAWARE CORPORATION (THE "COMPANY"), SHALL HAVE RECEIVED
AN OPINION, IN FORM, SCOPE AND SUBSTANCE REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY,
OF COUNSEL WHO IS REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY, THAT REGISTRATION OF
SUCH SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF APPLICABLE
STATE SECURITIES LAWS IS NOT REQUIRED.
WARRANT A TO PURCHASE
SHARES OF CLASS A COMMON STOCK
OF
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX.XXX
Expires June 5, 2003
No.: W-A_ Number of Shares: 500,000
Date of Issuance: June 6, 2000
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, subject to the provisions hereinafter set forth, the
undersigned, XxXxxxxxXxxxxxx.xxx, a Delaware corporation (together with its
successors and assigns, the "Issuer"), hereby certifies that Torneaux Ltd. or
its registered assigns is entitled to subscribe for and purchase, during the
period specified in this Warrant, up to 500,000 shares (subject to adjustment as
hereinafter provided) of the duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and
non-assessable Class A Common Stock (the "Common Stock") of the Issuer, at an
exercise price per share equal to the Warrant Price then in effect, subject,
however, to the provisions and upon the terms and conditions hereinafter set
forth. Capitalized terms used in this Warrant and not otherwise defined herein
shall have the respective meanings specified in Section 7 hereof.
1. Term. The right to subscribe for and purchase shares of Warrant Stock
represented hereby shall commence on the date of issuance of this Warrant and
shall expire at
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5:00 p.m., eastern time, on June 5, 2003 (such period being the "Term");
provided, however, that the exercise of this Warrant shall be subject to the
following limitations:
(i) the right to subscribe for and purchase the first 125,000 shares
(subject to adjustment as hereinafter provided) of Warrant Stock pursuant to the
exercise of a portion of this Warrant shall be immediately granted to the Holder
as of the date of this Warrant (the "First Exercise");
(ii) the right to subscribe for and purchase the next 125,000 shares
(subject to adjustment as hereinafter provided) of Warrant Stock pursuant to the
exercise of a portion of this Warrant shall be immediately granted to the Holder
upon the sale by the Holder of that number of shares of Common Stock purchased
pursuant to the First Exercise (the "Second Exercise");
(iii) the right to subscribe for and purchase the next 125,000 shares
(subject to adjustment as hereinafter provided) of Warrant Stock pursuant to the
exercise of a portion of this Warrant shall be immediately granted to the Holder
upon the sale by the Holder of that number of shares of Common Stock purchased
pursuant to the Second Exercise (the "Third Exercise"); and
(iv) the right to subscribe for and purchase the final 125,000 shares
(subject to adjustment as hereinafter provided) of Warrant Stock pursuant to the
exercise of the remaining portion of this Warrant shall be immediately granted
to the Holder upon the sale by the Holder of that number of shares of Common
Stock purchased pursuant to the Third Exercise.
If the registration statement contemplated by the Purchase Agreement is not
declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission, this Warrant, or
any unexercised portion thereof, may, at the Company's option, be canceled.
2. Method of Exercise Payment; Issuance of New Warrant; Transfer and
Exchange.
(a) Time of Exercise. The purchase rights represented by this Warrant
may be exercised in whole or in part at any time and from time to time during
the Term.
(b) Method of Exercise. The Holder hereof may exercise this Warrant, in
whole or in part, by the surrender of this Warrant (with the exercise form
attached hereto duly executed) at the principal office of the Issuer, and by the
payment to the Issuer of an amount of consideration therefor equal to the
Warrant Price in effect on the date of such exercise multiplied by the number of
shares of Warrant Stock with respect to which this Warrant is then being
exercised, payable at such Holder's election by certified or official bank
check.
(c) Issuance of Stock Certificates. In the event of any exercise of the
rights represented by this Warrant in accordance with and subject to the terms
and conditions hereof, (i) certificates for the shares of Warrant Stock so
purchased shall be dated the date of such exercise and delivered to the Holder
hereof within a reasonable time, not exceeding three (3) Trading Days after such
exercise, and the Holder hereof shall be deemed for all purposes to be the
Holder of the shares of Warrant Stock so purchased as of the date of such
exercise, and (ii) unless this Warrant has expired, a new Warrant representing
the number of shares of Warrant Stock, if any,
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with respect to which this Warrant shall not then have been exercised shall also
be issued to the Holder hereof at the Issuer's expense within such time.
(d) Transferability of Warrant. Subject to Section 2(e), this Warrant
may be transferred by a Holder without the consent of the Issuer. If transferred
pursuant to this subsection and subject to the provisions of subsection (e) of
this Section 2, this Warrant may be transferred on the books of the Issuer by
the Holder hereof in person or by duly authorized attorney, upon surrender of
this Warrant at the principal office of the Issuer, properly endorsed (by the
Holder executing an assignment in the form attached hereto) and upon payment of
any necessary transfer tax imposed upon such transfer. This Warrant is
exchangeable at the principal office of the Issuer for Warrants for the purchase
of the same aggregate number of shares of Warrant Stock, each new Warrant to
represent the right to purchase such number of shares of Warrant Stock as the
Holder hereof shall designate at the time of such exchange. All Warrants issued
on transfers or exchanges shall be dated the Original Issue Date and shall be
identical with this Warrant except as to the number of shares of Warrant Stock
issuable pursuant hereto.
(e) Compliance with Securities Laws.
