Exhibit 4.19
[Form of Debt Warrant Agreement
For Warrant Sold Attached
To Debt Securities]
COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
and
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as Warrant Agent
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DEBT WARRANT AGREEMENT
Dated as of ________________
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Warrants to Purchase ________
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE 1
ISSUANCE OF WARRANTS AND EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF WARRANT
CERTIFICATES
SECTION 1.01. Issuance of Warrants...........................................2
SECTION 1.02. Execution and Delivery of Warrant Certificates.................2
SECTION 1.03. Issuance of Warrant Certificates...............................3
ARTICLE 2
WARRANT PRICE, DURATION AND EXERCISE OF WARRANTS
SECTION 2.01. Warrant Price..................................................4
SECTION 2.02. Duration of Warrants...........................................5
SECTION 2.03. Exercise of Warrants...........................................5
ARTICLE 3
OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO RIGHTS OF HOLDERS OF WARRANT
SECTION 3.01. No Rights as Warrant Securityholder Conferred by
Warrant or Warrant Certificates................................7
SECTION 3.02. Lost, Mutilated, Stolen, or Destroyed Warrant Certificates.....7
SECTION 3.03. Enforcement of Rights..........................................7
SECTION 3.04. Merger, Consolidation, Conveyance or Transfer..................8
ARTICLE 4
EXCHANGE AND TRANSFER
SECTION 4.01. Exchange and Transfer..........................................8
SECTION 4.02. Treatment of Holders of Warrant Certificates...................9
SECTION 4.03. Cancellation of Warrant Certificates..........................10
ARTICLE 5
CONCERNING THE WARRANT AGENT
SECTION 5.01. Warrant Agent.................................................10
SECTION 5.02. Conditions of Warrant Agent's Obligations.....................11
SECTION 5.03. Resignation and Appointment of Successor......................12
ARTICLE 6
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 6.01. Amendment.....................................................14
SECTION 6.02. Notices and Demands to the Company and Warrant Agent..........14
SECTION 6.03. Addresses.....................................................15
SECTION 6.04. Applicable Law................................................15
SECTION 6.05. Delivery of Prospectus........................................15
SECTION 6.06. Obtaining of Governmental Approval............................15
SECTION 6.07. Persons Having Rights under Warrant Agreement.................15
SECTION 6.08. Headings......................................................16
SECTION 6.09. Counterparts..................................................16
SECTION 6.10. Inspection of Agreement.......................................16
SECTION 6.11. Notices to Holders of Warrants................................16
TESTIMONIUM....................................................................
SIGNATURES.....................................................................
EXHIBIT A - Form of Warrant Certificate
DEBT WARRANT AGREEMENT[1]
THIS AGREEMENT dated as of between COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.,
a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of
Delaware (the "Company"), and , a [bank] [trust company] duly incorporated and
existing under the laws of , as Warrant Agent (the "Warrant Agent"),
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[1] Complete or modify the provisions of this form as appropriate to
reflect the terms of the Warrants and Warrant Securities. Monetary amounts may
be in U.S. dollars in a foreign currency or in a composite currency, including
but not limited to the European Currency Unit.
Bracketed language here and throughout this Agreement should be
inserted as follows:
1. If Warrants are immediately detachable from the Offered Securities;
and
2. If Warrants are detachable from the Offered Securities only after
the Detachable Date.
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS, the Company has entered into an Indenture dated as of May 1,
1997 (the "Senior Indenture") between the Company and Bank of Montreal Trust
Company, as Trustee (the "Trustee") and an Indenture dated as of [_____], 1998
(the "Subordinated Indenture") between the Company and [_________], as Trustee
(the "Subordinated Indenture") (collectively, the "Trustees" or "Trustee" and
"Indentures" or "Indenture"), providing for the issuance from time to time of
its unsecured debt securities to be issued in one or more series as provided in
the Indenture; and
WHEREAS, the Company proposes to sell [Title of such debt securities
being offered] (the "Offered Securities") with one or more warrants (the
"Warrants") representing the right to purchase [title of such debt securities
purchasable through exercise of Warrants] (the "Warrant Securities"), the
Warrants to be evidenced by Warrant certificates issued pursuant to this
Agreement (the "Warrant Certificates"); and
WHEREAS, the Company desires the Warrant Agent to act on behalf of the
Company in connection with the issuance, transfer, exchange, exercise and
replacement of the Warrant Certificates, and in this Agreement wishes to set
forth, among other things, the form and provisions of the Warrant Certificates
and the terms and conditions on which they may be issued, transferred,
exchanged, exercised and replaced;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual
agreements herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
ISSUANCE OF WARRANTS AND EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF WARRANT
CERTIFICATES
SECTION 1.01. Issuance of Warrants. Issuance of Warrants. The Warrants
shall be evidenced by one or more Warrant Certificates. Each Warrant evidenced
thereby shall represent the right, subject to the provisions contained herein
and therein, to purchase a Warrant Security in the principal amount of and
shall be initially issued in connection with the issuance of the Offered
Securities [1: and shall be separately transferable immediately thereafter] [2:
but shall not be separately transferable until on and after , 19 (the
"Detachable Date")]. The Warrants shall be initially issued [in units] with the
Offered Securities, and each Warrant [included in such a unit] shall evidence
the right, subject to the provisions contained herein and in the Warrant
Certificates, to purchase [ ] principal amount of Warrant Securities [included
in such a unit].
