AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL CONSOLIDATED, INC.
a Delaware corporation
AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY
Warrant Agent
and
I.A.R. SECURITIES CORP.
and
WORTHINGTON CAPITAL GROUP, INC.
WARRANT AGREEMENT
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Section Page
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1. Appointment of Warrant Agent...................................... 1
2. Form of Warrant................................................... 1
3. Countersignature and Registration................................. 2
4. Transfers and Exchanges........................................... 3
5. Exercise of Warrants; Payment of Warrant
Solicitation Fee..................................................... 3
6. Payment of Taxes.................................................. 8
7. Mutilated or Missing Warrants..................................... 8
8. Reservation of Common Stock....................................... 9
9. Warrant Price; Adjustments........................................ 10
10. Fractional Interests.............................................. 19
11. Notices to Warrantholders......................................... 19
12. Disposition of Proceeds on Exercise of Warrants................... 21
13. Redemption of Warrants............................................ 21
14. Merger or Consolidation or Change of Name of
Warrant Agent..................................................... 22
15. Duties of Warrant Agent........................................... 23
16. Change of Warrant Agent........................................... 26
17. Identity of Transfer Agent........................................ 27
18. Notices........................................................... 28
19. Supplements and Amendments........................................ 29
20. New York Contract................................................. 29
21. Benefits of this Agreement........................................ 30
22. Successors........................................................ 30
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WARRANT AGENT AGREEMENT dated as of , 1997, by and among AMERICAN
INTERNATIONAL CONSOLIDATED, INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"),
American Securities Transfer & Trust Company, as warrant agent (hereinafter
called the "Warrant Agent"), and I.A.R. Securities Corp. and Worthington Capital
Group, Inc., the representatives ("Representatives") of the several underwriters
(the "Underwriters").
WHEREAS, the Company proposes to issue and sell through a initial public
offering by the Underwriters, an aggregate of 580,000 shares of common stock,
$.01 par value per share (the "Common Stock") and 580,000 Common Stock Purchase
Warrants (the "Warrants");
WHEREAS, each Warrant will entitle the holder to purchase one share of
Common Stock;
WHEREAS, the Company desires the Warrant Agent to act on behalf of the
Company, and the Warrant Agent is willing to so act in connection with the
issuance, registration, transfer, exchange and exercise of the Warrants;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements
herein set forth, the parties hereto agree as follows:
Section 1. Appointment of Warrant Agent. The Company hereby appoints the
Warrant Agent to act as Warrant Agent for the Company in accordance with the
instructions hereinafter set forth in this Agreement, and the Warrant Agent
hereby accepts such appointment.
Section 2. Form of Warrant. The text of the Warrants and of the form of
election to purchase Common Stock to be printed on the reverse thereof shall be
substantially as set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto. Each Warrant shall
entitle the registered holder thereof to purchase one share of Common Stock at a
purchase price of five dollars ($5.00), at any time commencing on the effective
date of the prospectus of the public offering until 4:00 p.m. Eastern time, on ,
2002. The warrant exercise price and the number of shares of Common Stock
issuable upon exercise of the Warrants are subject to adjustment upon the
occurrence of certain events, all as hereinafter provided. The Warrants shall be
executed on behalf of the Company by the manual or facsimile signature of the
present or any future President or Vice President of the Company, attested to by
the manual or facsimile signature of the present or any future Secretary or
Assistant Secretary of the Company.
Warrants shall be dated as of the issuance by the Warrant Agent either upon
initial issuance or upon transfer or exchange.
In the event the aforesaid expiration dates of the Warrants fall on a
Saturday or Sunday, or on a legal holiday on which the New York Stock Exchange
is closed, then the Warrants shall expire at 4:00 p.m. Eastern time on the next
succeeding business day.
Section 3. Countersignature and Registration. The Warrant Agent shall
maintain books for the transfer and registration of the Warrants. Upon the
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initial issuance of the Warrants, the Warrant Agent shall issue and register the
Warrants in the names of the respective holders thereof. The Warrants shall be
countersigned manually or by facsimile by the Warrant Agent (or by any successor
to the Warrant Agent then acting as warrant agent under this Agreement) and
shall not be valid for any purpose unless so countersigned. The Warrants may,
however, be so countersigned by the Warrant Agent (or by its successor as
Warrant Agent) and be delivered by the Warrant Agent, notwithstanding that the
persons whose manual or facsimile signatures appear thereon as proper officers
of the Company shall have ceased to be such officers at the time of such
countersignature or delivery.
