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
REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY TO SUCH EFFECT, THE SUBSTANCE OF WHICH
SHALL BE REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY.
Warrant No. 2006/3/1
Issue Date: May 25, 2006
WARRANT TO PURCHASE
150,000 SHARES
OF COMMON STOCK OF
COMPOSITE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
This certifies that Lane Capital Markets, or its assigns (the "Holder"),
for value received, is entitled to purchase from COMPOSITE TECHNOLOGY
CORPORATION, a Nevada corporation (the "Company"), subject to the terms set
forth below, One Hundred Fifty Thousand (150,000) fully paid and nonassessable
shares (subject to adjustment as provided herein) of the Common Stock of the
Company (the "Warrant Shares") for cash at a per share price of $1.55 (the
"Exercise Price") (subject to adjustment as provided herein), at any time after
the Issue Date, from time to time up to and including 5:00 p.m. (Pacific
Standard Time) on March 4, 2009 (the "Expiration Date,") upon surrender to the
Company at its principal office (or at such other location as the Company may
advise the Holder in writing) of this Warrant properly endorsed with the Form of
Subscription attached hereto duly filled in and signed and upon payment in cash
or by check of the aggregate Exercise Price for the number of shares for which
this Warrant is being exercised determined in accordance with the provisions
hereof. The Exercise Price is subject to adjustment as provided in Section 3 of
this Warrant.
1. Exercise, Issuance of Certificates, Reduction in Number of Warrant
Shares.
1.1 General. This Warrant is exercisable at the option of the Holder
of record on or prior to the Expiration Date, at any time or from time to time
for all or any part of the vested Warrant Shares (but not for a fraction of a
share) which may be purchased hereunder, as that number may be adjusted pursuant
to Section 3 of this Warrant. The Company agrees that the Warrant Shares
purchased under this Warrant shall be and are deemed to be issued to the Holder
as the record owner of such Warrant Shares as of the close of business on the
date on which this Warrant shall have been surrendered, properly endorsed, the
completed and executed Form of Subscription delivered, and payment made for such
Warrant Shares. Certificates for the Warrant Shares so purchased, together with
any other securities or property to which the Holder is entitled upon such
exercise, shall be delivered to the Holder by the Company at the Company's
expense as soon as practicable after the rights represented by this Warrant have
been so exercised. In case of a purchase of less than all the Warrant Shares
which may be purchased under this Warrant, the Company shall cancel this Warrant
and execute and deliver to the Holder within a reasonable time a new Warrant or
Warrants of like tenor for the balance of the Warrant Shares purchasable under
the Warrant surrendered upon such purchase. Each stock certificate so delivered
shall be registered in the name of the Holder.
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1.2 Record Ownership. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the
person in whose name any certificate for shares of Common Stock or other
evidence of ownership of any other security is issued upon exercise or exchange
of the Warrant shall for all purposes be deemed to have become the holder of
record of such shares or other security on the Delivery Date, irrespective of
the date of delivery of such certificate or other evidence of ownership
(subject, in the case of any exercise to which Section 1.6 of this Warrant
applies, to the consummation of a transaction upon which such exercise is
conditioned), notwithstanding that the transfer books of the Company shall then
be closed or that such certificates or other evidence of ownership shall not
then actually have been delivered to such person.
1.3 Approvals. If any securities constituting Warrant Shares or any
portion thereof to be issued upon exercise or exchange of the Warrant require
registration or approval under any applicable law, or require listing on any
national securities exchange or national market system before such securities
may be so issued, the Company will as expeditiously as possible cause such
securities to be registered, approved or listed, as applicable. The Company may
suspend the exercise of the Warrant for the period during which such
registration, approval or listing is required but not in effect.
1.4 Conditional Exercise or Exchange. Any form of subscription or
exchange form delivered under Sections 1.1 or 11.2 may condition the exercise or
exchange of this Warrant on the consummation of a transaction being undertaken
by the Company or the Holder, and such exercise or exchange shall not be deemed
to have occurred except concurrently with the consummation of such transaction,
except that, for purposes of determining whether such exercise or exchange is
timely it shall be deemed to have occurred on the date of delivery (the
"Delivery Date") of the subscription or exchange form. If any exercise of the
Warrant is so conditioned, then, subject to delivery of the items required by
Sections 1.1 and 2 of this Warrant, the Company shall deliver the certificates
and other evidence of ownership of other securities or other property in such
manner as the Holder shall direct as required in connection with the
consummation of such transaction upon which the exercise is conditioned. At any
time that the Holder shall give notice to the Company that such transaction has
been abandoned or that the Holder has withdrawn from participation in such
transaction, the Company shall return the items delivered pursuant to Sections
1.1 and 2 of this Warrant, and the Holder's election to exercise the Warrant
shall be deemed rescinded.
1.5 Regulatory Problem. The Holder shall not exercise or exchange
the Warrant for shares of Common Stock if after giving effect to such exercise
or exchange the Holder reasonably determines that such exercise would violate
any law or regulation or any requirement of any governmental authority
applicable to Holder or his affiliates.
2. Shares to be Fully Paid. The Company covenants and agrees that all
Warrant Shares, will, upon issuance and, if applicable, payment of the
applicable Exercise Price, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable, and free of all liens and encumbrances, except for restrictions
on transfer provided for herein or under applicable federal and state securities
laws.
3. Adjustment of Exercise Price and Number of Shares. The Exercise Price
and the number of Warrant Shares shall be proportionately adjusted from time to
time upon the occurrence of any capital reorganization or any reclassification
of Common Stock, or the consolidation, merger, combination or exchange of shares
with another entity, or the divisive reorganization of the Company. Upon each
adjustment of the Exercise Price, the Holder of this Warrant shall thereafter be
entitled to purchase, at the Exercise Price resulting from such adjustment, the
number of shares obtained by multiplying the Exercise Price in effect
immediately prior to such adjustment by the number of shares purchasable
pursuant hereto immediately prior to such adjustment, and dividing the product
thereof by the Exercise Price resulting from such adjustment.
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4. Voting Rights. Nothing contained in this Warrant shall be construed as
conferring upon the Holder the right to vote or to consent to or receive notice
as a shareholder of the Company on any other matters or any rights whatsoever as
a shareholder of the Company.
5. Compliance with Securities Act: Transferability of Warrant, Disposition
of Shares of Common Stock.
5.1 Compliance with Securities Act. The Holder, by acceptance
hereof, agrees that this Warrant and the Warrant Shares to be issued upon
exercise hereof are being acquired for investment and that he will not offer,
sell, or otherwise dispose of this Warrant or any Warrant Shares except under
circumstances which will not result in a violation of the Securities Act of 1933
(the "Act") or any applicable state securities laws. This Warrant and all
Warrant Shares (unless registered under the Act) shall be stamped or imprinted
with a legend in substantially the following form:
THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT
OF 1933, AS AMENDED OR THE SECURITIES OR BLUE SKY LAWS OF ANY STATE.
THEY MAY NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED, OR HYPOTHECATED IN
THE ABSENCE OF A REGISTRATION STATEMENT IN EFFECT WITH RESPECT TO
THE SECURITIES UNDER SUCH ACT OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY
TO THE COMPANY THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED, OR UNLESS
SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 OF SUCH ACT.
5.2 Access to Information; Pre-Existing Relationship. Xxxxxx has had
the opportunity to ask questions of, and to receive answers from, appropriate
executive officers of the Company with respect to the terms and conditions of
the transactions contemplated hereby and with respect to the business, affairs,
financial condition and results of operations of the Company. Xxxxxx has had
access to such financial and other information as is necessary in order for
Holder to make a fully informed decision as to investment in the Company, and
has had the opportunity to obtain any additional information necessary to verify
any of such information to which Xxxxxx has had access. Holder further
represents and warrants that he has either (i) a pre-existing relationship with
the Company or one or more of its officers or directors consisting of personal
or business contacts of a nature and duration which enable him to be aware of
the character, business acumen and general business and financial circumstances
of the Company or the officer or director with whom such relationship exists or
(ii) such business or financial expertise as to be able to protect his own
interests in connection with the purchase of the Shares.
5.3 Warrant Transferable. Subject to compliance with applicable
federal and state securities laws under which this Warrant was issued, this
Warrant and all rights hereunder are transferable, in whole or in part, without
charge to the Holder (except for transfer taxes), upon surrender of this Warrant
properly endorsed; provided, however, that the Holder shall notify the Company
in writing in advance of any proposed transfer and shall not transfer this
Warrant or any rights hereunder to any person or entity which is then engaged in
a business that in the reasonable judgment of the Company is in direct
competition with the Company. As promptly as practicable but in any event within
ten (10) Business Days of receipt of such properly endorsed Warrant, the Company
shall issue, register and deliver to the Holder thereof a new Warrant or
Warrants of like kind and tenor representing in the aggregate the right to
purchase the same number of Warrant Shares that could be purchased pursuant to
the Warrant being transferred. Holder shall pay Company's reasonable costs
incurred in effectuating such transfer.
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5.4 Disposition of Warrant Shares. With respect to any offer, sale,
or other disposition of the Warrant or any Warrant Shares, the Holder hereof and
each subsequent Holder of this Warrant agrees to give written notice to the
Company prior thereto, describing briefly the manner thereof, together with a
written opinion of such holder's counsel, if reasonably requested by the
Company, to the effect that such offer, sale or other disposition may be
effected without registration or qualification (under the Act as then in effect
or any federal or state law then in effect) of the Warrant or Warrant Shares, as
the case may be, and indicating whether or not under the Act certificates for
the Warrant or Warrant Shares to be sold or otherwise disposed of require any
restrictive legend as to applicable restrictions on transferability in order to
insure compliance with the Act. Promptly upon receiving such written notice and
opinion, the Company, as promptly as practicable, shall notify the Holder that
such Holder may sell or otherwise dispose of the Warrant or Warrant Shares, all
in accordance with the terms of the notice delivered to the Company. If a
determination has been made pursuant to this subparagraph 6.4 that the opinion
of the counsel for the Holder is not reasonably satisfactory to the Company, the
Company shall so notify the Holder promptly after such determination has been
made. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Warrant or Warrant Shares may be
offered, sold or otherwise disposed of in accordance with Rule 144 under the
Act, provided that the Company shall have been furnished with such information
as the Company may request to provide reasonable assurance that the provisions
of Rule 144 have been satisfied. Each certificate representing the Warrant or
Warrant Shares thus transferred (except a transfer pursuant to Rule 144) shall
bear a legend as to the applicable restrictions on transferability in order to
insure compliance with the Act, unless in the aforesaid opinion of counsel for
the Holder, such legend is not required in order to insure compliance with the
Act. The Company may issue stop transfer instructions to its transfer agent in
connection with such restrictions.
5.5 Register. This Warrant is, and any Warrant issued, exchanged or
transferred hereunder shall be registered in a warrant register (the "Warrant
Register"). The Warrant Register shall set forth the number of the Warrant, the
name and address of the Holder hereof and the original number of Warrant Shares
purchasable upon the exercise hereof. The Warrant Register will be maintained by
the Company and will be available for inspection by the Holder at the principal
office of the Company or such other location as the Company may designate to the
Holder in the manner set forth in Section 8. The Company shall be entitled to
treat the Holder as the owner in fact thereof for all purposes and shall not be
bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in the Warrant on
the part of any other person.
6. Modification and Waiver. This Warrant and any provision hereof may be
changed, waived, discharged, or terminated only by an instrument in writing
signed by the party against which enforcement of the same is sought.
7. Notices. Any notice, request, or other document required or permitted
to be given or delivered to the Holder hereof or the Company shall be delivered
or shall be sent by certified mail, postage prepaid, as follows:
Holder: Lane Capital Markets
000 Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attn: Xxxx Xxxx
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Company: Composite Technology Corporation
0000 XxXxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attn: Xxxxxx X Xxxxxxxx
or such other address as either may from time to time provide to the
other.
8. Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial.
