EXHIBIT 4.4
WARRANT AGREEMENT
This Warrant Agreement (the "Agreement"), made and entered into as of
October 17, 2001, by and between WAVERIDER COMMUNICATIONS, INC., a Nevada
corporation (the "Company"), and CORPORATE STOCK TRANSFER, INC., as Warrant
Agent (the "Warrant Agent"),
W I T N E S S E T H T H A T:
WHEREAS, in connection with the offering of up to 14,000,000 rights
("Rights"), each Right entitling the holder thereof to purchase for $.40 (U.S.)
a Unit consisting of one share of the Company's common stock, par value $.001
per share and one Redeemable Common Stock Purchase Warrant (the "Warrants")
exercisable at $.50 (U.S.) per share through December 13, 2004; and
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 redemption of the Warrants, the
issuance of Warrant Certificates, the exercise of the Warrants, and the rights
of the holders thereof.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual
agreements hereinafter set forth and for the purpose of defining the terms and
provisions of the Warrants and the certificates representing the Warrants (the
"Warrant Certificates") and the respective rights and obligations thereunder of
the Company, the Registered Holders and the Warrant Agent, the parties hereto
agree as follows.
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS.
As used herein, the following terms shall have the following meanings,
unless the context shall otherwise require:
1.1. "Common Stock" shall mean stock of the Company of any class, whether
now or hereafter authorized, which has the right to participate in the
distribution of earnings and assets of the Company without limit as to amount or
percentage, which at the date hereof consists of 200,000,000 shares of Common
Stock, $.001 par value, authorized.
1.2. "Corporate Office" shall mean the office of the Warrant Agent (or its
successor) at which at any particular time its principal business shall be
administered, which office is located at the date hereof at 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000.
1.3. "Exercise Date" shall mean the date of which the Warrant Agent shall
have received both (a) the Warrant Certificate representing such Warrant, with
the exercise form thereon duly executed by the Registered Holder thereof or his
attorney duly authorized in writing, and (b) payment in cash, or by official
bank or certified check made payable to the Company, of an amount in lawful
money of the United States of America equal to the applicable Purchase Price.
1.4. "Initial Warrant Exercise Date" shall mean the day after the expiration of
the Rights, which date shall initially be December 14, 2001.
1.5. "Purchase Price" shall mean the purchase price to be paid upon exercise of
each Warrant in accordance with the terms hereof, which price shall be $.50
(U.S.) per share through the date which is the third anniversary of the Initial
Warrant Exercise Date; subject to adjustment from time to time pursuant to the
provisions of Section 8 hereof.
1.6. "Registered Holder" shall mean the person in whose name any
certificate representing Warrants shall be registered on the books maintained by
the Warrant Agent pursuant to Section 6.
1.7. "Transfer Agent" shall mean Corporate Stock Transfer, Inc., as the
Company's transfer agent, or its authorized successor, as such.
1.8. "Warrant Expiration Date" shall mean 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on
December 13, 2004, provided that if such date shall in the State of New York be
a holiday or a day on which banks are authorized to close, then 5:00 p.m., New
York City time, on the next following day which in the State of New York is not
a holiday or a day on which banks are authorized to close. Upon notice to the
Registered Holder, the Company shall have the right to extend the warrant
expiration date of the Warrants.
SECTION 2. WARRANTS AND ISSUANCE OF WARRANT CERTIFICATES.
2.1. A Warrant shall initially entitle the Registered Holder of the
Warrant Certificate representing such Warrant to purchase one share of Common
Stock upon the exercise thereof, in accordance with the terms hereof, subject to
modification and adjustment as provided in Section 8.
2.2. Upon execution of this Agreement, the Company shall furnish the
Warrant Agent with a sufficient quantity of blank Warrant Certificates and from
time to time will renew such supply upon the reasonable request of the Warrant
Agent. Such blank Warrant Certificates shall be properly signed by the Company
authorized by law and in accordance with the Company's by-laws to sign such
Warrant Certificates and, if requested by the Warrant Agent, shall bear the
corporate seal or a facsimile thereof. Upon written order of the Company signed
by its President and by its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, the Warrant
Certificates shall be manually countersigned and shall not be valid for any
purpose unless so countersigned, issued and delivered by the Warrant Agent
pursuant to this Agreement.
