Right to Purchase up to Shares of Common Stock of eLEC Communications Corp. (subject to adjustment as provided herein) COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT
Exhibit 10.5 | ||
THIS WARRANT AND THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE | ||
UPON EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED | ||
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR ANY STATE | ||
SECURITIES LAWS. THIS WARRANT AND THE COMMON STOCK | ||
ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT MAY NOT BE SOLD, | ||
OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED IN THE ABSENCE | ||
OF (A) AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AS TO THIS | ||
WARRANT UNDER SAID ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE | ||
SECURITIES LAWS OR (B) AN EXEMPTION FROM SUCH | ||
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS. | ||
Right to Purchase up to Shares of Common Stock of | ||
eLEC Communications Corp. | ||
(subject to adjustment as provided herein) | ||
COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT | ||
No. A-1 | Issue Date: September 28, 2007 | |
ELEC COMMUNICATIONS CORP., a corporation organized under the laws of the | ||
State of New York (the “Company”), hereby certifies that, for value received, | ||
_____________________, or assigns (the “Holder”), is entitled, subject to the terms set forth | ||
below and in Section 9.2 of the Purchase Agreement (as defined below), to purchase from the | ||
Company (as defined herein) from and after the Issue Date of this Warrant and at any time or | ||
from time to time before 5:00 p.m., New York time, through the close of business September 28, | ||
2017 (the “Expiration Date”), up to fully paid and non-assessable shares of | ||
Common Stock, at the applicable Exercise Price (as defined below) per share. The number and | ||
character of such shares of Common Stock and the applicable Exercise Price per share are | ||
subject to adjustment as provided herein. | ||
As used herein the following terms, unless the context otherwise requires, have the | ||
following respective meanings: | ||
1. “Common Stock” means (i) the Company’s Common Stock, par value | ||
$0.10 per share; and (ii) any other securities into which or for which any of the securities | ||
described in the preceding clause (i) may be converted or exchanged pursuant to a plan of | ||
recapitalization, reorganization, merger, sale of assets or otherwise. | ||
2. “Company” means eLEC Communications Corp. and any person or entity | ||
which shall succeed, or assume the obligations of, eLEC Communications Corp. | ||
hereunder. | ||
3. “Exercise Price” means a price of $0.10, subject to adjustment as | ||
provided herein. |
4. “Other Securities” means any stock (other than Common Stock) and |
other securities of the Company or any other person (corporate or otherwise) which the |
Holder at any time shall be entitled to receive, or shall have received, on the exercise of |
this Warrant, in lieu of or in addition to Common Stock, or which at any time shall be |
issuable or shall have been issued in exchange for or in replacement of Common Stock or |
Other Securities pursuant to Section 4 or otherwise. |
5. “Purchase Agreement” means the Securities Purchase Agreement dated |
as of the date hereof among the Company, the Holder, the other Purchasers (as defined |
therein) from time to time party thereto and LV Administrative Services, Inc., as |
administrative and collateral agent for the Purchasers (as defined therein), as amended, |
modified, restated and/or supplemented from time to time. |
1. Exercise of Warrant. |
1.1 Number of Shares Issuable upon Exercise. From and after the date hereof |
through and including the Expiration Date, but subject to the terms of Section 9.2 of the Purchase |
Agreement and Section 10 hereof, the Holder shall be entitled to receive, upon exercise of this |
Warrant in whole or in part, by delivery of an original or fax copy of an exercise notice in the |
form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Exercise Notice”), up to 80,513,758 shares of Common |
Stock, subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 4. |
1.2 Fair Market Value. For purposes hereof, the “Fair Market Value” of a |
share of Common Stock as of a particular date (the “Determination Date”) shall mean: |
(a) If the Company’s Common Stock is traded on the American Stock |
Exchange or another national exchange or is quoted on the National or Capital Market of |
The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. (“Nasdaq”), then the closing or last sale price, |
respectively, reported for the last business day immediately preceding the Determination |
Date. |
(b) If the Company’s Common Stock is not traded on the American |
Stock Exchange or another national exchange or on the Nasdaq but is traded on the |
NASD Over the Counter Bulletin Board, then the mean of the average of the closing bid |
and asked prices reported for the last business day immediately preceding the |
Determination Date. |
(c) Except as provided in clause (d) below, if the Company’s Common |
