EX-4.2
WARRANT AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
SMARTPROS LTD.
AND
AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER AND TRUST COMPANY
DATED AS OF ______________, 2004
This Agreement, dated as of ___________, 2004, is between SmartPros
Ltd., a Delaware corporation (the "Company") and American Stock Transfer and
Trust Company, a New York corporation (the "Warrant Agent").
The Company, at or about the time that it is entering into this
Agreement, proposes to issue and sell to public investors up to 900,000 Units
(together with the additional units issuable as provided herein, the "Units").
Each Unit consists of two shares of Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share,
of the Company ("Common Stock") and one Warrant ("Warrants"). Each Warrant is
exercisable to purchase one share of Common Stock upon the terms and conditions
and subject to adjustment in certain circumstances, all as set forth in this
Agreement. The Company also proposes to grant to the Representative of the
Underwriters of the public offering an option to purchase 135,000 additional
Units to cover over-allotments, if any.
The Company also proposes to issue to the Representative of the
Underwriters warrants to purchase up to 90,000 additional Units.
The Company wishes to retain the Warrant Agent to act on behalf of the
Company, and the Warrant Agent is willing so to act, in connection with the
issuance, transfer, exchange and replacement of the certificates evidencing the
Warrants to be issued under this Agreement (the "Warrant Certificates") and the
exercise of the Warrants;
The Company and the Warrant Agent wish to enter into this Agreement to
set forth the terms and conditions of the Warrants and the rights of the holders
thereof ("Warrantholders") and to set forth the respective rights and
obligations of the Company and the Warrant Agent. Each Warrantholder is an
intended beneficiary of this Agreement with respect to the rights of
Warrantholders herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual
agreements herein set forth, the parties hereto agree as follows:
SECTION 1. Appointment of Warrant Agent
The Company appoints the Warrant Agent to act as agent for the Company
in accordance with the instructions in this Agreement and the Warrant Agent
accepts such appointment.
SECTION 2. Date, Denomination and Execution of Warrant Certificates
The Warrant Certificates (and the Form of Election to Purchase and the
Form of Assignment to be printed on the reverse thereof) shall be in registered
form only and shall be substantially of the tenor and purport recited in EXHIBIT
A hereto, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification or
designation and such legends, summaries or endorsements printed, lithographed or
engraved thereon as the Company may deem appropriate and as are not inconsistent
with the provisions of this Agreement, or as may be required to comply with any
law, or with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto, or with any rule or
regulation of any stock exchange on which the Common Stock or the Warrants may
be listed or any automated quotation system, or to conform to usage. Each
Warrant Certificate shall entitle
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the registered holder thereof, subject to the provisions of this Agreement and
of the Warrant Certificate, to purchase, on or after ___________, 2004 and on or
before the close of business on ____________, 2009 (the "Expiration Date"), one
fully paid and non-assessable share of Common Stock for each Warrant evidenced
by such Warrant Certificate for $________. The exercise price of the Warrants
(the "Exercise Price") is subject to adjustments as provided in Section 6
hereof. Each Warrant Certificate issued as a part of a Unit offered to the
public as described in the recitals, above, shall be dated _____________, 2004;
each other Warrant Certificate shall be dated the date on which the Warrant
Agent receives valid issuance instructions from the Company or a transferring
holder of a Warrant Certificate or, if such instructions specify another date,
such other date.
For purposes of this Agreement, the term "close of business" on any
given date shall mean 5:00 p.m., Eastern time, on such date; provided, however,
that if such date is not a business day, it shall mean 5:00 p.m., Eastern time,
on the next succeeding business day. For purposes of this Agreement, the term
"business day" shall mean any day other than a Saturday, Sunday, or a day on
which banking institutions in New York, New York (or in the state in which the
Warrant Agent maintains the principal office in which it conducts business
related to the Warrants) are authorized or obligated by law to be closed.
Each Warrant Certificate shall be executed on behalf of the Company by
its Chief Executive Officer or its President or a Vice President, either
manually or by facsimile signature printed thereon, and have affixed thereto the
Company's seal or a facsimile thereof which shall be attested by the Secretary
or an Assistant Secretary of the Company, either manually or by facsimile
signature. Each Warrant Certificate shall be manually or by facsimile signature
printed thereon countersigned by the Warrant Agent and shall not be valid for
any purpose unless so countersigned. In case any officer of the Company who
shall have signed any Warrant Certificate shall cease to be such officer of the
Company before countersignature by the Warrant Agent and issue and delivery
thereof by the Company, such Warrant Certificate, nevertheless, may be
countersigned by the Warrant Agent, issued and delivered with the same force and
effect as though the person who signed such Warrant Certificate had not ceased
to be such officer of the Company.
SECTION 3. Subsequent Issue of Warrant Certificates
Subsequent to their original issuance, no Warrant Certificates shall be
reissued except: (i) Warrant Certificates issued upon transfer thereof in
accordance with Section 4 hereof; (ii) Warrant Certificates issued upon any
combination, split-up or exchange of Warrant Certificates pursuant to Section 4
hereof; (iii) Warrant Certificates issued in replacement of mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Warrant Certificates pursuant to Section 5 hereof;
(iv) Warrant Certificates issued upon the partial exercise of Warrant
Certificates pursuant to Section 7 hereof; and (v) Warrant Certificates issued
to reflect any adjustment or change in the Exercise Price or the number or kind
of shares purchasable thereunder pursuant to Section 22 hereof. The Warrant
Agent is hereby irrevocably authorized to countersign and deliver, in accordance
with the provisions of said Sections 4, 5, 7 and 22, the new Warrant
Certificates required for purposes thereof, and the Company, whenever required
by the Warrant Agent, will
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supply the Warrant Agent with Warrant Certificates duly executed on behalf of
the Company for such purposes.
SECTION 4. Transfers and Exchanges of Warrant Certificates
The Warrant Agent will keep or cause to be kept books for registration
of ownership and transfer of the Warrant Certificates issued hereunder. Such
registers shall show the names and addresses of the respective holders of the
Warrant Certificates and the kind and number of Warrants evidenced by each such
Warrant Certificate.
The Warrant Agent shall, from time to time, register the transfer of
any outstanding Warrants upon the books to be maintained by the Warrant Agent
for that purpose, upon surrender of the Warrant Certificate evidencing such
Warrants, with the Form of Assignment duly filled in and executed with such
signature guaranteed by a financial institution that is a member of a Securities
Transfer Association approved medallion program, such as STAMP, SEMP or MSP, to
the Warrant Agent at its offices located at 00 Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxx, Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, at any time on or before the Expiration Date of such
Warrant, and upon payment to the Warrant Agent for the account of the Company of
an amount equal to any applicable transfer tax. Payment of the amount of such
tax may be made in cash, or by certified or official bank check, payable in
lawful money of the United States of America to the order of the Company.
