EXHIBIT 4.4
EXHIBIT C
NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THIS SECURITY IS EXERCISABLE
HAVE BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE
SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM
REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES
ACT"), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN
EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN
AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION
REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE
SECURITIES LAWS AS EVIDENCED BY A LEGAL OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE TRANSFEROR TO
SUCH EFFECT, THE SUBSTANCE OF WHICH SHALL BE REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE
COMPANY. THIS SECURITY AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS
SECURITY MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER
LOAN SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.
COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT
To Purchase 700,000 Shares of Common Stock of
KNOCKOUT HOLDINGS, INC.
THIS COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT (the "Warrant") certifies that, for
value received, DCOFI MASTER LDC (the "Holder"), is entitled, upon the terms and
subject to the limitations on exercise and the conditions hereinafter set forth,
at any time on or after the date hereof (the "Initial Exercise Date") and on or
prior to the close of business on the five year anniversary of the Initial
Exercise Date (the "Termination Date") but not thereafter, to subscribe for and
purchase from KNOCKOUT HOLDINGS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"),
up to 700,000 shares (the "Warrant Shares") of Common Stock, $0.001 par value,
of the Company (the "Common Stock"). The purchase price of one share of Common
Stock under this Warrant shall be equal to the Exercise Price, as defined in
Section 2(b).
Section 1. Definitions. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined
herein shall have the meanings set forth in that certain Securities Purchase
Agreement (the "Purchase Agreement"), dated May 2, 2005, among the Company and
the purchasers signatory thereto.
Section 2. Exercise.
a) Exercise of Warrant. Exercise of the purchase rights
represented by this Warrant may be made at any time or times on or after
the Initial Exercise Date and on or before the Termination Date by
delivery to the Company of a duly executed facsimile copy of the Notice of
Exercise Form annexed hereto (or such other office or agency of the
Company as it may designate by notice in writing to the registered Holder
at the address of such Holder appearing on the books of the Company);
provided, however, within 5 Trading Days of the date said Notice of
Exercise is delivered to the Company, the Holder shall have surrendered
this Warrant to the Company and the Company shall have received payment of
the aggregate Exercise Price of the shares thereby purchased by wire
transfer or cashier's check drawn on a United States bank.
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b) Exercise Price. The exercise price of the Common Stock under
this Warrant shall be $0.01, subject to adjustment hereunder (the
"Exercise Price").
c) Cashless Exercise. If at any time after one year from the date
of issuance of this Warrant there is no effective Registration Statement
registering the resale of the Warrant Shares by the Holder, then this
Warrant may also be exercised at such time by means of a "cashless
exercise" in which the Holder shall be entitled to receive a certificate
for the number of Warrant Shares equal to the quotient obtained by
dividing [(A-B) (X)] by (A), where:
(A) = the VWAP on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date
of such election;
(B) = the Exercise Price of this Warrant, as adjusted; and
(X) = the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this
Warrant in accordance with the terms of this Warrant by means
of a cash exercise rather than a cashless exercise.
