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EXHIBIT 10.7
NEITHER THIS WARRANT NOR THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON THE EXERCISE HEREOF HAVE
BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND MAY NOT BE
SOLD, PLEDGED, OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED WITHOUT AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
THEREOF UNDER SUCH ACT OR PURSUANT TO RULE 144 OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL
REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE CORPORATION AND ITS COUNSEL THAT SUCH
REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED.
STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT
THIS STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT CERTIFIES THAT, for the agreed upon value
of $10.00 and for other good and valuable consideration, LAZARD FRERES & CO. LLC
or its registered successors and assigns (collectively, the "Holder"), is
entitled to purchase fully paid and nonassessable shares of the $.001 par value
per share common stock (the "Common Stock") of SOURCE MEDIA, INC., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company") at $20.00 per share (the "Exercise Price") all as
set forth herein and as adjusted pursuant to Article 2 of this Warrant, subject
to the provisions and upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Warrant.
This Warrant allows the Holder to purchase 450,000 shares of Common Stock,
subject to adjustment as provided herein, and the shares so subject to purchase
hereunder shall be referred to herein as the "Warrant Shares". In addition to
the representations and warranties of the Company contained in Article 3 of this
Warrant, the Company represents and warrants to the Holder that neither the
issuance of this Warrant nor the performance by the Company of its obligations
hereunder violates or will violate any of the provisions of the Common Stock and
Warrants Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 29, 1999 (the "Purchase
Agreement") between the Company and Insight Interactive, LLC ("Insight"), the
Contribution Agreement dated as of July 29, 1999 ("Contribution Agreement")
among Insight, the Company and NewCo, LLC ("NewCo") and the Operating Agreement
("Operating Agreement") which will be executed and delivered at the Closing of
the Contribution Agreement and which was made and entered into by and between
the Company and Insight, pursuant to which the Company and Insight have agreed
to form, capitalize and thereafter manage NewCo to conduct certain specified
businesses previously conducted separately. Capitalized terms used herein but
not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth for such terms in
the Purchase Agreement. The amount and kind of securities receivable pursuant to
the rights granted hereunder are subject to adjustment pursuant to the
provisions contained in this Warrant.
This Warrant is subject to the following provisions:
ARTICLE 1
EXERCISE
1.1 Method of Exercise. The Holder may exercise this Warrant in whole
or in part at any time and from time to time after the date of issuance up to
and including the fifth anniversary of the date of issuance (the "Expiration
Date"); provided, however, that until (a) April 1, 2004, the Holder may exercise
only such portion of this Warrant that would entitle the Holder to own up to
forty-five percent (45%) of the Common Stock of the Company, on a Fully Diluted
basis and (b) June 24, 2000 the Holder may exercise only such portion of this
Warrant that would entitle the Holder to own up to 24.99% of the
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outstanding Common Stock of the Company. Deferral of the exercise of a portion
of this Warrant shall not affect or limit in any manner the anti-dilution
provisions of Article 2, which shall apply as if this Warrant were exercisable
at any time. Between April 1, 2004 and the Expiration Date, the Holder may
exercise this Warrant in whole or in part without restriction. The Holder may
exercise this Warrant by delivering a duly executed Notice of Exercise in
substantially the form attached as Appendix 1, to the principal office of the
Company. The Holder shall also deliver to the Company a check for the aggregate
Exercise Price for the Warrant Shares being purchased.
1.2 [Intentionally Omitted]
1.3 Share Coverage. The number of Warrant Shares for which this Warrant
may be exercised shall be 450,000 shares of Common Stock, subject to adjustment
as provided herein.
1.4 Fair Market Value. The fair market value of the Warrant Shares for
purposes of Section 2.1.1(a) below shall be the higher of (i) the average
closing price of the Warrant Shares reported for the five (5) Trading Days
immediately before the Holder delivers its Notice of Exercise to the Company, or
the date of the issuance of additional shares under Section 2.1.1(a) below, as
applicable; or (ii) the average closing price of the Warrant Shares reported for
the thirty (30) Trading Days immediately before the Holder delivers its Notice
of Exercise, or the date of the issuance of additional shares under Section
2.1.1(a) below, as applicable. The reported closing price for each day shall be
the reported closing price (and if no sales take place on any day, such day
shall not be a Trading Day), as reported in the principal consolidated or
composite transaction reporting system on the principal national securities
exchange on which such security is listed or admitted to trading or, if not
listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, on the Nasdaq
National Market or, if such security is not quoted on the Nasdaq National
Market, the average of the closing bid and asked prices on such day in the
over-the-counter market as reported by Nasdaq. As used herein, the term "Trading
Day" means a day on which the New York Stock Exchange, each national securities
exchange on which the Warrant Shares is listed and the Nasdaq National Market
are open for business. If the Warrant Shares are not then traded in a public
market, the Board of Directors of the Company shall propose the fair market
value in its reasonable good faith judgment. The foregoing notwithstanding, if
the Holder advises the Board of Directors in writing that the Holder disagrees
with such proposed fair market value, then each of the Company and the Holder
shall select a reputable investment banking firm, and the two firms so selected
shall promptly agree upon a third reputable investment banking firm, and the
three firms shall undertake such valuation. If the valuation of such investment
banking firms is greater than that determined by the Board of Directors, then
all fees and expenses of such investment banking firms shall be paid by the
Company. In all other circumstances, such fees and expenses shall be paid by the
Holder.
1.5 Delivery of Certificate and New Warrant. In the event of any
exercise of this Warrant, in whole or in part, certificates for the Warrant
Shares so purchased representing the aggregate number of shares specified in the
Notice of Exercise, shall be delivered to the Holder within a reasonable time,
not exceeding seven business days, after this Warrant shall have been so
exercised. If this Warrant shall have been exercised only in part, then, unless
this Warrant has expired, the Company shall, at its expense, at the time of
delivery of said certificates representing the Warrant Shares, deliver to the
Holder a new Warrant representing the Warrant Shares not so exercised. The
Company will pay all taxes and other expenses in connection with the
preparation, execution and delivery of the certificates except that, in the case
such certificates are to be registered in a name or names other than the Holder,
the Holder will pay any and all stock transfer taxes associated with such
transfer.
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1.6 Replacement of Warrants. On receipt of evidence reasonably
satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of
this Warrant and, in the case of loss, theft or destruction, on delivery of an
indemnity agreement reasonably satisfactory in form and amount to the Company
or, in the case of mutilation, on surrender and cancellation of this Warrant,
the Company at its expense shall execute and deliver in lieu of this Warrant, a
new warrant of like tenor.