(i) The Holder of this Warrant, by acceptance hereof,
acknowledges that this Warrant or the shares of Warrant Stock to be
issued upon exercise hereof are being acquired solely for the Holder's
own account and not as a nominee for any other party, and for
investment, and that the Holder will not offer, sell or otherwise
dispose of this Warrant or any shares of Warrant Stock to be issued upon
exercise hereof except pursuant to an effective registration statement,
or an exemption from registration, under the Securities Act and any
applicable state securities laws.
(ii) Except as provided in paragraph (iii) below, this Warrant
and all certificates representing shares of Warrant Stock issued upon
exercise hereof shall be stamped or imprinted with a legend in
substantially the following form:
THIS WARRANT AND THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON
EXERCISE HEREOF HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT
OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), OR ANY STATE
SECURITIES LAWS AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED OR
OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF UNLESS REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT
AND UNDER APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX.XXX, A DELAWARE CORPORATION (THE "COMPANY"),
SHALL HAVE RECEIVED AN OPINION, IN FORM, SCOPE AND SUBSTANCE
REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY, OF COUNSEL WHO IS
REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY, THAT REGISTRATION OF SUCH
SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF
APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS IS NOT REQUIRED.
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(iii) The restrictions imposed by this subsection (e) upon the
transfer of this Warrant or the shares of Warrant Stock to be purchased
upon exercise hereof shall terminate (A) when such securities shall have
been resold pursuant to an effective registration statement under the
Securities Act, (B) upon the Issuer's receipt of an opinion of counsel,
in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Issuer, addressed
to the Issuer to the effect that such restrictions are no longer
required to ensure compliance with the Securities Act and state
securities laws or (C) upon the Issuer's receipt of other evidence
reasonably satisfactory to the Issuer that such registration and
qualification under the Securities Act and state securities laws are not
required. Whenever such restrictions shall cease and terminate as to any
such securities, the Holder thereof shall be entitled to receive from
the Issuer (or its transfer agent and registrar), without expense (other
than applicable transfer taxes, if any), new Warrants (or, in the case
of shares of Warrant Stock, new stock certificates) of like tenor not
bearing the applicable legend required by paragraph (ii) above relating
to the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws.
(f) Continuing Rights of Holder. The Issuer will, at the time of or at
any time after each exercise of this Warrant, upon the written request of the
Holder hereof, acknowledge in writing the extent, if any, of its continuing
obligation to afford to such Holder all rights to which such Holder shall
continue to be entitled after such exercise in accordance with the terms of this
Warrant; provided that if any such Holder shall fail to make any such request,
the failure shall not affect the continuing obligation of the Issuer to afford
such rights to such Holder.
3. Stock Fully Paid; Reservation and Listing of Shares; Covenants.
(a) Stock Fully Paid. The Issuer represents, warrants, covenants and
agrees that all shares of Warrant Stock which may be issued upon the exercise of
this Warrant or otherwise hereunder will, upon issuance, be duly authorized,
validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and free from all taxes and liens,
security interest, charges and encumbrances of any nature whatsoever created by
or through the Issuer. The Issuer further represents, warrants, covenants and
agrees that during the period within which this Warrant may be exercised, the
Issuer will at all times have authorized and reserved for the purpose of the
issue upon exercise of this Warrant a sufficient number of shares of Common
Stock to provide for the exercise of this Warrant.
(b) Reservation. If any shares of Common Stock required to be reserved
for issuance upon exercise of this Warrant or as otherwise provided hereunder
require registration or qualification with any governmental authority under any
federal law before such shares may be so issued, the Issuer will in good faith
use its best efforts as expeditiously as possible at its expense to cause such
shares to be duly registered. If the Issuer shall list any shares of Common
Stock on any securities exchange or market it will, at its expense, list
thereon, maintain and increase when necessary such listing, of, all shares of
Warrant Stock from time to time issued upon exercise of this Warrant or as
otherwise provided hereunder, and, to the extent permissible under the
applicable securities exchange rules, all unissued shares of Warrant Stock which
are at any time issuable hereunder, so long as any shares of Common Stock shall
be so listed. The Issuer will also so list on each securities exchange or
market, and will maintain such listing of, any other securities which the Holder
of this Warrant shall be entitled to receive upon the
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exercise of this Warrant if at the time any securities of the same class shall
be listed on such securities exchange or market by the Issuer.
(c) Covenants. The Issuer will (i) not permit the par value, if any, of
its Common Stock to exceed the then effective Warrant Price, (ii) not amend or
modify any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation or by-laws of the
Issuer in any manner that would adversely affect in any way the powers,
preferences or relative participating, optional or other special rights of the
Common Stock or which would adversely affect the rights of the Holders of the
Warrants, (iii) take all such action as may be reasonably necessary in order
that the Issuer may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable
shares of Common Stock, free and clear of any liens, security interests,
charges, claims, encumbrances and restrictions (other than as provided herein or
created by the Holders hereof) upon the exercise of this Warrant, and (iv)
obtain all such authorizations, exemptions or consents from any public
regulatory body having jurisdiction thereof as may be necessary to enable the
Issuer to perform its obligations under this Warrant.
(d) Loss, Theft, Destruction of Warrants. Upon receipt of evidence
satisfactory to the Issuer of the ownership of and the loss, theft, destruction
or mutilation of any Warrant and, in the case of any such loss, theft or
destruction, upon receipt of indemnity or security satisfactory to the Issuer
or, in the case of any such mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation of such
Warrant, the Issuer will make and deliver, in lieu of such lost, stolen,
destroyed or mutilated Warrant, a new Warrant of like tenor and representing the
right to purchase the same number of shares of Common Stock.
