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Exhibit 4.4
WARRANT AGREEMENT dated as of February ____, 1997 between Xxxxx
Xxxx, Inc., a Delaware corporation, having its principal place of business at
0000 Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000, (the "Company") and American
Stock Transfer & Trust Company, a New York corporation, having its principal
place of business at 00 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 (the "Warrant
Agent").
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS, the Company proposes to issue and sell to the public in an
initial public offering (the "IPO") up to 600,000 units ("Units"), each Unit
consisting of two (2) shares of the Company's Common Stock, par value $.001 per
share ("Shares"), and one Redeemable Class A Common Stock Purchase Warrant (the
"Public Warrants") (plus an additional 90,000 Units to cover overallotments);
WHEREAS, the Company also proposes to issue and sell to Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx Securities, LLC (the "Underwriter") in the IPO an option ("Underwriters'
Unit Option") to purchase 60,000 Units, each Unit consisting of two (2) shares
of Common Stock and one Common Stock Purchase Warrant (the "Underwriter
Warrants");
WHEREAS, in August 1996 the Company completed a private placement
offering wherein it issued common stock purchase warrants to purchase 1,000,000
shares of the Company's common stock (the "Bridge Warrants") and which Bridge
Warrants are being reset to contain the same terms as the Public Warrants in the
IPO and shall be registered for sale under the Registration Statement with
respect to the IPO;
WHEREAS, the Public Warrants, Underwriter's Warrants and Bridge
Warrants (together sometimes referred to as the "Warrants") shall be evidenced
by certificates substantially in the form of Exhibit A annexed hereto (the
"Warrant Certificate"), each Warrant entitling the holder thereof to purchase
one share of Common Stock at the exercise price set forth herein;
WHEREAS, the Warrants will have an exercise price of $7.00 per
share of Common Stock, subject to certain adjustments (the "Warrant Price"), and
except for the Underwriters' Warrants, will be exercisable commencing on the
date hereof ("First Exercise Date") until a date which is the third anniversary
thereof ("Last Exercise Date"), unless extended by the Company, and, except for
the Underwriter's Warrants, will be exercisable during any period of time fixed
for that Warrant's redemption in a Redemption Notice (hereinafter defined in
Section 2.03), which period of time will terminate on a stated Redemption Date
(hereinafter defined in Section 2.03);
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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 replacement of the Warrant
Certificates and exercise of the Warrants; and
WHEREAS, the Company and the Warrant Agent desire to set forth in
this Agreement the terms and conditions upon which the Warrant Certificates
shall be issued, transferred, exchanged and placed and the Warrants exercised,
and to provide for the rights of the holders of the Warrants;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and other good
and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, and the
respective undertakings herein below set forth, the Company and the Warrant
Agent agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
ISSUANCE AND EXECUTION OF WARRANTS
SECTION 1.01. The Company hereby appoints the Warrant Agent to act on
behalf of the Company in accordance with the terms and conditions herein set
forth, and the Warrant Agent hereby accepts such appointment and agrees to
perform the same in accordance with such provisions.
SECTION 1.02. The Warrant Certificates for the Warrants shall be issued
in registered form only. The text of the Warrant Certificate, including the form
of assignment and subscription printed on the reverse side thereof, shall be
substantially in the form of Exhibit A annexed hereto, which text is hereby
incorporated in this Agreement by reference as though fully set forth herein and
to whose terms and conditions the Company and the Warrant Agent hereby agree.
Each Warrant Certificate shall evidence the right, subject to the provisions of
this Agreement and of such Warrant Certificate, to purchase the number of
validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock, as that
term is defined in Section 1.05 of this Agreement, stated therein, free of
preemptive rights, subject to adjustment as provided in Article III of this
Agreement.
SECTION 1.03. Upon the written order of the Company, signed by the
President or any Vice President, and the Secretary, Treasurer, Assistant
Secretary or Assistant Treasurer of the Company, the Warrant Agent shall issue
and register Warrants in the names and denominations specified in that order,
and will countersign and deliver Warrant Certificates evidencing the same in
accordance with that order. Each Warrant Certificate shall be dated the date of
its countersignature. Each Warrant Certificate shall be executed on behalf of
the Company by the manual or facsimile signature of the President of the
Company, under its corporate seal, affixed or
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facsimile, attested by the manual or facsimile signature of the Secretary of the
Company and shall be countersigned manually by the Warrant Agent. The Warrant
Certificates shall not be valid for any purpose unless so countersigned. In case
any officer whose facsimile signature has been placed upon any Warrant
Certificate shall have ceased to be such before such Warrant Certificate is
issued, it may be issued with the same effect as if such officer had not ceased
to be such on the date of issuance.
SECTION l.04. Except as otherwise expressly stated herein, all terms
used in the Warrant Certificate have the meanings provided in this Agreement.
SECTION l.05. As used herein, the term "Common Stock" shall mean the
aggregate number of shares that the Company, by its Certificate of
Incorporation, as from time to time amended, is authorized to issue, which are
not limited by its Certificate of Incorporation to a fixed sum or percentage of
the book value in respect of the rights of the holders thereof to participate in
dividends or in distribution of assets upon the voluntary or involuntary
liquidation, dissolution, or winding up the Company.