SECTION 1.02. Execution and Delivery of Warrant Certificates. Each
Warrant, whenever issued, shall be evidenced by a Warrant Certificate in
registered form, substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto, shall
be dated and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification or
designation and such legends or endorsements printed, lithographed or engraved
thereon as the officers of the Company executing the same may approve
(execution thereof to be conclusive evidence of such approval) and as are not
inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement, or as may be required to
comply with any law or with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or
with any rule or regulation of any stock exchange on which the Warrants may be
listed, or to conform to usage. The Warrant Certificates shall be signed on
behalf of the Company by its chairman or vice chairman of the Board of
Directors, the president, any managing director or the treasurer of the
Company, in each case under its corporate seal, which may but need not be,
attested by its Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries. Such signatures
may be manual or facsimile signatures of such authorized officers and may be
imprinted or otherwise reproduced on the Warrant Certificates. The corporate
seal of the Company may be in the form of a facsimile thereof and may be
impressed, affixed, imprinted or otherwise reproduced on the Warrant
Certificates.
No Warrant Certificate shall be valid for any purpose, and no Warrant
evidenced thereby shall be exercisable, until such Warrant Certificate has been
countersigned by the Warrant Agent by manual signature. Such signature by the
Warrant Agent upon any Warrant Certificate executed by the Company shall be
conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that the Warrant Certificate so
countersigned has been duly issued hereunder.
In case any officer of the Company who shall have signed any of the
Warrant Certificates either manually or by facsimile signature shall cease to
be such officer before the Warrant Certificates so signed shall have been
countersigned and delivered by the Warrant Agent as provided herein, such
Warrant Certificates may be countersigned and delivered notwithstanding that
the person who signed such Warrant Certificates ceased to be such officer of
the Company; and any Warrant Certificate may be signed on behalf of the Company
by such persons as, at the actual date of the execution of such Warrant
Certificate, shall be the proper officers of the Company, although at the date
of the execution of this Agreement any such person was not such officer.
The term "Holder", when used with respect to any Warrant Certificate,
shall mean any person in whose name at the time such Warrant Certificate shall
be registered upon the books to be maintained by the Warrant Agent for that
purpose [2: or, prior to the Detachable Date, any person in whose name at the
time the Offered Security to which such Warrant Certificate is attached is
registered upon the register of the Offered Securities. Prior to the Detachable
Date, the Company will, or will cause the registrar of the Offered Securities
to, make available at all times to the Warrant Agent such information as to
holders of the Offered Securities with Warrants as may be necessary to keep the
Warrant Agent's records up to date.]
SECTION 1.03. Issuance of Warrant Certificates. Warrant Certificates
evidencing the right to purchase an aggregate principal amount not exceeding
aggregate principal amount of Warrant Securities (except as provided in
Sections 2.03, 3.02 and 4.01) may be executed by the Company and delivered to
the Warrant Agent upon the execution of this Warrant Agreement or from time to
time thereafter. The Warrant Agent shall, upon receipt of Warrant Certificates
duly executed on behalf of the Company, countersign Warrant Certificates
evidencing ___________ Warrants representing the right to purchase up to
aggregate principal amount of Warrant Securities and shall deliver such Warrant
Certificates to or upon the order of the Company. Subsequent to such original
issuance of the Warrant Certificates, the Warrant Agent shall countersign a
Warrant Certificate only if the Warrant Certificate is issued in exchange or
substitution for one or more previously countersigned Warrant Certificates or
in connection with their transfer as hereinafter provided or as provided in the
antepenultimate paragraph of Section 2.03.
Pending the preparation of definitive Warrant Certificates evidencing
Warrants, the Company may execute and the Warrant Agent shall countersign and
deliver temporary Warrant Certificates evidencing such Warrants (printed,
lithographed, typewritten or otherwise produced, in each case in form
satisfactory to the Warrant Agent). Such temporary Warrant Certificates shall
be issuable substantially in the form of the definitive Warrant Certificates
but with such omissions, insertions and variations as may be appropriate for
temporary Warrant Certificates, all as may be determined by the Company with
the concurrence of the Warrant Agent. Such temporary Warrant Certificates may
contain such reference to any provisions of this Warrant Agreement as may be
appropriate. Every such temporary Warrant Certificate shall be executed by the
Company and shall be countersigned by the Warrant Agent upon the same
conditions and in substantially the same manner, and with like effect, as the
definitive Warrant Certificates. Without unreasonable delay, the Company shall
execute and shall furnish definitive Warrant Certificates and thereupon such
temporary Warrant Certificates may be surrendered in exchange therefor without
charge pursuant to and subject to the provisions of Section 4.01, and the
Warrant Agent shall countersign and deliver in exchange for such temporary
Warrant Certificates definitive Warrant Certificates of authorized
denominations evidencing a like aggregate number of Warrants evidenced by such
temporary Warrant Certificates. Until so exchanged, such temporary Warrant
Certificates shall be entitled to the same benefits under this Warrant
Agreement as definitive Warrant Certificates.
ARTICLE 2
WARRANT PRICE, DURATION AND EXERCISE OF WARRANTS
SECTION 2.01. Warrant Price. On , 19 the exercise price
of each Warrant will be . During the period from , 19 through
and including , 19 , the exercise price of each Warrant will be
plus [accrued amortization of the original issue discount] [accrued interest]
from , 19 . On , 19 the exercise price of each Warrant
will be . During the period from , 19 through and including
, 19 , the exercise price of each Warrant will be plus [accrued
amortization of the original issue discount] [accrued interest] from , 19 .
[In each case, the original issue discount will be amortized at a % annual
rate, computed on an annual basis using the "interest" method and using a 360-
day year consisting of twelve 30-day months]. Such exercise price of Warrant
Securities is referred to in this Agreement as the "Warrant Price". [The
original issue discount for each principal amount of Warrant Securities is ].
SECTION 2.02. Duration of Warrants. Subject to Section 4.03(b), each
Warrant may be exercised [in whole but not in part] [in whole or in part] [at
any time, as specified herein, on or after [the date thereof] [ , 19 ] and at
or before [time, location] on , 19 (each day during such period may hereinafter
be referred to as an "Exercise Date")] [on [list of specific dates] (each, an
"Exercise Date")], or such later date as the Company may designate by notice to
the Warrant Agent and the Holders of Warrant Certificates [in registered form
and to the beneficial owners of the Global Warrant Certificate] (the
"Expiration Date"). Each Warrant not exercised at or before [time, location] on
the Expiration Date shall become void, and all rights of the Holder [and any
beneficial owners] of the Warrant Certificate evidencing such Warrant under
this Agreement shall cease.
SECTION 2.03. Exercise of Warrants. During the period specified in
Section 2.02, any whole number of Warrants may be exercised by providing
certain information as set forth on the reverse side of the Warrant
Certificates evidencing such Warrants and by paying in full [in lawful money of
the United States of America] [in applicable currency] [in cash] [by certified
check or official bank check or by bank wire transfer, in each case,] [by bank
wire transfer] [in immediately available funds,] the Warrant Price for each
Warrant exercised (plus accrued interest, if any, on the Warrant Securities to
be issued upon exercise of such Warrant from and including the Interest Payment
Date (as defined in the Indenture), if any, in respect of such Warrant
Securities immediately preceding the Exercise Date to and including the
Exercise Date (unless the Exercise Date is after the Regular Record Date (as
defined in the Indenture), if any, for such Interest Payment Date, but on or
before the immediately succeeding Interest Payment Date for such Warrant
Securities, in which event no such accrued interest shall be payable in respect
of Warrant Securities to be issued in registered form)) to the Warrant Agent at
its corporate trust office at [address] [or at ], provided that such exercise
is subject to receipt within five business days of such [payment] [wire
transfer] by the Warrant Agent of the Warrant Certificate evidencing each
Warrant exercised with the form of election to purchase Warrant Securities set
forth on the reverse side of the Warrant Certificate properly completed and
duly executed.
The date on which payment in full of the Warrant Price (plus any such
accrued interest) is received by the Warrant Agent shall, subject to receipt of
the Warrant Certificate as aforesaid, be deemed to be the date on which the
Warrant is exercised. The Warrant Agent shall deposit all funds received by it
in payment for the exercise of Warrants in an account of the Company maintained
with it (or in such other account as may be designated by the Company) and
shall advise the Company, by telephone or by facsimile transmission or other
form of electronic communication available to both parties, at the end of each
day on which a payment for the exercise of Warrants is received of the amount
so deposited to its account. The Warrant Agent shall promptly confirm such
advice to the Company in writing.
If a day on which Warrants may be exercised in the city in which such
Warrants are to be exercised shall be a Saturday or Sunday or a day on which
banking institutions in such city are authorized or required to be closed,
then, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or the Warrant
Certificate evidencing such Warrants, but subject to the limitation that no
Warrant may be exercised after the Expiration Date, the Warrants shall be
exercisable on the next succeeding day which in such city is not a Saturday or
Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in such city are authorized or
required to be closed.
The Warrant Agent shall, from time to time, as promptly as
practicable, advise the Company and the Trustee in writing of (i) the number of
Warrants exercised, (ii) the instructions of each Holder of the Warrant
Certificates evidencing such Warrants with respect to delivery of the Warrant
Securities to be issued upon such exercise, (iii) delivery of any Warrant
Certificates evidencing the balance, if any, of the Warrants remaining after
such exercise, and (iv) such other information as the Company or the Trustee
shall reasonably require.
As soon as practicable after the exercise of any Warrant, but subject
to receipt by the Warrant Agent of the Warrant Certificate evidencing such
Warrant as provided in this Section, the Company shall issue, pursuant to the
Indenture, in authorized denominations to or upon the order of the Holder of
the Warrant Certificate evidencing each Warrant, the Warrant Securities to
which such Holder is entitled, in fully registered form, registered in such
name or names as may be directed by such Holder. If fewer than all of the
Warrants evidenced by such Warrant Certificate are exercised, the Company shall
execute, and an authorized officer of the Warrant Agent shall manually
countersign and deliver, a new Warrant Certificate evidencing the number of
such Warrants remaining unexercised.
The Company shall not be required to pay any stamp or other tax or
other governmental charge required to be paid in connection with any transfer
involved in the issuance of the Warrant Securities, and in the event that any
such transfer is involved, the Company shall not be required to issue or
deliver any Warrant Security until such tax or other charge shall have been
paid or it has been established to the Company's satisfaction that no such tax
or other charge is due.
ARTICLE 3
OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO RIGHTS OF HOLDERS OF WARRANT
SECTION 3.01. No Rights as Warrant Securityholder Conferred by Warrant
or Warrant Certificates. No Warrant Certificate or Warrant evidenced thereby
shall entitle the Holder or any beneficial owner thereof to any of the rights
of a holder or beneficial owner of Warrant Securities, including, without
limitation, the right to receive the payment of principal of (premium, if any)
or interest, if any, on Warrant Securities or to enforce any of the covenants
in the Indenture.
SECTION 3.02. Lost, Mutilated, Stolen, or Destroyed Warrant
Certificates. Upon receipt by the Warrant Agent of evidence reasonably
satisfactory to it and the Company of the ownership of and the loss,
mutilation, theft or destruction of any Warrant Certificate and of such
security or indemnity as may be required by the Company and the Warrant Agent
to hold each of them and any agent of them harmless and, in the case of
mutilation of a Warrant Certificate, upon surrender thereof to the Warrant
Agent for cancellation, then, in the absence of notice to the Company or the
Warrant Agent that such Warrant Certificate has been acquired by a bona fide
purchaser, the Company shall execute, and an authorized officer of the Warrant
Agent shall manually countersign and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of the
lost, mutilated, stolen or destroyed Warrant Certificate, a new Warrant
Certificate of the same tenor and evidencing a like number of Warrants. Upon
the issuance of any new Warrant Certificate under this Section, the Company may
require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any stamp or other tax or
other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other
expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Warrant Agent) in connection
therewith. Every substitute Warrant Certificate executed and delivered pursuant
to this Section in lieu of any lost, mutilated, stolen or destroyed Warrant
Certificate shall represent an additional contractual obligation of the
Company, whether or not the lost, stolen or destroyed Warrant Certificate shall
be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to the benefits of
this Agreement equally and proportionately with any and all other Warrant
Certificates duly executed and delivered hereunder. The provisions of this
Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other
rights and remedies with respect to the replacement of lost, mutilated, stolen
or destroyed Warrant Certificates.