Upon receipt of a Warrant Certificate, with the Form of Assignment duly
filled in and executed, accompanied by payment of an amount equal to any
applicable transfer tax, the Warrant Agent shall promptly cancel the surrendered
Warrant Certificate and countersign and deliver to the transferee a new Warrant
Certificate for the number of full Warrants transferred to such transferee;
provided, however, that in case the registered holder of any Warrant Certificate
shall elect to transfer fewer than all of the Warrants evidenced by such Warrant
Certificate, the Warrant Agent in addition shall promptly countersign and
deliver to such registered holder a new Warrant Certificate or Certificates for
the number of full Warrants not so transferred.
Any Warrant Certificate or Certificates may be exchanged at the option
of the holder thereof for another Warrant Certificate or Certificates of
different denominations, of like tenor and representing in the aggregate the
same kind and number of Warrants, upon surrender of such Warrant Certificate or
Certificates, with the Form of Assignment duly filled in and executed, to the
Warrant Agent, at any time or from time to time after the close of business on
the date hereof and prior to the close of business on the Expiration Date
relating to such Warrant. The Warrant Agent shall promptly cancel the
surrendered Warrant Certificate and deliver the new Warrant Certificate pursuant
to the provisions of this Section.
SECTION 5. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Warrant Certificates
Upon receipt by the Company and the Warrant Agent of evidence
reasonably satisfactory to them of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of
any Warrant Certificate, and in the case of loss, theft or destruction, of
indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to them, and reimbursement to them
of all reasonable expenses incidental thereto, and, in the case of mutilation,
upon surrender and cancellation of the Warrant Certificate, the Warrant Agent
shall
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countersign and deliver a new Warrant Certificate of like tenor for the same
kind and number of Warrants.
SECTION 6. Adjustments of Number and Kind of Shares Purchasable and Exercise
Price
The number and kind of securities or other property purchasable upon
exercise of a Warrant shall be subject to adjustment from time to time upon the
occurrence, after the date hereof, of any of the following events:
A. In case the Company shall (1) pay a dividend in, or make a
distribution of, shares of capital stock on its outstanding Common Stock, (2)
subdivide its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of such
shares or (3) combine its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller
number of such shares, the total number of shares of Common Stock purchasable
upon the exercise of each Warrant outstanding immediately prior thereto shall be
adjusted so that the holder of any Warrant Certificate thereafter surrendered
for exercise shall be entitled to receive at the same aggregate Exercise Price
the number of shares of capital stock (of one or more classes) which such holder
would have owned or have been entitled to receive immediately following the
happening of any of the events described above had such Warrant been exercised
in full immediately prior to the record date with respect to such event. Any
adjustment made pursuant to this Subsection shall, in the case of a stock
dividend or distribution, become effective as of the record date therefor and,
in the case of a subdivision or combination, be made as of the effective date
thereof. If, as a result of an adjustment made pursuant to this Subsection, the
holder of any Warrant Certificate thereafter surrendered for exercise shall
become entitled to receive shares of two or more classes of capital stock of the
Company, the Board of Directors of the Company (whose determination shall be
conclusive and shall be evidenced by a Board resolution filed with the Warrant
Agent) shall determine the allocation of the adjusted Exercise Price between or
among shares of such classes of capital stock.
B. In the event of a capital reorganization or a
reclassification of the Common Stock (except as provided in Subsection A. above
or Subsection E. below), any Warrantholder, upon exercise of Warrants, shall be
entitled to receive, in substitution for the Common Stock to which he would have
become entitled upon exercise immediately prior to such reorganization or
reclassification, the shares (of any class or classes) or other securities or
property of the Company (or cash) that he would have been entitled to receive at
the same aggregate Exercise Price upon such reorganization or reclassification
if such Warrants had been exercised immediately prior to the record date with
respect to such event; and in any such case, appropriate provision (as
determined by the Board of Directors of the Company, whose determination shall
be conclusive and shall be evidenced by a certified Board resolution filed with
the Warrant Agent) shall be made for the application of this Section 6 with
respect to the rights and interests thereafter of the Warrantholders (including
but not limited to the allocation of the Exercise Price between or among shares
of classes of capital stock), to the end that this Section 6 (including the
adjustments of the number of shares of Common Stock or other securities
purchasable and the Exercise Price thereof) shall thereafter be reflected, as
nearly as reasonably practicable, in all subsequent exercises of the Warrants
for any shares or securities or other property (or cash) thereafter deliverable
upon the exercise of the Warrants.
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C. Whenever the number of shares of Common Stock or other
securities purchasable upon exercise of a Warrant is adjusted as provided in
this Section 6, the Company will promptly file with the Warrant Agent a
certificate signed by of its Chief Executive Officer or its President or a Vice
President of the Company and by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer or the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company setting forth the number and
kind of securities or other property purchasable upon exercise of a Warrant, as
so adjusted, stating that such adjustments in the number or kind of shares or
other securities or property conform to the requirements of this Section 6, and
setting forth a brief statement of the facts accounting for such adjustments.
Promptly after receipt of such certificate, the Company, or the Warrant Agent at
the Company's request, will deliver, by first-class, postage prepaid mail, a
brief summary thereof (to be supplied by the Company) to the registered holders
of the outstanding Warrant Certificates; provided, however, that failure to file
or to give any notice required under this Subsection, or any defect therein,
shall not affect the legality or validity of any such adjustments under this
Section 6; and provided, further, that, where appropriate, such notice may be
given in advance and included as part of the notice required to be given
pursuant to Section 12 hereof.
D. In case of any consolidation of the Company with, or merger
of the Company into, another corporation (other than a consolidation or merger
which does not result in any reclassification or change of the outstanding
Common Stock), or in case of any sale or conveyance to another corporation of
the property of the Company as an entirety or substantially as an entirety, the
corporation formed by such consolidation or merger or the corporation which
shall have acquired such assets, as the case may be, shall execute and deliver
to the Warrant Agent a supplemental warrant agreement providing that the holder
of each Warrant then outstanding shall have the right thereafter (until the
expiration of such Warrant) to receive, upon exercise of such Warrant, solely
the kind and amount of shares of stock and other securities and property (or
cash) receivable upon such consolidation, merger, sale or transfer by a holder
of the number of shares of Common Stock of the Company for which such Warrant
might have been exercised immediately prior to such consolidation, merger, sale
or transfer. Such supplemental warrant agreement shall provide for adjustments
which shall be as nearly equivalent as may be practicable to the adjustments
provided in this Section. The above provision of this Subsection shall similarly
apply to successive consolidations, mergers, sales or transfers.
The Warrant Agent shall not be under any responsibility to determine
the correctness of any provision contained in any such supplemental warrant
agreement relating to either the kind or amount of shares of stock or securities
or property (or cash) purchasable by holders of Warrant Certificates upon the
exercise of their Warrants after any such consolidation, merger, sale or
transfer or of any adjustment to be made with respect thereto, but subject to
the provisions of Section 20 hereof, may accept as conclusive evidence of the
correctness of any such provisions, and shall be protected in relying upon, a
certificate of a firm of independent certified public accountants (who may be
the accountants regularly employed by the Company) with respect thereto.