SECTION 1.06. The Warrant Agent understands and agrees that the Public
Warrants are being issued together with shares of Common Stock as constituting
Units in the IPO and that the shares of Common Stock and the Public Warrants are
detachable and may be traded separately, immediately upon the Effective Date.
ARTICLE II
WARRANT PRICE, DURATION AND EXERCISE OF WARRANTS,
CALL OF WARRANTS AND TRADING OF WARRANT
SECTION 2.01. (a) Each Warrant shall entitle the person in whose name
at the time the Warrant shall be registered upon the books to be maintained by
the Warrant Agent for that purpose (the Warrant Holder"), subject to the
provisions of the Warrant Certificates and of this Agreement, to purchase from
the Company any time on or after the First Exercise Date but at or before the
Last Exercise Date, the number of shares of Common Stock stated therein, as
adjusted, at the Warrant Price in effect at such date, payable in full at the
time of purchase in the manner provided in Section 2.02 of this agreement.
(b) Each Warrant shall be exercisable in accordance with the terms
herein and in the Warrant Certificate which, among other things, contains
certain terms as to the Warrant Price.
SECTION 2.02. (a) The Warrant Holder may exercise a Warrant, in whole
or in part, by surrender of the Warrant Certificate, with the form of
subscription thereon duly executed by the Warrant Agent at its corporate office,
together with the Warrant Price for each
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share of Common Stock to be purchased in lawful money of the United States, or
by certified check, bank draft, or postal or express money order payable in
United States Dollars to the order of the Company.
(b) Upon receipt of a Warrant Certificate with the form of election
to purchase thereon duly executed and accompanied by payment of the aggregate
Warrant Price for the shares of Common Stock for which the Warrant is then being
exercised, the Warrant Agent shall requisition from the transfer agent
certificates for the total number of the shares of Common Stock, for which the
Warrant is being exercised in such names and denominations as are required for
delivery to the Warrant Holder, and the Warrant Agent shall thereupon deliver
such certificates to or in accordance with the instructions of the Warrant
Holder. The Company covenants and agrees that it has duly authorized and
directed its transfer agent (and will authorize and direct all its future
transfer agents) to comply with all such requests of the Warrant Agent.
(c) In case any Warrant Holder shall exercise his Warrant with
respect to less than all of the shares of Common Stock that may be purchased
under the Warrant, a new Warrant Certificate for be balance shall be
countersigned and delivered to or upon the order of the Warrant Holder.
(d) The Company covenants and agrees that it will pay when due and
payable any and all issue, transfer and other taxes which may be payable in
respect to the issuance of Warrants, or the issuance of any shares of Common
Stock upon the exercise of Warrants. However, neither the Company nor the
Warrant Agent shall be required to issue or deliver any Warrant Certificate or
shares of Common Stock in a name other than that of the Warrant Holder at the
time of surrender if any tax is payable in respect of such transfer 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 or shall
not be due and payable. In the event that any transfer tax is due and payable,
the Warrant Agent shall be under no obligation to issue or deliver any Warrant
Certificate or shares of Common Stock in a name other than that of the Warrant
Holder until the Company has notified the Warrant Agent that the transfer tax,
if any, has been paid, or in the alternative, that no transfer tax is due and
payable by reason of an exemption.
(e) The Warrant Agent shall account promptly to the Company with
respect to Warrants exercised and concurrently account to the Company for all
moneys received by the Warrant Agent for the purchase of shares of Common Stock
upon the exercise of Warrants.
(f) The Warrant Agent covenants and agrees that upon the exercise
of any of the Warrants, the Warrant Agent shall provide written notice to the
Company and to the Underwriter at its office
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at 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000, the expense of which notice shall be
borne by the Company. Each notice shall contain the name of the exercising
Warrant Holder, the number of shares of Common Stock that the Warrant Holder has
elected to purchase, the purchase price paid on a per share basis and the
cumulative number of Warrants exercised by all of the Warrant Holders as of the
date of the transaction which is the subject of the aforesaid notice. Such
notice shall be made on the date of the exercise of the Warrant. Nothing
contained herein shall be construed so as to prevent the Warrant Agent from
providing the information required in this Section 2.02 (f) in a consolidated or
tabular form, provided that all other provisions of this Section are complied
with.
(g) The Warrant Agent covenants and agrees that it shall provide a
list of each and every holder of the Warrants to the Company and the Underwriter
at such time or from time to time as shall be required by the Company or the
Underwriter, but in no event shall such a list be provided less frequently than
once per annum at a date as shall be determined by the Company.