2.3. From time to time, up to the Warrant Expiration Date, the Transfer
Agent shall countersign and deliver stock certificates in required whole number
denominations representing up to an aggregate of 14,000,000 shares of Common
Stock, subject to adjustment as described herein, upon the exercise of the
Warrants in accordance with this Agreement.
2.4. From time to time, up to the applicable Warrant Expiration Date,
the Warrant Agent shall countersign and deliver Warrant Certificates in required
whole number denominations to the persons entitled thereto in connection with
any transfer or exchange permitted under this Agreement; provided that no
Warrant Certificates shall be issued except
(a) those initially issued hereunder,
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(b) those issued on or after the Initial Warrant Exercise Date, upon
the exercise of fewer than all Warrants represented by the respective
Warrant Certificate, to evidence any unexercised Warrants held by the
exercising Registered Holder,
(c) those issued upon any transfer or exchange pursuant to Section 6;
(d) those issued in replacement of lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated
Warrant Certificates pursuant to Section 7; and
(e) at the option of the Company, in such form as may be approved by its
Board of Directors, to reflect any adjustment or change in the Purchase
Price, or the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable upon
exercise of the Warrants.
SECTION 3. FORM AND EXECUTION OF WARRANT CERTIFICATES.
3.1. The Warrant Certificates shall be substantially in the form
annexed hereto as Exhibit A (the provisions of which are hereby incorporated
herein) and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification or
designation and such legends, summaries or endorsements printed, lithographed or
engraved thereon as the Company may deem appropriate and as are not inconsistent
with the provisions of this Agreement, or as may be required to comply with any
law or with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or
regulation of any stock exchange on which the Warrants may be listed, or to
conform to usage. The Warrant Certificates shall be dated the date of issuance
thereof (whether upon initial issuance, transfer, exchange or in lieu of
mutilated, lost, stolen, or destroyed Warrant Certificates) and issued in
registered form. Warrants shall be numbered serially with the letters RO.
3.2. Warrant Certificates shall be properly signed on behalf of the
Company by officers of the Company authorized by law and in accordance with the
Company's by-laws to sign such Warrant Certificates, and shall have imprinted
thereon a facsimile of the Company's seal. Warrant Certificates shall be
manually countersigned by the Warrant Agent and shall not be valid for any
purpose unless so countersigned. In case any officer of the Company who shall
have signed any of the Warrant Certificates shall cease to be such officer of
the Company before the date of issuance of the Warrant Certificates or before
countersignature by the Warrant Agent, such Warrant Certificate may be issued
and delivered with the same force and effect as though the person who signed
such Warrant Certificates had not ceased to be such officer of the Company.
After countersignature by the Warrant Agent, Warrant Certificates shall be
delivered by the Warrant Agent to the Registered Holder without further action
by the Company, except as otherwise provided by Section 4 hereof.
SECTION 4. EXERCISE.
4.1. Each Warrant may be exercised by the Registered Holder thereof at
any time on or after the Initial Exercise Date, but not after the Warrant
Expiration Date, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein
and in the Warrant Certificate. A Warrant shall be deemed to have been exercised
immediately prior to the close of business on the Exercise Date and the person
entitled to receive the Common Stock deliverable upon such exercise shall be
treated for all purposes as the holder upon exercise thereof as of the close of
business on the Exercise Date. As soon as practicable on or after the Exercise
Date, the Warrant Agent shall deposit the proceeds received from the exercise of
a Warrant and shall notify the Company in writing, by mail or by telecopy of the
exercise of the Warrants. Promptly following, and in any event within three (3)
days after the date of such notice from the Warrant Agent, the Warrant Agent, on
behalf of the Company, shall cause to be issued and delivered by the Transfer
Agent, to the person or persons entitled to receive the same, a certificate or
certificates for the securities deliverable upon such exercise, (plus a Warrant
Certificate for any remaining unexercised Warrants of the Registered Holder)
unless within 24 hours of the receipt of the notice, the Company shall instruct
the Warrant Agent by telecopy to refrain from causing such issuance of Warrant
Certificates pending clearance of checks received in payment of the Purchase
Price pursuant to such Warrants. Upon the exercise of any Warrant and clearance
of the funds received, the Warrant Agent shall promptly remit the payment
received for the Warrant to the Company or as the Company may direct in writing.