d) Exercise Limitations; Xxxxxx's Restrictions. The Holder shall
not have the right to exercise any portion of this Warrant, pursuant to
Section 2(c) or otherwise, to the extent that after giving effect to such
issuance after exercise, the Holder (together with the Holder's
affiliates), as set forth on the applicable Notice of Exercise, would
beneficially own in excess of 9.9% of the number of shares of the Common
Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such issuance. For
purposes of the foregoing sentence, the number of shares of Common Stock
beneficially owned by the Holder and its affiliates shall include the
number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant
with respect to which the determination of such sentence is being made,
but shall exclude the number of shares of Common Stock which would be
issuable upon (A) exercise of the remaining, nonexercised portion of this
Warrant beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its affiliates and (B)
exercise or conversion of the unexercised or nonconverted portion of any
other securities of the Company (including, without limitation, any other
Notes or Warrants) subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise
analogous to the limitation contained herein beneficially owned by the
Holder or any of its affiliates. Except as set forth in the preceding
sentence, for purposes of this Section 2(d), beneficial ownership shall be
calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, it being
acknowledged by Holder that the Company is not representing to Holder that
such calculation is in compliance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act
and Holder is solely responsible for any schedules required to be filed in
accordance therewith. To the extent that the limitation contained in this
Section 2(d) applies, the determination of whether this Warrant is
exercisable (in relation to other securities owned by the Holder) and of
which a portion of this Warrant is exercisable shall be in the sole
discretion of such Xxxxxx, and the submission of a Notice of Exercise
shall be deemed to be such Holder's determination of whether this Warrant
is exercisable (in relation to other securities owned by such Holder) and
of which portion of this Warrant is exercisable, in each case subject to
such aggregate percentage limitation, and the Company shall have no
obligation to verify or confirm the accuracy of such determination. For
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purposes of this Section 2(d), in determining the number of outstanding
shares of Common Stock, the Holder may rely on the number of outstanding
shares of Common Stock as reflected in (x) the Company's most recent Form
10-QSB or Form 10-KSB, as the case may be, (y) a more recent public
announcement by the Company or (z) any other notice by the Company or the
Company's Transfer Agent setting forth the number of shares of Common
Stock outstanding. Upon the written or oral request of the Holder, the
Company shall within two Trading Days confirm orally and in writing to the
Holder the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding. In any case,
the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be determined after
giving effect to the conversion or exercise of securities of the Company,
including this Warrant, by the Holder or its affiliates since the date as
of which such number of outstanding shares of Common Stock was reported.
The provisions of this Section 2(d) may be waived by the Holder upon, at
the election of the Holder, not less than 61 days' prior notice to the
Company, and the provisions of this Section 2(d) shall continue to apply
until such 61st day (or such later date, as determined by the Holder, as
may be specified in such notice of waiver).
e) Mechanics of Exercise.
i. Authorization of Warrant Shares. The Company
covenants that all Warrant Shares which may be issued upon the
exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant
will, upon exercise of the purchase rights represented by this
Warrant, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable and free from all taxes, liens and charges in
respect of the issue thereof (other than taxes in respect of
any transfer occurring contemporaneously with such issue). The
Company covenants that during the period the Warrant is
outstanding, it will reserve from its authorized and unissued
Common Stock a sufficient number of shares to provide for the
issuance of the Warrant Shares upon the exercise of any
purchase rights under this Warrant. The Company further
covenants that its issuance of this Warrant shall constitute
full authority to its officers who are charged with the duty
of executing stock certificates to execute and issue the
necessary certificates for the Warrant Shares upon the
exercise of the purchase rights under this Warrant. The
Company will take all such reasonable action as may be
necessary to assure that such Warrant Shares may be issued as
provided herein without violation of any applicable law or
regulation, or of any requirements of the Trading Market upon
which the Common Stock may be listed.
ii. Delivery of Certificates Upon Exercise.
Certificates for shares purchased hereunder shall be
transmitted by the transfer agent of the Company to the Holder
by crediting the account of the Holder's prime broker with the
Depository Trust Company through its Deposit Withdrawal Agent
Commission ("DWAC") system if the Company is a participant in
such system, and otherwise by physical delivery to the address
specified by the Holder in the Notice of Exercise within 3
Trading Days from the delivery to the Company of the Notice of
Exercise Form, surrender of this Warrant and payment of the
aggregate Exercise Price as set forth above ("Warrant Share
Delivery Date"). This Warrant shall be deemed to have been
exercised on the date the Exercise Price is received by the
Company. The Warrant Shares shall be deemed to have been
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issued, and Holder or any other person so designated to be
named therein shall be deemed to have become a holder of
record of such shares for all purposes, as of the date the
Warrant has been exercised by payment to the Company of the
Exercise Price and all taxes required to be paid by the
Holder, if any, pursuant to Section 2(e)(vii) prior to the
issuance of such shares, have been paid.
