EXHIBIT 4.5
THIS WARRANT AND THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF
THIS WARRANT HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF
1933, AS AMENDED, OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THIS WARRANT AND THE
COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT MAY NOT BE SOLD,
OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN
EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AS TO THIS WARRANT OR THE UNDERLYING
SHARES OF COMMON STOCK UNDER SAID ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE
SECURITIES LAWS OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO
INTEGRATED SECURITY SYSTEMS, INC. THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT
REQUIRED.
Right to Purchase up to 1,723,077 Shares of Common Stock of
Integrated Security Systems, Inc.
(subject to adjustment as provided herein)
COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT
No. 01-06 Issue Date: July 29, 2005
INTEGRATED SECURITY SYSTEMS, INC., a corporation organized under the
laws of the State of Delaware (the "Company"), hereby certifies that, for value
received, LAURUS MASTER FUND, LTD., or assigns (the "Holder"), is entitled,
subject to the terms set forth below, to purchase from the Company (as defined
herein) from and after the Issue Date of this Warrant and at any time or from
time to time before 5:00 p.m., New York time, through the close of business July
29, 2012 (the "Expiration Date"), up to 1,723,077 fully paid and nonassessable
shares of Common Stock (as hereinafter defined), $0.01 par value per share, at
the applicable Exercise Price per share (as defined below). The number and
character of such shares of Common Stock and the applicable Exercise Price per
share are subject to adjustment as provided herein.
As used herein the following terms, unless the context otherwise
requires, have the following respective meanings:
(a) The term "Company" shall include Integrated Security
Systems, Inc. and any person or entity which shall succeed, or assume
the obligations of, Integrated Security Systems, Inc. hereunder.
(b) The term "Common Stock" includes (i) the Company's Common
Stock, par value $0.01 per share; and (ii) any other securities into
which or for which any of the securities described in the preceding
clause (i) may be converted or exchanged pursuant to a plan of
recapitalization, reorganization, merger, sale of assets or otherwise.
(c) The term "Other Securities" refers to any stock (other
than Common Stock) and other securities of the Company or any other
person (corporate or otherwise) which the holder of the Warrant at any
time shall be entitled to receive, or shall have received, on the
exercise of the Warrant, in lieu of or in addition to Common Stock, or
which at any time shall be issuable or shall have been issued in
exchange for or in replacement of Common Stock or Other Securities
pursuant to Section 4 or otherwise.
(d) The "Exercise Price" applicable under this Warrant shall
be as follows:
(i) a price of $0.325 for the first 923,077 shares
acquired hereunder; and
(ii) a price of $0.375 for the remaining 800,000 shares
acquired hereunder.
1. Exercise of Warrant.
1.1 Number of Shares Issuable upon Exercise. From and after
the date hereof through and including the Expiration Date, the Holder shall be
entitled to receive, upon exercise of this Warrant in whole or in part, by
delivery of an original or fax copy of an exercise notice in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit A (the "Exercise Notice"), shares of Common Stock of the
Company, subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 4.
1.2 Fair Market Value. For purposes hereof, the "Fair Market
Value" of a share of Common Stock as of a particular date (the "Determination
Date") shall mean:
(a) If the Company's Common Stock is traded on the American
Stock Exchange or another national exchange or is quoted on the
National or SmallCap Market of The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc.
("Nasdaq"), then the closing or last sale price, respectively, reported
for the last business day immediately preceding the Determination Date.
(b) If the Company's Common Stock is not traded on the
American Stock Exchange or another national exchange or on the Nasdaq
but is traded on the NASD Over The Counter Bulletin Board, then the
mean of the average of the closing bid and asked prices reported for
the last business day immediately preceding the Determination Date.
(c) Except as provided in clause (d) below, if the Company's
Common Stock is not publicly traded, then as the Holder and the Company
agree or in the absence of agreement by arbitration in accordance with
the rules then in effect of the American Arbitration Association,
before a single arbitrator to be chosen from a panel of persons
qualified by education and training to pass on the matter to be
decided.
(d) If the Determination Date is the date of a liquidation,
dissolution or winding up, or any event deemed to be a liquidation,
dissolution or winding up pursuant to the Company's charter, then all
amounts to be payable per share to holders of the Common Stock pursuant
to the charter in the event of such liquidation, dissolution or winding
up, plus all other amounts to be payable per share in respect of the
Common Stock in liquidation under the charter, assuming for the
purposes of this clause (d) that all of the shares of Common Stock then
issuable upon exercise of the Warrant are outstanding at the
Determination Date.
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1.3 Company Acknowledgment. The Company will, at the time of
the exercise of this Warrant, upon the request of the holder hereof acknowledge
in writing its continuing obligation to afford to such holder any rights to
which such holder shall continue to be entitled after such exercise in
accordance with the provisions of this Warrant. If the holder shall fail to make
any such request, such failure shall not affect the continuing obligation of the
Company to afford to such holder any such rights.
1.4 Trustee for Warrant Holders. In the event that a bank or
trust company shall have been appointed as trustee for the holders of this
Warrant pursuant to Subsection 3.2, such bank or trust company shall have all
the powers and duties of a warrant agent (as hereinafter described) and shall
accept, in its own name for the account of the Company or such successor person
as may be entitled thereto, all amounts otherwise payable to the Company or such
successor, as the case may be, on exercise of this Warrant pursuant to this
Section 1.
2. Procedure for Exercise.
2.1 Delivery of Stock Certificates, Etc., on Exercise. The
Company agrees that the shares of Common Stock purchased upon exercise of this
Warrant shall be deemed to be issued to the Holder as the record owner of such
shares as of the close of business on the date on which this Warrant shall have
been surrendered and payment made for such shares in accordance herewith. As
soon as practicable after the exercise of this Warrant in full or in part, and
in any event within three (3) business days thereafter, the Company at its
expense (including the payment by it of any applicable issue taxes) will cause
to be issued in the name of and delivered to the Holder, or as such Holder (upon
payment by such Holder of any applicable transfer taxes) may direct in
compliance with applicable securities laws, a certificate or certificates for
the number of duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable shares of
Common Stock (or Other Securities) to which such Holder shall be entitled on
such exercise, plus, in lieu of any fractional share to which such Holder would
otherwise be entitled, cash equal to such fraction multiplied by the then Fair
Market Value of one full share, together with any other stock or other
securities and property (including cash, where applicable) to which such Holder
is entitled upon such exercise pursuant to Section 1 or otherwise.
2.2 Exercise.
(a) Payment may be made either (i) in cash or by certified or
official bank check payable to the order of the Company equal to the
applicable aggregate Exercise Price, (ii) by delivery of this Warrant,
or shares of Common Stock and/or Common Stock receivable upon exercise
of this Warrant in accordance with the formula set forth in subsection
(b) below, or (iii) by a combination of any of the foregoing methods,
for the number of shares of Common Stock specified in such Exercise
Notice (as such exercise number shall be adjusted to reflect any
adjustment in the total number of shares of Common Stock issuable to
the Holder per the terms of this Warrant) and the Holder shall
thereupon be entitled to receive the number of duly authorized, validly
issued, fully-paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock (or Other
Securities) determined as provided herein.
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(b) Notwithstanding any provisions herein to the contrary, if
the Fair Market Value of one share of Common Stock is greater than the
Exercise Price (at the date of calculation as set forth below), in lieu
of exercising this Warrant for cash, the Holder may elect to receive
shares equal to the value (as determined below) of this Warrant (or the
portion thereof being exercised) by surrender of this Warrant at the
principal office of the Company together with the properly endorsed
Exercise Notice in which event the Company shall issue to the Holder a
number of shares of Common Stock computed using the following formula:
X= Y(A-B)
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A
Where X = the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to the
Holder
Y = the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable under
this Warrant or, if only a portion of this Warrant is
being exercised, the portion of this Warrant being
exercised (at the date of such calculation)
A = the Fair Market Value of one share of the Company's
Common Stock (at the date of such calculation)
B = the Exercise Price per share (as adjusted to the date of
such calculation)
3. Effect of Reorganization, Etc.; Adjustment of Exercise Price.
3.1 Reorganization, Consolidation, Merger, Etc. In case at
any time or from time to time from the Issue Date until the Expiration Date, the
Company shall (a) effect a reorganization, (b) consolidate with or merge into
any other person in which the Company is not the surviving entity, or (c)
transfer all or substantially all of its properties or assets to any other
person under any plan or arrangement contemplating the dissolution of the
Company, then, in each such case, as a condition to the consummation of such a
transaction, proper and adequate provision shall be made by the Company whereby
the Holder, on the exercise hereof as provided in Section 1 at any time after
the consummation of such reorganization, consolidation or merger or the
effective date of such dissolution, as the case may be, shall receive, in lieu
of the Common Stock (or Other Securities) issuable on such exercise prior to
such consummation or such effective date, the stock and other securities and
property (including cash) to which such Holder would have been entitled upon
such consummation or in connection with such dissolution, as the case may be, if
such Holder had so exercised this Warrant, immediately prior thereto, all
subject to further adjustment thereafter as provided in Section 4.
3.2 Dissolution. In the event of any dissolution of the
Company following the transfer of all or substantially all of its properties or
assets, the Company, concurrently with any distributions made to holders of its
Common Stock, shall at its expense deliver or cause to be delivered to the
Holder the stock and other securities and property (including cash, where
applicable) receivable by the Holder pursuant to Section 3.1, or, if the Holder
shall so instruct the Company, to a bank or trust company specified by the
Holder and having its principal office in New York, NY as trustee for the
Holder.
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3.3 Continuation of Terms. Upon any reorganization,
consolidation, merger or transfer (and any dissolution following any transfer)
referred to in this Section 3, this Warrant shall continue in full force and
effect and the terms hereof shall be applicable to the shares of stock and other
securities and property receivable on the exercise of this Warrant after the
consummation of such reorganization, consolidation or merger or the effective
date of dissolution following any such transfer, as the case may be, and shall
be binding upon the issuer of any such stock or other securities, including, in
the case of any such transfer, the person acquiring all or substantially all of
the properties or assets of the Company, whether or not such person shall have
expressly assumed the terms of this Warrant as provided in Section 4. In the
event this Warrant does not continue in full force and effect after the
consummation of the transactions described in this Section 3, then the Company's
securities and property (including cash, where applicable) receivable by the
Holder will be delivered to the Holder or the Trustee as contemplated by Section
3.2.
4. Extraordinary Events Regarding Common Stock. In the event that
the Company shall (a) issue additional shares of the Common Stock as a dividend
or other distribution on outstanding Common Stock or any preferred stock issued
by the Company, (b) subdivide its outstanding shares of Common Stock, (c)
combine its outstanding shares of the Common Stock into a smaller number of
shares of the Common Stock, then, in each such event, the Exercise Price shall,
simultaneously with the happening of such event, be adjusted by multiplying the
then Exercise Price by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of
shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such event and the
denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding
immediately after such event, and the product so obtained shall thereafter be
the Exercise Price then in effect. The Exercise Price, as so adjusted, shall be
readjusted in the same manner upon the happening of any successive event or
events described herein in this Section 4. The number of shares of Common Stock
that the holder shall thereafter, on the exercise hereof as provided in Section
1, be entitled to receive shall be adjusted to a number determined by
multiplying the number of shares of Common Stock that would otherwise (but for
the provisions of this Section 4) be issuable on such exercise by a fraction of
which (a) the numerator is the Exercise Price that would otherwise (but for the
provisions of this Section 4) be in effect, and (b) the denominator is the
Exercise Price in effect on the date of such exercise (taking into account the
provisions of this Section 4).
5. Certificate as to Adjustments. In each case of any adjustment or
readjustment in the shares of Common Stock (or Other Securities) issuable on the
exercise of this Warrant, the Company at its expense will promptly cause its
Chief Financial Officer or other appropriate designee to compute such adjustment
or readjustment in accordance with the terms of this Warrant and prepare a
certificate setting forth such adjustment or readjustment and showing in detail
the facts upon which such adjustment or readjustment is based, including a
statement of (a) the consideration received or receivable by the Company for any
additional shares of Common Stock (or Other Securities) issued or sold or deemed
to have been issued or sold, (b) the number of shares of Common Stock (or Other
Securities) outstanding or deemed to be outstanding, and (c) the Exercise Price
and the number of shares of Common Stock to be received upon exercise of this
Warrant, in effect immediately prior to such adjustment or readjustment and as
adjusted or readjusted as provided in this Warrant. The Company will forthwith
mail a copy of each such certificate to the holder and any Warrant agent of the
Company (appointed pursuant to Section 11 hereof).
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6. Reservation of Stock, Etc., Issuable on Exercise of Warrant. The
Company will at all times reserve and keep available, solely for issuance and
delivery on the exercise of this Warrant, shares of Common Stock (or Other
Securities) from time to time issuable on the exercise of this Warrant.
7. Assignment; Exchange of Warrant. Subject to compliance with
applicable securities laws, this Warrant, and the rights evidenced hereby, may
be transferred by any registered holder hereof (a "Transferor") in whole or in
part. On the surrender for exchange of this Warrant, with the Transferor's
endorsement in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto (the "Transferor
Endorsement Form") and together with evidence reasonably satisfactory to the
Company demonstrating compliance with applicable securities laws, which shall
include, without limitation, to the extent requested by the Company's counsel, a
legal opinion from the Transferor's counsel (at the Company's expense) that such
transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of applicable securities
laws, the Company at its expense (but with payment by the Transferor of any
applicable transfer taxes) will issue and deliver to or on the order of the
Transferor thereof a new Warrant of like tenor, in the name of the Transferor
and/or the transferee(s) specified in such Transferor Endorsement Form (each a
"Transferee"), calling in the aggregate on the face or faces thereof for the
number of shares of Common Stock called for on the face or faces of the Warrant
so surrendered by the Transferor.
8. Replacement of Warrant. On receipt of evidence reasonably
satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of
this Warrant and, in the case of any such loss, theft or destruction of this
Warrant, on delivery of an indemnity agreement or security reasonably
satisfactory in form and amount to the Company or, in the case of any such
mutilation, on surrender and cancellation of this Warrant, the Company at its
expense will execute and deliver, in lieu thereof, a new Warrant of like tenor.
9. Registration Rights. The Holder has been granted certain
registration rights by the Company. These registration rights are set forth in a
Registration Rights Agreement entered into by the Company and Holder dated as of
the date hereof, as the same may be amended, modified and/or supplemented from
time to time.
10. Maximum Exercise. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to
the contrary, the Holder shall not be entitled to exercise this Warrant in
connection with that number of shares of Common Stock which would exceed the
difference between (i) 4.99% of the issued and outstanding shares of Common
Stock and (ii) the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the
Holder. For purposes of the immediately preceding sentence, beneficial ownership
shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended, and Regulation 13d-3 thereunder. The limitation
described in the first sentence of this Section 10 shall automatically become
null and void following notice to the Company upon the occurrence and during the
continuance of an Event of Default (as defined in the Security Agreement dated
as of the date hereof among the Holder, the Company and various subsidiaries of
the Company, as amended, modified, restated and/or supplemented from time to
time), or upon 75 days prior notice to the Company.
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11. Warrant Agent. The Company may, by written notice to the each
Holder of the Warrant, appoint an agent for the purpose of issuing Common Stock
(or Other Securities) on the exercise of this Warrant pursuant to Section 1,
exchanging this Warrant pursuant to Section 7, and replacing this Warrant
pursuant to Section 8, or any of the foregoing, and thereafter any such
issuance, exchange or replacement, as the case may be, shall be made at such
office by such agent.
12. Transfer on the Company's Books. Until this Warrant is
transferred on the books of the Company, the Company may treat the registered
holder hereof as the absolute owner hereof for all purposes, notwithstanding any
notice to the contrary.
13. Notices, Etc. All notices and other communications from the
Company to the Holder shall be mailed by first class registered or certified
mail, postage prepaid, at such address as may have been furnished to the Company
in writing by such Holder or, until any such Holder furnishes to the Company an
address, then to, and at the address of, the last Holder who has so furnished an
address to the Company.