Section 4. Transfers and Exchanges. The Warrant Agent shall transfer, from
time to time, any outstanding Warrants upon the books to be maintained by the
Warrant Agent for that purpose, upon surrender thereof for transfer properly
endorsed or accompanied by appropriate instructions for transfer. Upon any such
transfer, a new Warrant shall be issued to the transferee and the surrendered
Warrant shall be cancelled by the Warrant Agent. Warrants so cancelled shall be
delivered by the Warrant Agent to the Company from time to time upon request.
Warrants may be exchanged at the option of the holder thereof, when surrendered
at the office of the Warrant Agent, for another Warrant, or other Warrants of
different denominations of like tenor and representing in the aggregate the
right to purchase a like number of shares of Common Stock.
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Section 5. Exercise of Warrants; Payment of Warrant Solicitation Fee.
Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, each registered holder of Warrants
shall have the right, which may be exercised commencing at the opening of the
business on , 1997, to purchase from the Company (and the Company shall issue
and sell to such registered holder of Warrants) the number of fully paid and
non-assessable shares of Common Stock specified in such Warrants upon surrender
of such Warrants to the Company at the office of the Warrant Agent, with the
form of election to purchase on the reverse thereof duly filled in and signed,
and upon payment to the Company of the warrant price, determined in accordance
with the provisions of Sections 9 and 10 of this Agreement, for the number of
shares of Common Stock in respect of which such Warrants are then exercised.
Payment of such warrant price shall be made in cash or by certified check or
bank draft to the order of the Company. Subject to Section 6, upon such
surrender of Warrants and payment of the warrant price, the Company shall issue
and cause to be delivered with all reasonable dispatch to or upon the written
order of the registered holder of such Warrants and in such name or names as
such registered holder may designate, a certificate or certificates for the
number of full shares of Common Stock so purchased upon the exercise of such
Warrants. Such certificate or certificates shall be deemed to have been issued
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and any person so designated to be named therein shall be deemed to have become
a holder of record of such shares of Common Stock as of the date of the
surrender of such Warrants and payment of the warrant price as aforesaid. The
rights of purchase represented by the Warrants shall be exercisable, at the
election of the registered holders thereof, either as an entirety or from time
to time for a portion of the shares specified therein and, in the event that any
Warrant is exercised in respect of less than all of the shares of Common Stock
specified therein at any time prior to the date of expiration of the Warrants, a
new Warrant or Warrants will be issued to the registered holder for the
remaining number of shares of Common Stock specified in the Warrant so
surrendered, and the Warrant Agent is hereby irrevocably authorized to
countersign and to deliver the required new Warrants pursuant to the provisions
of this Section and of Section 3 of this Agreement and the Company, whenever
requested by the Warrant Agent, will supply the Warrant Agent with Warrants duly
executed on behalf of the Company for such purpose. Anything in the foregoing to
the contrary notwithstanding, no Warrant will be exercisable unless at the time
of exercise the Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a
registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Act") covering the
shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of such Warrant and such
registration statement shall have been declared effective, such shares have been
so registered or qualified or deemed to be exempt under the securities laws of
the state of residence of the holder of such Warrant. The Company shall use its
best efforts to have all shares so registered or qualified on or before the date
on which the Warrants become exercisable.
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(a) If at the time of exercise of any Warrant (i) the market price of
the Company's Common Stock is equal to or greater than the then exercise price
of the Warrant, (ii) the exercise of the Warrant is solicited by the
Underwriters at such time as it is a member of the National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc. ("NASD"), (iii) the Warrant is not held in a
discretionary account, (iv) disclosure of the compensation arrangement is made
in documents provided to the holders of the Warrants, (v) the Underwriter is
designated in writing as the soliciting broker and (vi) the solicitation of the
exercise of the Warrant is not in violation of Regulation M (as such rule or any
successor rule may be in effect as of such time of exercise) promulgated under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, then the Underwriter soliciting such
Warrant shall be entitled to receive from the Company upon exercise of each of
the Warrants so exercised a fee of five percent (5%) of the aggregate price of
the Warrants so exercised (the "Exercise Fee"). The procedures for payment of
the warrant solicitation fee are set forth in Section 5(b) below.
(b) (1) Within five (5) days of the last day of each month commencing
with , 1998, the Warrant Agent will notify the Representatives of each Warrant
Certificate which has been properly completed for exercise by holders of
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Warrants during the last month. The Company and Warrant Agent shall determine,
in their sole and absolute discretion, whether a Warrant Certificate has been
properly completed. The Warrant Agent will provide the Representatives with such
information, in connection with the exercise of each Warrant, as the
Representatives shall reasonably request.