8.1 Governing Law. All questions concerning the construction,
interpretation and validity of this Agreement shall be governed by and construed
and enforced in accordance with the domestic laws of the State of California
without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule
(whether in the State of California or any other jurisdiction) that would cause
the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of
California. In furtherance of the foregoing, the internal law of the State of
California will control the interpretation and construction of this Agreement,
even if under such jurisdiction's choice of law or conflict of law analysis, the
substantive law of some other jurisdiction would ordinarily or necessarily
apply.
8.2 Waiver of Jury Trial. BECAUSE DISPUTES ARISING IN CONNECTION
WITH COMPLEX FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS ARE MOST QUICKLY AND ECONOMICALLY RESOLVED
BY AN EXPERIENCED AND EXPERT PERSON AND THE PARTIES WISH APPLICABLE LAWS TO
APPLY (RATHER THAN ARBITRATION RULES), THE PARTIES DESIRE THAT THEIR DISPUTES BE
RESOLVED BY A JUDGE APPLYING SUCH APPLICABLE LAWS. THEREFORE, TO ACHIEVE THE
BEST COMBINATION OF THE BENEFITS OF THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM AND OF ARBITRATION, THE
PARTIES HERETO WAIVE ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, SUIT OR
PROCEEDING BROUGHT TO ENFORCE OR DEFEND ANY RIGHTS OR REMEDIES UNDER THIS
AGREEMENT OR ANY DOCUMENTS RELATED HERETO.
9. Exchange of Warrant for Warrants.
9.1 Lost Warrant. The Company represents and warrants to the Holder
hereof that upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of
the loss, theft, destruction, or mutilation of this Warrant and, in the case of
any such loss, theft or destruction, upon receipt of an indemnity reasonably
satisfactory to the Company, or in the case of any such mutilation upon
surrender and cancellation of the Warrant, the Company will, at the Company's
expense, make and deliver a new Warrant, of like tenor, in lieu of the lost,
stolen, destroyed or mutilated Warrant.
9.2 Exchange. The Holder may exchange this Warrant at his option,
upon presentation and surrender of this Warrant to Company, for other Warrants
of different denominations, entitling the Holder to purchase in the aggregate
the same number of Warrant Shares. A Warrant may be divided or combined with
other Warrants that carry the same rights, upon presentation thereof at the
principal office of the Company, together with written notice specifying the
names and denominations in which new Warrants are to be issued and signed by the
holder thereof. In order to effect an exchange permitted by this Section 11.2,
the Holder shall deliver to the Company this Warrant accompanied by a written
request signed by the Holder specifying the number and denominations of the
Warrant or the Warrants to be issued in such exchange and the names in which the
Warrant or Warrants are to be issued. As promptly as practicable but in any
event within ten (10) Business Days of receipt of such a request, the Company
shall, without charge, issue, register and deliver to the Holder each Warrant to
be issued in such exchange.
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10. Fractional Shares. No fractional shares shall be issued upon exercise
of this Warrant. The Company shall, in lieu of issuing any fractional share, pay
the Holder entitled to such fraction a sum in cash equal to such fraction
(calculated to the nearest 1/100th of a share) multiplied by the then effective
Exercise Price on the date the Form of Subscription is received by the Company.
11. Successors and Assigns. This Warrant and the rights evidenced hereby
shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors of the Company
and the 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.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be duly
executed by its officer, thereunto duly authorized as of the date first written
above
COMPANY:
Composite Technology Corporation
a Nevada corporation
/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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By: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Its: Chief Executive Officer
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FORM OF SUBSCRIPTION
(To be signed only upon exercise of Warrant)
To: Composite Technology Corporation
The undersigned, the holder of the attached Common Stock Warrant, hereby
irrevocably elects to exercise the purchase right represented by such Warrant
for, and to purchase thereunder, ________________________ shares of Common Stock
of Composite Technology Corporation (the "Company") and herewith makes payment
of $_________ therefore.
The undersigned represents that he is acquiring such Common Stock for his own
account for investment and not with a view to or for sale in connection with any
distribution thereof.
DATED: _________________
__________________________________________
(Signature must conform in all respects to
name of Xxxxxx as specified on the face of
the Warrant)
Name: _________________________________
Title: _________________________________
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NEITHER THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE
NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THESE SECURITIES ARE EXERCISEABLE HAVE BEEN
REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE
SECURITIES LAWS. THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED
OR ASSIGNED (I) UNLESS ISSUED PURSUANT TO SECTION 1145 OF TITLE 11 OF THE UNITED
STATES CODE, U.S.C. xx.xx. 101-1330, AS AMENDED, (II) IN THE ABSENCE OF (A) AN
EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF
1933, AS AMENDED, OR (B) AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, IN A GENERALLY ACCEPTABLE FORM,
THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER SAID ACT OR (III) UNLESS SOLD PURSUANT
TO RULE 144 OR RULE 144A UNDER SAID ACT. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, THE
SECURITIES MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER
LOAN OR FINANCING ARRANGEMENT SECURED BY THE SECURITIES.
COMPOSITE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK
Warrant No.: 10-11-05-CN-LCM
Number of Shares of Common Stock: 96,774
Date of Issuance: October 12, 2005 ("Issuance Date")
Composite Technology Corporation, a Nevada corporation (the
"Company"), hereby certifies that, for good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, LANE CAPITAL MARKETS,
the registered holder hereof or its permitted assigns (the "Holder"), is
entitled, subject to the terms set forth below, to purchase from the Company, at
the Exercise Price (as defined below) then in effect, upon surrender of this
Warrant to Purchase Common Stock (including any Warrants to Purchase Common
Stock issued in exchange, transfer or replacement hereof, the "Warrant"), at any
time or times on or after the date hereof, but not after 11:59 p.m., New York
Time, on the Expiration Date (as defined below), Ninety Six Thousand Seven
Hundred Seventy-Four (96,774) fully paid nonassessable shares of Common Stock
(as defined below) (the "Warrant Shares"). Except as otherwise defined herein,
capitalized terms in this Warrant shall have the meanings set forth in Section
15.
1. EXERCISE OF WARRANT.
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(a) Mechanics of Exercise. Subject to the terms and conditions
hereof (including, without limitation, the limitations set forth in Section
1(f)), this Warrant may be exercised by the Holder on any day on or after the
date hereof, in whole or in part, by (i) delivery of a written notice, in the
form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the "Exercise Notice"), of the Holder's
election to exercise this Warrant and (ii) (A) payment to the Company of an
amount equal to the applicable Exercise Price multiplied by the number of
Warrant Shares as to which this Warrant is being exercised (the "Aggregate
Exercise Price") in cash or wire transfer of immediately available funds or (B)
by notifying the Company that this Warrant is being exercised pursuant to a
Cashless Exercise (as defined in Section 1(d)). The Holder shall not be required
to deliver the original Warrant in order to effect an exercise hereunder.
Execution and delivery of the Exercise Notice with respect to less than all of
the Warrant Shares shall have the same effect as cancellation of the original
Warrant and issuance of a new Warrant evidencing the right to purchase the
remaining number of Warrant Shares. On or before the first Business Day
following the date on which the Company has received each of the Exercise Notice
and the Aggregate Exercise Price (or notice of a Cashless Exercise) (the
"Exercise Delivery Documents"), the Company shall transmit by facsimile an
acknowledgment of confirmation of receipt of the Exercise Delivery Documents to
the Holder and the Company's transfer agent (the "Transfer Agent"). On or before
the third Business Day following the date on which the Company has received all
of the Exercise Delivery Documents (the "Share Delivery Date"), the Company
shall (X) provided that the Transfer Agent is participating in The Depository
Trust Company ("DTC") Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, upon the
request of the Holder, credit such aggregate number of shares of Common Stock to
which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise to the Holder's or its
designee's balance account with DTC through its Deposit Withdrawal Agent
Commission system, or (Y) if the Transfer Agent is not participating in the DTC
Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, issue and dispatch by overnight
courier to the address as specified in the Exercise Notice, a certificate,
registered in the Company's share register in the name of the Holder or its
designee, for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is
entitled pursuant to such exercise. Upon delivery of the Exercise Notice and
Aggregate Exercise Price referred to in clause (ii)(A) above or notification to
the Company of a Cashless Exercise referred to in Section 1(d), the Holder shall
be deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the holder of record of the
Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been exercised,
irrespective of the date of delivery of the certificates evidencing such Warrant
Shares. If this Warrant is submitted in connection with any exercise pursuant to
this Section 1(a) and the number of Warrant Shares represented by this Warrant
submitted for exercise is greater than the number of Warrant Shares being
acquired upon an exercise, then the Company shall as soon as practicable and in
no event later than three Business Days after any exercise and at its own
expense, issue a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 7(d)) representing the
right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares purchasable immediately prior to
such exercise under this Warrant, less the number of Warrant Shares with respect
to which this Warrant is exercised. No fractional shares of Common Stock are to
be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant, but rather the number of shares of
Common Stock to be issued shall be rounded up to the nearest whole number. The
Company shall pay any and all taxes which may be payable with respect to the
issuance and delivery of Warrant Shares upon exercise of this Warrant.
(b) Exercise Price. For purposes of this Warrant, "Exercise
Price" means $1.78, subject to adjustment as provided herein.
(c) Company's Failure to Timely Deliver Securities. If the
Company shall fail for any reason or for no reason to issue to the Holder within
three (3) Business Days of receipt of the Exercise Delivery Documents, a
certificate for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is
entitled and register such shares of Common Stock on the Company's share
register or to credit the Holder's balance account with DTC for such number of
shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder's
exercise of this Warrant, then, in addition to all other remedies available to
the Holder, and on or after such Trading Day the Holder purchases (in an open
market transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver in
satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of shares of Common Stock issuable upon
such exercise that the Holder anticipated receiving from the Company (a
"Buy-In"), then the Company shall, within three (3) Business Days after the
Holder's request and in the Holder's discretion, either (i) pay cash to the
Holder in an amount equal to the Holder's total purchase price (including
brokerage commissions, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased (the
"Buy-In Price"), at which point the Company's obligation to deliver such
certificate (and to issue such shares of Common Stock) shall terminate, or (ii)
promptly honor its obligation to deliver to the Holder a certificate or
certificates representing such shares of Common Stock and pay cash to the Holder
in an amount equal to the excess (if any) of the Buy-In Price over the product
of (A) the number of shares of Common Stock purchased in the Buy-In, times (B)
the actual sale price at the time of the sale (excluding brokerage commissions,
if any) giving rise to the Buy-In purchase obligation.
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(d) Cashless Exercise. Notwithstanding anything contained
herein to the contrary, if at any time after 120 days after the effective date
of the Plan, any Warrant Shares cannot be issued pursuant to Section 1145 of the
Bankruptcy Code (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) and a
registration statement covering the Warrant Shares that are the subject of an
Exercise Notice (the "Unavailable Warrant Shares") is not available for the
resale of such Unavailable Warrant Shares at the time of exercise, the Holder
may, in its sole discretion, exercise this Warrant in whole or in part and, in
lieu of making the cash payment otherwise contemplated to be made to the Company
upon such exercise in payment of the Aggregate Exercise Price, elect instead to
receive upon such exercise the "Net Number" of shares of Common Stock determined
according to the following formula (a "Cashless Exercise"):
Net Number = (A x B) - (A x C)
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B
For purposes of the foregoing formula:
A= the total number of shares with respect to which this
Warrant is then being exercised.
B= the Closing Sale Price of the shares of Common Stock (as
reported by Bloomberg) on the date immediately preceding the
date of the Exercise Notice.
C= the Exercise Price then in effect for the applicable
Warrant Shares at the time of such exercise.
(e) Disputes. In the case of a dispute as to the determination
of the Exercise Price or the arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares, the
Company shall promptly issue to the Holder the number of Warrant Shares that are
not disputed and resolve such dispute in accordance with Section 12.