SECTION 3.03. Enforcement of Rights. Notwithstanding any of the
provisions of this Agreement, any Holder of a Warrant Certificate, without the
consent of the Warrant Agent, the Trustee, the holder of any Offered Securities
or the Holder of any other Warrant Certificate, may, in its own behalf and for
its own benefit, enforce, and may institute and maintain any suit, action or
proceeding against the Company suitable to enforce, or otherwise in respect of,
its right to exercise its Warrants in the manner provided in its Warrant
Certificate and in this Agreement.
SECTION 3.04. Merger, Consolidation, Conveyance or Transfer. (a) If at
any time there shall be a merger or consolidation of the Company or a
conveyance or transfer of its property and assets substantially as an entirety
as permitted under the Indenture, then in any such event the successor or
assuming corporation referred to therein shall succeed to and be substituted
for the Company, with the same effect, subject to the Indenture, as if it had
been named herein and in the Warrant Certificates as the Company; the Company
shall thereupon, except in the case of a transfer by way of lease, be relieved
of any further obligation hereunder and under the Warrants and the Warrant
Certificates, and the Company as the predecessor corporation, except in the
case of a transfer by way of lease, may thereupon or at any time thereafter be
dissolved, wound up or liquidated. Such successor or assuming corporation may
thereupon cause to be signed, and may issue either in its own name or in the
name of the Company, Warrant Certificates evidencing any or all of the Warrants
issuable hereunder which theretofore shall not have been signed by the Company,
and may execute and deliver Warrant Securities in its own name pursuant to the
Indenture, in fulfillment of its obligations to deliver Warrant Securities upon
exercise of the Warrants. All the Warrants so issued shall in all respects have
the same legal rank and benefit under this Agreement as the Warrants
theretofore or thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of this Agreement
as though all of such Warrants had been issued at the date of the execution
hereof. In any case of any such merger, consolidation, conveyance or transfer,
such changes in phraseology and form (but not in substance) may be made in the
Warrant Certificates representing the Warrants thereafter to be issued as may
be appropriate.
(b) The Warrant Agent may receive a written opinion of legal counsel
(who shall be acceptable to the Warrant Agent) as conclusive evidence that any
such merger, consolidation, conveyance or transfer complies with the provisions
of this Section and the Indenture.
ARTICLE 4
EXCHANGE AND TRANSFER
SECTION 4.01. Exchange and Transfer. (a) [1: Upon] [2: Prior to the
Detachable Date, a Warrant Certificate may be exchanged or transferred only
together with the Offered Security to which such Warrant Certificate was
initially attached, and only for the purpose of effecting, or in conjunction
with, an exchange or transfer of such Offered Security. Prior to any
Detachable Date, each transfer of the Offered Security, shall operate a1so to
transfer the related Warrant Certificates. On or after the Detachable Date,
upon] surrender at the corporate trust office of the Warrant Agent at [address]
[or ], Warrant Certificates evidencing Warrants may be exchanged for Warrant
Certificates in other authorized denominations evidencing such Warrants or the
transfer thereof may be registered in whole or in part; provided, however, that
such other Warrant Certificates shall evidence the same aggregate number of
Warrants as the Warrant Certificates so surrendered.
(b) The Warrant Agent shall keep, at its corporate trust office at
[address] [and at ], books in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as
it may prescribe, it shall register Warrant Certificates and exchanges and
transfers of outstanding Warrant Certificates upon surrender of such Warrant
Certificates to the Warrant Agent at its corporate trust office at [address] or
[ ] for exchange or registration of transfer, properly endorsed [or accompanied
by appropriate instruments of registration of transfer and written instructions
for transfer, all in form satisfactory to the Company and the Warrant Agent.
(c) No service charge shall be made for any exchange or registration
of transfer of Warrant Certificates, but the Company may require payment of a
sum sufficient to cover any stamp or other tax or other governmental charge
that may be imposed in connection with any such exchange or registration of
transfer.
(d) Whenever any Warrant Certificates, are so surrendered for
exchange or registration of transfer, an authorized officer of the Warrant
Agent shall manually countersign and deliver to the person or persons entitled
thereto a Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates, duly authorized and
executed by the Company, as so requested. The Warrant Agent shall not effect
any exchange or registration of transfer which will result in the issuance of a
Warrant Certificate, evidencing a fraction of a Warrant or a number of full
Warrants and a fraction of a Warrant
(e) All Warrant Certificates, issued upon any exchange or
registration of transfer of Warrant Certificates shall be the valid obligations
of the Company, evidencing the same obligations, and entitled to the same
benefits under this Agreement, as the Warrant Certificates surrendered for such
exchange or registration or transfer.
SECTION 4.02. Treatment of Holders of Warrant Certificates. Each
Holder of a Warrant Certificate, by accepting the same, consents and agrees
with the Company, the Warrant Agent and every subsequent Holder of such Warrant
Certificate that until the transfer of such Warrant Certificate is registered
on the books of such Warrant Agent [2: or, prior to the Detachable Date, until
the transfer of the Offered Security to which such Warrant Certificate is
attached, is registered in the register of the Offered Securities], the Company
and the Warrant Agent may treat the registered Holder of such Warrant
Certificate as the absolute owner thereof for any purpose and as the person
entitled to exercise the rights represented by the Warrants evidenced thereby,
any notice to the contrary notwithstanding.