ARTICLE 2
ADJUSTMENT TO THE WARRANT SHARES
2.1 Antidilution Provisions. The intent of this Article 2 is to insure
appropriate adjustment to the Exercise Price and/or number of Warrant Shares to
be acquired in the event of the exercise of this Warrant, in the event of future
issuances of capital stock or securities into which this Warrant may ultimately
be convertible in the instances described below, to the end that the provisions
set forth herein (including adjustments to the Exercise Price) shall be made to
provide the Holder the right to receive essentially the same proportion of
shares of capital stock (in relation to all shares of capital stock outstanding)
on the date of conversion, redemption or other exchange as the Holder would have
been entitled to had it initially been issued shares of Common Stock on the date
hereof. Simultaneously with each adjustment to the Exercise Price set forth in
this Article 2, an appropriate adjustment in the number of Warrant Shares
obtainable upon the exercise of this Warrant shall be made so that the holder of
this Warrant shall receive the same number and kind of securities and other
property such holder would have been entitled to receive had this Warrant been
exercised and converted into Warrant Shares immediately prior to the event or
occurrence giving rise to the adjustment to the Exercise Price.
2.1.1 Adjustments for Diluting Issuances.
(a) In the event the Company shall issue additional shares of
capital stock without consideration or for a consideration per share
which is less than both the Exercise Price for the Warrant Shares and
the fair market value for the Warrant Shares as determined pursuant to
Section 1.4 above, then and in each such event, the Exercise Price
shall be reduced, concurrently with such issue of shares, to an amount
equal to the quotient of: (a) the sum of (i) the number of shares of
Common Stock outstanding (on a Fully Diluted basis) immediately prior
to such issuance multiplied by the Exercise Price plus (ii) the
aggregate consideration received by the Company upon such issuance,
divided by (b) the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding (on a
Fully Diluted basis) immediately after such issuance. For purposes of
this Section 2.1, the consideration received by the Company for the
issue of any additional shares of capital stock shall be computed as
follows: (i) insofar as such consideration consists of cash, such
consideration shall consist of the aggregate amount of cash received by
the Company excluding amounts paid or payable for accrued interest or
accrued dividends, and without deduction of any expenses incurred or
underwriting commissions or concessions paid or allowed by the Company;
(ii) insofar as such consideration consists of property other than
cash, such consideration shall be computed at the fair market value
thereof at the time of such issue, as determined in good faith by the
Board of Directors of the Company, except where such consideration
consists of securities, in which case the amount of consideration
received by the Company shall be the fair market value thereof
(determined as provided in Section 1.4 hereof) as of the date of
receipt, but in each such case without deduction therefrom of any
expenses incurred or any underwriting commissions or concessions paid
or allowed by the Company in connection therewith. In computing the
market price of a note or other obligation that is not listed or
admitted to trading on any securities exchange or quoted in the
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Nasdaq Stock Market or reported by the National Quotation Bureau, Inc.,
or a similar reporting organization, the total consideration to be
received by the Company thereunder (including interest) shall be
discounted to present value at the prime rate announced or published in
The Wall Street Journal under the caption "Money Rate" in effect at the
time the note or obligation is deemed to have been issued; and (iii) in
the event additional Shares of capital stock are issued together with
other securities or other assets of the Company for consideration which
covers both, such consideration shall be the proportion of such
consideration so received, computed as determined in good faith by the
Board of Directors of the Company.
(b) Treatment of Options and Convertible Securities.
(i) In the event the Company should ever grant rights to
subscribe for or purchase, or any options for the purchase of any
shares of its capital stock or securities convertible into or
exchangeable for capital stock (such rights and options herein
referred to as "Options", and such convertible or exchangeable
securities herein referred to as "Convertible Securities"),
whether or not such Options or rights to convert or exchange any
such Convertible Securities are immediately exercisable, and the
price per share for which capital stock is issuable upon the
exercise of such Option or upon the conversion or exchange of such
Convertible Securities shall be less than the Exercise Price in
effect immediately prior to the time of the granting of such
Options, then the total maximum number of shares of capital stock
issuable upon the exercise of such Options or upon the conversion
or exchange of the total maximum amount of such Convertible
Securities issuable upon the exercise of such Options shall (as of
the date of granting of such Options) be deemed to be outstanding
and to have been issued and sold for such price per share and the
Exercise Price shall be reduced to the extent required by Section
2.1.1(a). For purposes of this Section 2.1.1(b)(i), the price per
share for which such capital stock is issuable shall be determined
by dividing (x) the total amount, if any, received or receivable
by the Company as consideration for the granting of such Options,
plus the minimum aggregate amount of additional consideration
payable to the Company upon the exercise of such Options, plus, in
the case of any such Options which relate to Convertible
Securities, the minimum aggregate amount of additional
consideration, if any, other than such Convertible Securities,
payable to the Company upon the conversion or exchange of such
Convertible Securities, by (y) the total maximum number of shares
of capital stock issuable upon the exercise of such Options or
upon the conversion or exchange of all such Convertible Securities
issuable upon the exercise of such Options. No further adjustments
of the Exercise Price shall be made upon the actual issue of such
capital stock or of such Convertible Securities upon the exercise
of such Options or upon the actual issue of such capital stock
upon the conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities.
(ii) If at any time the Company shall issue or sell
Convertible Securities, whether or not the rights to convert or
exchange such Convertible Securities are immediately exercisable,
and the price per share for which capital stock is issuable upon
the conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities shall be
less than the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to the
time of the issue or sale of such Convertible Securities, then the
total maximum number of shares of capital stock issuable upon the
conversion or exchange of all such Convertible Securities shall
(as of the date of the issue or sale of such Convertible
Securities) be deemed to be outstanding and to have been
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issued and sold for such price per share and the Exercise Price
shall be reduced to the extent required by Section 2.1.1(a),
provided that (a) except as provided in Section 2.1.1(b)(vi)
hereof, no further adjustments of the Exercise Price shall be made
upon the actual issue of such capital stock upon the conversion or
exchange of such Convertible Securities and (b) if any such issue
or sale of such Convertible Securities is made upon exercise of
any Options for which adjustments of the Exercise Price have been
or are to be made pursuant to other provisions of this Section
2.1.1, no further adjustment of the Exercise Price shall be made
by reason of such issue or sale. For purposes of this Section
2.1.1(b)(ii), the price per share for which capital stock is
issuable shall be determined by dividing (x) the total amount
received or receivable by the Company as consideration for the
issue or sale of such Convertible Securities, plus the minimum
aggregate amount of additional consideration, if any, other than
such Convertible Securities, payable to the Company upon the
conversion or exchange thereof, by (y) the total maximum number of
shares of capital stock issuable upon the conversion or exchange
of all such Convertible Securities.