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(f) Limitations on Exercises; Beneficial Ownership. The
Company shall not effect the exercise of this Warrant, and the Holder shall not
have the right to exercise this Warrant, to the extent that after giving effect
to such exercise, such Person (together with such Person's affiliates) would
beneficially own in excess of 4.99% of the shares of Common Stock outstanding
immediately after giving effect to such exercise. For purposes of the foregoing
sentence, the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by
such Person 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 shares of Common
Stock which would be issuable upon (i) exercise of the remaining, unexercised
portion of this Warrant beneficially owned by such Person and its affiliates and
(ii) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or unconverted portion of any
other securities of the Company beneficially owned by such Person and its
affiliates (including, without limitation, any convertible notes or convertible
preferred stock or warrants) subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise
analogous to the limitation contained herein. Except as set forth in the
preceding sentence, for purposes of this paragraph, beneficial ownership shall
be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended. For purposes of this Warrant, 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 (1) the Company's most recent
Form 10-KSB, Form 10-QSB, Current Report on Form 8-K or other public filing with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, as the case may be, (2) a more recent
public announcement by the Company or (3) any other notice by the Company or the
Transfer Agent setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding.
For any reason at any time, upon the written or oral request of the Holder, the
Company shall within two Business 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 the
SPA Securities and the SPA Warrants, by the Holder and its affiliates since the
date as of which such number of outstanding shares of Common Stock was reported.
By written notice to the Company, the Holder may increase or decrease the
Maximum Percentage to any other percentage not in excess of 9.99% specified in
such notice; provided that (i) any such increase will not be effective until the
sixty-first (61st) day after such notice is delivered to the Company, and (ii)
any such increase or decrease will apply only to the Holder and not to any other
holder of SPA Warrants.
2. ADJUSTMENT OF EXERCISE PRICE AND NUMBER OF WARRANT SHARES. The
Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares shall be adjusted from time to
time as follows:
(a) Adjustment upon Issuance of shares of Common Stock. If and
whenever on or after the Subscription Date the Company issues or sells, or in
accordance with this Section 2 is deemed to have issued or sold, any shares of
Common Stock (including the issuance or sale of shares of Common Stock owned or
held by or for the account of the Company, but excluding shares of Common Stock
deemed to have been issued by the Company in connection with any Excluded
Securities (as defined in the SPA Securities) for a consideration per share (the
"New Issuance Price") less than a price (the "Applicable Price") equal to the
Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such issue or sale or deemed
issuance or sale (the foregoing a "Dilutive Issuance"), then (1) if the Dilutive
Issuance occurred from the initial Issuance Date until the 15 month anniversary
of the initial Issuance Date, immediately after such Dilutive Issuance, the
Exercise Price then in effect shall be reduced to an amount equal to 115% of the
New Issuance Price or (2) if the Dilutive Issuance occurred after the 15 month
anniversary of the initial Issuance Date, immediately after such Dilutive
Issuance, the Exercise Price shall be adjusted to an amount equal to 115% of the
product of (A) the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such Dilutive
Issuance and (B) the quotient determined by dividing (1) the sum of (I) the
product derived by multiplying the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to
such Dilutive Issuance and the number of Common Stock Deemed Outstanding
immediately prior to such Dilutive Issuance plus (II) the consideration, if any,
received by the Company upon such Dilutive Issuance, by (2) the product derived
by multiplying (I) the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such
Dilutive Issuance by (II) the number of Common Stock Deemed Outstanding
immediately after such Dilutive Issuance; provided, that the Exercise Price
shall never be increased pursuant to the terms of this Section 2(a). Upon each
such adjustment of the Exercise Price hereunder, the number of Warrant Shares
shall be adjusted to the number of shares of Common Stock determined by
multiplying the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment by
the number of Warrant Shares acquirable upon exercise of this Warrant
immediately prior to such adjustment and dividing the product thereof by the
Exercise Price resulting from such adjustment. For purposes of determining the
adjusted Exercise Price under this Section 2(a), the following shall be
applicable:
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(i) Issuance of Options. If the Company in any manner grants
any Options (other than Exluded Securities) and the lowest price per share for
which one share of shares of Common Stock is issuable upon the exercise of any
such Option or upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible
Securities issuable upon exercise of any such Option is less than the Applicable
Price, then such shares of Common Stock shall be deemed to be outstanding and to
have been issued and sold by the Company at the time of the granting or sale of
such Option for such price per share. For purposes of this Section 2(a)(i), the
"lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon
exercise of such Options or upon conversion, exercise or exchange of such
Convertible Securities" shall be equal to the sum of the lowest amounts of
consideration (if any) received or receivable by the Company with respect to any
one share of Common Stock upon the granting or sale of the Option, upon exercise
of the Option and upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible
Security issuable upon exercise of such Option. No further adjustment of the
Exercise Price or number of Warrant Shares shall be made upon the actual
issuance of such shares of Common Stock or of such Convertible Securities upon
the exercise of such Options or upon the actual issuance of such shares of
Common Stock upon conversion, exercise or exchange of such Convertible
Securities.
(ii) Issuance of Convertible Securities. If the Company in any
manner issues or sells any Convertible Securities (other than Excluded
Securities) and the lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock
is issuable upon the conversion, exercise or exchange thereof is less than the
Applicable Price, then such share of Common Stock shall be deemed to be
outstanding and to have been issued and sold by the Company at the time of the
issuance or sale of such Convertible Securities for such price per share. For
the purposes of this Section 2(a)(ii), the "lowest price per share for which one
share of Common Stock is issuable upon the conversion, exercise or exchange"
shall be equal to the sum of the lowest amounts of consideration (if any)
received or receivable by the Company with respect to one share of Common Stock
upon the issuance or sale of the Convertible Security and upon conversion,
exercise or exchange of such Convertible Security. No further adjustment of the
Exercise Price shall be made upon the actual issuance of such shares of Common
Stock upon conversion, exercise or exchange of such Convertible Securities, and
if any such issue or sale of such Convertible Securities is made upon exercise
of any Options for which adjustment of this Warrant has been or is to be made
pursuant to other provisions of this Section 2(a), no further adjustment of the
Exercise Price shall be made by reason of such issue or sale.
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(iii) Change in Option Price or Rate of Conversion. If the
purchase price provided for in any Options (other than Excluded Securities), the
additional consideration, if any, payable upon the issue, conversion, exercise
or exchange of any Convertible Securities, or the rate at which any Convertible
Securities (other than Excluded Securities) are convertible into or exercisable
or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock increases or decreases at any time,
the Exercise Price in effect at the time of such increase or decrease shall be
adjusted to the Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares which would have
been in effect at such time had such Options or Convertible Securities provided
for such increased or decreased purchase price, additional consideration or
increased or decreased conversion rate, as the case may be, at the time
initially granted, issued or sold. For purposes of this Section 2(a)(iii), if
the terms of any Option or Convertible Security that was outstanding as of the
date of issuance of this Warrant are increased or decreased in the manner
described in the immediately preceding sentence, then such Option or Convertible
Security and the shares of Common Stock deemed issuable upon exercise,
conversion or exchange thereof shall be deemed to have been issued as of the
date of such increase or decrease. No adjustment pursuant to this Section 2(a)
shall be made if such adjustment would result in an increase of the Exercise
Price then in effect or a decrease in the number of Warrant Shares.
(iv) Calculation of Consideration Received. In case any Option
is issued in connection with the issue or sale of other securities of the
Company, together comprising one integrated transaction in which no specific
consideration is allocated to such Options by the parties thereto, the Options
will be deemed to have been issued for a consideration of $0.01. If any shares
of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities are issued or sold or deemed
to have been issued or sold for cash, the consideration received therefor will
be deemed to be the net amount received by the Company therefor. If any shares
of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities are issued or sold for a
consideration other than cash, the amount of such consideration received by the
Company will be the fair value of such consideration, except where such
consideration consists of securities, in which case the amount of consideration
received by the Company will be the Closing Sale Price of such security on the
date of receipt. If any shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible
Securities are issued to the owners of the non-surviving entity in connection
with any merger in which the Company is the surviving entity, the amount of
consideration therefor will be deemed to be the fair value of such portion of
the net assets and business of the non-surviving entity as is attributable to
such shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities, as the case may
be. The fair value of any consideration other than cash or securities will be
determined jointly by the Company and the Required Holders. If such parties are
unable to reach agreement within ten (10) days after the occurrence of an event
requiring valuation (the "Valuation Event"), the fair value of such
consideration will be determined within five (5) Business Days after the tenth
day following the Valuation Event by an independent, reputable appraiser jointly
selected by the Company and the Required Holders. The determination of such
appraiser shall be final and binding upon all parties absent manifest error and
the fees and expenses of such appraiser shall be borne by the Company.
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(v) Record Date. If the Company takes a record of the holders
of shares of Common Stock for the purpose of entitling them (A) to receive a
dividend or other distribution payable in shares of Common Stock, Options or in
Convertible Securities or (B) to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common
Stock, Options or Convertible Securities, then such record date will be deemed
to be the date of the issue or sale of the shares of Common Stock deemed to have
been issued or sold upon the declaration of such dividend or the making of such
other distribution or the date of the granting of such right of subscription or
purchase, as the case may be.
(b) Adjustment upon Subdivision or Combination of shares of
Common Stock. If the Company at any time on or after the Subscription Date
subdivides (by any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization or otherwise)
one or more classes of its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater
number of shares, the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such
subdivision will be proportionately reduced and the number of Warrant Shares
will be proportionately increased. If the Company at any time on or after the
Subscription Date combines (by combination, reverse stock split or otherwise)
one or more classes of its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller
number of shares, the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such
combination will be proportionately increased and the number of Warrant Shares
will be proportionately decreased. Any adjustment under this Section 2(b) shall
become effective at the close of business on the date the subdivision or
combination becomes effective.
(c) Other Events. If any event occurs of the type contemplated
by the provisions of this Section 2 but not expressly provided for by such
provisions (including, without limitation, the granting of stock appreciation
rights, phantom stock rights or other rights with equity features), then the
Company's Board of Directors will make an appropriate adjustment in the Exercise
Price and the number of Warrant Shares so as to protect the rights of the
Holder; provided that no such adjustment pursuant to this Section 2(c) will
increase the Exercise Price or decrease the number of Warrant Shares as
otherwise determined pursuant to this Section 2.
3. RIGHTS UPON DISTRIBUTION OF ASSETS. Other than events
contemplated in Section 2(b), if the Company shall declare or make any dividend
or other distribution of its assets (or rights to acquire its assets) to holders
of shares of Common Stock, by way of return of capital or otherwise (including,
without limitation, any distribution of cash, stock or other securities,
property or options by way of a dividend, spin off, reclassification, corporate
rearrangement, scheme of arrangement or other similar transaction) (a
"Distribution"), at any time after the issuance of this Warrant, then, in each
such case:
(a) any Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to the
close of business on the record date fixed for the determination of holders of
shares of Common Stock entitled to receive the Distribution shall be reduced,
effective as of the close of business on such record date, to a price determined
by multiplying such Exercise Price by a fraction of which (i) the numerator
shall be the Closing Bid Price of the shares of Common Stock on the trading day
immediately preceding such record date minus the value of the Distribution (as
determined in good faith by the Company's Board of Directors) applicable to one
share of Common Stock, and (ii) the denominator shall be the Closing Bid Price
of the shares of Common Stock on the trading day immediately preceding such
record date; and
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(b) the number of Warrant Shares shall be increased to a
number of shares equal to the number of shares of Common Stock obtainable
immediately prior to the close of business on the record date fixed for the
determination of holders of shares of Common Stock entitled to receive the
Distribution multiplied by the reciprocal of the fraction set forth in the
immediately preceding paragraph (a); provided that in the event that the
Distribution is of shares of Common Stock (or common stock) ("Other Shares of
Common Stock") of a company whose common shares are traded on a national
securities exchange or a national automated quotation system, then the Holder
may elect to receive a warrant to purchase Other Shares of Common Stock in lieu
of an increase in the number of Warrant Shares, the terms of which shall be
identical to those of this Warrant, except that such warrant shall be
exercisable into the number of shares of Other Shares of Common Stock that would
have been payable to the Holder pursuant to the Distribution had the Holder
exercised this Warrant immediately prior to such record date and with an
aggregate exercise price equal to the product of the amount by which the
exercise price of this Warrant was decreased with respect to the Distribution
pursuant to the terms of the immediately preceding paragraph (a) and the number
of Warrant Shares calculated in accordance with the first part of this paragraph
(b).
