EXHIBIT 10.2
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ESCROW AGREEMENT
BY AND AMONG
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY
OF CONNECTICUT, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
("ESCROW AGENT")
AND
CERTAIN SHAREHOLDERS OF OUTSOURCE INTERNATIONAL, INC.
("SHAREHOLDERS")
CERTAIN INVESTORS IN SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES AND
WARRANTS OF OUTSOURCE INTERNATIONAL, INC.
("INVESTORS")
AND
OUTSOURCE INTERNATIONAL, INC.
("COMPANY")
February 21, 1997
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ESCROW AGREEMENT
THIS ESCROW AGREEMENT (the "Agreement"), dated February 21, 1997, is
entered into by and among State Street Bank and Trust Company of Connecticut,
National Association, as escrow agent (the "Escrow Agent"), OutSource
International, Inc., a Florida corporation (the "Company"), certain investors in
Notes of the Company and the Initial Warrants listed on the signature pages and
EXHIBIT A hereto (collectively, the "Investors" and each individually a
"Investor") and certain holders of common stock, par value $.001 per share, of
the Company ("Common Stock") listed on the signature pages and EXHIBIT B hereto
(collectively the "Shareholders" and each individually a "Shareholder").
WHEREAS, on the date hereof, the Investors have purchased from the
Company the Initial Warrants pursuant to that certain Securities Purchase
Agreement dated as of the date hereof;
WHEREAS, in connection with such investment, the Investors have
required that the Escrow Agent and the Shareholders execute this Agreement
pursuant to which warrants to purchase an aggregate of 882,751 shares of Common
Stock be issued in the name of the Escrow Agent and held in escrow under this
Agreement, whereby after the date hereof at the times and upon the occurrence of
the event set forth herein the Escrow Agent shall distribute the Additional
Warrants to the Shareholders and/or to the Investors in accordance herewith;
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements
set forth herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
1. DEFINITIONS.
In addition to any terms defined elsewhere herein, as used in this
Agreement the following terms have the respective meanings set forth below:
"Additional Warrants" shall mean warrants to purchase 882,751 shares
(subject to adjustment pursuant to the terms of such warrants) of Common Stock
at an exercise price of $.01 per share, in the form attached hereto as EXHIBIT
C, which warrants have on this day been issued to the Escrow Agent pursuant to
the Purchase Agreement to be held hereunder for the benefit of the Investors
and/or the Shareholders, as their interest may appear.
"Agreement among Shareholders and Investors" means that certain
Agreement among Shareholders and Investors, dated February 21, 1997, by and
among the Company, the Shareholders and the Investors.
"Arbitration Process" shall mean the process to be used by the Company,
the Shareholders and the Investors to resolve disputes under this Agreement as
follows: the Company, the Shareholders and the Investors shall choose a
nationally recognized,
independent investment bank (the "Arbitrator") mutually acceptable to such
parties, which shall proceed to resolve the dispute and deliver to each party an
opinion with respect thereto. If the parties cannot agree on a mutually
acceptable Arbitrator, the Shareholders as a group by Required Shareholder
Action and the Investors as a group by Required Investor Action shall each
select a nationally recognized investment banking firm, the two firms so
selected shall select a third nationally recognized, independent investment
banking firm, and such third firm shall be the Arbitrator. The Arbitration
Process shall proceed on a timely basis with all parties using their best
efforts to resolve such disputes as soon as practicable. The fees and expenses
of the Arbitrator and all other expenses with respect to the Arbitration Process
shall be paid by the party (I.E., the Shareholders as a group, on the one hand,
or the Investors as a group, on the other hand) whose last proposed offer for
the settlement of the items in dispute, taken as a whole, was farther away from
the final determination of the Arbitrator; PROVIDED HOWEVER, that if the
allocation of such fees and expenses pursuant to the foregoing sentence is not
feasible, the Arbitrator shall determine such allocation among the parties in
its discretion based on the principle that the non-prevailing parties should
bear the cost of the Arbitration Process.
"Asset Acquisition" shall mean (i) an investment by the Company or any
Subsidiary in any other Person pursuant to which such Person shall become a
Subsidiary of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, or shall be
merged with or into the Company or any Subsidiary, or (ii) the acquisition by
the Company or any Subsidiary of the assets of any Person which constitute all
or substantially all of the assets of such Person, any division, line of
business or other identifiable operating unit or segment of such Person other
than in the ordinary course of business.
"Asset Sale" shall mean any direct or indirect sale, issuance,
conveyance, transfer, lease (other than operating leases entered into in the
ordinary course of business), assignment or other disposition by the Company or
by any of its Subsidiaries (including any sale and leaseback transaction) to any
Person other than to the Company or to a direct or indirect wholly-owned
Subsidiary of the Company of (i) any capital stock of any Subsidiary of the
Company or (ii) any other property or assets of the Company or of any Subsidiary
of the Company.
"Assigned Value" shall mean initially $8.87, subject to adjustment
pursuant to Article IV of the Warrants.
"Bona Fide Offer" shall mean an offer by the Company or one or more
other Persons which meets each of the following conditions: (i) it is a fully
financed or fully funded, unconditional offer to purchase for cash up to all
Warrants and Warrant Shares then held by the Investors, (ii) it can be
consummated within 15 days after the date it is submitted to the Investors,
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if the parties are proceeding diligently and in good
faith toward such consummation and the closing can not practically be
accomplished within such 15-day period, up to an additional 30 days will be
available to consummate the Transaction, (iii) it does not require any Investor
to make representations or warranties or to provide any indemnities in
connection therewith other than customary representations, warranties and
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indemnities as to the ownership of and title to the Warrants or Warrant Shares
to be sold, the binding nature and enforceability of the agreement of sale and
the authority of the Investors to enter into such agreement and (iv) it is
accompanied by appropriate evidence reasonably satisfactory to two-thirds in
interest of the Investors of the offeror's ability, financial and otherwise, to
consummate the transaction contemplated by such offer and that consummation
thereof will not violate any provision of the charter documents of the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries or any applicable laws or result in a breach of,
constitute a default under, cause a termination under, or give rise to a right
of termination of any indenture or loan or credit agreement or any other
agreement, contract, instrument, mortgage, lien, lease, permit, authorization,
order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree, determination or arbitration award,
whether written or oral, to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a
party or by which their respective properties are bound or affected.
"Business Day" shall mean any day that is not a Saturday or Sunday or a
day on which banks are required or permitted to be closed in the State of New
York.
"Closing Price" on any date shall mean the last sale price of the
Common Stock reported in THE WALL STREET JOURNAL or other trade publication
regular way on the principal national securities exchange on which the Common
Stock is admitted to trading or listed if that is the principal market for the
Common Stock or, if not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities
exchange or if such national securities exchange is not the principal market for
the Common Stock, the last sale price as reported by the Nasdaq Stock Market,
Inc. ("NASDAQ") or its successor.
"Commission" shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission on or
any other federal agency then administering the Securities Act, the Exchange Act
and other federal securities laws.
"Common Stock" shall mean the common stock of the Company's Common
Stock, par value $0.001 per share, and any capital stock of any class of the
Company hereafter authorized which is not limited to a fixed sum or percentage
of par, stated or liquidation value in respect to the rights of the holders
thereof to participate in dividends or in the distribution of assets upon any
liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company.
"Company" shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereof.
"Company Sale" shall mean any merger or consolidation of the Company,
sale of all outstanding Common Stock (including shares issuable upon the
exercise of all Warrants) or sale of all or substantially all of the assets of
the Company determined on a consolidated basis.
"Consolidated Interest Expense" shall mean, with respect to any Person,
for any period, the aggregate amount, to the extent such amount was deducted in
computing Consolidated Net Income, of interest (without deduction of interest
income), whether expensed or capitalized, paid, accrued or scheduled to be paid
or accrued during such period (except to the extent accrued in a prior period)
in respect of all Indebtedness of such Person and its
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Subsidiaries (including, without duplication, (a) original issue discount on any
Indebtedness (including, in the case of the Company, any original issue discount
on the Notes) to the extent attributable to such period); (b) all capitalized
interest; (c) interest paid by the borrower during such period on debt which is
guaranteed by such Person, and (d) the interest portion of any deferred payment
obligations for such period. For purposes of this definition, (a) interest on a
capital lease obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate
reasonably determined by the Board of Directors of such Person (as evidenced by
a resolution of such Board of Directors) to be the rate of interest implicit in
such capital lease obligation in accordance with GAAP, and (b) interest shall be
increased or reduced by the net cost (including amortization of fees and
discounts) or benefit associated with interest rate or currency risk protection
agreements attributable to such period.
"Consolidated Net Income" shall mean, with respect to any Person, for
any period, the aggregate of the net income (or loss) of such Person and its
Subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated basis, determined in accordance
with GAAP; PROVIDED that (a) the net income of any other Person in which such
Person or any of its Subsidiaries has an interest (which interest does not cause
the net income of such other Person to be consolidated with the net income of
such Person and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP) shall be included only
to the extent of the amount of dividends or distributions actually paid to such
Person or such Subsidiary by such other Person in such period; (b) the net
income of any Subsidiary of such Person that is subject to any Payment
Restriction shall be excluded to the extent such Payment Restriction actually
prevented the payment of an amount that otherwise could have been paid to, or
received by, such Person or a Subsidiary of such Person not subject to any
Payment Restriction, and (c) there shall be excluded the following: (i) such
Person's share, determined in accordance with GAAP, of the net loss of any other
Person in which such Person or any of its Subsidiaries has an interest (which
interest does not cause the net loss of such other person to be consolidated
with the net income or loss of such Person and its Subsidiaries in accordance
with GAAP), (ii) the net income (or loss) of any other Person acquired in a
pooling of interests transaction for any period prior to the date of such
acquisition, (iii) all gains realized upon or in connection with or as a
consequence of the issuance of the capital stock of such Person or any of its
Subsidiaries and any gains on pension reversions received by such Person or any
of its Subsidiaries, (iv) all gains and losses, together with any related
provision for taxes, realized in connection with any sale of assets by such
Person during such period (including, without limitation, dispositions pursuant
to sale and leaseback transactions), (v) all extraordinary gains or losses,
together with any related provision for taxes, realized by such Person during
such period, and (vi) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles
in the year of adoption of such change.
"Date of Issuance" shall mean the date of issuance of the Warrants;
provided that the Date of Issuance shall be deemed to be the date of issuance of
the Warrants regardless of the number of times new certificates representing the
Warrants shall be issued or reissued.
"Disqualified Capital Stock" shall mean any capital stock which, by its
terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which
it is exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event (other than an event
which would constitute a change of control),
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(i) matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation
or otherwise, or is redeemable at the sole option of the holder thereof (except
upon the occurrence of a change of control), in whole or in part, on or prior to
the final stated maturity date of the Notes or (ii) is convertible into or
exchangeable for (whether at the option of the issuer or the holder thereof) (a)
debt securities or (b) any capital stock referred to in (i) above, in each case
at any time prior to the final stated maturity date of the Notes; provided, that
only a portion of capital stock which so matures or is mandatorily redeemable,
is so convertible or exchangeable or is so redeemable at the option of the
holder thereof shall be deemed to be Disqualified Capital Stock.
"EBITDA" means, with respect to any Person, for any period, the
Consolidated Net Income of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period,
plus, to the extent that any of the following shall have been taken into
account, in computing such Consolidated Net Income (a) provision for taxes based
on income or profits (other than income taxes attributable to extraordinary,
unusual or nonrecurring gains or losses or taxes attributable to sales or
dispositions of assets outside the ordinary course of business), (b)
Consolidated Interest Expense for such period, (c) depreciation and
amortization, and (d) other non-cash items (other than non-cash interest)
reducing Consolidated Net Income, other than any non-cash item which requires
the accrual of or a reserve for cash charges for any future period, less other
non-cash items increasing Consolidated Net Income.
"Escrow Fund" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1 of this
Agreement.
"Exchange Act" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, or any similar federal statute, and the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect from time to time.
"GAAP" shall mean generally accepted accounting principles set forth in
the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and
pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other
statements by such other entity as may be approved by a significant segment of
the accounting profession of the United States, which are applicable as of the
date of determination; provided, however, that these definitions and all ratios
and calculations contained in any covenants set forth in this Agreement shall be
determined in accordance with GAAP as in effect and applied by the Company on
the Issue Date, consistently applied.
"Initial Warrants" shall mean warrants to purchase 1,210,025 shares
(subject to adjustment pursuant to the terms of such warrants) of Common Stock
at an exercise price of $.01 per share, issued to the Investors pursuant to the
Purchase Agreement; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the term Initial Warrants shall
under no circumstances include any Additional Warrants that may after the date
hereof be distributed to the Investors by the Escrow Agent under the terms
hereof.
"Indebtedness" shall mean, with respect to any Person, without
duplication, (i) the principal of and premium (if any) in respect of (A)
indebtedness of such Person for money borrowed and (B) indebtedness evidenced by
securities, debentures, bonds or other similar
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instruments (including purchase money obligations) for payment of which such
Person is responsible or liable; (ii) all capitalized lease obligations of such
Person in accordance with GAAP; (iii) all obligations of such Person issued or
assumed as the deferred purchase price of property (but excluding trade accounts
payable arising in the ordinary course of business); (iv) all obligations of
such Person for the reimbursement of any obligor on any letter of credit,
banker's acceptance or similar credit transaction; (v) all Indebtedness of
others (including all dividends of other Persons for the payment of which is)
guaranteed, directly or indirectly, by such Person or that is otherwise its
legal liability, other than the guarantee by the Company of Indebtedness in an
aggregate principal amount of $1,750,126 with respect to a first and a second
mortgage on a property located at 0000 X. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx,
owned by SMSB, a partnership owned by certain former or current shareholders of
the Company, or that is secured by any lien on any asset or property of such
Person, whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by such Person or is not
otherwise such Person's legal liability; and (vi) all Disqualified Capital Stock
issued by such Person. The amount of Indebtedness of any Person at any date
shall be the outstanding balance at such date of all unconditional obligations
as described above or such other amount on account of the relevant liability,
including without limitation contingent obligations at such date or Indebtedness
issued with original issue discount, as shall be determined in accordance with
GAAP.
"Investor Percentage" shall mean the percentage set forth next to each
Investor in EXHIBIT A hereto.
"Notes" shall mean the Senior Subordinated Notes issued to the
Investors on the Date of Issuance pursuant to the Purchase Agreement in the
original principal amount of $25,000,000.
"Payment Restriction" shall mean, with respect to a Subsidiary of any
Person, any encumbrance, restriction or limitation, whether by operation of the
terms of its charter or by reason of any agreement, instrument, judgment,
decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation, on the ability of (i)
such Subsidiary to (a) pay dividends or make other distributions on its capital
stock or make payments on any obligation, liability or Indebtedness owed to such
Person or any other Subsidiary of such Person, (b) make loans or advances to
such Person or any other Subsidiary of such Person, or (c) transfer any of its
properties or assets to such Person or any other Subsidiary of such Person, or
(ii) such Person or any other Subsidiary of such Person to receive or retain any
such (a) dividends, distributions or payments, (b) loans or advances, or (c)
transfer of properties or assets.