E. Irrespective of any adjustments in the number or kind of
shares issuable upon exercise of Warrants, Warrant Certificates theretofore or
thereafter issued may continue to
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express the same price and number and kind of shares as are stated in the
similar Warrant Certificates initially issuable pursuant to this Warrant
Agreement.
F. The Company may retain a firm of independent public
accountants of recognized standing, which may be the firm regularly retained by
the Company, selected by the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the
Company, and not disapproved by the Warrant Agent, to make any computation
required under this Section, and a certificate signed by such firm shall, in the
absence of fraud or gross negligence, be conclusive evidence of the correctness
of any computation made under this Section.
G. For the purpose of this Section, the term "Common Stock"
shall mean: (i) the Common Stock; or (ii) any other class of stock resulting
from successive changes or reclassifications of such Common Stock consisting
solely of changes in par value, or from par value to no par value, or from no
par value to par value. In the event that at any time as a result of an
adjustment made pursuant to this Section, the holder of any Warrant thereafter
surrendered for exercise shall become entitled to receive any shares of capital
stock of the Company other than shares of Common Stock, thereafter the number of
such other shares so receivable upon exercise of any Warrant shall be subject to
adjustment from time to time in a manner and on terms as nearly equivalent as
practicable to the provisions with respect to the Common Stock contained in this
Section, and all other provisions of this Agreement, with respect to the Common
Stock, shall apply on like terms to any such other shares.
H. The Company may, from time to time and to the extent
permitted by law, reduce the Exercise Price of the Warrants by any amount for a
period of not less than 60 days. If the Company so reduces the Exercise Price of
such Warrants, it will give not less than 60 days' notice of such decrease,
which notice may be in the form of a press release, and shall take such other
steps as may be required under applicable law in connection with any offers or
sales of securities at the reduced price.
SECTION 7. Exercise and Redemption of Warrants
Unless the Warrants have been redeemed as provided in this Section 7,
the registered holder of any Warrant Certificate may exercise the Warrants
evidenced thereby, in whole at any time or in part from time to time at or prior
to the close of business, on the Expiration Date relating to such Warrant,
subject to the provisions of Section 9, at which time the Warrant Certificates
shall be and become wholly void and of no value. Warrants may be exercised by
their holders or redeemed by the Company as follows:
A. Exercise of Warrants shall be accomplished upon
surrender of the Warrant Certificate evidencing such Warrants, with the Form of
Election to Purchase on the reverse side thereof duly filled in and executed, to
the Warrant Agent at its stock transfer office located at 00 Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx
Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, together with payment to the Company of the
Exercise Price (as of the date of such surrender) of the Warrants then being
exercised and an amount equal to any applicable transfer tax and, if requested
by the Company, any other taxes or governmental charges which the Company may be
required by law to collect in respect of such exercise. Payment of the Exercise
Price and other amounts may be made by wire transfer
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of good funds, or by certified or bank cashier's check, payable in lawful money
of the United States of America to the order of the Company. No adjustment shall
be made for any cash dividends, whether paid or declared, on any securities
issuable upon exercise of a Warrant. The Warrant Agent shall deposit or invest
any and all funds received in connection with the exercise of the Warrants in
federally insured, interest bearing accounts with a financial institution or
institutions designated by the Warrant Agent. The Warrant Agent shall have no
liability with respect to the performance of any such investments other than, in
the case of funds deposited in accounts maintained by the Warrant Agent, the
liability of the Warrant Agent to its depositors in such accounts generally. The
Company shall be entitled to the interest, if any, on funds deposited with the
Warrant Agent. At the request of the Company, the Warrant Agent shall remit any
funds held by it as a result of the exercise of the Warrants to the Company.
B. Upon receipt of a Warrant Certificate, with the Form of
Election to Purchase duly filled in and executed, accompanied by payment of the
Exercise Price of the Warrants being exercised (and of an amount equal to any
applicable taxes or government charges as aforesaid), the Warrant Agent shall
promptly request from the Transfer Agent with respect to the securities to be
issued and deliver to or upon the order of the registered holder of such Warrant
Certificate, in such name or names as such registered holder may designate, a
certificate or certificates for the number of full shares of the securities to
be purchased, together with cash made available by the Company pursuant to
Section 8 hereof in respect of any fraction of a share of such securities
otherwise issuable upon such exercise. If the Warrant is then exercisable to
purchase property other than securities, the Warrant Agent shall take
appropriate steps to cause such property to be delivered to or upon the order of
the registered holder of such Warrant Certificate. In addition, if it is
required by law and upon instruction by the Company, the Warrant Agent will
deliver to each Warrantholder a prospectus which complies with the provisions of
Section 9 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Company agrees to
supply Warrant Agent with sufficient number of prospectuses to effectuate that
purpose.
C. In case the registered holder of any Warrant Certificate
shall exercise fewer than all of the Warrants evidenced by such Warrant
Certificate, the Warrant Agent shall promptly countersign and deliver to the
registered holder of such Warrant Certificate, or to his duly authorized
assigns, a new Warrant Certificate or Certificates evidencing the number of
Warrants that were not so exercised.
D. Each person in whose name any certificate for securities is
issued upon the exercise of Warrants shall for all purposes be deemed to have
become the holder of record of the securities represented thereby as of, and
such certificate shall be dated, the date upon which the Warrant Certificate was
duly surrendered in proper form and payment of the Exercise Price (and of any
applicable taxes or other governmental charges) was made; provided, however,
that if the date of such surrender and payment is a date on which the stock
transfer books of the Company are closed, such person shall be deemed to have
become the record holder of such shares as of, and the certificate for such
shares shall be dated, the next succeeding business day on which the stock
transfer books of the Company are open (whether before, on or after the
Expiration Date relating to such Warrant) and the Warrant Agent shall be under
no duty to deliver the certificate for such shares until such date. The Company
covenants and agrees that it shall not cause its
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stock transfer books to be closed for a period of more than 20 consecutive
business days except upon consolidation, merger, sale of all or substantially
all of its assets, dissolution or liquidation or as otherwise provided by law.
E. The Warrants outstanding at the time of redemption may be
redeemed at the option of the Company, [beginning six months after the date of
the final prospectus prepared in connection with the Company's initial public
offering], in whole or in part on a pro-rata basis, by giving not less than 30
days prior notice as provided in Section 7(F) below, which notice may not be
give before, but may be given at any time after, the closing price of the Common
Stock on the principal market on which it is then traded has equaled or exceeded
$_____ per share on each of five consecutive trading days that occur subsequent
to the date of this Warrant Agreement. The price at which Warrants may be
redeemed (the "REDEMPTION PRICE") is $0.25 per Warrant. On and after the
redemption date the holders of record of redeemed Warrants shall be entitled to
payment of the Redemption Price upon surrender of such redeemed Warrants to the
Company at the office of the Warrant Agent designated for that purpose.
F. Notice of redemption of Warrants shall be given at least 30
days prior to the redemption date by first class mail, postage prepaid, a copy
of such notice to the Warrant Agent and to all of the holders of record of
Warrants at their respective addresses appearing on the books or transfer
records of the Company or such other address designated in writing by the holder
of record to the Warrant Agent not less than 40 days prior to the redemption
date.
