Contract
THIS WARRANT AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE HEREOF HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAW, AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED, ASSIGNED, PLEDGED, HYPOTHECATED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF OR EXERCISED UNLESS (i) A REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS SHALL HAVE BECOME EFFECTIVE WITH REGARD THERETO, OR (ii) AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS IS AVAILABLE IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER.
AN INVESTMENT IN THESE SECURITIES INVOLVES A HIGH DEGREE OF RISK. HOLDERS MUST RELY ON THEIR OWN ANALYSIS OF THE INVESTMENT AND ASSESSMENT OF THE RISKS INVOLVED.
Warrant to Purchase
__________ shares Warrant Number F-____
"F" Warrant to Purchase Common Stock
of
THIS CERTIFIES that ___________________________, a _______________________ Company or any subsequent holder hereof ("Holder") has the right to purchase from Universal Energy Corp. a Delaware corporation, (the "Company"), up to __________ Million____________ fully paid and nonassessable shares, of the Company's common stock, $0.0001 par value per share ("Common Stock"), subject to adjustment as provided herein, at a price equal to the Exercise Price as defined in Section 3 below, at any time during the Term (as defined below).
Holder agrees with the Company that this Warrant to Purchase Common Stock of the Company (this "Warrant" or this "Agreement") is issued and all rights hereunder shall be held subject to all of the conditions, limitations and provisions set forth herein.
1. Date of Issuance and Term.
This Warrant shall be deemed to be issued on ____________ ("Date of Issuance"). The term of this Warrant begins on the Date of Issuance and ends at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date that is five (5) years after the Date of Issuance (the "Term"). This Warrant was issued in conjunction with the issuance of Debentures of the Company ("the "Debentures") to the Holder pursuant to the terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement ("Securities Purchase Agreement"), and the Registration Rights Agreement ("Registration Rights Agreement") by and between the Company and Holder dated on or about November _____, 2007.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the applicable portion of this Warrant shall not be exercisable during any time that, and only to the extent that, the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to Holder upon such Exercise (as defined in Section 2(a)), when added to the number of shares of Common Stock, if any, that the Holder otherwise beneficially owns (outside of this Warrant, and not including any other warrants or securities of Holder's having a provision substantially similar to this paragraph) at the time of such Exercise, would exceed 4.99% (the "Maximum Percentage") of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock issuable upon Exercise of this Warrant held by the Holder, as determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Beneficial Ownership Limitation"). The Beneficial Ownership Limitation shall be conclusively satisfied if the applicable Notice of Exercise includes a signed representation by the Holder that the issuance of the shares in such Notice of Exercise will not violate the Limitation, and the Company shall not be entitled to require additional documentation of such satisfaction.
Notwithstanding the above, in the event that the Company receives any purchase, tender or exchange offer or any offer to enter into a merger with another entity whereby the Company shall not be the surviving entity (an "Offer"), then the Maximum Percentage shall be increased (but not decreased) to 9.99%, and "4.99%" shall be automatically revised immediately after such offer to read "9.99%" each place it occurs in this Section 1. The Beneficial Ownership Limitation provisions of this Section 1 may be waived by such Holder, at the election of such Holder, upon not less than 61 days' prior notice to the Company, to change the Beneficial Ownership Limitation to any amount not in excess of 9.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon Exercise of this Warrant held by the Holder and the Beneficial Ownership Limitation shall continue to apply. Upon such a change by a Holder of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation from such 4.99% limitation to such 9.99% limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation may not be further waived by such Holder, provided that, if an Event of Default occurs, thereafter the Beneficial Ownership Limitation provisions of this Section 1 may be waived by such Holder, at the election of such Holder, upon not less than 61 days' prior notice to the Company, to change the Maximum Percentage to any other percentage (and not limited to 9.99%) of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon Exercise of the Warrants held by the Holder and the provisions of this Section 1 shall continue to apply. The limitations on Exercise set forth in this subsection are referred to as the "Beneficial Ownership Limitations." The provisions of this paragraph shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 1 to correct this paragraph (or any portion hereof) which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended Beneficial Ownership Limitation herein contained or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation.