4. PURCHASE RIGHTS; FUNDAMENTAL TRANSACTIONS.
(a) Purchase Rights. In addition to any adjustments pursuant
to Section 2 above, if at any time the Company grants, issues or sells any
Options, Convertible Securities or rights to purchase stock, warrants,
securities or other property pro rata to the record holders of any class of
shares of Common Stock (the "Purchase Rights"), then the Holder will be entitled
to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate
Purchase Rights which the Holder could have acquired if the Holder had held the
number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete exercise of this
Warrant (without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant)
immediately before the date on which a record is taken for the grant, issuance
or sale of such Purchase Rights, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of
which the record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the
grant, issue or sale of such Purchase Rights.
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(b) Fundamental Transactions. The Company shall not enter into
or be party to a Fundamental Transaction unless (i) the Successor Entity assumes
in writing all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant and the
other Transaction Documents in accordance with the provisions of this Section
(4)(b) pursuant to written agreements in form and substance satisfactory to the
Required Holders and approved by the Required Holders prior to such Fundamental
Transaction, including agreements to deliver to each holder of Warrants in
exchange for such Warrants a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a
written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to this Warrant,
including, without limitation, an adjusted exercise price equal to the value for
the shares of Common Stock reflected by the terms of such Fundamental
Transaction, and exercisable for a corresponding number of shares of capital
stock equivalent to the shares of Common Stock acquirable and receivable upon
exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on the exercise of
this Warrant) prior to such Fundamental Transaction, and satisfactory to the
Required Holders and (ii) subject to Section 4(a) below, the Successor Entity
(including its Parent Entity) is a publicly traded corporation whose common
stock is quoted on or listed for trading on an Eligible Market (a "Public
Successor"). Upon the occurrence of any Fundamental Transaction, the Successor
Entity shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date
of such Fundamental Transaction, the provisions of this Warrant referring to the
"Company" shall refer instead to the Successor Entity), and may exercise every
right and power of the Company and shall assume all of the obligations of the
Company under this Warrant with the same effect as if such Successor Entity had
been named as the Company herein. Upon consummation of the Fundamental
Transaction, the Successor Entity shall deliver to the Holder confirmation that
there shall be issued upon exercise of this Warrant at any time after the
consummation of the Fundamental Transaction, in lieu of the shares of the Common
Stock (or other securities, cash, assets or other property) purchasable upon the
exercise of the Warrant prior to such Fundamental Transaction, such shares of
stock, securities, cash, assets or any other property whatsoever (including
warrants or other purchase or subscription rights) which the Holder would have
been entitled to receive upon the happening of such Fundamental Transaction had
this Warrant been converted immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction,
as adjusted in accordance with the provisions of this Warrant. In addition to
and not in substitution for any other rights hereunder, prior to the
consummation of any Fundamental Transaction pursuant to which holders of shares
of Common Stock are entitled to receive securities or other assets with respect
to or in exchange for shares of Common Stock (a "Corporate Event"), the Company
shall make appropriate provision to insure that the Holder will thereafter have
the right to receive upon an exercise of this Warrant at any time after the
consummation of the Fundamental Transaction but prior to the Expiration Date, in
lieu of the shares of the Common Stock (or other securities, cash, assets or
other property) purchasable upon the exercise of the Warrant prior to such
Fundamental Transaction, such shares of stock, securities, cash, assets or any
other property whatsoever (including warrants or other purchase or subscription
rights) which the Holder would have been entitled to receive upon the happening
of such Fundamental Transaction had the Warrant been exercised immediately prior
to such Fundamental Transaction. Provision made pursuant to the preceding
sentence shall be in a form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Required Holders. The provisions of this Section shall apply similarly and
equally to successive Fundamental Transactions and Corporate Events and shall be
applied without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing and the provisions of
Section 4(b) above, in the event of a Fundamental Transaction where the
Successor Entity is not a Public Successor, if the Holder has not exercised the
Warrant in full prior to the consummation of the Fundamental Transaction, then
the Company may enter into a Fundamental Transaction pursuant to which the
Holder shall receive, simultaneously with the consummation of the Fundamental
Transaction, in lieu of the warrant referred to in Section 4(b) cash in the
amount equal to the value of the remaining unexercised portion of this Warrant
on the date of such consummation, which value shall be determined by use of the
Black and Scholes Option Pricing Model reflecting (A) a risk-free interest rate
corresponding to the U.S. Treasury rate for a period equal to the remaining term
of this Warrant as of such date of request and (B) an expected volatility equal
to the greater of 60% and the 100 day volatility obtained from the HVT function
on Bloomberg.
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5. NONCIRCUMVENTION. The Company hereby covenants and agrees that
the Company will not, by amendment of its Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws or
through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, scheme of
arrangement, 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, and will at all times in good faith carry out all the
provisions of this Warrant and take all action as may be required to protect the
rights of the Holder. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
Company (i) shall not increase the par value of any shares of Common Stock
receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant above the Exercise Price then in
effect, (ii) shall take all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate in
order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and
nonassessable shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of this Warrant, and
(iii) shall, so long as any of the SPA Warrants are outstanding, take all action
necessary to reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued
shares of Common Stock, solely for the purpose of effecting the exercise of the
SPA Warrants, 130% of the number of shares of Common Stock as shall from time to
time be necessary to effect the exercise of the SPA Warrants then outstanding
(without regard to any limitations on exercise).
6. WARRANT HOLDER NOT DEEMED A STOCKHOLDER. Except as otherwise
specifically provided herein, the Holder, solely in such Person's capacity as a
holder of this Warrant, shall not be entitled to vote or receive dividends or be
deemed the holder of share capital of the Company for any purpose, nor shall
anything contained in this Warrant be construed to confer upon the Holder,
solely in such Person's capacity as the Holder of this Warrant, any of the
rights of a shareholder of the Company or any right to vote, give or withhold
consent to any corporate action (whether any reorganization, issue of stock,
reclassification of stock, consolidation, merger, conveyance or otherwise),
receive notice of meetings, receive dividends or subscription rights, or
otherwise, prior to the issuance to the Holder of the Warrant Shares which such
Person is then entitled to receive upon the due exercise of this Warrant. In
addition, nothing contained in this Warrant shall be construed as imposing any
liabilities on the Holder to purchase any securities (upon exercise of this
Warrant or otherwise) or as a shareholder of the Company, whether such
liabilities are asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company.
Notwithstanding this Section 6, the Company shall provide the Holder with copies
of the same notices and other information given to the shareholders of the
Company generally, contemporaneously with the giving thereof to the
shareholders.
7. REISSUANCE OF WARRANTS.
(a) Transfer of Warrant. If this Warrant is to be transferred,
the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company, whereupon the Company
will forthwith issue and deliver upon the order of the Holder a new Warrant (in
accordance with Section 7(d)), registered as the Holder may request,
representing the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares being
transferred by the Holder and, if less then the total number of Warrant Shares
then underlying this Warrant is being transferred, a new Warrant (in accordance
with Section 7(d)) to the Holder representing the right to purchase the number
of Warrant Shares not being transferred. Applicable transfer taxes, if any,
shall be paid by the Holder.
(b) Lost, Stolen or Mutilated Warrant. Upon receipt by the
Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft,
destruction or mutilation of this Warrant, and, in the case of loss, theft or
destruction, of any indemnification undertaking by the Holder to the Company in
customary form and, in the case of mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation
of this Warrant, the Company shall execute and deliver to the Holder a new
Warrant (in accordance with Section 7(d)) representing the right to purchase the
Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant.
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(c) Exchangeable for Multiple Warrants. This Warrant is
exchangeable, upon the surrender hereof by the Holder at the principal office of
the Company, for a new Warrant or Warrants (in accordance with Section 7(d))
representing in the aggregate the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares
then underlying this Warrant, and each such new Warrant will represent the right
to purchase such portion of such Warrant Shares as is designated by the Holder
at the time of such surrender; provided, however, that no Warrants for
fractional shares of Common Stock shall be given.
(d) Issuance of New Warrants. Whenever the Company is required
to issue a new Warrant pursuant to the terms of this Warrant, such new Warrant
(i) shall be of like tenor with this Warrant, (ii) shall represent, as indicated
on the face of such new Warrant, the right to purchase the Warrant Shares then
underlying this Warrant (or in the case of a new Warrant being issued pursuant
to Section 7(a) or Section 7(c), the Warrant Shares designated by the Holder
which, when added to the number of shares of Common Stock underlying the other
new Warrants issued in connection with such issuance, does not exceed the number
of Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant), (iii) shall have an issuance
date, as indicated on the face of such new Warrant which is the same as the
Issuance Date, and (iv) shall have the same rights and conditions as this
Warrant.
8. NOTICES. Whenever notice is required to be given under this
Warrant, unless otherwise provided herein, such notice shall be given in
accordance with Section 9(f) of the Securities Purchase Agreement. The Company
shall provide the Holder with prompt written notice of all actions taken
pursuant to this Warrant, including in reasonable detail a description of such
action and the reason therefore. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the Company will give written notice to the Holder (i) immediately
upon any adjustment of the Exercise Price, setting forth in reasonable detail,
and certifying, the calculation of such adjustment and (ii) at least fifteen
days prior to the date on which the Company closes its books or takes a record
(A) with respect to any dividend or distribution upon the shares of Common
Stock, (B) with respect to any grants, issuances or sales of any Options,
Convertible Securities or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or
other property to holders of shares of Common Stock or (C) for determining
rights to vote with respect to any Fundamental Transaction, dissolution or
liquidation, provided in each case that such information shall be made known to
the public prior to or in conjunction with such notice being provided to the
Holder.
9. AMENDMENT AND WAIVER. Except as otherwise provided herein, the
provisions of this Warrant may be amended and the Company may take any action
herein prohibited, or omit to perform any act herein required to be performed by
it, only if the Company has obtained the written consent of the Required
Holders; provided that no such action may increase the exercise price of any SPA
Warrant or decrease the number of shares or class of stock obtainable upon
exercise of any SPA Warrant without the written consent of the Holder. No such
amendment shall be effective to the extent that it applies to less than all of
the holders of the SPA Warrants then outstanding.
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10. GOVERNING LAW. This Warrant shall be governed by and construed
and enforced in accordance with, and all questions concerning the construction,
validity, interpretation and performance of this Warrant shall be governed by,
the internal laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice
of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of New York or
any other jurisdictions) that would cause the application of the laws of any
jurisdictions other than the State of New York.
11. CONSTRUCTION; HEADINGS. This Warrant shall be deemed to be
jointly drafted by the Company and all the Buyers and shall not be construed
against any person as the drafter hereof. The headings of this Warrant are for
convenience of reference and shall not form part of, or affect the
interpretation of, this Warrant.
12. DISPUTE RESOLUTION. In the case of a dispute as to the
determination of the Exercise Price or the arithmetic calculation of the Warrant
Shares, the Company shall submit the disputed determinations or arithmetic
calculations via facsimile within two Business Days of receipt of the Exercise
Notice giving rise to such dispute, as the case may be, to the Holder. If the
Holder and the Company are unable to agree upon such determination or
calculation of the Exercise Price or the Warrant Shares within three Business
Days of such disputed determination or arithmetic calculation being submitted to
the Holder, then the Company shall, within two Business Days submit via
facsimile (a) the disputed determination of the Exercise Price to an
independent, reputable investment bank selected by the Company and approved by
the Holder or (b) the disputed arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares to
the Company's independent, outside accountant. The Company shall cause at its
expense the investment bank or the accountant, as the case may be, to perform
the determinations or calculations and notify the Company and the Holder of the
results no later than ten Business Days from the time it receives the disputed
determinations or calculations. Such investment bank's or accountant's
determination or calculation, as the case may be, shall be binding upon all
parties absent demonstrable error.