G. From and after the Redemption Date, all rights of the
Warrantholders (except the right to receive the Redemption Price) shall
terminate, but only if: (a) no later than one day prior to the redemption date
the Company shall have irrevocably deposited with the Warrant Agent as paying
agent a sufficient amount to pay on the redemption date the Redemption Price for
all Warrants called for redemption; and (b) the notice of redemption shall have
stated the name and address of the Warrant Agent and the intention of the
Company to deposit such amount with the Warrant Agent no later than one day
prior to the redemption date.
H. On the redemption date, the Warrant Agent shall pay to the
holders of record of redeemed Warrants all monies received by the Warrant Agent
for the redemption of Warrants to which the holders of record of such redeemed
Warrants who shall have surrendered their Warrants are entitled. The Warrant
Agent shall have no obligation to pay for the redemption of the Warrants except
to the extent that funds for such payment have been provided to it by the
Company.
I. Any amounts deposited with the Warrant Agent that are not
required for redemption of Warrants may be withdrawn by the Company. Any amounts
deposited with the Warrant Agent that shall be unclaimed after six months after
the redemption date shall be redelivered back to the Company, and thereafter the
holders of the Warrants called for redemption for which such funds were
deposited shall look solely to the Company for payment. The Company shall be
entitled to the interest, if any, on funds deposited with the Warrant Agent and
the holders of redeemed Warrants shall have no right to any such interest. The
Warrant Agent shall deposit or invest any and all funds deposited with it by the
Company in connection with any redemption in federally insured, interest bearing
accounts with a financial institution or
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institutions designated by the Warrant Agent but shall have no liability with
respect to the performance of any such investments other than, in the case of
funds deposited in accounts maintained by the Warrant Agent, the liability of
the Warrant Agent to its depositors in such accounts, generally.
J. If the Company fails to make a sufficient deposit with the
Warrant Agent as provided above, the holder of any Warrants called for
redemption may at the option of the holder (a) by notice to the Company declare
the notice of redemption a nullity as to such holder, or (b) maintain an action
against the Company for the Redemption Price. If the holder brings such an
action, the Company will pay reasonable attorneys' fees of the holder. If the
holder fails to bring an action against the Company for the Redemption Price
within 60 days after the redemption date, the holder shall be deemed to have
elected to declare the notice of redemption to be a nullity as to such holder
and such notice shall be without any force or effect as to such holder. Except
as otherwise specifically provided in this Paragraph J, a notice of redemption,
once mailed by the Company as provided in Paragraph F, shall be irrevocable.
SECTION 8. Fractional Interests
The Company shall not be required to issue any Warrant Certificate
evidencing a fraction of a Warrant or to issue fractions of shares of securities
on the exercise of the Warrants. If any fraction (calculated to the nearest
one-hundredth) of a Warrant or a share of securities would, except for the
provisions of this Section, be issuable on the exercise of any Warrant, the
Company, at its option, eithaer shall purchase such fraction for an amount in
cash equal to the current value of such fraction computed on the basis of the
closing market price (as quoted on the principal market or exchange on which the
Common Stock then trades)on the trading day immediately preceding the day upon
which such Warrant Certificate was surrendered for exercise in accordance with
Section 7 hereof or issue the required fractional Warrant or Share. By accepting
a Warrant Certificate, the holder thereof expressly waives any right to receive
a Warrant Certificate evidencing any fraction of a Warrant or to receive any
fractional share of securities upon exercise of a Warrant, except as expressly
provided in this Section 8.
SECTION 9. Reservation of Equity Securities
The Company covenants that it will at all times reserve and keep
available, free from any pre-emptive rights, out of its authorized and unissued
equity securities, solely for the purpose of issue upon exercise of the
Warrants, such number of shares of equity securities of the Company as shall
then be issuable upon the exercise of all outstanding Warrants ("Equity
Securities"). The Company covenants that all Equity Securities which shall be so
issuable shall, upon such issue, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid
and non-assessable.
The Company covenants that if any equity securities, required to be
reserved for the purpose of issue upon exercise of the Warrants hereunder,
require registration with or approval of any governmental authority under any
federal or state law before such shares may be issued upon exercise of Warrants,
the Company will use all commercially reasonable efforts to cause such
securities to be duly registered, or approved, as the case may be, and, to the
extent practicable, take all such action in anticipation of and prior to the
exercise of the Warrants,
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including, without limitation, filing any and all post-effective amendments to
the Company's Registration Statement on Form SB-2 (Registration No.
333-_________) necessary to permit a public offering of the securities
underlying the Warrants at any and all times during the term of this Agreement,
provided, however, that in no event shall such securities be issued, and the
Company is authorized to refuse to honor the exercise of any Warrant, if such
exercise would result in the opinion of the Company's Board of Directors, upon
advice of counsel, in the violation of any law; and provided further that, in
the case of a Warrant exercisable solely for securities listed on a securities
exchange or for which there are at least two independent market makers, in lieu
of obtaining such registration or approval, the Company may elect to redeem
Warrants submitted to the Warrant Agent for exercise for a price equal to the
difference between the aggregate low asked price, or closing price, as the case
may be, of the securities for which such Warrant is exercisable on the date of
such submission and the Exercise Price of such Warrants; in the event of such
redemption, the Company will pay to the holder of such Warrants the
above-described redemption price in cash within 10 business days after receipt
of notice from the Warrant Agent that such Warrants have been submitted for
exercise.
SECTION 10. Reduction of Exercise Price Below Par Value
Before taking any action that would cause an adjustment pursuant to
Section 6 hereof reducing the portion of the Exercise Price required to purchase
one share of capital stock below the then par value (if any) of a share of such
capital stock, the Company will use its best efforts to take any corporate
action which, in the opinion of its counsel, may be necessary in order that the
Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and non-assessable shares of
such capital stock.
SECTION 11. Payment of Taxes
The Company covenants and agrees that it will pay when due and payable
any and all federal and state documentary, stamp and other original issue taxes
which may be payable in respect of the original issuance of the Warrant
Certificates, or any shares of Common Stock or other securities upon the
exercise of Warrants. The Company shall not, however, be required (i) to pay any
tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the transfer and
delivery of Warrant Certificates or the issuance or delivery of certificates for
Common Stock or other securities in a name other than that of the registered
holder of the Warrant Certificate surrendered for purchase or (ii) to issue or
deliver any certificate for shares of Common Stock or other securities upon the
exercise of any Warrant Certificate until any such tax shall have been paid, all
such tax being payable by the holder of such Warrant Certificate at the time of
surrender.
