WARRANT AGREEMENT dated as of _________, 1999 between Internet
Financial Services Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and Whale
Securities Co., L.P. (hereinafter referred to as the "Underwriter").
W I T N E S S E T H:
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WHEREAS, the Company proposes to issue to the Underwriter
warrants (the "Warrants") to purchase up to 170,000 (as such number may be
adjusted from time to time pursuant to Article 8 of this Agreement) shares (the
"Shares") of common stock, par value $____ per share (the "Common Stock"), of
the Company; and
WHEREAS, the Underwriter has agreed, pursuant to the
underwriting agreement (the "Underwriting Agreement") dated ____________, 1999
between the Underwriter and the Company, to act as the underwriter in connection
with the Company's proposed public offering (the "Public Offering") of 1,700,000
shares of Common Stock (the "Public Shares") at an initial public offering price
of $6.00 per Public Share; and
WHEREAS, the Warrants issued pursuant to this Agreement are
being issued by the Company to the Underwriter or to its designees who are
officers and partners of the Underwriter or to members of the selling group
participating in the distribution of the Public Shares to the public in the
Public Offering and/or their respective officers or partners (collectively, the
"Designees"), in consideration for, and as part of the
Underwriter's compensation in connection with, the Underwriter
acting as the Underwriter pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, the payment
by the Underwriter to the Company of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100.00), the
agreements herein set forth and other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto
agree as follows:
1. Grant.
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The Underwriter, and/or the Designees are hereby granted the
right to purchase, at any time from ____________, 2000 until 5:00 P.M., New York
time, on _______, 2004 (the "Warrant Exercise Term"), up to 170,000 fully-paid
and non-assessable Shares at an initial exercise price (subject to adjustment as
provided in Article 8 hereof) of $9.90 per Share.
2. Warrant Certificates.
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The warrant certificates delivered and to be delivered pursuant
to this Agreement (the "Warrant Certificates") shall be in the form set forth in
Exhibit A attached hereto and made a part hereof, with such appropriate
insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as required or
permitted by this Agreement.
3. Exercise of Warrant.
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3.1. Cash Exercise. The Warrants initially are exercisable at
a price of $9.90 per Share, payable in cash or by check to the order of the
Company, or any combination thereof, subject to adjustment as provided in
Article 8 hereof. Upon surrender of the Warrant Certificate with the annexed
Form of
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Election to Purchase duly executed, together with payment of the Exercise Price
(as hereinafter defined) for the Shares purchased, at the Company's principal
offices in New York (currently located at 00 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx
Xxxx 10011) the registered holder of a Warrant Certificate ("Holder" or
"Holders") shall be entitled to receive a certificate or certificates for the
Shares so purchased. The purchase rights represented by each Warrant Certificate
are exercisable at the option of the Holder thereof, in whole or in part (but
not as to fractional Shares). In the case of the purchase of less than all the
Shares purchasable under any Warrant Certificate, the Company shall cancel said
Warrant Certificate upon the surrender thereof and shall execute and deliver a
new Warrant Certificate of like tenor for the balance of the Shares purchasable
thereunder.