SECTION 2.03. (a) Commencing on __________, 1998, the Company may,
subject to the conditions set forth herein, redeem all, but not less than all,
the Public Warrants and Bridge Warrants then outstanding at a redemption price
of $.05 per Public Warrant or Bridge Warrant upon not less than thirty (30) days
prior written notice (the "Redemption Notice") to the holders thereof provided
that the average closing price of the Common Stock for the 20 consecutive
trading days ending three (3) days prior to the date of the Redemption Notice is
at least $11.00, subject to adjustment for stock dividends, stock splits and
other anti-dilution provisions as provided for under Article III herein. For
purposes of this Section 2.03, "closing price" at any date shall be deemed to
be: (i) the last sale price regular way as reported on the principal national
securities exchange on which the Common Stock is listed or admitted to trading,
or (ii) if the Common Stock is not listed or admitted to trading on any national
securities exchange, the average of the closing bid and asked prices regular way
for the Common Stock as reported by the Nasdaq National Market or Nasdaq Small
Cap Market of the Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. ("NASDAQ") or (iii) if the Common
Stock is not listed or admitted for trading on any national securities exchange,
and is not reported by NASDAQ, the average of the closing bid and asked prices
in the over-the-counter market as furnished by the National Quotation Bureau,
Inc. or if no such quotation is available, the fair market value of the Common
Stock as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company. The
Redemption Notice shall be deemed effective upon mailing by first class mail and
the time of mailing is the "Effective Date of The Notice". The Redemption Notice
shall state a redemption date not less than thirty (30) days from the Effective
Date of the Notice (the "Redemption Date"). No Redemption Notice shall be mailed
unless all funds necessary to pay for redemption of all Public Warrants and
Bridge Warrants then outstanding shall have
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first been set aside by the Company in trust with the Warrant Agent for the
benefit of all holders of Public Warrant and Bridge Warrants so as to be and
continue to be available therefor. The redemption price to be paid to the
holders of the Public Warrants and Bridge Warrants will be $.05 for each share
of the Common Stock of the Company to which the Warrant Holder would then be
entitled upon exercise of the Public Warrant or Bridge Warrant being redeemed,
as adjusted from time to time as provided herein (the "Redemption Price"). In
the event the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the
Public Warrant or Bridge Warrant being redeemed are adjusted pursuant to Article
III hereof, then upon each such adjustment the Redemption Price will be adjusted
by multiplying the Redemption Price in effect immediately prior to such
adjustment by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of shares of
Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Public Warrant or Bridge Warrant
being redeemed immediately prior to such adjustment and the denominator of which
is the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of such Public
Warrant or Bridge Warrant being redeemed immediately after such adjustment. The
Public Warrants and Bridge Warrants may only be redeemed if the Company has in
effect a current Registration Statement or post-effective amendment covering the
shares underlying the Public Warrants and Bridge Warrants. The holders of the
Public Warrant and Bridge Warrants may exercise their Public Warrants or Bridge
Warrants between the Effective Date of The Notice and the Redemption Date, such
exercise being effective if done in accordance with Section 2.02 (a), and if the
Warrant Certificate, with form of election to purchase duly executed and the
Warrant Price, as applicable for such Public Warrant or Bridge Warrant subject
to redemption for each share of Common Stock to be purchased is actually
received by the Warrant Agent at its office located at 00 Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxx Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000, no later than 5:00 P.M. New York Time on the Redemption Date.
(b) If any holder of Public Warrants or Bridge Warrants does not
wish to exercise any Public Warrant or Bridge Warrant being redeemed, the
Warrant Holder should mail such Public Warrant to the Warrant Agent at its
office located at 00 Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, after receiving the
Redemption Notice required by this Section. If such Redemption Notice shall have
been so mailed, and if on or before the Effective Date of the Notice all funds
necessary to pay for redemption of all Public Warrants then outstanding shall
have been set aside by the Company in trust with the Warrant Agent for the
benefit of all Public Warrant and Bridge Warrant holders so as to be and
continue to be available therefor, then, on and after said Redemption Date,
notwithstanding that any Public Warrant or Bridge Warrant subject to redemption
shall not have been surrendered for redemption, the obligation evidenced by all
Public Warrants and Bridge Warrants not surrendered for redemption or
effectively exercised shall be deemed no longer outstanding, and all rights with
respect thereto shall forthwith cease and terminate, except only the right of
the holder
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of each Public Warrant or Bridge Warrant subject to redemption to
receive the Redemption Price for each share of Common Stock to which he would be
entitled if he exercised the Public Warrant or Bridge Warrant upon receiving the
Redemption Notice of the Public Warrant or Bridge Warrant subject to redemption
held by the Holder hereof.
(c) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Article II, the
Underwriter's Warrants shall not be eligible for redemption by the Company.
ARTICLE III
ADJUSTMENT OF SHARES OF COMMON STOCK PURCHASABLE
AND OF WARRANT PRICE
SECTION 3.01. In case the Company shall at any time after the date of
this Agreement (i) declare a dividend on the outstanding Common Stock in shares
of its capital stock, (ii) subdivide the outstanding Common Stock, (iii) combine
the outstanding Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (iv) issue any
shares of its capital stock by reclassification of the Common Stock (including
any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which
the Company is the continuing corporation), then, in each case, the Warrant
Price, and the number and kind of shares of Common Stock receivable upon
exercise, in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the
effective date of such subdivision, combination, or reclassification shall be
proportionately adjusted so that the holder of any Warrant exercised after such
time shall be entitled to receive the aggregate number and kind of shares which
if such warrant had been exercised immediately prior to such time, he would have
owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such
dividend, subdivision, combination, or reclassification. Such adjustment shall
be made successively whenever any event listed above shall occur.