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SECTION 5. RESERVATION OF SHARES; LISTING; PAYMENT OF TAXES; ETC.
5.1. The Company's Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, authorizes
the issuance of 200,000,000 shares of Common Stock. As of October 19, 2001, the
Company had outstanding 66,799,271 shares of Common Stock. The Company covenants
that it will at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized
Common Stock, solely for the purpose of issue upon exercise of Warrants, such
number of shares of Common Stock as shall be issuable upon the exercise of all
outstanding Warrants. The Company covenants that all shares of Common Stock
which shall be issuable upon exercise of the Warrants shall, at the time of
delivery, be duly and validly issued, fully paid, nonassessable and free from
all taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issue thereof (other than those
which the Company shall promptly pay or discharge); and that upon issuance, such
shares shall be listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market or each national securities
exchange, if any, on which the other shares of outstanding Common Stock of the
Company are then listed.
5.2. The Company covenants that if any securities to be reserved for
the purpose of exercise of Warrants hereunder require registration with, or
approval of, any governmental authority under any Federal securities law before
such securities may be validly issued or delivered upon such exercise, then the
Company will in good faith and as expeditiously as reasonably possible, endeavor
to secure such registration or approval. The Company will use reasonable efforts
to obtain appropriate approvals or registrations under state "blue sky"
securities laws. With respect to any such securities, however, Warrants may not
be exercised by, or shares of Common Stock issued to, any Registered Holder in
any state in which such exercise would be unlawful. The Warrant Agent will not
have any duty or responsibility for determining if the registration would be
unlawful.
5.3. The Company shall pay all documentary, stamp or similar taxes and
other governmental charges that may be imposed with respect to the issuance of
Warrants, or the issuance, or delivery of any shares upon exercise of the
Warrants; provided, however, that if the shares of Common Stock are to be
delivered in a name other than the name of the Registered Holder of the Warrant
Certificate representing any Warrant being exercised, then no such delivery
shall be made unless the person requesting the same has paid to the Warrant
Agent the amount of transfer taxes or charges incident thereto, if any.
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5.4. The Warrant Agent is hereby irrevocably authorized to requisition
the Company's Transfer Agent from time to time for certificates representing
shares of Common Stock required upon exercise of the Warrants, and the Company
will authorize the Transfer Agent to comply with all such proper requisitions.
The Company will file with the Warrant Agent a statement setting forth the name
and address of the Transfer Agent of the Company for shares of Common Stock
issuable upon exercise of the Warrants.
SECTION 6. EXCHANGE AND REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER.
6.1. Warrant Certificates may be exchanged for other Warrant
Certificates representing an equal aggregate number of Warrants of the same
class or may be transferred in whole or in part. Warrant Certificates to be
exchanged shall be surrendered to the Warrant Agent at its corporate office, and
upon satisfaction of the terms and provisions hereof, the Company shall execute
and the Warrant Agent shall countersign, issue and deliver in exchange therefor
the Warrant Certificate or Certificates which the Registered Holder making the
exchange shall be entitled to receive.
6.2. The Warrant Agent shall keep at its office books in which, subject
to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, it shall register Warrant
Certificates and the transfer thereof in accordance with its regular practice.
Upon due presentment for registration or transfer of any Warrant Certificate at
such office, the Company shall execute and the Warrant Agent shall issue and
deliver to the transferee or transferees a new Warrant Certificate or
Certificates representing an equal aggregate number of Warrants of the same
class.
6.3. With respect to all Warrant Certificates presented for
registration or transfer, or for exchange or exercise, the Warrant Agent shall
from time to time register the transfer, exchange or exercise of any outstanding
Warrant Certificate upon records maintained by the Warrant Agent for such
purpose upon surrender of such Warrant Certificate to the Warrant Agent,
accompanied by appropriate instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Company and the Warrant Agent and duly executed by the Registered Holder or a
duly authorized attorney.
6.4. A service charge may be imposed by the Warrant Agent for
registration or transfer or for exchange of Warrant Certificates. In addition,
the Company may require payment by such holder of a sum sufficient to cover any
tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection therewith.