"Per Share Sale Proceeds" shall mean the quotient of (i) the aggregate
amount (or value as determined pursuant to the definition of "Proceed") of
Proceeds actually received, directly or indirectly through dividend,
distribution, redemption, liquidation, winding up or dissolution of the Company,
in connection with a Company Sale by all holders of Common Stock (including
amounts set aside for Shareholders who exercise their dissenters' or appraisal
rights under applicable corporate law), all holders of then outstanding
unexpired rights, options or warrants to subscribe for, to purchase or to
receive Common Stock and all holders of Convertible Securities, regardless of
whether any of the foregoing are actually exercisable
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or vested at such time, divided by (ii) the sum of (x) the number of shares of
Common Stock actually outstanding on the date of a Company Sale (excluding
treasury stock), plus (y) the maximum number of shares of Common Stock that are
issuable upon the exercise, exchange or conversion of all outstanding unexpired
rights, options or warrants to subscribe for, to purchase or to receive Common
Stock or Convertible Securities, regardless of whether any of the foregoing are
actually exercisable or vested at such time.
"Person" shall mean any natural person, sole proprietorship,
partnership, joint venture, trust, incorporated organization, limited liability
company, association, corporation, institution, public benefit corporation,
entity or government body (whether federal, state, county, city, municipal or
otherwise, including, without limitation, any instrumentality, division, agency,
commission or department thereof).
"Pro Forma Basis" shall mean, with respect to the determination of
EBITDA of any Person or Persons on a combined or consolidated basis as of any
date (the "Determination Date"), such determination during the four full fiscal
quarters for which financial information for such Person or Persons is available
(the "Four Quarter Period") ending on or prior to the Determination Date (but in
no event ending more than 135 days prior to the date of such transaction or
event) on a pro forma basis, giving effect, without limitation, on a pro forma
basis for the period of such calculation to (i) the incurrence or repayment of
any Indebtedness of such Person or Persons or any of their respective
Subsidiaries or any Person of which such Person or Persons are or upon
consummation of an Asset Acquisition become a Subsidiary (and the application of
the proceeds thereof), including Indebtedness incurred in connection with or in
contemplation of an Asset Acquisition, other than the incurrence or repayment of
Indebtedness in the ordinary course of business pursuant to working capital
facilities, at any time subsequent to the first day of the Four Quarter Period
and on or prior to the Determination Date, as if such incurrence or repayment,
as the case may be (and the application of the proceeds thereof), occurred on
the first day of the Four Quarter Period, and (ii) any Asset Sales or Asset
Acquisitions which occurred at any time subsequent to the first day of the Four
Quarter Period and on or prior to the Determination Date, as if such Asset Sale
or Asset Acquisition occurred on the first day of the Four Quarter Period. With
respect to the determination of EBITDA on a Pro Forma Basis of any business or
businesses acquired by the Company in an Asset Acquisition, the Company may add
to the actual historical EBITDA of such business or businesses any verifiable
non-recurring expenses. With respect to the determination of EBITDA on a Pro
Forma Basis of the Company for the year ending December 31, 1997, the Company
may add to its actual historical EBITDA for such period any compensation
(including the related cost of benefits and similar charges) paid to any
shareholder during such period as long as such shareholder is not continuing in
any capacity with the Company or any Subsidiary after the Date of Issuance.
"Proceeds" in connection with a Company Sale shall mean any of the
following: (i) cash, (ii) cash equivalents or (iii) freely tradeable, marketable
securities listed on a national securities exchange, quoted on the NASDAQ or
traded in the over-the-counter market, which shall be valued on the basis of
publicly reported trading prices on the date of determination;
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provided that in the case of equity securities the "public float" of the issuer
calculated consistently with the definition of "Qualified Public Float" is at
least $50.0 million.
"Purchase Agreement" shall mean that certain Securities Purchase
Agreement, dated as of February 21, 1997, among Company, the Investors and the
other parties thereto named therein, as modified, supplemented or amended from
time to time.
"Qualified Public Float" means that the Common Stock is registered
under Section 12 of the Exchange Act and the average of the daily Closing Prices
of the Common Stock for thirty (30) consecutive Trading Days ending on the date
of determination multiplied by the number of shares of Common Stock then held by
non-affiliates of the Company (as the term is defined under the Exchange Act)
and freely transferable in the public market is at least $30.0 million.
"Qualified Public Offering" shall mean an underwritten public offering
pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act
covering the offer and sale of Common Stock in which at least one of the "lead"
or managing underwriters is one of the so called "bulge bracket Wall Street
firms".
"Realizable Market Value" for any Trading Day within a Valuation Period
shall mean the product of (i) the total number of Warrant Shares that can be
acquired by the Investors upon exercise of the Initial Warrants (1,210,025
shares as of the Date of Issuance, subject to adjustment pursuant to the terms
of the Warrants) multiplied by (ii) the Closing Price on such Trading Day.
"Realized Sale Value" in connection with a Company Sale shall mean the
product of (i) the total number of Warrant Shares that can be acquired by the
Investors upon exercise of the Initial Warrants (1,210,025 shares as of the Date
of Issuance, subject to adjustment pursuant to the terms of the Warrants)
multiplied by (ii) the Per Share Sale Proceeds.
"Required Investor Action" shall mean any exercise of any rights or
privileges of the Investors hereunder or any other action on behalf of the
Investors called for hereby which has been taken with the approval by Investors
representing at least two-thirds of the aggregate Investor Percentage.
"Required Shareholder Action" shall mean any exercise of any rights or
privileges of the Shareholders hereunder or any other action on behalf of the
Shareholders called for hereby which has been taken with the approval by
Shareholders representing at least a majority of the aggregate Shareholder
Percentage.
"Securities Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or
any similar federal statute, and the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at the time.
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"Subsidiary" shall mean with respect to any Person, any corporation,
association or other business entity of which securities representing more than
50% of the combined voting power of the total voting capital stock (or in the
case of an association or other business entity which is not a corporation, more
than 50% of the equity interest) is at the time owned or controlled, directly or
indirectly, by that Person or one or more Subsidiaries of that Person or a
combination thereof. When used herein without reference to any Person,
Subsidiary means a Subsidiary of the Company.
"Shareholder Percentage" shall mean the percentage set forth next to
each Shareholder in EXHIBIT B hereto.
"Trading Day" with respect to the Common Stock means (i) if the Common
Stock is quoted on NASDAQ or any similar system of automated dissemination of
quotations of securities prices, a day on which trades may be made on such
system or (ii) if the Common Stock is listed or admitted for trading on any
national securities exchange, a day on which such national securities exchange
is open for business.
"Valuation Period" shall be a period of thirty (30) consecutive Trading
Days ending on the Trading Day immediately prior to the date of determination,
so long as for each such Trading Day a Closing Price of the Common Stock is
available; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if there shall have occurred prior to the
date of determination any event described in Section 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4 or 4.5
of the Warrants which shall have become effective with respect to market
transactions at any time (the "Market-Effect Date") on or within such 30-Trading
Day period, the Closing Price for each Trading Day preceding the Market-Effect
Date shall be adjusted, for purposes of this Agreement, by multiplying such
Closing Price by a fraction, of which the numerator shall be the Assigned Value
(as defined in the warrants) as in effect immediately prior to the date of
determination and the denominator of which shall be the Assigned Value as in
effect immediately prior to the Market-Effect Date, it being understood that the
purpose of this proviso is to ensure that the effect of such event on the
trading market prices of the Common Stock during such 30-Trading Day period
shall, as nearly as possible, be eliminated.
"Warrants" shall mean collectively the Initial Warrants and the
Additional Warrants.
"Warrant Shares" shall mean shares of Common Stock purchasable or
purchased upon the exercise of the Warrants. Whenever this Agreement makes
reference to a specific number of Warrant Shares, such number is determined
pursuant to the Warrants as in effect on the date hereof and is therefore
subject to adjustment after the date hereof under the terms of the Warrants.
2. ESTABLISHMENT OF ESCROW.
2.1 ESTABLISHMENT OF ESCROW. The Company has herewith issued in the
name of and delivered to the Escrow Agent and the Escrow Agent acknowledges
receipt of the Additional Warrants. The Additional Warrants deposited hereunder,
together with any
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Warrant Shares resulting from the exercise thereof or other securities, cash or
other property delivered to or held by the Escrow Agent under the terms hereof,
shall be referred to as the "Escrow Fund." Any Common Stock or other securities
from time to time held in the Escrow Fund shall be registered in the name of the
Escrow Agent as escrow agent or its nominee, subject to the terms and conditions
set forth herein. Until otherwise directed by the parties hereto in accordance
with Section 5, the Escrow Agent shall hold the Warrants deposited in escrow and
any Warrant Shares or other securities included in the Escrow Fund in a vault or
similar secure location.
2.2 DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS; INVESTMENT OF CASH; VOTING OF SHARES.
Any securities or other property issued with respect to, or in exchange for, any
securities held in the Escrow Fund, shall become a part of the Escrow Fund and
shall be held hereunder upon the same terms as the securities with respect to or
in exchange for which such securities shall have been issued. Any dividends,
distributions or rights to purchase securities distributed from time to time
with respect to any Additional Warrants, Warrants Shares or other securities
held in the Escrow Fund shall be held by the Escrow Agent until such time as the
Additional Warrants are distributed pursuant to the terms hereof and then
distributed proportionately with the Additional Warrant and/or Warrant Shares.
The Escrow Agent shall invest cash held in the Escrow Fund in U.S. Government
obligations, bank certificates of deposit or money market funds as directed by
the Investors (acting by Required Investor Action) and the Shareholders (acting
by Required Shareholder Action), and it shall not be responsible for any loss
incurred upon any such investment made in accordance with this Section 2.2. The
Escrow Agent shall send to the Investors and the Shareholders, promptly (but in
no event later than seven (7) days after receipt by the Escrow Agent from the
Company), copies of any notices, proxies and proxy material received by it in
connection with any meeting of the shareholders of the Company. The Escrow Agent
shall vote any Warrant Shares held in the Escrow Fund as directed in writing by
the Company in accordance with the terms of the Agreement Among Shareholders and
Investors or shall, upon written request by the Company, execute and deliver to
Persons named by the Company in accordance with the terms of the Agreement Among
Shareholders and Investors a proxy authorizing such Persons to vote the whole
number of shares of Common Stock in the Escrow Fund. Any of the shares of Common
Stock held in the Escrow Fund as to which the Escrow Agent receives no such
direction or request shall not be voted.
2.3 EXERCISE OF WARRANTS; OTHER ACTION UNDER WARRANTS. The Escrow Agent
shall not exercise any of the Additional Warrants held in the Escrow Fund unless
(a) either (i) such Warrants would terminate if not exercised or (ii) exercise
thereof is otherwise required under the terms of the Warrants and such exercise
is requested in writing by any Investor or Shareholder, or (b) such exercise is
requested by an Investor or Shareholder and, following notice of such request
given by the Escrow Agent to all Investors and all Shareholders, such exercise
is approved by Required Investor Action and Required Shareholder Action. The
Escrow Agent shall send to the Investors and the Shareholders promptly (but in
no event later than seven (7) days after receipt by the Escrow Agent from the
Company) copies of any notices or other materials received by it with respect to
the Additional Warrants and shall take
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such action, or refrain to take such action, as directed by Required Investor
Action and Required Shareholder Action.
3. FIRST PARTIAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE ESCROW FUND.
3.1 DETERMINATION OF ADDITIONAL WARRANTS DISTRIBUTION TO INVESTORS,
SHAREHOLDERS.
(a) Upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Article 3 and
in Article 5, on a single occasion during the period from the Date of Issuance
to and including the earlier of (i) the date on which audited consolidated
financial statements of the Company for the year ended December 31, 1997 are
made available to the Investors or (ii) March 31, 1998 (the "First Escrow
Period"), upon the occurrence of any of the sets of events described in Section
3.2(a), 3.2(b), 3.2(c) or 3.2(d) (each a "Measuring Event"), Additional Warrants
to purchase up to 278,295 Warrant Shares (subject to adjustment pursuant to the
terms of the Warrants), as specifically set forth with respect to the applicable
Measuring Event, shall be distributed out of the Escrow Fund to the Investors as
a group (in proportion to their respective Investor Percentage) or the
Shareholders as a group (in proportion to their respective Shareholder
Percentage); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if prior to the applicable date of
distribution the Additional Warrants have been exercised in part or in whole,
the applicable number of Warrant Shares acquired upon such exercise shall
instead be distributed out of the Escrow Fund.
(b) If no Measuring Event shall have occurred during the First
Escrow Period, on the last day of the First Escrow Period, Additional Warrants
to purchase 278,295 Warrant Shares (subject to adjustment pursuant to the terms
of the Warrants) shall be distributed out of the Escrow Fund to the Investors as
a group (in proportion to their respective Investor Percentage).
3.2 MEASURING EVENTS.
(a) If prior to August 21, 1997, the Company either (i)
successfully consummates that certain Asset Acquisition in the Phoenix market
described in Exhibit D.1 and at least four (4) of the Asset Acquisitions
described in EXHIBIT D.2 substantially on the terms described therein or (ii)
successfully consummates each of the six (6) Asset Acquisitions described in
EXHIBIT D.2 substantially on the terms described therein, then Additional
Warrants to purchase 278,295 Warrant Shares (subject to adjustment pursuant to
the terms of the Warrants) shall be distributed to the Shareholders as a group
(in proportion to their respective Shareholder Percentage).
(b) If prior to August 21, 1997, the Company successfully
consummates a single or multiple Asset Acquisitions, whether or not described in
EXHIBIT D, and each of the following conditions is satisfied with respect to all
such Asset Acquisitions on a combined basis:
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(i) the EBITDA calculated on a Pro Forma Basis attributable to the
acquired business or businesses ("Acquired EBITDA"), as set forth in reasonable
detail (including all adjustments to actual historical EBITDA, if any) in a
written certificate signed by the chief executive officer and chief financial
officer of the Company delivered to the Shareholders and the Investors, is at
least $6,000,000, and
(ii) the aggregate consideration paid by the Company (including
without limitation (w) the purchase price paid for equity securities, debt
securities, assets or other properties, tangible or intangible, (x) any
contingent or deferred consideration in the form of a so called "earn-out"
arrangement, whether or not receipt of such consideration is subject to vesting
or the achievement of performance milestones (it being understood that if the
amount of such contingent or deferred consideration has not been fixed as of the
time of the determination required by this Section 3.2(b), such amount shall be
calculated in accordance with GAAP, (y) the aggregate consideration payable over
the term of any related non-competition, consulting, employment or other similar
agreements, other than reasonable salary and bonus payable to personnel of the
acquired business or businesses after the Asset Acquisitions with respect to
actual services to be performed, and (z) the amount of any Indebtedness or any
other obligation or liability of the acquired business or businesses assumed in
connection with or in contemplation of such Asset Acquisition, except for
current trade payables in the ordinary course of business) does not exceed five
(5.0) times the Acquired EBITDA, then Additional Warrants to purchase 278,295
Warrant Shares (subject to adjustment pursuant to the terms of the Warrants)
shall be distributed to the Shareholders as a group (in proportion to their
respective Shareholder Percentage).
(c) If the amount calculated by:
(i) multiplying the Company's EBITDA for the year ending
December 31, 1997 calculated on a Pro Forma Basis times seven and one-half
(7.5), and
(ii) subtracting from the resulting amount the aggregate
amount of all outstanding Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis as of December 31, 1997 (the "Implied Value"),
is at least $20,000,000,
then Additional Warrants to purchase the respective numbers of Warrant Shares
(subject to adjustment pursuant to the terms of the Warrants) set forth in the
following chart shall be distributed to the Investors as a group (in proportion
to their respective Investor Percentage) and the Shareholders as a group (in
proportion to their respective Shareholder Percentage) based on the level of the
Implied Value:
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ADDITIONAL ADDITIONAL
WARRANTS WARRANTS
IMPLIED VALUE TO INVESTORS TO SHAREHOLDERS
$20,000,000 or more,
but less than $27,500,000........... 222,636 55,659
$27,500,000 or more,
but less than $35,000,000 .......... 166,977 111,318
$35,000,000 or more,
but less than $42,500,000........... 111,318 166,977
$42,500,000 or more,
but less than $50,000,000 .......... 55,659 222,636
more than $50,000,000............... zero 278,295
(d) If prior to December 31, 1997 the Company completes a
Qualified Public Offering and the initial public offering price per share of
Common Stock in such offering is such that, when multiplied by the total number
of Warrant Shares that can be acquired by the Investors upon exercise of the
Initial Warrants (1,210,025 shares as of the Date of Issuance subject to
adjustment pursuant to the terms of the Warrants) would be at least $10,750,000,
then Additional Warrants to purchase 278,295 Warrant Shares (subject to
adjustment pursuant to the terms of the Warrants) shall be distributed to the
Shareholders as a group (in proportion to their respective Shareholder
Percentage).