4. Adjustment of Warrant Price and Warrant Share Number. The number and
kind of Securities purchasable upon the exercise of this Warrant and the Warrant
Price shall be subject to adjustment from time to time upon the happening of
certain events as follows:
(a) Recapitalization, Reorganization, Reclassification, Consolidation,
Merger or Sale.
(i) In case the Issuer after the Original Issue Date shall do any
of the following (each, a "Triggering Event"): (a) consolidate with or
merge into any other Person and the Issuer shall not be the continuing
or surviving Person of such consolidation or merger, or (b) permit any
other Person to consolidate with or merge into the Issuer and the Issuer
shall be the continuing or surviving Person but, in connection with such
consolidation or merger, any Capital Stock of the Issuer shall be
changed into or exchanged for Securities of any other Person or cash or
any other property, or (c) transfer all or substantially all of its
properties or assets to any other Person, or (d) effect a capital
reorganization or reclassification of its Capital Stock, then, and in
the case of each such Triggering Event, proper provision shall be made
so that, upon the basis and the terms and in the manner provided in this
Warrant, the Holder of this Warrant shall be entitled upon the exercise
hereof at any time after the consummation of such Triggering Event, to
the extent this Warrant is not exercised prior to such Triggering Event,
to receive at the Warrant Price in effect at the time immediately prior
to the consummation of such Triggering Event in lieu of the Common Stock
issuable upon such exercise of this Warrant prior to such Triggering
Event, the Securities, cash and property to which such Holder would have
been entitled upon the consummation of such Triggering Event if such
Holder had exercised the rights represented by this Warrant immediately
prior
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thereto, subject to adjustments (subsequent to such corporate action) as
nearly equivalent as possible to the adjustments provided for in Section
4 hereof.
(ii) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Warrant to the
contrary, the Issuer will not effect any Triggering Event unless, prior
to the consummation thereof, each Person (other than the Issuer) which
may be required to deliver any Securities, cash or property upon the
exercise of this Warrant as provided herein shall assume, by written
instrument delivered to, and reasonably satisfactory to, the Holder of
this Warrant, (A) the obligations of the Issuer under this Warrant (and
if the Issuer shall survive the consummation of such Triggering Event,
such assumption shall be in addition to, and shall not release the
Issuer from, any continuing obligations of the Issuer under this
Warrant) and (B) the obligation to deliver to such Holder such shares of
Securities, cash or property as, in accordance with the foregoing
provisions of this subsection (a), such Holder shall be entitled to
receive, and such Person shall have similarly delivered to such Holder
an opinion of counsel for such Person, which counsel shall be reasonably
satisfactory to such Holder, stating that this Warrant shall thereafter
continue in full force and effect and the terms hereof (including,
without limitation, all of the provisions of this subsection (a)) shall
be applicable to the Securities, cash or property which such Person may
be required to deliver upon any exercise of this Warrant or the exercise
of any rights pursuant hereto.
(b) Subdivision or Combination of Shares. If the Issuer, at any time
while this Warrant is outstanding, shall subdivide or combine any shares of
Common Stock, (i) in case of subdivision of shares, the Warrant Price shall be
proportionately reduced (as at the effective date of such subdivision or, if the
Issuer shall take a record of holders of its Common Stock for the purpose of so
subdividing, as at the applicable record date, whichever is earlier) to reflect
the increase in the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding as a
result of such subdivision, or (ii) in the case of a combination of shares, the
Warrant Price shall be proportionately increased (as at the effective date of
such combination or, if the Issuer shall take a record of holders of its Common
Stock for the purpose of so combining, as at the applicable record date,
whichever is earlier) to reflect the reduction in the total number of shares of
Common Stock outstanding as a result of such combination.
(c) Certain Dividends and Distributions. If the Issuer, at any time
while this Warrant is outstanding, shall:
(i) Stock Dividends. Pay a dividend in, or make any other
distribution to its stockholders (without consideration therefor) of,
shares of Common Stock, the Warrant Price shall be adjusted, as at the
date the Issuer shall take a record of the holders of the Issuer's
Capital Stock for the purpose of receiving such dividend or other
distribution (or if no such record is taken, as at the date of such
payment or other distribution), to that price determined by multiplying
the Warrant Price in effect immediately prior to such record date (or if
no such record is taken, then immediately prior to such payment or other
distribution), by a fraction (1) the numerator of which shall be the
total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to
such dividend or distribution, and (2) the denominator of which shall be
the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after
such dividend or distribution (plus in the event that the
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Issuer paid cash for fractional shares, the number of additional shares
which would have been outstanding had the Issuer issued fractional
shares in connection with said dividends); or
(ii) Other Dividends. Pay a dividend on, or make any distribution
of its assets upon or with respect to (including, but not limited to, a
distribution of its property as a dividend in liquidation or partial
liquidation or by way of return of capital), the Common Stock (other
than as described in clause (i) of this subsection (c)), or in the event
that the Company shall offer options or rights to subscribe for shares
of Common Stock, or issue any Common Stock Equivalents, to all of its
holders of Common Stock, then on the record date for such payment,
distribution or offer or, in the absence of a record date, on the date
of such payment, distribution or offer, the Holder shall receive what
the Holder would have received had it exercised this Warrant in full
immediately prior to the record date of such payment, distribution or
offer or, in the absence of a record date, immediately prior to the date
of such payment, distribution or offer.