iii. Delivery of New Warrants Upon Exercise. If this
Warrant shall have been exercised in part, the Company shall,
at the time of delivery of the certificate or certificates
representing Warrant Shares, deliver to Holder a new Warrant
evidencing the rights of Holder to purchase the unpurchased
Warrant Shares called for by this Warrant, which new Warrant
shall in all other respects be identical with this Warrant.
iv. Rescission Rights. If the Company fails to cause
its transfer agent to transmit to the Holder a certificate or
certificates representing the Warrant Shares pursuant to this
Section 2(e)(iv) by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, then the
Holder will have the right to rescind such exercise.
v. Compensation for Buy-In on Failure to Timely
Deliver Certificates Upon Exercise. In addition to any other
rights available to the Holder, if the Company fails to cause
its transfer agent to transmit to the Holder a certificate or
certificates representing the Warrant Shares pursuant to an
exercise on or before the Warrant Share Delivery Date, and if
after such date the Holder is required by its broker to
purchase (in an open market transaction or otherwise) shares
of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the
Holder of the Warrant Shares which the Holder anticipated
receiving upon such exercise (a "Buy-In"), then the Company
shall (1) pay in cash to the Holder the amount by which (x)
the Holder's total purchase price (including brokerage
commissions, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so
purchased exceeds (y) the amount obtained by multiplying (A)
the number of Warrant Shares that the Company was required to
deliver to the Holder in connection with the exercise at issue
times (B) the price at which the sell order giving rise to
such purchase obligation was executed, and (2) at the option
of the Holder, either reinstate the portion of the Warrant and
equivalent number of Warrant Shares for which such exercise
was not honored or deliver to the Holder the number of shares
of Common Stock that would have been issued had the Company
timely complied with its exercise and delivery obligations
hereunder. For example, if the Holder purchases Common Stock
having a total purchase price of $11,000 to cover a Buy-In
with respect to an attempted exercise of shares of Common
Stock with an aggregate sale price giving rise to such
purchase obligation of $10,000, under clause (1) of the
immediately preceding sentence the Company shall be required
to pay the Holder $1,000. The Holder shall provide the Company
written notice indicating the amounts payable to the Holder in
respect of the Buy-In, together with applicable confirmations
and other evidence reasonably requested by the Company.
Nothing herein shall limit a Xxxxxx's right to pursue any
other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity
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including, without limitation, a decree of specific
performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the
Company's failure to timely deliver certificates representing
shares of Common Stock upon exercise of the Warrant as
required pursuant to the terms hereof.
vi. No Fractional Shares or Scrip. No fractional
shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued
upon the exercise of this Warrant. As to any fraction of a
share which Holder would otherwise be entitled to purchase
upon such exercise, the Company shall pay a cash adjustment in
respect of such final fraction in an amount equal to such
fraction multiplied by the Exercise Price.
vii. Charges, Taxes and Expenses. Issuance of
certificates for Warrant Shares shall be made without charge
to the Holder for any issue or transfer tax or other
incidental expense in respect of the issuance of such
certificate, all of which taxes and expenses shall be paid by
the Company, and such certificates shall be issued in the name
of the Holder or in such name or names as may be directed by
the Holder; provided, however, that in the event certificates
for Warrant Shares are to be issued in a name other than the
name of the Holder, this Warrant when surrendered for exercise
shall be accompanied by the Assignment Form attached hereto
duly executed by the Holder; and the Company may require, as a
condition thereto, the payment of a sum sufficient to
reimburse it for any transfer tax incidental thereto.
viii. Closing of Books. The Company will not close its
stockholder books or records in any manner which prevents the
timely exercise of this Warrant, pursuant to the terms hereof.