SECTION 12. Notice of Certain Corporate Action
In case the Company after the date hereof shall propose (i) to offer to
the holders of Common Stock, generally, rights to subscribe to or purchase any
additional shares of any class of its capital stock, any evidences of its
indebtedness or assets, or any other rights or options or (ii) to effect any
reclassification of Common Stock (other than a reclassification involving merely
the subdivision or combination of outstanding shares of Common Stock) or any
capital
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reorganization, or any consolidation or merger to which the Company is a party
and for which approval of any stockholders of the Company is required, or any
sale, transfer or other disposition of its property and assets substantially as
an entirety, or the liquidation, voluntary or involuntary dissolution or
winding-up of the Company, then, in each such case, the Company shall file with
the Warrant Agent and the Company, or the Warrant Agent on the Company's behalf
and at the Company's request, shall mail (by first-class, postage prepaid mail)
to all registered holders of the Warrant Certificates notice of such proposed
action, which notice shall specify the date on which the books of the Company
shall close or a record be taken for such offer of rights or options, or the
date on which such reclassification, reorganization, consolidation, merger,
sale, transfer, other disposition, liquidation, voluntary or involuntary
dissolution or winding-up shall take place or commence, as the case may be, and
which shall also specify any record date for determination of holders of Common
Stock entitled to vote thereon or participate therein and shall set forth such
facts with respect thereto as shall be reasonably necessary to indicate any
adjustments in the Exercise Price and the number or kind of shares or other
securities purchasable upon exercise of Warrants which will be required as a
result of such action. Such notice shall be filed and mailed in the case of any
action covered by clause (i) above, at least ten days prior to the record date
for determining holders of the Common Stock for purposes of such action or, if a
record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of shares of Common
Stock of record are to be entitled to such offering; and, in the case of any
action covered by clause (ii) above, at least 20 days prior to the earlier of
the date on which such reclassification, reorganization, consolidation, merger,
sale, transfer, other disposition, liquidation, voluntary or involuntary
dissolution or winding-up is expected to become effective and the date on which
it is expected that holders of shares of Common Stock of record on such date
shall be entitled to exchange their shares for securities or other property
deliverable upon such reclassification, reorganization, consolidation, merger,
sale, transfer, other disposition, liquidation, voluntary or involuntary
dissolution or winding-up.
Failure to give any such notice or any defect therein shall not affect
the legality or validity of any transaction listed in this Section 12.
SECTION 13. Disposition of Proceeds on Exercise of Warrant Certificates, etc.
The Warrant Agent shall account promptly to the Company with respect to
Warrants exercised and concurrently pay to the Company all monies received by
the Warrant Agent for the purchase of securities or other property through the
exercise of such Warrants.
The Warrant Agent shall keep copies of this Agreement available for
inspection by Warrantholders during normal business hours at its stock transfer
office. Copies of this Agreement may be obtained upon written request addressed
to the Warrant Agent at its stock transfer office at 0000 00xx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000.
SECTION 14. Warrantholder Not Deemed a Stockholder
No Warrantholder, as such, shall be entitled to vote, receive dividends
or be deemed the holder of Common Stock or any other securities of the Company
which may at any time be issuable on the exercise of the Warrants represented
thereby for any purpose whatever, nor shall
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anything contained herein or in any Warrant Certificate be construed to confer
upon any Warrantholder, as such, any of the rights of a stockholder of the
Company or any right to vote for the election of directors or upon any matter
submitted to stockholders at any meeting thereof, or to give or withhold consent
to any corporate action (whether upon any recapitalization, issuance of stock,
reclassification of stock, change of par value or change of stock to no par
value, consolidation, merger, conveyance or otherwise), or to receive notice of
meetings or other actions affecting stockholders (except as provided in Section
12 hereof), or to receive dividend or subscription rights, or otherwise, until
such Warrant Certificate shall have been exercised in accordance with the
provisions hereof and the receipt of the Exercise Price and any other amounts
payable upon such exercise by the Warrant Agent.
SECTION 15. Right of Action
All rights of action in respect to this Agreement are vested in the
respective registered holders of the Warrant Certificates; and any registered
holder of any Warrant Certificate, without the consent of the Warrant Agent or
of any other holder of a Warrant Certificate, may, in his own behalf for his own
benefit, enforce, and may institute and maintain any suit, action or proceeding
against the Company suitable to enforce, or otherwise in respect of, his right
to exercise the Warrants evidenced by such Warrant Certificate, for the purchase
of shares of the Common Stock in the manner provided in the Warrant Certificate
and in this Agreement.
SECTION 16. Agreement of Holders of Warrant Certificates
Every holder of a Warrant Certificate by accepting the same consents
and agrees with the Company, the Warrant Agent and with every other holder of a
Warrant Certificate that:
A. the Warrant Certificates are transferable on the registry
books of the Warrant Agent only upon the terms and conditions set forth in this
Agreement; and
B. the Company and the Warrant Agent may deem and treat the
person in whose name the Warrant Certificate is registered as the absolute owner
of the Warrant (notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing
thereon made by anyone other than the Company or the Warrant Agent) for all
purposes whatever and neither the Company nor the Warrant Agent shall be
affected by any notice to the contrary.
SECTION 17. Cancellation of Warrant Certificates
In the event that the Company shall purchase or otherwise acquire any
Warrant Certificate or Certificates after the issuance thereof, such Warrant
Certificate or Certificates shall thereupon be delivered to the Warrant Agent
and be canceled by it and retired. The Warrant Agent shall also cancel any
Warrant Certificate delivered to it for exercise, in whole or in part, or
delivered to it for transfer, split-up, combination or exchange. Warrant
Certificates so canceled shall be retained by the Warrant Agent or disposed of
in accordance with its customary business practices relating to such matters;
provided that the Warrant Agent shall give the Company notice prior to its
disposition or destruction of the Warrant Certificates.
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SECTION 18. Concerning the Warrant Agent
The Company agrees to pay to the Warrant Agent from time to time, upon
receipt of a written demand of the Warrant Agent, reasonable compensation for
all services rendered by it hereunder and also its reasonable expenses,
including counsel fees, and other disbursements incurred in the administration
and execution of this Agreement and the exercise and performance of its duties
hereunder. The Warrant Agent agrees to use its best efforts to submit in advance
a written estimate of any costs in excess of $2,500 that it expects to incur in
the exercise and performance of its duties hereunder. The Company also agrees to
indemnify the Warrant Agent for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss,
liability or expense, incurred without gross negligence, bad faith or willful
misconduct on the part of the Warrant Agent, arising out of or in connection
with the acceptance and administration of this Agreement.
SECTION 19. Merger or Consolidation or Change of Name of Warrant Agent
Any corporation into which the Warrant Agent may be merged or with
which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger or
consolidation to which the Warrant Agent shall be a party, or any corporation
succeeding to the corporate trust business of the Warrant Agent, shall be the
successor to the Warrant Agent hereunder without the execution or filing of any
paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, provided that
such corporation would be eligible for appointment as a successor warrant agent
under the provisions of Section 21 hereof. In case at the time such successor to
the Warrant Agent shall succeed to the agency created by this Agreement, any of
the Warrant Certificates shall have been countersigned but not delivered, any
such successor to the Warrant Agent may adopt the countersignature of the
original Warrant Agent and deliver such Warrant Certificates so countersigned;
and in case at that time any of the Warrant Certificates shall not have been
countersigned, any successor to the Warrant Agent may countersign such Warrant
Certificates either in the name of the predecessor Warrant Agent or in the name
of the successor Warrant Agent; and in all such cases such Warrant Certificates
shall have the full force provided in the Warrant Certificates and in this
Agreement.