(d) Issuance of Additional Shares of Common Stock. If the Issuer, at any
time while this Warrant is outstanding, shall issue any Additional Shares of
Common Stock (otherwise than as provided in the foregoing subsections (a)
through (c) of this Section 4), at a price per share less than the Warrant Price
then in effect or less than the Per Share Market Value then in effect or without
consideration, then the Warrant Price upon each such issuance shall be adjusted
to that price (rounded to the nearest cent) determined by multiplying the
Warrant Price then in effect by a fraction:
(i) the numerator of which shall be equal to the sum of (A) the
number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the
issuance of such Additional Shares of Common Stock plus (B) the number
of shares of Common Stock (rounded to the nearest whole share) which the
aggregate consideration for the total number of such Additional Shares
of Common Stock so issued would purchase at a price per share equal to
the greater of the Per Share Market Value then in effect and the Warrant
Price then in effect, and
(ii) the denominator of which shall be equal to the number of
shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after the issuance of
such Additional Shares of Common Stock.
The provisions of this subsection (d) shall not apply under any of the
circumstances for which an adjustment is provided in subsections (a), (b) or (c)
of this Section 4. No adjustment of the Warrant Price shall be made under this
subsection (d) upon the issuance of any Additional Shares of Common Stock which
are issued pursuant to any Common Stock Equivalent if upon the issuance of such
Common Stock Equivalent (x) any adjustment shall have been made pursuant to
subsection (e) of this Section 4 or (y) no adjustment was required pursuant to
subsection (e) of this Section 4. No adjustment of the Warrant Price shall be
made under this subsection (d) in an amount less than $.01 per share, but any
such lesser adjustment shall be carried forward and shall be made at the time
and together with the next subsequent adjustment, if any, which together with
any adjustments so carried forward shall amount to $.01 per share or more;
provided that upon any adjustment of the Warrant Price as a result of any
dividend or
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distribution payable in Common Stock or Convertible Securities or the
reclassification, subdivision or combination of Common Stock into a greater or
smaller number of shares, the foregoing figure of $.01 per share (or such figure
as last adjusted) shall be adjusted (to the nearest one-half cent) in proportion
to the adjustment in the Warrant Price.
(e) Issuance of Common Stock Equivalents. If the Issuer, at any time
while this Warrant is outstanding, shall issue any Common Stock Equivalent and
the price per share for which Additional Shares of Common Stock may be issuable
thereafter pursuant to such Common Stock Equivalent shall be less than the
Warrant Price then in effect or less than the Per Share Market Value then in
effect, or if, after any such issuance of Common Stock Equivalents, the price
per share for which Additional Shares of Common Stock may be issuable thereafter
is amended or adjusted, and such price as so amended shall be less than the
Warrant Price or less than the Per Share Market Value in effect at the time of
such amendment, then the Warrant Price upon each such issuance or amendment
shall be adjusted as provided in the first sentence of subsection (d) of this
Section 4 on the basis that (1) the maximum number of Additional Shares of
Common Stock issuable pursuant to all such Common Stock Equivalents shall be
deemed to have been issued (whether or not such Common Stock Equivalents are
actually then exercisable, convertible or exchangeable in whole or in part) as
of the earlier of (A) the date on which the Issuer shall enter into a firm
contract for the issuance of such Common Stock Equivalent, or (B) the date of
actual issuance of such Common Stock Equivalent, and (2) the aggregate
consideration for such maximum number of Additional Shares of Common Stock shall
be deemed to be the minimum consideration received or receivable by the Issuer
for the issuance of such Additional Shares of Common Stock pursuant to such
Common Stock Equivalent. No adjustment of the Warrant Price shall be made under
this subsection (e) upon the issuance of any Convertible Security which is
issued pursuant to the exercise of any warrants or other subscription or
purchase rights therefor, if any adjustment shall previously have been made in
the Warrant Price then in effect upon the issuance of such warrants or other
rights pursuant to this subsection (e). If no adjustment is required under this
subsection (e) upon issuance of any Common Stock Equivalent or once an
adjustment is made under this subsection (e) based upon the Per Share Market
Value in effect on the date of such adjustment, no further adjustment shall be
made under this subsection (e) based solely upon a change in the Per Share
Market Value after such date.
(f) Purchase of Common Stock by the Issuer. If the Issuer at any time
while this Warrant is outstanding shall, directly or indirectly through a
Subsidiary or otherwise, purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any shares of
Common Stock at a price per share greater than the Per Share Market Value then
in effect, then the Warrant Price upon each such purchase, redemption or
acquisition shall be adjusted to that price determined by multiplying such
Warrant Price by a fraction (i) the numerator of which shall be the number of
shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such purchase,
redemption or acquisition minus the number of shares of Common Stock which the
aggregate consideration for the total number of such shares of Common Stock so
purchased, redeemed or acquired would purchase at the Per Share Market Value;
and (ii) the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding immediately after such purchase, redemption or acquisition. For the
purposes of this subsection (f), the date as of which the Per Share Market Value
shall be computed shall be the earlier of (x) the date on which the Issuer shall
enter into a firm contract for the purchase, redemption or acquisition of such
Common Stock, or (y) the date of actual purchase, redemption
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or acquisition of such Common Stock. For the purposes of this subsection (f), a
purchase, redemption or acquisition of a Common Stock Equivalent shall be deemed
to be a purchase of the underlying Common Stock, and the computation herein
required shall be made on the basis of the full exercise, conversion or exchange
of such Common Stock Equivalent on the date as of which such computation is
required hereby to be made, whether or not such Common Stock Equivalent is
actually exercisable, convertible or exchangeable on such date.