6.5. All Warrant Certificates surrendered for exercise or for exchange
in case of mutilated Warrant Certificates shall be promptly canceled by the
Warrant Agent and thereafter retained by the Warrant Agent until termination of
this Agreement or resignation as Warrant Agent, or, disposed of or destroyed, at
the direction of the Company, within the retention guidelines prescribed by any
Federal, State or banking regulatory authority.
6.6. Prior to due presentment for registration or transfer thereof, the
Company and the Warrant Agent may deem and treat the Registered Holder of any
Warrant Certificate as the absolute owner thereof and of each Warrant
represented thereby (notwithstanding any notations of ownership or writing
thereon made by anyone other than a duly authorized officer of the Company or
the Warrant Agent) for all purposes and shall not be affected by any notice to
the contrary.
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SECTION 7. LOSS OR MUTILATION.
7.1. Upon receipt by the Company and the Warrant Agent of evidence
satisfactory to them of the ownership of and loss, theft, destruction or
mutilation of any Warrant Certificate and (in case of loss, theft or
destruction) of indemnity satisfactory to them, and (in the case of mutilation)
upon surrender and cancellation thereof, the Company shall execute and the
Warrant Agent shall (in the absence of notice to the Company and/or Warrant
Agent that the Warrant Certificate has been acquired by a bonafide purchaser)
countersign and deliver to the Registered Holder in lieu thereof a new Warrant
Certificate of like tenor representing an equal aggregate number of Warrants of
that same class. Applicants for a substitute Warrant Certificate shall comply
with such other reasonable regulations and pay such other reasonable charges as
the Warrant Agent may prescribe.
SECTION 8. ADJUSTMENT OF EXERCISE PRICE AND NUMBER OF SHARES OF COMMON STOCK OR
WARRANTS.
8.1. The Company may elect, upon any adjustment of the Purchase Price
hereunder, to adjust the number of Warrants of each or any class outstanding, in
lieu of the adjustment in the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable upon
the exercise of each Warrant as hereinabove provided, so that each Warrant
outstanding after such adjustment shall represent the right to purchase one
share of Common Stock. Each Warrant held of record prior to such adjustment of
the number of Warrants of each or any class shall become that number of Warrants
(calculated to the nearest tenth) determined by multiplying the number one by a
fraction, the numerator of which shall be the Purchase Price in effect
immediately prior to such adjustment and the denominator of which shall be the
Purchase Price in effect immediately after such adjustment. Upon each adjustment
of the number of Warrants pursuant to this Section 8.1, the Company shall, as
promptly as practicable, cause to be distributed to each Registered Holder of
Warrant Certificates on the date of such adjustment Warrant Certificates
evidencing, subject to Section 9 hereof, the number of additional Warrants of
each class to which such Registered Holder shall be entitled as a result of such
adjustment or, at the option of the Company, cause to be distributed to such
Registered Holder in substitution and replacement for the Warrant Certificates
held by him prior to the date of adjustment (and upon surrender thereof, if
required by the Company) new Warrant Certificates evidencing the number of
Warrants of each class to which such Registered Holder shall be entitled after
such adjustment.
8.2. In case of any reclassification, capital reorganization, stock
split or other change of outstanding shares of Common Stock, or in case of any
consolidation or merger of the Company with or 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, capital
reorganization or other change of outstanding shares of Common Stock), or in
case of any sale or conveyance to another corporation of the property of the
Company as, or substantially as, an entirety (other than a sale/leaseback,
mortgage or other financing transaction), the Company shall cause effective
provision to be made so that:
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(a) each holder of a Warrant then outstanding shall have the right
thereafter, by exercising such Warrant, to purchase the kind and number
of shares of stock or other securities or property (including cash)
receivable upon such reclassification, capital reorganization or other
change, consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance by a holder of the
number of shares of Common Stock that might have been purchased upon
exercise of such Warrant immediately prior to such reclassification,
capital reorganization or other change, consolidation, merger, sale or
conveyance. Any such provision shall include provision for adjustments
that shall be as nearly equivalent as may be practicable to the
adjustments provided for in this Section 8.2; and
(b) new management of the Company will be obligated to maintain a current
prospectus with respect to the Warrants until the Warrant Expiration
Date. The foregoing provisions shall similarly apply to successive
reclassifications, capital reorganizations and other changes of
outstanding shares of Common Stock and to successive consolidations,
mergers, sales or conveyances.