3.2. Cashless Exercise. At any time during the Warrant
Exercise Term, the Holder may, at the Holder's option, exchange, in whole or in
part, the Warrants represented by such Holder's Warrant Certificate (a "Warrant
Exchange"), into the number of Shares determined in accordance with this Section
3.2, by surrendering such Warrant Certificate at the principal office of the
Company or at the office of its transfer agent, accompanied by a notice stating
such Holder's intent to effect such exchange, the number of Warrants to be so
exchanged and the date on which the Holder requests that such Warrant Exchange
occur (the "Notice of Exchange"). The Warrant Exchange shall take place on the
date specified in the Notice of Exchange or, if later, the date the Notice of
Exchange is received by the Company
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(the "Exchange Date"). Certificates for the Shares issuable upon such Warrant
Exchange and, if applicable, a new Warrant Certificate of like tenor
representing the Warrants which were subject to the surrendered Warrant
Certificate and not included in the Warrant Exchange, shall be issued as of the
Exchange Date and delivered to the Holder within three (3) days following the
Exchange Date. In connection with any Warrant Exchange, the Holder shall be
entitled to subscribe for and acquire (i) the number of Shares (rounded to the
next highest integer) which would, but for the Warrant Exchange, then be
issuable pursuant to the provision of Section 3.1 above upon the exercise of the
Warrants specified by the Holder in its Notice of Exchange (the "Total Number")
less (ii) the number of Shares equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (a)
the product of the Total Number and the existing Exercise Price (as hereinafter
defined) by (b) the Market Price (as hereinafter defined) of a Public Share on
the day preceding the Warrant Exchange. "Market Price" at any date shall be
deemed to be the last reported sale price, or, in case no such reported sales
takes place on such day, the average of the last reported sale prices for the
last three (3) trading days, in either case as officially reported by the
principal securities exchange on which the Common Stock is listed or admitted to
trading or as reported in the NASDAQ National market System, or, if the Common
Stock is not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange
or quoted on the NASDAQ National Market System, the closing bid price as
furnished by (i) the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
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through Nasdaq or (ii) a similar organization if Nasdaq is no longer reporting
such information.
4. Issuance of Certificates.
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Upon the exercise of the Warrants, the issuance of certificates
for the Shares purchased shall be made forthwith (and in any event within three
(3) business days thereafter) without charge to the Holder thereof including,
without limitation, any tax which may be payable in respect of the issuance
thereof, and such certificates shall (subject to the provisions of Article 5
hereof) be issued in the name of, or in such names as may be directed by, the
Holder thereof; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to pay
any tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance
and delivery of any such certificates in a name other than that of the Holder
and the Company shall not be required to issue or deliver such certificates
unless or until the person or persons requesting the issuance thereof shall have
paid to the Company the amount of such tax or shall have established to the
satisfaction of the Company that such tax has been paid.
The Warrant Certificates and the certificates representing the
Shares shall be executed on behalf of the Company by the manual or facsimile
signature of the present or any future Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Board of
Directors, Chief Executive Officer or President or Vice President of the Company
under its corporate seal reproduced thereon, attested to by the manual or
facsimile signature of the present or any future Secretary or Assistant
Secretary of the Company. Warrant
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Certificates shall be dated the date of execution by the Company upon initial
issuance, division, exchange, substitution or transfer.
Upon exercise, in part or in whole, of the Warrants,
certificates representing the Shares shall bear a legend substantially similar
to the following:
"The securities represented by this certificate have not been
registered for purposes of public distribution under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), and may not be offered or sold except
(i) pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Act, (ii)
to the extent applicable, pursuant to Rule 144 under the Act (or any
similar rule under such Act relating to the disposition of securities),
or (iii) upon the delivery by the holder to the Company of an opinion
of counsel, reasonably satisfactory to counsel to the Company, stating
that an exemption from registration under such Act is available."
5. Restriction on Transfer of Warrants.
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The Holder of a Warrant Certificate, by the Holder's acceptance
thereof, covenants and agrees that the Warrants are being acquired as an
investment and not with a view to the distribution thereof, and that the
Warrants may not be sold, transferred, assigned, hypothecated or otherwise
disposed of, in whole or in part, for a period of one (1) year from the date
hereof [Effective Date], except to the Designees.
6. Price.
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6.1. Initial and Adjusted Exercise Price. The initial
exercise price of each Warrant shall be $9.90 per Share. The adjusted exercise
price per Share shall be the price which shall result from time to time from any
and all adjustments of
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the initial exercise price per Share in accordance with the provisions of
Article 8 hereof.
6.2. Exercise Price. The term "Exercise Price" herein shall
mean the initial exercise price or the adjusted exercise price, depending upon
the context.
7. Registration Rights.
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7.1. Registration Under the Securities Act of 1933. None of
the Warrants or Shares have been registered for purposes of public distribution
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act").