Notwithstanding the above, Holder shall retain the option to either Exercise or not Exercise its option(s) to acquire Common Stock pursuant to the terms hereof after an Offer, and, in the event of a cash Exercise following a tender offer, the Exercise Price per share that would otherwise be due shall instead be offset against the tender price per share to be received by the Holder, provided, however, that in the event a tender offer is not completed, Holder, at its option may either (i) complete any Exercise that was initiated after the Offer by promptly paying to the Company the Exercise Price that would have been due at the time the Warrant was Exercised, or (ii) cancel such Exercise by providing written notice to the Company, in which case such Exercise shall be deemed void ad initio.
Maximum Exercise of Rights. In the event the Holder notifies the Company that the Exercise of the rights described herein would result in the issuance of an amount of Common Stock of the Company that would exceed the maximum amount that may be issued to a Holder calculated in the manner described above, then the issuance of such additional shares of Common Stock of the Company to such Holder will be deferred in whole or in part until such time as such Holder is able to beneficially own such Common Stock without exceeding the maximum amount calculated in the manner described herein. The determination of when such Common Stock may be issued shall be made by each Holder as to only such Holder.
2. Exercise.
(a) Manner of Exercise. During the Term this Warrant may be Exercised as to all or any lesser number of full shares of Common Stock covered hereby (the "Warrant Shares" or the "Shares") upon surrender of this Warrant, with the Notice of Exercise Form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the "Notice of Exercise") duly completed and executed, together with the full Exercise Price (as defined below, which may be satisfied by either a Cash Exercise or a Cashless Exercise, as each is defined below) for each share of Common Stock as to which this Warrant is Exercised, at the office of the Company, Universal Energy Corp.; 00 Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxx Xxxx, XX 00000; Phone: 000-000-0000, Fax: 000-000-0000, or at such other location as the Company may then be located or such other office or agency as the Company may designate in writing, by overnight mail, by facsimile (such surrender and payment of the Exercise Price hereinafter called the "Exercise" of this Warrant). In the case of a Cashless Exercise, the Exercise Price is deemed to have been delivered upon the Holder's deliver of a Notice of Exercise to the Company.
(b) Date of Exercise. The "Date of Exercise" of the Warrant shall be defined as the date that a copy of the Notice of Exercise Form attached hereto as Exhibit A, completed and executed, is sent by facsimile to the Company, provided that the original Warrant and Notice of Exercise Form are received by the Company and the Exercise Price is satisfied, each as soon as practicable thereafter. Alternatively, the Date of Exercise shall be defined as the date the original Notice of Exercise Form are received by the Company and the Exercise Price is satisfied, if Holder has not sent advance notice by facsimile. Upon delivery of the Date of Exercise, 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 such Warrant Shares are credited to the Holder's DTC account or the date of delivery of the certificates evidencing such Warrant Shares as the case may be. The Company shall deliver any objection to any Notice of Exercise within 1 Business Day of receipt of such notice. In the event of any dispute or discrepancy, the records of the Holder shall be controlling and determinative in the absence of manifest error.
(c) Delivery of Common Stock Upon Exercise. Within 3 Trading Days from the delivery to the Company of the Notice of Exercise, surrender of this Warrant (if required) and payment of the aggregate Exercise Price (which, in the case of a Cashless Exercise, shall be deemed to have been paid upon the submission by the Holder of a Notice of Exercise)(the "Warrant Shares Delivery Deadline"), the Company shall issue and deliver (or cause its transfer agent so to issue and deliver) in accordance with the terms hereof to or upon the order of the Holder that number of shares of Common Stock ("Exercise Shares") for the portion of this Warrant converted as shall be determined in accordance herewith. Upon the Exercise of this Warrant or any part thereof, the Company shall, at its own cost and expense, take all necessary action, including obtaining and delivering, an opinion of counsel to assure that the Company's transfer agent shall issue stock certificates in the name of Holder (or its nominee) or such other persons as designated by Holder and in such denominations to be specified at Exercise representing the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon such Exercise. The Company warrants that no instructions other than these instructions have been or will be given to the transfer agent of the Company's Common Stock and that, unless waived by the Holder, the Exercise Shares will be free-trading, and freely transferable, and will not contain a legend restricting the resale or transferability of the Exercise Shares if the Unrestricted Conditions (as defined below) are met. If the Company fails for any reason to deliver to the Holder certificates evidencing the Warrant Shares subject to a Notice of Exercise by the Warrant Shares Delivery Deadline (a "Warrant Share Delivery Failure").