8.3. If and whenever the Company shall grant to the holders of Common
Stock, as such, rights or warrants to subscribe for or to purchase, or any
options for the purchase of, Common Stock or securities convertible into or
exchangeable for or carrying a right, warrant or option to purchase Common
Stock, the Company shall concurrently therewith grant to each of the then
Registered Holders of the Warrants all of such rights, warrants or options to
which each such holder would have been entitled if, on the date of determination
of stockholders entitled to the rights, warrants or options being granted by the
Company, such holder were the holder of record of the number of whole shares of
Common Stock then issuable upon exercise (assuming, for purposes of this Section
8.3, that exercise of Warrants is permissible during periods prior to the
Initial Warrant Exercise Date) of his Warrants. Such grant by the Company to the
holders of the Warrants shall be in lieu of any adjustment which otherwise might
be called for pursuant to this Section 8.
8.4. Irrespective of any adjustments or changes in the Purchase Price
or the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable upon exercise of the
Warrants, the Warrant Certificates theretofore and thereafter issued shall,
unless the Company shall exercise its option to issue new Warrant Certificates
pursuant to Section 2.4 hereof, continue to express the Purchase Price per
share, and the number of shares purchasable thereunder in the Warrant
Certificates when the same were originally issued.
8.5. After each adjustment of the Purchase Price pursuant to this
Section 8, the Company will promptly prepare a certificate signed by the
President and by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, of the Company setting
forth:
(a) the Purchase Price as so adjusted,
(b) the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable upon exercise of
each Warrant after such adjustment, and, if the Company shall have elected to
adjust the number of Warrants, the number of Warrants to which the Registered
Holder of each Warrant shall then be entitled, and
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(c) a brief statement of the facts accounting for such adjustment. The
Company will promptly file such certificate with the Warrant Agent and cause a
brief summary thereof to be sent by ordinary first class mail to each registered
holder of Warrants at his last address as it shall appear on the registry books
of the Warrant Agent. No failure to mail such notice nor any defect therein or
in the mailing thereof shall affect the validity thereof except as to the
Registered Holder to whom the Company failed to mail such notice, or except as
to the Registered Holder whose notice was defective. The affidavit of an officer
of the Warrant Agent or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company
that such notice has been mailed shall, in the absence of fraud, be prima facie
evidence of the facts stated therein.
8.6. As used in this Section 8, the term "Common Stock" shall mean and
include the Company's Common Stock authorized on the date of the original issue
of the Warrants and shall also include any capital stock of any class of the
Company thereafter authorized which shall not be limited to a fixed sum or
percentage in respect of the rights of the holders thereof to participate in
dividends and in the distribution of assets upon the voluntary liquidation,
dissolution or winding up of the Company; provided, however, that the shares
issuable upon exercise of the Warrants shall include only shares of such class
designated in the Company's Certificate of Incorporation as Common Stock on the
date of the original issue of the Warrants or (i), in the case of any
reclassification, change, consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance of the
character referred to in Section 8.2 hereof, the stock, securities or property
provided for in such section or (ii), in the case of any reclassification or
change in the outstanding shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the
Warrants as a result of a subdivision or combination or consisting of a change
in par value, or from par value to no par value, or from no par value to par
value, such shares of Common Stock as so reclassified or changed.
8.7. Any determination as to whether an adjustment in the Purchase
Price in effect hereunder is required pursuant to Section 8, or as to the amount
of any such adjustment, if required, shall be binding upon the holders of the
Warrants and the Company if made in good faith by the Board of Directors of the
Company.
8.8. The Warrant Agent assumes no responsibility for any determination
under this Section and will act only in accordance with the written directions
of the Company and its counsel.
SECTION 9. FRACTIONAL WARRANTS AND FRACTIONAL SHARES.