7.2. Registrable Securities. As used herein the term
"Registrable Security" means each of the Warrants, the Shares and any shares of
Common Stock issued upon any stock split or stock dividend in respect of such
Shares; provided, however, that with respect to any particular Registrable
Security, such security shall cease to be a Registrable Security when, as of the
date of determination, (i) it has been effectively registered under the Act and
disposed of pursuant thereto, (ii) registration under the Act is no longer
required for the subsequent public distribution of such security or (iii) it has
ceased to be outstanding. The term "Registrable Securities" means any and/or all
of the securities falling within the foregoing definition of a "Registrable
Security." In the event of any merger, reorganization, consolidation,
recapitalization or other change in corporate structure affecting the Common
Stock, such adjustment shall be made in the definition of "Registrable
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Security" as is appropriate in order to prevent any dilution or enlargement of
the rights granted pursuant to this Article 7.
7.3. Piggyback Registration. If, at any time following the
effective date of the Public Offering, the Company proposes to prepare and file
one or more post-effective amendments to the registration statement filed in
connection with the Public Offering or any new registration statement or
post-effective amendments thereto covering equity or debt securities of the
Company, or any such securities of the Company held by its shareholders (in any
such case, other than in connection with a merger, acquisition or pursuant to
Form S-8 or successor form), (for purposes of this Article 7, collectively, the
"Registration Statement"), it will give written notice of its intention to do so
by registered mail ("Notice"), at least thirty (30) business days prior to the
filing of each such Registration Statement, to all holders of the Registrable
Securities. Upon the written request of such a holder (a "Requesting Holder"),
made within twenty (20) business days after receipt of the Notice, that the
Company include any of the Requesting Holder's Registrable Securities in the
proposed Registration Statement, the Company shall, as to each such Requesting
Holder, use its best efforts to effect the registration under the Act of the
Registrable Securities which it has been so requested to register ("Piggyback
Registration"), at the Company's sole cost and expense and at no cost or expense
to the Requesting Holders (except as provided in Section 7.5(d) hereof.
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7.4. Demand Registration.
(a) At any time during the Warrant Exercise Term, any
"Majority Holder" (as such term is defined in Section 7.4(c) below) of the
Registrable Securities shall have the right (which right is in addition to the
piggyback registration rights provided for under Section 7.3 hereof),
exercisable by written notice to the Company (the "Demand Registration
Request"), to have the Company prepare and file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission"), on one occasion, at the sole expense of the
Company (except as provided in Section 7.5(b) hereof), a Registration Statement
and such other documents, including a prospectus, as may be necessary (in the
opinion of both counsel for the Company and counsel for such Majority Holder),
in order to comply with the provisions of the Act, so as to permit a public
offering and sale of the Registrable Securities by the holders thereof. The
Company shall use its best efforts to cause the Registration Statement to become
effective under the Act, so as to permit a public offering and sale of the
Registrable Securities by the holders thereof. Once effective, the Company will
use its best efforts to maintain the effectiveness of the Registration Statement
until the earlier of (i) the date that all of the Registrable Securities have
been sold or (ii) the date that the holders of the Registrable Securities
receive an opinion of counsel to the Company that all of the Registrable
Securities may be freely traded (without limitation or restriction as to
quantity or timing and without
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registration under the Act) under Rule 144(k) promulgated under the Act or
otherwise.
(b) The Company covenants and agrees to give written
notice of any Demand Registration Request to all holders of the Registrable
Securities within ten (10) business days from the date of the Company's receipt
of any such Demand Registration Request. After receiving notice from the Company
as provided in this Section 7.4(b), holders of Registrable Securities may
request the Company to include their Registrable Securities in the Registration
Statement to be filed pursuant to Section 7.4(a) hereof by notifying the Company
of their decision to have such securities included within ten (10) days of their
receipt of the Company's notice.
(c) The term "Majority Holder" as used in Section 7.4
hereof shall mean any holder or any combination of holders of Registrable
Securities, if included in such holders' Registrable Securities are that
aggregate number of shares of Common Stock (including Shares already issued and
Shares issuable pursuant to the exercise of outstanding Warrants) as would
constitute a majority of the aggregate number of Shares (including Shares
already issued and Shares issuable pursuant to the exercise of outstanding
Warrants) included in all the Registrable Securities.