Section 3. Certain Adjustments.
a) Stock Dividends and Splits. If the Company, at any time while
this Warrant is outstanding: (A) pays a stock dividend or otherwise make a
distribution or distributions on shares of its Common Stock or any other equity
or equity equivalent securities payable in shares of Common Stock (which, for
avoidance of doubt, shall not include any shares of Common Stock issued by the
Company pursuant to this Warrant), (B) subdivides outstanding shares of Common
Stock into a larger number of shares, (C) combines (including by way of reverse
stock split) outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares,
or (D) issues by reclassification of shares of the Common Stock any shares of
capital stock of the Company, then in each case the Exercise Price shall be
multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of
Common Stock (excluding treasury shares, if any) outstanding before such event
and of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding after such event and the number of shares issuable upon exercise of
this Warrant shall be proportionately adjusted. Any adjustment made pursuant to
this Section 3(a) shall become effective immediately after the record date for
the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or
distribution and shall become effective immediately after the effective date in
the case of a subdivision, combination or re-classification.
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b) Subsequent Equity Sales. If the Company or any Subsidiary
thereof, as applicable, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding, shall
offer, sell, grant any option to purchase or offer, sell or grant any right to
reprice its securities, or otherwise dispose of or issue (or announce any offer,
sale, grant or any option to purchase or other disposition) any Common Stock or
Common Stock Equivalents entitling any Person to acquire shares of Common Stock,
at an effective price per share less than the then Exercise Price (such lower
price, the "Base Share Price" and such issuances collectively, a "Dilutive
Issuance"), as adjusted hereunder (if the holder of the Common Stock or Common
Stock Equivalents so issued shall at any time, whether by operation of purchase
price adjustments, reset provisions, floating conversion, exercise or exchange
prices or otherwise, or due to warrants, options or rights per share which is
issued in connection with such issuance, be entitled to receive shares of Common
Stock at an effective price per share which is less than the Exercise Price,
such issuance shall be deemed to have occurred for less than the Exercise
Price), then, the Exercise Price shall be reduced to equal the Base Share Price
and the number of Warrant Shares issuable hereunder shall be increased such that
the aggregate Exercise Price payable hereunder, after taking into account the
decrease in the Exercise Price, shall be equal to the aggregate Exercise Price
prior to such adjustment. Such adjustment shall be made whenever such Common
Stock or Common Stock Equivalents are issued. Such adjustment shall be made
whenever such Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents are issued. The Company
shall notify the Holder in writing, no later than the Trading Day following the
issuance of any Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents subject to this
section, indicating therein the applicable issuance price, or of applicable
reset price, exchange price, conversion price and other pricing terms (such
notice the "Dilutive Issuance Notice"). For purposes of clarification, whether
or not the Company provides a Dilutive Issuance Notice pursuant to this Section
3(b), upon the occurrence of any Dilutive Issuance, after the date of such
Dilutive Issuance the Holder is entitled to receive a number of Warrant Shares
based upon the Base Share Price regardless of whether the Holder accurately
refers to the Base Share Price in the Notice of Exercise.
c) Pro Rata Distributions. If the Company, at any time prior to
the Termination Date, shall distribute to all holders of Common Stock (and not
to Holders of the Warrants) evidences of its indebtedness or assets or rights or
warrants to subscribe for or purchase any security other than the Common Stock
(which shall be subject to Section 3(b)), then in each such case the Exercise
Price shall be adjusted by multiplying the Exercise Price in effect immediately
prior to the record date fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to
receive such distribution by a fraction of which the denominator shall be the
VWAP determined as of the record date mentioned above, and of which the
numerator shall be such VWAP on such record date less the then per share fair
market value at such record date of the portion of such assets or evidence of
indebtedness so distributed applicable to one outstanding share of the Common
Stock as determined by the Board of Directors in good faith. In either case the
adjustments shall be described in a statement provided to the Holders of the
portion of assets or evidences of indebtedness so distributed or such
subscription rights applicable to one share of Common Stock. Such adjustment
shall be made whenever any such distribution is made and shall become effective
immediately after the record date mentioned above.
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d) Calculations. All calculations under this Section 3 shall be
made to the nearest cent or the nearest 1/100th of a share, as the case may be.