SECTION 4.03. Cancellation of Warrant Certificates. (a) Any Warrant
Certificate surrendered for exchange or registration of transfer or exercise of
the Warrants evidenced thereby shall, if surrendered to the Company, be
delivered to the Warrant Agent, and all Warrant Certificates surrendered or so
delivered to the Warrant Agent shall be promptly cancelled by the Warrant Agent
and shall not be reissued and, except as expressly permitted by this Agreement,
no Warrant Certificate shall be issued hereunder in exchange therefor or in
1ieu thereof. The Warrant Agent shall cause all cancelled Warrant Certificates
to be destroyed and shall deliver a certificate of such destruction to the
Company.
(b) If the Company notifies the Trustee of its election to redeem [2:
prior to the Detachable Date] [, as a whole but not in part,] [2: the Offered
Securities [or] [and]] the Warrant Securities pursuant to the Indenture or the
terms thereof, the Company may elect, and shall give notice to the Warrant
Agent of its election, to cancel the unexercised Warrants, the Warrant
Certificates and the rights evidenced thereby. Promptly after receipt of such
notice by the Warrant Agent, the Company shall, or, at the Company's request,
the Warrant Agent shall in the name of and at the expense of the Company, give
notice of such cancellation to the Holders of the Warrant Certificates, such
notice to be so given not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the date
fixed for the redemption of [2: the Offered Securities [or] [and]] the Warrant
Securities pursuant to the Indenture or the terms thereof. The unexercised
Warrants, the Warrant Certificates and the rights evidenced thereby shall be
cancelled and become void on the 15th day prior to such date fixed for
redemption.
ARTICLE 5
CONCERNING THE WARRANT AGENT
SECTION 5.01. Warrant Agent. The Company hereby appoints as Warrant
Agent of the Company in respect of the Warrants and the Warrant Certificates
upon the terms and subject to the conditions herein and in the Warrant
Certificates set forth; and hereby accepts such appointment. The Warrant Agent
shall have the powers and authority granted to and conferred upon it in the
Warrant Certificates and herein and such further powers and authority to act on
behalf of the Company as the Company may hereafter grant to or confer upon it.
All of the terms and provisions with respect to such powers and authority
contained in the Warrant Certificates are subject to and governed by the terms
and provisions hereof.
SECTION 5.02. Conditions of Warrant Agent's Obligations. The Warrant
Agent accepts its obligations herein set forth upon the terms and conditions
hereof, including the following, to all of which the Company agrees and to all
of which the rights hereunder of the Holders from time to time of the Warrant
Certificates shall be subject:
(a) Compensation and Indemnification. The Company agrees promptly to
pay the Warrant Agent the compensation to be agreed upon with the Company for
all services rendered by the Warrant Agent and to reimburse the Warrant Agent
for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees)
incurred by the Warrant Agent without negligence, bad faith or breach of this
Agreement on its part in connection with the services rendered hereunder by the
Warrant Agent. The Company also agrees to indemnify the Warrant Agent for, and
to hold it harmless against, any loss, liability or expense incurred without
negligence or bad faith on the part of the Warrant Agent, arising out of or in
connection with its acting as Warrant Agent hereunder, as well as the
reasonable costs and expenses of defending against any claim of such liability.
(b) Agent for the Company. In acting under this Agreement and in
connection with the Warrants and the Warrant Certificates, the Warrant Agent is
acting solely as agent of the Company and does not assume any obligation or
relationship of agency or trust for or with any of the Holders of Warrant
Certificates or beneficial owners of Warrants.
(c) Counsel. The Warrant Agent may consult with counsel satisfactory
to it in its reasonable judgment, and the advice 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
advice of such counsel.
(d) Documents. The Warrant Agent shall be protected and shall incur
no liability for or in respect of any action taken or thing suffered by it in
reliance upon any Warrant Certificate, notice, direction, consent, certificate,
affidavit, statement or other paper or document reasonably believed by it to be
genuine and to have been presented or signed by the proper parties.
(e) Certain Transactions. The Warrant Agent, and its officers,
directors and employees, may become the owner of, or acquire any interest in,
Warrants, with the same rights that it or they would have if it were not the
Warrant Agent hereunder, and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, it or
they may engage or be interested in any financial or other transaction with the
Company and may act on, or as depositary, trustee or agent for, any committee
or body of holders of Warrant Securities or other obligations of the Company as
freely as if it were not the Warrant Agent hereunder. Nothing in this Warrant
Agreement shall be deemed to prevent the Warrant Agent from acting as Trustee
under the Indenture.
(f) No Liability for Interest. The Warrant Agent shall have no
liability for interest on any monies at any time received by it pursuant to any
of the provisions of this Agreement or of the Warrant Certificates.
(g) No Liability for Invalidity. The Warrant Agent shall not be under
any responsibility with respect to the validity or sufficiency of this
Agreement or the execution and delivery hereof (except the due authorization to
execute this Agreement and the due execution and delivery hereof by the Warrant
Agent) or with respect to the validity or execution of any Warrant Certificates
(except its countersignature thereof).
(h) No Liability for Recitals. The recitals contained herein shall be
taken as the statements of the Company and the Warrant Agent assumes no
liability for the correctness of the same.
(i) No Implied Obligations. The Warrant Agent shall be obligated to
perform only such duties as are herein and in the Warrant Certificates
specifically set forth and no implied duties or obligations shall be read into
this Agreement or the Warrant Certificates against the Warrant Agent. The
Warrant Agent shall not be under any obligation to take any action hereunder
which may tend to involve it in any expense or liability, the payment of which
within a reasonable time is not, in its reasonable opinion, assured to it. The
Warrant Agent shall not be accountable or under any duty or responsibility for
the use by the Company of any of the Warrant Certificates countersigned by the
Warrant Agent and delivered by it to the Company pursuant to this Agreement or
for the application by the Company of the proceeds of the Warrant Certificates.