7.5. Covenants of the Company With Respect to Registration.
The Company covenants and agrees as follows:
(a) In connection with any registration under Section
7.4 hereof, the Company shall file the Registration
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Statement as expeditiously as possible, but in any event no later than twenty
(20) days following receipt of any demand therefor, shall use its best efforts
to have any such Registration Statement declared effective at the earliest
possible time, and shall furnish each holder of Registrable Securities such
number of prospectuses as shall reasonably be requested.
(b) The Company shall pay all costs, fees and expenses
(other than underwriting fees, discounts and nonaccountable expense allowance
applicable to the Registrable Securities and the fees and expenses of counsel
retained by the holders of Registrable Securities) in connection with all
Registration Statements filed pursuant to Sections 7.3 and 7.4(a) hereof
including, without limitation, the Company's legal and accounting fees, printing
expenses, and blue sky fees and expenses.
(c) The Company will take all necessary action which may
be required in qualifying or registering the Registrable Securities included in
the Registration Statement for offering and sale under the securities or blue
sky laws of such states as are reasonably requested by the holders of such
securities.
(d) The Company shall indemnify any holder of the
Registrable Securities to be sold pursuant to any Registration Statement and any
underwriter or person deemed to be an underwriter under the Act and each person,
if any, who controls such holder or underwriter or person deemed to be an
underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20(a) of
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the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended ("Exchange Act"), against all
loss, claim, damage, expense or liability (including all expenses reasonably
incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any claim whatsoever)
to which any of them may become subject under the Act, the Exchange Act or
otherwise, arising from such registration statement to the same extent and with
the same effect as the provisions pursuant to which the Company has agreed to
indemnify the Underwriter as set forth in Section 7 of the Underwriting
Agreement and to provide for just and equitable contribution as set forth in
Section 8 of the Underwriting Agreement.
(e) Any holder of Registrable Securities to be sold
pursuant to a registration statement, and such Holder's successors and assigns,
shall severally, and not jointly, indemnify, the Company, its officers and
directors and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning
of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20(a) of the Exchange Act, against all loss,
claim, damage or expense or liability (including all expenses reasonably
incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any claim whatsoever)
to which they may become subject under the Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise,
arising from information furnished by or on behalf of such holder, or such
Holder's successors or assigns, for specific inclusion in such Registration
Statement to the same extent and with the same effect as the provisions pursuant
to which the Underwriter has agreed to indemnify the Company as set forth in
Section 7 of the Underwriting Agreement and to provide for just and equitable
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contribution as set forth in Section 8 of the Underwriting
Agreement.
(f) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be
construed as requiring any Holder to exercise the Warrants held by such Holder
prior to the initial filing of any registration statement or the effectiveness
thereof.
(g) If the Company shall fail to comply with the
provisions of this Article 7, the Company shall, in addition to any other
equitable or other relief available to the holders of Registrable Securities, be
liable for any or all incidental, special and consequential damages sustained by
the holders of Registrable Securities, requesting registration of their
Registrable Securities.
(h) The Company shall promptly deliver copies of all
correspondence between the Commission and the Company, its counsel or auditors
and all memoranda relating to discussions with the Commission or its staff with
respect to the Registration Statement to each holder of Registrable Securities
included for such registration in such Registration Statement pursuant to
Section 7.3 hereof or Section 7.4 hereof requesting such correspondence and
memoranda and to the managing underwriter, if any, of the offering in connection
with which such Holder's Registrable Securities are being registered and shall
permit each holder of Registrable Securities and such underwriter to do such
reasonable investigation, upon reasonable advance notice, with respect to
information contained in or omitted from the Registration Statement as it deems
reasonably
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necessary to comply with applicable securities laws or rules of the National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Such investigation shall include access
to books, records and properties and opportunities to discuss the business of
the Company with its officers and independent auditors, all to such reasonable
extent and at such reasonable times and as often as any such holder of
Registrable Securities or underwriter shall reasonably request.