(2) The Company hereby authorizes and in- structs the Warrant
Agent to deliver to the soliciting Underwriter the Exercise Fee promptly after
receipt by the Warrant Agent from the Company of a check payable to the order of
the soliciting Underwriter in the amount of the Exercise Fee. In the event that
an Exercise Fee is paid to the Underwriter with respect to a Warrant which the
Company or the Warrant Agent determines is not properly completed for exercise
or in respect of which the Underwriter is not entitled to an Exercise Fee, the
soliciting Underwriter will return such Exercise Fee to the Warrant Agent which
shall forthwith return such fee to the Company.
The Representatives and the Company may at any time, after , 1997, and
during business hours, examine the records of the Warrant Agent, including its
ledger of original Warrant certificates returned to the Warrant Agent upon
exercise of Warrants. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, the
provisions of paragraph 5(a) and 5(c) may not be modified, amended or deleted
without the prior written consent of the Representatives.
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Section 6. Payment of Taxes. The Company will pay any documentary stamp
taxes attributable to the initial issuance of Common Stock issuable upon the
exercise of Warrants; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required
to pay any tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the
issuance or delivery of any certificates of shares of Common Stock in a name
other than that of the registered holder of Warrants in respect of which such
shares are issued, and in such case neither the Company nor the Warrant Agent
shall be required to issue or deliver any certificate for shares of Common Stock
or any Warrant until the person requesting the same has paid to the Company the
amount of such tax or has established to the Company's satisfaction that such
tax has been paid.
Section 7. Mutilated or Missing Warrants. In case any of the Warrants shall
be mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company may, in its discretion,
issue and the Warrant Agent shall countersign and deliver in exchange and
substitution for and upon cancellation of the mutilated Warrant, or in lieu of
and in substitution for the Warrant lost, stolen or destroyed, a new Warrant of
like tenor and representing an equivalent right or interest, but only upon
receipt of evidence satisfactory to the Company and the Warrant Agent of such
loss, theft or destruction and, in case of a lost, stolen or destroyed Warrant,
indemnity, if requested, also satisfactory to them. Applicants for such
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substitute Warrants shall also comply with such other reasonable regulations and
pay such reasonable charges as the Company or the Warrant Agent may prescribe.
Section 8. Reservation of Common Stock. There have been reserved, and the
Company shall at all times keep reserved, out of the authorized and unissued
shares of Common Stock, a number of shares of Common Stock sufficient to provide
for the exercise of the rights of purchase represented by the Warrants, and the
transfer agent for the shares of Common Stock and every subsequent transfer
agent for any shares of the Company's Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of
any of the rights of purchase aforesaid are irrevocably authorized and directed
at all times to reserve such number of authorized and unissued shares of Common
Stock as shall be required for such purpose. The Company agrees that all shares
of Common Stock issued upon exercise of the Warrants shall be, at the time of
delivery of the certificates of such shares, validly issued and outstanding,
fully paid and non-assessable and listed on any national securities exchange
upon which the other shares of Common Stock are then listed. So long as any
unexpired Warrants remain outstanding, the Company will file such post-effective
amendments to the registration statement (Form S-1, Registration No. 333-9583)
(the "Registration Statement") filed pursuant to the Act with respect to the
Warrants (or other appropriate registration statements or post-effective
amendment or supplements) as may be necessary to permit it to deliver to each
person exercising a Warrant, a prospectus meeting the requirements of Section
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10(a)(3) of the Act and otherwise complying therewith, and will deliver such
prospectus to each such person. To the extent that during any period it is not
reasonably likely that the Warrants will be exercised, due to market price or
otherwise, the Company need not file such a post-effective amendment during such
period. The Company will keep a copy of this Agreement on file with the transfer
agent for the shares of Common Stock and with every subsequent transfer agent
for any shares of the Company's Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of the
rights of purchase represented by the Warrants. The Warrant Agent is irrevocably
authorized to requisition from time to time from such transfer agent stock
certificates required to honor outstanding Warrants. The Company will supply
such transfer agent with duly executed stock certificates for that purpose. All
Warrants surrendered in the exercise of the rights thereby evidenced shall be
cancelled by the Warrant Agent and shall thereafter be delivered to the Company,
and such cancelled Warrants shall constitute sufficient evidence of the number
of shares of Common Stock which have been issued upon the exercise of such
Warrants. Promptly after the date of expiration of the Warrants, the Warrant
Agent shall certify to the Company the total aggregate amount of Warrants then
outstanding, and thereafter no shares of Common Stock shall be subject to
reservation in respect of such Warrants which shall have expired.