14. Miscellaneous. This Warrant and any term hereof may be changed,
waived, discharged or terminated only by an instrument in writing signed by the
party against which enforcement of such change, waiver, discharge or termination
is sought. THIS WARRANT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF
LAWS. ANY ACTION BROUGHT CONCERNING THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS
WARRANT SHALL BE BROUGHT ONLY IN STATE COURTS OF NEW YORK OR IN THE FEDERAL
COURTS LOCATED IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE HOLDER MAY
CHOOSE TO WAIVE THIS PROVISION AND BRING AN ACTION OUTSIDE THE STATE OF NEW
YORK. The individuals executing this Warrant on behalf of the Company agree to
submit to the jurisdiction of such courts and waive trial by jury. The
prevailing party shall be entitled to recover from the other party its
reasonable attorneys' fees and costs. In the event that any provision of this
Warrant is invalid or unenforceable under any applicable statute or rule of law,
then such provision shall be deemed inoperative to the extent that it may
conflict therewith and shall be deemed modified to conform with such statute or
rule of law. Any such provision which may prove invalid or unenforceable under
any law shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision
of this Warrant. The headings in this Warrant are for purposes of reference
only, and shall not limit or otherwise affect any of the terms hereof. The
invalidity or unenforceability of any provision hereof shall in no way affect
the validity or enforceability of any other provision hereof. The Company
acknowledges that legal counsel participated in the preparation of this Warrant
and, therefore, stipulates that the rule of construction that ambiguities are to
be resolved against the drafting party shall not be applied in the
interpretation of this Warrant to favor any party against the other party.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has executed this Warrant as of the
date first written above.
INTEGRATED SECURITY SYSTEMS, INC.
WITNESS:
By: /s/ C. A. Xxxxxxx, Jr.
_____________________________
Name: C. A. Xxxxxxx, Jr.
________________________________ Title: Chairman and CEO
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EXHIBIT A
FORM OF SUBSCRIPTION
(To Be Signed Only On Exercise Of Warrant)
TO: Integrated Security Systems, Inc.
__________________________
__________________________
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
The undersigned, pursuant to the provisions set forth in the attached
Warrant (No.____), hereby irrevocably elects to purchase (check applicable box):
________ ________ shares of the common stock covered by such warrant; or
________ the maximum number of shares of common stock covered by such warrant
pursuant to the cashless exercise procedure set forth in Section 2.
The undersigned herewith makes payment of the full Exercise Price for
such shares at the price per share provided for in such Warrant, which is
$___________. Such payment takes the form of (check applicable box or boxes):
________ $__________ in lawful money of the United States; and/or
________ the cancellation of such portion of the attached Warrant as is
exercisable for a total of _______ shares of Common Stock (using a
Fair Market Value of $_______ per share for purposes of this
calculation); and/or
________ the cancellation of such number of shares of Common Stock as is
necessary, in accordance with the formula set forth in Section 2.2,
to exercise this Warrant with respect to the maximum number of
shares of Common Stock purchasable pursuant to the cashless exercise
procedure set forth in Section 2.
The undersigned requests that the certificates for such shares be
issued in the name of, and delivered to ________________________________________
whose address is ___________________________________.
The undersigned represents and warrants that all offers and sales by
the undersigned of the securities issuable upon exercise of the within Warrant
shall be made pursuant to registration of the Common Stock under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") or pursuant to an exemption from
registration under the Securities Act.
Dated: ___________________________ __________________________________
(Signature must conform to name of
holder as specified on the face of
the Warrant)
Address:______________________________
______________________________
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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF TRANSFEROR ENDORSEMENT
(To Be Signed Only On Transfer Of Warrant)
For value received, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns, and
transfers unto the person(s) named below under the heading "Transferees" the
right represented by the within Warrant to purchase the percentage and number of
shares of Common Stock of Integrated Security Systems, Inc. into which the
within Warrant relates specified under the headings "Percentage Transferred" and
"Number Transferred," respectively, opposite the name(s) of such person(s) and
appoints each such person Attorney to transfer its respective right on the books
of Integrated Security Systems, Inc. with full power of substitution in the
premises.
Percentage Number
Transferees Address Transferred Transferred
Dated: ___________________________ __________________________________
(Signature must conform to name of
holder as specified on the face of
the Warrant)
Address:______________________________
______________________________
SIGNED IN THE PRESENCE OF:
______________________________________
(Name)
ACCEPTED AND AGREED:
[TRANSFEREE]
_________________________________
(Name)
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