8. Adjustments of Exercise Price and Number of Shares.
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8.1. Computation of Adjusted Price. In case the Company shall
at any time after the date hereof pay a dividend in shares of Common Stock or
make a distribution in shares of Common Stock, then upon such dividend or
distribution the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such dividend or
distribution shall forthwith be reduced to a price determined by dividing:
(a) an amount equal to the total number of shares of
Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such dividend or distribution
multiplied by the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such dividend or
distribution, by
(b) the total number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding immediately after such issuance or sale.
For the purposes of any computation to be made in accordance
with the provisions of this Section 8.1, the Common Stock issuable by way of
dividend or other distribution on any stock of the Company shall be deemed to
have been issued immediately after the opening of business on the date following
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the date fixed for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such
dividend or other distribution.
8.2. Subdivision and Combination. In case the Company shall
at any time subdivide or combine the outstanding shares of Common Stock, the
Exercise Price shall forthwith be proportionately decreased in the case of
subdivision or increased in the case of combination.
8.3. Adjustment in Number of Shares. Upon each adjustment of
the Exercise Price pursuant to the provisions of this Article 8, the number of
Shares issuable upon the exercise of each Warrant shall be adjusted to the
nearest full number by multiplying a number equal to the Exercise Price in
effect immediately prior to such adjustment by the number of Shares issuable
upon exercise of the Warrants immediately prior to such adjustment and dividing
the product so obtained by the adjusted Exercise Price.
8.4. Reclassification, Consolidation, Merger, etc. In case of
any reclassification or change of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (other
than a change in par value to no par value, or from no par value to par value,
or as a result of a subdivision or combination), or in the case of any
consolidation of the Company with, or merger of the Company into, another
corporation (other than a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the
surviving corporation and which does not result in any reclassification or
change of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, except a change as a result of
a subdivision or combination of such shares or a change in par value, as
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aforesaid), or in the case of a sale or conveyance to another corporation of the
property of the Company as an entirety, the Holders shall thereafter have the
right to purchase the kind and number of shares of stock and other securities
and property receivable upon such reclassification, change, consolidation,
merger, sale or conveyance as if the Holders were the owners of the shares of
Common Stock underlying the Warrants immediately prior to any such events at a
price equal to the product of (x) the number of shares of Common Stock issuable
upon exercise of the Holder's Warrants and (y) the Exercise Price in effect
immediately prior to the record date for such reclassification, change,
consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance as if such Holders had exercised the
Warrants.
8.5. Determination of Outstanding Shares of Common Stock. The
number of shares of Common Stock at any one time outstanding shall include the
aggregate number of shares of Common Stock issued and the aggregate number of
shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of options, rights, warrants
and upon the conversion or exchange of convertible or exchangeable securities.
8.6. Dividends and Other Distributions with Respect to
Outstanding Securities. In the event that the Company shall at any time prior to
the exercise of all Warrants make any distribution of its assets to holders of
its Common Stock as a liquidating or a partial liquidating dividend, then the
holder of Warrants who exercises its Warrants after the record date for the
determination of those holders of Common Stock entitled to such
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distribution of assets as a liquidating or partial liquidating dividend shall be
entitled to receive for the Warrant Price per Warrant, in addition to each share
of Common Stock, the amount of such distribution (or, at the option of the
Company, a sum equal to the value of any such assets at the time of such
distribution as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company in good
faith) which would have been payable to such holder had he been the holder of
record of the Common Stock receivable upon exercise of his Warrant on the record
date for the determination of those entitled to such distribution. At the time
of any such dividend or distribution, the Company shall make appropriate
reserves to ensure the timely performance of the provisions of this Subsection
8.6.
8.7. Subscription Rights for Shares of Common Stock or Other
Securities. In the case that the Company or an affiliate of the Company shall at
any time after the date hereof and prior to the exercise of all the Warrants
issue any rights, warrants or options to subscribe for shares of Common Stock or
any other securities of the Company or of such affiliate to all the shareholders
of the Company, the Holders of unexercised Warrants on the record date set by
the Company or such affiliate in connection with such issuance of rights,
warrants or options shall be entitled, in addition to the shares of Common Stock
or other securities receivable upon the exercise of the Warrants, to receive
such rights, warrants or options that such Holders would have been entitled to
receive had they been, on such record date, the holders of record of the number
of whole shares of Common
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Stock then issuable upon exercise of their outstanding Warrants (assuming for
purposes of this Section 8.7), that the exercise of the Warrants is permissible
immediately upon issuance).