(g) Other Provisions Applicable to Adjustments Under this Section 4. The
following provisions shall be applicable to the making of adjustments in the
Warrant Price hereinbefore provided in Section 4:
(i) Computation of Consideration. The consideration received by
the Issuer shall be deemed to be the following: to the extent that any
Additional Shares of Common Stock or any Common Stock Equivalents shall
be issued for a cash consideration, the consideration received by the
Issuer therefor, or if such Additional Shares of Common Stock or Common
Stock Equivalents are offered by the Issuer for subscription, the
subscription price, or, if such Additional Shares of Common Stock or
Common Stock Equivalents are sold to underwriters or dealers for public
offering without a subscription offering, the public offering price, in
any such case excluding any amounts paid or receivable for accrued
interest or accrued dividends and without deduction of any compensation,
discounts, commissions, or expenses paid or incurred by the Issuer for
or in connection with the underwriting thereof or otherwise in
connection with the issue thereof; to the extent that such issuance
shall be for a consideration other than cash, then, except as herein
otherwise expressly provided, the fair market value of such
consideration at the, time of such issuance as determined in good faith
by the Board. The consideration for any Additional Shares of Common
Stock issuable pursuant to any Common Stock Equivalents shall be the
consideration received by the Issuer for issuing such Common Stock
Equivalents, plus the additional consideration payable to the Issuer
upon the exercise, conversion or exchange of such Common Stock
Equivalents. In case of the issuance at any time of any Additional
Shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents in payment or
satisfaction of any dividend upon any class of Capital Stock of the
Issuer other than Common Stock, the Issuer shall be deemed to have
received for such Additional Shares of Common Stock or Common Stock
Equivalents a consideration equal to the amount of such dividend so paid
or satisfied. In any case in which the consideration to be received or
paid shall be other than cash, the Board shall notify the Holder of this
Warrant of its determination of the fair market value of such
consideration prior to payment or accepting receipt thereof. If, within
thirty (30) days after receipt of said notice, the Majority Holders
shall notify the Board in writing of their objection to such
determination, a determination of the fair market value of such
consideration shall be made by an Independent Appraiser selected by the
Majority Holders with the approval of the Board (which approval shall
not be unreasonably withheld), whose fees and expenses shall be paid by
the Issuer.
(ii) Readjustment of Warrant Price. Upon the expiration or
termination of the right to convert, exchange or exercise any Common
Stock Equivalent the issuance of which effected an adjustment in the
Warrant Price, if such Common Stock Equivalent shall not have been
converted, exercised or exchanged in its entirety, the number of
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shares of Common Stock deemed to be issued and outstanding by reason of
the fact that they were issuable upon conversion, exchange or exercise
of any such Common Stock Equivalent shall no longer be computed as set
forth above, and the Warrant Price shall forthwith be readjusted and
thereafter be the price which it would have been (but reflecting any
other adjustments in the Warrant Price made pursuant to the provisions
of this Section 4 after the issuance of such Common Stock Equivalent)
had the adjustment of the Warrant Price been made in accordance with the
issuance or sale of the number of Additional Shares of Common Stock
actually issued upon conversion, exchange or issuance of such Common
Stock Equivalent and thereupon only the number of Additional Shares of
Common Stock actually so issued shall be deemed to have been issued and
only the consideration actually received by the Issuer (computed as in
clause (i) of this subsection (g)) shall be deemed to have been received
by the Issuer.
(iii) Outstanding Common Stock. The number of shares of Common
Stock at any time outstanding shall (A) not include any shares thereof
then directly or indirectly owned or held by or for the account of the
Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries, and (B) be deemed to include all
shares of Class A or Class B common stock outstanding as of such time,
all shares of Class A or Class B common stock then issuable upon
conversion, exercise or exchange of any then outstanding Common Stock
Equivalents or any other evidences of Indebtedness, shares of Capital
Stock or other Securities which are or may be at any time convertible
into or exchangeable for shares of Class A or Class B common stock or
Other Common Stock.
(h) Other Action Affecting Common Stock. In case after the Original
Issue Date the Issuer shall take any action affecting its Common Stock, other
than an action described in any of the foregoing subsections (a) through (g) of
this Section 4, inclusive, and the failure to make any adjustment would not
fairly protect the purchase rights represented by this Warrant in accordance
with the essential intent and principle of this Section 4, then the Warrant
Price shall be adjusted in such manner and at such time as the Board may in good
faith determine to be equitable in the circumstances.
(i) Adjustment of Warrant Share Number. Upon each adjustment in the
Warrant Price pursuant to any of the foregoing provisions of this Section 4, the
Warrant Share Number shall be adjusted, to the nearest one hundredth of a whole
share, to the product obtained by multiplying the Warrant Share Number
immediately prior to such adjustment in the Warrant Price by a fraction, the
numerator of which shall be the Warrant Price immediately before giving effect
to such adjustment and the denominator of which shall be the Warrant Price
immediately after giving effect to such adjustment.
(j) Form of Warrant after Adjustments. The form of this Warrant need not
be changed because of any adjustments in the Warrant Price or the number and
kind of Securities purchasable upon the exercise of this Warrant.
5. Notice of Adjustments. Whenever the Warrant Price or Warrant Share
Number shall be adjusted pursuant to Section 4 hereof (for purposes of this
Section 5, each an "adjustment"), the Issuer shall cause its Chief Financial
Officer to prepare and execute a certificate setting forth, in reasonable
detail, the event requiring the adjustment, the amount of
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the adjustment, the method by which such adjustment was calculated (including a
description of the basis on which the Board made any determination hereunder),
and the Warrant Price and Warrant Share Number after giving effect to such
adjustment, and shall cause copies of such certificate to be delivered to the
Holder of this Warrant promptly after each adjustment. Any dispute between the
Issuer and the Holder of this Warrant with respect to the matters set forth in
such certificate may at the option of the Holder of this Warrant be submitted to
one of the national accounting firms currently known as the "big five" selected
by the Holder, provided that the Issuer shall have ten (10) days after receipt
of notice from such Holder of its selection of such firm to object thereto, in
which case such Holder shall select another such firm and the Issuer shall have
no such right of objection. The firm selected by the Holder of this Warrant as
provided in the preceding sentence shall be instructed to deliver a written
opinion as to such matters to the Issuer and such Holder within thirty (30) days
after submission to it of such dispute. Such opinion shall be final and binding
on the parties hereto. The fees and expenses of such accounting firm shall be
paid by the Issuer if the Issuer's calculation of the adjustment was incorrect.