13. REMEDIES, OTHER OBLIGATIONS, BREACHES AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF. The
remedies provided in this Warrant shall be cumulative and in addition to all
other remedies available under this Warrant and the other Transaction Documents,
at law or in equity (including a decree of specific performance and/or other
injunctive relief), and nothing herein shall limit the right of the Holder right
to pursue actual damages for any failure by the Company to comply with the terms
of this Warrant. The Company acknowledges that a breach by it of its obligations
hereunder will cause irreparable harm to the Holder and that the remedy at law
for any such breach may be inadequate. The Company therefore agrees that, in the
event of any such breach or threatened breach, the holder of this Warrant shall
be entitled, in addition to all other available remedies, to an injunction
restraining any breach, without the necessity of showing economic loss and
without any bond or other security being required.
14. TRANSFER. This Warrant may be offered for sale, sold,
transferred or assigned without the consent of the Company, except as may
otherwise be required by Section 2(f) of the Securities Purchase Agreement.
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15. CERTAIN DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this Warrant, the following
terms shall have the following meanings:
(a) "Bloomberg" means Bloomberg Financial Markets.
(b) "Business Day" means any day other than Saturday, Sunday
or other day on which commercial banks in The City of New York are authorized or
required by law to remain closed.
(c) "Closing Bid Price" and "Closing Sale Price" means, for
any security as of any date, the last closing bid price and last closing trade
price, respectively, for such security on the Principal Market, as reported by
Bloomberg, or, if the Principal Market begins to operate on an extended hours
basis and does not designate the closing bid price or the closing trade price,
as the case may be, then the last bid price or last trade price, respectively,
of such security prior to 4:00:00 p.m., New York Time, as reported by Bloomberg,
or, if the Principal Market is not the principal securities exchange or trading
market for such security, the last closing bid price or last trade price,
respectively, of such security on the principal securities exchange or trading
market where such security is listed or traded as reported by Bloomberg, or if
the foregoing do not apply, the last closing bid price or last trade price,
respectively, of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic
bulletin board for such security as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no closing bid
price or last trade price, respectively, is reported for such security by
Bloomberg, the average of the bid prices, or the ask prices, respectively, of
any market makers for such security as reported in the "pink sheets" by Pink
Sheets LLC (formerly the National Quotation Bureau, Inc.). If the Closing Bid
Price or the Closing Sale Price cannot be calculated for a security on a
particular date on any of the foregoing bases, the Closing Bid Price or the
Closing Sale Price, as the case may be, of such security on such date shall be
the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company and the Holder. If
the Company and the Holder are unable to agree upon the fair market value of
such security, then such dispute shall be resolved pursuant to Section 12. All
such determinations to be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock
split, stock combination or other similar transaction during the applicable
calculation period.
(d) "Common Stock" means (i) the Company's shares of Common
Stock, par value $0.001 per share, and (ii) any share capital into which such
Common Stock shall have been changed or any share capital resulting from a
reclassification of such Common Stock.
(e) "Common Stock Deemed Outstanding" means, at any given
time, the number of shares of Common Stock actually outstanding at such time,
plus the number of shares of Common Stock deemed to be outstanding pursuant to
Sections 2(a)(i) and 2(a)(ii) hereof regardless of whether the Options or
Convertible Securities are actually exercisable at such time, but excluding any
shares of Common Stock owned or held by or for the account of the Company or
issuable upon conversion and exercise, as applicable, of the SPA Securities and
the Warrants.
(f) "Convertible Securities" means any stock or securities
(other than Options) directly or indirectly convertible into or exercisable or
exchangeable for shares of Common Stock.
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(g) "Eligible Market" means the Principal Market, the American
Stock Exchange, The New York Stock Exchange, Inc., the Nasdaq National Market or
The Nasdaq SmallCap Market.
(h) "Expiration Date" means the date thirty-six months after
the Issuance Date or, if such date falls on a day other than a Business Day or
on which trading does not take place on the Principal Market (a "Holiday"), the
next date that is not a Holiday.
(i) "Fundamental Transaction" means that the Company shall,
directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions, (i) consolidate or
merge with or into (whether or not the Company is the surviving corporation)
another Person, or (ii) sell, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of
all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company to another
Person, or (iii) allow another Person to make a purchase, tender or exchange
offer that is accepted by the holders of more than the 50% of either the
outstanding shares of Common Stock (not including any shares of Common Stock
held by the Person or Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated
with the Persons making or party to, such purchase, tender or exchange offer),
or (iv) consummate a stock purchase agreement or other business combination
(including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off or
scheme of arrangement) with another Person whereby such other Person acquires
more than the 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (not including any
shares of Common Stock held by the other Person or other Persons making or party
to, or associated or affiliated with the other Persons making or party to, such
stock purchase agreement or other business combination), or (v) reorganize,
recapitalize or reclassify its Common Stock (other than a forward or reverse
stock split).
(j) "Options" means any rights, warrants or options to
subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock or Convertible Securities.
(k) "Parent Entity" of a Person means an entity that, directly
or indirectly, controls the applicable Person and whose common stock or
equivalent equity security is quoted or listed on an Eligible Market, or, if
there is more than one such Person or Parent Entity, the Person or Parent Entity
with the largest public market capitalization as of the date of consummation of
the Fundamental Transaction.
(l) "Person" means an individual, a limited liability company,
a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, a trust, an unincorporated
organization, any other entity and a government or any department or agency
thereof.
(m) "Principal Market" means the OTC Bulletin Board.
(n) "Registration Rights Agreement" means that certain
registration rights agreement by and among the Company and the Buyers.
(o) "Required Holders" means the holders of the SPA Warrants
representing at least a majority of shares of Common Stock underlying the SPA
Warrants then outstanding.
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(p) "SPA Securities" means the Notes issued pursuant to the
Securities Purchase Agreement.
(q) "Successor Entity" means the Person (or, if so elected by
the Required Holders, the Parent Entity) formed by, resulting from or surviving
any Fundamental Transaction or the Person (or, if so elected by the Required
Holders, the Parent Entity) with which such Fundamental Transaction shall have
been entered into.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to Purchase Common
Stock to be duly executed as of the Issuance Date set out above.
COMPOSITE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Chief Executive Officer
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EXHIBIT A
EXERCISE NOTICE
TO BE EXECUTED BY THE REGISTERED HOLDER TO EXERCISE THIS
WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK
COMPOSITE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
The undersigned holder hereby exercises the right to purchase
_________________ of the shares of Common Stock ("Warrant Shares") of Composite
Technology Corporation, a Nevada corporation (the "Company"), evidenced by the
attached Warrant to Purchase Common Stock (the "Warrant"). Capitalized terms
used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings set
forth in the Warrant.
1. Form of Exercise Price. The Holder intends that payment of the Exercise
Price shall be made as:
____________ a "Cash Exercise" with respect to _________________ Warrant
Shares; and/or
____________ a "Cashless Exercise" with respect to _______________ Warrant
Shares.
2. Payment of Exercise Price. In the event that the holder has elected a
Cash Exercise with respect to some or all of the Warrant Shares to be issued
pursuant hereto, the holder shall pay the Aggregate Exercise Price in the sum of
$___________________ to the Company in accordance with the terms of the Warrant.
3. Delivery of Warrant Shares. The Company shall deliver to the holder
__________ Warrant Shares in accordance with the terms of the Warrant.
4. The undersigned holder hereby represents and warrants that after giving
effect to the exercise of the Warrant contemplated by this Exercise Notice, such
holder will not be in violation of the beneficial ownership limits specified in
Section 1(f) of the Warrant, as increased or decreased pursuant to terms
contained therein.
Date: _______________ __, ______
________________________________
Name of Registered Holder
By:_____________________________
Name:
Title:
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The Company hereby acknowledges this Exercise Notice and hereby directs
[Insert Name of Transfer Agent] to issue the above indicated number of shares of
Common Stock in accordance with the Transfer Agent Instructions dated September
__, 2005 from the Company and acknowledged and agreed to by [Insert Name of
Transfer Agent].
COMPOSITE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
By:
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Name:
Title:
NEITHER THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE
NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THESE SECURITIES ARE EXERCISEABLE HAVE BEEN
REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE
SECURITIES LAWS. THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED
OR ASSIGNED (I) UNLESS ISSUED PURSUANT TO SECTION 1145 OF TITLE 11 OF THE UNITED
STATES CODE, U.S.C. xx.xx. 101-1330, AS AMENDED, (II) IN THE ABSENCE OF (A) AN
EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF
1933, AS AMENDED, OR (B) AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, IN A GENERALLY ACCEPTABLE FORM,
THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER SAID ACT OR (III) UNLESS SOLD PURSUANT
TO RULE 144 OR RULE 144A UNDER SAID ACT. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, THE
SECURITIES MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER
LOAN OR FINANCING ARRANGEMENT SECURED BY THE SECURITIES.
COMPOSITE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK
Warrant No.: 10-11-05-CN-LCM
Number of Shares of Common Stock: 96,774
Date of Issuance: October 12, 2005 ("Issuance Date")
Composite Technology Corporation, a Nevada corporation (the
"Company"), hereby certifies that, for good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, LANE CAPITAL MARKETS,
the registered holder hereof or its permitted assigns (the "Holder"), is
entitled, subject to the terms set forth below, to purchase from the Company, at
the Exercise Price (as defined below) then in effect, upon surrender of this
Warrant to Purchase Common Stock (including any Warrants to Purchase Common
Stock issued in exchange, transfer or replacement hereof, the "Warrant"), at any
time or times on or after the date hereof, but not after 11:59 p.m., New York
Time, on the Expiration Date (as defined below), Ninety Six Thousand Seven
Hundred Seventy-Four (96,774) fully paid nonassessable shares of Common Stock
(as defined below) (the "Warrant Shares"). Except as otherwise defined herein,
capitalized terms in this Warrant shall have the meanings set forth in Section
15.
1. EXERCISE OF WARRANT.
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(a) Mechanics of Exercise. Subject to the terms and conditions
hereof (including, without limitation, the limitations set forth in Section
1(f)), this Warrant may be exercised by the Holder on any day on or after the
date hereof, in whole or in part, by (i) delivery of a written notice, in the
form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the "Exercise Notice"), of the Holder's
election to exercise this Warrant and (ii) (A) payment to the Company of an
amount equal to the applicable Exercise Price multiplied by the number of
Warrant Shares as to which this Warrant is being exercised (the "Aggregate
Exercise Price") in cash or wire transfer of immediately available funds or (B)
by notifying the Company that this Warrant is being exercised pursuant to a
Cashless Exercise (as defined in Section 1(d)). The Holder shall not be required
to deliver the original Warrant in order to effect an exercise hereunder.
Execution and delivery of the Exercise Notice with respect to less than all of
the Warrant Shares shall have the same effect as cancellation of the original
Warrant and issuance of a new Warrant evidencing the right to purchase the
remaining number of Warrant Shares. On or before the first Business Day
following the date on which the Company has received each of the Exercise Notice
and the Aggregate Exercise Price (or notice of a Cashless Exercise) (the
"Exercise Delivery Documents"), the Company shall transmit by facsimile an
acknowledgment of confirmation of receipt of the Exercise Delivery Documents to
the Holder and the Company's transfer agent (the "Transfer Agent"). On or before
the third Business Day following the date on which the Company has received all
of the Exercise Delivery Documents (the "Share Delivery Date"), the Company
shall (X) provided that the Transfer Agent is participating in The Depository
Trust Company ("DTC") Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, upon the
request of the Holder, credit such aggregate number of shares of Common Stock to
which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise to the Holder's or its
designee's balance account with DTC through its Deposit Withdrawal Agent
Commission system, or (Y) if the Transfer Agent is not participating in the DTC
Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, issue and dispatch by overnight
courier to the address as specified in the Exercise Notice, a certificate,
registered in the Company's share register in the name of the Holder or its
designee, for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is
entitled pursuant to such exercise. Upon delivery of the Exercise Notice and
Aggregate Exercise Price referred to in clause (ii)(A) above or notification to
the Company of a Cashless Exercise referred to in Section 1(d), the Holder shall
be deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the holder of record of the
Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been exercised,
irrespective of the date of delivery of the certificates evidencing such Warrant
Shares. If this Warrant is submitted in connection with any exercise pursuant to
this Section 1(a) and the number of Warrant Shares represented by this Warrant
submitted for exercise is greater than the number of Warrant Shares being
acquired upon an exercise, then the Company shall as soon as practicable and in
no event later than three Business Days after any exercise and at its own
expense, issue a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 7(d)) representing the
right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares purchasable immediately prior to
such exercise under this Warrant, less the number of Warrant Shares with respect
to which this Warrant is exercised. No fractional shares of Common Stock are to
be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant, but rather the number of shares of
Common Stock to be issued shall be rounded up to the nearest whole number. The
Company shall pay any and all taxes which may be payable with respect to the
issuance and delivery of Warrant Shares upon exercise of this Warrant.