The number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at any given time shall not
includes shares of Common Stock owned or held by or for the account of the
Company, and the description of any such shares of Common Stock shall be
considered on issue or sale of Common Stock. For purposes of this Section 3, the
number of shares of Common Stock deemed to be issued and outstanding as of a
given date shall be the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding
treasury shares, if any) issued and outstanding.
e) Notice to Holders.
i. Adjustment to Exercise Price. Whenever the
Exercise Price is adjusted pursuant to this Section 3, the
Company shall promptly mail to each Holder a notice setting
forth the Exercise Price after such adjustment and setting
forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such
adjustment. If the Company issues a variable rate security,
despite the prohibition thereon in the Purchase Agreement, the
Company shall be deemed to have issued Common Stock or Common
Stock Equivalents at the lowest possible conversion or
exercise price at which such securities may be converted or
exercised in the case of a Variable Rate Transaction (as
defined in the Purchase Agreement), or the lowest possible
adjustment price in the case of an MFN Transaction (as defined
in the Purchase Agreement.
ii. Notice to Allow Exercise by Xxxxxx. If (A) the
Company shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution)
on the Common Stock; (B) the Company shall declare a special
nonrecurring cash dividend on or a redemption of the Common
Stock; (C) the Company shall authorize the granting to all
holders of the Common Stock rights or warrants to subscribe
for or purchase any shares of capital stock of any class or of
any rights; (D) the approval of any stockholders of the
Company shall be required in connection with any
reclassification of the Common Stock, any consolidation or
merger to which the Company is a party, any sale or transfer
of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, of
any compulsory share exchange whereby the Common Stock is
converted into other securities, cash or property; (E) the
Company shall authorize the voluntary or involuntary
dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the
Company; then, in each case, the Company shall cause to be
mailed to the Holder at its last addresses as it shall appear
upon the Warrant Register of the Company, at least 20 calendar
days prior to the applicable record or effective date
hereinafter specified, a notice stating (x) the date on which
a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend,
distribution, redemption, rights or warrants, or if a record
is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of the
Common Stock of record to be entitled to such dividend,
distributions, redemption, rights or warrants are to be
determined or (y) the date on which such reclassification,
consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange is
expected to become effective or close, and the date as of
which it is expected that holders of the Common Stock of
record shall be entitled to exchange their shares of the
Common Stock for securities, cash or other property
deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger,
sale, transfer or share exchange; provided, that the failure
to mail such notice or any defect therein or in the mailing
thereof shall not affect the validity of the corporate action
required to be specified in such notice. The Holder is
entitled to exercise this Warrant during the 20-day period
commencing the date of such notice to the effective date of
the event triggering such notice.
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f) Fundamental Transaction. If, at any time while this Warrant is
outstanding, (A) the Company effects any merger or consolidation of the Company
with or into another Person, (B) the Company effects any sale of all or
substantially all of its assets in one or a series of related transactions, (C)
any tender offer or exchange offer (whether by the Company or another Person) is
completed pursuant to which holders of Common Stock are permitted to tender or
exchange their shares for other securities, cash or property, or (D) the Company
effects any reclassification of the Common Stock or any compulsory share
exchange pursuant to which the Common Stock is effectively converted into or
exchanged for other securities, cash or property (in any such case, a
"Fundamental Transaction"), then, upon any subsequent conversion of this
Warrant, the Holder shall have the right to receive, for each Warrant Share that
would have been issuable upon such exercise absent such Fundamental Transaction,
at the option of the Holder, (a) upon exercise of this Warrant, the number of
shares of Common Stock of the successor or acquiring corporation or of the
Company, if it is the surviving corporation, and Alternate Consideration
receivable upon or as a result of such reorganization, reclassification, merger,
consolidation or disposition of assets by a Holder of the number of shares of
Common Stock for which this Warrant is exercisable immediately prior to such
event or (b) cash equal to the value of this Warrant as determined in accordance
with the Black-Scholes option pricing formula (the "Alternate Consideration").