4. SECOND PARTIAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE ESCROW FUND.
4.1 DETERMINATION OF ADDITIONAL WARRANTS DISTRIBUTION TO INVESTORS,
SHAREHOLDERS.
(a) Upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Article 4 and
in Article 5, on a single occasion during the period from the Date of Issuance
to and including the second anniversary of the Date of Issuance (the "Second
Escrow Period"), upon the occurrence of any of the sets of events described in
Section 4.2(a), 4.2(b), 4.2(c), 4.2(d), 4.2(e) or 4.2(f) hereof (each a
"Triggering Event"), Additional Warrants to purchase up to 604,456 Warrant
Shares (subject to adjustment pursuant to the terms of the Warrants), as
specifically set forth with respect to the applicable Triggering Event, shall be
distributed out of the Escrow Fund to the Investors as a group (in proportion to
their respective Investor Percentage) or the Shareholders as a group (in
proportion to their respective Shareholder Percentage); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that
if prior to the applicable date of distribution the Additional Warrants have
been exercised in part or in whole, the applicable number of
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Warrant Shares acquired upon such exercise shall instead be distributed out of
the Escrow Fund; and PROVIDED, FURTHER, that any such distribution to the
Shareholders shall be subject to rescission as provided in Section 4.3.
(b) If no Triggering Event shall have occurred during the Second
Escrow Period, on the second anniversary of the Date of Issuance 604,456 Warrant
Shares (subject to adjustment pursuant to the terms of the Warrants) shall be
distributed out of the Escrow Fund to the Investors as a group (in proportion to
their respective Investor Percentage).
4.2 TRIGGERING EVENTS.
(a) If during the Second Escrow Period:
(i) a Company Sale is consummated,
(ii) either before such Company Sale or simultaneously therewith
all indebtedness of the Company under the Notes shall have been repaid
and all other monetary obligations under the Notes duly performed in
full, and
(iii) the Realized Sale Value is more than $29,900,000, but less
than $32,600,000,
then
(A) Additional Warrants to purchase 302,228 Warrant
Shares (subject to adjustment pursuant to the terms of the
Warrants) shall be distributed to the Investors as a group (in
proportion to their respective Investor Percentage), and
(B) Additional Warrants to purchase 302,228 Warrant
Shares (subject to adjustment pursuant to the terms of the
Warrants) shall be distributed to the Shareholders as a group (in
proportion to their respective Shareholder Percentage).
(b) If during the Second Escrow Period:
(i) a Company Sale is consummated,
(ii) either before such Company Sale or simultaneously therewith
all indebtedness of the Company under the Notes shall have been repaid
and all other monetary obligations under the Notes duly performed in
full, and
(iii) the Realized Sale Value is $32,600,000 or more,
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then Additional Warrants to purchase 604,456 Warrant Shares (subject to
adjustment pursuant to the terms of the Warrants) shall be distributed to the
Shareholders as a group (in proportion to their respective Shareholder
Percentage).
(c) If during the Second Escrow Period:
(i) all indebtedness of the Company under the Notes shall have
been repaid and all other obligations under the Notes duly performed
in full,
(ii) each of the following conditions (clauses (A) and B below
collectively, the "Liquidity Conditions") is satisfied:
(A) there has been a Qualified Public Offering; and
(B) the Company has a Qualified Public Float during an
entire Valuation Period, and
(iii) the Realizable Market Value is more than $29,900,000, but
less than $32,600,000 for at least 20 Trading Days during the same
Valuation Period as in clause (ii)(B) above,
then
(A) Additional Warrants to purchase 302,228 Warrant
Shares (subject to adjustment pursuant to the terms of the
Warrants) shall be distributed to the Investors as a group (in
proportion to their respective Investor Percentage), and
(B) Additional Warrants to purchase 302,228 Warrant
Shares (subject to adjustment pursuant to the terms of the
Warrants) shall be distributed to the Shareholders as a group (in
proportion to their respective Shareholder Percentage).
(d) If during the Second Escrow Period:
(i) all indebtedness of the Company under the Notes shall have
been repaid and all other obligations under the Notes duly performed
in full,
(ii) each of the Liquidity Conditions is satisfied during an
entire Valuation Period, and
(iii) the Realizable Market value is $32,600,000 or more for at
least 20 Trading Days during the same Valuation Period used for
testing the Liquidity Condition in clause (ii)(B) above,
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then Additional Warrants to purchase 604,456 Warrant Shares (subject to
adjustment pursuant to the terms of the Warrants) shall be distributed to the
Shareholders as a group (in proportion to their respective Shareholder
Percentage).
(e) If during the Second Escrow Period:
(i) all indebtedness of the Company under the Notes shall have
been repaid and all other obligations under the Notes duly performed
in full,
(ii) the Shareholders present the Investors with a Bona Fide Offer
at a purchase price per Warrant or Warrant Share which, when
multiplied by the number of Initial Warrants, would be more than
$29,900,000, but less than $32,600,000, and
(iii) those Investors who accept the Bona Fide Offer have all
Warrants and Warrant Shares that they elect to sell (including
Additional Warrants, if any) actually purchased by the offeror in
accordance with the terms of the Bona Fide Offer,
then
(A) Additional Warrants to purchase 302,228 Warrant
Shares (subject to adjustment pursuant to the terms of the
Warrants) shall be distributed to the Investors as a group (in
proportion to their respective Investor Percentage), and
(B) Additional Warrants to purchase 302,228 Warrant
Shares (subject to adjustment pursuant to the terms of the
Warrants) shall be distributed to the Shareholders as a group (in
proportion to their respective Shareholder Percentage).
(f) If during the Second Escrow Period:
(i) all indebtedness of the Company under the Notes shall have
been repaid and all other obligations under the Notes duly performed
in full,
(ii) the Shareholders present the Investors with a Bona Fide Offer
at a purchase price per Warrant or Warrant Share which, when
multiplied by the number of Initial Warrants, would be $32,600,000 or
more, and
(iii) those Investors who choose to accept the Bona Fide Offer
have all Warrants and Warrant Shares that they elect to sell
(including Additional Warrants, if any) actually purchased by the
offeror in accordance with the terms of the Bona Fide Offer,
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then Additional Warrants to purchase 604,456 Warrant Shares (subject to
adjustment pursuant to the terms of the Warrants) shall be distributed to the
Shareholders as a group (in proportion to their respective Shareholder
Percentage).
4.3 RESCISSION. Any distribution of Additional Warrants or Warrant
Shares to the Shareholders out the Escrow Fund pursuant to this Article Section
4 shall be rescinded and Additional Warrants and Warrant Shares so received by
the Shareholders shall be transferred free of all liens, claims or other
encumbrances back to the Escrow Agent for distribution to the Investors as a
group (in proportion to their respective Investor Percentage) in accordance with
Section 4.1(b) hereof if at any time after the occurrence of a Triggering Event
either (a) the payment by the Company of any portion of the principal of,
interest on or premium with respect to the Notes is rescinded or must otherwise
be restored or returned by any Investor to the Company or any representative or
fiduciary of the Company or any creditor of the Company for any reason,
including upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or
reorganization of the Company or as a result of the appointment of a receiver,
conservator, trustee or similar officer for the Company or any substantial part
of its property or otherwise or (b) the payment by the Company or any other
Person of any portion of the purchase price of Warrants or Warrant Shares
pursuant to a Bona Fide Offer is rescinded or must otherwise be restored or
returned by any Investor to the Company or such Person or any representative or
fiduciary or any creditor thereof for any reason, including upon the insolvency,
bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or reorganization of the Company or such
Person or as a result of the appointment of a receiver, conservator, trustee or
similar officer for the Company or such person or any substantial part of its
property or otherwise (excluding the occurrence of any of the foregoing if
initiated by the Investors).
5. PROCEDURE FOR DISTRIBUTIONS FROM THE ESCROW FUND.
5.1 ESTABLISHMENT OF RIGHTS TO DISTRIBUTION OF THE ESCROW FUND.
Notwithstanding anything in Sections 3 or 4 hereof to the contrary, whenever the
provisions of this Agreement call for a distribution of any portion of the
Escrow Fund, the relative rights of the Investors as a group and the
Shareholders as a group shall be established by applying the relevant provisions
of this Agreement in accordance with the following procedure:
(a) Any Investor or Shareholder shall have the right to demand
from the Escrow Agent in writing (the "Initial Demand") that Additional Warrants
be distributed to the Investors or the Shareholders by giving the Escrow Agent
written notice thereof, which Initial Demand must specify in reasonable detail:
(i) the provision of this Agreement giving the demanding party the
right to such distribution and the basis for such demand in terms of
the documented occurrence or non-occurrence of particular Measuring
Events or Triggering Events, and
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(ii) the amount of Additional Warrants that the requesting
Investor or Shareholder demands to have distributed out of the Escrow
Fund to the Investors as a group and the Shareholders as a group.
(b) Upon receipt of an Initial Demand the Escrow Agent shall
promptly deliver copies thereof to all Investors and Shareholders and to the
Company;
(c) Each Investor and Shareholder and the Company shall then have
a period of 30 days after receipt of the Initial Demand to dispute it in writing
(the "Protest Notice") by giving the Escrow Agent written notice thereof, which
Protest Notice must specify in reasonable detail:
(i) the basis for such Investor or Shareholder disputing the
Initial Demand in terms of the documented occurrence or non-occurrence
of particular Measuring Events or Triggering Events or other relevant
circumstances, and
(ii) the amount of Additional Warrants that the disputing Investor
or Shareholder demands to have distributed out of the Escrow Fund to
the Investors as a group and the Shareholders as a group.
(d) If any Protest Notice is delivered to the Escrow Agent within
the period set forth in clause (c) above, the Escrow Agent shall set aside a
portion of the Escrow Fund equal to the Additional Warrants (and/or Warrant
Shares) to which the Initial Demand relates and shall not release them until the
Escrow Agent shall have received a joint written direction from the Investors
and the Shareholders or a binding arbitration award with respect to the
underlying dispute as provided in clause (f).
(e) If no Protest Notice is delivered within the period set forth
in clause (c) above, the Initial Demand shall be deemed to have been
acknowledged and assented to by all Investors and Shareholders and the Escrow
Agent shall proceed promptly with the distribution of a portion of the Escrow
Fund equal to the Additional Warrants (and/or Warrant Shares) to which the
Initial Demand related in accordance with the relevant provisions of this
Agreement and otherwise in the manner set forth in the Initial Demand to the
Investors as a group (in proportion to Investor Percentages) and/or to the
Shareholders as a group (in proportion to Shareholder Percentages).
(f) If the Initial Demand is disputed through delivery of a
Protest Notice within the period set forth in clause (c) above, the Investors,
the Shareholders and the Company shall promptly cooperate in good faith for the
purpose of resolving the dispute, which resolution, if in writing and approved
by Required Investor Action and Required Shareholder Action, shall be binding
upon all parties to this Agreement and not subject to further dispute or review.
If the parties cannot resolve the dispute to their mutual satisfaction within
forty-five (45) days after the expiration of the 30-day period set forth in
clause (c) above, then as their exclusive method of resolving such dispute, the
Investors, the Shareholders and the Company shall resort to the Arbitration
Process. This provision for arbitration shall be specifically
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enforceable by the parties, and the determination of the Arbitrator in
accordance with the provisions hereof shall be final and binding upon the
parties with no right of appeal therefrom.
5.2 FINAL DISTRIBUTION OF ESCROW FUND. This Agreement shall terminate
30 days after the second anniversary of the Date of Issuance (the "Final Escrow
Date"); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if there are outstanding disputes concerning
disposition of the Escrow Fund on such date, this Agreement shall continue in
effect until the date on which all disputes shall have been disposed of in
accordance with Section 5.1. On the Final Escrow Date, (a) if no Initial Demand
has been received by the Escrow Agent, the entire balance of the Escrow Fund, if
any, not previously distributed to the Investors or the Shareholders shall be
distributed to the Investors as a group (in proportion to Investor Percentages)
and (b) if any portion of the Escrow Fund has been set aside pursuant to Section
5.1(d) above, such portion will continue to be held by the Escrow Agent until
distribution thereof can be made as provided in Section 5.1, but the Escrow
Agent shall distribute the balance, if any, of the Escrow Fund to the Investors
as a group (in proportion to Investor Percentages).
6. REPRESENTATION AND WARRANTIES.
Each of the parties to this Agreement severally hereby represent and
warrant to each other party hereto that, as of the Date of Issuance and as of
the date of any distribution of any portion of the Escrow Fund, such party has
full power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to carry out the
transactions contemplated hereby; this Agreement and each agreement, document
and instrument to be executed and delivered by such party pursuant to or as
contemplated by this Agreement constitute, or when executed and delivered by
such party will constitute, valid and binding obligations of the party,
enforceable in accordance with their respective terms.
7. THE ESCROW AGENT
7.1 THE ESCROW AGENT. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary,
the Escrow Agent shall promptly dispose of all or any part of the Escrow Fund as
directed in writing jointly signed by the Investors and the Shareholders. The
reasonable fees and expenses of the Escrow Agent, including the fees and
disbursements of its counsel, if any, in connection with its performance of this
Agreement shall be paid by the Company. The Escrow Agent shall not be liable
for, and the Shareholders and the Investors shall jointly and severally
indemnify the Escrow Agent against, any losses or claims arising out of any
action taken or omitted in good faith hereunder and upon the advice of counsel,
except for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Escrow Agent may
decline to act and shall not be liable for failure to act if in doubt as to its
duties under this Agreement. The Escrow Agent may act upon any instrument or
signature reasonably believed by it to be genuine and may assume that any person
purporting to give any notice or instruction hereunder, reasonably believed by
it to be authorized, has been duly authorized to do so. The Escrow Agent's
duties shall be determined only with reference to this Escrow Agreement and the
Warrants and applicable laws, and the Escrow Agent is not charged with knowledge
of, or any duties or
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responsibilities in connection with, any other document or agreement, including
the Purchase Agreement or any agreements executed in connection therewith.
The Escrow Agent shall have the right at any time to resign hereunder
by giving written notice of its resignation to the parties hereto, at the
addresses set forth herein or at such other address as the parties shall
provide, at least thirty (30) Business Days prior to the date specified for such
resignation to take effect. If the parties hereto do not designate a successor
escrow agent within said thirty (30) Business Days, the Escrow Agent may appoint
a successor escrow agent. Upon the effective date of such resignation, all cash
and other payments and all other property then held by the Escrow Agent
hereunder shall be delivered by it to such successor escrow agent or as
otherwise shall be designated in writing by the parties hereto.
In the event that the Escrow Agent should at any time be confronted
with inconsistent or conflicting claims or demands by the parties hereto, the
Escrow Agent shall have the right to interplead said parties in any court of
competent jurisdiction and request that such court determine such respective
rights of the parties with respect to this Escrow Agreement, and upon doing so,
the Escrow Agent shall be released from any obligations or liability to either
party as a consequence of any such claims or demands.