6. Fractional Shares. No fractional shares of Warrant Stock will be
issued in connection with and exercise hereof, but in lieu of such fractional
shares, the Issuer shall make a cash payment therefor equal in amount to the
product of the applicable fraction multiplied by the Per Share Market Value then
in effect.
7. Definitions. For the purposes of this Warrant, the following terms
have the following meanings:
"Additional Shares of Common Stock" means all shares of Common
Stock issued by the Issuer after the Original Issue Date, and all shares
of Other Common, if any, issued by the Issuer after the Original Issue
Date, except: (i) the Warrant Stock; (ii) any shares of Common Stock
issued pursuant to the Purchase Agreement; (iii) any shares issued to
Xxxxx Benz pursuant to a warrant to purchase up to 75,000 shares of
Common Stock at $2.81 per share; (iv) any shares of Common Stock issued
to a bank or financing institution in connection with a loan, credit or
lease facility; (v) any shares of Common Stock or preferred stock issued
in connection with any of the Company's current option plans, stock
purchase plans, rights plans, currently outstanding warrants or options,
acquisition of products, licenses or other assets and strategic
partnerships or joint ventures (the primary purpose of which is not to
raise equity); and (vi) any shares of Common Stock or preferred stock
issued to Xxx Xxxxxxxxxx in connection with a financing arrangement.
"Board" shall mean the Board of Directors of the Issuer.
"Capital Stock" means and includes (i) any and all shares,
interests, participations or other equivalents of or interests in
(however designated) corporate stock, including, without limitation,
shares of preferred or preference stock, (ii) all partnership interests
(whether general or limited) in any Person which is a partnership, (iii)
all membership interests or limited liability company interests in any
limited liability company, and (iv) all equity or ownership interests in
any Person of any other type.
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"Certificate of Incorporation" means the Certificate of
Incorporation, as amended, of the Issuer as in effect on the Original
Issue Date, and as hereafter from time to time amended, modified,
supplemented or restated in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof
and pursuant to applicable law.
"Common Stock" means the Common Stock, $.001 par value, of the
Issuer and any other Capital Stock into which such stock may hereafter
be changed.
"Common Stock Equivalent" means any Convertible Security or
warrant, option or other right to subscribe for or purchase any
Additional Shares of Common Stock or any Convertible Security.
"Convertible Securities" means evidences of Indebtedness, shares
of Capital Stock or other Securities which are or may be at any time
convertible into or exchangeable for Additional Shares of Common Stock.
The term "Convertible Security" means one of the Convertible Securities.
"Governmental Authority" means any governmental, regulatory or
self-regulatory entity, department, body, official, authority,
commission, board, agency or instrumentality, whether federal, state or
local, and whether domestic or foreign.
"Holders" mean the Persons who shall from time to time own any
Warrant. The term "Holder" means one of the Holders.
"Independent Appraiser" means a nationally recognized or major
regional investment banking firm or firm of independent certified public
accountants of recognized standing (which may be the firm that regularly
examines the financial statements of the Issuer) that is regularly
engaged in the business of appraising the Capital Stock or assets of
corporations or other entities as going concerns, and which is not
affiliated with either the Issuer or the Holder of any Warrant.
"Issuer" means XxXxxxxxXxxxxxx.xxx, a Delaware corporation, and
its successors.
"Majority Holders" means at any time the Holders of Warrants
exercisable for a majority of the shares of Warrant Stock issuable under
the Warrants at the time outstanding.
"Original Issue Date" means June 6, 2000.
"Other Common" means any other Capital Stock of the Issuer of any
class which shall be authorized at any time after the date of this
Warrant (other than Common Stock) and which shall have the right to
participate in the distribution of earnings and assets of the Issuer
without limitation as to amount.
"Person" means an individual, corporation, limited liability
company, partnership, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated
organization, joint venture, Governmental Authority or other entity of
whatever nature.
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"Per Share Market Value" means on any particular date (a) the
closing bid price per share of the Common Stock on such date the Nasdaq
SmallCap Market, Nasdaq National Market or other registered national
stock exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed or if there is
no such price on such date, then the closing bid price on such exchange
or quotation system on the date nearest preceding such date, or (b) if
the Common Stock is not listed then on the Nasdaq SmallCap Market,
Nasdaq National Market or any registered national stock exchange, the
closing bid price for a share of Common Stock in the over-the-counter
market, as reported by NASDAQ or in the National Quotation Bureau
Incorporated or similar organization or agency succeeding to its
functions of reporting prices) at the close of business on such date, or
(c) if the Common Stock is not then reported by NASDAQ the National
Quotation Bureau Incorporated (or similar organization or agency
succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), then the average of
the "Pink Sheet" quotes for the relevant conversion period, as
determined in good faith by the holder, or (d) if the Common Stock is
not then publicly traded the fair market value of a share of Common
Stock as determined by an Independent Appraiser selected in good faith
by the Majority Holders; provided, however, that the Issuer, after
receipt of the determination by such Independent Appraiser, shall have
the right to select an additional Independent Appraiser, in which case,
the fair market value shall be equal to the average of the
determinations by each such Independent Appraiser; and provided, further
that all determinations of the Per Share Market Value shall be
appropriately adjusted for any stock dividends, stock splits or other
similar transactions during such period. The determination of fair
market value by an Independent Appraiser shall be based upon the fair
market value of the Issuer determined on a going concern basis as
between a willing buyer and a willing seller and taking into account all
relevant factors determinative of value, and shall be final and binding
on all parties. In determining the fair market value of any shares of
Common Stock, no consideration shall be given to any restrictions on
transfer of the Common Stock imposed by agreement or by federal or state
securities laws, or to the existence or absence of, or any limitations
on, voting rights.