SECTION 3.02. In case the Company shall issue rights, options, or
warrants to holders of Common Stock entitling them to subscribe for or purchase
Common Stock (or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock)
at a price per share (or having a conversion price per share, if a security
convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock) less than the "current market
price" (as defined in Section 3.04 hereof) per share of Common Stock on the
record date established for the issuance of such rights, options or warrants,
then, in such case, the Warrant Price shall be adjusted by multiplying the
Warrant Price in effect on the record date of such issuance by a fraction, of
which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on
record date for such issuance plus the number of shares of Common Stock which
the aggregate offering price of the total number of shares of Common Stock so to
be issued (or the aggregate initial conversion
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price of the convertible securities to be issued or sold) would purchase at such
"current market price" and of which the denominator shall be the number of
shares of Common Stock outstanding on the record date for such issuance plus the
number of additional shares of Common Stock to be issued (or into which the
convertible or exchangeable securities to be issued or sold are initially
convertible or exchangeable). Such adjustment shall become effective at the
close of business on such record date; provided, however, that, to the extent
the shares of Common Stock (or securities convertible to or exchangeable for
shares of Common Stock) are not delivered, the Warrant Price shall be readjusted
after the expiration of such rights, options, or warrants (but only with respect
to Warrants exercised after such expiration), to the Warrant Price which would
then be in effect had the adjustments made upon the issuance of such rights or
warrants been made upon the basis of delivery of only the number of shares of
Common Stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of Common
Stock) actually issued. In case any subscription price may be paid in a
consideration part or all of which shall be in a form other than cash, the value
of such consideration shall be as determined in good faith by the board of
directors of the Company, whose determination shall be conclusive absent
manifest error. Shares of Common Stock owned by or held for the account of the
Company or any majority-owned subsidiary shall not be deemed outstanding for the
purpose of any such computation.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no adjustment in the Warrant Price or
the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants
shall be made upon (i) the issuance of options (or upon exercise thereof) by the
Company pursuant to its 1996 Stock Option Plan or (ii) the issuance of the
Underwriter's Warrants.
SECTION 3.03. In case the Company shall distribute to holders of Common
Stock (including any such distribution made to the stockholders of the Company
in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the
continuing corporation) evidences of its indebtedness or assets (other then cash
dividends distributions and dividends payable in shares of Common Stock),
subscription rights, options, or warrants or convertible or exchangeable
securities containing the right to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common
Stock (excluding those referred to in Section 3.02 hereof), then, in each case,
the Warrant price shall be adjusted by multiplying the Warrant Price in effect
immediately prior to the record date for the determination of stockholders
entitled to receive such distribution by a fraction of which the numerator shall
be the "current market price" per share of Common Stock on such record date,
less the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the board of
directors of the Company, whose determination shall be conclusive absent
manifest error) of the portion of the evidences of indebtedness or assets so to
be distributed, or of such subscription rights, options, or warrants,
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convertible or exchangeable securities containing the right to subscribe for or
purchase shares of Common Stock, applicable to the share, and of which the
denominator shall be such "current market price" per share of Common Stock. Such
adjustment shall be made whenever any such distribution is made, and shall
become effective on the date of such distribution retroactive to the record date
for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such distribution.
SECTION 3.04. For the purpose of any computation under sections 3.02
and 3.03 hereof, the "current market price" per share of Common Stock on any
date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices for the 20
consecutive trading days ending three (3) days prior to such date. The closing
price for each day shall be the last reported sales price regular way or, in
case no such reported sale takes place on such day, the closing bid price
regular way, in either case on the principal national securities exchange on
which the Common Stock is listed or admitted to trading or, if the Common Stock
is not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, the
highest reported bid price as furnished by NASDAQ. If on any such date the
Common Stock is not quoted on NASDAQ or any such organization, the closing price
shall be deemed to be the average of the closing bid and asked prices in the
over-the-counter market as reported by the National Quotation Bureau or if no
such quotation is available, the fair value of the Common Stock on such date, as
determined in good faith by the board of directors of the Company, whose
determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
SECTION 3.05. No adjustment in the Warrant Price shall be required if
such adjustment is less than $.01; provided, however, that any adjustments which
by reason of this Section 3.05 are not required to be made shall be carried
forward and taken into account in any subsequent adjustment. All calculations
under this Article III shall be made to the nearest cent or to the nearest
one-thousandth of a share, as the case may be.
SECTION 3.06. In any case in which this Article III shall require that
an adjustment in the Warrant Price be made effective as of a record date for a
specified event, the Company may elect to defer, until the occurrence of such
event, issuing to the holder of any Warrant exercised after such record date,
the shares, if any, issuable upon such exercise over and above the shares, if
any, issuable upon such exercise on the basis of the Warrant Price in effect
prior to such adjustment; provided, however, that the Company shall deliver to
such holder a due xxxx or other appropriate instrument evidencing such holder's
right to receive such additional shares upon the occurrence of the event
requiring such adjustment.
SECTION 3.07. Upon each adjustment of the Warrant Price as a result of
the calculations made in Section 3.01, 3.02, or 3.03
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hereof, each Warrant outstanding prior to the making of the adjustment in the
Warrant Price shall thereafter evidence the right to purchase, at the adjusted
Warrant Price, that number of shares (calculated to the nearest thousandth)
obtained by dividing (A) the product obtained by multiplying the number of
shares purchasable upon exercise of a Warrant prior to adjustment of the number
of shares by the Warrant Price in effect prior to adjustment of the Warrant
Price by (B) the Warrant Price in effect after such adjustment of the Warrant
Price.