9.1. If the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable upon the
exercise of each Warrant is adjusted pursuant to Section 8 hereof, the Company
shall nevertheless not be required to issue fractions of shares, upon exercise
of the Warrants or otherwise, or to distribute certificates that evidence
fractional shares. With respect to any fraction of a share called for upon any
exercise hereof, the Company shall pay to the Holder an amount in cash equal to
such fraction multiplied by the current market value of such fractional share,
determined as follows:
(a) If the Common Stock is listed on a National Securities Exchange or
admitted to unlisted trading privileges on such exchange or listed for trading
on the Nasdaq Stock Market, the current value shall be the last reported sale
price of the Common Stock on such exchange on the last business day prior to the
date of exercise of this Warrant or if no such sale is made on such day, the
average closing bid and asked prices for such day on such exchange; or
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(b) If the Common Stock is not listed or admitted to unlisted trading
privileges, the current value shall be the mean of the last reported bid and
asked prices reported by the National Quotation Bureau, Inc. on the last
business day prior to the date of the exercise of this Warrant; or
(c) If the Common Stock is not so listed or admitted to unlisted
trading privileges and bid and asked prices are not so reported, the current
value shall be an amount determined in such reasonable manner as may be
prescribed by the Board of Directors of the Company.
SECTION 10. REDEMPTION OF WARRANTS.
10.1. The Warrants are redeemable by the Company on not less than
thirty (30) days' prior written notice at a redemption price of $.01 per
Warrant, provided the closing sale price of the Common Stock as reported on the
Nasdaq Stock Market ("Nasdaq"), if traded thereon, or if not traded thereon, the
last reported sale price on the Over the Counter Bulletin Board (or other
reporting system that provides last sale prices), has been at least 300% of the
then current Purchase Price for 30 trading days, subject to the right of the
Registered Holder to exercise such Warrants prior to redemption. Any redemption
in part shall be made pro rata to all Registered Holders. The Company and its
legal counsel will confirm such notice of redemption with the Warrant Agent
prior to the date of redemption. The redemption notice shall be mailed to the
Registered Holders at their respective addresses appearing in the Warrant
register. Any such notice mailed in the manner provided herein shall be
conclusively presumed to have been duly given in accordance with this Agreement
whether or not the Registered Holder receives such notice. No failure to mail
such notice nor any defect therein or in the mailing thereof shall affect the
validity of the proceedings for such redemption except as to a Registered Holder
(i) to whom notice was not mailed or (ii) whose notice was defective. An
affidavit of the Warrant Agent or the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the
Company that notice of redemption has been mailed shall, in the absence of
fraud, be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, Registered Holders will have exercise rights until the close of
business on the day immediately preceding the date fixed for redemption.
SECTION 11. WARRANT HOLDERS NOT DEEMED STOCKHOLDERS.
11.1. No Registered Holder shall, as such, be entitled to vote or to
receive dividends or be deemed the holder of Common Stock that may at any time
be issuable upon exercise of such Warrants for any purpose whatsoever, nor shall
anything contained herein be construed to confer upon the Registered Holder, as
such, any of the rights of a stockholder of the Company or any right to vote for
the election of directors or upon any matter submitted to stockholders at any
meeting thereof, or to give or withhold consent to any corporate action (whether
upon any recapitalization, issue or reclassification of stock, change of par
value or change of stock to no par value, consolidation, merger or conveyance or
otherwise), or to receive notice of meetings, or to receive dividends or
subscription rights, until such Registered Holder shall have exercised such
Warrants and been issued shares of Common Stock in accordance with the
provisions hereof.
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SECTION 12. RIGHTS OF ACTION.
12.1. All rights of action with respect to this Agreement are vested in
the respective Registered Holders, and any Registered Holder, without consent of
the Warrant Agent or of the holder of any other Warrant, may, in his own behalf
and for his own benefit, enforce against the Company his right to exercise his
Warrants for the purchase of shares of Common Stock in the manner provided in
the Warrant Certificate and this Agreement.
SECTION 13. AGREEMENT OF WARRANT HOLDERS.