In case at any time the name of the Warrant Agent shall be changed and
at such time any of the Warrant Certificates shall have been countersigned but
not delivered, the Warrant Agent may adopt the countersignature under its prior
name and deliver Warrant Certificates so countersigned; and in case at that time
any of the Warrant Certificates shall not have been countersigned, the Warrant
Agent may countersign such Warrant Certificates either in its prior name or in
its changed name; and in all such cases such Warrant Certificates shall have the
full force provided in the Warrant Certificates and in this Agreement.
SECTION 20. Duties of Warrant Agent
The Warrant Agent undertakes the duties and obligations imposed by this
Agreement upon the following terms and conditions, by all of which the Company
and the holders of Warrant Certificates, by their acceptance thereof, shall be
bound:
A. The Warrant Agent may consult with counsel satisfactory to
it (who may be counsel for the Company), and the opinion of such counsel shall
be full and complete
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authorization and protection to the Warrant Agent as to any action taken,
suffered or omitted by it in good faith and in accordance with such opinion;
provided, however, that the Warrant Agent shall have exercised reasonable care
in the selection of such counsel. Fees and expenses of such counsel, to the
extent reasonable, shall be paid by the Company, and subject to the provisions
of Section 18 hereof.
B. Whenever in the performance of its duties under this
Agreement, the Warrant Agent shall deem it necessary or desirable that any fact
or matter be proved or established by the Company prior to taking or suffering
any action hereunder, such fact or matter (unless other evidence in respect
thereof be herein specifically prescribed) may be deemed to be conclusively
proved and established by a certificate signed by a Chairman or co-Chairman of
the Board or the President or a Vice President or the Secretary of the Company
and delivered to the Warrant Agent; and such certificate shall be full
authorization to the Warrant Agent for any action taken or suffered in good
faith by it under the provisions of this Agreement in reliance upon such
certificate.
C. The Warrant Agent shall be liable hereunder only for its
own gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct.
D. The Warrant Agent shall not be liable for or by reason of
any of the statements of fact or recitals contained in this Agreement or in the
Warrant Certificates (except its countersignature on the Warrant Certificates
and such statements or recitals as describe the Warrant Agent or action taken or
to be taken by it) or be required to verify the same, but all such statements
and recitals are and shall be deemed to have been made by the Company only.
E. The Warrant Agent shall not be under any responsibility in
respect of the validity of this Agreement or the execution and delivery hereof
(except the due execution hereof by the Warrant Agent) or in respect of the
validity or execution of any Warrant Certificate (except its countersignature
thereof); nor shall it be responsible for any breach by the Company of any
covenant or condition contained in this Agreement or in any Warrant Certificate;
nor shall it be responsible for the making of any change in the number of shares
of Common Stock for which a Warrant is exercisable required under the provisions
of Section 6 or responsible for the manner, method or amount of any such change
or the ascertaining of the existence of facts that would require any such
adjustment or change (except with respect to the exercise of Warrant
Certificates after actual notice of any adjustment of the Exercise Price); nor
shall it by any act hereunder be deemed to make any representation or warranty
as to the authorization or reservation of any shares of Common Stock to be
issued pursuant to this Agreement or any Warrant Certificate or as to whether
any shares of Common Stock will, when issued, be validly issued, fully paid and
non-assessable.
F. The Warrant Agent shall be under no obligation to institute
any action, suit or legal proceeding or take any other action likely to involve
expense unless the Company or one or more registered holders of Warrant
Certificates shall furnish the Warrant Agent with reasonable security and
indemnity for any costs and expenses which may be incurred. All rights of action
under this Agreement or under any of the Warrants may be enforced by the Warrant
Agent without the possession of any of the Warrants or the production thereof at
any trial or other
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proceeding relative thereto, and any such action, suit or proceeding instituted
by the Warrant Agent shall be brought in its name as Warrant Agent, and any
recovery of judgment shall be for the ratable benefit of the registered holders
of the Warrant Certificates, as their respective rights or interests may appear.
G. The Warrant Agent and any stockholder, director, officer or
employee of the Warrant Agent may buy, sell or deal in any of the Warrants or
other securities of the Company or become pecuniarily interested in any
transaction in which the Company may be interested, or contract with or lend
money to or otherwise act as fully and freely as though it were not Warrant
Agent under this Agreement. Nothing herein shall preclude the Warrant Agent from
acting in any other capacity for the Company or for any other legal entity.
H. The Warrant Agent is hereby authorized and directed to
accept instructions with respect to the performance of its duties hereunder from
a Chairman or co-Chairman of the Board or President or a Vice President or the
Secretary or the Controller of the Company, and to apply to such officers for
advice or instructions in connection with the Warrant Agent's duties, and it
shall not be liable for any action taken or suffered or omitted by it in good
faith in accordance with instructions of any such officer.
I. The Warrant Agent will not be responsible for any failure
of the Company to comply with any of the covenants contained in this Agreement
or in the Warrant Certificates to be complied with by the Company.
J. The Warrant Agent may execute and exercise any of the
rights or powers hereby vested in it or perform any duty hereunder either itself
or by or through its attorneys, agents or employees and the Warrant Agent shall
not be answerable or accountable for any act, default, neglect or misconduct of
any such attorneys, agents or employees or for any loss to the Company resulting
from such neglect or misconduct; provided, however, that reasonable care shall
have been exercised in the selection and continued employment of such attorneys,
agents and employees.
K. The Warrant Agent will not incur any liability or
responsibility to the Company or to any holder of any Warrant Certificate for
any action taken, or any failure to take action, in reliance on any notice,
resolution, waiver, consent, order, certificate, or other paper, document or
instrument reasonably believed by the Warrant Agent to be genuine and to have
been signed, sent or presented by the proper party or parties.
L. The Warrant Agent will act hereunder solely as agent of the
Company in a ministerial capacity, and its duties will be determined solely by
the provisions hereof. The Warrant Agent will not be liable for anything which
it may do or refrain from doing in connection with this Agreement except for its
own gross negligence, bad faith or willful conduct.
SECTION 21. Change of Warrant Agent
The Warrant Agent may resign and be discharged from its duties under
this Agreement upon 30 days' prior notice in writing mailed, by registered or
certified mail, to the Company.