(b) Exercise Price. For purposes of this Warrant, "Exercise
Price" means $1.94, subject to adjustment as provided herein.
(c) Company's Failure to Timely Deliver Securities. If the
Company shall fail for any reason or for no reason to issue to the Holder within
three (3) Business Days of receipt of the Exercise Delivery Documents, a
certificate for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is
entitled and register such shares of Common Stock on the Company's share
register or to credit the Holder's balance account with DTC for such number of
shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder's
exercise of this Warrant, then, in addition to all other remedies available to
the Holder, and on or after such Trading Day the Holder purchases (in an open
market transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver in
satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of shares of Common Stock issuable upon
such exercise that the Holder anticipated receiving from the Company (a
"Buy-In"), then the Company shall, within three (3) Business Days after the
Holder's request and in the Holder's discretion, either (i) pay cash to the
Holder in an amount equal to the Holder's total purchase price (including
brokerage commissions, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased (the
"Buy-In Price"), at which point the Company's obligation to deliver such
certificate (and to issue such shares of Common Stock) shall terminate, or (ii)
promptly honor its obligation to deliver to the Holder a certificate or
certificates representing such shares of Common Stock and pay cash to the Holder
in an amount equal to the excess (if any) of the Buy-In Price over the product
of (A) the number of shares of Common Stock purchased in the Buy-In, times (B)
the actual sale price at the time of the sale (excluding brokerage commissions,
if any) giving rise to the Buy-In purchase obligation.
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(d) Cashless Exercise. Notwithstanding anything contained
herein to the contrary, if at any time after 120 days after the effective date
of the Plan, any Warrant Shares cannot be issued pursuant to Section 1145 of the
Bankruptcy Code (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) and a
registration statement covering the Warrant Shares that are the subject of an
Exercise Notice (the "Unavailable Warrant Shares") is not available for the
resale of such Unavailable Warrant Shares at the time of exercise, the Holder
may, in its sole discretion, exercise this Warrant in whole or in part and, in
lieu of making the cash payment otherwise contemplated to be made to the Company
upon such exercise in payment of the Aggregate Exercise Price, elect instead to
receive upon such exercise the "Net Number" of shares of Common Stock determined
according to the following formula (a "Cashless Exercise"):
Net Number = (A x B) - (A x C)
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B
For purposes of the foregoing formula:
A= the total number of shares with respect to which this
Warrant is then being exercised.
B= the Closing Sale Price of the shares of Common Stock (as
reported by Bloomberg) on the date immediately preceding the
date of the Exercise Notice.
C= the Exercise Price then in effect for the applicable
Warrant Shares at the time of such exercise.
(e) Disputes. In the case of a dispute as to the determination
of the Exercise Price or the arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares, the
Company shall promptly issue to the Holder the number of Warrant Shares that are
not disputed and resolve such dispute in accordance with Section 12.
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(f) Limitations on Exercises; Beneficial Ownership. The
Company shall not effect the exercise of this Warrant, and the Holder shall not
have the right to exercise this Warrant, to the extent that after giving effect
to such exercise, such Person (together with such Person's affiliates) would
beneficially own in excess of 4.99% of the shares of Common Stock outstanding
immediately after giving effect to such exercise. For purposes of the foregoing
sentence, the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by
such Person 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 shares of Common
Stock which would be issuable upon (i) exercise of the remaining, unexercised
portion of this Warrant beneficially owned by such Person and its affiliates and
(ii) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or unconverted portion of any
other securities of the Company beneficially owned by such Person and its
affiliates (including, without limitation, any convertible notes or convertible
preferred stock or warrants) subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise
analogous to the limitation contained herein. Except as set forth in the
preceding sentence, for purposes of this paragraph, beneficial ownership shall
be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended. For purposes of this Warrant, 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 (1) the Company's most recent
Form 10-KSB, Form 10-QSB, Current Report on Form 8-K or other public filing with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, as the case may be, (2) a more recent
public announcement by the Company or (3) any other notice by the Company or the
Transfer Agent setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding.
For any reason at any time, upon the written or oral request of the Holder, the
Company shall within two Business 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 the
SPA Securities and the SPA Warrants, by the Holder and its affiliates since the
date as of which such number of outstanding shares of Common Stock was reported.
By written notice to the Company, the Holder may increase or decrease the
Maximum Percentage to any other percentage not in excess of 9.99% specified in
such notice; provided that (i) any such increase will not be effective until the
sixty-first (61st) day after such notice is delivered to the Company, and (ii)
any such increase or decrease will apply only to the Holder and not to any other
holder of SPA Warrants.
2. ADJUSTMENT OF EXERCISE PRICE AND NUMBER OF WARRANT SHARES. The
Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares shall be adjusted from time to
time as follows:
(a) Adjustment upon Issuance of shares of Common Stock. If and
whenever on or after the Subscription Date the Company issues or sells, or in
accordance with this Section 2 is deemed to have issued or sold, any shares of
Common Stock (including the issuance or sale of shares of Common Stock owned or
held by or for the account of the Company, but excluding shares of Common Stock
deemed to have been issued by the Company in connection with any Excluded
Securities (as defined in the SPA Securities) for a consideration per share (the
"New Issuance Price") less than a price (the "Applicable Price") equal to the
Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such issue or sale or deemed
issuance or sale (the foregoing a "Dilutive Issuance"), then (1) if the Dilutive
Issuance occurred from the initial Issuance Date until the 15 month anniversary
of the initial Issuance Date, immediately after such Dilutive Issuance, the
Exercise Price then in effect shall be reduced to an amount equal to 115% of the
New Issuance Price or (2) if the Dilutive Issuance occurred after the 15 month
anniversary of the initial Issuance Date, immediately after such Dilutive
Issuance, the Exercise Price shall be adjusted to an amount equal to 115% of the
product of (A) the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such Dilutive
Issuance and (B) the quotient determined by dividing (1) the sum of (I) the
product derived by multiplying the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to
such Dilutive Issuance and the number of Common Stock Deemed Outstanding
immediately prior to such Dilutive Issuance plus (II) the consideration, if any,
received by the Company upon such Dilutive Issuance, by (2) the product derived
by multiplying (I) the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such
Dilutive Issuance by (II) the number of Common Stock Deemed Outstanding
immediately after such Dilutive Issuance; provided, that the Exercise Price
shall never be increased pursuant to the terms of this Section 2(a). Upon each
such adjustment of the Exercise Price hereunder, the number of Warrant Shares
shall be adjusted to the number of shares of Common Stock determined by
multiplying the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment by
the number of Warrant Shares acquirable upon exercise of this Warrant
immediately prior to such adjustment and dividing the product thereof by the
Exercise Price resulting from such adjustment. For purposes of determining the
adjusted Exercise Price under this Section 2(a), the following shall be
applicable:
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(i) Issuance of Options. If the Company in any manner grants
any Options (other than Exluded Securities) and the lowest price per share for
which one share of shares of Common Stock is issuable upon the exercise of any
such Option or upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible
Securities issuable upon exercise of any such Option is less than the Applicable
Price, then such shares of Common Stock shall be deemed to be outstanding and to
have been issued and sold by the Company at the time of the granting or sale of
such Option for such price per share. For purposes of this Section 2(a)(i), the
"lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon
exercise of such Options or upon conversion, exercise or exchange of such
Convertible Securities" shall be equal to the sum of the lowest amounts of
consideration (if any) received or receivable by the Company with respect to any
one share of Common Stock upon the granting or sale of the Option, upon exercise
of the Option and upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible
Security issuable upon exercise of such Option. No further adjustment of the
Exercise Price or number of Warrant Shares shall be made upon the actual
issuance of such shares of Common Stock or of such Convertible Securities upon
the exercise of such Options or upon the actual issuance of such shares of
Common Stock upon conversion, exercise or exchange of such Convertible
Securities.
(ii) Issuance of Convertible Securities. If the Company in any
manner issues or sells any Convertible Securities (other than Excluded
Securities) and the lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock
is issuable upon the conversion, exercise or exchange thereof is less than the
Applicable Price, then such share of Common Stock shall be deemed to be
outstanding and to have been issued and sold by the Company at the time of the
issuance or sale of such Convertible Securities for such price per share. For
the purposes of this Section 2(a)(ii), the "lowest price per share for which one
share of Common Stock is issuable upon the conversion, exercise or exchange"
shall be equal to the sum of the lowest amounts of consideration (if any)
received or receivable by the Company with respect to one share of Common Stock
upon the issuance or sale of the Convertible Security and upon conversion,
exercise or exchange of such Convertible Security. No further adjustment of the
Exercise Price shall be made upon the actual issuance of such shares of Common
Stock upon conversion, exercise or exchange of such Convertible Securities, and
if any such issue or sale of such Convertible Securities is made upon exercise
of any Options for which adjustment of this Warrant has been or is to be made
pursuant to other provisions of this Section 2(a), no further adjustment of the
Exercise Price shall be made by reason of such issue or sale.
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(iii) Change in Option Price or Rate of Conversion. If the
purchase price provided for in any Options (other than Excluded Securities), the
additional consideration, if any, payable upon the issue, conversion, exercise
or exchange of any Convertible Securities, or the rate at which any Convertible
Securities (other than Excluded Securities) are convertible into or exercisable
or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock increases or decreases at any time,
the Exercise Price in effect at the time of such increase or decrease shall be
adjusted to the Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares which would have
been in effect at such time had such Options or Convertible Securities provided
for such increased or decreased purchase price, additional consideration or
increased or decreased conversion rate, as the case may be, at the time
initially granted, issued or sold. For purposes of this Section 2(a)(iii), if
the terms of any Option or Convertible Security that was outstanding as of the
date of issuance of this Warrant are increased or decreased in the manner
described in the immediately preceding sentence, then such Option or Convertible
Security and the shares of Common Stock deemed issuable upon exercise,
conversion or exchange thereof shall be deemed to have been issued as of the
date of such increase or decrease. No adjustment pursuant to this Section 2(a)
shall be made if such adjustment would result in an increase of the Exercise
Price then in effect or a decrease in the number of Warrant Shares.
(iv) Calculation of Consideration Received. In case any Option
is issued in connection with the issue or sale of other securities of the
Company, together comprising one integrated transaction in which no specific
consideration is allocated to such Options by the parties thereto, the Options
will be deemed to have been issued for a consideration of $0.01. If any shares
of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities are issued or sold or deemed
to have been issued or sold for cash, the consideration received therefor will
be deemed to be the net amount received by the Company therefor. If any shares
of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities are issued or sold for a
consideration other than cash, the amount of such consideration received by the
Company will be the fair value of such consideration, except where such
consideration consists of securities, in which case the amount of consideration
received by the Company will be the Closing Sale Price of such security on the
date of receipt. If any shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible
Securities are issued to the owners of the non-surviving entity in connection
with any merger in which the Company is the surviving entity, the amount of
consideration therefor will be deemed to be the fair value of such portion of
the net assets and business of the non-surviving entity as is attributable to
such shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities, as the case may
be. The fair value of any consideration other than cash or securities will be
determined jointly by the Company and the Required Holders. If such parties are
unable to reach agreement within ten (10) days after the occurrence of an event
requiring valuation (the "Valuation Event"), the fair value of such
consideration will be determined within five (5) Business Days after the tenth
day following the Valuation Event by an independent, reputable appraiser jointly
selected by the Company and the Required Holders. The determination of such
appraiser shall be final and binding upon all parties absent manifest error and
the fees and expenses of such appraiser shall be borne by the Company.