SECTION 3.08. In case of any capital reorganization of the Company, or
of any reclassification of the Common Stock (other than a reclassification of
the Common Stock referred to in Section 3.01 hereof), or in the case of the
consolidation of the Company with or the merger of the Company into any other
corporation or of the sale, transfer, or lease of the properties and assets of
the Company as, or substantially as, an entirety to any other corporation or
other entity, each Warrant shall after such capital reorganization,
reclassification of Common Stock, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer, or
lease, be exercisable, on the same terms and conditions specified in this
Agreement, for the number of shares of stock or other securities, assets, or
cash to which a holder of the number of shares purchasable (at the time of such
capital reorganization, reclassification of Common Stock, consolidation, merger,
sale, transfer, or lease) upon exercise of such Warrant would have been entitled
upon such capital reorganization, reclassification of Common Stock,
consolidation, merger, sale, transfer, or lease; and in any such case, if
necessary, the provisions set forth in this Article III with respect to the
rights and interests thereafter of the holders of the Warrants shall be
appropriately adjusted so as to be applicable, as nearly as may reasonably be,
to any shares of stock other securities, assets, or cash thereafter deliverable
on the exercise of the Warrants. The subdivision or combination of shares of
Common Stock at any time outstanding into a greater or lesser number of shares
shall not be deemed to be a reclassification of the Common Stock for the
purposes of this subsection. The Company shall not effect any such
consolidation, merger, transfer, or lease, unless prior to or simultaneously
with the consummation thereof, the successor corporation (if other than the
Company) resulting from such consolidation or merger or the Corporation
purchasing, receiving, or leasing such assets or other appropriate corporation
or entity shall expressly assume, by written instrument in form satisfactory to
the Underwriter and duly executed and delivered to each holder of a Warrant, the
obligation to deliver to the holder of each Warrant such shares of stock,
securities, or assets as, in accordance with the foregoing provisions, such
holders may be entitled to purchase and to perform the other obligations of the
Company under this Agreement.
SECTION 3.09. The Company may make such reductions in the Warrant
Price, in addition to those required by this Article III,
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as it shall, in it sole discretion, determine to be advisable.
ARTICLE IV
OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO RIGHTS OF
WARRANT HOLDERS
SECTION 4.01. No Warrant Holder, as such shall be entitled to vote or
receive dividends or be deemed the holder of shares of Common Stock for any
purposes, nor shall anything contained in any Warrant Certificate be construed
to confer upon any Warrant holder, as such, any of the rights of a shareholder
of the Company or any right to vote, give or withhold consent to any action by
the Company, whether upon any recapitalization, issue of stock, reclassification
of stock, consolidation, merger, conveyance or otherwise, receive dividends or
subscription rights, or otherwise, until in connection with the exercise of any
Warrant, such Warrant shall have been surrendered and the purchase price or the
shares of Common Stock for which such Warrant is being exercised shall have been
received by the Warrant Agent; provided, however, that any such surrender and
payment on any date when the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed
shall constitute the person or persons in whose name or names the certificate or
certificates for those shares of Common Stock are to be issued as the record
holder or holders thereof for all purposes at the opening of business on the
next succeeding day on which such stock transfer books are open and the Warrant
surrendered shall not be deemed to have been exercised, in whole or in part, as
the case maybe, until such next succeeding day on which stock transfer books are
open.
SECTION 4.02. The Company covenants and agrees that it shall
contemporaneously provide to all Warrant Holders of record any publication,
mailing or notice of an event which it shall provide to all of its shareholders
of record and which event shall result in the adjustment to the Warrant Price as
provided in Article III hereof. For purposes of this Section 4.02, the Warrant
Holders of record shall be those Warrant Holders who are of record on a date
even with the date chosen by the Company for the purpose of determining the
shareholders of record who shall be entitled to receive such publication,
mailing or notice.
SECTION 4.03. If any Warrant Certificate is lost, stolen, mutilated or
destroyed, the Company and the Warrant Agent may, on such terms as to indemnity
or otherwise as they may in their discretion reasonably impose, which shall, in
the case of a mutilated Warrant Certificate, include the surrender thereof,
issue a new Warrant Certificate of like denomination and tenor as, and in
substitution for, the Warrant Certificate so lost, stolen mutilated or
destroyed.
SECTION 4.04. (a) The Company covenants and agrees that at all times it
shall reserve and keep available for the exercise of
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outstanding Warrants such number of authorized shares of Common Stock and the
aggregate number and kind of any other securities which the Warrants are
exercisable for, pursuant to the provisions of Article III hereof, as are
sufficient to permit the exercise in full of such Warrants and that it will make
available to the Warrant Agent from time to time a number of duly executed
certificates representing shares of Common Stock and other securities,
sufficient therefor.
(b) The Company shall use its best efforts to secure the listing, upon
official notice of issuance, of the shares of Common Stock issuable upon
exercise of Warrants upon any securities exchange or NASDAQ upon which the
Common Stock becomes listed.