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The Company may remove the Warrant Agent or any successor warrant agent upon 30
days' prior notice in writing, mailed to the Warrant Agent or successor warrant
agent, as the case may be, by registered or certified mail. If the Warrant Agent
shall resign or be removed or shall otherwise become incapable of acting, the
Company shall appoint a successor to the Warrant Agent and shall, within 15 days
following such appointment, give notice thereof in writing to each registered
holder of the Warrant Certificates. If the Company shall fail to make such
appointment within a period of 15 days after giving notice of such removal or
after it has been notified in writing of such resignation or incapacity by the
resigning or incapacitated Warrant Agent, then the Company agrees to perform the
duties of the Warrant Agent hereunder until a successor Warrant Agent is
appointed. After appointment and execution of a copy of this Agreement in effect
at that time, the successor Warrant Agent shall be vested with the same powers,
rights, duties and responsibilities as if it had been originally named as
Warrant Agent without further act or deed; but the former Warrant Agent shall
deliver and transfer to the successor Warrant Agent, within a reasonable time,
any property at the time held by it hereunder, and execute and deliver any
further assurance, conveyance, act or deed necessary for the purpose. Failure to
give any notice provided for in this Section, however, or any defect therein
shall not affect the legality or validity of the resignation or removal of the
Warrant Agent or the appointment of the successor warrant agent, as the case may
be.
SECTION 22. Issuance of New Warrant Certificates
Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this Agreement or the several
Warrant Certificates to the contrary, the Company may, at its option, issue new
Warrant Certificates in such form as may be approved by its Board of Directors
to reflect any adjustment or change in the Exercise Price or the number or kind
of shares purchasable under the several Warrant Certificates made in accordance
with the provisions of this Agreement.
SECTION 23. Notices
Notice or demand pursuant to this Agreement to be given or made on the
Company by the Warrant Agent or by the registered holder of any Warrant
Certificate shall be sufficiently given or made if sent by first class mail,
postage prepaid, addressed (until another address is filed in writing by the
Company with the Warrant Agent) as follows:
SmartPros Ltd.
00 Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: President
Subject to the provisions of Section 21, any notice pursuant to this
Agreement to be given or made by the Company or by the holder of any Warrant
Certificate to or on the Warrant Agent shall be sufficiently given or made if
sent by first-class or registered mail, postage prepaid, addressed (until
another address is filed in writing by the Warrant Agent with the Company) as
follows:
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American Stock Transfer and Trust Company
00 Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Office of the General Counsel
Any notice or demand authorized to be given or made to the registered
holder of any Warrant Certificate under this Agreement shall be sufficiently
given or made if sent by first-class or registered mail, postage prepaid, to the
last address of such holder as it shall appear on the registers maintained by
the Warrant Agent.
SECTION 24. Modification of Agreement
The Warrant Agent may, without the consent or concurrence of the
Warrantholders, by supplemental agreement or otherwise, concur with the Company
in making any changes or corrections in this Agreement that the Warrant Agent
shall have been advised by counsel (who may be counsel for the Company) are
necessary or desirable to cure any ambiguity or to correct any defective or
inconsistent provision or clerical omission or mistake or manifest error herein
contained, or to make any other provisions in regard to matters or questions
arising hereunder and which shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of the
Warrant Certificates and which shall not adversely affect the interests of the
Warrantholders. As of the date hereof, this Agreement contains the entire and
only agreement, understanding, representation, condition, warranty or covenant
between the parties hereto with respect to the matters herein, supersedes any
and all other agreements between the parties hereto relating to such matters,
and may be modified or amended only by a written agreement signed by both
parties hereto pursuant to the authority granted by the first sentence of this
Section.
SECTION 25. Successors
All the covenants and provisions of this Agreement by or for the
benefit of the Company or the Warrant Agent shall bind and inure to the benefit
of their respective successors and assigns hereunder.
SECTION 26. New York Contract
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.
SECTION 27. Termination
This Agreement shall terminate as of the close of business on the
Expiration Date, or such earlier date upon which all Warrants shall have been
exercised or redeemed, except that the Warrant Agent shall account to the
Company as to all Warrants outstanding and all cash held by it as of the close
of business on the Expiration Date.
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SECTION 28. Benefits of this Agreement
Nothing in this Agreement or in the Warrant Certificates shall be
construed to give to any person or corporation other than the Company, the
Warrant Agent, and their respective successors and assigns hereunder and the
registered holders of the Warrant Certificates any legal or equitable right,
remedy or claim under this Agreement; but this Agreement shall be for the sole
and exclusive benefit of the Company, the Warrant Agent, their respective
successors and assigns hereunder and the registered holders of the Warrant
Certificates.
SECTION 29. Descriptive Headings
The descriptive headings of the several 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 30. Counterparts
This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of
which shall be an original, but such counterparts shall together constitute one
and the same instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
duly executed, all as of the day and year first above written.
SMARTPROS LTD.
By:
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Name:
Title:
AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER AND TRUST COMPANY
By:
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Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT A
VOID AFTER 5 P.M. PACIFIC TIME ON _____________, 2009
WARRANTS TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK
No. PRO.WS-___________ ___________ Warrants
SmartPros Ltd.
CUSIP ______________
THIS CERTIFIES THAT
or registered assigns, is the registered holder of the number of Warrants
("WARRANTS") set forth above. Each Warrant, unless and until redeemed by the
Company as provided in the Warrant Agreement, hereinafter more fully described
(the "WARRANT AGREEMENT"), entitles the holder thereof to purchase from
SmartPros Ltd., a corporation incorporated under the laws of the State of
Delaware (the "COMPANY"), subject to the terms and conditions set forth
hereinafter and in the Warrant Agreement, at any time on or after ___________,
2004 and before the close of business on ___________, 2009 ("EXPIRATION DATE"),
one fully paid and non-assessable share of Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per
share, of the Company ("COMMON STOCK") upon presentation and surrender of this
Warrant Certificate, with the instructions for the registration and delivery of
Common Stock filled in, at the stock transfer office located at 00 Xxxxxx Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx, 00000 of American Stock Transfer and Trust Company, Warrant
Agent of the Company ("WARRANT AGENT") or of its successor warrant agent or, if
there be no successor warrant agent, at the corporate offices of the Company,
and upon payment of the Exercise Price (as defined in the Warrant Agreement) and
any applicable taxes paid either in cash, or by certified or official bank
check, payable in lawful money of the United States of America to the order of
the Company. Each Warrant initially entitles the holder to purchase one share of
Common Stock for $_______. The number and kind of securities or other property
for which the Warrants are exercisable are subject to adjustment in certain
events, such as mergers, splits, stock dividends, reverse splits and the like,
to prevent dilution. Beginning on _____________ __, 200_ the Company may redeem
any or all outstanding and unexercised warrants by giving not less than 30 days
prior notice at any time after the closing price of the Common Stock on the
principal market or exchange on which it is traded has equaled or exceeded
$_____ per share on each of five consecutive trading days subsequent to
______________, 2004. The Redemption Price is $0.25 per Warrant (subject to
adjustment in the event of a stock split, dividend or the like). All Warrants
not theretofore exercised will expire on the Expiration Date.
This Warrant Certificate is subject to all of the terms, provisions and
conditions of the Warrant Agreement, dated as of ____________, 2004, between the
Company and the Warrant
Agent, to all of which terms, provisions and conditions the registered holder of
this Warrant Certificate consents by acceptance hereof. The Warrant Agreement is
incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof and reference is made to
the Warrant Agreement for a full description of the rights, limitations of
rights, obligations, duties and immunities of the Warrant Agent, the Company and
the holders of the Warrant Certificates. Copies of the Warrant Agreement are
available for inspection at the stock transfer office of the Warrant Agent or
may be obtained upon written request addressed to the Company at SmartPros Ltd.,
00 Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000, Attention: Chief Financial Officer.