Stock is not publicly traded, then as the Holder and the Company agree or in the absence |
of agreement by arbitration in accordance with the rules then in effect of the American |
Arbitration Association, before a single arbitrator to be chosen from a panel of persons |
qualified by education and training to pass on the matter to be decided. |
(d) If the Determination Date is the date of a liquidation, dissolution or |
winding up, or any event deemed to be a liquidation, dissolution or winding up pursuant |
to the Company’s charter, then all amounts to be payable per share to holders of the |
Common Stock pursuant to the charter in the event of such liquidation, dissolution or |
winding up, plus all other amounts to be payable per share in respect of the Common |
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Stock in liquidation under the charter, assuming for the purposes of this clause (d) that all |
of the shares of Common Stock then issuable upon exercise of this Warrant are |
outstanding at the Determination Date. |
1.3 Company Acknowledgment. The Company will, at the time of the |
exercise of this Warrant, upon the request of the Holder acknowledge in writing its continuing |
obligation to afford to the Holder any rights to which the Holder shall continue to be entitled |
after such exercise in accordance with the provisions of this Warrant. If the Holder shall fail to |
make any such request, such failure shall not affect the continuing obligation of the Company to |
afford to the Holder any such rights. |
1.4 Trustee for Warrant Holders. In the event that a bank or trust company |
shall have been appointed as trustee for the Holder pursuant to Subsection 3.2, such bank or trust |
company shall have all the powers and duties of a warrant agent (as hereinafter described) and |
shall accept, in its own name for the account of the Company or such successor person as may be |
entitled thereto, all amounts otherwise payable to the Company or such successor, as the case |
may be, on exercise of this Warrant pursuant to this Section 1. |
2. Procedure for Exercise. |
2.1 Delivery of Stock Certificates, Etc., on Exercise. The Company agrees |
that the shares of Common Stock purchased upon exercise of this Warrant shall be deemed to be |
issued to the Holder as the record owner of such shares as of the close of business on the date on |
which this Warrant shall have been surrendered and payment made for such shares in accordance |
herewith. As soon as practicable after the exercise of this Warrant in full or in part, and in any |
event within three (3) business days thereafter, the Company at its expense (including the |
payment by it of any applicable issue taxes) will cause to be issued in the name of and delivered |
to the Holder, or as the Holder (upon payment by the Holder of any applicable transfer taxes) |
may direct in compliance with applicable securities laws, a certificate or certificates for the |
number of duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock (or |
Other Securities) to which the Holder shall be entitled on such exercise, plus, in lieu of any |
fractional share to which the Holder would otherwise be entitled, cash equal to such fraction |
multiplied by the then Fair Market Value of one full share, together with any other stock or other |
securities and property (including cash, where applicable) to which the Holder is entitled upon |
such exercise pursuant to Section 1 or otherwise. |
2.2 Exercise. |
(a) Notwithstanding any provisions herein to the contrary, in the event |
there is no effective registration statement with respect to the shares issuable upon |
exercise of this Warrant or an Event of Default (as such term is defined in the Purchase |
Agreement) has occurred and is continuing at the time of exercise, if the Fair Market |
Value of one share of Common Stock is greater than the Exercise Price (at the date of |
calculation as set forth below), in lieu of exercising this Warrant for cash, the Holder may |
elect to receive shares equal to the value (as determined below) of this Warrant (or the |
portion thereof being exercised) by surrender of this Warrant at the principal office of the |
Company together with the properly endorsed Exercise Notice in which event the |
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Company shall issue to the Holder a number of shares of Common Stock computed using | ||||
the following formula: | ||||
X=Y | (A-B) | |||
A | ||||
Where X = | the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to the Holder | |||
Y = | the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable under this Warrant or, if only | |||
a portion of this Warrant is being exercised, the portion of this Warrant being | ||||
exercised (at the date of such calculation) | ||||
A = | the Fair Market Value of one share of the Company’s Common Stock (at the date | |||
of such calculation) | ||||
B = | Exercise Price (as adjusted to the date of such calculation) | |||
2.3 Restrictions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the | ||||
Holder hereby agrees that the Holder shall not, on any trading day, sell any Common Stock | ||||