Section 9. Warrant Price; Adjustments.
(a) The warrant price at which Common Stock shall be purchasable upon the
exercise of the Warrants shall be $5.00 at any time from , 1997 until 4:00
Eastern time on , 2002 or after adjustment, as provided in this Section, shall
be such price as so adjusted (the "Warrant Price").
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(b) The Warrant Price shall be subject to adjust- ment from time to time as
follows:
(i) In case the Company shall at any time after the date hereof pay a
dividend in shares of Common Stock or make a distribution in shares of Common
Stock, then upon such dividend or distribution the Warrant Price in effect
immediately prior to such dividend or distribution shall forthwith be reduced to
a price determined by dividing:
(A) an amount equal to the total number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding immediately prior to such dividend or distribution multiplied by the
Warrant Price in effect immediately prior to such dividend or distribution, by
(B) the total number of shares of Com- mon Stock outstanding
immediately after such issuance or sale.
For the purposes of any computation to be made in accordance with the
provisions of this clause (i), the following provisions shall be applicable:
Common Stock issuable by way of dividend or other distribution on any stock of
the Company shall be deemed to have been issued immediately after the opening of
business on the date following the date fixed for the determination of
stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or other distribution.
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(ii) In case the Company shall at any time subdivide or combine the
outstanding Common Stock, the Warrant Price shall forthwith be proportionately
decreased in the case of subdivision or increased in the case of combination to
the nearest one cent. Any such adjustment shall become effective at the time
such subdivision or combination shall become effective.
(iii) Within a reasonable time after the close of each quarterly
fiscal period of the Company during which the Warrant Price has been adjusted as
herein provided, the Company shall
(A) file with the Warrant Agent a cer- tificate signed by the
President or Vice President of the Company and by the Treasurer or Assistant
Treasurer or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company, showing in
detail the facts requiring all such adjustments occurring during such period and
the Warrant Price after each such adjustment; and
(B) the Warrant Agent shall have no duty with respect to any such
certificate filed with it except to keep the same on file and available for
inspection by holders of Warrants during reasonable business hours, and the
Warrant Agent may conclusively rely upon the latest certificate furnished to it
hereunder. The Warrant Agent shall not at any time be under any duty or
responsibility to any holder of a Warrant to determine whether any facts exist
which may require any adjustment of the Warrant Price, or with respect to the
nature or extent of any adjustment of the Warrant Price when made, or with
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respect to the method employed in making any such adjustment, or with respect to
the nature or extent of the property or securities deliverable hereunder. In the
absence of a certificate having been furnished, the Warrant Agent may
conclusively rely upon the provisions of the Warrants with respect to the Common
Stock deliver- able upon the exercise of the Warrants and the applicable Warrant
Price thereof.
(C) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, no
adjustment of the Warrant Price shall be made if the amount of such adjustment
shall be less than $.05, but in such case any adjustment that would otherwise be
required then to be made shall be carried forward and shall be made at the time
and together with the next subsequent adjustment which, together with any
adjustment so carried forward, shall amount to not less than $.05.
(c) In the event that the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock
is increased by a stock dividend payable in Common Stock or by a subdivision of
the outstanding Common Stock, then, from and after the time at which the
adjusted Warrant Price becomes effective pursuant to Subsection (b) of this
Section by reason of such dividend or subdivision, the number of shares of
Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of each Warrant shall be increased in
proportion to such increase in outstanding shares. In the event that the number
of shares of Common Stock outstanding is decreased by a combination of the
outstanding Common Stock, then, from and after the time at which the adjusted
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Warrant Price becomes effective pursuant to Subsection (b) of this Section by
reason of such combination, the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon
the exercise of each Warrant shall be decreased in proportion to such decrease
in the outstanding shares of Common Stock.
(d) In case of any reorganization or reclassifi- cation of the
outstanding Common Stock (other than a change in par value, or from par value to
no par value, or as a result of a subdivision or combination), or in case of any
consolidation of the Company with, or merger of the Company into, another
corporation (other than a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the
continuing corporation and which does not result in any reclassification of the
outstanding Common Stock), or in case of any sale or conveyance to another
corporation of the property of the Company as an entirety or substantially as an
entirety, the holder of each Warrant then outstanding shall thereafter have the
right to purchase the kind and amount of shares of Common Stock and other
securities and property receivable upon such reorganization, reclassification,
consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance by a holder of the number of shares of
Common Stock which the holder of such Warrant shall then be entitled to
purchase; such adjustments shall apply with respect to all such changes
occurring between the date of this Warrant Agreement and the date of exercise of
such Warrant.