(c) The Company covenants that all shares of Common Stock issued on
exercise of Warrants shall be validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable and
free of preemptive rights.
(d) The Company has filed a Registration Statement on Form S-1
(Registration No. 333-11979) for the registration of, among other things, the
sale of the Warrants and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise
thereof under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"). The Company
shall use its best efforts to secure the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement under the Act, and to register or qualify such Warrants and shares of
Common Stock under the laws of any states in which the sale of the Warrants and
shares of Common Stock was registered or qualified at the time of the IPO and
shall use its reasonable good faith efforts to register and qualify such
Warrants and shares of Common Stock in such additional states and jurisdictions
as may be appropriate. The Company further agrees to use its best efforts
maintain the effectiveness of such Registration Statement and such state
qualifications, as aforesaid, by the filing of any and all amendments to the
Registration Statement and such state qualifications as may be required from
time to time under the Act or the laws of the various states until the
expiration or termination of all the Warrants in accordance herewith.
(e) The Company will furnish to the Warrant Agent, upon request, an
opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Warrant Agent the effect that (i) a
Registration Statement under the Act is then in effect with respect to the
Warrants and shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants
and that the prospectus included therein complies as to form in all material
respects, (except as to financial statements, including schedules, and other
accounting and financial data, as to which such counsel need express no
opinion), with the requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder; or (ii) a Registration Statement under the Act with
respect to said shares of Common Stock is not required. In the event that said
opinion states that such a Registration Statement is in effect, the Company will
from time to time furnish the Warrant Agent with current
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prospectuses meeting the requirements of the Act and such rules and regulations
in sufficient quantity to permit the Warrant Agent to deliver a prospectus
("Prospectus") to each Warrant Holder upon exercise thereof. The Company further
agrees to pay all fees, costs and expenses in connection with the preparation
and delivery to the Warrant Agent of the foregoing opinions and Prospectuses and
the above mentioned registrations and other actions, and to immediately notify
the Warrant Agent in the event that (i) the Commission shall have issued or
threatened to issue any order preventing or suspending the use of any
Prospectus; (ii) at any time any Prospectus shall contain any untrue statement
of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; or (iii) for
any reason it shall be necessary to amend or supplement any Prospectus in order
to comply with the Act.
SECTION 4.05. If the number of shares purchasable upon the exercise of
each Warrant is adjusted pursuant to Section 3.07 hereof, the Company shall not
be required to issue fractions of shares upon exercise of the Warrants or to
distribute share certificates which evidence fractional shares. In lieu of
fractional shares, there shall be paid to the registered holders of Warrant
Certificates at the time such Warrants are exercised as herein provided an
amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the current market value of a
share. For purposes of this Section 4.05, the current market value of a share
issuable upon the exercise of a Warrant shall be the closing price of a share of
Common Stock, as determined pursuant to the second and third sentences of
Section 3.04, for the trading day immediately prior to the date of such
exercise.
ARTICLE V
TREATMENT OF WARRANT HOLDERS
SECTION 5.01. Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer of
any Warrant, the Company and the Warrant Agent may deem and treat the Warrant
Holder as the absolute owner of such warrant, notwithstanding any notation of
ownership or other writing thereon, for the purpose of any exercise thereof and
for all other purposes, and neither the Company nor the Warrant Agent shall be
affected by any notice to the contrary.
ARTICLE VI
CONCERNING THE WARRANT AGENT
AND OTHER MATTERS
SECTION 6.01. The Company will from time to time promptly pay, subject
to the provisions of Section 2.02 (d) of this Agreement, all taxes and charges
that may be imposed upon the Company or the
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Warrant Agent in respect of the issuance or delivery of shares of Common Stock
upon the exercise of Warrants.
SECTION 6.02. (a) The Warrant Agent may resign and be discharged from
its duties under this Agreement upon sixty (60) days notice in writing, mailed
to the Company by registered or certified mail, and to each Warrant Holder. The
Company may remove the Warrant Agent or any successor warrant agent upon sixty
(60) days notice in writing, mailed to the Warrant Agent or successor Warrant
Agent, as the case may be, by registered or certified mail, and to each Warrant
Holder; provided, however, the Company shall appoint a new Warrant Agent as
hereinafter provided and such removal shall not become effective until a
successor Warrant Agent has been appointed and has accepted such appointment. If
the Warrant Agent shall resign or shall otherwise become capable of acting, the
Company shall appoint a successor to the Warrant Agent. If the Company shall
fail to make such appointment within a period of sixty (60) days after it has
been notified in writing of such resignation or incapability by the Warrant
Agent by a Warrant Holder, who shall, with such notice, submit his Warrant
Certificate for inspection by the Company, then any Warrant Holder may apply to
any court of competent jurisdiction or 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 registered transfer agent, bank or trust company,
subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 6.02, in good standing and
incorporated under the laws of any State of the United States, having its
principal office in the United States of America. After appointment, the
successor Warrant Agent shall be vested with the same powers, rights, duties and
responsibilities as if it had been originally named as Warrant Agent without
further act or deed. The former Warrant Agent shall deliver and transfer to the
successor Warrant Agent any property at the time held by it hereunder and
execute and deliver any further assurance, conveyance, act or deed necessary for
the purpose. Failure to give any notice provided for in this Section, however,
or any defect therein, shall not affect the legality or validity of the
resignation or removal of the Warrant Agent or the appointment of the successor
Warrant Agent, as the case may be.