The Warrant Agent shall have no duty or responsibility in case of any default
by the Company in the performance of its covenants or agreements contained
herein or in the Warrant Certificates or in the case of the receipt of any
written demand from a Holder of a Warrant Certificate with respect to such
default, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any duty
or responsibility to initiate or attempt to initiate any proceedings at law or
otherwise or, except as provided in Section 6.02, to make any demand upon the
Company.
SECTION 5.03. Resignation and Appointment of Successor. (a) The
Company agrees, for the benefit of the Holders from time to time of the Warrant
Certificates, that there shall at all times be a Warrant Agent hereunder until
all the Warrants have been exercised or are no longer exercisable.
(b) The Warrant Agent may at any time resign as such by giving
written notice of its resignation to the Company, specifying the desired date
on which its resignation shall become effective; provided, however, that such
date shall be not less than 90 days after the date on which such notice is
given unless the Company agrees to accept shorter notice. Upon receiving such
notice of resignation, the Company shall promptly appoint a successor Warrant
Agent (which shall be a bank or trust company in good standing, authorized
under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization to exercise corporate
trust powers) by written instrument in duplicate signed on behalf of the
Company, one copy of which shall be delivered to the resigning Warrant Agent
and one copy to the successor Warrant Agent. The Company may, at any time and
for any reason, remove the Warrant Agent and appoint a successor Warrant Agent
(qualified as aforesaid) by written instrument in duplicate signed on behalf of
the Company and specifying such removal and the date when it is intended to
become effective, one copy of which shall be delivered to the Warrant Agent
being removed and one copy to the successor Warrant Agent. Any resignation or
removal of the Warrant Agent and any appointment of a successor Warrant Agent
shall become effective upon acceptance of appointment by the successor Warrant
Agent as provided in this subsection (b). In the event a successor Warrant
Agent has not been appointed and accepted its duties within 90 days of the
Warrant Agent's notice of resignation, the Warrant Agent may apply to any court
of competent jurisdiction for the designation of a successor Warrant Agent.
Upon its resignation or removal, the Warrant Agent shall be entitled to the
payment by the Company of the compensation and to the reimbursement of all
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees)
incurred by it hereunder as agreed to in Section 5.02(a).
(c) The Company shall remove the Warrant Agent and appoint a
successor Warrant Agent if the Warrant Agent (i) shall become incapable of
acting, (ii) shall be adjudged bankrupt or insolvent, (iii) shall commence a
voluntary case or other proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization or other
relief with respect to it or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or
other similar law now or hereafter in effect or seeking the appointment of a
trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official of it or any
substantial part of its property, (iv) shall consent to, or shall have had
entered against it a court order for, any such relief or to the appointment of
or taking possession by any such official in any involuntary case or other
proceedings commenced against it, (v) shall make a general assignment for the
benefit of creditors or (vi) shall fail generally to pay its debts as they
become due. Upon the appointment as aforesaid of a successor Warrant Agent and
acceptance by it of such appointment, the predecessor Warrant Agent shall, if
not previously disqualified by operation of law, cease to be Warrant Agent
hereunder.
(d) Any successor Warrant Agent appointed hereunder shall execute,
acknowledge and deliver to its predecessor and the Company an instrument
accepting such appointment hereunder, and thereupon such successor Warrant
Agent, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with
all the authority, rights, powers, immunities, duties and obligations of such
predecessor with like effect as if originally named as Warrant Agent hereunder,
and such predecessor shall thereupon become obligated to transfer, deliver and
pay over, and such successor Warrant Agent shall be entitled to receive, all
monies, securities and other property on deposit with or held by such
predecessor as Warrant Agent hereunder.
(e) Any corporation into which the Warrant Agent hereunder may be
merged or converted or any corporation with which the Warrant Agent may be
consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or
consolidation to which the Warrant Agent shall be a party, or any corporation
to which the Warrant Agent shall sell or otherwise transfer all or
substantially all the assets and business of the Warrant Agent, provided that
it shall be qualified as aforesaid, shall be the successor Warrant Agent under
this Agreement without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act
on the part of any of the parties hereto.
ARTICLE 6
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 6.01. Amendment. This Agreement and the terms of the Warrants
and the Warrant Certificates may be amended by the parties hereto, without the
consent of the Holder of any Warrant Certificate or the beneficial owner of any
Warrant, for the purpose of curing any ambiguity, or of curing, correcting or
supplementing any defective or inconsistent provision contained herein or in
the Warrant Certificates, or making any other provisions with respect to
matters or questions arising under this Agreement as the Company and the
Warrant Agent may deem necessary or desirable, provided that such action shall
not affect adversely the interests of the Holders of the Warrant Certificates
or the beneficial owners of Warrants in any material respect.
SECTION 6.02. Notices and Demands to the Company and Warrant Agent.
If the Warrant Agent shall receive any notice or demand addressed to the
Company by the Holder of a Warrant Certificate pursuant to the provisions of
the Warrant Certificates, the Warrant Agent shall promptly forward such notice
or demand to the Company.
SECTION 6.03. Addresses. Any communication from the Company to the
Warrant Agent with respect to this Agreement shall be addressed to ,
Attention: , and any communication from the Warrant Agent to the
Company with respect to this Agreement shall be addressed to Comcast Cable
Communications, Inc., 0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, 00000,
Attention: (or such other address as shall be specified in writing by
the Warrant Agent or by the Company).
SECTION 6.04. Applicable Law. The validity, interpretation and
performance of this Agreement and each Warrant Certificate issued hereunder and
of the respective terms and provisions hereof and thereof shall be governed by,
and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
SECTION 6.05. Delivery of Prospectus. The Company will furnish to the
Warrant Agent sufficient copies of a prospectus relating to the Warrant
Securities deliverable upon exercise of Warrants (the "Prospectus"), and the
Warrant Agent agrees that upon the exercise of any Warrant, the Warrant Agent
will deliver to the Holder of the Warrant Certificate evidencing such Warrant,
prior to or concurrently with the delivery of the Warrant Securities issued
upon such exercise, a Prospectus. The Warrant Agent shall not, by reason of any
such delivery, assume any responsibility for the accuracy or adequacy of such
Prospectus.