(d) Revocation of Exercise Upon Delivery Failure. In addition to any other remedies which may be available to the Holder, in the event that the Company fails for any reason to effect delivery of the Exercise Shares by the Warrant Shares Delivery Deadline, the Holder will be entitled to revoke all or part of the relevant Notice of Exercise by delivery of a notice to such effect to the Company whereupon the Company and the Holder shall each be restored to their respective positions immediately prior to the delivery of such notice, except that the liquidated damages described above shall be payable through the date notice of revocation or rescission is given to the Company.
(e) Legends.
(i) Restrictive Legend. The Holder understands that the Warrant and, until such time as Exercise Shares have been registered under the 1933 Act as contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement or otherwise may be sold pursuant to Rule 144 or Rule 144(k) under the 1933 Act without any restriction as to the number of securities as of a particular date that can then be immediately sold, the Exercise Shares may bear a restrictive legend in substantially the following form (and a stop-transfer order may be placed against transfer of the certificates for such securities):
"THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER SAID ACT, OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, IN FORM, SUBSTANCE AND SCOPE REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO COUNSEL TO THE COMPANY, THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER SAID ACT OR UNLESS SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER SAID ACT."
(ii) Removal of Restrictive Legends. Certificates evidencing the Exercise Shares shall not contain any legend restricting the transfer thereof (including the legend set forth above in subsection 2(e)(i)): (i) while a registration statement (including the Registration Statement, as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) covering the resale of such security is effective under the Securities Act, or (ii) following any sale of such Exercise Shares pursuant to Rule 144, or (iii) if such Exercise Shares are eligible for sale under Rule 144(k), or (iv) if such legend is not required under applicable requirements of the Securities Act (including judicial interpretations and pronouncements issued by the staff of the Commission) (collectively, the "Unrestricted Conditions"). The Company shall cause its counsel to issue a legal opinion to the Company's transfer agent promptly after the Effective Date (as defined below) of the Registration Statement if required by the Company's transfer agent to effect the issuance of Exercise Shares without a restrictive legend or removal of the legend hereunder. If the Unrestricted Conditions are met at the time of issuance of Exercise Shares, then such Exercise Shares shall be issued free of all legends. The Company agrees that following the Effective Date or at such time as the Unrestricted Conditions are met or such legend is otherwise no longer required under this Section 2(e), it will, no later than three (3) Trading Days following the delivery (the "Unlegended Shares Delivery Deadline") by the Holder to the Company or the Company's transfer agent of a certificate representing Exercise Shares, as applicable, issued with a restrictive legend (such third Trading Day, the "Legend Removal Date"), deliver or cause to be delivered to such Holder a certificate (or electronic transfer) representing such shares that is free from all restrictive and other legends. For purposes hereof, "Effective Date" shall mean the date that the Registration Statement that the Company is required to file pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement has been declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission").
(iii) Sale of Unlegended Shares. Holder agrees that the removal of the restrictive legend from certificates representing Securities as set forth in this Section 2(e)(i) above is predicated upon the Company's reliance that the Holder will sell any Exercise Shares pursuant to either the registration requirements of the Securities Act, including any applicable prospectus delivery requirements, or an exemption therefrom, and that if Securities are sold pursuant to a Registration Statement, they will be sold in compliance with the plan of distribution set forth therein.
(f) Cancellation of Warrant. This Warrant shall be canceled upon the full Exercise of this Warrant, and, as soon as practical after the Date of Exercise, Holder shall be entitled to receive Common Stock for the number of shares purchased upon such Exercise of this Warrant, and if this Warrant is not Exercised in full, Holder shall be entitled to receive a new Warrant (containing terms identical to this Warrant) representing any unexercised portion of this Warrant in addition to such Common Stock.
(g) Holder of Record. Each person in whose name any Warrant for shares of Common Stock is issued shall, for all purposes, be deemed to be the Holder of record of such shares on the Date of Exercise of this Warrant, irrespective of the date of delivery of the Common Stock purchased upon the Exercise of this Warrant. Nothing in this Warrant shall be construed as conferring upon Holder any rights as a stockholder of the Company.