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(v) Record Date. If the Company takes a record of the holders
of shares of Common Stock for the purpose of entitling them (A) to receive a
dividend or other distribution payable in shares of Common Stock, Options or in
Convertible Securities or (B) to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common
Stock, Options or Convertible Securities, then such record date will be deemed
to be the date of the issue or sale of the shares of Common Stock deemed to have
been issued or sold upon the declaration of such dividend or the making of such
other distribution or the date of the granting of such right of subscription or
purchase, as the case may be.
(b) Adjustment upon Subdivision or Combination of shares of
Common Stock. If the Company at any time on or after the Subscription Date
subdivides (by any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization or otherwise)
one or more classes of its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater
number of shares, the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such
subdivision will be proportionately reduced and the number of Warrant Shares
will be proportionately increased. If the Company at any time on or after the
Subscription Date combines (by combination, reverse stock split or otherwise)
one or more classes of its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller
number of shares, the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such
combination will be proportionately increased and the number of Warrant Shares
will be proportionately decreased. Any adjustment under this Section 2(b) shall
become effective at the close of business on the date the subdivision or
combination becomes effective.
(c) Other Events. If any event occurs of the type contemplated
by the provisions of this Section 2 but not expressly provided for by such
provisions (including, without limitation, the granting of stock appreciation
rights, phantom stock rights or other rights with equity features), then the
Company's Board of Directors will make an appropriate adjustment in the Exercise
Price and the number of Warrant Shares so as to protect the rights of the
Holder; provided that no such adjustment pursuant to this Section 2(c) will
increase the Exercise Price or decrease the number of Warrant Shares as
otherwise determined pursuant to this Section 2.
3. RIGHTS UPON DISTRIBUTION OF ASSETS. Other than events
contemplated in Section 2(b), if the Company shall declare or make any dividend
or other distribution of its assets (or rights to acquire its assets) to holders
of shares of Common Stock, by way of return of capital or otherwise (including,
without limitation, any distribution of cash, stock or other securities,
property or options by way of a dividend, spin off, reclassification, corporate
rearrangement, scheme of arrangement or other similar transaction) (a
"Distribution"), at any time after the issuance of this Warrant, then, in each
such case:
(a) any Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to the
close of business on the record date fixed for the determination of holders of
shares of Common Stock entitled to receive the Distribution shall be reduced,
effective as of the close of business on such record date, to a price determined
by multiplying such Exercise Price by a fraction of which (i) the numerator
shall be the Closing Bid Price of the shares of Common Stock on the trading day
immediately preceding such record date minus the value of the Distribution (as
determined in good faith by the Company's Board of Directors) applicable to one
share of Common Stock, and (ii) the denominator shall be the Closing Bid Price
of the shares of Common Stock on the trading day immediately preceding such
record date; and
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(b) the number of Warrant Shares shall be increased to a
number of shares equal to the number of shares of Common Stock obtainable
immediately prior to the close of business on the record date fixed for the
determination of holders of shares of Common Stock entitled to receive the
Distribution multiplied by the reciprocal of the fraction set forth in the
immediately preceding paragraph (a); provided that in the event that the
Distribution is of shares of Common Stock (or common stock) ("Other Shares of
Common Stock") of a company whose common shares are traded on a national
securities exchange or a national automated quotation system, then the Holder
may elect to receive a warrant to purchase Other Shares of Common Stock in lieu
of an increase in the number of Warrant Shares, the terms of which shall be
identical to those of this Warrant, except that such warrant shall be
exercisable into the number of shares of Other Shares of Common Stock that would
have been payable to the Holder pursuant to the Distribution had the Holder
exercised this Warrant immediately prior to such record date and with an
aggregate exercise price equal to the product of the amount by which the
exercise price of this Warrant was decreased with respect to the Distribution
pursuant to the terms of the immediately preceding paragraph (a) and the number
of Warrant Shares calculated in accordance with the first part of this paragraph
(b).
4. PURCHASE RIGHTS; FUNDAMENTAL TRANSACTIONS.
(a) Purchase Rights. In addition to any adjustments pursuant
to Section 2 above, if at any time the Company grants, issues or sells any
Options, Convertible Securities or rights to purchase stock, warrants,
securities or other property pro rata to the record holders of any class of
shares of Common Stock (the "Purchase Rights"), then the Holder will be entitled
to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate
Purchase Rights which the Holder could have acquired if the Holder had held the
number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete exercise of this
Warrant (without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant)
immediately before the date on which a record is taken for the grant, issuance
or sale of such Purchase Rights, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of
which the record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the
grant, issue or sale of such Purchase Rights.
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(b) Fundamental Transactions. The Company shall not enter into
or be party to a Fundamental Transaction unless (i) the Successor Entity assumes
in writing all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant and the
other Transaction Documents in accordance with the provisions of this Section
(4)(b) pursuant to written agreements in form and substance satisfactory to the
Required Holders and approved by the Required Holders prior to such Fundamental
Transaction, including agreements to deliver to each holder of Warrants in
exchange for such Warrants a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a
written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to this Warrant,
including, without limitation, an adjusted exercise price equal to the value for
the shares of Common Stock reflected by the terms of such Fundamental
Transaction, and exercisable for a corresponding number of shares of capital
stock equivalent to the shares of Common Stock acquirable and receivable upon
exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on the exercise of
this Warrant) prior to such Fundamental Transaction, and satisfactory to the
Required Holders and (ii) subject to Section 4(a) below, the Successor Entity
(including its Parent Entity) is a publicly traded corporation whose common
stock is quoted on or listed for trading on an Eligible Market (a "Public
Successor"). Upon the occurrence of any Fundamental Transaction, the Successor
Entity shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date
of such Fundamental Transaction, the provisions of this Warrant referring to the
"Company" shall refer instead to the Successor Entity), and may exercise every
right and power of the Company and shall assume all of the obligations of the
Company under this Warrant with the same effect as if such Successor Entity had
been named as the Company herein. Upon consummation of the Fundamental
Transaction, the Successor Entity shall deliver to the Holder confirmation that
there shall be issued upon exercise of this Warrant at any time after the
consummation of the Fundamental Transaction, in lieu of the shares of the Common
Stock (or other securities, cash, assets or other property) purchasable upon the
exercise of the Warrant prior to such Fundamental Transaction, such shares of
stock, securities, cash, assets or any other property whatsoever (including
warrants or other purchase or subscription rights) which the Holder would have
been entitled to receive upon the happening of such Fundamental Transaction had
this Warrant been converted immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction,
as adjusted in accordance with the provisions of this Warrant. In addition to
and not in substitution for any other rights hereunder, prior to the
consummation of any Fundamental Transaction pursuant to which holders of shares
of Common Stock are entitled to receive securities or other assets with respect
to or in exchange for shares of Common Stock (a "Corporate Event"), the Company
shall make appropriate provision to insure that the Holder will thereafter have
the right to receive upon an exercise of this Warrant at any time after the
consummation of the Fundamental Transaction but prior to the Expiration Date, in
lieu of the shares of the Common Stock (or other securities, cash, assets or
other property) purchasable upon the exercise of the Warrant prior to such
Fundamental Transaction, such shares of stock, securities, cash, assets or any
other property whatsoever (including warrants or other purchase or subscription
rights) which the Holder would have been entitled to receive upon the happening
of such Fundamental Transaction had the Warrant been exercised immediately prior
to such Fundamental Transaction. Provision made pursuant to the preceding
sentence shall be in a form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Required Holders. The provisions of this Section shall apply similarly and
equally to successive Fundamental Transactions and Corporate Events and shall be
applied without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing and the provisions of
Section 4(b) above, in the event of a Fundamental Transaction where the
Successor Entity is not a Public Successor, if the Holder has not exercised the
Warrant in full prior to the consummation of the Fundamental Transaction, then
the Company may enter into a Fundamental Transaction pursuant to which the
Holder shall receive, simultaneously with the consummation of the Fundamental
Transaction, in lieu of the warrant referred to in Section 4(b) cash in the
amount equal to the value of the remaining unexercised portion of this Warrant
on the date of such consummation, which value shall be determined by use of the
Black and Scholes Option Pricing Model reflecting (A) a risk-free interest rate
corresponding to the U.S. Treasury rate for a period equal to the remaining term
of this Warrant as of such date of request and (B) an expected volatility equal
to the greater of 60% and the 100 day volatility obtained from the HVT function
on Bloomberg.
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5. NONCIRCUMVENTION. The Company hereby covenants and agrees that the
Company will not, by amendment of its Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws or
through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, scheme of
arrangement, 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, and will at all times in good faith carry out all the
provisions of this Warrant and take all action as may be required to protect the
rights of the Holder. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
Company (i) shall not increase the par value of any shares of Common Stock
receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant above the Exercise Price then in
effect, (ii) shall take all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate in
order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and
nonassessable shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of this Warrant, and
(iii) shall, so long as any of the SPA Warrants are outstanding, take all action
necessary to reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued
shares of Common Stock, solely for the purpose of effecting the exercise of the
SPA Warrants, 130% of the number of shares of Common Stock as shall from time to
time be necessary to effect the exercise of the SPA Warrants then outstanding
(without regard to any limitations on exercise).
6. WARRANT HOLDER NOT DEEMED A STOCKHOLDER. Except as otherwise
specifically provided herein, the Holder, solely in such Person's capacity as a
holder of this Warrant, shall not be entitled to vote or receive dividends or be
deemed the holder of share capital of the Company for any purpose, nor shall
anything contained in this Warrant be construed to confer upon the Holder,
solely in such Person's capacity as the Holder of this Warrant, any of the
rights of a shareholder of the Company or any right to vote, give or withhold
consent to any corporate action (whether any reorganization, issue of stock,
reclassification of stock, consolidation, merger, conveyance or otherwise),
receive notice of meetings, receive dividends or subscription rights, or
otherwise, prior to the issuance to the Holder of the Warrant Shares which such
Person is then entitled to receive upon the due exercise of this Warrant. In
addition, nothing contained in this Warrant shall be construed as imposing any
liabilities on the Holder to purchase any securities (upon exercise of this
Warrant or otherwise) or as a shareholder of the Company, whether such
liabilities are asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company.
Notwithstanding this Section 6, the Company shall provide the Holder with copies
of the same notices and other information given to the shareholders of the
Company generally, contemporaneously with the giving thereof to the
shareholders.
7. REISSUANCE OF WARRANTS.
(a) Transfer of Warrant. If this Warrant is to be transferred, the
Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company, whereupon the Company will
forthwith issue and deliver upon the order of the Holder a new Warrant (in
accordance with Section 7(d)), registered as the Holder may request,
representing the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares being
transferred by the Holder and, if less then the total number of Warrant Shares
then underlying this Warrant is being transferred, a new Warrant (in accordance
with Section 7(d)) to the Holder representing the right to purchase the number
of Warrant Shares not being transferred. Applicable transfer taxes, if any,
shall be paid by the Holder.
(b) Lost, Stolen or Mutilated Warrant. Upon receipt by the Company
of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft,
destruction or mutilation of this Warrant, and, in the case of loss, theft or
destruction, of any indemnification undertaking by the Holder to the Company in
customary form and, in the case of mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation
of this Warrant, the Company shall execute and deliver to the Holder a new
Warrant (in accordance with Section 7(d)) representing the right to purchase the
Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant.
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(c) Exchangeable for Multiple Warrants. This Warrant is
exchangeable, upon the surrender hereof by the Holder at the principal office of
the Company, for a new Warrant or Warrants (in accordance with Section 7(d))
representing in the aggregate the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares
then underlying this Warrant, and each such new Warrant will represent the right
to purchase such portion of such Warrant Shares as is designated by the Holder
at the time of such surrender; provided, however, that no Warrants for
fractional shares of Common Stock shall be given.