(iii) If at any time the Company shall pay a dividend or make
any other distribution upon the capital stock payable in capital
stock or Convertible Securities, any capital stock or Convertible
Securities, as the case may be, issuable in payment of such
dividend or distribution shall be deemed to have been issued
without consideration, and the Exercise Price shall be reduced as
if the Company had subdivided the outstanding shares of capital
stock into a greater number of shares as provided in Section 2.2
hereof.
(iv) In case at any time the Company shall take a record of
the holders of capital stock for the purpose of entitling them (a)
to receive a dividend or other distribution payable in capital
stock or Convertible Securities, or (b) to subscribe for or
purchase capital stock or Convertible Securities, then such record
date shall be deemed to be the date of the issue or sale of such
capital stock or Convertible Securities.
(v) If the purchase price provided for in any Option referred
to in Section 2.1.1(b)(i) hereof, or the price at which any
Convertible Securities referred to in Sections 2.1.1(b)(i) or
(iii) hereof are convertible into or exchangeable for capital
stock, shall change at any time (whether by reason of provisions
designed to protect against dilution or otherwise), the Exercise
Price then in effect hereunder shall forthwith be increased or
decreased to such Exercise Price as would have obtained had the
adjustments made upon the issuance of such Options or Convertible
Securities been made upon the basis of (a) the issuance of the
number of shares of capital stock theretofore actually delivered
upon the exercise of such Options or upon the conversion or
exchange of such Convertible Securities, and the total
consideration received therefor, and (b) the number of shares of
capital stock to be issued for the consideration, if any, received
by the Company therefor and to be received on the basis of such
changed price.
(vi) If any adjustment has been made in the Exercise Price
because of the issuance of Options or Convertible Securities and
if any of such Options or rights to convert or exchange such
Convertible Securities expire or otherwise terminate, then the
Exercise Price shall be readjusted to eliminate the adjustments
previously made in
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connection with the Options or rights to convert or exchange
Convertible Securities which have expired or terminated.
(vii) The number of shares of capital stock outstanding at any
given time shall not include shares owned or held by or for the
account of the Company, and the disposition of any such treasury
shares shall be considered an issue or sale of capital stock.
(viii) Anything in Section 2.1.1 hereof to the contrary
notwithstanding, the Company shall not be required to make any
adjustment of the Exercise Price in the case of (A) the issuance
of the Warrants or any other warrant issued to the Holder, (B) the
issuance of shares of Common Stock upon exercise of the Warrants
or any other warrant issued to the Holder, (C) the granting of
stock options by the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant
to the option plans identified on Schedule 4.3 to the Purchase
Agreement (a copy of which is attached to this Warrant as Appendix
2), provided that the exercise price of such stock options is at
least equal to the fair market value of such shares of capital
stock (as determined by the appropriate plan) on the date such
stock options are granted, (D) the issuance of shares of capital
stock upon the exercise of the stock options referred to in clause
(C) above, and (E) the issuance of shares of capital stock upon
the exercise, conversion, or exchange of the securities which are
set forth on Schedule 4.3 of the Purchase Agreement, all of which
were issued prior to or simultaneously with the date of the
original issue of this Warrant.
2.2. Adjustment for Subdivisions and Combinations. In the event at any
time the Company shall, by subdivision, stock split, reverse stock split,
dividend, combination or reclassification of any shares of its capital stock or
otherwise change any of the securities then issuable upon the exercise of this
Warrant into the same or a different number of securities of any class or
classes, this Warrant shall thereafter be exercisable, for the same period as
the remaining duration of the period during which this Warrant is exercisable,
for the same number and kind of securities which the holder hereof would have
received had this Warrant been exercised and converted into Warrant Shares
immediately prior to such change, whether by subdivision, stock split, reverse
stock split, dividend, combination or reclassification of any shares of its
capital stock or otherwise. In the event at any time the Company shall, by
subdivision, dividend, stock split, reclassification or otherwise, change the
outstanding shares of capital stock into a greater number of shares, the
Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such subdivision shall be
proportionately reduced, and conversely, in case the outstanding shares of
capital stock shall be combined into a smaller number of shares, by reverse
stock split, combination, reclassification or otherwise, the Exercise Price in
effect immediately prior to such combination shall be proportionately increased.
An adjustment made pursuant to this Section 2.2 shall become effective
immediately after the effective date of such subdivision or combination.
2.3. Adjustment for Dividends and Distributions. If at any time the
Company shall pay a dividend or make a distribution to all holders of capital
stock, as such, which dividend or distribution is payable otherwise than in cash
out of earnings or earned surplus and otherwise than in capital stock,
Convertible Securities, or Options, then thereafter the Holder of this Warrant,
upon the exercise of this Warrant, shall be entitled to receive the number of
shares of Common Stock being purchased upon such exercise and, in addition
thereto and without further payment, the stock and other securities and property
(including cash) which such Holder would have received by way of dividends or
distributions (otherwise than in cash out of earnings or earned surplus or in
capital stock, Convertible Securities, or Options) as
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if continuously, since the date of the original issue of this Warrant, such
Holder (a) had been the record holder of the number of shares of Common Stock
then being purchased, and (b) had retained all dividends and distributions in
stock or other securities (other than capital stock, Convertible Securities, or
Options) which would have been paid in respect of such Common Stock or in
respect of any stock or other securities which would have been paid as dividends
or distributions on such Common Stock.
2.4 Repurchase on Sale, Merger, or Consolidation of the Company.
2.4.1 Acquisition. For the purpose of this Warrant, "Acquisition"
means any sale, license, or other disposition of all or substantially all of the
assets of the Company, or any reorganization, consolidation, or merger of the
Company where the holders of the Company's securities before the transaction
beneficially own less than fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding voting
securities of the surviving entity after the transaction.