The Escrow Agent may execute any of its powers or responsibilities
hereunder and exercise any rights hereunder, either directly or by or through
its agents or attorneys. The Escrow Agent shall not be responsible for and shall
not be under a duty to examine into or pass upon the validity, binding effect,
execution or sufficiency of this Escrow Agreement or of any agreement amendatory
or supplemental hereto.
The Company, the Shareholders and the Investors acknowledge and agree
that the Escrow Agent (i) shall not be responsible for any of the agreements
referred to herein but shall be obligated only for the performance of such
duties as are specifically set forth in this Escrow Agreement; (ii) shall not be
obligated to take any legal or other action hereunder which might in its
judgment involve any expense or liability unless it shall have been furnished
with acceptable indemnification; (iii) may rely on and shall be protected in
acting or refraining from acting upon any written notice, instruction,
instrument, statement, request or document furnished to it hereunder and
reasonably believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by
the proper person, and shall have no responsibility for determining the accuracy
thereof, and (iv) may consult counsel satisfactory to it, including house
counsel, and the opinion of such counsel shall be full and complete
authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted
by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with the opinion of such
counsel.
Neither the Escrow Agent nor any of its directors, officers or
employees shall be liable to anyone for any action taken or omitted to be taken
by it or any of its directors, officers or employees hereunder except in the
case of gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Company, the Shareholders
and the Investors, jointly and severally, covenant and agree to indemnify the
Escrow Agent and hold it harmless without limitations from and against any
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loss, liability or expense of any nature incurred by the Escrow Agent arising
out of or in connection with this Agreement or with the administration of its
duties hereunder, including but not limited to legal fees and other costs and
expenses of defending or preparing to defend against any claim or liability in
the premises, unless such loss, liability or expense shall be caused by the
Escrow Agent's willful misconduct or gross negligence. In no event shall the
Escrow Agent be liable for indirect, special or consequential damages.
The Company, the Shareholders and the Investors, jointly and severally,
agree to assume any and all obligations imposed now or hereafter by any
applicable tax law with respect to payments from the Escrow Fund under this
Agreement, and to indemnify and hold the Escrow Agent harmless from and against
any taxes, additions for late payment, interest, penalties and other expenses,
that may be assessed against the Escrow Agent on any such payment or other
activities under this Agreement. The Company, the Shareholders and the Investors
undertake to instruct the Escrow Agent in writing with respect to the Escrow
Agent's responsibility for withholding and other taxes, assessments or other
governmental charges, certifications and governmental reporting in connection
with its acting as Escrow Agent under this Agreement. The Company, the
Shareholders and the Investors, jointly and severally, agree to indemnify and
hold the Escrow Agent harmless from any liability on account of taxes,
assessments or other governmental charges, including without limitation the
withholding or deduction or the failure to withhold or deduct same, and any
liability for failure to obtain proper certifications or to properly report to
governmental authorities, to which the Escrow Agent may be or become subject in
connection with or which arises out of this Agreement, including costs and
expenses (including reasonable legal fees), interest and penalties.
The Company agrees to pay or reimburse the Escrow Agent for any legal
fees incurred in connection with the preparation of this Agreement and to pay
the Escrow Agent's reasonable compensation for its normal services hereunder in
accordance with the fee schedule set forth in the letter attached hereto as
EXHIBIT E. The Escrow Agent shall be entitled to reimbursement on demand for all
reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the administration of the escrow
created hereby which are in excess of its compensation for normal services
hereunder, including without limitation, payment of any legal fees incurred by
the Escrow Agent in connection with resolutions of any claim by any party
hereunder.
8. MISCELLANEOUS
8.1 GOVERNING LAW AND FORUM. This Agreement shall be governed by the
laws of State of Florida without regard to principles of conflicts of laws
thereof. Each of the Company, the Investors and the Shareholders (a) hereby
irrevocably submits themselves to the jurisdiction of the state courts of the
State of Florida and to the jurisdiction of the United States District Courts
for the District of Florida, for the purpose of any suit, action or other
proceeding arising out of or based upon this Agreement or any part or parts
hereof, and (b) hereby waive, and agree not to assert, by way of motion, as a
defense, or otherwise, in any such suit, action or proceeding, any claim that
they are not subject personally to the jurisdiction of the above-named courts,
that their property is exempt or immune from
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attachment or execution, that the suit, action or proceeding is brought in an
inconvenient forum, that the venue of the suit, action or proceeding is improper
or that this Agreement or the subject matter hereof may not be enforced in or by
such court. Each of the Company, the Investors and the Shareholders hereby
consent to service of process by registered mail at the address to which notices
are to be given. Each of the Company, the Investors and the Shareholders agree
that their submission to jurisdiction and their consent to service of process by
mail is made for the express benefit of the other parties hereto. Final judgment
against any party hereto in any such action, suit or proceeding shall be
conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit, action or
proceeding on the judgment, a certified or true copy of which shall be
conclusive evidence of the fact and of the amount of any liability of such party
therein described or in any other manner provided by or pursuant to the laws of
such other jurisdiction. Except with respect to the enforcement of a final
judgment as set forth in the immediately preceding sentence, each of the
Company, the Investors and the Shareholders agree that any action, suit or other
proceeding arising out of or based upon this Agreement, whether at law or in
equity, shall be brought and maintained exclusively in the courts referenced in
this Section 8.1 and the appellate courts thereto, as applicable.
8.2 NOTICES, ETC. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement,
notices and other communications under this Agreement shall be in writing and
shall be delivered by courier, or mailed by a nationally recognized overnight
courier, postage prepaid, addressed, (a) if to any of the Investors, at the
address specified on the signature pages attached hereto or such other address
as the Investor shall have furnished to the other parties hereto in writing, or
(b) if to any of the Shareholders, at the address specified on the signature
pages attached hereto or such other address as the Shareholder shall have
furnished to the other parties hereto in writing, or (c) if to the Company, at
its address set forth on the signature page attached hereto, to the attention of
the Chief Executive Officer, or at such other address, or to the attention of
such other officer, as the Company shall have furnished to the other parties
hereto in writing, or (d) if to the Escrow Agent, at its address set forth on
the signature pages hereto or such other address as the Escrow Agent shall have
furnished to the other parties hereto in writing.
8.3 PRIOR AGREEMENTS SUPERSEDED. This Agreement supersedes all prior
understandings and agreements among the parties relating to the subject matter
hereof.
8.4 ASSIGNABILITY. This Agreement shall be binding upon and enforceable
by, and shall inure to the benefit of (a) the Investors and their respective
successors and permitted assigns, (b) the Shareholders and their respective
successors and permitted assigns and (c) the Company and its successors and
permitted assigns. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Agreement is
intended to give any person not named herein the benefit of any legal or
equitable right, remedy or claim under this Agreement, except as expressly
provided herein.
8.5 CAPTIONS AND GENDER. The captions in this Agreement are for
convenience only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation of any
term or provision hereof. The use in this Agreement of the masculine pronoun in
reference to a party hereto shall be deemed to include the feminine or neuter
pronoun, as the context may require.
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8.6 EXECUTION IN COUNTERPARTS. For the convenience of the parties and
to facilitate execution, this Agreement may be executed in two or more
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which shall
constitute one and the same document.
8.7 NON-WAIVER. The failure in any one or more instances of a party
hereto to insist upon performance of any of the terms, covenants or conditions
of this Agreement, to exercise any right or privilege conferred in this
Agreement or the waiver by said party of any breach of any of the terms,
covenants or conditions of this Agreement, shall not be construed as a
subsequent waiver of any such terms, covenants, conditions, rights or
privileges, but the same shall continue and remain in full force and effect as
if no such forbearance or waiver had occurred. No waiver shall be effective
unless it is in writing and signed by an authorized representative of the
waiving party.
8.8 AMENDMENTS. This Agreement (including EXHIBIT B) may not be amended
or modified except in writing by Required Investor Action, Required Shareholder
Action and the Company. Should the Investors and the Shareholders attempt to
change this Agreement in a manner that would either increase the duties or
responsibilities of the Escrow Agent or that, in the sole and absolute
discretion of the Escrow Agent, it deems undesirable, the Escrow Agent may
resign as Escrow Agent in accordance with the terms of Article 7 above.
8.9 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. THE INVESTORS AND THE Shareholders HEREBY
WAIVE TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LITIGATION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING, IN ANY COURT WITH
RESPECT TO, IN CONNECTION WITH, OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR THE
VALIDITY, PROTECTION, INTERPRETATION, COLLECTION OR ENFORCEMENT, THEREOF;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT WITH RESPECT TO ANY COMPULSORY COUNTERCLAIM, EACH PARTY
HERETO SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO RAISE SUCH COMPULSORY COUNTERCLAIM IN ANY SUCH
LITIGATION.
[End of Text]
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ESCROW AGREEMENT
COMPANY SIGNATURE PAGE
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the
date first above written.
OUTSOURCE INTERNATIONAL, INC.,
a Florida corporation
By:/s/ XXXX X. XXXXXXX
----------------------
Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: President
Address: 0000 Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, XX 00000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Telecopy: (000) 000-0000
ESCROW AGREEMENT
INVESTORS' SIGNATURE PAGE
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the
date first above written.
TRIUMPH-CONNECTICUT
LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
By: Triumph-Connecticut Group, Inc.
its general partner
By: __________________________________
Name:
Title:
Address: Sixty Xxxxx Xxxxxx
00xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Telephone:(000) 000-0000
Telecopy: (000) 000-0000
BACHOW INVESTMENT
PARTNERS III, L.P.
By: Bala Equity Partners, L.P.,
its general partner
By: Bala Equity, Inc., its general
partner
By: /s/ XXX X. XXXX
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Name: Xxx X. Xxxx
Title: Vice President
Address: Three Bala Xxxxx Xxxx
0xx Xxxxx
Xxxx Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Telephone:(000) 000-0000
Telecopy: (000) 000-0000
ESCROW AGREEMENT
INVESTORS' SIGNATURE PAGE
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the
date first above written.
TRIUMPH-CONNECTICUT
LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
By: Triumph-Connecticut Capital
Advisors, L.P., its general partner
By: /s/ XXXXXXX X. XXXXXXXX
-----------------------------------
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Title: Managing Director
Address: Sixty Xxxxx Xxxxxx
00xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Telephone:(000) 000-0000
Telecopy: (000) 000-0000
BACHOW INVESTMENT
PARTNERS III, L.P.
By: Bala Equity Partners, L.P.,
its general partner
By: Bala Equity, Inc., its general
partner
By:___________________________________
Name:
Title:
Address: Three Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxx
0xx Xxxxx
Xxxx Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Telephone:(000) 000-0000
Telecopy: (000) 000-0000
ESCROW AGREEMENT
ESCROW AGENT SIGNATURE PAGE
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the
date first above written.
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST
COMPANY OF CONNECTICUT,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By: /s/ CAUNA X. XXXXX
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Name: Cauna X. Xxxxx
Title: Assistant Vice President
Address: 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx 00000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Telecopy: (000) 000-0000
ESCROW AGREEMENT
SHAREHOLDERS' SIGNATURE PAGE
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the
date first above written.
/s/ XXXXXXXX X. XXXXXXXX
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Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx as Trustee of the
Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx Revocable Trust
dated August 25, 1995
Address: 0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxx Xxxxx, XX 00000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Telecopy:
/s/XXXXX X. XXXXXXXX /s/ XXXXX X. XXXXXXXX
------------------------ -------------------------------------
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx as Trustee of the
as co-Trustee of the Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx Revocable Trust
Lefcort Irrecovable Trust dated August 25, 1995
dated February 28, 1996
Address: 0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxx Xxxxx, XX 00000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Telecopy:
/s/ XXXX X. XXXXXXXX
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Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Address: 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxx
Xx. Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Telecopy:
ESCROW AGREEMENT
SHAREHOLDERS' SIGNATURE PAGE
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the
date first above written.
/s/ XXXXX X. XXXXXXX
-------------------------------------
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Address: 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Telecopy:
/s/ XXXXXXX X. XXXXXXX
-------------------------------------
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Address: 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Telecopy:
/s/ XXXXX X. XXXXXXX
-------------------------------------
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Address: 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Telecopy:
ESCROW AGREEMENT
SHAREHOLDERS' SIGNATURE PAGE
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the
date first above written.
/s/ XXXXX X. XXXXXXX
-------------------------------------
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx as Trustee of the
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx S Stock Trust dated
January 1, 1995
Address: 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Telecopy:
/s/ XXXXXXXX XXXXXXX XXXXXXX
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Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Address: 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Telecopy:
/s/ XXXXX X. XXXXXXX
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Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx as Trustee of the
Xxxxxxxx Xxx Xxxxxxx S Stock Trust
dated January 1, 1995
Address: 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Telecopy:
ESCROW AGREEMENT
SHAREHOLDERS' SIGNATURE PAGE
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the
date first above written.
/s/ XXXXXXX X. XXXXXXXX
-------------------------------------
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Address: 0000 Xxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Telecopy:
/s/ XXXXX X. SCHUBURT
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Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx as Co-Trustee of
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx OutSource Trust dated
dated November 24, 1995
Address: 0000 X. Xxxxx, Xxx. 0000
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Telecopy:
/s/ XXXX X. XXXXXXXX
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Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx as Co-Trustee of the
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx OutSource Trust
dated November 24, 1995
Address: 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxx
Xx. Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Telecopy:
ESCROW AGREEMENT
SHAREHOLDERS' SIGNATURE PAGE
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the
date first above written.
/s/ XXXXXXX X. XXXXXXXX
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Xxxxxxx X. Schubertas Co-Trustee of
the Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx OutSource Trust
dated November 24, 1995
Address: 0000 Xxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Telecopy:
/s/ XXXX X. XXXXXXXX
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Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx as Co-Trustee of the
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx OutSource Trust dated
November 24, 1995
Address: 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxx
Xx. Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Telecopy:
/s/ XXXXX XXXXXX
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Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Address: 000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx
#0-000
Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Telecopy:
ESCROW AGREEMENT
SHAREHOLDERS' SIGNATURE PAGE
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the
date first above written.