(b) Any corporation into which the Warrant Agent may be merged or
with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger
or consolidation to which the Warrant Agent shall be a party, or any corporation
succeeding to the corporate trust business of the Warrant Agent, shall be the
successor to the Warrant Agent hereunder without the execution or filing of any
paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto. In case at
the time such successor to the Warrant Agent shall succeed to the agency created
by this Agreement, any of the Warrant Certificates 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
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Warrant Certificates so countersigned, and in case at that time any of the
Warrant Certificates shall not have been countersigned, any successor to the
Warrant Agent may countersign such Warrant Certificate in its own name or in the
name of the successor Warrant Agent; and in all such cases such Warrant
Certificates shall have the full force provided in the Warrant Certificates and
this Agreement.
In case at any time the name of the Warrant Agent shall be changed
and at such time any of the Warrant Certificates shall have been countersigned
but not delivered, the Warrant Agent may adopt the countersignature under this
prior name and deliver Warrant Certificates so countersigned; and in case at
that time any of the Warrant Certificates shall not have been countersigned, the
Warrant Agent may countersign such Warrant Certificates either in its prior name
or in its changed name; and in all such cases such Warrant Certificates shall
have the full force provided in the Warrant Certificates and in this Agreement.
SECTION 6.03. The Company agrees to pay the Warrant Agent the sum of
$_________ for all services rendered by it hereunder. The Company also agrees to
indemnify the Warrant Agent for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss,
liability or expense, incurred without gross negligence, willful misconduct or
bad faith on the part of the Warrant Agent, arising out of or in connection with
the acceptance and administration of this Agreement, including the costs and
expenses of defending against any claim of liability in the premises.
SECTION 6.04. The Company covenants and agrees that it shall, at the
Company's expense, provide to the Warrant Agent copies of its current
prospectus, if any, in such quantity as to enable the Warrant Agent to deliver
one copy of such current prospectus to such Warrant Holder who shall exercise
his rights under a Warrant. Notwithstanding anything else contained in this
Section 6.04, the Company shall not be obligated to provide copies of its
current prospectus for the purpose of allowing the Warrant Agent to deliver such
copies to any Warrant Holder who delivers all of his redeemable warrants for
redemption pursuant to Section 2.03 or who shall notice the Company of his
intent to permit redemption of all of his Warrants pursuant to Section 2.03
herein or to any person who shall hold any Warrant subject to the terms of this
Agreement after the earlier of the Redemption Date or the Last Exercise Date of
the Warrants.
SECTION 6.05. 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 Warrant certificates, by their acceptance
thereof, shall be bound:
(a) Whenever in the performance of its duties under this Agreement
the Warrant Agent shall deem it necessary or desirable
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that any fact or matter be proved or established by the Company prior to taking
or suffering any action hereunder, that fact or matter, unless other evidence in
respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed, may be deemed to be
conclusively proved and established by a certificate signed by the President or
the Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Warrant Agent. That
certificate shall be full authorization to the Warrant Agent for any action
taken or suffered in good faith by it under the provisions of this Agreement in
reliance upon that certificate.
(b) The Warrant Agent shall be liable hereunder only for its own
negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith.
(c) The Warrant Agent shall not be liable for or by reason of any
of the statements of fact or recitals contained in this agreement or in the
Warrant Certificates, except its countersignature thereof, or be required to
verify the same, but all such statements and recitals are and shall be deemed to
have been made by the Company only.
(d) The Warrant Agent shall not be under any responsibility in
respect of the validity of this Agreement or the execution and delivery hereof,
except the due execution hereof by the Warrant Agent, or in respect of the
validity or execution of any Warrant Certificate, except its countersignature
thereof; nor shall it be responsible for any Warrant Certificate; nor shall it
be responsible for the adjustment of the Warrant Price or the making of any
change in the number of shares of Common Stock required under the provisions of
Article III of this Agreement or responsible for the manner, method or amount of
any such change or the ascertaining of the existence of facts that would require
any such adjustment or change except with respect to the exercise of Warrant
Certificates after actual notice of any adjustment of the Warrant Price; nor
shall it by any act under this Agreement be deemed to make any representation or
warranty as to the authorization or reservation of any shares of Common Stock to
be issued pursuant to this Agreement or any Warrant Certificate or as to whether
any share of Common Stock will when issued be validly issued, fully paid,
non-assessable and free of preemptive rights.
(e) The Warrant Agent and any shareholder, director, officer or
employee of the Warrant Agent may buy, sell or deal in any of the Warrant
Certificates or other securities of the Company to retain a pecuniary interest
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 was not Warrant
Agent or subject to this Agreement. Nothing herein shall preclude the Warrant
Agent from acting in any other capacity for the Company or for any other legal
entity.
(f) The Warrant Agent is hereby authorized and directed to accept
instructions with respect to the performance of its
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duties hereunder from any officer or assistant officer of the Company, and to
apply to any such officer or assistant officer for advice or instructions in
connection with its duties, and shall not be liable for any action taken or
suffered to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with instructions of any
such officer or assistant officer.