9. Exchange and Replacement of Warrant Certificates.
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Each Warrant Certificate is exchangeable without expense, upon
the surrender thereof by the registered Holder at the principal executive office
of the Company, for a new Warrant Certificate of like tenor and date
representing in the aggregate the right to purchase the same number of
securities in such denominations as shall be designated by the Holder thereof at
the time of such surrender.
Upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory
to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of any Warrant Certificate,
and, in case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity or security reasonably
satisfactory to it, and reimbursement to the Company of all reasonable expenses
incidental thereto, and upon surrender and cancellation of the Warrant
Certificate, if mutilated, the Company will make and deliver a new Warrant
Certificate of like tenor, in lieu thereof.
10. Elimination of Fractional Interests.
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The Company shall not be required to issue certificates
representing fractions of Shares, nor shall it be required to issue scrip or pay
cash in lieu of fractional interests, it being the intent of the parties that
all fractional interests shall be eliminated by rounding any fraction up to the
nearest whole number of Shares.
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11. Reservation and Listing of Securities.
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The Company shall at all times reserve and keep avail- able out
of its authorized shares of Common Stock, solely for the purpose of issuance
upon the exercise of the Warrants, such number of shares of Common Stock as
shall be issuable upon the exercise thereof. The Company covenants and agrees
that, upon exercise of the Warrants and payment of the Exercise Price therefor,
all Shares issuable upon such exercise shall be duly and validly issued, fully
paid, non-assessable and not subject to the preemptive rights of any
shareholder. As long as the Warrants shall be outstanding, the Company shall use
its best efforts to cause all shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise
of the Warrants to be listed on or quoted by Nasdaq or listed on such national
securities exchange, in the event the Common Stock is listed on a national
securities exchange.
12. Notices to Warrant Holders.
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Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed
as conferring upon the Holder or Holders the right to vote or to consent or to
receive notice as a shareholder in respect of any meetings of shareholders for
the election of directors or any other matter, or as having any rights
whatsoever as a shareholder of the Company. If, however, at any time prior to
the expiration of the Warrants and their exercise, any of the following events
shall occur:
(a) the Company shall take a record of the holders of
its shares of Common Stock for the purpose of entitling them
to receive a dividend or distribution
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payable otherwise than in cash, or a cash dividend or
distribution payable otherwise than out of current or retained
earnings, as indicated by the accounting treatment of such
dividend or distribution on the books of the Company; or
(b) the Company shall offer to all the holders of its
Common Stock any additional shares of capital stock of the
Company or securities convertible into or exchangeable for
shares of capital stock of the Company, or any option, right
or warrant to subscribe therefor; or
(c) a dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the
Company (other than in connection with a consolidation or
merger) or a sale of all or substantially all of its property,
assets and business as an entirety shall be proposed; or
(d) reclassification or change of the outstanding shares
of Common Stock (other than a change in par value to no par
value, or from no par value to par value, or as a result of a
subdivision or combination), consolidation of the Company
with, or merger of the Company into, another corporation
(other than a consolidation or merger in which the Company is
the surviving corporation and which does not result in any
reclassification or change of the outstanding shares of
Common Stock, except a change as a result of a subdivision or
combination of such shares or a change in par
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value, as aforesaid), or a sale or conveyance to
another corporation of the property of the Company as
an entirety is proposed; or
(e) The Company or an affiliate of the Company shall
propose to issue any rights to subscribe for shares of Common
Stock or any other securities of the Company or of such
affiliate to all the shareholders of the Company;
then, in any one or more of said events, the Company shall give written notice
to the Holder or Holders of such event at least fifteen (15) days prior to the
date fixed as a record date or the date of closing the transfer books for the
determination of the shareholders entitled to such dividend, distribution,
convertible or exchangeable securities or subscription rights, options or
warrants, or entitled to vote on such proposed dissolution, liquidation, winding
up or sale. Such notice shall specify such record date or the date of closing
the transfer books, as the case may be. Failure to give such notice or any
defect therein shall not affect the validity of any action taken in connection
with the declaration or payment of any such dividend or distribution, or the
issuance of any convertible or exchangeable securities or subscription rights,
options or warrants, or any proposed dissolution, liquidation, winding up or
sale.
13. Notices.
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All notices, requests, consents and other communications
hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have
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been duly made when delivered, or mailed by registered or certified mail, return
receipt requested:
(a) If to a registered Holder of the Warrants, to the
address of such Holder as shown on the books of the Company;
or
(b) If to the Company, to the address set forth in
Section 3 of this Agreement or to such other address as the
Company may designate by notice to the Holders.
14. Supplements and Amendments.
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The Company and the Underwriter may from time to time supplement
or amend this Agreement without the approval of any Holders of Warrant
Certificates in order to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any
provision contained herein which may be defective or inconsistent with any
provisions herein, or to make any other provisions in regard to matters or
questions arising hereunder which the Company and the Underwriter may deem
necessary or desirable and which the Company and the Underwriter deem not to
adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Warrant Certificates.
15. Successors.
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All the covenants and provisions of this Agreement by or for the
benefit of the Company and the Holders inure to the benefit of their respective
successors and assigns hereunder.
16. Termination.
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This Agreement shall terminate at the close of business on
__________, 2007. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agree-
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ment will terminate on any earlier date when all Warrants have been exercised
and all the Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants have been resold to
the public; provided, however, that the provisions of Section 7 shall survive
any termination pursuant to this Section 16 until the close of business on
_________, 2010.
17. Governing Law.
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This Agreement and each Warrant Certificate issued hereunder
shall be deemed to be a contract made under the laws of the State of New York
and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance with the laws of said
State.
18. Benefits of This Agreement.
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Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to give to any
person or corporation other than the Company and the Underwriter and any other
registered holder or holders of the Warrant Certificates, Warrants or the Shares
any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Agreement; and this
Agreement shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Company and the
Underwriter and any other holder or holders of the Warrant Certificates,
Warrants or the Shares.
19. Counterparts.
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This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and
each of such counterparts shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original,
and such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Agreement to be duly executed, as of the day and year first above written.
[SEAL] INTERNET FINANCIAL SERVICES INC.
By:__________________________________
Name:
Title:
Attest:
_______________________
WHALE SECURITIES CO., L.P.
By:__________________________________
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT A
THE WARRANTS REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE AND THE OTHER SECURITIES ISSUABLE
UPON EXERCISE THEREOF HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED FOR PURPOSES OF PUBLIC
DISTRIBUTION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "ACT"), AND MAY
NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT (i) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT UNDER THE ACT, (ii) TO THE EXTENT APPLICABLE, PURSUANT TO RULE 144
UNDER SUCH ACT (OR ANY SIMILAR RULE UNDER SUCH ACT RELATING TO THE DISPOSITION
OF SECURITIES), OR (iii) UPON THE DELIVERY BY THE HOLDER TO THE COMPANY OF AN
OPINION OF COUNSEL, REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO COUNSEL FOR THE COMPANY, STATING
THAT AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT IS AVAILABLE.
THE TRANSFER OR EXCHANGE OF THE WARRANTS REPRESENTED BY THIS
CERTIFICATE IS RESTRICTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE WARRANT
AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
EXERCISABLE ON OR BEFORE
5:00 P.M., NEW YORK TIME, _________, 2004
No. W- _______ Warrants
WARRANT CERTIFICATE
This Warrant Certificate certifies that _______________
___________________ or registered assigns, is the registered holder of
____________ (________) Warrants to purchase, at any time from ____________,
2000 until 5:00 P.M. New York City time on ___________, 2004 ("Expiration
Date"), up to _________ fully-paid and non-assessable shares ("Shares") of
common stock, par value $____ per share (the "Common Stock"), of Internet
Financial Services Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), at the initial
exercise price, subject to adjustment in certain events (the "Exercise Price"),
of $9.90 per Share upon surrender of this Warrant Certificate and payment of
the Exercise Price at an office or agency of the Company, but subject to the
conditions set forth herein and in the warrant agreement dated as of
____________, 1999 between the Company and Whale Securities Co., L.P. (the
"Warrant Agreement"). Payment of the Exercise Price may be made in cash, or by
certified or official bank check in New York Clearing House funds payable to the
order of the Company, or any combination thereof.