(e) Subject to the provisions of this Section 9, in case the Company
shall, at any time prior to the exercise of the Warrants, make any distribution
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of its assets to holders of its Common Stock as a liquidating or a partial
liquidating dividend, then the holder of Warrants who exercises his Warrants
after the record date for the determination of those holders of Common Stock
entitled to such distribution of assets as a liquidating or partial liquidating
dividend shall be entitled to receive for the Warrant Price per Warrant, in
addition to each share of Common Stock, the amount of such distribution (or, at
the option of the Company, a sum equal to the value of any such assets at the
time of such distribution as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company
in good faith), which would have been payable to such holder had he been the
holder of record of the Common Stock receivable upon exercise of his Warrant on
the record date for the determination of those entitled to such distribution.
(f) In case of the dissolution, liquidation or winding-up of the
Company, all rights under the Warrants shall terminate on a date fixed by the
Company, such date to be no earlier than ten (10) days prior to the
effectiveness of such dissolution, liquidation or winding-up and not later than
five (5) days prior to such effectiveness. Notice of such termination of
purchase rights shall be given to the last registered holder of the Warrants, as
the same shall appear on the books of the Company maintained by the Warrant
Agent, by registered mail at least thirty (30) days prior to such termination
date.
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(g) In case the Company shall, at any time prior to the expiration of
the Warrants and prior to the exercise thereof, offer to the holders of its
Common Stock any rights to subscribe for additional shares of any class of the
Company, then the Company shall give written notice thereof to the last
registered holder thereof not less than thirty (30) days prior to the date on
which the books of the Company are closed or a record date is fixed for the
determination of the stockholders entitled to such subscription rights. Such
notice shall specify the date as to which the books shall be closed or record
date fixed with respect to such offer of subscription and the right of the
holder thereof to participate in such offer of subscription shall terminate if
the Warrant shall not be exercised on or before the date of such closing of the
books or such record date.
(h) Any adjustment pursuant to the aforesaid pro- visions shall be
made on the basis of the number of shares of Common Stock which the holder
thereof would have been entitled to acquire by the exercise of the Warrant
immediately prior to the event giving rise to such adjustment.
(i) Irrespective of any adjustments in the War- rant Price or the
number or kind of shares purchasable upon exercise of the Warrants, Warrants
previously or thereafter issued may continue to express the same price and
number and kind of shares as are stated in the similar Warrants initially
issuable pursuant to this Warrant Agreement.
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(j) The Company may retain a firm of independent public accountants
(who may be any such firm regularly employed by the Company) to make any
computation required under this Section, and any certificate setting forth such
computation signed by such firm shall be conclusive evidence of the correctness
of any computation made under this Section.
(k) If at any time, as a result of an adjustment made pursuant to
paragraph (d) above, the holders of a Warrant or Warrants shall become entitled
to purchase any securities other than shares of Common Stock, thereafter the
number of such securities so purchasable upon exercise of each Warrant and the
Warrant Price for such shares shall be subject to adjustment from time to time
in a manner and on terms as nearly equivalent as practicable to the provisions
with respect to the Common Stock contained in paragraphs (b) and (c).
(l) No adjustment to the Purchase Price of the Warrants or to the
number of shares of Common Stock purchasable upon the exercise of such Warrants
will be made, however under the following circumstances:
(i) upon the grant or exercise of any of the options presently
outstanding (or options which may hereafter be granted and/or exercised) under
the Company's 1995 Stock Option Plan for officers, directors and/or employees,
consultants and similar situated parties of the Company; or
(ii) upon the exercise of any of the options presently
outstanding granted to directors and counsel to the Company in 1995 or as
otherwise set forth in the Prospectus of the Company dated , 1997; or
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(iii) upon the sale or exercise of the Warrants; or
(iv) upon exercise of the Underwriters' Warrants as otherwise
described in the Company's Prospectus dated [ ], 1997; or
(vi) upon exercise or sale of the Warrants issuable upon exercise
of the Underwriters' Warrants; or
(vii) upon any amendment to or change in the term of any rights
or warrants to subscribe for or purchase, or options for the purchase of Common
Stock or convertible securities, including, but not limited to, any extension of
any expiration date of any such right, warrant or option, any change in any
exercise or purchase price provided for in any such right, warrant or option,
any extension of any date through which any convertible securities are
convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock or any change in the rate at
which any convertible securities are convertible into or exchangeable for Common
Stock (other than rights, warrants, options or convertible securities issued or
sold after the close of business on the date of the original issue of the Common
Stock, (i) for presently outstanding securities, or (ii) for which an adjustment
in the Purchase Price then in effect was theretofore made or required to be
made, upon issuance or sale thereof.