(g) The Warrant Agent may consult with its counsel or other counsel
satisfactory to it, including counsel for the Company, and the opinion of such
counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of
any action taken, offered, or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in
accordance with the opinion of such counsel.
(h) The Warrant Agent shall incur no liability to the Company or to
any holder of any Warrant for any action taken by it in reliance upon any
Warrant Certificate or certificate for Common Stock, instrument of assignment or
transfer, power of attorney, endorsement, affidavit, letter, notice, direction,
consent, certificate, statement, or other paper or document believed by it to be
genuine and to be signed, executed, and where necessary, certified or
acknowledged, by the proper person or persons.
SECTION 6.06. The Warrant Agent may, without the consent or concurrence
of the Warrant Holders, by supplemental agreement or otherwise, concur with the
Company in making any changes or corrections in this Agreement that (i) it shall
have been advised by counsel, who may be counsel for the Company, are required
to cure any ambiguity or to correct any defective or inconsistent provision or
clerical omission or mistake or manifest error herein contained, or (ii) as
provided in Section 3.09, the Company deems necessary of advisable and which
shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of the Warrant Certificates,
provided such changes or corrections do not adversely affect the privileges or
immunities of the Warrant Holders.
SECTION 6.07. All the covenants and provisions of this Agreement by or
for the benefit of the Company or the Warrant Agent shall bind and inure to the
benefit of their respective successors and assigns hereunder.
SECTION 6.08. Forthwith upon the appointment after the date thereof of
any transfer agent for the Common Stock, or of any subsequent transfer agent for
the Common Stock, the Company will file with the Warrant Agent a statement
setting forth the name and address of such transfer agent.
SECTION 6.09. Notice or demand pursuant to this Agreement to be given
or made by the Warrant Agent or by any Warrant Holder to or on the Company shall
be sufficiently given or made and effective on the third business day after
posting thereof, unless otherwise provided in this Agreement, if sent by
first-class mail, postage
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prepaid, addressed (until another address is filed in writing by the Company
with the Warrant Agent) as follows:
Xxxxx Xxxx, Inc.
0000 Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, President
notice or demand pursuant to this Agreement to be given or made by the Company
or any Warrant Holder to or on the Warrant Agent shall be sufficiently given or
made and effective on the third business day after posting thereof, unless
otherwise provided in this Agreement, if sent by first-class mail, postage
prepaid, addressed until another address is filed in writing by the Warrant
Agent with the Company) as follows:
American Stock Transfer & Trust Company
00 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attn: Compliance Department
notice or demand pursuant to this Agreement to be given or made by the Company
or the Warrant Agent to or on the Underwriter shall be sufficiently given or
made and effective on the third business day after posting thereof, unless
otherwise provided in this Agreement, if sent by first-class mail, postage
prepaid, addressed until another address is filed in writing by the Underwriter
with the Company) as follows:
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Securities, LLC
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx
notice or demand pursuant to this Agreement to be given or made by the Company
or the Warrant Agent to or on any Warrant Holder shall be sufficiently given or
made and effective on the third business day after posting thereof, unless
otherwise provided in this Agreement, if sent by first-class mail, postage
prepaid, addressed to such Warrant Holder at his last known address as it shall
appear in the records of the Company, if such notice shall be given by the
Company, or, if such notice shall be given by the Warrant Agent, as it shall
appear on the register maintained by the Warrant Agent.
A copy of any Notice or demand given or made pursuant to this Agreement
on the Warrant Agent, Company or Underwriter shall be promptly forwarded by the
recipient thereof to each of the Company, Warrant Agent or Underwriter who shall
not have received or made such demand or notice.
SECTION 6.10. The validity, interpretation and performance of this
Agreement and the Warrants shall be governed by the law of
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the State of New York.
SECTION 6.11. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to give to
any person or corporation other than the parties hereto and the Warrant Holders
any right, remedy or claim under promise or agreement hereof. All covenants,
conditions, stipulations, promises and agreements contained in this Agreement
shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Company and the Warrant Agent
and their successors and of the Warrant Holders, and their heirs,
representatives, successors, assigns and transferees.
SECTION 6.12. A copy of this Agreement shall be available for
inspection by any Warrant Holder during the regular business hours and at the
corporate office of the Warrant Agent in New York, New York, at which time the
Warrant Agent may require any Warrant Holder to submit his Warrant Certificate
for inspection by it.
SECTION 6.13. This Agreement shall terminate on the Last Exercise Date,
or such earlier date upon which all Warrants have been exercised or redeemed,
except that the Warrant Agent shall account to the Company pursuant to Section
2.02 (e) of this Agreement for all cash held by it. The provisions of Section
6.03 and 6.04 of this Agreement shall survive such termination.
SECTION 6.14. The Article headings in this Agreement are for
convenience only and are not part of this Agreement and shall not affect the
interpretation thereof.
SECTION 6.15. This Agreement may be executed in any number
counterparts, each of which is so executed shall be deemed to be an original,
and all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same
agreement.
ATTEST: XXXXX XXXX, INC.
BY:____________________________
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
President
American Stock Transfer & Trust
Company
BY:___________________________
Name:
Title:
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