2.4.2 Assumption of Warrant. If such Acquisition shall be effected
in such a way that the holders of Common Stock (or any other securities of the
Company then issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant) shall be entitled to
receive stock or other securities or property (including cash) with respect to
or in exchange for Common Stock (or such other securities), then lawful and
adequate provision shall be made whereby the Holder of this Warrant shall
thereafter have the right to purchase and receive upon the basis and upon the
terms and conditions specified in this Warrant, and in lieu of the shares of
Common Stock (or such other securities) immediately theretofore purchasable and
receivable upon the exercise hereof, such stock or other securities or property
(including cash) as may be issuable or payable with respect to or in exchange
for a number of outstanding shares of Common Stock (or such other securities)
equal to the number of shares of Common Stock (or such other securities)
immediately theretofore purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of this
Warrant, had such Acquisition not taken place. In any such case appropriate
provision shall be made with respect to the rights and interests of the Holder
to the end that the provisions hereof (including, without limitation, the
provisions for adjustments of the Exercise Price and of the number of Warrant
Shares purchasable upon exercise hereof) shall thereafter be applicable, as
nearly as reasonably may be, in relation to the stock or other securities or
property thereafter deliverable upon the exercise hereof. In the event of a
consolidation or merger of the Company with or into another corporation or
entity as a result of which a greater or lesser number of shares of common stock
of the surviving corporation or entity are issuable to holders of capital stock
in respect of the number of shares of capital stock outstanding immediately
prior to such consolidation or merger, then the Exercise Price in effect
immediately prior to such consolidation or merger shall be adjusted in the same
manner as though there were a subdivision or combination of the outstanding
shares of capital stock.
2.5 Reclassification, Exchange or Substitution. Upon any
reclassification, exchange, substitution, or other event that results in a
change of the number and/or class of the securities issuable upon exercise or
conversion of this Warrant, the Holder shall be entitled to receive, upon
exercise or conversion of this Warrant, the number and kind of securities and
property that the Holder would have received for the Warrant Shares if this
Warrant had been exercised immediately before such reclassification, exchange,
substitution, or other event. Such an event shall include any automatic
conversion of the outstanding or issuable securities of the Company of the same
class or series as the Warrant Shares to Common Stock pursuant to the terms of
the Company's Certificate of Incorporation upon the closing of a new registered
public offering of the Company's Common Stock. The Company or its successor
shall promptly issue to the Holder a new Warrant for such new securities or
other property. The new Warrant shall provide for adjustments which shall be as
nearly equivalent as may be practicable
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to the adjustments provided for in this Article 2 including, without limitation,
adjustments to the Exercise Price and to the number of securities or property
issuable upon exercise of the new Warrant. The provisions of this Section 2.5
shall similarly apply to successive reclassifications, exchanges, substitutions,
or other events.
2.6 Record Date Adjustments. In any case in which this Article 2
requires that a downward adjustment of the Exercise Price shall become effective
immediately after a record date for an event, the Company may defer until the
occurrence of such event (a) issuing to the Holder of this Warrant (exercised
after such record date and before the occurrence of such event) the additional
Warrant Shares issuable upon such exercise by reason of the adjustment required
by such event over and above the Warrant Shares issuable upon such exercise
before giving effect to such adjustment and (b) paying to such Holder any amount
in cash in lieu of a fractional share pursuant to Section 2.8 hereof.
2.7 Minimum Adjustment of Exercise Price. No adjustment of the Exercise
Price shall be made in an amount less than $.05 per share in effect at the time
such adjustment is otherwise required to be made, but any such lesser adjustment
shall be carried forward and shall be made at the time and together with the
next subsequent adjustment which, together with any adjustments so carried
forward, shall amount to not less than $.05 per share. In case at any time the
Company shall issue capital stock by way of dividend on capital stock or
subdivide or combine the outstanding shares of capital stock, said amount of
$.05 per share (as theretofore increased or decreased, if the said amount shall
have been adjusted in accordance with the provisions of this Section 2.7) shall
forthwith be proportionately increased in the case of such a combination or
decreased in the case of such a subdivision or stock dividend so as
appropriately to reflect the same.
2.8 Fractional Shares. No fractional Shares shall be issuable upon
exercise or conversion of the Warrant and the number of Warrant Shares to be
issued shall be rounded down to the nearest whole Share. If a fractional share
interest arises upon any exercise or conversion of the Warrant, the Company
shall eliminate such fractional share interest by paying the Holder an amount
computed by multiplying the fractional interest by the last reported sale price
of the Common Stock on the trading day immediately preceding the date of
exercise.
2.9 Certificate as to Adjustments. Upon each adjustment of the Exercise
Price, the Company, at its expense, shall promptly compute such adjustment, and
furnish the Holder with a certificate of its Chief Financial Officer setting
forth such adjustment, and the corresponding adjustment in the number of Warrant
shares obtainable upon the exercise of this Warrant, and the facts upon which
such adjustments are based. The Company shall, upon written request, furnish the
Holder a certificate setting forth the Exercise Price in effect upon the date
thereof and the series of adjustments leading to such Exercise Price.
2.10 Certain Events. If any event occurs of the type contemplated by
the provisions of this Article 2 but not expressly provided for by such
provisions (including, without limitation, the granting of stock appreciation
rights, phantom stock rights or other rights with equity features), then the
Company's Board of Directors shall make an appropriate adjustment in the number
of Warrant Shares obtainable upon exercise of this Warrant and in the Exercise
Price so as to protect the rights of the Holder of this Warrant; provided that
no such adjustment shall decrease the number of Warrant Shares obtainable as
otherwise determined pursuant to this Article 2.
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2.11 Purchase Rights. If at any time the Company grants, issues or
sells any rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property pro
rata to the record holders of any class of stock (the "Purchase Rights") then
the Holder of this Warrant shall be entitled to obtain, upon the same terms on
which the holders of Common Stock are to receive such Purchase Rights, the
aggregate Purchase Rights which such Holder could have acquired if such Holder
had held the number of Warrant Shares acquirable upon complete exercise of this
Warrant immediately before the date on which a record is taken for the grant,
issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights, or, if no such record is taken, the
date as of which the record holders of Common Stock are to be determined for the
grant, issue or sale of such Purchase Rights.
ARTICLE 3
REPRESENTATIONS AND COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY
The Company hereby represents and warrants to the Holder as follows:
3.1 Title to Warrant Shares. All Warrant Shares which may be issued
upon the exercise of the rights represented by this Warrant, and all securities,
if any, issuable upon conversion of the Warrant Shares, shall, upon issuance be
duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and free of any
liens and encumbrances.