/s/ XXXX X. XXXXXXX
-------------------------------------
Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Address: 0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Telecopy:
/s/ XXXXXX X. XXXXXXX
-------------------------------------
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Address: 0000 X.X. 00xx Xxxxxxx
Xxxx Xxxxx, XX 00000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Telecopy:
/s/ XXXXXX X. XXXXXXX
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Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx as Co-Trustee of the
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx Irrevocable Trust
dated February 28, 1996
Address: 0000 X.X. 00xx Xxxxxxx
Xxxx Xxxxx, XX 00000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Telecopy:
EXHIBIT A
EXHIBIT A
NAME OF INVESTOR INVESTOR PERCENTAGE
Triumph-Connecticut Limited Partnership 56%
Bachow Investment Partners III, L.P. 44%
EXHIBIT B
NAME OF SHAREHOLDER SHAREHOLDER PERCENTAGE
Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx 11.57%
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx 2.11%
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx Trust 1.05%
Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx Trust 9.27%
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Trust 9.27%
Xxxx X. Echubert 26.06%
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx 1.02%
Xxxxx Xxxxxx 1.03%
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Trust 4.67%
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx Trust 5.69%
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx 12.93%
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx 4.78%
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Trust 1.03%
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx 3.74%
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx Trust 1.02%
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx 4.76%
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TOTAL 100.00%
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EXHIBIT C
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EXHIBIT C
FORM OF
COMMON STOCK WARRANT
TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK OF
OUTSOURCE INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Certificate No. W-__
February 21, 1997
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE
ARTICLE I - DEFINITIONS ............................................. 1
ARTICLE II - WARRANT EXERCISE PRICE AND EXERCISE OF WARRANTS ......... 6
Section 2.1 Manner of Exercise .................................... 6
Section 2.2 Payment of Taxes ...................................... 7
Section 2.3 Fractional Shares of Common Stock ..................... 7
Section 2.4 Certain Rights and Obligations of Holders ............. 8
Section 2.5 Reservation of Warrant Shares ......................... 8
Section 2.6 No Impairment ......................................... 8
ARTICLE III - TRANSFERS, EXCHANGES .................................... 8
Section 3.1 Exchange and Transfer of Warrant Certificates .......... 8
Section 3.2 Division and Combination ............................... 9
Section 3.3 Lost, Stolen, Mutilated or Destroyed Warrants .......... 9
Section 3.4 Cancellation of Warrant ................................ 9
ARTICLE IV - ADJUSTMENTS, NOTICE PROVISIONS; PAYMENT OF CASH DIVIDENDS 9
Section 4.1 Subdivisions and Combinations .......................... 9
Section 4.2 Certain Other Distributions ............................ 10
Section 4.3 Issuance of Additional Shares .......................... 11
Section 4.4 Issuance of Warrants, Options or Other Rights .......... 13
Section 4.5 Issuance of Convertible Securities ..................... 13
Section 4.6 Adjustment of Number of Warrant Shares ................. 14
Section 4.7 Other Provisions Applicable to Adjustments
under this Section ..................................... 14
Section 4.8 Reorganization, Reclassification, Merger,
Consolidation or Disposition of Assets ................. 16
Section 4.9 Payment of Dividends ................................... 17
Section 4.10 Verification of Computations .......................... 17
Section 4.11 Notice of Certain Actions ............................. 18
ARTICLE V - REPURCHASE .............................................. 18
Section 5.1 Conditions of Repurchase ............................... 18
Section 5.2 Repurchase Price and Payment ........................... 19
ARTICLE VI - MISCELLANEOUS ........................................... 19
Section 6.1 Changes to Agreement ................................... 19
Section 6.2 Assignment ............................................. 20
Section 6.3 Notices, Etc ........................................... 20
Section 6.4 Defects in Notice ...................................... 20
Section 6.5 Governing Law and Forum ................................ 20
(i)
PAGE
Section 6.6 Standing ............................................... 21
Section 6.7 Headings ............................................... 21
Section 6.8 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.................................... 21
SIGNATURES
Exhibit A Subscription Agreement
Exhibit B Assignment Form
(ii)
THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, NOR PURSUANT TO THE SECURITIES OR "BLUE
SKY" LAWS OF ANY STATE. SUCH SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, TRANSFERRED,
PLEDGED, HYPOTHECATED OR OTHERWISE ASSIGNED, EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH
APPLICABLE "BLUE SKY" LAWS AND PURSUANT TO (i) A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH
RESPECT TO SUCH SECURITIES WHICH IS EFFECTIVE UNDER SUCH ACT, (ii) RULE 144 OR
RULE 144A UNDER SUCH ACT, OR (iii) ANY OTHER EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER
SUCH ACT RELATING TO SUCH ACT, PROVIDED THAT, IF REQUESTED BY THE COMPANY, AN
OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY IN FORM AND SUBSTANCE IS FURNISHED TO
THE COMPANY THAT AN EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF SUCH ACT IS
AVAILABLE.
Date of Issuance: February 21, 1997 Certificate No. W-_
WARRANT
To Purchase Shares of Common Stock of
OUTSOURCE INTERNATIONAL, INC.
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, OutSource International, Inc., a Florida
corporation (the "Company"), hereby grants to ________________ (the
"Purchaser"), or registered assigns, the right to purchase from the Company
________________ shares of the Company's Common Stock (as hereinafter defined),
at a purchase price of $0.01 per share, all on the terms and conditions and
pursuant to the provisions hereinafter set forth. Certain capitalized terms used
herein are defined in Article I hereof. The amount of securities purchasable
pursuant to the rights granted hereunder and the purchase price for such
securities are subject to adjustment pursuant to the provisions contained in
this Warrant.
ARTICLE I - DEFINITIONS
In addition to any terms defined elsewhere herein, as used in this
Warrant the following terms have the respective meanings set forth below:
"AASI" shall mean that certain Agreement among Shareholders and
Investors, dated February 21, 1997, by and among the Company, each of its
current shareholders and each of the holders of Warrants.
"Approval Process" shall mean the process to be used by the Company and
the Holder to determine the Current Value in the event that there is a dispute
regarding such Current
Value as follows: the Company and the Holder shall choose a nationally
recognized, independent investment bank (the "Appraiser") mutually acceptable to
such parties, which will determine the Current Value and deliver to each party a
fairness opinion with respect to Such Current Value. If the parties cannot agree
on a mutually acceptable Appraiser, each of the Company and the Holder shall
select a nationally recognized investment banking firm, the two firms so
selected shall select a third nationally recognized investment banking firm, and
such third firm shall be the Appraiser; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if the Approval
Process in a particular instance relates to a dispute involving holders of
warrants issued pursuant to the Purchase Agreement to the "Purchasers" (as
defined therein) in addition to the Holder, then all such holders (including the
Holder) must act as a group with the approval of two-thirds-interest of all such
holders) All expenses with respect to the Approval Process shall be borne by the
Company. The Appraiser will consider the cost of the appraisal and fairness
opinion when determining the Current Value. The Approval Process shall proceed
on a timely basis with all parties using their best efforts to resolve such
disputes as soon as practicable.
"Assigned Value" shall mean initially $8.87, subject to adjustment
pursuant to Article IV hereof.
"Business Day" shall mean any day that is not a Saturday or Sunday or a
day on which banks are required or permitted to be closed in the State of New
York.
"Charter Documents" shall mean the Company's Articles of Incorporation
and the Company's by-laws, each as amended and in effect from time to time.
"Closing Price" on any date shall mean the last sale price of the
Common Stock reported in THE WALL STREET JOURNAL or other trade publication
regular way or, in case no such reported sale takes place on such date, the
average of the last reported bid and asked prices regular way, in either case on
the principal national securities exchange on which the Common Stock is admitted
to trading or listed if that is the principal market for the Common Stock or, if
not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange or if such
national securities exchange is not the principal market for the Common Stock,
the last sale price as reported by the Nasdaq Stock Market ("NASDAQ") or its
successor. if any, or if the Common Stock is not so reported, the average of the
reported bid and asked prices in the over-the-counter market, as furnished by
the National Quotation Bureau, Inc., or if such firm is not then engaged in the
business of reporting such prices, as furnished by any similar firm then engaged
in such business and selected by the Holder or, if there is no such firm, as
furnished by any NASD member selected by the Holder.
"Commission" or "SEC" shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission
on or any other federal agency then administering the Securities Act, the
Exchange Act and other federal securities laws.
"Common Stock" shall mean the Company's Common Stock, par value $0.001
per share, and any capital stock of any class of the Company hereafter
authorized which is not
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limited to a fixed sum or percentage of par, stated or liquidation value in
respect to the rights of the holders thereof to participate in dividends or in
the distribution of assets upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of
the Company.
"Company" shall mean OutSource International, Inc., a Florida
corporation, and any successor to the business or assets thereof.
" Company Sale" shall mean any merger or consolidation of the Company,
sale of substantially all outstanding Common Stock, sale of all or substantially
all of the assets of the Company or a recapitalization transaction.
"Convertible Securities" shall mean any and all evidences of
indebtedness, shares of capital stock or other securities which are convertible
or exercisable into or exchangeable for, with or without payment of additional
consideration in cash or property, Common Stock, either immediately or upon the
occurrence of a specified date or a specified event or events, other than the
Warrants.
"Current Value" as of any given date shall mean the fair market value
of the Common Stock on such date determined as follows: (a) if there has been a
Qualified Public Offering, the Company has a Qualified Public Float and the
Closing Price for the Common Stock is available, the average of the daily
Closing Price of the Common Stock for the twenty (20) consecutive Trading Days
ending on the Trading Day immediately prior to the date of determination;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if there shall have occurred prior to the date of
determination any event described in Sections 4.1 through 4.5 hereof which shall
have become effective with respect to market transactions at any time (the
"Market-Effect Date") on or within such 20-day period, the Closing Price for
each Trading Day preceding the Market-Effect Date shall be adjusted, for
purposes of calculating such average, by multiplying such Closing Price by a
fraction, of which the numerator shall be the Assigned Value as in effect on the
Trading day preceding the date of determination and the denominator of which
shall be the Assigned Value as in effect on the Trading Day preceding the
Market-Effect Date, it being understood that the purpose of this provision is to
ensure that the effect of such event on the market price of the Common Stock
shall, as nearly as possible, be eliminated in order that the distortion in the
calculation of the Current Value may be minimized; or (b) if there has not been
a Qualified Public Offering, the Company does not have a Qualified Public Float
or the Closing Price for the Common Stock is not available, the Board of
Directors of the Company and the Holder shall independently determine Current
Value on the basis of an assumed Company Sale as a whole reflecting external
market conditions and the unique characteristics of the Company, as if the
Common Stock were freely tradeable in a liquid public market (i.e. without any
discount for lack of liquidity or restrictions on free trading or due to the
fact that the Company has no class of equity securities registered under the
Exchange Act, if such is the case). The value of individual subsidiaries of the
Company may be considered but any final determination of Current Value shall
derive from a valuation of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole. In
the event that clause (b) above applies, each of the Board of Directors of the
Company and the Holder shall deliver to the other a report stating the Current
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Value as of a specified date and setting forth a brief statement as to the
nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the
determination of such Current Value was made. In the event that such reports
disagree as to Current Value, the Company and the Holder shall promptly
consult with each other to resolve such disagreement; PROVIDED that, at any time
during such consultations, either the Board of Directors of the Company or the
Holder may request that the parties determine Current Value pursuant to the
Approval Process and upon such request each party shall be obligated to proceed
with the Approval Process.
"Current Warrant Price" shall mean, as of any date, the price at which
a share of Common Stock may be purchased pursuant to this Warrant on such date,
which initially shall be $0.01, subject to adjustment pursuant to Article IV.
"Date of Issuance" shall mean the date of issuance of this Warrant set
forth above; provided that the Date of Issuance shall be deemed to be the date
of issuance of this Warrant regardless of the number of times new certificates
representing the unexercised and unexpired rights formerly represented by this
Warrant shall be issued.
"Exchange Act" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, or any similar federal statute, and the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect from time to time.
"Exercise Period" shall mean the period during which this Warrant is
exercisable pursuant to Section 2. 1.
"Expiration Date" shall mean February 20, 2002.
"Holder" shall initially mean the Purchaser and, thereafter, any Person
in whose name this Warrant is registered on the books of the Company maintained
for such purpose.
"Majority Holders" shall mean the Holders of Warrants exercisable for
in excess of 66.667 of the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock then
purchasable upon exercise of all outstanding Warrants.
"Notes" shall mean the Senior Subordinated Notes issued to the
Purchasers on the Date of Issuance pursuant to the Purchase Agreement in the
original aggregate principal amount of $25,000,000.
"Other Property" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.8.
"Person" shall mean any natural person, sole proprietorship,
partnership, joint venture, trust, incorporated organization, limited liability
company, association, corporation, institution, public benefit corporation,
entity or government body (whether federal, state, county, city, municipal or
otherwise, including, without limitation, any instrumentality, division, agency,
commission or department thereof).
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"Purchase Agreement" shall mean that certain Securities Purchase
Agreement, dated as of February 21, 1997, among the Company, the Purchaser and
the other parties thereto named therein, as modified, supplemented or amended
from time to time.
"Qualified Public Float" shall mean that the Common Stock is
registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act and the average of the daily
Closing Price of the Common Stock for thirty (30) consecutive Trading Days
ending on the date of determination multiplied by the number of shares of Common
Stock outstanding (excluding those held by affiliates as the term is defined
under the Exchange Act) and freely transferable in the public market is at least
$30.0 million.
"Qualified Public Offering" shall mean an underwritten public offering
(i) pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act
covering the offer and sale of Common Stock (ii) in which the proceeds received
by the Company, net of underwriting discounts and commissions, equal or exceed
$25.0 million, (iii) the initial public offering price per share of Common Stock
is at least equal to the Assigned Value then in effect and (iv) at least one of
the "lead" or managing Underwriters is one of the so called "bulge bracket Wall
Street firms".
"Registration Rights Agreement" shall mean that certain Registration
Rights Agreement, dated February 21, 1997, by and among the Company and each of
the Holders of Common Stock Warrants.
"Securities Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or
any similar federal statute, and the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at the time.
"Trading Day" with respect to the Common Stock means (i) if the Common
Stock is quoted on NASDAQ or any similar system of automated dissemination of
quotations of securities prices, a day on which trades may be made on such
system, (ii) if the Common Stock is listed. or admitted for trading on any
national securities exchange, a day on which such national securities exchange
is open for business, or (iii) otherwise any Business Day.
"Transfer" shall mean any disposition of any Warrant or the shares of
Common Stock acquired by the exercise of any purchase rights hereunder or of any
interest in either thereof, which would constitute a sale thereof within the
meaning of the Securities Act.
"Common Stock Warrants" or "Warrant" shall mean this Warrant and the
other Common Stock Warrants issued on the Date of Issuance pursuant to the
Purchase Agreement, and all warrants to purchase Common Stock issued upon
transfer, division or combination of, or in substitution for, any thereof.
substitution for, any thereof.
"Voting Securities" shall mean the Common Stock and any other class of
equity securities of the Company which, pursuant to the Company's Charter
Documents are entitled
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to notice of any shareholders' meeting or solicitation of consents and to vote
upon matters submitted to shareholders for a vote.
"Warrant Price" shall mean an amount equal to (i) the number of shares
of Common Stock being purchased upon exercise of this Warrant pursuant to
Section 2.1 hereof, multiplied by (ii) the Current Warrant Price as of the date
of such exercise.
"Warrant Shares" shall mean the shares of Common Stock purchasable or
purchased by the Holder upon the exercise hereof.
ARTICLE II - WARRANT EXERCISE PRICE AND EXERCISE OF WARRANTS
Section 2.1 MANNER OF EXERCISE.
(a) GENERAL. The Holder may exercise, in whole or in part (but not
as to a fractional share of Common Stock), the purchase rights represented by
this Warrant at any time and from time to time after the Date of Issuance to and
including 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Expiration Date (such period,
the "Exercise Period") on any Business Day.
(b) SUBSCRIPTION AND PAYMENT OF WARRANT PRICE. In order to
exercise this Warrant, in whole or in part, the Holder shall deliver to the
Company at its principal office at 0000 Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000, or at the office or agency designated by Company pursuant
to Section 6.3, (i) a written notice of election to exercise this Warrant
substantially in the form of Subscription Agreement attached as EXHIBIT A to
this Warrant (the "Subscription Agreement"), duly executed by the Holder
exercising all or part of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant or
such Holder's authorized agent or attorney, which notice shall specify the
number of shares of Common Stork to be purchased, (ii) payment of the Warrant
Price, (iii) this Warrant, and (iv) if Warrant is not registered in the name of
the Purchaser, an Assignment or Assignments substantially in the form of the
Assignment attached as EXHIBIT B to this Warrant (the "Assignment") evidencing
the assignment of this Warrant to the Person exercising all or part of the
purchase rights represented hereby in which case the Holder shall have complied
with all requirements of Section 3.1 hereof. Such Warrant Price shall be paid in
full (i) by wire transfer, cash, check, or money order, payable in United States
currency to the order of the Company, (ii) by the Holder authorizing the Company
to withhold from issuance that number of shares of Warrant Shares issuable upon
such exercise of this Warrant which when multiplied by the Assigned Value of the
Warrant Shares is equal to the Warrant Price (and such withheld shares shall no
longer be issuable under this Warrant) or (iii) by any combination of the
foregoing.