issued upon exercise of this Warrant in excess of twenty five percent (25%) of the aggregate | ||||
number of shares of the Common Stock traded on such trading day. | ||||
3. Effect of Reorganization, Etc.; Adjustment of Exercise Price. | ||||
3.1 Reorganization, Consolidation, Merger, Etc. In case at any time or from | ||||
time to time, the Company shall (a) effect a reorganization, (b) consolidate with or merge into | ||||
any other person, or (c) transfer all or substantially all of its properties or assets to any other | ||||
person under any plan or arrangement contemplating the dissolution of the Company, then, in | ||||
each such case, as a condition to the consummation of such a transaction, proper and adequate | ||||
provision shall be made by the Company whereby the Holder of this Warrant, on the exercise | ||||
hereof as provided in Section 1 at any time after the consummation of such reorganization or the | ||||
effective date of such dissolution, as the case may be, shall receive, in lieu of the Common Stock | ||||
(or Other Securities) issuable on such exercise prior to such consummation or such effective | ||||
date, the stock and other securities and property (including cash) to which such Holder would | ||||
have been entitled upon such consummation or in connection with such dissolution, as the case | ||||
may be, if such Holder had so exercised this Warrant, immediately prior thereto, all subject to | ||||
further adjustment thereafter as provided in Section 4. | ||||
3.2 Dissolution. In the event of any dissolution of the Company following the | ||||
transfer of all or substantially all of its properties or assets, the Company, concurrently with any | ||||
distributions made to holders of its Common Stock, shall at its expense deliver or cause to be | ||||
delivered to the Holder the stock and other securities and property (including cash, where | ||||
applicable) receivable by the Holder of this Warrant pursuant to Section 3.1, or, if the Holder | ||||
shall so instruct the Company, to a bank or trust company specified by the Holder and having its | ||||
principal office in New York, NY as trustee for the Holder (the “Trustee”). | ||||
3.3 Continuation of Terms. Upon any reorganization, consolidation, merger | ||||
or transfer (and any dissolution following any transfer) referred to in this Section 3, this Warrant | ||||
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shall continue in full force and effect and the terms hereof shall be applicable to the shares of |
stock and other securities and property receivable on the exercise of this Warrant after the |
consummation of such reorganization, consolidation or merger or the effective date of |
dissolution following any such transfer, as the case may be, and shall be binding upon the issuer |
of any such stock or other securities, including, in the case of any such transfer, the person |
acquiring all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company, whether or not such |
person shall have expressly assumed the terms of this Warrant as provided in Section 4. In the |
event this Warrant does not continue in full force and effect after the consummation of the |
transactions described in this Section 3, then the Company’s securities and property (including |
cash, where applicable) receivable by the Holder will be delivered to the Holder or the Trustee as |
contemplated by Section 3.2. |
4. Extraordinary Events Regarding Common Stock. In the event that the Company |
shall (a) issue additional shares of the Common Stock as a dividend or other distribution on |
outstanding Common Stock, (b) subdivide its outstanding shares of Common Stock or (c) |
combine its outstanding shares of the Common Stock into a smaller number of shares of the |
Common Stock, then, in each such event, the Exercise Price shall, simultaneously with the |
happening of such event, be adjusted by multiplying the then Exercise Price by a fraction, the |
numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately |
prior to such event and the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common |
Stock outstanding immediately after such event, and the product so obtained shall thereafter be |
the Exercise Price then in effect. The Exercise Price, as so adjusted, shall be readjusted in the |
same manner upon the happening of any successive event or events described herein in this |
Section 4. The number of shares of Common Stock that the Holder of this Warrant shall |
thereafter, on the exercise hereof as provided in Section 1, be entitled to receive shall be adjusted |
to a number determined by multiplying the number of shares of Common Stock that would |
otherwise (but for the provisions of this Section 4) be issuable on such exercise by a fraction of |
which (a) the numerator is the Exercise Price that would otherwise (but for the provisions of this |
Section 4) be in effect, and (b) the denominator is the Exercise Price in effect on the date of such |
exercise. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 4, in no event shall the |
exercise price of this Warrant be reduced below the par value of the Common Stock. |