For purposes of any such exercise, the determination of the Exercise Price shall
be appropriately adjusted to apply to such Alternate Consideration based on the
amount of Alternate Consideration issuable in respect of one share of Common
Stock in such Fundamental Transaction, and the Company shall apportion the
Exercise Price among the Alternate Consideration in a reasonable manner
reflecting the relative value of any different components of the Alternate
Consideration. If holders of Common Stock are given any choice as to the
securities, cash or property to be received in a Fundamental Transaction, then
the Holder shall be given the same choice as to the Alternate Consideration it
receives upon any exercise of this Warrant following such Fundamental
Transaction. To the extent necessary to effectuate the foregoing provisions, any
successor to the Company or surviving entity in such Fundamental Transaction
shall issue to the Holder a new warrant consistent with the foregoing provisions
and evidencing the Holder's right to exercise such warrant into Alternate
Consideration. The terms of any agreement pursuant to which a Fundamental
Transaction is effected shall include terms requiring any such successor or
surviving entity to comply with the provisions of this paragraph (f) and
insuring that this Warrant (or any such replacement security) will be similarly
adjusted upon any subsequent transaction analogous to a Fundamental Transaction.
g) Voluntary Adjustment By Company. The Company may at any time
during the term of this Warrant reduce the then current Exercise Price to any
amount and for any period of time deemed appropriate by the Board of Directors
of the Company.
Section 4. Transfer of Warrant.
a) Transferability. Subject to compliance with any applicable
securities laws and the conditions set forth in Sections 5(a) and 4(d) hereof
and to the provisions of Section 4.1 of the Purchase Agreement, this Warrant and
all rights hereunder are transferable, in whole or in part, upon surrender of
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this Warrant at the principal office of the Company, together with a written
assignment of this Warrant substantially in the form attached hereto duly
executed by the Holder or its agent or attorney and funds sufficient to pay any
transfer taxes payable upon the making of such transfer. Upon such surrender
and, if required, such payment, the Company shall execute and deliver a new
Warrant or Warrants in the name of the assignee or assignees and in the
denomination or denominations specified in such instrument of assignment, and
shall issue to the assignor a new Warrant evidencing the portion of this Warrant
not so assigned, and this Warrant shall promptly be cancelled. A Warrant, if
properly assigned, may be exercised by a new holder for the purchase of Warrant
Shares without having a new Warrant issued.
b) New Warrants. This Warrant may be divided or combined with
other Warrants upon presentation hereof at the aforesaid office of the Company,
together with a written notice specifying the names and denominations in which
new Warrants are to be issued, signed by the Holder or its agent or attorney.
Subject to compliance with Section 4(a), as to any transfer which may be
involved in such division or combination, the Company shall execute and deliver
a new Warrant or Warrants in exchange for the Warrant or Warrants to be divided
or combined in accordance with such notice.
c) Warrant Register. The Company shall register this Warrant,
upon records to be maintained by the Company for that purpose (the "Warrant
Register"), in the name of the record Holder hereof from time to time. The
Company may deem and treat the registered Holder of this Warrant as the absolute
owner hereof for the purpose of any exercise hereof or any distribution to the
Holder, and for all other purposes, absent actual notice to the contrary.
d) Transfer Restrictions. If, at the time of the surrender of
this Warrant in connection with any transfer of this Warrant, the transfer of
this Warrant shall not be registered pursuant to an effective registration
statement under the Securities Act and under applicable state securities or blue
sky laws, the Company may require, as a condition of allowing such transfer (i)
that the Holder or transferee of this Warrant, as the case may be, furnish to
the Company a written opinion of counsel (which opinion shall be in form,
substance and scope customary for opinions of counsel in comparable
transactions) to the effect that such transfer may be made without registration
under the Securities Act and under applicable state securities or blue sky laws,
(ii) that the holder or transferee execute and deliver to the Company an
investment letter in form and substance acceptable to the Company and (iii) that
the transferee be an "accredited investor" as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (a)(2),
(a)(3), (a)(7), or (a)(8) promulgated under the Securities Act or a qualified
institutional buyer as defined in Rule 144A(a) under the Securities Act.