3.2 Reservation of Shares. During the period which this Warrant may be
exercised, the Company will at all times have authorized and reserved for
issuance a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock to cover such exercise.
3.3 No Impairment. The Company shall not, by amendment of its
Certificate of Incorporation or through a reorganization, transfer of assets,
consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue, or sale of securities or any other
voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of
the terms to be observed or performed under this Warrant by the Company, but
shall at all times in good faith assist in carrying out all the provisions of
this Warrant and in taking all such action as may be necessary or appropriate to
protect the Holder's rights under this Warrant against impairment. If the
Company takes any action affecting the Shares or its Common Stock other than as
provided for above that adversely affects the Holder's rights under this
Warrant, then the Company shall make appropriate adjustment to the Exercise
Price and/or the number of Warrant Shares to carry out the intent of Article 2
as set forth in Section 2.1.
3.4 Notice of Certain Events. If the Company proposes at any time to
(a) declare any dividend or distribution upon its Common Stock, whether in cash,
property, stock or other securities and whether or not a regular cash dividend;
(b) offer for subscription pro rata to the holders of any class or series of
stock any additional shares of stock of any class or series or other rights; (c)
effect any reclassification or recapitalization of Common Stock; or (d) merge or
consolidate with or into any other corporation, or sell, lease, license, or
convey all or substantially all of its assets, or to liquidate, dissolve or wind
up, then, in connection with each such event, the Company shall give the Holder:
(1) at least twenty (20) days prior written notice of the date on which a record
will be taken for such dividend, distribution, or subscription rights (and
specifying the date on which the holders of Common Stock will be entitled
thereto) or for determining rights to vote, if any, in respect of the matters
referred to in (c) and (d) above; and (2) in the case of the matters referred to
in (c) and (d) above at least twenty (20) days prior written notice of the date
when the same will take place (and specifying the date on which the holders of
Common Stock will be
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entitled to exchange their Common Stock for securities or other property
deliverable upon the occurrence of such event).
3.5 Registration under the Securities Act of 1933.
3.5.1 Piggyback Rights. In the event that the Company files a
registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "Act") which relates to an offering of securities of the Company
by the Company or any holder of securities (except in connection with
an offering to or by employees), such registration statement and the
prospectus included therein shall also, at the written request to the
Company by the Holder, include and relate to, and meet the requirements
of the Act with respect to, the public offering of such Warrant Shares
as the Holder indicates it intends to exercise and offer under the
registration statement for sale and sell, so as to permit the public
sale thereof in compliance with the Act, and any related qualifications
under blue sky laws or other compliance or any underwriting involved
therein shall also relate thereto. The Company shall use its best
efforts to effect such registration, any such qualification, any such
compliance and any such underwriting as soon as practicable. The
Company shall give prompt written notice to the Holder of its intention
to file a registration statement under the Act relating to an offering
of the aforesaid securities of the Company, but in no event less than
twenty-five (25) days prior to the filing of such registration
statement, and the written request provided for in the first sentence
of this Section shall be made by the Holder ten (10) or more days prior
to the date specified in the notice as the date on which it is intended
to file such registration statement. Neither the delivery of such
notice by the Company nor of such request pursuant to this Section
3.5.1 by the Holder shall in any way obligate the Company to file any
such registration statement and, notwithstanding the filing of such
registration statement, the Company may, at any time prior to the
effective date thereof, determine not to offer the securities to which
such registration statement relates, without liability to the Holder,
except that the Company shall pay such expenses as are contemplated to
be paid by it under Section 3.5.3 and by the Holder pursuant to Section
3.5.3(d). Provided, that, anything above in this Section 3.5.1 to the
contrary notwithstanding, the inclusion of Warrant Shares in any such
registration will require the approval of the underwriters, if any, but
which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, and such inclusion
shall be conditioned upon the provision by the Holder to the Company of
all information regarding the Holder reasonably required to be included
in the registration statement under applicable law and the rules and
regulations promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"SEC") pursuant to the Act. The "piggy-back" registration rights
granted hereunder shall terminate five (5) years from the date hereof.
3.5.2 Demand Registration Rights. (a) In addition, upon written
notice at any time before the Expiration Date, upon written request
from a holder or holders of fifty percent (50%) or more of the
securities issued or issuable upon exercise of this Warrant, the
Company, as promptly as possible after the receipt of such notice,
shall file a new registration statement under the Act with respect to
the Warrant Shares covered by such notice and use its best efforts to
effect such registration, all qualifications under blue sky laws and
all other compliance as soon as practicable. Within ten (10) days after
receiving any such notice, the Company shall give notice to any other
Holders of the Warrant Shares issued or issuable pursuant to this
Warrant, advising that the Company is proceeding with such registration
statement to include therein Warrant Shares of such Holders. The
Company shall not be obligated to any such other Holder unless such
other Holder shall accept such offer by notice in writing to the
Company within ten (10) days thereafter.
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The Company shall be required to effect two (2) registrations of
Warrant Shares pursuant to this Section 3.5.2. The Holder agrees to
become subject to a customary lock-up agreement, for a reasonable
period of time, if required by the underwriter of a public offering by
the Company during the period in which the Holder is entitled to
registration of the Warrant Shares under this Section 3.5.2; provided,
however, that the Expiration Date shall be extended by the effective
period of any such lock-up agreement. The Company may postpone, one
time, for up to ninety (90) days the registration of Warrant Shares
pursuant to this Section 3.5.2 if its Board of Directors determines in
good faith that such registration would have a material adverse effect
on a significant transaction proposed by the Company; provided,
however, that the Expiration Date shall be extended by the period of
any such postponement. The distribution of Warrant Shares covered by
the request of a Holder pursuant to this Section 3.5.2 shall be
effected by means of the method of distribution selected by such
Holder. If such distribution is effected by means of an underwriting,
the Company shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary
form with a managing underwriter of nationally recognized standing
selected for such underwriting by the Holder and approved by the
Company, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 3.5.2, if the
managing underwriter advises the Holder in writing that marketing
factors require limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten,
then the underwriters may exclude shares requested to be included in
such registration. The number of shares to be included in the
registration and underwriting shall be allocated first among the
Holders who requested registration pursuant to this Section 3.5.2 and
then among other Holders who have requested registration of securities
in such registration and underwriting in proportion as nearly as
practicable to the respective amounts of securities of the Company held
by such Holders at the time of filing the registration statement. No
securities excluded from the underwriting by reason of the managing
underwriter's marketing limitation shall be included in such
registration. If any Holder disapproves of the terms of the
underwriting, such Holder may elect to withdraw therefrom by written
notice to the Company, the managing underwriter and the Holder
requesting such registration pursuant to this Section 3.5.2 and the
securities so withdrawn shall also be withdrawn from registration. If
the distribution of the Warrant Shares is being effected by means of an
underwriting and if the managing underwriter has not limited the number
of securities to be underwritten, the Company may include securities
for its own account in such registration if the managing underwriter so
agrees and may include securities for the account of holders of
securities other than Holders of the Warrant Shares issued or issuable
upon exercise of this Warrant. The inclusion of such securities by the
Company or such other holders shall be on the same terms as the
registration of Warrant Shares held by the Holders requesting
registration pursuant to this Section 3.5.2. In the event that the
underwriters exclude some of the securities to be registered, the
securities to be sold for the account of the Company and any other
holders shall be excluded in their entirety prior to the exclusion of
any Warrant Shares issued or issuable pursuant to this Warrant.