5. Certificate as to Adjustments. In each case of any adjustment or readjustment in |
the shares of Common Stock (or Other Securities) issuable on the exercise of this Warrant, the |
Company at its expense will promptly cause its Chief Financial Officer or other appropriate |
designee to compute such adjustment or readjustment in accordance with the terms of this |
Warrant and prepare a certificate setting forth such adjustment or readjustment and showing in |
detail the facts upon which such adjustment or readjustment is based, including a statement of (a) |
the consideration received or receivable by the Company for any additional shares of Common |
Stock (or Other Securities) issued or sold or deemed to have been issued or sold, (b) the number |
of shares of Common Stock (or Other Securities) outstanding or deemed to be outstanding, and |
(c) the Exercise Price and the number of shares of Common Stock to be received upon exercise |
of this Warrant, in effect immediately prior to such adjustment or readjustment and as adjusted or |
readjusted as provided in this Warrant. The Company will forthwith mail a copy of each such |
certificate to the Holder of this Warrant and any warrant agent of the Company (appointed |
pursuant to Section 11 hereof). |
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6. Reservation of Stock, Etc., Issuable on Exercise of Warrant. The Company will |
at all times reserve and keep available, solely for issuance and delivery on the exercise of this |
Warrant, shares of Common Stock (or Other Securities) from time to time issuable on the |
exercise of this Warrant. |
7. Assignment; Exchange of Warrant. Subject to compliance with applicable |
securities laws, this Warrant, and the rights evidenced hereby, may be transferred by any |
registered holder hereof (a “Transferor”) in whole or in part. On the surrender for exchange of |
this Warrant, with the Transferor’s endorsement in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto (the |
“Transferor Endorsement Form”) and together with evidence reasonably satisfactory to the |
Company demonstrating compliance with applicable securities laws, which shall include, |
without limitation, if requested in writing by the Company, a legal opinion from the Transferor’s |
counsel (at the Company’s expense) that provides that such transfer is exempt from the |
registration requirements of applicable securities laws, (and with payment by the Transferor of |
any applicable transfer taxes) will issue and deliver to or on the order of the Transferor thereof a |
new Warrant of like tenor, in the name of the Transferor and/or the transferee(s) specified in |
such Transferor Endorsement Form (each a “Transferee”), calling in the aggregate on the face |
or faces thereof for the number of shares of Common Stock called for on the face or faces of this |
Warrant so surrendered by the Transferor. |
8. Replacement of Warrant. On receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the |
Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant and, in the case of any such |
loss, theft or destruction of this Warrant, on delivery of an indemnity agreement or security |
reasonably satisfactory in form and amount to the Company or, in the case of any such |
mutilation, on surrender and cancellation of this Warrant, the Company at its expense will |
execute and deliver, in lieu thereof, a new Warrant of like tenor. |
9. Intentionally Omitted. |
10. Maximum Exercise. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in no event |
shall the Holder be entitled to exercise any portion of this Warrant in excess of that portion of |
this Warrant upon exercise of which the sum of (1) the number of shares of Common Stock |
beneficially owned by the Holder and its Affiliates (other than shares of Common Stock which |
may be deemed beneficially owned through the ownership of the unexercised portion of this |
Warrant or the unexercised or unconverted portion of any other security of the Holder subject to |
a limitation on conversion analogous to the limitations contained herein) and (2) the number of |
shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of the portion of this Warrant with respect to |
which the determination of this proviso is being made, would result in beneficial ownership by |
the Holder and its Affiliates of any amount greater than 9.99% of the then outstanding shares of |
Common Stock (whether or not, at the time of such exercise, the Holder and its Affiliates |
beneficially own more than 9.99% of the then outstanding shares of Common Stock). As used |
herein, the term “Affiliate” means any person or entity that, directly or indirectly through one or |
more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with a person or |
entity, as such terms are used in and construed under Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, |
as amended. For purposes of the second preceding sentence, beneficial ownership shall be |
determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as |
amended, and Regulations 13D-G thereunder, except as otherwise provided in clause (1) of such |