No Warrant may be exercised after 5:00 P.M., New York City
time, on the Expiration Date, at which time all Warrants evidenced hereby,
unless exercised prior thereto, shall thereafter be void.
The Warrants evidenced by this Warrant Certificate are part of
a duly authorized issue of Warrants issued pursuant to the Warrant Agreement,
which Warrant Agreement is hereby incorporated by reference in and made a part
of this instrument and is
hereby referred to in a description of the rights, limitation of rights,
obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company and the holders
(the words "holders" or "holder" meaning the registered holders or registered
holder) of the Warrants.
The Warrant Agreement provides that upon the occurrence of
certain events, the Exercise Price and the type and/or number of the Company's
securities issuable thereupon may, subject to certain conditions, be adjusted.
In such event, the Company will, at the request of the holder, issue a new
Warrant Certificate evidencing the adjustment in the Exercise Price and the
number and/or type of securities issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants;
provided, however, that the failure of the Company to issue such new Warrant
Certificates shall not in any way change, alter, or otherwise impair, the rights
of the holder as set forth in the Warrant Agreement.
Upon due presentment for registration of transfer of this
Warrant Certificate at an office or agency of the Company, a new Warrant
Certificate or Warrant Certificates of like tenor and evidencing in the
aggregate a like number of Warrants shall be issued to the transferee(s) in
exchange for this Warrant Certificate, subject to the limitations provided
herein and in the Warrant Agreement, without any charge except for any tax, or
other governmental charge imposed in connection therewith.
Upon the exercise of less than all of the Warrants evidenced
by this Certificate, the Company shall forthwith issue to the holder hereof a
new Warrant Certificate representing such number of unexercised Warrants.
The Company may deem and treat the registered holder(s) hereof
as the absolute owner(s) of this Warrant Certificate (notwithstanding any
notation of ownership or other writing hereon made by anyone), for the purpose
of any exercise hereof, and of any distribution to the holder(s) hereof, and for
all other purposes, and the Company shall not be affected by any notice to the
contrary.
All terms used in this Warrant Certificate which are defined
in the Warrant Agreement shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Warrant
Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant
Certificate to be duly executed under its corporate seal.
Dated: ___________, 1999 INTERNET FINANCIAL SERVICES INC.
[SEAL] By:___________________________
Name:
Title:
Attest:
_______________________
[FORM OF ELECTION TO PURCHASE]
The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise the
right, represented by this Warrant Certificate, to purchase _________ shares of
Common Stock and herewith tenders in payment for such securities cash or a
certified or official bank check payable in New York Clearing House Funds to the
order of Internet Financial Services Inc. in the amount of $_________, all in
accordance with the terms hereof. The undersigned requests that a certificate
for such securities be registered in the name of ______________________________
_________________, whose address is __________________, and that such
Certificate be delivered to __________________, whose address is _____________.
Dated: Signature:______________________
(Signature must conform in all
respects to name of holder as
specified on the face of the
Warrant Certificate.)
________________________________
________________________________
(Insert Social Security or Other
Identifying Number of Holder)
[FORM OF ASSIGNMENT]
(To be executed by the registered holder if such holder
desires to transfer the Warrant Certificate.)
FOR VALUE RECEIVED ___________________________________________
hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto
________________________________________________________________________________
(Please print name and address of transferee)
this Warrant Certificate, together with all right, title and interest therein,
and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint _______________, Attorney, to
transfer the within Warrant Certificate on the books of the within-named
Company, with full power of substitution.
Dated: Signature:____________________
(Signature must conform in all
respects to name of holder as
specified on the face of the
Warrant Certificate)
_______________________________
_______________________________
(Insert Social Security or Other
Identifying Number of Assignee)