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(viii) Upon a private offering of securities pursuant to
exemptions from federal and state securities laws to parties other than the
Company's officers, directors, five percent stockholders or Affiliates as that
term is defined in the Act, Exchange Act and the rules and regulations
thereunder of each of them.
Section 10. Fractional Interests. The Warrants may only be exercised to
purchase full shares of Common Stock and the Company shall not be required to
issue fractions of shares of Common Stock on the exercise of Warrants. However,
if a Warrant- holder exercises all Warrants then owned of record by him and such
exercise would result in the issuance of a fractional share, the Company will
pay to such Warrantholder, in lieu of the issuance of any fractional share
otherwise issuable, an amount of cash based on the market value of the Common
Stock of the Company on the last trading day prior to the exercise date.
Section 11. Notices to Warrantholders.
(a) Upon any adjustment of the Warrant Price and the number of shares
of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of a Warrant, then and in each such case,
the Company shall give written notice thereof to the Warrant Agent, which notice
shall state the Warrant Price resulting from such adjustment and the increase or
decrease, if any, in the number of shares purchasable at such price upon the
exercise of a Warrant, setting forth in reasonable detail the method of
calculation and the facts upon which such calculation is based. The Company
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shall also mail such notice to the holders of the Warrants at their respective
addresses appearing in the Warrant register. Failure to give or mail such
notice, or any defect therein, shall not affect the validity of the adjustments.
(b) In case at any time:
(i) the Company shall pay dividends payable in stock upon its
Common Stock or make any distribution (other than regular cash dividends) to the
holders of its Common Stock; or
(ii) the Company shall offer for subscription pro rata to all of
the holders of its Common Stock any additional shares of stock of any class or
other rights; or
(iii) there shall be any capital reorganization or
reclassification of the capital stock of the Company, or consolidation or merger
of the Company with, or sale of substantially all of its assets to another
corporation; or
(iv) there shall be 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 written notice in the manner set forth in Section 11(a)
of the date on which (A) a record shall be taken for such dividend, distribution
or subscription rights, or (B) such reorganization, reclassifica- tion,
consolidation, merger, sale, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up shall take
place, as the case may be. Such notice shall also specify the date as of which
the holders of Common Stock of record shall participate in such dividend,
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distribution or subscription rights, or shall be entitled to exchange their
Common Stock for securities or other property deliverable upon such
reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, dissolution,
liquidation or winding-up as the case may be. Such notice shall be given at
least thirty (30) days prior to the action in question and not less than thirty
(30) days prior to the record date in respect thereof. Failure to give such
notice, or any defect therein, shall not affect the legality or validity of any
of the matters set forth in this Section 11(b).
(c) The Company shall cause copies of all xxxxx- cial statements and
reports, proxy statements and other documents that are sent to its stockholders
to be sent by first-class mail, postage prepaid, on the date of mailing to such
stockholders, to each registered holder of Warrants at his address appearing in
the Warrant register as of the record date for the determination of the
stockholders entitled to such documents.
Section 12. Disposition of Proceeds on Exercise of Warrants.
(a) The Warrant Agent shall promptly forward to the Company all monies
received by the Warrant Agent for the purchase of shares of Common Stock through
the exercise of such Warrants.
(b) The Warrant Agent shall keep copies of this Agreement available
for inspection by holders of Warrants during normal business hours.
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Section 13. Redemption of Warrants. The Warrants are redeemable by the
Company commencing on , 1997 ( or earlier with the consent of the
Representative) and prior to their expiration on , 2002, in whole or in part, on
not less than thirty (30) days' prior written notice at a redemption price of
$.01 per Warrant at any time; provided that the average closing bid price of the
Common Stock for a period of twenty consecutive trading days ending on the fifth
day prior to the date of any redemption notice, equals or exceeds 150% of the
then effective Exercise Price of the Warrants. Any redemption in part shall be
made pro rata to all Warrant holders. The redemption notice shall be mailed to
the holders of the Warrants at their respective addresses appearing in the
Warrant register. Holders of the Warrants will have exercise rights until the
close of business on the date fixed for redemption.
Section 14. Merger or Consolidation or Change of Name of Warrant Agent. Any
corporation or company which may succeed to the corporate trust business of the
Warrant Agent by any merger or consolidation or otherwise shall be the successor
to the Warrant Agent hereunder without the execution or filing of any paper or
any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, provided that such
corporation would be eligible for appointment as a successor Warrant Agent under
the provisions of Section 16 of this Agreement. In case at the time such
successor to the Warrant Agent shall succeed to the agency created by this
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Agreement, any of the Warrants shall have been countersigned but not delivered,
any such successor to the Warrant Agent may adopt the countersignature of the
original Warrant Agent and deliver such Warrants so countersigned.