13.1. Every Registered Holder, by his acceptance thereof, consents and
agrees with the Company, the Warrant Agent and every other holder of a Warrant
that:
a. The Warrants are transferable only on the registry books of the
Warrant Agent by the Registered Holder thereof in person or by his attorney duly
authorized in writing and only if the Warrant Certificates representing such
Warrants are surrendered at the office of the Warrant Agent, duly endorsed or
accompanied by a proper instrument of transfer satisfactory to the Warrant Agent
and the Company in their sole discretion, together with payment of any
applicable transfer taxes; and
b. The Company and the Warrant Agent may deem and treat the person in
whose name the Warrant Certificate is registered as the holder and as the
absolute, true and lawful owner of the Warrants represented thereby for all
purposes, and neither the Company nor the Warrant Agent shall be affected by any
notice or knowledge to the contrary, except as otherwise expressly provided in
Section 6 hereof.
SECTION 14. CANCELLATION OF WARRANT CERTIFICATES.
14.1. If the Company shall purchase or acquire any Warrant or Warrants,
the Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates evidencing the same shall
thereupon be delivered to the Warrant Agent and canceled by it and retired.
SECTION 15. CONCERNING THE WARRANT AGENT.
15.1. The Warrant Agent shall act hereunder as agent and in a
ministerial capacity for the Company, and its duties shall be determined solely
by the provisions hereof. The Warrant Agent shall not, by issuing and delivering
Warrant Certificates or by any other act hereunder be deemed to make any
representations as to the validity, value or authorization of the Warrant
Certificates or the Warrants represented thereby or of any securities or other
property delivered upon exercise of any Warrant or whether any stock issued upon
exercise of any Warrant is fully paid and nonassessable.
15.2. The Warrant Agent shall not at any time be under any duty or
responsibility to any holder of Warrant Certificates to make or cause to be made
any adjustment of the Purchase Price provided in this Agreement, or to determine
whether any fact exists which may require any such adjustments, or with respect
to the nature or extent of any such adjustment, when made, or with respect to
the method employed in making the same. It shall not (i) be liable for any
recital or statement of facts contained herein or for any action taken, suffered
or omitted by it in reliance on any Warrant Certificate or other document or
instrument believed by it in good faith to be genuine and to have been signed or
presented by the proper party or parties, (ii) be responsible for any failure on
the part of the Company to comply with any of its covenants and obligations
contained in this Agreement or in any Warrant Certificate, or (iii) be liable
for any act or omission in connection with this Agreement except for its own
negligence or wilful misconduct.
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15.3. The Warrant Agent may at any time consult with counsel
satisfactory to it (who may be counsel for the Company) and shall incur no
liability or responsibility for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it in
good faith in accordance with the opinion or advice of such counsel. Any notice,
statement, instruction, request, direction, order or demand of the Company shall
be sufficiently evidenced by an instrument signed by the President, its
Secretary, or Assistant Secretary (unless other evidence in respect thereof is
herein specifically prescribed). The Warrant Agent shall not be liable for any
action taken, suffered or omitted by it in accordance with such notice,
statement, instruction, request, direction, order or demand believed by it to be
genuine.
15.4. The Company agrees to pay the Warrant Agent compensation for its
services hereunder and to reimburse it for its expenses hereunder in accordance
with the fees listed on Schedule I attached hereto; it further agrees to
indemnify the Warrant Agent and save it harmless against any and all losses,
expenses and liabilities, including judgments, costs and counsel fees, for
anything done or omitted by the Warrant Agent in the execution of its duties and
powers hereunder except losses, expenses and liabilities arising as a result of
the Warrant Agent's negligence or willful misconduct.
15.5. The Warrant Agent may resign its duties and be discharged from
all further duties and liabilities hereunder (except liabilities arising as a
result of the Warrant Agent's own negligence or wilful misconduct), after giving
60 days' prior written notice to the Company. At least 30 days prior to the date
such resignation is to become effective, the Warrant Agent shall cause a copy of
such notice of resignation to be mailed to the Registered Holder of each Warrant
Certificate at the Company's expense. Upon such resignation, or any inability of
the Warrant Agent to act as such hereunder, the Company shall appoint a new
warrant agent in writing. If the Company shall fail to make such appointment
within a period of 30 days after it has been notified in writing of such
resignation by the resigning Warrant Agent, then the Registered Holder of any
Warrant Certificate may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for the
appointment of a new warrant agent. Any new Warrant Agent, whether appointed by
the Company or by such a court, shall be a bank or trust company having a
capital and surplus, as shown by its last published report to its stockholders,
of not less than $10,000,000 or a stock transfer company. After acceptance in
writing of such appointment by the new warrant agent is received by the Company,
such new warrant agent shall be vested with the same powers, rights, duties and
responsibilities as if it had been originally named herein as the Warrant Agent,
without any further assurance, conveyance, act or deed; but if for any reason it
shall be necessary or expedient to execute and deliver any further assurance,
conveyance, act or deed, the same shall be done at the expense of the Company
and shall be legally and validly executed and delivered by the resigning Warrant
Agent. Not later than the effective date of any such appointment the Company
shall file notice thereof with the resigning Warrant Agent and shall forthwith
cause a copy of such notice to be mailed to the Registered Holder of each
Warrant Certificate.