Section 5. Miscellaneous.
a) Title to Warrant. Prior to the Termination Date and subject to
compliance with applicable laws and Section 4 of this Warrant, this Warrant and
all rights hereunder are transferable, in whole or in part, at the office or
agency of the Company by the Holder in person or by duly authorized attorney,
upon surrender of this Warrant together with the Assignment Form annexed hereto
properly endorsed. The transferee shall sign an investment letter in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company.
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b) No Rights as Shareholder Until Exercise. This Warrant does not
entitle the Holder to any voting rights or other rights as a shareholder of the
Company prior to the exercise hereof. Upon the surrender of this Warrant and the
payment of the aggregate Exercise Price (or by means of a cashless exercise),
the Warrant Shares so purchased shall be and be deemed to be issued to such
Holder as the record owner of such shares as of the close of business on the
later of the date of such surrender or payment.
c) Loss, Theft, Destruction or Mutilation of Warrant. The Company
covenants that upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory
to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant or any stock
certificate relating to the Warrant Shares, and in case of loss, theft or
destruction, of indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to it (which, in
the case of the Warrant, shall not include the posting of any bond), and upon
surrender and cancellation of such Warrant or stock certificate, if mutilated,
the Company will make and deliver a new Warrant or stock certificate of like
tenor and dated as of such cancellation, in lieu of such Warrant or stock
certificate.
d) Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays, etc. If the last or appointed
day for the taking of any action or the expiration of any right required or
granted herein shall be a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday, then such action
may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding day not a
Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday.
e) Authorized Shares.
The Company covenants that during the period the Warrant is
outstanding, it will reserve from its authorized and unissued Common
Stock a sufficient number of shares to provide for the issuance of
the Warrant Shares upon the exercise of any purchase rights under
this Warrant. The Company further covenants that its issuance of
this Warrant shall constitute full authority to its officers who are
charged with the duty of executing stock certificates to execute and
issue the necessary certificates for the Warrant Shares upon the
exercise of the purchase rights under this Warrant. The Company will
take all such reasonable action as may be necessary to assure that
such Warrant Shares may be issued as provided herein without
violation of any applicable law or regulation, or of any
requirements of the Trading Market upon which the Common Stock may
be listed.
Except and to the extent as waived or consented to by the
Holder, the Company shall not by any action, including, without
limitation, amending its certificate of incorporation or through any
reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger,
dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other voluntary
action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any
of the terms of this Warrant, but will at all times in good faith
assist in the carrying out of all such terms and in the taking of
all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate to protect the
rights of Holder as set forth in this Warrant against impairment.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company will
(a) not increase the par value of any Warrant Shares above the
amount payable therefor upon such exercise immediately prior to such
increase in par value, (b) take all such action as may be necessary
or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally
issue fully paid and nonassessable Warrant Shares upon the exercise
of this Warrant, and (c) use commercially reasonable efforts to
obtain all such authorizations, exemptions or consents from any
public regulatory body having jurisdiction thereof as may be
necessary to enable the Company to perform its obligations under
this Warrant.
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Before taking any action which would result in an adjustment
in the number of Warrant Shares for which this Warrant is
exercisable or in the Exercise Price, the Company shall obtain all
such authorizations or exemptions thereof, or consents thereto, as
may be necessary from any public regulatory body or bodies having
jurisdiction thereof.
f) Jurisdiction. All questions concerning the construction,
validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Warrant shall be determined in
accordance with the provisions of the Purchase Agreement.
g) Restrictions. The Holder acknowledges that the Warrant Shares
acquired upon the exercise of this Warrant, if not registered, will have
restrictions upon resale imposed by state and federal securities laws.
h) Nonwaiver and Expenses. No course of dealing or any delay or
failure to exercise any right hereunder on the part of Holder shall operate as a
waiver of such right or otherwise prejudice Xxxxxx's rights, powers or remedies,
notwithstanding the fact that all rights hereunder terminate on the Termination
Date. If the Company willfully and knowingly fails to comply with any provision
of this Warrant, which results in any material damages to the Holder, the
Company shall pay to Holder such amounts as shall be sufficient to cover any
costs and expenses including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys' fees,
including those of appellate proceedings, incurred by Holder in collecting any
amounts due pursuant hereto or in otherwise enforcing any of its rights, powers
or remedies hereunder.