The Company shall not be required upon the exercise of the Warrants
evidenced by this Warrant Certificate to issue fractions of Warrants, Common
Stock or other securities, but shall make adjustment therefor in cash on the
basis of the current market value of any fractional interest as provided in the
Warrant Agreement.
In certain cases, the sale of securities by the Company upon exercise
of Warrants may violate the securities laws of the United States, certain states
thereof or other jurisdictions. The Company has agreed to use all commercially
reasonable efforts to cause a registration statement to continue to be effective
during the term of the Warrants with respect to such sales under the Securities
Act of 1933, and to take such action under the laws of various states as may be
required to cause the sale of securities upon exercise to be lawful. However,
the Company will not be required to honor the exercise of Warrants if, in the
opinion of the Board of Directors, upon advice of counsel, the sale of
securities upon such exercise would be unlawful. In certain cases, the Company
may, but is not required to, purchase Warrants submitted for exercise for a cash
price equal to the difference between the market price of the securities
obtainable upon such exercise and the exercise price of such Warrants.
This Warrant Certificate, with or without other Certificates, upon
surrender to the Warrant Agent, any successor warrant agent or, in the absence
of any successor warrant agent, at the corporate offices of the Company, may be
exchanged for another Warrant Certificate or Certificates evidencing in the
aggregate the same number of Warrants as the Warrant Certificate or Certificates
so surrendered. If the Warrants evidenced by this Warrant Certificate shall be
exercised in part, the holder hereof shall be entitled to receive upon surrender
hereof another Warrant Certificate or Certificates evidencing the number of
Warrants not so exercised.
No holder of this Warrant Certificate, as such, shall be entitled to
vote, receive dividends or be deemed the holder of Common Stock or any other
securities of the Company which may at any time be issuable on the exercise
hereof for any purpose whatsoever, nor shall anything contained in the Warrant
Agreement or herein be construed to confer upon the holder of this Warrant
Certificate, as such, any of the rights of a stockholder of the Company or any
right to vote for the election of directors or upon any matter submitted to
stockholders at any meeting thereof or give or withhold consent to any corporate
action (whether upon any matter submitted to stockholders at any meeting
thereof, or give or withhold consent to any merger, recapitalization, issuance
of stock, reclassification of stock, change of par value or change of stock to
no par value, consolidation, conveyance or otherwise) or to receive notice of
meetings or other actions affecting stockholders (except as provided in the
Warrant Agreement) or to receive dividends or subscription rights or otherwise
until the Warrants evidenced by this Warrant Certificate shall have been
exercised and the Common Stock purchasable upon the exercise
thereof shall have become deliverable as provided in the Warrant Agreement.
If this Warrant Certificate shall be surrendered for exercise within
any period during which the transfer books for the Company's Common Stock or
other class of stock purchasable upon the exercise of the Warrants evidenced by
this Warrant Certificate are closed for any purpose, the Company shall not be
required to make delivery of certificates for shares purchasable upon such
transfer until the date of the reopening of said transfer books.
Every holder of this Warrant Certificate by accepting the same consents
and agrees with the Company, the Warrant Agent, and with every other holder of a
Warrant Certificate that:
(a) this Warrant Certificate is transferable on the registry books of
the Warrant Agent only upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Warrant
Agreement, and
(b) the Company and the Warrant Agent may deem and treat the person in
whose name this Warrant Certificate is registered as the absolute owner hereof
(notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing thereon made by
anyone other than the Company or the Warrant Agent) for all purposes whatsoever
and neither the Company nor the Warrant Agent shall be affected by any notice to
the contrary. The Company shall not be required to issue or deliver any
certificate for shares of Common Stock or other securities upon the exercise of
Warrants evidenced by this Warrant Certificate until any tax which may be
payable in respect thereof by the holder of this Warrant Certificate pursuant to
the Warrant Agreement shall have been paid, such tax being payable by the holder
of this Warrant Certificate at the time of surrender.
This Warrant Certificate shall not be valid or obligatory for any
purpose until it shall have been countersigned by the Warrant Agent.
WITNESS the facsimile signatures of the proper officers of the Company
and its corporate seal.
Dated:
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SMARTPROS LTD.
By:
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Name:
Title:
Attest:
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Secretary
Countersigned:
American Stock Transfer and Trust Company
00 Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
By:
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Authorized Officer
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face
of this certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full
according to applicable laws or regulations.
TEN COM -- as tenants in common
TEN ENT -- as tenants by the entireties
JT TEN -- as joint tenants with rights of survivorship and not as
tenants in common
COM PROP -- as community property
UNIF GIFT MIN ACT -- Custodian
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(Cust) (minor)
under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act
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(State)
UNIF TRF MIN ACT -- Custodian
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(Cust) (minor)
under Uniform Transfers to Minors Act
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(State)
FORM OF EXERCISE
(To be executed upon exercise of Warrant)
To: SmartPros Ltd.
The undersigned, pursuant to the provisions set forth in the within
Warrant Certificate, hereby irrevocably elects to exercise the right of purchase
represented thereby, and hereby agrees to subscribe for and to purchase shares
of the Common Stock of SmartPros Ltd. ("Common Shares"), as provided for
therein, and tenders herewith payment of the purchase price in full in cash or
by wire transfer, check, draft, money order or certified or bank cashier's check
in the amount of $___________
Please issue a certificate or certificates for such Common Shares in
the name of the undersigned. If the number of Common Shares purchased hereby
shall not be all the Common Shares purchasable under the within Warrant
Certificate, a new Warrant Certificate is to be issued in the name of the
undersigned for the balance remaining of the Common Shares purchasable
thereunder.
Name:
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(Please Print Name and Address)
Address:
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Signature:
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Note: This above signature must
correspond with the name of the face
of this Warrant Certificate or with
the name of the assignee appearing in
the assignment form below.
Date:
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FORM OF ASSIGNMENT
(TO BE SIGNED ONLY UPON ASSIGNMENT)
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned Registered Holder (________________________)
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(Please insert social security or other identification number of Registered
Holder)
hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto
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(Please Print Name and Address including Zip Code)
Warrants evidenced by the within Warrant Certificate, and irrevocably
constitutes and appoints _____________________________________ attorney to
transfer this Warrant Certificate on the books of SmartPros Ltd. with the full
power of substitution in the premises.
Dated:
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Signature:
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(Signature must conform in all respects to the name
of Registered Holder as specified on the face of
this Warrant Certificate in every particular,
without alteration or any change whatsoever, and
the signature must be guaranteed in the usual
manner.)
Signatures Guaranteed:
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The signatures should be guaranteed by an eligible
institution (banks, stockbrokers, savings and loan
association and credit unions with membership in an
approved signature medallion program), pursuant to
S.E.C. Rule 17Ad-15.