"Purchase Agreement" means the Common Stock Purchase Agreement
dated as of June 6, 2000 among the Issuer and the investor(s) a party
thereto.
"Securities" means any debt or equity securities of the Issuer,
whether now or hereafter authorized, any instrument convertible into or
exchangeable for securities or a security, and any option, warrant or
other right to purchase or acquire any security. "Security" means one of
the Securities.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or
any similar federal statute then in effect.
"Subsidiary" means any corporation at least 50% of whose
outstanding Voting Stock shall at the time be owned directly or
indirectly by the Issuer or by one or more of its Subsidiaries, or by
the Issuer and one or more of its Subsidiaries.
"Term" has the meaning specified in Section 1 hereof.
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"Trading Day" means (a) a day on which the Common Stock is traded
on the Nasdaq SmallCap Market, Nasdaq National Market or other
registered national stock exchange on which the Common Stock has been
listed, or (b) if the Common Stock is not listed on the Nasdaq SmallCap
Market, Nasdaq National Market or other registered national stock
exchange on which the Common Stock has been listed, a day on which the
Common Stock is quoted in the over-the-counter market, as reported by
the OTC Bulletin Board, or (c) if the Common Stock is not quoted on the
OTC Bulletin Board, a day on which the Common Stock is quoted in the
over-the-counter market as reported by the National Quotation Bureau
Incorporated (or any similar organization or agency succeeding its
functions of reporting prices); provided, however, that in the event
that the Common Stock is not listed or quoted as set forth in (a), (b)
and (c) hereof, then Trading Day shall mean any day except Saturday,
Sunday and any day which shall be a legal holiday or a day on which
banking institutions in the State of New York are authorized or required
by law or other government action to close.
"Voting Stock", as applied to the Capital Stock of any
corporation, means Capital Stock of any class or classes (however
designated) having ordinary voting power for the election of a majority
of the members of the Board of Directors (or other governing body) of
such corporation, other than Capital Stock having such power only by
reason of the happening of a contingency.
"Warrants" means the Warrants issued and sold pursuant to the
Purchase Agreement, including, without limitation, this Warrant, and any
other warrants of like tenor issued in substitution or exchange for any
thereof pursuant to the provisions of Section 2(c), 2(d) or 2(e) hereof
or of any of such other Warrants.
"Warrant Price" means $2.50, as such price may be adjusted from
time to time as shall result from the adjustments specified in Section 4
herein.
"Warrant Share Number" means at any time the aggregate number of
shares of Warrant Stock which may at such time be purchased upon
exercise of this Warrant, after giving effect to all prior adjustments
and increases to such number made or required to be made under the terms
hereof.
"Warrant Stock" means Common Stock issuable upon exercise of any
Warrant or Warrants or otherwise issuable pursuant to any Warrant or
Warrants.
8. Other Notices. In case at any time:
(A) the Issuer shall make any distributions to the
holders of Common Stock; or
(B) the Issuer shall authorize the granting to all
holders of its Common Stock of rights to subscribe
for or purchase any shares of Capital Stock of any
class or of any Common Stock Equivalents or
Convertible Securities or other rights; or
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(C) there shall be any reclassification of the Capital
Stock of the Issuer; or
(D) there shall be any capital reorganization by the
Issuer; or
(E) there shall be any (i) consolidation or merger
involving the Issuer or (ii) sale, transfer or
other disposition of all or substantially all of
the Issuer's property, assets or business (except a
merger or other reorganization in which the Issuer
shall be the surviving corporation and its shares
of Capital Stock shall continue to be outstanding
and unchanged and except a consolidation, merger,
sale, transfer or other disposition involving a
wholly-owned Subsidiary); or
(F) there shall be a voluntary or involuntary
dissolution, liquidation or winding-up of the
Issuer or any partial liquidation of the Issuer or
distribution to holders of Common Stock;
then, in each of such cases, the Issuer shall give written notice to the Holder
of the date on which (i) the books of the Issuer shall close or a record shall
be taken for such dividend, distribution or subscription rights or (ii) such
reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, disposition,
dissolution, liquidation or winding-up, as the case may be, shall take place.
Such notice also shall specify the date as of which the holders of Common Stock
of record shall participate in such dividend, distribution or subscription
rights, or shall be entitled to exchange their certificates for Common Stock for
securities or other property deliverable upon such reorganization,
reclassification, consolidation, merger, disposition, dissolution, liquidation
or winding-up, as the case may be. Such notice shall be given at least twenty
(20) days prior to the action in question and not less than twenty (20) days
prior to the record date or the date on which the Issuer's transfer books are
closed in respect thereto. The Issuer shall give to the Holder notice of all
meetings and actions by written consent of its stockholders, at the same time in
the same manner as notice of any meetings of stockholders is required to be
given to stockholders who do not waive such notice (or, if such actions require
no notice, then two (2) Trading Days written notice thereof describing the
matters upon which action is to be taken). The Holder shall have the right to
send two representatives selected by it to each meeting of stockholders, who
shall be permitted to attend, but not vote at, such meeting of stockholders and
any adjournments thereof. This Warrant entitles the Holder to receive, upon
request, copies of all financial and other information distributed or required
to be distributed to the holders of the Common Stock.