i) Notices. Any notice, request or other document required or
permitted to be given or delivered to the Holder by the Company shall be
delivered in accordance with the notice provisions of the Purchase Agreement.
j) Limitation of Liability. No provision hereof, in the absence
of any affirmative action by Holder to exercise this Warrant or purchase Warrant
Shares, and no enumeration herein of the rights or privileges of Holder, shall
give rise to any liability of Holder for the purchase price of any Common Stock
or as a stockholder of the Company, whether such liability is asserted by the
Company or by creditors of the Company.
k) Remedies. Holder, in addition to being entitled to exercise
all rights granted by law, including recovery of damages, will be entitled to
specific performance of its rights under this Warrant. The Company agrees that
monetary damages would not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by
reason of a breach by it of the provisions of this Warrant and hereby agrees to
waive the defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law
would be adequate.
l) Successors and Assigns. Subject to applicable securities laws,
this Warrant and the rights and obligations evidenced hereby shall inure to the
benefit of and be binding upon the successors of the Company and the successors
and permitted assigns of Holder. The provisions of this Warrant are intended to
be for the benefit of all Holders from time to time of this Warrant and shall be
enforceable by any such Holder or holder of Warrant Shares.
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m) Amendment. This Warrant may be modified or amended or the
provisions hereof waived with the written consent of the Company and the Holder.
n) Severability. Wherever possible, each provision of this
Warrant shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under
applicable law, but if any provision of this Warrant shall be prohibited by or
invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent
of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such
provisions or the remaining provisions of this Warrant.
o) Headings. The headings used in this Warrant are for the
convenience of reference only and shall not, for any purpose, be deemed a part
of this Warrant.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be executed by
its officer thereunto duly authorized.
Dated: May 2, 2005
KNOCKOUT HOLDINGS, INC.
/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx
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Xxxxx Xxxxxx,
Chief Financial Officer
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NOTICE OF EXERCISE
TO: KNOCKOUT HOLDINGS, INC.
(1) The undersigned hereby elects to purchase ________ Warrant Shares of
the Company pursuant to the terms of the attached Warrant (only if exercised in
full), and tenders herewith payment of the exercise price in full, together with
all applicable transfer taxes, if any.
(2) Payment shall take the form of (check applicable box):
|_| in lawful money of the United States; or
|_| the cancellation of such number of Warrant Shares as is
necessary, in accordance with the formula set forth in
subsection 2(c), to exercise this Warrant with respect to the
maximum number of Warrant Shares purchasable pursuant to the
cashless exercise procedure set forth in subsection 2(c).
(3) Please issue a certificate or certificates representing said Warrant
Shares in the name of the undersigned or in such other name as is specified
below:
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The Warrant Shares shall be delivered to the following:
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(4) Accredited Investor. The undersigned is an "accredited investor" as
defined in Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
[SIGNATURE OF HOLDER]
Name of Investing Entity:_______________________________________________________
Signature of Authorized Signatory of Investing Entity:__________________________
Name of Authorized Signatory:___________________________________________________
Title of Authorized Signatory:__________________________________________________
Date:___________________________________________________________________________
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
(To assign the foregoing warrant, execute
this form and supply required information.
Do not use this form to exercise the warrant.)
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the foregoing Warrant and all rights evidenced thereby
are hereby assigned to
_______________________________________________ whose address is
______________________________________________________________________.
______________________________________________________________________
Dated:______________, _______
Holder's Signature: _____________________________
Holder's Address: _____________________________
Signature Guaranteed:___________________________________________
NOTE: The signature to this Assignment Form must correspond with the name as it
appears on the face of the Warrant, without alteration or enlargement or any
change whatsoever, and must be guaranteed by a bank or trust company. Officers
of corporations and those acting in a fiduciary or other representative capacity
should file proper evidence of authority to assign the foregoing Warrant.
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