In case at any time the name of the Warrant Agent shall be changed and at
such time any of the Warrants shall have been countersigned but not delivered,
the Warrant Agent may adopt the countersignature under its prior name and
deliver Warrants so countersigned. In all such cases such Warrants shall have
the full force provided in the Warrants and in the Agreement.
Section 15. Duties of Warrant Agent. The Warrant Agent undertakes the
duties and obligations imposed by this Agreement upon the following terms and
conditions, by all of which the Company and the holders of Warrants, by their
acceptance thereof, shall be bound:
(a) The statements of fact and recitals contained herein and in the
Warrants shall be taken as statements of the Company, and the Warrant Agent
assumes no responsibility for the correctness of any of the same except as such
describe the Warrant Agent or action taken or to be taken by it. The Warrant
Agent assumes no responsibility with respect to the distribution of the Warrants
except as herein expressly provided.
(b) The Warrant Agent shall not be responsible for any failure of the
Company to comply with any of the covenants in this Agreement or in the Warrants
to be complied with by the Company.
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(c) The Warrant Agent may consult at any time with counsel
satisfactory to it (who may be counsel for the Company) and the Warrant Agent
shall incur no liability or responsibility to the Company or to any holder of
any Warrant in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder
in good faith and in accordance with the opinion or the advice of such counsel.
(d) The Warrant Agent shall incur no liability or responsibility to
the Company or to any holder of any Warrant for any action taken in reliance on
any notice, resolution, waiver, consent, order, certificate or other instrument
believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or presented by the
proper party or parties.
(e) The Company agrees to pay to the Warrant Agent reasonable
compensation for all services rendered by the Warrant Agent in the execution of
this Agreement, to reimburse the Warrant Agent for all expenses, taxes and
governmental charges and other charges incurred by the Warrant Agent in the
execution of this Agreement and to indemnify the Warrant Agent and save it
harmless against any and all liabilities, including judgments, costs and
reasonable counsel fees, for anything done or omitted by the Warrant Agent in
the execution of this Agreement except as a result of the Warrant Agent's
negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith.
(f) The Warrant Agent shall be under no obligation to institute any
action, suit or legal proceeding or to take any other action likely to involve
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expenses unless the Company or one or more registered holders of Warrants shall
furnish the Warrant Agent with reasonable security and indemnity for any costs
and expenses which may be incurred (for which there is no obligation of the
Company to do so, except as provided herein) but this provision shall not affect
the power of the Warrant Agent to take such action as the Warrant Agent may
consider proper, whether with or without any such security or indemnity. All
rights of action under this Agreement or under any of the Warrants may be
enforced by the Warrant Agent without the possession of any of the Warrants or
the production thereof at any trial or other proceeding, and any such action,
suit or proceeding instituted by the Warrant Agent shall be brought in its name
as Warrant Agent, and any recovery of judgment shall be for the ratable benefit
of the registered holders of the Warrants, as their respective rights and
interests may appear.
(g) The Warrant Agent and any stockholder, direc- tor, officer,
partner or employee of the Warrant Agent may buy, sell or deal in any of the
Warrants or other securities of the Company or become pecuniarily interested in
any transaction in which the Company may be interested, or contract with or lend
money to or otherwise act as fully and freely as though it were not the Warrant
Agent under this Agreement. Nothing herein shall preclude the Warrant Agent from
acting in any other capacity for the Company or for any other legal entity.
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(h) The Warrant Agent shall act hereunder solely as agent and its
duties shall be determined solely by the provisions hereof.
(i) The Warrant Agent may execute and exercise any of the rights or
powers hereby vested in it or perform any duty hereunder either itself or by or
through its attorneys, agents or employees, and the Warrant Agent shall not be
answerable or accountable for any such attorneys, agents or employees or for any
loss to the Company, provided reasonable care had been exercised in the
selection and continued employment thereof.
(j) Any request, direction, election, order or demand of the Company
shall be sufficiently evidenced by an instrument signed in the name of the
Company by its President or a Vice President or its Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary or its Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer (unless other evidence in
respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed); and any resolution of the
Board of Directors may be evidenced to the Warrant Agent by a copy thereof
certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company.