(c) DELIVERY OF CERTIFICATES. Upon receipt thereof, the Company
shall, as promptly as practicable, and in any event within ten (10) Business
Days thereafter, execute or cause to be executed and deliver or cause to be
delivered to the Holder a certificate or certificates representing the aggregate
number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon such
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exercise, together with cash in lieu of any fraction of a share, as hereinafter
provided. The certificates so delivered shall be, to the extent possible, in
such denomination or denominations as such Holder shall request in the notice
and shall be registered in the name of such Holder or such other name as shall
be designated in the notice. This Warrant shall be deemed to have been exercised
and such certificate or certificates shall be deemed to have been issued, and
the Holder or any other Person so designated to be named therein shall be deemed
to have become a holder of record of such shares of Common Stock for all
purposes, as of the date the notice, together with the Warrant Price and this
Warrant, is received by the Company as described above. The issuance of
certificates for shares of Common Stock shall be made without charge to the
Holder for any issuance tax in respect thereof or other cost incurred by the
Company in connection with such exercise and the related is of shares of Common
Stock.
(d) NEW WARRANTS. If this Warrant shall have been exercised in
part, the Company shall, at the time of delivery of the certificate or
certificates representing Warrant Shares, deliver to the Holder a new Warrant
evidencing the unexercised rights of the Holder to purchase the balance of the
shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is then exercisable, which new
Warrant shall in all other respects be identical with this Warrant, or, at the
request of the Holder, appropriate notation may be made on this Warrant and the
same returned to the Holder. Notwithstanding any provision herein to the
contrary, the Company shall not be required to register Warrant Shares issued
hereunder in the name of any Person who acquired this Warrant (or part hereof)
or any Warrant Shares otherwise than in accordance with this Warrant.
Section 2.2 PAYMENT OF TAXES. All shares of Common Stock issuable upon
the exercise of this Warrant pursuant to the terms hereof shall be validly
issued, fully paid and non-assessable and free from all liens and charges with
respect to the issuance thereof. The Company shall pay all expenses in
connection with, and all taxes and other governmental charges that may be
imposed with respect to, the issue or delivery thereof; provided, however, that
the Company shall not be required to pay any federal, state or local income
taxes incurred by the Holder in connection with the issuance or delivery of such
shares. In addition, the Company shall not be required to pay any tax or other
charge imposed in connection with any transfer involved in the issuance of any
Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant in any name other than
that of the Holder, and in such case the Company shall not be required to issue
or deliver any certificate representing Warrant Shares until such tax or other
charge has been paid or it has been established to the satisfaction of Company
that no such tax or other charge is due.
Section 2.3 FRACTIONAL SHARES OF COMMON STOCK. The Company shall not be
required to issue fractional shares of Common Stock upon exercise of any
Warrant. As to any fraction of a share of Common Stock which the Holder of one
or more Warrants, the rights under which are exercised in the same transaction,
would otherwise be entitled to purchase upon such exercise, the Company shall
pay a cash adjustment in respect of such final fraction (which shall be deemed
to be a fraction of the last share of Common Stock issued) in an
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amount equal to the same fraction of the Current Value per share of Common
Stock on the date of exercise.
Section 2.4 CERTAIN RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF HOLDERS. The Holders of
the Warrants and the Warrant Shares shall (a) have such rights with respect to
the registration thereof under the. Securities Act as are set forth in the
Registration Rights Agreement and such rights with respect to corporate
governance of the Company and transactions involving Common Stock as are set
forth in the AASI and (b) have such obligations with respect to the sale of a
portion of this Warrant and/or the Warrant Shares as are set forth in the Call
Agreement.
Section 2.5 RESERVATION OF WARRANT SHARES. The Company shall at all
times reserve and keep available, free from preemptive rights, for issuance upon
the exercise of Warrants, the maximum number of its authorized but unissued
shares or treasury shares, or both, of Common Stock which may then be issuable
upon the exercise in full of all outstanding Warrants. The Company shall from
time to time take all action which may be necessary or appropriate so that the
Warrant Shares, immediately upon their issuance following an exercise of
Warrants, will be listed or quoted, as the case may be, on the principal
securities exchanges or markets within the United States of America, if any, on
which other shares of Common Stock are then listed.
Section 2.6 NO IMPAIRMENT. The Company shall not by any action,
including, without limitation, amending its Charter Documents or through any
reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or
sale of securities or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the
observance or performance of any of the terms of the Warrants, but will at all
times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all such terms and in the of
all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate to protect the rights of the
Holders against impairment. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
the Company will (a) not increase the par value of any Warrant Shares receivable
upon the exercise of the Warrants above the amount payable therefor upon such
exercise immediately prior to such increase in par value, (b) take all such
action as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly
and legally issue fully paid and non-assessable Warrant Shares upon the exercise
of any Warrant, and (c) use its best efforts to obtain all such authorizations,
exemptions or consents from any public regulatory body having jurisdiction
thereof as may be necessary to enable the Company to perform its obligations
under the Warrants. Notwithstanding the foregoing paragraph, the Company shall
not be required to issue Warrant Shares upon the exercise of any Warrant if such
issuance would result in a violation by the Company of any applicable law.
ARTICLE III - TRANSFERS, EXCHANGES
Section 3.1 EXCHANGE AND TRANSFER OF WARRANT CERTIFICATES. The Warrants
(and any Warrant Shares issued upon exercise of the Warrants) shall bear such
restrictive legend or legends as may be required by the Purchase Agreement and
as may be required by law and
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shall be transferable only in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. the
Purchase Agreement and the AASI. Subject to such restrictions, this Warrant and
all rights hereunder are transferable, in whole or in part, without charge to
the Holder, upon surrender of this Warrant with a properly executed Assignment
at the principal office of the Company. Upon such surrender, the Company shall
execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in the name of the assignee or
assignees and in the denomination specified in such instrument of assignment,
and shall issue to the assignor a new Warrant evidencing the portion of this
Warrant not so assigned, and this Warrant shall promptly be canceled. A Warrant,
if properly assigned in compliance herewith, may be exercised by a new Holder
without having a new warrant issued.
Section 3.2 DIVISION AND COMBINATION. This Warrant may be divided or
combined with other Warrants upon presentation hereof at the aforesaid office or
agency of the Company, together with a written notice specifying the names and
denominations in which new Warrants are to be issued, signed by the Holder or
its agent or attorney. Subject to compliance with Section 3.1 as to any transfer
which may be involved in such division or combination, the Company shall execute
and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in exchange for the Warrant or Warrants to
be divided or combined in accordance with such notice.
Section 3.3 LOST, STOLEN, MUTILATED OR DESTROYED WARRANTS. If any
Warrant shall be mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall issue,
execute and deliver, in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation of a
mutilated Warrant, or in lieu of or in substitution for a lost, stolen or
destroyed Warrant, a new Warrant representing equivalent rights of the Holder.
If required by the Company, the Holder of the mutilated, lost, stolen or
destroyed Warrant must provide indemnity sufficient to protect the Company from
any loss which it may suffer if the Warrant is replaced. Any such new Warrant
shall constitute an original contractual obligation of the Company, whether or
not the allegedly lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed Warrant shall be at any
time enforceable by anyone.
Section 3.4 CANCELLATION OF WARRANT. Any Warrant surrendered upon the
exercise or for exchange or transfer, or purchased or otherwise acquired by the
Company, shall be canceled and shall not be reissued by the Company; and, except
as provided herein in case of the partial exercise of the Warrants or upon an
exchange or transfer, no Warrant shall be issued hereunder in lieu of such
canceled Warrant. Any Warrant so canceled shall be destroyed by the Company.
ARTICLE IV - ADJUSTMENTS, NOTICE PROVISIONS; PAYMENT OF CASH DIVIDENDS
Section 4.1 SUBDIVISIONS AND COMBINATIONS. If at any time Company
shall:
(a) subdivide its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger
number of shares of Common Stock;
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(b) combine its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller
number of shares of Common Stock;
(c) issue any shares of equity securities pursuant to a
reclassification of shares of Common Stock; or
(d) declare a dividend or make a distribution on outstanding
shares of Common Stock in shares of Common Stock;
(any of the events described in the foregoing clauses (a) through (d)
an "Extraordinary Common Stock Event"), then the Current Warrant Price and the
Assigned Value shall each be adjusted by multiplying the then effective Current
Warrant Price or Assigned Value, as applicable, by a fraction, the numerator of
which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock of all classes outstanding
immediately before such Extraordinary Common Stock Event and the denominator of
which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock of all classes outstanding
immediately after such Extraordinary Common Stock Event, and the product so
obtained shall thereafter be the Current Warrant Price and Assigned Value,
respectively. The Current Warrant Price and Assigned Value, as so adjusted,
shall be readjusted in the same manner upon the happening of any successive
Extraordinary Common Stock Event or Events.
Section 4.2 CERTAIN OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS. If the Company shall take a
record of the holders of its Common Stock for the purpose of entitling them to
receive any dividend or other distribution of:
(a) cash (other than a cash distribution or dividend payable out
of earnings or earned surplus legally available for the payment of dividends
under the laws of the jurisdiction of incorporation of Company which the Holder
shall receive pursuant to Section 4.9 hereof);
(b) any evidences of its indebtedness, any shares of its stock or
any other securities or property of any nature whatsoever (other than cash,
Convertible Securities or Common Stock); or
(c) any warrants or other rights to subscribe for or purchase any
evidence of its indebtedness, any shares of its stock or any other securities or
property of any nature whatsoever (other than cash, Convertible Securities or
Common Stock);
then the Current Warrant Price and the Assigned Value shall each be adjusted, so
that in each such event lawful and adequate provision shall be made so that the
Holder shall receive upon exercise of this Warrant, in addition to the number of
shares of Common Stock receivable thereupon, the amount or quantity of cash,
evidences of indebtedness, securities, warrants, rights or other property which
they would have received had this Warrant been exercised on the date of and
immediately prior to such event and had they thereafter, during the period from
the date of such event to and including the date of actual exercise of this
Warrant, retained
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such cash, evidences of indebtedness, securities, warrants, rights or other
property receivable by them as aforesaid during such period, giving application
to all adjustments called for during such period under this Article IV with
respect to the rights of the Holder of this Warrant. A reclassification of the
Common Stock (other than a change in par value, or from par value to no par
value or from no par value to par value) into shares of Common Stock and shares
of any other class of stock shall be deemed a distribution by Company to the
holders of its Common Stock of such shares of such other class of stock within
the meaning of this Section 4.2 and, if the outstanding shares of Common Stock
shall be changed into a larger or smaller number of shares of Common Stock as a
part of such reclassification, such change shall be deemed a subdivision or
combination, as the case may be, of the outstanding shares of Common Stock
within the meaning of Section 4.1.
Section 4.3 ISSUANCE OF ADDITIONAL SHARES.
(a) Except as provided below in clause (b) of this Section 4.3, if
the Company shall, at anytime while this Warrant is outstanding, issue any
additional shares of Common Stock of any class at a price per share less than
the Assigned Value in effect immediately prior to such issuance or sale, then in
each such case the Current Warrant Price or Assigned Value shall each be reduced
to an amount determined by multiplying the Current Warrant Price or Assigned
Value, as applicable, by a fraction:
(i) the numerator of which shall be (x) the number of shares
of Common Stock outstanding (excluding treasury shares) immediately
prior to the issuance of such additional shares of Common Stock, plus
(y) the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise in
full of all outstanding Warrants, plus (z) the number of shares of
Common Stock which the net aggregate consideration received by the
Company for the total number of such additional shares of Common
Stock so issued would purchase at the Assigned Value (prior to
adjustment), and
(ii) the denominator of which shall be (x) the number of
shares of Common Stock outstanding (excluding treasury shares)
immediately prior to the issuance of such additional shares of Common
Stock, plus (y) the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon
exercise in full of all outstanding Warrants, plus (z) the actual
number of such additional shares of Common Stock so issued.
For the purpose of this Section 4.3(a), the issuance of any warrants,
options or other subscription or purchase rights with respect to shares of
Common Stock of any class and the issuance of any Convertible Securities (or the
issuance of any warrants, options or any rights with respect to such Convertible
Securities) shall be deemed an issuance at such time of such Common Stock if the
Net Consideration Per Share (determined as provided in Section 4.7(a)) which may
be received by the Company for such Common Stock shall be less than the Assigned
Value at the time of such issuance and, except as hereinafter provided, an
adjustment in each of the Current Warrant Price and Assigned Value shall be made
upon each such issuance of warrants, options, rights or Convertible Securities
in the manner provided in this
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Section 4.3(a) as if such Common Stock were issued at such Net Consideration per
Share. No adjustment of the Current Warrant Price or Assigned Value shall be
made under this Section 4.3(a) upon the issuance of any additional shares of
Common Stock which are issued pursuant to the exercise of any such warrants,
options or other rights or pursuant to the exercise of any conversion or
exchange rights in any. such Convertible. Securities if any adjustment shall
previously have been made upon the issuance of such warrants, options or other
rights or Convertible Securities. Any adjustment of the Current Warrant Price
and Assigned Value made in accordance with this paragraph of this Section 4.3(a)
shall be disregarded if, as, and when the rights to acquire shares of Common
Stock upon exercise or conversion of the warrants, options, rights or
Convertible Securities which gave rise to such adjustment expire or are canceled
without having been exercised, so that the Current Warrant Price and Assigned
Value, respectively, effective immediately upon such cancellation or expiration
shall be equal to the Current Warrant Price and Assigned Value in effect
immediately prior to the time of the issuance of the expired or canceled
warrants, options, rights or Convertible Securities, with such additional
adjustments as would have been made to that Current Warrant Price and Assigned
Value had the expired or canceled warrants, options, rights or Convertible
Securities never been issued. In the event that the terms of any warrants,
options, other rights or Convertible Securities previously issued by the Company
are changed (whether by their terms or for any other reason) so as to change the
Net Consideration Per Share payable with respect thereto (whether or not the
issuance of such warrants, options, rights or Convertible Securities originally
gave rise to an adjustment of the Current Warrant Price and Assigned Value), the
Current Warrant Price and Assigned Value shall be recomputed as of the date of
such change, so that the Current Warrant Price and Assigned Value, respectively,
effective immediately upon such change shall be equal to the Current Warrant
Price and Assigned Value in effect at the time of the issuance of the warrants,
options, rights or Convertible Securities subject to such change, adjusted for
the issuance thereof in accordance with the terms thereof after giving effect to
such change, and with such additional adjustments as would have been made to the
Current Warrant Price and Assigned Value had the warrants, options, rights or
Convertible Securities been issued on such changed terms.
(b) The terms of this Section 4.3 shall not apply to (i) the
issuance by the Company of options to acquire up to an aggregate of 1,090,878
shares of Common Stock to employees, directors or consultants of the Company or
any Subsidiary pursuant to stock purchase or stock option plans approved by the
Board of Directors (including shares which may be issued under options to
purchase an aggregate of 515,169 shares of Common Stock outstanding on the Date
of Issuance) and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise thereof (such
number being subject to increase by the amount of shares purchasable under any
outstanding options which are terminated without being exercised, and subject to
adjustment for any stock dividend, stock split, subdivision, combination or
other recapitalization of the Common Stock of the Company), so long as the
exercise price of any such options granted after the Date of Issuance is not
less, than the Current Value at the time of grant or (ii) any issuance of Common
Stock pursuant to the exercise of Warrants. The maximum number of shares which
shall not be deemed to be an issuance of additional shares pursuant to the
foregoing shall be subject to appropriate adjustment with respect to any as-yet
unissued shares
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in the event of any Extraordinary Common Stock Event. No adjustment of the
Current Warrant Price or the Assigned Value shall be made under paragraph (a) of
this Section 4.3 under any of the circumstances which would constitute an
Extraordinary Common Stock Event.