(b) If the Company is a registrant for purposes of the Act
which is entitled to use Form S-3 (or any successor form to Form S-3)
to register securities for any registration requested pursuant to
Section 3.5.2, at the request of a holder pursuant to Section 3.5.2,
the Company shall use its best efforts to cause the shares to be
registered on Form S-3.
(c) A holder requesting registration pursuant to Section 3.5.2
shall have the right to cancel a proposed registration pursuant to
Section 3.5.2 when, in its discretion, market conditions are so
unfavorable as to be seriously detrimental to an offering pursuant to
such registration. For
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the avoidance of doubt, such cancellation of a registration shall not
be counted as one of the two (2) registrations pursuant to Section
3.5.2, subject to the condition that the canceling Holder shall
promptly reimburse the Company for its expenses reasonably incurred in
connection with the cancelled registration, unless such registration
was cancelled after having been deferred, postponed or interrupted by
the Company pursuant to Section 3.5.2, in which case, such expense
reimbursement shall not be required.
3.5.3 Agreements Related to Registrations. In each instance in
which pursuant to Sections 3.5.1 and 3.5.2 of this Section, the Company
shall take any action to permit a public offering or sale or other
distribution of the Warrant Shares, the Company shall:
(a) Supply to the Holders of Warrant Shares intending
to make a public distribution of their Warrant Shares a
reasonable number of copies of the preliminary, final and
other prospectus in conformity with requirements of the Act
and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder and such
other documents as the Holders shall reasonably request.
(b) In regard to a registration under Section 3.5.2
only, cooperate in taking such action as may be necessary to
register or qualify the Warrant Shares under such other
securities acts or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as the
Holders shall reasonably request and to do any and all other
acts and things which may be necessary or advisable to enable
the Holders of such Warrant Shares to consummate such proposed
sale or other disposition of the Warrant Shares in any such
jurisdiction.
(c) Keep effective all such registrations under the
Act and cooperate in taking such action as may be necessary to
facilitate a public sale or other disposition of such Warrant
Shares by such Holders.
(d) Pay all expenses of any registration under
Section 3.5.2. Each registration under Section 3.5.1 shall be
at the Company's expense, except for the direct, incremental
costs attributable to the "piggy-backed" Warrant Shares, which
shall be paid by the Holders thereof. The Company shall not be
required to pay any underwriting discount or commission or
applicable transfer taxes relating to the disposition of the
Warrant Shares.
(e) Indemnify and hold harmless each Holder with
respect to which registration, qualification or compliance has
been effected pursuant to this Agreement and any underwriter,
within the meaning of the Act who may purchase from or sell
for any Holder any Warrant Shares, and each of their
respective officers, directors, partners and such Holder's
legal counsel and independent accountants, if any, and such
person controlling such persons, within the meaning of the
Act, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages,
expenses and liabilities (including, but not limited to, legal
fees and expenses and any and all expenses whatsoever
reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing, defending or
settling any claim (including, but not limited to, legal fees
and expenses)) arising from or based on (i) any untrue
statement (or alleged untrue statement) of
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a material fact contained in any registration statement
furnished pursuant to clause (a) of this Section, or any
prospectus included therein or any amendment or supplement
thereto, (ii) any omission (or alleged omission) to state
therein a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading
(unless such untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) or
omission (or alleged omission) was based upon and in
conformity with information furnished in writing, or required
to be furnished, to the Company by the Holder or underwriter
expressly for use therein), or (iii) any violation by the
Company of any rule or regulation promulgated under the Act or
any state securities law applicable to the Company and
relating to action or inaction by the Company in connection
with any such registration, qualification or compliance.
(f) Each Holder which has securities included in any
registration pursuant to this Agreement shall indemnify and
hold harmless the Company and any underwriter, within the
meaning of the Act, and each of their respective officers,
directors, partners, legal counsel and independent
accountants, and each person controlling such persons within
the meaning of the Act, from and against any and all losses,
claims, damages, expenses and liabilities (including, but not
limited to, legal fees and expenses and any and all expenses
whatsoever reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing,
defending or settling any claim (including, but not limited
to, legal fees and expenses)) arising from or based on (i) any
untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) of a material
fact contained in any registration statement furnished
pursuant to clause (a) of this Section or any prospectus
included therein or any amendment or supplement thereto, or
(ii) any omission (or alleged omission) to state therein a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein not misleading, provided, that the
indemnity by such Holder shall be limited to liability based
upon information furnished in writing, or required to be
furnished, to the Company by such Holder expressly for use
therein. The indemnity agreement of the Company herein shall
not inure to the benefit of any such underwriter (or to the
benefit of any person who controls such underwriter) on
account of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities (or
actions or proceedings in respect thereof) arising from the
sale of any of such Warrant Shares by such underwriter to any
person if such underwriter failed to send or give a copy of
the prospectus furnished pursuant to clause (a) of this
Section, to such person with or prior to the written
confirmation of the sale involved. The obligation of any
Holder pursuant to this Section 3.5.3(f) shall be limited to
an amount equal to the net proceeds to such Holder from
securities sold in such registration pursuant to this
Agreement.
(g) Each party entitled to indemnification hereunder
(the "Indemnifying Party") shall give notice to the party
required to provide indemnification (the "Indemnifying Party")
promptly after such Indemnified Party has actual knowledge of
any claim as to which indemnity may be sought, and shall
permit the Indemnifying Party to assume the defense of any
such claim or any litigation resulting therefrom, provided
that counsel for the Indemnifying Party, who shall conduct the
defense of such claim or litigation, shall be approved by the
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Indemnified Party (whose approval shall not be unreasonably
withheld). The Indemnified Party may participate in such
defense at such party's expense; provided, however, that the
Indemnifying Party shall bear the expense of such defense of
the Indemnified Party if representation of both parties by the
same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential
conflicts of interest. The failure of any Indemnified Party to
give notice as provided herein shall not relieve the
Indemnifying Party of its obligations under this Agreement,
unless and to the extent such failure is prejudicial to the
ability of the Indemnifying Party to defend the action. No
Indemnifying Party, in the defense of any such claim or
litigation shall, except with the consent of each Indemnified
Party, consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any
settlement which does not include as an unconditional term
thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such
Indemnified Party of a release from all liability in respect
of such claim or litigation.
(h) If the indemnification provided for in paragraphs
(e) and (f) above is unavailable or insufficient to hold
harmless an Indemnified Party, then each Indemnifying Party
shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such
Indemnified Party as a result of the expenses, claims, losses,
damages or liabilities (or actions or proceedings in respect
thereof) referred to in such paragraphs in such proportion as
is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Company,
on the one hand, and the holders of securities registered
pursuant hereto, on the other hand, in connection with the
statement or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims,
damages, expenses and liabilities, as well as any other
relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault shall be
determined by reference to, among other things, whether the
untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the
omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates
to information supplied by the Company or any such holder and
the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to information
and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue statement or
omission. The Company and the Holder agree that it would not
be just and equitable if contributions pursuant to this
paragraph (h) were to be determined by pro rata allocation or
by any other method of allocation which does not take account
of the equitable consideration referred to in this paragraph.
No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the
meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to
contribution from any person who was not guilty of such
fraudulent misrepresentation.
(i) In addition, in connection with any registration
requested pursuant hereto, the Company shall:
(1) prepare and file with the SEC pursuant
to the Act such amendments and supplements to such
registration statement and prospectus included
therein as may be necessary to effect and maintain
the effectiveness of such registration statement for
a period of 180 days or such longer period as may be
required in order to complete the distribution of the
securities covered thereby and furnish to the Holders
of such securities copies of any such supplement or
amendment prior to it being used and/or filed with
the SEC and comply with the
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provisions of the Act with respect to the disposition
of all securities to be included in such registration
statement.
(2) provide the Holders, any underwriters in
connection therewith, one counsel for such
underwriters and one counsel for the Holders the
opportunity to participate in the preparation of such
registration statement and each amendment and
supplement thereto.
(3) for a reasonable period prior to the
filing of the registration statement and throughout
the period specified in paragraph (1) above, make
available for inspection by the parties specified in
paragraph (2) above such financial and other
information and books and records of the Company, and
cause the officers, directors, employees and
representatives of the Company to respond to such
inquiries as shall be reasonably necessary to conduct
a reasonable investigation of the Company within the
meaning of the Act.
(4) promptly notify the holders of
securities included in such registration statement
and the managing underwriter in connection therewith
(and confirm such advice in writing) (A) when such
registration statement or the prospectus included
therein or any prospectus amendment or supplement or
post- effective amendment has been filed, and, with
respect to such registration statement or any
post-effective amendment, when the same has become
effective, (B) of any comments by the SEC and by the
blue sky or securities commissioner or regulator of
any state with respect thereto or any request by the
SEC for amendments or supplements to such
registration statement or the prospectus or for
additional information, (C) of the issuance by the
SEC of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of
such registration statement or the initiation of any
proceedings for that purpose, (D) of the receipt by
the Company of any notification with respect to the
suspension of the qualification of the securities for
sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation of any
proceeding for such purpose, or (E) if it shall be
the case, at any time when a prospectus is required
to be delivered under the Act, that such registration
statement, prospectus, or any document incorporated
by reference, in any of the foregoing contains an
untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state
a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading in light of the circumstances then
existing, in which case such Holders of securities
covered by such registration statement shall suspend
sales of such securities until they have been advised
by the Company that an appropriate prospectus
amendment or supplement or post-effective amendment
has been filed; provided, however, that in such
instance the Company shall use its best efforts to
promptly file such prospectus amendment or supplement
or post-effective amendment and the period during
which such holders shall be so required to suspend
sales hereunder shall not exceed 30 days.
(5) use its best efforts to obtain the
withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness
of such registration statement or any post-effective
amendment thereto at the earliest practicable date.
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(6) enter into one or more underwriting
agreements, engagement letters, agency agreements,
"best efforts" underwriting agreements, lock-up
agreements or similar agreements, as appropriate, and
take such other actions in connection therewith as
the Holders of securities registered pursuant hereto
shall reasonably request in order to expedite or
facilitate the disposition of such securities.
(7) whether or not an agreement of the type
referred to in the preceding paragraph is entered
into and whether or not any portion of the offering
contemplated by such registration statement is an
underwritten offering, (A) make such representations
and warranties to the Holders of securities
registered pursuant hereto and any underwriters
thereof, in form, substance and scope as are
customarily made in connection with any offering of
equity securities pursuant to any appropriate
agreement and/or to a registration statement filed on
the form applicable to such registration statement,
(B) obtain an opinion of counsel to the Company in
customary form and covering such matters of the type
customarily covered by such an opinion as the
managing underwriters and Holders of securities
registered pursuant hereto may reasonably request,
(C) obtain a "cold" comfort letter or letters from
the independent certified public accountants of the
Company addressed to the Holders and the
underwriters, if any, dated the effective date of
such registration statement , the effective date of
any prospectus supplement to the prospectus included
in such registration statement or post-effective
amendment to such registration statement and the date
of any consummation of the sale of securities
pursuant hereto, such letter or letters to be in
customary form and covering such matters of the type
customarily covered by letters of such type, (D)
deliver such documents and certificates as may
reasonably be requested by the holders of securities
covered by such registration statement and the
managing underwriter, if any, and (E) undertake such
obligations relating to expense reimbursement,
indemnification and contribution as are provided
herein.
(8) otherwise use its best efforts to comply
with all applicable rules and regulations of the SEC
and otherwise take all actions as may reasonably be
necessary to accomplish the intentions and purposes
of this Section 3.5.