Section 16. Change of Warrant Agent. The Warrant Agent may resign and be
discharged from its duties under this Agreement by giving to the Company notice
in writing, and to the holders of the Warrants notice by mailing such notice to
the holders at their respective addresses appearing on the Warrant register, of
such resignation, specifying a date when such resignation shall take effect. The
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Warrant Agent may be removed by like notice to the Warrant Agent from the
Company and the like mailing of notice to the holders of the Warrants. If the
Warrant Agent shall resign or be removed or shall otherwise become incapable of
action, the Company shall appoint a successor to the Warrant Agent. If the
Company shall fail to make such appointment within a period of thirty (30) days
after such removal or after it has been notified in writing of such resignation
or incapacity by the resigning or incapacitated Warrant Agent or after the
Company has received such notice from a registered holder of a Warrant (who
shall, with such notice, submit his Warrant for inspection by the Company), then
the registered holder of any Warrant may apply to any court of competent
jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor to the Warrant Agent. Any
successor Warrant Agent, whether appointed by the Company or by such a court,
shall be a bank or trust company, in good standing, incorporated under any state
or federal law. After appointment, the successor Warrant Agent shall be vested
with the same powers, rights, duties and responsibility as if it had been
originally named as Warrant Agent without further act or deed and the former
Warrant Agent shall deliver and transfer to the successor Warrant Agent all
cancelled Warrants, records and property at the time held by it hereunder, and
execute and deliver any further assurance or conveyance necessary for the
purpose. Failure to file or mail any notice provided for in this Section,
however, or any defect therein, shall not affect the validity of the resignation
or removal of the Warrant Agent or the appointment of the successor Warrant
Agent, as the case may be.
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Section 17. Identity of Transfer Agent. Forthwith upon the appointment of
any transfer agent for the shares of Common Stock or of any subsequent transfer
agent for the shares of Common Stock or other shares of the Company's Common
Stock issuable upon the exercise of the rights of purchase represented by the
Warrants, the Company will file with the Warrant Agent a statement setting forth
the name and address of such transfer agent.
Section 18. Notices. Any notice pursuant to this Agreement to be given by
the Warrant Agent, or by the registered holder of any Warrant to the Company,
shall be sufficiently given if sent by first-class mail, postage prepaid,
addressed (until another is filed in writing by the Company with the Warrant
Agent) as follows:
American International Consolidated, Inc.
14603 Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxx Xxxxxx, Chief Executive Officer
and a copy thereof to:
Bearman Xxxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxx, P.C.
0000 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Esq.
Any notice pursuant to this Agreement to be given by the Company or by the
registered holder of any Warrant to the Warrant Agent shall be sufficiently
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given if sent by first-class mail, postage prepaid, addressed (until another
address is filed in writing by the Warrant Agent with the Company) as follows:
American Securities
Transfer & Trust Company
0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Compliance Department
Any notice pursuant to this Agreement to be given to the Warrant Agent or
by the Company to the Representatives shall be sufficiently given if sent by
first-class mail, postage prepaid, addressed (until another address if filed in
writing with the Warrant Agent) as follows:
I.A.R. Securities Corp.
00 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
and
Worthington Capital Group, Inc.
00 Xxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
and a copy thereof to:
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP
0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxx, Esq.
Section 19. Supplements and Amendments. The Company, the Warrant Agent and
the Representative may from time to time supplement or amend this Agreement in
order to cure any ambiguity or to correct or supplement any provision contained
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herein which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein,
or to make any other provisions in regard to matters or questions arising
hereunder which the Company and the Warrant Agent and the Representative may
deem necessary or desirable and which shall not be inconsistent with the
provisions of the Warrants and which shall not adversely affect the interest of
the holders of Warrants.
Section 20. New York Contract. This Agreement and each Warrant issued
hereunder shall be deemed to be a contract made under the laws of the State of
New York and shall be construed in accordance with the laws of New York
applicable to agreements to be performed wholly within New York.
Section 21. Benefits of this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement shall be
construed to give to any person or corporation other than the Representative,
the Company and the Warrant Agent and the registered holders of the Warrants any
legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Agreement; but this
Agreement shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Company, the
Warrant Agent and the registered holders of the Warrants.
Section 22. Successors. All the covenants and provisions of this Agreement
by or for the benefit of the Company, the Representative or the Warrant Agent
shall bind and inure to the benefit of their respective successors and assigns
hereunder.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have entered into this Agreement on the
date first above written.
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AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL CONSOLIDATED, INC.
By:
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Xxxx Xxxxxx, Chief Executive Officer
AMERICAN SECURITIES TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY
By:
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I.A.R. SECURITIES CORP.
By:
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WORTHINGTON CAPITAL GROUP, INC.
By:
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