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15.6. Any corporation into which the Warrant Agent or any new warrant
agent may be converted or merged or any corporation resulting from any
consolidation to which the Warrant Agent or any new warrant agent shall be a
party or any corporation succeeding to the trust business of the Warrant Agent
shall be a successor warrant agent under this Agreement without any further act,
provided that such corporation is eligible for appointment as successor to the
Warrant Agent under the provisions of the preceding paragraph. Any such
successor warrant agent shall promptly cause notice of its succession as warrant
agent to be mailed to the Company and to the Registered Holder of each Warrant
Certificate.
15.7. The Warrant Agent, its subsidiaries and affiliates, and any of
its or their officers or directors, may buy and hold or sell Warrants or other
securities of the Company and otherwise deal with the Company in the same manner
and to the same extent and with like effects as though it were not Warrant
Agent. Nothing herein shall preclude the Warrant Agent from acting in any other
capacity for the Company or for any other legal entity.
SECTION 16. MODIFICATION OF AGREEMENT.
16.1. The Warrant Agent and the Company may by supplemental agreement
make any changes or corrections in this Agreement (i) that they shall deem
appropriate to cure any ambiguity or to correct any defective or inconsistent
provision or manifest mistake or error herein contained; or (ii) that they may
deem necessary or desirable and which shall not adversely affect the interests
of the Registered Holders; provided, however, that this Agreement shall not
otherwise be modified, supplemented or altered in any respect except with the
consent in writing of the Registered Holders representing not less than 50% of
the Warrants of each class then outstanding; and provided, however, that no
change in the number or nature of the securities purchasable upon the exercise
of any Warrant, or the Purchase Price therefor, or the acceleration of the
Warrant Expiration Date, shall be made without the consent in writing of the
Registered Holder representing such Warrant, other than such changes as are
specifically prescribed by this Agreement as originally executed.
SECTION 17. NOTICES.
17.1. All notices, requests, consents and other communications
hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been made when
delivered or mailed first class registered or certified mail, postage prepaid as
follows: if to the Registered Holder of a Warrant Certificate, at the address of
such holder as shown on the registry books maintained by the Warrant Agent; if
to the Company, at 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx X0X
0X0, attention: T. Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx, or at such other address as may have been
furnished to the Warrant Agent in writing by the Company; if to the Warrant
Agent, at its corporate office.
SECTION 18. GOVERNING LAW.
18.1. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with the laws of the State of Nevada, without reference to principles of
conflict of laws.
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SECTION 19. BINDING EFFECT.
19.1. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of
the Company and, the Warrant Agent and their respective successors and assigns,
and the Registered Holders Warrant Certificates. Nothing in this Agreement is
intended or shall be construed to confer upon any other person any right, remedy
or claim, in equity or at law, or to impose upon any other person any duty,
liability or obligation.
SECTION 20. TERMINATION.
20.1. This Agreement shall terminate at the close of business on the
Expiration Date of the Warrant or such earlier date upon which all Warrants have
been exercised, except that the Warrant Agent shall account to the Company for
cash held by it and the provisions of Section 14 hereof shall survive such
termination.
SECTION 21. COUNTERPARTS.
21.1. This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, which
taken together shall constitute a single document.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
duly executed as of the date first above written.
WAVERIDER COMMUNICATIONS INC.
By: /s/ D. Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
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D. Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
President and CEO
CORPORATE STOCK TRANSFER, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxx
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Xxxxxxx Xxxx
President
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