Section 4.4 ISSUANCE OF WARRANTS, OPTIONS OR OTHER RIGHTS . If at any
time the Company shall take a record of the holders of its Common Stock for the
purpose of entitling them to receive a distribution of, or shall in any manner
(whether directly or by assumption in a merger in which Company is the surviving
corporation) issue or sell, any warrants, options or other rights to subscribe
for or purchase any Common Stock or any Convertible Securities, whether or not
the rights to exchange or convert thereunder are immediately exercisable, then
the Current Warrant Price and the Assigned Value shall each be adjusted as
provided in Section 4.3 on the basis that the maximum number of shares of Common
Stock issuable pursuant to all such warrants, options or other rights or
necessary to effect the conversion or exchange of all such Convertible
Securities shall be deemed to have been issued and outstanding and the Company
shall have received all of the consideration payable therefor, if any, as of the
date of issuance of such warrants, options or other rights. No further
adjustment of the Current Warrant Price or Assigned Value shall be made upon the
actual issuance of shares of Common Stock or Convertible Securities upon
exercise of such warrants, options or other rights.
Section 4.5 ISSUANCE OF CONVERIBLE SECURITIES. If at any time Company
shall take a record of the holders of its Common Stock for the purpose of
entitling them to receive a distribution of, or shall in any manner (whether
directly or by assumption in a merger in which Company is the surviving
corporation) issue or sell, any Convertible Securities, whether or not the
rights to exchange or convert thereunder are immediately exercisable, then the
Current Warrant Price and the Assigned Value shall be adjusted as provided in
Section 4.3 on the basis that the maximum number of shares of Common Stock
necessary to effect the conversion or exchange of all such Convertible
Securities shall be deemed to have been issued and outstanding and the Company
shall have received all of the consideration payable therefor, if any, as of the
date of issuance of such Convertible ties. No adjustment of the Current Warrant
Price or the Assigned Value shall be made under this Section 4.5 upon the
issuance of any Convertible Securities which are issued pursuant to the exercise
of any warrants or other subscription or purchase rights therefor, if any such
adjustment shall previously have been made upon the issuance of such warrants or
other rights pursuant to Section 4.4. No other adjustments of the Current
Warrant Price or the Assigned Value shall be made upon the actual issue of such
shares of Common Stock upon (i) conversion or exchange of such Convertible
Securities and, if any issue or sale of such Convertible Securities is made upon
exercise of any warrant or other right to subscribe for or to purchase any such
Convertible Securities for which adjustments of the number of shares of Common
Stock for which this Warrant is exercisable and the Current Warrant Price and
the Assigned Value have been or are to be made pursuant to other provisions of
this Article IV, no further adjustments of the Current Warrant Price or the
Assigned Value shall be made by reason of such issue or sale or (ii) the actual
conversion or exchange of Convertible Securities at less than the Assigned Value
at the
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time of such conversion or exchange if such Convertible Securities were
initially issued at Assigned Value and no adjustment was required to be made at
the time of such issuance pursuant to the provisions of this Article IV.
Section 4.6 ADJUSTMENT OF NUMBER OF WARRANT SHARES. Upon each
adjustment of the Current Warrant Price and Assigned Value pursuant to this
Article IV, this Warrant shall thereupon evidence the right to purchase that
number of Warrant Shares (calculated to the nearest hundredth of a share)
obtained by multiplying the number of Warrant Shares purchasable immediately
prior to such adjustment upon exercise of this Warrant by the Assigned Value in
effect immediately prior to such adjustment and dividing the product so obtained
by the Assigned Value in effect immediately after such adjustment.
Section 4.7 OTHER PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ADJUSTMENTS UNDER THIS
SECTION. The following provisions shall be applicable to the making of
adjustments of the Current Warrant Price and the Assigned Value provided for in
this Article IV:
(a) COMPUTATION OF CONSIDERATION. To the extent that any shares of
Common Stock or any Convertible Securities or any warrants or other rights to
subscribe for or purchase any additional shares of Common Stock or any
Convertible Securities shall be issued for cash consideration, the consideration
received by the Company therefor shall be deemed to be the amount of the cash
received by the Company therefor, or, if such additional shares of Common Stock
or Convertible Securities are offered by the Company for subscription, the
subscription price, or, if such additional shares of Common Stock or Convertible
Securities are sold to underwriters or dealers for public offering without a
subscription offering, the initial public offering price (in any such case
subtracting any amounts paid or receivable for accrued interest or accrued
dividends and without taking into account any compensation, discounts or
expenses paid or incurred by Company for and in the underwriting of, or
otherwise in connection with, the issuance thereof). To the extent that such
issuance shall be for a consideration other than cash, then, except as herein
otherwise expressly provided, the amount of such consideration shall be deemed
to be the fair value of such consideration at the time of such issuance as
determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company (excluding
therefrom any director designated by the transferee thereof). In case any
additional shares of Common Stock or any Convertible Securities or any warrants
or other rights to subscribe for or purchase such additional shares of Common
Stock or Convertible Securities shall be issued in connection with any merger in
which Company issues any securities, the amount of consideration therefor shall
be deemed to be the fair value, as determined in good faith by the Board of
Directors of the Company (excluding therefrom any director designated by the
transferee thereof for the purpose of voting on such matter but not for the
purpose of determining whether a quorum is present at such meeting), of such
portion of the assets and business of the nonsurviving corporation as such Board
in good faith shall determine to be attributable to such additional shares of
Common Stock, Convertible Securities, warrants or other rights, as the case may
be. The Net Consideration Per Share which may be received by the Company for any
additional shares of Common Stock issuable
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pursuant to any warrant, option or other subscription or purchase right or any
Convertible Securities shall be determined as follows:
(i) The Net Consideration Per Share shall mean the amount
equal to the total amount of consideration, if any, received by the
Company for the issuance of such warrants, options, tights or
Convertible Securities, plus the minimum amount of consideration. if
any payable to the Company upon exercise or conversion thereof,
divided by the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that would
be issued if all such warrants, options or other rights or Convertible
Securities were exercised or converted at such Net Consideration Per
Share; and
(ii) The Net Consideration Per Share which may be received by
the Company shall be determined in each instance as of the date of
issuance of warrants, options. rights or Convertible Securities
without giving effect to any possible future price adjustments or rate
adjustments which may be applicable with respect to such warrants.
options, rights or Convertible Securities and which are contingent
upon future events; provided that in the case of an adjustment to be
made as a result of a change in terms of such warrants, options,
rights or Convertible Securities, the Net Consideration Per Share
shall be recalculated as of the date of such change.
In case of the issuance at any time of any additional shares of Common Stock or
Convertible Securities in payment or satisfaction of any dividends upon any
class of stock other than Common Stock, the Company shall be deemed to have
received for such additional shares of Common Stock or Convertible Securities a
consideration equal to the amount of such dividend so paid or satisfied.
(b) WHEN ADJUSTMENTS SHALL BE MADE. The adjustments required by
this Article IV shall be made whenever and as often as any specified event
requiring an adjustment shall occur. For the purpose of any adjustment, any
specified event shall be deemed to have occurred at the close of business on the
date of its occurrence.
(c) WHEN ADJUSTMENT NOT REQUIRED. If Company shall take a record
of the holders of its shoes of Common Stock for the purpose of entitling them to
receive a dividend or distribution or subscription or purchase rights and shall,
thereafter and before such distribution, legally abandon its plan to pay or
deliver such dividend, distribution, subscription or purchase rights, then
thereafter no adjustment shall be required by reason of the taking of such
record and any such adjustment previously made in respect thereof shall be
rescinded and annulled,
(d) WHEN ADJUSTMENTS CARRIED FORWARD. No adjustment in the Current
Warrant Price or the Assigned Value in accordance with the provisions of this
Article IV need be made unless such adjustment would amount to a change of at
least 1% therein; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the amount by which any adjustment is
not made by reason of the provisions of
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this Section 4.7(d) shall be carried forward and taken into account at the time
of any subsequent adjustment in the Current Warrant Price or the Assigned Value.
(e) CERTIFICATE OF ADJUSTMENTS. Whenever any adjustment is to be
made pursuant to this Article IV, the Company shall prepare and deliver to the
Holder a certificate executed by the Chief Financial Officer of the Company at
least fifteen (15) days prior thereto, such notice to include in reasonable
detail (i) the events precipitating the adjustment, (ii) the computation of any
adjustments (including a description of the basis on which the Board of
Directors of the Company determined the fair value of any evidences of
indebtedness, shares of stock, other securities or property or options, warrants
or other subscription or purchase rights referred to in this Article IV), (iii)
the Current Warrant Price and Assigned Value immediately before and immediately
after the adjustment, and (iv) the number of shares of Common Stock or the
securities or other property purchasable upon exercise of this Warrant before
and after giving effect to such adjustment. Such Certificate shall be
accompanied by the accountant's verification required by Section 4. 10 hereof.
Section 4.8 REORGANIZATION, RECLASSIFICATION, MERGER, CONSOLIDATION OR
DISPOSITION OF ASSETS.
(a) In case Company shall reorganize its capital, reclassify its
capital stock, consolidate or merge with or into another partnership or
corporation, or sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all
its property, assets or business to another partnership or corporation and,
pursuant to the terms of such reorganization, reclassification, merger,
consolidation or disposition of assets, shares of common stock of the successor
or acquiring corporation, or any cash, shares of stock or other securities or
property of any nature whatsoever (including warrants or other subscription or
purchase rights) in addition to or in lieu of common stock of the successor or
acquiring corporation ("Other Property"), are to be received by or distributed
to the holders of shares of Common Stock, then each Holder shall have the right
thereafter to receive, in the Holder's sole and absolute discretion, either (i)
a new Warrant from the successor company identical in substance and terms to
this Warrant or (ii) a new warrant upon exercise of which the Holder would
receive the number of shares of common stock or partnership interests of the
successor or acquiring corporation or partnership in or of the Company, if it is
the surviving corporation, and Other Property receivable upon or as a result of
such reorganization, reclassification, merger, consolidation or disposition of
assets by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock for which this
Warrant is exercisable immediately prior to such event. In case of any such
reorganization, reclassification, merger, consolidation or disposition of
assets, the successor or acquiring corporation (if other than the Company) shall
expressly assume the due and punctual observance and performance of each and
every covenant and condition of this Warrant to be performed and observed by the
Company and all the obligations and liabilities hereunder, subject to such
modifications as may be agreed between the Company and the Holder of this
Warrant in order to provide for adjustments of shares of Common Stock for which
this Warrant is exercisable which shall be as nearly equivalent as practicable
to the adjustments provided for in this Article IV. For purposes of this Section
4.8, "common stock of the successor or acquiring corporations" shall
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include stock of such corporation of any class which is not preferred as to
dividends or assets over any other class of stock of such corporation and which
is not subject to redemption and shall also include any evidences of
indebtedness, shares of stock or other securities which are convertible, into or
exchangeable for any such stock, either immediately or upon the arrival of a
specified date or the happening of a specified event and any warrants or other
rights to subscribe for or purchase any such stock. The foregoing provisions of
this Section 4.8 shall similarly apply to successive reorganizations,
reclassifications, mergers, consolidations or disposition of assets.
(b) If the Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant
shall be changed by the Company into the same or different number of shares of
any class or classes of stock, whether by reclassification or otherwise (other
than a subdivision or combination of shares or stock dividend provided for
above, or a reorganization, merger, consolidation or sale of assets provided for
elsewhere in this Article IV), then and in each such event the Holder shall have
the right thereafter to exercise this Warrant for the kind and amount of shares
of stock and other securities and property receivable upon such reclassification
or other change, by holders of the number of shares of Common Stock for which
this Warrant might have been exercised immediately prior to such
reclassification or change, all subject to further adjustment as provided
herein.
Section 4.9 PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. If at any time when this Warrant is
outstanding, the Company shall declare one or more dividends on its Common Stock
payable in cash out of earnings or earned surplus legally available for the
payment of dividends under the laws of the jurisdiction of incorporation of the
Company, or payable in other property of the Company, the Company shall on the
payment date or dates for such dividend or dividends make a special distribution
in cash to the Holder of this Warrant on the record dated for such dividend or
dividends in an amount equal to the product of (a) with respect to cash
dividends, (i) the amount of cash to be paid pursuant to such dividend to each
share of Common Stock then outstanding multiplied by (ii) the number of shares
of Common Stock for which this Warrant is exercisable as of such record date or
(b) with respect to dividends payable in other property of the Company, (i) the
fair market value (determined in good faith by the Company's Board of Directors)
of such other property payable to each share of Common Stock then outstanding
multiplied by (ii) the number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant
is exercisable as of such record date.
Section 4.10 VERIFICATION OF COMPUTATIONS. The Company shall select a
nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants (which may be the
Company's regular accountants), which selection may be changed from time to
time, to verify each computation and/or adjustment made in accordance with this
Article IV. The certificate, report or other written statement of any such firm
shall be conclusive evidence of the correctness of any computation made under
this Article IV. Promptly upon its receipt of such certificate, report or
statement from such firm of independent public accountants, the Company shall
deliver a copy thereof to the Holder.
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Section 4.11 NOTICE OF CERTAIN ACTIONS. In the event the Company shall:
(a) declare any dividend payable in stock to the holders of its
Common Stock or make any other distribution in property other than cash to the
holders of its Common Stock; or
(b) offer to the holders of its Common Stock rights to subscribe
for or purchase any shares of any class of stock or any other rights or options;
or
(c) effect any reclassification of its Common Stock (other than a
reclassification involving merely the subdivision or combination of outstanding
shares of Common Stock) or any capital reorganization or any consolidation or
merger (other than a merger in which no distribution of securities or other
property is made to holders of Common Stock), or any sale, transfer or other
disposition of its property, assets and business substantially as an entirety,
or the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company;
then, in each such case, the Company shall cause notice of such proposed action
to be mailed to the Holder at least thirty (30) days prior to such action. Such
notice shall specify the date on which the books of the Company shall close, or
a record be taken, for determining holders of Common Stock entitled to receive
such stock dividend or other distribution or such rights or options, or the date
on which such reclassification, reorganization, consolidation, merger, sale,
transfer, other disposition, liquidation, dissolution, winding up or exchange
shall take place or commence, as the case may be, and the date as of which it is
expected that holders of record of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive
securities or other property deliverable upon such action, if any such date has
been fixed.
ARTICLE V - REPURCHASE
Section 5.1 CONDITION OF PURCHASES.
(a) If on or prior to February 20, 2001, neither a Qualified
Public Offering nor a Company Sale has been consummated, at any time between
February 21, 2001, and February 20, 2003, (the "Optional Repurchase Date'), the
Holder shall have the right to require the Company to purchase in whole or from
time to time in part, this Warrant or, if applicable, the unexercised portion of
this Warrant and, if this Warrant has been exercised in whole or in part prior
to the Optional Repurchase Date, the Warrant Shares purchased upon such exercise
or exercises in accordance with the following provisions. If the Holder desires
to exercise its rights pursuant to this Article V, the Holder shall notify the
Company in writing, indicating the number of Warrants and/or Warrant Shares to
be repurchased in such combined amounts of Warrants and Warrant Shares
representing at least 1,000 shares of Common Stock or integral multiples
thereof. The Company shall use its best efforts to determine the Current Value
as of the Optional Repurchase Date within 45 days after receipt of such notice
and shall notify the Holder of the Current Value in writing promptly following
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its final determination. The Holder shall have the right to withdraw its notice
of repurchase within ten (10) days after receipt of the notice of determination
of the Current Value. The repurchase price shall be calculated and paid as set
forth in Section 5.2 hereof. In the event that repurchase pursuant to this
Article V shall be unlawfull in whole or in part for any reason, the obligation
of the Company to make such repurchase shall continue in effect without
restriction as to date or year until such time or times as such repurchase (or
any portion thereof not yet made) shall no longer be unlawful, and the Company
shall promptly make such repurchase at such time as it becomes lawful, to the
extent it is lawful at that time.