(d) Issuance of New Warrants. Whenever the Company is required
to issue a new Warrant pursuant to the terms of this Warrant, such new Warrant
(i) shall be of like tenor with this Warrant, (ii) shall represent, as indicated
on the face of such new Warrant, the right to purchase the Warrant Shares then
underlying this Warrant (or in the case of a new Warrant being issued pursuant
to Section 7(a) or Section 7(c), the Warrant Shares designated by the Holder
which, when added to the number of shares of Common Stock underlying the other
new Warrants issued in connection with such issuance, does not exceed the number
of Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant), (iii) shall have an issuance
date, as indicated on the face of such new Warrant which is the same as the
Issuance Date, and (iv) shall have the same rights and conditions as this
Warrant.
8. NOTICES. Whenever notice is required to be given under this
Warrant, unless otherwise provided herein, such notice shall be given in
accordance with Section 9(f) of the Securities Purchase Agreement. The Company
shall provide the Holder with prompt written notice of all actions taken
pursuant to this Warrant, including in reasonable detail a description of such
action and the reason therefore. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the Company will give written notice to the Holder (i) immediately
upon any adjustment of the Exercise Price, setting forth in reasonable detail,
and certifying, the calculation of such adjustment and (ii) at least fifteen
days prior to the date on which the Company closes its books or takes a record
(A) with respect to any dividend or distribution upon the shares of Common
Stock, (B) with respect to any grants, issuances or sales of any Options,
Convertible Securities or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or
other property to holders of shares of Common Stock or (C) for determining
rights to vote with respect to any Fundamental Transaction, dissolution or
liquidation, provided in each case that such information shall be made known to
the public prior to or in conjunction with such notice being provided to the
Holder.
9. AMENDMENT AND WAIVER. Except as otherwise provided herein, the
provisions of this Warrant may be amended and the Company may take any action
herein prohibited, or omit to perform any act herein required to be performed by
it, only if the Company has obtained the written consent of the Required
Holders; provided that no such action may increase the exercise price of any SPA
Warrant or decrease the number of shares or class of stock obtainable upon
exercise of any SPA Warrant without the written consent of the Holder. No such
amendment shall be effective to the extent that it applies to less than all of
the holders of the SPA Warrants then outstanding.
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10. GOVERNING LAW. This Warrant shall be governed by and construed
and enforced in accordance with, and all questions concerning the construction,
validity, interpretation and performance of this Warrant shall be governed by,
the internal laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice
of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of New York or
any other jurisdictions) that would cause the application of the laws of any
jurisdictions other than the State of New York.
11. CONSTRUCTION; HEADINGS. This Warrant shall be deemed to be
jointly drafted by the Company and all the Buyers and shall not be construed
against any person as the drafter hereof. The headings of this Warrant are for
convenience of reference and shall not form part of, or affect the
interpretation of, this Warrant.
12. DISPUTE RESOLUTION. In the case of a dispute as to the
determination of the Exercise Price or the arithmetic calculation of the Warrant
Shares, the Company shall submit the disputed determinations or arithmetic
calculations via facsimile within two Business Days of receipt of the Exercise
Notice giving rise to such dispute, as the case may be, to the Holder. If the
Holder and the Company are unable to agree upon such determination or
calculation of the Exercise Price or the Warrant Shares within three Business
Days of such disputed determination or arithmetic calculation being submitted to
the Holder, then the Company shall, within two Business Days submit via
facsimile (a) the disputed determination of the Exercise Price to an
independent, reputable investment bank selected by the Company and approved by
the Holder or (b) the disputed arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares to
the Company's independent, outside accountant. The Company shall cause at its
expense the investment bank or the accountant, as the case may be, to perform
the determinations or calculations and notify the Company and the Holder of the
results no later than ten Business Days from the time it receives the disputed
determinations or calculations. Such investment bank's or accountant's
determination or calculation, as the case may be, shall be binding upon all
parties absent demonstrable error.
13. REMEDIES, OTHER OBLIGATIONS, BREACHES AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF. The
remedies provided in this Warrant shall be cumulative and in addition to all
other remedies available under this Warrant and the other Transaction Documents,
at law or in equity (including a decree of specific performance and/or other
injunctive relief), and nothing herein shall limit the right of the Holder right
to pursue actual damages for any failure by the Company to comply with the terms
of this Warrant. The Company acknowledges that a breach by it of its obligations
hereunder will cause irreparable harm to the Holder and that the remedy at law
for any such breach may be inadequate. The Company therefore agrees that, in the
event of any such breach or threatened breach, the holder of this Warrant shall
be entitled, in addition to all other available remedies, to an injunction
restraining any breach, without the necessity of showing economic loss and
without any bond or other security being required.
14. TRANSFER. This Warrant may be offered for sale, sold,
transferred or assigned without the consent of the Company, except as may
otherwise be required by Section 2(f) of the Securities Purchase Agreement.
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15. CERTAIN DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this Warrant, the following
terms shall have the following meanings:
(a) "Bloomberg" means Bloomberg Financial Markets.
(b) "Business Day" means any day other than Saturday, Sunday
or other day on which commercial banks in The City of New York are authorized or
required by law to remain closed.
(c) "Closing Bid Price" and "Closing Sale Price" means, for
any security as of any date, the last closing bid price and last closing trade
price, respectively, for such security on the Principal Market, as reported by
Bloomberg, or, if the Principal Market begins to operate on an extended hours
basis and does not designate the closing bid price or the closing trade price,
as the case may be, then the last bid price or last trade price, respectively,
of such security prior to 4:00:00 p.m., New York Time, as reported by Bloomberg,
or, if the Principal Market is not the principal securities exchange or trading
market for such security, the last closing bid price or last trade price,
respectively, of such security on the principal securities exchange or trading
market where such security is listed or traded as reported by Bloomberg, or if
the foregoing do not apply, the last closing bid price or last trade price,
respectively, of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic
bulletin board for such security as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no closing bid
price or last trade price, respectively, is reported for such security by
Bloomberg, the average of the bid prices, or the ask prices, respectively, of
any market makers for such security as reported in the "pink sheets" by Pink
Sheets LLC (formerly the National Quotation Bureau, Inc.). If the Closing Bid
Price or the Closing Sale Price cannot be calculated for a security on a
particular date on any of the foregoing bases, the Closing Bid Price or the
Closing Sale Price, as the case may be, of such security on such date shall be
the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company and the Holder. If
the Company and the Holder are unable to agree upon the fair market value of
such security, then such dispute shall be resolved pursuant to Section 12. All
such determinations to be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock
split, stock combination or other similar transaction during the applicable
calculation period.
(d) "Common Stock" means (i) the Company's shares of Common
Stock, par value $0.001 per share, and (ii) any share capital into which such
Common Stock shall have been changed or any share capital resulting from a
reclassification of such Common Stock.
(e) "Common Stock Deemed Outstanding" means, at any given
time, the number of shares of Common Stock actually outstanding at such time,
plus the number of shares of Common Stock deemed to be outstanding pursuant to
Sections 2(a)(i) and 2(a)(ii) hereof regardless of whether the Options or
Convertible Securities are actually exercisable at such time, but excluding any
shares of Common Stock owned or held by or for the account of the Company or
issuable upon conversion and exercise, as applicable, of the SPA Securities and
the Warrants.
(f) "Convertible Securities" means any stock or securities
(other than Options) directly or indirectly convertible into or exercisable or
exchangeable for shares of Common Stock.
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(g) "Eligible Market" means the Principal Market, the American
Stock Exchange, The New York Stock Exchange, Inc., the Nasdaq National Market or
The Nasdaq SmallCap Market.
(h) "Expiration Date" means the date thirty-six months after
the Issuance Date or, if such date falls on a day other than a Business Day or
on which trading does not take place on the Principal Market (a "Holiday"), the
next date that is not a Holiday.
(i) "Fundamental Transaction" means that the Company shall,
directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions, (i) consolidate or
merge with or into (whether or not the Company is the surviving corporation)
another Person, or (ii) sell, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of
all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company to another
Person, or (iii) allow another Person to make a purchase, tender or exchange
offer that is accepted by the holders of more than the 50% of either the
outstanding shares of Common Stock (not including any shares of Common Stock
held by the Person or Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated
with the Persons making or party to, such purchase, tender or exchange offer),
or (iv) consummate a stock purchase agreement or other business combination
(including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off or
scheme of arrangement) with another Person whereby such other Person acquires
more than the 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (not including any
shares of Common Stock held by the other Person or other Persons making or party
to, or associated or affiliated with the other Persons making or party to, such
stock purchase agreement or other business combination), or (v) reorganize,
recapitalize or reclassify its Common Stock (other than a forward or reverse
stock split).
(j) "Options" means any rights, warrants or options to
subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock or Convertible Securities.
(k) "Parent Entity" of a Person means an entity that, directly
or indirectly, controls the applicable Person and whose common stock or
equivalent equity security is quoted or listed on an Eligible Market, or, if
there is more than one such Person or Parent Entity, the Person or Parent Entity
with the largest public market capitalization as of the date of consummation of
the Fundamental Transaction.
(l) "Person" means an individual, a limited liability company,
a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, a trust, an unincorporated
organization, any other entity and a government or any department or agency
thereof.
(m) "Principal Market" means the OTC Bulletin Board.
(n) "Registration Rights Agreement" means that certain
registration rights agreement by and among the Company and the Buyers.
(o) "Required Holders" means the holders of the SPA Warrants
representing at least a majority of shares of Common Stock underlying the SPA
Warrants then outstanding.
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(p) "SPA Securities" means the Notes issued pursuant to the
Securities Purchase Agreement.
(q) "Successor Entity" means the Person (or, if so elected by
the Required Holders, the Parent Entity) formed by, resulting from or surviving
any Fundamental Transaction or the Person (or, if so elected by the Required
Holders, the Parent Entity) with which such Fundamental Transaction shall have
been entered into.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to Purchase Common
Stock to be duly executed as of the Issuance Date set out above.
COMPOSITE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Chief Executive Officer
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EXHIBIT A
EXERCISE NOTICE
TO BE EXECUTED BY THE REGISTERED HOLDER TO EXERCISE THIS
WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK
COMPOSITE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
The undersigned holder hereby exercises the right to purchase
_________________ of the shares of Common Stock ("Warrant Shares") of Composite
Technology Corporation, a Nevada corporation (the "Company"), evidenced by the
attached Warrant to Purchase Common Stock (the "Warrant"). Capitalized terms
used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings set
forth in the Warrant.
1. Form of Exercise Price. The Holder intends that payment of the Exercise
Price shall be made as:
____________ a "Cash Exercise" with respect to _________________ Warrant
Shares; and/or
____________ a "Cashless Exercise" with respect to _______________ Warrant
Shares.
2. Payment of Exercise Price. In the event that the holder has elected a
Cash Exercise with respect to some or all of the Warrant Shares to be issued
pursuant hereto, the holder shall pay the Aggregate Exercise Price in the sum of
$___________________ to the Company in accordance with the terms of the Warrant.
3. Delivery of Warrant Shares. The Company shall deliver to the holder
__________ Warrant Shares in accordance with the terms of the Warrant.
4. The undersigned holder hereby represents and warrants that after giving
effect to the exercise of the Warrant contemplated by this Exercise Notice, such
holder will not be in violation of the beneficial ownership limits specified in
Section 1(f) of the Warrant, as increased or decreased pursuant to terms
contained therein.
Date: _______________ __, ______
________________________________
Name of Registered Holder
By:_____________________________
Name:
Title:
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The Company hereby acknowledges this Exercise Notice and hereby directs
[Insert Name of Transfer Agent] to issue the above indicated number of shares of
Common Stock in accordance with the Transfer Agent Instructions dated September
__, 2005 from the Company and acknowledged and agreed to by [Insert Name of
Transfer Agent].
COMPOSITE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
By:
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Name:
Title:
