Exhibit 4.2
[FORM OF WARRANT AGREEMENT - SUBJECT TO ADDITIONAL REVIEW]
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COMMODORE SEPARATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
AND
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
AND
NATIONAL SECURITIES CORPORATION
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WARRANT AGREEMENT
Dated as of January __, 1997
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AGREEMENT, dated this ____ day of January, 1997, by and among
COMMODORE SEPARATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"),
THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as Warrant Agent (the "Warrant Agent") and NATIONAL
SECURITIES CORPORATION, its successors and assigns (collectively, "National" or
the "Representative").
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, in connection with (i) the offering to the public of
units consisting of 1,500,000 shares of 10% Senior Convertible Redeemable
Preferred Stock, $.001 par value (the "Convertible Preferred Stock"), and
1,500,000 redeemable common stock purchase warrants (the "Warrants"), each
Warrant entitling the holder thereof to purchase one share of Common Stock (as
defined in Section 1) at a price equal to 140% of the initial public offering
price per share of Common Stock, and units consisting of 1,500,000 shares of
Common Stock and 1,500,000 Warrants, (ii) the over-allotment option to purchase
up to an additional 225,000 shares of Convertible Preferred Stock, 225,000
shares of Common Stock and/or 450,000 Warrants from the Company (the
"Over-allotment Option"), and (iii) the sale to National of warrants (the
"Representative's Warrants") to purchase up to 150,000 shares of Convertible
Preferred Stock, 150,000 shares of Common Stock and/or 300,000 Warrants, the
Company will issue up to 3,750,000 Warrants (subject to increase as provided
herein and in the Representative's Warrant Agreement); and
WHEREAS, the Company desires to provide for the issuance of
certificates representing the Warrants; 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 certificates representing the Warrants, 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 and the respective rights and obligations thereunder of the Company,
National, the holders of certificates representing the Warrants 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:
(a) "Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
(b) "Common Stock" shall mean the authorized stock of
the Company of any class, whether now or hereafter authorized, which has the
right to participate in the voting and in the distribution of earnings and
assets of the Company without limit as to amount or percentage, subject to the
terms of the Convertible Preferred Stock, which at the date hereof consists of
50,000,000 shares of Common Stock, $.001 par value per share.
(c) "Commission" shall mean the Securities and
Exchange Commission.
(d) "Corporate Office shall mean the office of the
Warrant Agent (or its successor) at which at any particular time its business in
New York, New York, shall be administered, which office is located on the date
hereof at 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000.
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(e) "Exchange Act" shall mean the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended.
(f) "Exercise Date" shall mean, subject to the
provisions of Section 5(b) hereof, as to any Warrant, the date on which the
Warrant Agent shall have received both (i) 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 (ii) payment in
cash or by official bank or certified check made payable to the Warrant Agent
for the account of the Company, of the amount in lawful money of the United
States of America equal to the applicable Purchase Price (as hereinafter
defined) in good funds.
(g) "Initial Warrant Exercise Date" shall mean
_____________ __, 1998 [12 months from the effective date of the Registration
Statement].
(h) "Initial Warrant Redemption Date" shall mean
_______________ __, 1998 [18 months from the effective date of the Registration
Statement].
(i) "NASD" shall mean the National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc.
(j) "Nasdaq" shall mean the Nasdaq SmallCap Market.
(k) "Purchase Price" shall mean, subject to
modification and adjustment as provided in Section 8, $_____ per share of Common
Stock [140% of the initial public offering price of the Common Stock] and
further subject to the Company's right, in its sole discretion, to decrease the
Purchase Price for a period of not less than 30 days on not less than 30 days'
prior written notice to the Registered Holders and National.
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(l) "Redemption Date" shall mean the date (which may
not occur before the Initial Warrant Redemption Date) fixed for the redemption
of the Warrants in accordance with the terms hereof.
(m) "Redemption Price" shall mean the price at which
the Company may, at its option, redeem the Warrants, in accordance with the
terms hereof, which price shall be $0.10 per Warrant, subject to adjustment from
time to time pursuant to the provisions of Section 9 hereof.
(n) "Registered Holder" shall mean the person in
whose name any certificate representing the Warrants shall be registered on the
books maintained by the Warrant Agent pursuant to Section 6.
(p) "Representative's Warrant Agreement" shall mean
the agreement dated as of _______________ __, 1997 [the date of the Prospectus]
between the Company and National relating to and governing the terms and
provisions of the Representative's Warrants.
(q) "Transfer Agent" shall mean The Bank of New York,
or its authorized successor.
(r) "Underwriting Agreement" shall mean the
underwriting agreement dated ______________ __, 1997 [the date of the
Prospectus] between the Company and the several underwriters listed therein
relating to the purchase for resale to the public of the units consisting of
1,500,000 shares of Convertible Preferred Stock and 1,500,000 Warrants and the
units consisting of 1,500,000 shares of Common Stock and 1,500,000 Warrants.
(s) "Warrant Certificate" shall mean a certificate
representing each of the Warrants substantially in the form annexed hereto as
Exhibit A.
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(t) "Warrant Expiration Date" shall mean, unless the
Warrants are redeemed as provided in Section 9 hereof prior to such date, 5:30
p.m. (New York time), on ______________ __, 2002 [60 months from the effective
date of the Registration Statement], or the Redemption Date as defined herein,
whichever date is earlier; 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 5:30
p.m. (New York 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 five
business days' prior written notice to the Registered Holders, the Company shall
have the right to extend the Warrant Expiration Date.
SECTION 2. Warrants and Issuance of Warrant Certificates.
(a) Each Warrant shall initially entitle the
Registered Holder of the Warrant Certificate representing such Warrant to
purchase at the Purchase Price therefor from the Initial Warrant Exercise Date
until the Warrant Expiration Date 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.
(b) Upon execution of this Agreement, Warrant
Certificates representing the number of Warrants sold pursuant to the
Underwriting Agreement (subject to modification and adjustment as provided in
Section 8) shall be executed by the Company and delivered to the Warrant Agent.
(c) Upon exercise of the Representative's Warrants as
provided therein, Warrant Certificates representing all or a portion of 300,000
Warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 300,000 shares of Common Stock
(subject to modification and adjustment as
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provided in Section 8 hereof and in the Representative's Warrant Agreement),
shall be countersigned, issued and delivered by the Warrant Agent upon written
order of the Company signed by its Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive
Officer, President or a Vice President and by its Treasurer or an Assistant
Treasurer or its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary.
(d) From time to time, up to the Warrant Expiration
Date or the Redemption Date, whichever date is earlier, the Warrant Agent shall
countersign and deliver Warrant Certificates in required denominations of one or
whole number multiples thereof to the person entitled thereto in connection with
any transfer or exchange permitted under this Agreement. Except as provided
herein, no Warrant Certificates shall be issued except (i) Warrant Certificates
initially issued hereunder, those issued pursuant to the exercise of the Over-
allotment Option and those issued on or after the Initial Warrant Exercise Date,
upon the exercise of fewer than all Warrants held by the exercising Registered
Holder, (ii) Warrant Certificates issued upon any transfer or exchange of
Warrants, (iii) Warrant Certificates issued in replacement of lost, stolen,
destroyed or mutilated Warrant Certificates pursuant to Section 7, (iv) Warrant
Certificates issued pursuant to the Representative's Warrant Agreement, and (v)
at the option of the Company, Warrant Certificates in such form as may be
approved by its Board of Directors, to reflect any adjustment or change in the
Purchase Price, the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable upon exercise
of the Warrants or the Redemption Price therefor made pursuant to Section 8
hereof.
SECTION 3. Form and Execution of Warrant Certificates.
(a) 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
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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 letter W on the Warrants.
(b) Warrant Certificates shall be executed on behalf
of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, President
or any Vice President and by its Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer or its
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, by manual signatures or by facsimile
signatures printed thereon, 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 and issue and delivery thereof, such Warrant Certificates, nevertheless,
may be countersigned by the Warrant Agent, 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
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Certificates shall be delivered by the Warrant Agent to the Registered Holder
promptly and without further action by the Company, except as otherwise provided
by Section 4(a) hereof.
SECTION 4. Exercise.
(a) Warrants in denominations of one or whole number
multiples thereof may be exercised by the Registered Holder thereof commencing
at any time on or after the Initial Warrant Exercise Date, but not after the
Warrant Expiration Date, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth
herein and in the applicable 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 securities 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. If Warrants in denominations
other than whole number multiples thereof shall be exercised at one time by the
same Registered Holder, the number of full shares of Common Stock which shall be
issuable upon exercise thereof shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate
number of full shares of Common Stock issuable upon such exercise. As soon as
practicable on or after the Exercise Date and in any event within five business
days after such date, if one or more Warrants have been exercised, the Warrant
Agent on behalf of the Company shall cause to be issued to the person or persons
entitled to receive the same a Common Stock certificate or certificates for the
shares of Common Stock deliverable upon such exercise, and the Warrant Agent
shall deliver the same to the person or persons entitled thereto. Upon the
exercise of any one or more Warrants, the Warrant Agent shall promptly notify
the Company in writing of such fact and of the number of securities delivered
upon such exercise and, subject to subsection (b) below, shall cause all
payments of an amount in cash or by check
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made payable to the order of the Company, equal to the Purchase Price, to be
deposited promptly in the Company's bank account.
(b) At any time upon the exercise of any Warrants
after one year and one day from the date hereof, the Warrant Agent shall, on a
daily basis, within two business days after such exercise, notify National of
the exercise of any such Warrants and shall, on a weekly basis (subject to
collection of funds constituting the tendered Purchase Price, but in no event
later than five business days after the last day of the calendar week in which
such funds were tendered), remit to National an amount equal to five percent
(5%) of the Purchase Price of such Warrants then being exercised unless National
shall have notified the Warrant Agent that the payment of such amount with
respect to such Warrant is violative of the General Rules and Regulations
promulgated under the Exchange Act, or the rules and regulations of the NASD or
applicable state securities or "blue sky" laws, or the Warrants are those
underlying the Representative's Warrants in which event, the Warrant Agent shall
have to pay such amount to the Company; provided, that the Warrant Agent shall
not be obligated to pay any amounts pursuant to this Section 4(b) during any
week that such amounts payable are less than $1,000 and the Warrant Agent's
obligation to make such payments shall be suspended until the amount payable
aggregates $1,000, and provided further, that, in any event, any such payment
(regardless of amount) shall be made not less frequently than monthly.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, National shall be entitled to receive the
commission contemplated by this Section 4(b) as Warrant solicitation agent only
if: (i) National has provided actual services in connection with the
solicitation of the exercise of a Warrant by a Registered Holder and (ii) the
Registered Holder exercising a Warrant affirmatively designates in writing on
the exercise form on the
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reverse side of the Warrant Certificate that the exercise of such Registered
Holder's Warrant was solicited by National.
(c) The Company shall not be required to issue
fractional shares on the exercise of Warrants. Warrants may only be exercised in
such multiples as are required to permit the issuance by the Company of one or
more whole shares. If one or more Warrants shall be presented for exercise in
full at the same time by the same Registered Holder, the number of whole shares
which shall be issuable upon such exercise thereof shall be computed on the
basis of the aggregate number of shares purchasable on exercise of the Warrants
so presented. If any fraction of a share would, except for the provisions
provided herein, be issuable on the exercise of any Warrant (or specified
portion thereof), the Company shall pay an amount in cash equal to such fraction
multiplied by the then current market value of a share of Common Stock,
determined as follows:
(1) If the Common Stock is quoted, listed, or admitted to
unlisted trading privileges, on Nasdaq or a national securities exchange, the
current market value of a share of Common Stock shall be the closing sale price
of the Common Stock at the end of the regular trading session on the last
business day prior to the date of exercise of the Warrants on whichever of such
exchanges had the highest average daily trading volume for the Common Stock on
such day; or
(2) If the Common Stock is not listed or admitted to unlisted
trading privileges on any national securities exchange, but is traded in the
over-the-counter market, the current market value of a share of Common Stock
shall be the average of the last reported bid and asked
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prices of the Common Stock reported by the National Quotation Bureau, Inc. on
the last business day prior to the date of exercise of the Warrants;
(3) If the Common Stock is not quoted, listed, admitted to
unlisted trading privileges on Nasdaq or any national securities exchange, and
bid and asked prices of the Common Stock are not reported by the National
Quotation Bureau, Inc., the current market value of a share of Common Stock
shall be an amount, not less than the book value thereof as of the end of the
most recently completed fiscal quarter of the Company ending prior to the date
of exercise, determined by the members of the Board of Directors of the Company
exercising good faith and using customary valuation methods; or
(4) No Registered Holder of Warrants 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 of Warrants, 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 5. Reservation of Shares; Listing; Payment of Taxes;
etc.
(a) 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 then 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 thereof, be duly
and validly issued and fully paid and nonassessable and free from all preemptive
or similar rights, taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issue thereof,
and that upon issuance such shares shall be listed on each securities exchange,
if any, on which the other shares of outstanding Common Stock of the Company are
then listed.
(b) 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 file a registration statement under the
federal securities laws or a post-effective amendment, use its best efforts to
cause the same to become effective and to keep such registration statement
current while any of the Warrants are outstanding and deliver a prospectus which
complies with Section 10(a)(3) of the Act, to the Registered Holder exercising
the Warrant (except, if in the opinion of counsel to the Company, such
registration is not required under the federal securities law or if the Company
receives a letter from the staff of the Commission stating that it would not
take any enforcement action if such registration is not effected). The Company
will use its best efforts to obtain appropriate approvals or registrations under
state "blue sky" securities laws with respect to any such
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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.
(c) 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 of Common
Stock upon exercise of the Warrants; provided, however, that if 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.
(d) The Warrant Agent is hereby irrevocably
authorized as the Transfer Agent to requisition from time to time certificates
representing shares of Common Stock or other securities required upon exercise
of the Warrants, and the Company will comply with all such requisitions.
SECTION 6. Exchange and Registration of Transfer.
(a) 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.
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(b) 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
customary practice. Upon due presentment for registration of 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.
(c) With respect to all Warrant Certificates
presented for registration of transfer, or for exchange or exercise, the
subscription or exercise form, as the case may be, on the reverse thereof shall
be duly endorsed or be accompanied by a written instrument or instruments of
transfer and subscription, in form satisfactory to the Company and the Warrant
Agent, duly executed by the Registered Holder thereof or his attorney-in-fact
duly authorized in writing.
(d) A service charge may be imposed by the Warrant
Agent for any exchange or registration of transfer 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.
(e) 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 (in which case
such Warrant Certificates shall be delivered to any successor warrant agent in
accordance with the provisions of Section 10 hereof).
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(f) Prior to due presentment for registration of
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.
SECTION 7. Loss or Mutilation. Upon receipt by the Company and
the Warrant Agent of evidence satisfactory to them of the ownership of and the
loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of any Warrant Certificate and (in the
case of loss, theft or destruction) of indemnity satisfactory to them, and (in
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 the Warrant Agent that a new Warrant Certificate has been acquired by a
bona fide 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. Applicants for a substitute Warrant Certificate shall also
comply with such other reasonable regulations and pay such other reasonable
charges as the Warrant Agent may prescribe.
SECTION 8. Adjustment of Purchase Price and Number of Shares
of Common Stock Deliverable.
(a) Except as hereinafter provided, in the event the
Company shall, at any time or from time to time after the date hereof and prior
to the Warrant Expiration Date, issue or sell any shares of Common Stock for a
consideration per share less than the Purchase Price or issue any shares of
Common Stock as a stock dividend to the holders of Common Stock, or
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subdivide or combine the outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater or
lesser number of shares (any such issuance, subdivision or combination being
herein called a "Change of Shares"), then, and thereafter upon each further
Change of Shares, the Purchase Price for the Warrants (whether or not the same
shall be issued and outstanding) in effect immediately prior to such Change of
Shares shall be changed to a price (including any applicable fraction of a cent
to the nearest cent) determined by dividing (i) the sum of (x) the total number
of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such Change of
Shares, multiplied by the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such
Change of Shares and (y) the consideration, if any, received by the Company upon
such sale, issuance, subdivision or combination, by (ii) the total number of
shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such Change of Shares;
provided, however, that in no event shall the Purchase Price be adjusted
pursuant to this computation to an amount in excess of the Purchase Price in
effect immediately prior to such computation, except in the case of a
combination of outstanding shares of Common Stock.
For the purposes of any adjustment to be made in accordance
with this Section 8(a), the following provisions shall be applicable:
(A) In case of the issuance or sale of shares of
Common Stock (or of other securities deemed hereunder to involve the issuance or
sale of shares of Common Stock) for a consideration part or all of which shall
be cash, the amount of the cash portion of the consideration therefor deemed to
have been received by the Company shall be (i) the subscription price, if shares
of Common Stock are offered by the Company for subscription, or (ii) the public
offering price (before deducting therefrom any compensation paid or discount
allowed in the sale, underwriting or purchase thereof by underwriters or dealers
or others
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performing similar services, or any expenses incurred in connection therewith),
if such securities are sold to underwriters or dealers for public offering
without a subscription offering, or (iii) the gross amount of cash actually
received by the Company for such securities, in any other case.
(B) In case of the issuance or sale (otherwise than
as a dividend or other distribution on any stock of the Company, and otherwise
than on the exercise of options, rights or warrants or the conversion or
exchange of convertible or exchangeable securities) of shares of Common Stock
(or of other securities deemed hereunder to involve the issuance or sale of
shares of Common Stock) for a consideration part or all of which shall be other
than cash, the amount of the consideration therefor other than cash deemed to
have been received by the Company shall be the value of such consideration as
determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company, using
customary valuation methods and on the basis of prevailing market values for
similar property or services.
(C) Shares of Common Stock issuable by way of
dividend or other distribution on any stock of the Company shall be deemed to
have been issued immediately after the opening of business on the day following
the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to receive such
dividend or other distribution and shall be deemed to have been issued without
consideration.
(D) The reclassification of securities of the Company
other than shares of Common Stock into securities including shares of Common
Stock shall be deemed to involve the issuance of such shares of Common Stock for
a consideration other than cash immediately prior to the close of business on
the date fixed for the determination of security holders entitled to
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receive such shares, and the value of the consideration allocable to such shares
of Common Stock shall be determined as provided in subsection (B) of this
Section 8(a).
(E) The number of shares of Common Stock at any one
time outstanding shall be deemed to include the aggregate maximum number of
shares issuable (subject to readjustment upon the actual issuance thereof) upon
the exercise of options, rights or warrants and upon the conversion or exchange
of convertible or exchangeable securities.
(b) Upon each adjustment of the Purchase Price
pursuant to this Section 8, the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable
upon the exercise of each Warrant shall be the number derived by multiplying the
number of shares of Common Stock purchasable immediately prior to such
adjustment by the Purchase Price in effect prior to such adjustment and dividing
the product so obtained by the applicable adjusted Purchase Price.
(c) In case the Company shall at any time after the
date hereof issue options, rights or warrants to subscribe for shares of Common
Stock, or issue any securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of
Common Stock, for a consideration per share (determined as provided in Sections
8(a) and 8(b) and as provided below) less than the Purchase Price in effect
immediately prior to the issuance of such options, rights or warrants, or such
convertible or exchangeable securities, or without consideration (including the
issuance of any such securities by way of dividend or other distribution), the
Purchase Price for the Warrants (whether or not the same shall be issued and
outstanding) in effect immediately prior to the issuance of such options, rights
or warrants, or such convertible or exchangeable securities, as the case may be,
shall be reduced to a price determined by making the computation in accordance
with the provisions of Sections 8(a) and 8(b) hereof, provided that:
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(A) The aggregate maximum number of shares of Common
Stock, as the case may be, issuable or that may become issuable under such
options, rights or warrants (assuming exercise in full even if not then
currently exercisable or currently exercisable in full) shall be deemed to be
issued and outstanding at the time such options, rights or warrants were issued,
for a consideration equal to the minimum purchase price per share provided for
in such options, rights or warrants at the time of issuance, plus the
consideration, if any, received by the Company for such options, rights or
warrants; provided, however, that upon the expiration or other termination of
such options, rights or warrants, if any thereof shall not have been exercised,
the number of shares of Common Stock deemed to be issued and outstanding
pursuant to this subsection (A) (and for the purposes of subsection (E) of
Section 8(a) hereof) shall be reduced by the number of shares as to which
options, warrants and/or rights shall have expired, and such number of shares
shall no longer be deemed to be issued and outstanding, and the Purchase Price
then in effect shall forthwith be readjusted and thereafter be the price that it
would have been had adjustment been made on the basis of the issuance only of
the shares actually issued plus the shares remaining issuable upon the exercise
of those options, rights or warrants as to which the exercise rights shall not
have expired or terminated unexercised.
(B) The aggregate maximum number of shares of Common
Stock issuable or that may become issuable upon conversion or exchange of any
convertible or exchangeable securities (assuming conversion or exchange in full
even if not then currently convertible or exchangeable in full) shall be deemed
to be issued and outstanding at the time of issuance of such securities, for a
consideration equal to the consideration received by the Company for such
securities, plus the minimum consideration, if any, receivable by the Company
upon the
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conversion or exchange thereof; provided, however, that upon the termination of
the right to convert or exchange such convertible or exchangeable securities
(whether by reason of redemption or otherwise), the number of shares of Common
Stock deemed to be issued and outstanding pursuant to this subsection (B) (and
for the purposes of subsection (E) of Section 8(a) hereof) shall be reduced by
the number of shares as to which the conversion or exchange rights shall have
expired or terminated unexercised, and such number of shares shall no longer be
deemed to be issued and outstanding, and the Purchase Price then in effect shall
forthwith be readjusted and thereafter be the price that it would have been had
adjustment been made on the basis of the issuance only of the shares actually
issued plus the shares remaining issuable upon conversion or exchange of those
convertible or exchangeable securities as to which the conversion or exchange
rights shall not have expired or terminated unexercised.
(C) If any change shall occur in the price per share
provided for in any of the options, rights or warrants referred to in subsection
(A) of this Section 8(c), or in the price per share or ratio at which the
securities referred to in subsection (B) of this Section 8(c) are convertible or
exchangeable, such options, rights or warrants or conversion or exchange rights,
as the case may be, to the extent not theretofore exercised, shall be deemed to
have expired or terminated on the date when such price change became effective
in respect of shares not theretofore issued pursuant to the exercise or
conversion or exchange thereof, and the Company shall be deemed to have issued
upon such date new options, rights or warrants or convertible or exchangeable
securities.
(d) In case of any reclassification or change of
outstanding shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants (other
than a change in par value, or
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from par value to no par value, or from no par value to par value or as a result
of a subdivision or combination), or in case of any consolidation or merger of
the Company with or into another corporation (other than a merger with a
subsidiary of the Company in which merger the Company is the continuing
corporation) and which does not result in any reclassification or change of the
then outstanding shares of Common Stock or other capital stock issuable upon
exercise of the Warrants (other than a change in par value, or from par value to
no par value, or from no par value to par value or as a result of a subdivision
or combination) or in case of any sale or conveyance to another corporation of
the property of the Company as an entirety or substantially as an entirety,
then, as a condition of such reclassification, change, consolidation, merger,
sale or conveyance, the Company, or such successor or purchasing corporation, as
the case may be, shall make lawful and adequate provision whereby the Registered
Holder of each Warrant then outstanding shall have the right thereafter to
receive on exercise of such Warrant the kind and amount of securities and
property receivable upon such reclassification, change, consolidation, merger,
sale or conveyance by a holder of the number of securities issuable upon
exercise of such Warrant immediately prior to such reclassification, change,
consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance and shall forthwith file at the
Corporate Office of the Warrant Agent a statement signed by its Chief Executive
Officer, President or a Vice President and by its Treasurer or an Assistant
Treasurer or its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary evidencing such provision.
Such provisions shall include provision for adjustments which shall be as nearly
equivalent as may be practicable to the adjustments provided for in Sections
8(a), (b) and (c). The above provisions of this Section 8(d) shall similarly
apply to successive reclassifications and
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changes of shares of Common Stock and to successive consolidations, mergers,
sales or conveyances.
(e) 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(d) hereof, continue to express the Purchase
Price per share and the number of shares purchasable thereunder as the Purchase
Price per share and the number of shares purchasable thereunder were expressed
in the Warrant Certificates when the same were originally issued.
(f) After each adjustment of the Purchase Price
pursuant to this Section 8, the Company will promptly prepare a certificate
signed by the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer or President, and by the
Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary,
of the Company setting forth: (i) the Purchase Price as so adjusted, (ii) the
number of shares of Common Stock purchasable upon exercise of each Warrant,
after such adjustment, and (iii) 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 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 holder to whom the Company failed to mail such notice, or
except as to the holder whose notice was defective. The affidavit of an officer
of the Warrant Agent or the Secretary or an Assistant
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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.
(g) No adjustment of the Purchase Price shall be made
as a result of or in connection with (A) the issuance or sale of shares of
Common Stock pursuant to options, warrants, stock purchase agreements and
convertible or exchangeable securities outstanding or in effect on the date
hereof and on the terms described in the final prospectus relating to the public
offering contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement; or (B) the issuance or sale
of shares of Common Stock if the amount of said adjustment shall be less than
$.10, provided, however, that in such case, any adjustment that would otherwise
be required then to be made shall be carried forward and shall be made at the
time of and together with the next subsequent adjustment that shall amount,
together with any adjustment so carried forward, to at least $.10. In addition,
Registered Holders shall not be entitled to cash dividends paid by the Company
prior to the exercise of any Warrant or Warrants held by them.
SECTION 9. Redemption.
(a) Commencing on the Initial Warrant Redemption
Date, the Company may, on 30 days' prior written notice, redeem all, but not
less than all, of the Warrants at ten cents ($.10) per Warrant, provided,
however, that before any such call for redemption of Warrants can take place,
the average closing sale price for the Common Stock as reported by Nasdaq, if
the Common Stock is then traded on Nasdaq (or the average closing sale price, if
the Common Stock is then traded on another national securities exchange) shall
have equalled or exceeded $_____ per share [300% of the initial public offering
price of the Common Stock] for any twenty (20) trading days within a period of
thirty (30) consecutive trading days ending on
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the fifth trading day prior to the date on which the notice contemplated by
subsections (b) and (c) below is given (subject to adjustment in the event of
any stock splits or other similar events as provided in Section 8 hereof).
(b) In case the Company shall exercise its right to
redeem any or all of the Warrants, it shall give or cause to be given notice to
the Registered Holders of the Warrants, by mailing to such Registered Holders a
notice of redemption, first class, postage prepaid, at their last address as
shall appear on the records of the Warrant Agent. Any notice mailed in the
manner provided herein shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given
whether or not the Registered Holder receives such notice. Not less than five
(5) business days prior to the mailing to the Registered Holders of the Warrants
of the notice of redemption, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered
to National a similar notice telephonically and confirmed in writing together
with a list of the Registered Holders (including their respective addresses and
number of Warrants beneficially owned) to whom such notice of redemption has
been or will be given.
(c) The notice of redemption shall specify (i) the
Redemption Price, (ii) the Redemption Date, which shall in no event be less than
thirty (30) days after the date of mailing of such notice, (iii) the place where
the Warrant Certificate shall be delivered and the Redemption Price shall be
paid, (iv) if National is engaged as a Warrant solicitation agent, that National
shall receive the commission contemplated by Section 4(b) hereof, and (v) that
the right to exercise the Warrant shall terminate at 5:30 p.m. (New York time)
on the business day immediately preceding the date fixed for redemption. No
failure to mail such notice nor any defect therein or in the mailing thereof
shall affect the validity of the proceedings for such
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redemption except as to a holder (a) to whom notice was not mailed or (b) 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.
(d) Any right to exercise a Warrant shall terminate
at 5:30 p.m. (New York time) on the business day immediately preceding the
Redemption Date. The Redemption Price payable to the Registered Holders shall be
mailed to such persons at their addresses of record. On and after the Redemption
Date, Registered Holders of Warrants shall have no further rights except to
receive, upon surrender of the Warrant Certificate(s) representing such
Warrants, the Redemption Price.
(e) The Company shall indemnify National and each
person, if any, who controls National within the meaning of Section 15 of the
Act or Section 20(a) of the Exchange Act against all loss, claim, damage,
expense or liability (including all expenses reasonably incurred in
investigating, preparing or defending against any claim whatsoever) to which any
of them may become subject under the Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, arising
from the registration statement or prospectus referred to in Section 5(b) hereof
to the same extent and with the same effect (including the provisions regarding
contribution) as the provisions pursuant to which the Company has agreed to
indemnify National contained in Section 7 of the Underwriting Agreement.
(f) Five business days prior to the Redemption Date,
the Company shall furnish to National (i) an opinion of counsel to the Company,
dated such date and addressed to National, and (ii) a "cold comfort" letter
dated such date addressed to National, signed by the
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independent public accountants who have issued a report on the Company's
financial statements included in such registration statement, in each case
covering substantially the same matters with respect to such registration
statement (and the prospectus included therein) and, in the case of such
accountants' letter, with respect to events subsequent to the date of such
financial statements, as are customarily covered in opinions of issuer's counsel
and in accountants' letters delivered to underwriters in underwritten public
offerings of securities.
SECTION 10. Concerning the Warrant Agent.
(a) The Warrant Agent acts hereunder as agent and in
a ministerial capacity for the Company and National, 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 or 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.
(b) 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 or the Redemption 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 adjustments, 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 fact
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
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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, bad faith or willful misconduct.
(c) The Warrant Agent may at any time consult with
counsel satisfactory to it (who may be counsel for the Company or for National)
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.
(d) Any notice, statement, instruction, request,
direction, order or demand of the Company shall be sufficiently evidenced by an
instrument signed by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, Chief Executive
Officer, President or any Vice President (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 reasonably
believed by it to be genuine.
(e) The Company agrees to pay the Warrant Agent
reasonable compensation for its services hereunder and to reimburse it for its
reasonable expenses hereunder; the Company further agrees to indemnify the
Warrant Agent and save it harmless from and 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, bad faith or willful misconduct.
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(f) 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 gross negligence or willful
misconduct), after giving 30 days' prior written notice to the Company. At least
15 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 in writing a new warrant agent. If the
Company shall fail to make such appointment within a period of 15 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 that is a registered transfer agent under the Exchange Act.
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
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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.
(g) Any corporation into which the Warrant Agent or
any new warrant agent may be converted or merged, 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 corporate trust business of the
Warrant Agent or any new 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 Holders of each Warrant Certificate.
(h) 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 effect 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.
(i) The Warrant Agent shall retain for a period of
two years from the date of exercise any Warrant Certificate received by it upon
such exercise.
SECTION 11. Modification of Agreement.
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
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herein contained; or (ii) that they may deem necessary or desirable and which
shall not adversely affect the interests of the holders of Warrant Certificates;
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 66-2/3% of the Warrants then
outstanding; provided, further, that no change in the number or nature of the
securities purchasable upon the exercise of any Warrant, or to increase the
Purchase Price therefor or to accelerate the Warrant Expiration Date, shall be
made without the consent in writing of the Registered Holder of the Warrant
Certificate representing such Warrant, other than such changes as are presently
specifically prescribed by this Agreement as originally executed. In addition,
this Agreement may not be modified, amended or supplemented without the prior
written consent of National, other than to cure any ambiguity or to correct any
provision which is inconsistent with any other provision of this Agreement or to
make any such change that is necessary or desirable and which shall not
adversely affect the interests of National and except as may be required by law.
SECTION 12. Notices.
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 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000,
Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx, President and Chief Executive Officer, or at such
other address as may have been furnished to the Warrant Agent in writing by the
Company; and if to
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the Warrant Agent, at its Corporate Office. Copies of any notice delivered
pursuant to this Agreement shall also be delivered to National Securities
Corporation, 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000,
Attention: General Counsel, or at such other address as may have been furnished
to the Company and the Warrant Agent in writing.
SECTION 13. Governing Law.
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York without giving effect to
conflicts of laws.
SECTION 14. Binding Effect.
This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit
of the Company, National, the Warrant Agent and their respective successors and
assigns and the holders from time to time of Warrant Certificates or any of
them. 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 15. Termination.
This Agreement shall terminate at the close of business on the
Expiration Date of all of the Warrants or such earlier date upon which all
Warrants have been exercised or redeemed, except that the Warrant Agent shall
account to the Company for cash held by it and the provisions of Section 10
hereof shall survive such termination.
SECTION 16. Counterparts.
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.
[SEAL]
COMMODORE SEPARATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
By: _____________________________________
Name:
Title:
Attest:
By: ____________________
Name:
Title:
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
As Warrant Agent
By: _____________________________________
Name:
Title:
NATIONAL SECURITIES CORPORATION
By: _____________________________________
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT A
No. W ________________ VOID AFTER _________, 2002
WARRANTS
REDEEMABLE WARRANT CERTIFICATE TO
PURCHASE ONE SHARE OF COMMON STOCK
COMMODORE SEPARATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
CUSIP ____
THIS CERTIFIES THAT, FOR VALUE RECEIVED
or registered assigns (the "Registered Holder") is the owner of the number of
Redeemable Warrants (the "Warrants") specified above. Each Warrant initially
entitles the Registered Holder to purchase, subject to the terms and conditions
set forth in this Certificate and the Warrant Agreement (as hereinafter
defined), one fully paid and nonassessable share of Common Stock, $.001 par
value, of Commodore Separation Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), at any time between ___________________, 1998 (the "Initial Warrant
Exercise Date"), and the Expiration Date (as hereinafter defined) upon the
presentation and surrender of this Warrant Certificate with the Subscription
Form on the reverse hereof duly executed, at the corporate office of The Bank of
New York, as Warrant Agent, or its successor (the "Warrant Agent"), accompanied
by payment of $_____ per share of Common Stock, [140% of the initial public
offering price of the Common Stock] subject to adjustment (the "Purchase
Price"), in lawful money of the United States of America in cash or by check
made payable to the Warrant Agent for the account of the Company.
This Warrant Certificate and each Warrant represented hereby are
issued pursuant to and are subject in all respects to the terms and conditions
set forth in the Warrant Agreement (the "Warrant Agreement"), dated ___________,
1997 [date of the Prospectus], between the Company, National Securities
Corporation ("National") and the Warrant Agent.
In the event of certain contingencies provided for in the
Warrant Agreement, the Purchase Price and the number of shares of Common Stock
subject to purchase upon the exercise of each Warrant represented hereby are
subject to modification or adjustment.
Each Warrant represented hereby is exercisable at the option of
the Registered Holder, but no fractional interests will be issued. In the case
of the exercise of less than all the
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Warrants represented hereby, the Company shall cancel this Warrant Certificate
upon the surrender hereof and shall execute and deliver a new Warrant
Certificate or Warrant Certificates of like tenor, which the Warrant Agent shall
countersign, for the balance of such Warrants.
The term "Expiration Date" shall mean 5:30 p.m. (New York time)
on __________, 2002 [forty-eight (48) months after the Initial Warrant Exercise
Date]. If each such date shall in the State of New York be a holiday or a day on
which the banks are authorized to close, then the Expiration Date shall mean
5:30 p.m. (New York 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.
The Company shall not be obligated to deliver any securities
pursuant to the exercise of this Warrant unless a registration statement under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), with respect to such
securities is effective or an exemption thereunder is available. The Company has
covenanted and agreed that it will file a registration statement under the
Federal securities laws, use its best efforts to cause the same to become
effective, use its best efforts to keep such registration statement current, if
required under the Act, while any of the Warrants are outstanding, and deliver a
prospectus which complies with Section 10(a)(3) of the Act to the Registered
Holder exercising this Warrant. This Warrant shall not be exercisable by a
Registered Holder in any state where such exercise would be unlawful.
This Warrant Certificate is exchangeable, upon the surrender
hereof by the Registered Holder at the corporate office of the Warrant Agent,
for a new Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates of like tenor representing
an equal aggregate number of Warrants, each of such new Warrant Certificates to
represent such number of Warrants as shall be designated by such Registered
Holder at the time of such surrender. Upon due presentment and payment of any
tax or other charge imposed in connection therewith or incident thereto, for
registration of transfer of this Warrant Certificate at such office, a new
Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates representing an equal aggregate
number of Warrants will be issued to the transferee in exchange therefor,
subject to the limitations provided in the Warrant Agreement.
Prior to the exercise of any Warrant represented hereby, the
Registered Holder shall not be entitled to any rights of a stockholder of the
Company, including, without limitation, the right to vote or to receive
dividends or other distributions, and shall not be entitled to receive any
notice of any proceedings of the Company, except as provided in the Warrant
Agreement.
Subject to the provisions of the Warrant Agreement, this Warrant
may be redeemed at the option of the Company, at a redemption price of $.10 per
Warrant, at any time commencing after ______________, 1998 [18 months after the
effective date of the Registration Statement], provided that the average closing
sale price for the Common Stock as reported by the Nasdaq SmallCap Market (or
the average closing sale price, if the Common Stock is then traded on another
national securities exchange), shall have equalled or exceeded $_____ per share
[300% of the initial public offering price of the Common Stock] for any twenty
(20) trading days within a period of thirty (30) consecutive trading days ending
on the fifth trading
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day prior to the date of the Notice of Redemption, as defined below (subject to
adjustment in the event of any stock splits or other similar events). Notice of
redemption (the "Notice of Redemption") shall be given not later than the
thirtieth day before the date fixed for redemption, all as provided in the
Warrant Agreement. On and after the date fixed for redemption, the Registered
Holder shall have no rights with respect to the Warrants except to receive the
$.10 per Warrant upon surrender of this Warrant Certificate.
Under certain circumstances, National may be entitled to receive
an aggregate of five percent (5%) of the Purchase Price of the Warrants
represented hereby.
Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer hereof,
the Company and the Warrant Agent may deem and treat the Registered Holder as
the absolute owner hereof and of each Warrant represented hereby
(notwithstanding any notations of ownership or writing hereon 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, except as
provided in the Warrant Agreement.
This Warrant Certificate shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York without giving effect to
conflicts of laws.
This Warrant Certificate is not valid unless countersigned by
the Warrant Agent.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant
Certificate to be duly executed, manually or in facsimile by two of its officers
thereunto duly authorized and a facsimile of its corporate seal to be imprinted
hereon.
Dated:
COMMODORE SEPARATION
TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
[SEAL]
By: ___________________________
Name:
Title:
By: ___________________________
Name:
Title: Secretary
COUNTERSIGNED:
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Warrant Agent
By: _____________________________
Authorized Officer
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SUBSCRIPTION FORM
To Be Executed by the Registered Holder
in Order to Exercise Warrants
The undersigned Registered Holder hereby irrevocably elects to
exercise _________________ Warrants represented by this Warrant Certificate, and
to purchase the securities issuable upon the exercise of such Warrants, and
requests that certificates for such securities shall be issued in the name of
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY
OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER
____________________________________
____________________________________
____________________________________
____________________________________
(please print or type name and address)
and be delivered to
____________________________________
____________________________________
____________________________________
____________________________________
(please print or type name and address)
and if such number of Warrants shall not be all the Warrants evidenced by this
Warrant Certificate, that a new Warrant Certificate for the balance of such
Warrants be registered in the name of, and delivered to, the Registered Holder
at the address stated below.
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IMPORTANT: PLEASE COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING:
1. The exercise of this Warrant was solicited by
National Securities Corporation. [ ]
2. The exercise of this Warrant was solicited by [ ]
_______________________________. [ ]
3. The exercise of this Warrant was not
solicited.
Dated: _________________ X___________________________
____________________________
____________________________
____________________________
Address
____________________________
Social Security or Taxpayer
Identification Number
____________________________
Signature Guaranteed
____________________________
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ASSIGNMENT
To Be Executed by the Registered Holder
in Order to Assign Warrants
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, _________________________, hereby sells,
assigns and transfers unto
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR
OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER
____________________________________
____________________________________
____________________________________
____________________________________
____________________________________
(please print or type name and address)
______________________ of the Warrants represented by this Warrant Certificate,
and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints ______________________ Attorney
to transfer this Warrant Certificate on the books of the Company, with full
power of substitution in the premises.
Dated: _______________________ X ________________________
Signature Guaranteed
_________________________
THE SIGNATURE TO THE ASSIGNMENT OR THE SUBSCRIPTION FORM MUST CORRESPOND TO THE
NAME AS WRITTEN UPON THE FACE OF THIS WARRANT CERTIFICATE IN EVERY PARTICULAR,
WITHOUT ALTERATION OR ENLARGEMENT OR ANY CHANGE WHATSOEVER AND MUST BE
GUARANTEED BY AN ELIGIBLE GUARANTOR INSTITUTION (BANKS, STOCKBROKERS, SAVINGS
AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS AND CREDIT UNIONS WITH MEMBERSHIP IN AN APPROVED SIGNATURE
GUARANTEE MEDALLION PROGRAM), PURSUANT TO S.E.C. RULE 17Ad-15.
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