Section 5.2 REPURCHASE PRICE AND PAYMENT.
(a) The repurchase price shall be equal to the product of the
Current Value multiplied by the sum of (i) the aggregate number of Warrant
Shares for which the unexercised portion of this Warrant is then exercisable and
which are to be repurchased pursuant to this Article V and (ii) the aggregate
number of Warrant Shares purchased upon exercise of this Warrant which are to be
repurchased pursuant to this Article V.
(b) The Holder shall surrender the certificate or certificates
representing this Warrant and all Warrant Shares to be repurchased to the
Company and thereupon the repurchase price as set forth in this Section 5.2
shall be paid to the order of the Holder. The repurchase price shall be payable
at the option of the Company in cash or through delivery to the Holder of a
promissory note (the "Put Note") with the following terms: (i) final maturity:
three (3) years from date of issuance; (ii) interest: payable in cash quarterly
in arrears at the rate of 13.0% per annum; (ii) principal amortization: ten (10)
equal quarterly installments payable in cash, with the first installment due six
(6) months after the date of issuance and the last installment due on the final
maturity date; and (iv) ranking: subordinated to senior indebtedness on
substantially the same terms as the Notes. The Put Note shall contain such other
terms and conditions at least as favorable to the Holder as the Notes and
otherwise shall have such other terms and conditions as the Holder and the
Company shall reasonably agree.
ARTICLE VI - MISCELLANEOUS
Section 6.1 CHANGES TO AGREEMENT. The Company, when authorized by its
Board of Directors, with the written consent of the Holder may amend or
supplement this Agreement. The Company may, without the consent or concurrence
of the Holder, by supplemental agreement or otherwise, make any changes or
corrections in this Agreement that the Company shall have been advised by
counsel (i) are required to cure any ambiguity or to correct any defective or
inconsistent provision or clerical omission or mistake or manifest error herein
contained, (ii) add to the covenants and agreements of the Company in this
Warrant such further covenants and agreements thereafter to be observed, or
(iii) result in the surrender of any right or power reserved to or conferred
upon the Company in this Warrant, in each case which changes or corrections do
not and will not adversely affect, alter or change the rights, privileges or
immunities of the Holder.
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Section 6.2 ASSIGNMENT. All the covenants and provisions of this
Warrant by or for the benefit of the Company or the Holder shall bind and inure
to the benefit of their respective successors and assigns.
Section 6.3 NOTICES, ETC. Except as otherwise provided in this
Agreement, notices and other communications under this Agreement shall be in
writing and shall be delivered by courier, or mailed by a nationally recognized
overnight courier, postage prepaid, addressed, (a) if to any of the Holders, at
the address specified on the signature pages attached hereto or such other
address as the Holder shall have furnished to the Company in writing, or (b) if
to the Company, at its address set forth on the signature page attached hereto,
to the attention of the Chief Executive Officer, or at such other address, or to
the attention of such other officer, as the Company shall have furnished to the
Holders in writing. This Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and all
documents delivered in connection herewith or therewith embody the entire
agreement and understanding between the Holders, and the Company and supersede
all prior agreements and understandings relating to the subject matter hereof.
Section 6.4 DEFECTS IN NOTICE. Failure to file any certificate or
notice or to mail any notice, or any defect in any certificate or notice
pursuant to this Agreement shall not affect in any way the rights of the Holder
or the legality or validity of any adjustment made pursuant to Article IV
hereof, or any transaction giving rise to any such adjustment, or the legality
or validity of any action taken or to be taken by the Company.
Section 6.5 GOVERNING LAW AND FORUM. This Warrant shall be governed by
the laws of State of Florida without regard to principles of conflicts of laws
thereof. Each of the Company and the Holders (a) hereby irrevocably submits
itself to the jurisdiction of the state courts of the State of Florida and to
the jurisdiction of the United States District Courts for the District of
Florida, for the purpose of any suit, action or other proceeding arising out of
or based upon this Warrant or any part or parts hereof brought by any of the
parties hereto, (b) hereby waives, and agrees not to assert, by way of motion,
as a defense, or otherwise, in any such suit, action or proceeding, any claim
that it is not subject personally to the jurisdiction of the above named courts,
that its property is exempt or immune from attachment or execution, that the
suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum, that the venue
of the suit, action or proceeding is improper or that this Warrant or the
subject matter hereof may not be enforced in or by such court, and (c) hereby
waives any offsets or counterclaims in any such action, suit or proceeding
(other than compulsory counterclaims). Each of the Company and the Holders
hereby consents to service of process by registered mail at the address to which
notices are to be given. Each of the Company and the Purchasers agrees that its
submission to jurisdiction and its consent to service of process by mail is made
for the express benefit of the other parties hereto. Final judgment against any
of the Company or the Holders in any such action, suit or proceeding shall be
conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit, action or
proceeding on the judgment, a certified or true copy of which shall be
conclusive evidence of the fact and of the amount of any indebtedness or
liability of such party therein described or in any other manner provided by or
pursuant to the laws of such other jurisdiction. Except with respect to the
enforcement of a final judgment as
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set forth in the immediately preceding sentence, the Company agrees that any
action, suit or other proceeding arising out of or based upon this Warrant,
whether at law or in equity, shall be brought and maintained exclusively in the
courts referenced in this Section 6.5 and the appellate courts thereto, as
applicable.
Section 6.6 STANDING. Nothing in this Warrant expressed and nothing
that may be implied from any of the provisions hereof is intended, or shall be
construed, to confer upon, or give to, any person or corporation other than the
Company and the Holder of any right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this
Warrant or of any covenant, condition, stipulation, promise or agreement
contained herein; and all covenants, conditions, stipulations, promises and
agreements contained in this Agreement shall be for the sole and exclusive
benefit of the Company and its successors, and the Holder.
Section 6.7 HEADINGS. The descriptive headings of the articles and
sections of this Warrant are inserted for convenience only and shall not control
or affect the meaning or construction of any of the provisions hereof.
Section 6.8 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH OF THE COMPANY AND THE HOLDER
HEREBY WAIVES TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LITIGATION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING, IN ANY COURT
WITH RESPECT TO, IN CONNECTION WITH, OR ARISING OUT OF THIS WARRANT, OR THE
VALIDITY, PROTECTION, INTERPRETATION, COLLECTION OR ENFORCEMENT, THEREOF;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT WITH RESPECT TO ANY COMPULSORY COUNTERCLAIM THE COMPANY
OR THE HOLDER, AS APPLICABLE, SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO RAISE SUCH COMPULSORY
COUNTERCLAIM IN ANY SUCH LITIGATION.
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WARRANT
COMPANY SIGNATURE PAGE
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been duly executed by the
parties as of the day and year first above written.
OUTSOURCE INTERNATIONAL, INC., a
Florida Corporation
By:_________________________________
Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: President
Address: 0000 Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, XX 00000
Telephone:(000) 000-0000
Telecopy: (000) 000-0000
WARRANT
PURCHASER SIGNATURE PAGE
Accepted and Agreed as of the
date first written above
BACHOW INVESTMENT
PARTNERS III, L.P.
By: Bala Equity Partners, L.P., its
general partner
By: Bala Equity, Inc., its general
partner
By: ________________________
Name:
Title:
Address: Three Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxx
0xx Xxxxx
Xxxx Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Telephone:(000) 000-0000
Telecopy: (000) 000-0000
Attention: ____________________
EXHIBIT A
SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT
The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise this Warrant and
to purchase ___________________________________________ of the shares of Common
Stock issuable upon the exercise of said Warrant, and requests that certificates
for such shares of Common Stock be issued and delivered as follows:
ISSUE TO:_____________________________________________________________
(NAME)
______________________________________________________________________
(ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE)
______________________________________________________________________
(SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER)
DELIVER TO:__________________________________________________________
(NAME)
at_____________________________________________________________________
(ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE)
If the number of shares of Common Stock issued hereby is less than the
shares of Common Stock represented by this Warrant, the undersigned requests
that a new Warrant representing the number of full shares of Common Stock not
exercised be issued and delivered as set forth below.
In full payment of the purchase price with respect to the shares of
Common Stock exercised and transfer taxes, if any, the undersigned hereby
tenders payment of $_______ (i) by wire transfer, cash, certified check,
cashiers check or money order payable in United States currency to the order of
the Company, (ii) by authorizing the Company to withhold from such issuance a
number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrant which
when multiplied by the Current Value of the Common Stock is equal to the Warrant
Price (and such withheld shares shall no longer be issuable under the Warrant),
or (iii) by a combination of the foregoing.
A-1
SUBSCRIPTION FORM
PURCHASER SIGNATURE PAGE
Date:________________, _____
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Signature
(Signature must conform in all
respects to name of holder as
specified on the face of the
Warrant.)
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EXHIBIT B
ASSIGNMENT FORM
FOR VALUE RECEIVED the undersigned registered owner of this Warrant
hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto the Assignee named below all of the
rights of the undersigned under this Warrant, with respect to the percentage of
Common Stock Deemed Outstanding set forth below:
NAME AND ADDRESS OF ASSIGNEE PERCENTAGE
and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint ___________________
attorney-in-fact to register such transfer on the books of OutSource
International, Inc. maintained for the purpose, with full power of substitution
in the premises.
Dated:__________________________ Print Name:__________________________
Signature:___________________________
Witness:_____________________________
NOTICE: The signature on this assignment must correspond with the name as
written upon the face of the within Warrant in every particular,
without altercation or enlargement or any change whatsoever.
B-1
EXHIBIT D
EXHIBIT D.1
Acquisition to include Phoenix, Arizona d/b/a Labor Force under the following
terms:
Minimum Sales of $25 million
EBRMA of $3 million
Purchase Price of $15 million or a maximum of 5 times latest twelve
months' EBITDA (pro forma for this acquisition)
EXHIBIT D.2
APEX STAND-BY STAND-BY STAFF MGMT. LABOR WORLD LABOR WORLD
ANDOVER COL. SPRINGS DENVER NEW JERSEY ATLANTA SOUTH FLORIDA
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Revenue $4,384,488 $5,341,391 $13,693,776 $17,204,047 $3,296,236 $14,102,780
Gross Profit 997,762 1,657,348 4,889,934 3,358,049 1,059,044 4,084,960
SG&A (includes
incremental support
center 588,103 783,341 3,438,511 2,386,796 480,885 1,595,858
---------- ---------- ----------- ----------- ---------- -----------
EBITDA 409,659 874,007 1,451,423 971,253 578,159 2,489,302
Depreciation &
Amortization 2,595 28,808 116,987 49,983 3,033 40,808
---------- ---------- ----------- ----------- ---------- -----------
EBIT 407,064 845,199 1,334,436 921,270 575,126 2,448,494
Less: Interest Expense 29,815 36,321 93,118 159,200 22,414 95,898
---------- ---------- ----------- ----------- ---------- -----------
Pre-Tax Income 377,249 808,878 1,241,318 762,070 552,712 2,352,596
Income Taxes 150,900 323,551 496,528 304,828 221,085 873,561
---------- ---------- ----------- ----------- ---------- -----------
Net Income $ 226,349 $ 485,327 $ 744,790 $ 457,242 $ 331,627 $ 1,479,035
========== ========== =========== =========== ========== ===========
PURCHASE PRICE
Tangible Portion $ 0 $ 0 $ 0 $ 0 $ 120,000 $ 0
Intangible Portion $1,015,000 $3,100,000 $ 5,500,000 $ 4,150,000 $1,180,000 9,000,000
---------- ---------- ----------- ----------- ---------- -----------
Total Purchase Price $1,015,000 $3,100,000 $ 5,500,000 $ 4,150,000 $1,300,000 $ 9,000,000
========== ========== =========== =========== ========== ===========
Projected Earnout $ 0 $ 48,653 $ 41,338 $ 0 $ 0 $ 0
---------- ---------- ----------- ----------- ---------- -----------
Adjusted Purchase Price $1,015,000 $3,148,653 $ 5,541,338 $ 4,150,000 $1,300,000 $ 9,000,000
========== ========== =========== =========== ========== ===========
EBITDA Multiple 2.5 3.6 3.8 4.3 2.2 3.6
Net Income Multiple 4.5 6.5 7.4 9.1 3.9 6.1
FINANCING
Bank Financing $ 203,000 $ 620,000 $ 1,100,000 $ 830,000 $ 260,000 $ 1,800,000
Seller Financing $ 0 $ 850,000 $ 1,500,000 $ 1,650,000 $ 650,000 $ 0
Subordinated Debt/Equity $ 812,000 $1,630,000 $ 2,900,000 $ 1,670,000 $ 390,000 $ 7,200,000
Cash for Earnout $ 0 $ 48,653 $ 41,338 $ 0 $ 0 $ 0
---------- ---------- ----------- ----------- ---------- -----------
Total Payments $1,015,000 $3,148,653 $ 5,541,338 $ 4,150,000 $1,300,000 $ 9,000,000
========== ========== =========== =========== ========== ===========
[RESTUBBED FROM TABLE ABOVE]
AQUIRED
GROSS FRANCHISE NET
AQUISITIONS ELIMINATIONS AQUISITIONS
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Revenue $58,022,646 ($3,286,914) $54,735,732
Gross Profit 16,047,097 (754,416) 15,292,681
SG&A (includes
incremental support
center 9,273,294 0 9,273,294
----------- ---------- -----------
EBITDA 6,773,803 (754,416) 6,019,387
Depreciation &
Amortization 242,214 0 242,214
----------- ---------- -----------
EBIT 6,531,589 (754,416) 5,777,173
Less: Interest Expense 436,766 0 436,766
----------- ---------- -----------
Pre-Tax Income 6,094,823 (754,416) 5,340,407
Income Taxes 2,370,453 (301,766) 2,068,687
----------- ---------- -----------
Net Income $ 3,724,370 $ (452,650) $ 3,271,720
=========== ========== ===========
PURCHASE PRICE
Tangible Portion $ 120,000 $ 120,000
Intangible Portion $23,945,000 $23,945,000
----------- -----------
Total Purchase Price $24,065,000 $24,065,000
=========== ===========
Projected Earnout $ 89,991 $ 89,991
----------- -----------
Adjusted Purchase Price $24,154,991 $24,154,991
=========== ===========
EBITDA Multiple 3.6 4.0
Net Income Multiple 6.5 7.4
FINANCING
Bank Financing $ 4,813,000 $ 4,813,000
Seller Financing $ 4,650,000 $ 4,650,000
Subordinated Debt/Equity $14,602,000 $14,602,000
Cash for Earnout $ 89,991 $ 89,991
----------- -----------
Total Payments $24,154,991 $24,154,991
NOTE: AQUIRED FRANCHISE ELIMINATIONS ARE THOSE REVENUE ITEMS (ROYALTIES,
FUNDING FEES, PEO PROGRAM FEES) THAT WILL STOP UPON AQUISITION.
EXHIBIT E
EXHIBIT E
ESCROW AGENT COMPENSATION
Acceptance Fee $1,000
Annual Administration Fee $3,000
Activity Fees
Investment Fee $ 65 per trade (waived if
cash is invested in a State
Street Fund)
Wire Transfer $ 20 per wire
Out of Pocket Expenses Billed as incurred
Counsel Fees Billed as incurred