3.6 Additional Covenants. The Company and Holder understand that the
possibility exists that in connection with the exercise (including certain
partial exercises) of this Warrant, each of the Company and Holder may be
required to make certain filings under the Xxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Antitrust
Improvements Act of 1976 ("HSR"). The Company covenants that it shall file with
the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice the notification
form, together with all necessary materials and information, to attempt to
secure the expiration or termination of all applicable waiting period(s)
relating to any or all exercises of the Warrant hereunder as required on its
part under HSR (each an "HSR Warrant Consent"), in the event the Company is
notified by the Holder that the Holder has been advised by its counsel of the
necessity of making such filings. The Company agrees and covenants that it shall
use good faith commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the HSR Warrant Consent
to allow the Holder to exercise the Warrant, and shall inform the Holder of all
material developments in the Company's efforts to obtain the HSR Warrant
Consent, and that simultaneously with the transmittal to third parties or to
governmental
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agencies, it shall provide the Holder with copies of all correspondence, filings
or other written documentation related to efforts to obtain the HSR Warrant
Consent. If, notwithstanding the Company's satisfaction of its obligations
above, the Company fails to obtain the HSR Warrant Consent, then the Company
shall issue Warrant Shares in the maximum number of shares permissible without
obtaining HSR consent and in lieu of issuing the remaining Warrant Shares in
Common Stock (meaning those that cannot be issued without HSR Consent), the
Company shall issue an equivalent number of shares of a new class of non-voting
common stock of the Company ("Non-Voting Stock") which shall be identical in all
respects to the Common Stock, except that shares of Non-Voting Stock shall not
have the right to vote on any matters presented to the Company's stockholders,
unless otherwise required by law; and by their terms the Non-Voting Stock shall
automatically, without notice or any other further action on the part of either
the Company or the Holder, be converted into shares of Common Stock if they are
transferred by the Holder. Thus, if HSR Warrant Consent shall not have been
obtained, the Holder shall continue to have the right to exercise this Warrant,
as otherwise allowed in accordance with the terms hereof; provided, that upon
such exercise, in lieu of receiving Warrant Shares, the Holder shall receive an
equal number of shares of Non-Voting Stock, to the extent of the affected
Warrant Shares (i.e., if a portion of the Warrant Shares can then be issued
without HSR Warrant Consent, the Non-Voting Stock shall be issued only with
respect to the remainder of the Warrant Shares then exercised as evidenced by
this Warrant). The Amendment of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the
Company adopted pursuant to Section 3.4 of the Purchase Agreement and which is
attached thereto as Exhibit B-1 authorized a number of shares of Non-Voting
Stock equal to or greater than the number of Warrant Shares.
The intent of this Section 3.6 is to place the Holder in the position
most nearly identical to the position that the Holder would have been in upon
such exercise if either the HSR Warrant Consent was not necessary or had been
obtained. The Company covenants that, at the cost and expense of the Holder, it
will use commercially reasonable efforts and continue to take all reasonable
steps to attempt to secure for the Holder the Warrant Shares or equivalents
which deliver to the Holder the voting rights and economic benefits incident to
the shares of Common Stock, which efforts shall include, but not be limited to,
appealing any decision of the Federal Trade Commission and/or Justice Department
which denies consent to the exercise in question if, in the opinion of counsel
to the Holder, there is a reasonable basis for such appeal. In the event the
Company is unable to issue the Non-Voting Stock as contemplated herein, the
Company covenants that it will use commercially reasonable efforts to secure for
the Holder the benefits set forth herein.
ARTICLE 4
MISCELLANEOUS
4.1 Term. This Warrant is exercisable, in whole or in part, at any time
and from time to time on or before the Expiration Date set forth above.
4.2 Legends. This Warrant shall be imprinted with a legend in
substantially the following form:
NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON THE EXERCISE HEREOF HAVE
BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND MAY NOT BE
SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED WITHOUT AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION THEREOF
UNDER SUCH ACT OR PURSUANT TO RULE 144 OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY
SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY AND ITS COUNSEL THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT
REQUIRED.
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4.3 Compliance with Securities Laws on Transfer. This Warrant may not
be transferred or assigned by the Company. This Warrant may not be transferred
or assigned by the Holder in whole or in part without compliance with applicable
federal and state securities laws by the transferor and the transferee
(including, without limitation, the delivery of investment representation
letters and legal opinions reasonably satisfactory to the Company, as reasonably
requested by the Company). The Company shall not require the Holder to provide
an opinion of counsel if the transfer is to (a) an Affiliate of the Holder; (b)
the respective successors of the Holder in a merger or consolidation; (c) the
purchaser of all or substantially all of the assets of Holder; (d) the
shareholders of the Holder in the event the Holder is liquidated or dissolved;
or (e) any other person or entity with respect to whom such transfer has been
approved by the Company. If requested by the Company, and if the transfer is
other than a circumstance described above, the Holder shall provide a reasonable
opinion of counsel in connection with the transfer of the Warrant Shares
pursuant to Rule 144.
4.4 Transfer Procedure. Subject to the provisions of Section 4.3, the
Holder may transfer all or part of this Warrant or the Warrant Shares issuable
upon exercise of this Warrant (or the securities issuable, directly or
indirectly, upon conversion of the Warrant Shares, if any).
4.5 Notices. All notices and other communications from the Company to
the Holder, or vice versa, shall be deemed delivered and effective when given
personally or mailed by first-class registered or certified mail, postage
prepaid, at the applicable address set forth in Appendix 3 or as may have been
thereafter furnished to the Company or the Holder, as the case may be, in
writing by the Company or such the Holder from time to time.
4.6 Waiver. 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.
4.7 Attorneys Fees. In the event of any dispute between the parties
concerning the terms and provisions of this Warrant, the party prevailing in
such dispute shall be entitled to collect from the other party all costs
incurred in such dispute, including reasonable attorney's fees.
4.8 Governing Law; Jurisdiction and Venue. This Warrant shall be
governed by, construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the
State of Delaware, excluding the conflict of laws provisions thereof that would
otherwise require the application of the law of any other jurisdiction. The
Company acknowledges and agrees that the state and federal courts sitting in the
State of Delaware shall have jurisdiction in any matter arising out of this
Warrant, and the Company hereby consents to such jurisdiction and agrees that
the venue of any such matter shall also be proper in such state and federal
courts sitting in the State of Delaware.
Dated November 17, 1999
SOURCE MEDIA, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: President and Chief
Executive Officer
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