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sentence. For any reason at any time, upon written or oral request of the Holder, the Company |
shall within one (1) business day confirm orally and in writing to the Holder the number of |
shares of Common Stock outstanding as of any given date. The limitations set forth herein (x) |
may be waived by the Holder upon provision of no less than sixty-one (61) days prior written |
notice to the Company and (y) shall automatically become null and void following notice to the |
Company upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default (as defined in |
the Notes). |
11. Warrant Agent. The Company may, by written notice to the Holder of this |
Warrant, appoint an agent for the purpose of issuing Common Stock (or Other Securities) on the |
exercise of this Warrant pursuant to Section 1, exchanging this Warrant pursuant to Section 7, |
and replacing this Warrant pursuant to Section 8, or any of the foregoing, and thereafter any such |
issuance, exchange or replacement, as the case may be, shall be made at such office by such |
agent. |
12. Transfer on the Company’s Books. Until this Warrant is transferred on the books |
of the Company, the Company may treat the registered holder hereof as the absolute owner |
hereof for all purposes, notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. |
13. Rights of Shareholders. The Holder shall not be entitled to vote or receive |
dividends or be deemed the holder of the shares of Common Stock or any other securities of the |
Company which may at any time be issuable upon exercise of this Warrant for any purpose (the |
“Warrant Shares”), nor shall anything contained herein be construed to confer upon the Holder, |
as such, any of the rights of a shareholder of the Company or any right to vote for the election of |
directors or upon any matter submitted to shareholders at any meeting thereof, or to give or |
withhold consent to any corporate action (whether upon the recapitalization, issuance of shares, |
reclassification of shares, change of nominal value, consolidation, merger, conveyance or |
otherwise) or to receive notice of meetings, or to receive dividends or subscription rights or |
otherwise, in each case, until the earlier to occur of (x) the date of actual delivery to Holder (or |
its designee) of the Warrant Shares issuable upon the exercise hereof or (y) the third business day |
following the date such Warrant Shares first become deliverable to Holder, as provided herein. |
14. Notices, Etc. All notices and other communications from the Company to the |
Holder of this Warrant shall be mailed by first class registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, |
at such address as may have been furnished to the Company in writing by the Holder of this |
Warrant from time to time. |
15. Miscellaneous. This Warrant and any term hereof may be changed, waived, |
discharged or terminated only by an instrument in writing signed by the party against which |
enforcement of such change, waiver, discharge or termination is sought. This Warrant shall be |
governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of State of New York without regard to |
principles of conflicts of laws. Any action brought concerning the transactions contemplated by |
this Warrant shall be brought only in the state courts of New York or in the federal courts located |
in the state of New York; provided, however, that the Holder may choose to waive this provision |
and bring an action outside the State of New York. The individuals executing this Warrant on |
behalf of the Company agree to submit to the jurisdiction of such courts and waive trial by jury. |
The prevailing party shall be entitled to recover from the other party its reasonable attorney’s |
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fees and costs. In the event that any provision of this Warrant is invalid or unenforceable under |
any applicable statute or rule of law, then such provision shall be deemed inoperative to the |
extent that it may conflict therewith and shall be deemed modified to conform with such statute |
or rule of law. Any such provision which may prove invalid or unenforceable under any law |
shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Warrant. The |
headings in this Warrant are for purposes of reference only, and shall not limit or otherwise |
affect any of the terms hereof. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision hereof shall in |
no way affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision hereof. The Company |
acknowledges that legal counsel participated in the preparation of this Warrant and, therefore, |
stipulates that the rule of construction that ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting |
party shall not be applied in the interpretation of this Warrant to favor any party against the other |
party. |
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has executed this Warrant as of the date first | ||
written above. | ||
WITNESS: | eLEC COMMUNICATIONS CORP. | |
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: |