SECTION 6.06. Obtaining of Governmental Approval. The Company will
from time to time take all action which may be necessary to obtain and keep
effective any and all permits, consents and approvals of governmental agencies
and authorities and securities acts filings under United States federal and
state laws (including without limitation a registration statement in respect of
the Warrants and Warrant Securities under the Securities Act of 1933), which
may be or become requisite in connection with the issuance, sale, transfer and
delivery of the Warrant Certificates, the exercise of the Warrants, the
issuance, sale, transfer and delivery of the Warrant Securities issued upon
exercise of the Warrants or upon the expiration of the period during which the
Warrants are exercisable.
SECTION 6.07. Persons Having Rights under Warrant Agreement. Nothing
in this Agreement shall give to any person other than the Company, the Warrant
Agent and the Holders of the Warrant Certificates any right, remedy or claim
under or by reason of this Agreement.
SECTION 6.08. Headings. The descriptive headings of the several
Articles and Sections of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and
shall not control or affect the meaning or construction of any of the
provisions hereof.
SECTION 6.09. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any
number of counterparts, each of which as so executed shall be deemed to be an
original, but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same
instrument.
SECTION 6.10. Inspection of Agreement. A copy of this Agreement shall
be available at all reasonable times at the principal corporate trust office of
the Warrant Agent for inspection by the Holder of any Warrant Certificate. The
Warrant Agent may require such Holder to submit his Warrant Certificate for
inspection by it.
SECTION 6.11. Notices to Holders of Warrants. Any notice to Holders of
Warrants evidenced by Warrant Certificates which by any provisions of this
Warrant Agreement is required or permitted to be given shall be given by first
class mail prepaid at such Holder's address as it appears on the books of the
Warrant Agent.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to
be duly executed and their respective corporate seals to be hereunto affixed
and attested, all as of the date first above written.
COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
By________________________
Name:
Title:
[WARRANT AGENT]
By________________________
Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT A
[FORM OF WARRANT CERTIFICATE]
[Face]
Prior to _______________, this
Warrant Certificate may be
transferred or exchanged if
and only if the [Title of
Offered Debt Security] to
which it was initially
attached is so transferred or
exchanged.
Form of Legend if [Prior to ________________,
Warrants are not Warrants evidenced by this
immediately exercisable: Warrant Certificate cannot
be exercised.]
EXERCISABLE ONLY IF AUTHENTICATED BY THE WARRANT
AGENT AS PROVIDED HEREIN
VOID AFTER THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS ON _________, 19__
COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
Warrant Certificate representing
Warrants to purchase
[Title of Warrant Debt Securities]
as described herein
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No. _______________ Warrants
This certifies that [_____________________] or registered assigns is
the registered] owner of the above indicated number of Warrants, each Warrant
entitling such registered owner to purchase, at any time [after the close of
business on _________, 19__, and] on or before the close of business on
____________, 19__, $________ principal amount of [Title of Warrant Debt
Securities] (the "Warrant Debt Securities") of Comcast Cable Communications,
Inc. (the "Company"), issued or to be issued under the Indenture (as
hereinafter defined), on the following basis.2 [During the period from
________, 19__ through and including ___________, 19__, each Warrant shall
entitle the Holder thereof, subject to the provisions of this Agreement, to
purchase from the Company the principal amount of Warrant Debt Securities
stated above in this Warrant Certificate at the exercise price of ___% of the
principal amount thereof [plus accrued amortization, if any, of the original
issue discount of the Warrant Debt Securities][plus accrued interest, if any,
from the most recent date from which interest shall have been paid on the
Warrant Debt Securities or, if no interest shall have been paid on the Warrant
Debt Securities, from ___________, 19__]; [in each case, the original issue
discount ($_______ for each $1,000 principal amount of Warrant Debt Securities)
will be amortized at a ___% annual rate, computed on a[n] [semi-]annual basis[,
using a 360-day year constituting of twelve 30-day months] [(the "Exercise
Price")]. The Holder of this Warrant Certificate may exercise the Warrants
evidenced hereby, in whole or in part, by surrendering this Warrant
Certificate, with the purchase from set forth hereon duly completed,
accompanied [by payment in full, in lawful money of the United States of
America, [in cash or by certified check or official bank check in New York
Clearing House funds] [by bank wire transfer in immediately available funds]],
the Exercise Price for each Warrant exercised, to the Warrant Agent (as
hereinafter defined), at the corporate trust office of [name of Warrant Agent],
or its successor as warrant agent (the "Warrant Agent") [or at ____________,]
at the addresses specified on the reverse hereof and upon compliance with and
subject to the conditions set forth herein and in the Warrant Agreement (as
hereinafter defined). This Warrant Certificate may be exercised only for the
purchase of Warrant Debt Securities in the principal amount of [ ] or any
integral multiple thereof.
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[2] Complete and modify the following provisions as appropriate to reflect the
terms of the Warrants and the Warrant Debt securities.
The term "Holder" as used herein shall mean, prior to _________, 19__
(the "Detachable Date"), the registered owner of the Company's [title of
Offered Debt Securities] to which such Warrant Certificate was initially
attached, and after such Detachable Date, the person in whose name at the time
such Warrant Certificate shall be registered upon the books to be maintained by
the Warrant Agent for that purpose pursuant to Section 3.01 of the Warrant
Agreement.
Any whole number of Warrants evidenced by this Warrant Certificate may
be exercised to purchase Warrant Debt Securities in registered form. Upon any
exercise of fewer than all of the Warrants evidenced by this warrant
Certificate, there shall be issued to the registered owner hereof a new Warrant
Certificate evidencing the number of Warrants remaining unexercised.
This Warrant Certificate is issued under and in accordance with the
Warrant Agreement dated as of __________, 19__ (the "Warrant Agreement"),
between the Company and the Warrant Agent and is subject to the terms and
provisions contained in the Warrant Agreement, to all of which terms and
provisions the Holder of this Warrant Certificate consents by acceptance
hereof. Copies of the Warrant Agreement are on file at the above-mentioned
office of the Warrant Agent [and at _______________].
The Warrant Debt Securities to be issued and delivered upon the
exercise of Warrants evidenced by this Warrant Certificate will be issued under
and in accordance with an Indenture, dated as of ________________ (the
"Indenture"), between the Company and ________________, a [corporation]
[national banking association] organized under the laws of the State of
__________, as trustee (such trustee, and any successors to such trustee, the
"Trustee") and will be subject to the terms and provisions contained in the
Warrant Debt Securities and in the Indenture. Copies of the Indenture,
including the form of the Warrant Debt Securities, are on file at the corporate
trust office of the Trustee [and at ______________________________].
Prior to ___________, 19__ (the "Detachable Date"), this Warrant
Certificate may be exchanged or transferred only together with the [title of
Offered Debt Security] (the "Offered Debt Security") to which this Warrant
Certificate was initially attached, and only for the purpose of effecting, or
in conjunction with, an exchange or transfer of such Offered Debt Security.
Additionally, on or prior to the Detachable Date, each transfer of such Offered
Debt Security on the register of the Offered Debt Securities shall operate also
to transfer this Warrant Certificate. After the Detachable Date, this Warrant
Certificate, and all rights hereunder, may be transferred when surrendered at
the corporate trust office of the Warrant Agent [or _________] by the
registered owner or his assigns, in person or by an attorney duly authorized in
writing, in the manner and subject to the limitations provided in the Warrant
Agreement.
Except as provided in the immediately preceding paragraph, after
authentication by the Warrant Agent and prior to the expiration of this Warrant
Certificate, this Warrant Certificate may be exchanged at the corporate trust
office of the Warrant Agent [or at _____________] for Warrant Certificates
representing the same aggregate number of Warrants.
This Warrant Certificate shall not entitle the registered owner hereof
to any of the rights of a registered holder of the Warrant Debt Securities,
including, without limitation, the right to receive payments of principal of
(and premium, if any) or interest, if any, on the Warrant Debt Securities or to
enforce any of the covenants of the Indenture.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Warrant
Certificate set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for
all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
This Warrant Certificate shall not be valid or obligatory for any
purpose until authenticated by the Warrant Agent.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant Certificate to
be duly executed under its corporate seal.
Dated: _____________
COMCAST CABLE
COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
By
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Attest:
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Certificate of Authentication
This is one of the Warrant Certificates referred to in the
within-mentioned Warrant Agreement.
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As Warrant Agent
By
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Authorized Signature
[REVERSE] [FORM OF WARRANT CERTIFICATE]
(Instructions for Exercise of Warrants)
To exercise any Warrants evidenced hereby, the Holder of this Warrant
Certificate must pay [in cash or by certified check or official bank check in
New York Clearing House funds or by bank wire transfer in immediately available
funds], the Exercise Price in full for each of the Warrants exercised, to
_________, Corporate Trust Department, _______________, Attn: ___________ [or
________________], which payment should specify the name of the Holder of this
Warrant Certificate and the number of Warrants exercised by such Holder. In
addition, the Holder of this Warrant Certificate should complete the
information required below and present in person or mail by registered mail
this Warrant Certificate to the Warrant Agent at the addresses set forth below.
[FORM OF EXERCISE]
(To be executed upon exercise of Warrants.)
The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise _________
Warrants, represented by this Warrant Certificate, to purchase $_________
principal amount of the [Title of Warrant Debt Securities] (the "Warrant Debt
Securities") of Comcast Cable Communications, Inc. and represents that he has
tendered payment for such Warrant Debt Securities [in cash or by certified
check or official bank check in New York Clearing House funds or by bank wire
transfer in immediately available funds] to the order of Comcast Cable
Communications, Inc., c/o Treasurer in the amount of $___________ in accordance
with the terms hereof. The undersigned requests that said principal amount of
Warrant Debt Securities be in fully registered form, in the authorized
denominations, registered in such names and delivered, all as specified in
accordance with the instructions set forth below.
If said principal amount of Warrant Debt Securities is less than all
of the Warrant Debt Securities purchasable hereunder, the undersigned requests
that a new Warrant Certificate representing the remaining balance of the
Warrants evidenced hereby be issued and delivered to the undersigned unless
otherwise specified in the instructions below.
Dated:
Name
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(Please Print)
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(Insert Social Security or Other
Identifying Number of Holder) Address
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Signature
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(Signature must conform in
all respects to name of
holder as specified on the
face of this Warrant
Certificate and must bear a
signature guaranteed by a a
bank, trust company or
member broker of the New
York or Midwest Stock
Exchange.)
This Warrant may be exercised at the following addresses:
By hand at
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By mail at
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(Instructions as to form and delivery of Warrant Debt Securities and/or Warrant
Certificates):
[[FORM OF ASSIGNMENT]
(TO BE EXECUTED TO TRANSFER THE WARRANT CERTIFICATE)
FOR VALUE RECEIVED __________________ hereby sells, assigns and
transfers unto
Please insert social
security or other
identifying number
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(Please print name and address
including zip code)
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the right represented by the within Warrant Certificate and does hereby
irrevocably constitute and appoint _________________, Attorney, to transfer
said Warrant Certificate on the books of the Warrant Agent with full power of
substitution.
Dated:
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Signature
(Signature must conform in all
respects to name of holder as
specified on the face of this
Warrant Certificate and must bear a
signature guaranteed by a a bank,
trust company or member broker of
the New York or Midwest Stock
Exchange.)]
Signature Guaranteed:
___________________________________________]