9. Amendment and Waiver. Any term, covenant, agreement or condition in
this Warrant may be amended, or compliance therewith may be waived (either
generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively or
prospectively), by a written instrument or written instruments executed by the
Issuer and the Majority Holders; provided, however, that no such amendment or
waiver shall reduce the Warrant Share Number, increase the Warrant Price,
shorten the period during which this Warrant may be exercised or modify any
provision of this Section 9 without the consent of the Holder of this Warrant.
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10. Governing Law. THIS WARRANT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO
PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW. THIS WARRANT SHALL NOT BE INTERPRETED OR
CONSTRUED WITH ANY PRESUMPTION AGAINST THE PARTY CAUSING THIS WARRANT TO BE
DRAFTED.
11. Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries
required or permitted to be provided hereunder shall be in writing and shall be
deemed given and effective on the earlier of (i) the date of transmission, if
such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile
telephone number specified for notice prior to 5:00 p.m., eastern standard time,
on a Trading Day, (ii) the Trading Day after the date of transmission, if such
notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile telephone
number specified for notice later than 5:00 p.m., eastern standard time, on any
date and earlier than 11:59 p.m., eastern standard time, on such date, (iii) the
Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent by nationally recognized
overnight courier service or (iv) actual receipt by the party to whom such
notice is required to be given. The addresses for such communications shall be
with respect to the Holder of this Warrant or of Warrant Stock issued pursuant
hereto, addressed to such Holder at its last known address or facsimile number
appearing on the books of the Issuer maintained for such purposes, or with
respect to the Issuer, addressed to:
XxXxxxxxXxxxxxx.xxx
0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Telephone Number: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile Number: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxx
or to such other address or addresses or facsimile number or numbers as
any such party may most recently have designated in writing to the other parties
hereto by such notice. Copies of notices to the Issuer shall be sent to: Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxx, 000 Xxxx Xxxx Xx., Xxxx Xxxx, XX 00000, Attention:
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Esq., facsimile no.: (000) 000-0000. Copies of notices to the
Holder shall be sent to: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx LLP, 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx
Xxxx 00000, Attention: Xxxxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Esq., facsimile no.: (212)
704-6288.
12. Warrant Agent. The Issuer may, by written notice to each Holder of
this Warrant, appoint an agent having an office in New York, New York for the
purpose of issuing shares of Warrant Stock on the exercise of this Warrant
pursuant to subsection (b) of Section 2 hereof, exchanging this Warrant pursuant
to subsection (d) of Section 2 hereof or replacing this Warrant pursuant to
subsection (d) of Section 3 hereof, or any of the foregoing, and thereafter any
such issuance, exchange or replacement, as the case may be, shall be made at
such office by such agent.
13. Remedies. The Issuer stipulates that the remedies at law of the
Holder of this Warrant in the event of any default or threatened default by the
Issuer in the performance of or compliance with any of the terms of this Warrant
are not and will not be adequate and that, to the
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fullest extent permitted by law, such terms may be specifically enforced by a
decree for the specific performance of any agreement contained herein or by an
injunction against a violation of any of the terms hereof or otherwise.
14. Successors and Assigns. This Warrant and the rights evidenced hereby
shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and assigns of
the Issuer, the Holder hereof and (to the extent provided herein) the Holders of
Warrant Stock issued pursuant hereto, and shall be enforceable by any such
party.
15. Modification and Severability. If, in any action before any court or
agency legally empowered to enforce any provision contained herein, any
provision hereof is found to be unenforceable, then such provision shall be
deemed modified to the extent necessary to make it enforceable by such court or
agency. If any such provision is not enforceable as set forth in the preceding
sentence, the unenforceability of such provision shall not affect the other
provisions of this Warrant, but this Warrant shall be construed as if such
unenforceable provision had never been contained herein.
16. Headings. The headings of the Sections of this Warrant are for
convenience of reference only and shall not, for any purpose, be deemed a part
of this Warrant.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has executed this Warrant as of the day
and year first above written.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX.XXX
By: /s/ W. Xxxxx Xxxx
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Name: W. Xxxxx Xxxx
Title: President and Chief
Operating Officer
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EXERCISE FORM
[NAME OF ISSUER]
The undersigned _______________, pursuant to the provisions of the
within Warrant, hereby elects to purchase _____ shares of Common Stock of
___________________ covered by the within Warrant.
Dated: Signature
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Address
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ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, _________________ hereby sells, assigns and
transfers unto __________________ the within Warrant and all rights evidenced
thereby and does irrevocably constitute and appoint _____________, attorney, to
transfer the said Warrant on the books of the within named corporation.
Dated: Signature
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Address
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PARTIAL ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, _________________ hereby sells, assigns and
transfers unto __________________ the right to purchase _________ shares of
Warrant Stock evidenced by the within Warrant together with all rights therein,
and does irrevocably constitute and appoint ___________________, attorney, to
transfer that part of the said Warrant on the books of the within named
corporation.
Dated: Signature
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Address
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FOR USE BY THE ISSUER ONLY:
This Warrant No. W-__ canceled (or transferred or exchanged) this _____
day of ___________, _____, shares of Common Stock issued therefor in the name of
_______________, Warrant No. W-__ issued for ____ shares of Common Stock in the
name of _______________.
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