(h) Delivery of Electronic Shares. In lieu of delivering physical certificates representing the unlegended shares of Common Stock issuable upon Exercise (the "Unlegended Shares"), provided the Company's transfer agent is participating in the Depository Trust Company ("DTC") Fast Automated Securities Transfer ("FAST") program, upon written request of the Holder, so long as the certificates therefor are not required to bear a legend, and the Holder is not obligated to return such certificate for the placement of a legend thereon, the Company shall cause its transfer agent to electronically transmit the Unlegended Shares to the Holder by crediting the account of the Holder's prime broker with DTC identified in the written request through its Deposit Withdrawal Agent Commission ("DWAC") system.
(i) Buy-In. In addition to any other rights available to the Holder, if the Company fails to cause its transfer agent to transmit to the Holder a certificate or certificates representing the Exercise Shares pursuant to an Exercise on or before the Warrant Share Delivery Date, and if after such date the Holder is required by its broker to purchase (in an open market transaction or otherwise) or the Holder's brokerage firm otherwise purchases shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of the Exercise Shares which the Holder anticipated receiving upon such Exercise (a "Buy-In"), then the Company shall (1) pay in cash to the Holder the amount (the "Buy-In Amount") by which (x) the Holder's total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased exceeds (y) the amount obtained by multiplying (A) the number of Exercise Shares that the Company was required to deliver to the Holder in connection with the Exercise at issue times (B) the price at which the sell order giving rise to such purchase obligation was executed, and (2) at the option of the Holder, either reinstate the portion of the Warrant and equivalent number of Exercise Shares for which such Exercise was not honored or deliver to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock that would have been issued had the Company timely complied with its Exercise and delivery obligations hereunder. For example, if the Holder purchases Common Stock having a total purchase price of $11,000 to cover a Buy-In with respect to an attempted Exercise of shares of Common Stock with an aggregate sale price giving rise to such purchase obligation of $10,000, under clause (1) of the immediately preceding sentence the Company shall be required to pay the Holder $1,000. The Holder shall provide the Company written notice indicating the amounts payable to the Holder in respect of the Buy-In, together with applicable confirmations and other evidence reasonably requested by the Company. Nothing herein shall limit a Holder's right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company's failure to timely deliver certificates representing shares of Common Stock upon Exercise of the Warrant as required pursuant to the terms hereof.
(j) Surrender of Warrant Upon Exercise; Book-Entry. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, upon Exercise of this Warrant in accordance with the terms hereof, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender the original Warrant Certificate to the Company unless all of this Warrant is Exercised, in which case such Holder shall deliver the original Warrant being Exercised to the Company promptly following the Date of Exercise at issue. Partial exercises of this Warrant resulting in purchases of a portion of the total number of Warrant Shares available hereunder shall have the effect of lowering the outstanding number of Warrant Shares purchasable hereunder in an amount equal to the applicable number of Warrant Shares purchased. The Holder and the Company shall maintain records showing the amount of this Warrant that is so Exercised and the dates of such Exercises or shall use such other method, reasonably satisfactory to the Holder and the Company, so as not to require physical surrender of this original Warrant upon each such Exercise. In the event of any dispute or discrepancy, such records of the Holder shall be controlling and determinative in the absence of manifest error. The Holder and any assignee, by acceptance of this Warrant, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of this paragraph, following the purchase of a portion of the Warrant Shares hereunder, the number of Warrant Shares available for purchase hereunder at any given time may be less than the amount stated on the face hereof.
3. Payment of Warrant Exercise Price.
(a) Exercise Price. The Exercise Price ("Exercise Price") shall initially equal $0.88 per share (the "Initial Exercise Price"), subject to adjustment pursuant to the terms hereof, including but not limited to Section 5 below.
Payment of the Exercise Price may be made by either of the following, or a combination thereof, at the election of Holder:
(i) Cash Exercise: The Holder may exercise this Warrant in cash, bank or cashiers check or wire transfer (a "Cash Exercise"); or
(ii) Cashless Exercise: If at any time after one year from the Date of Issuance, there is no effective Registration Statement (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) covering the resale of the Warrant Shares issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant, the Holder, at its option, may exercise this Warrant in a Cashless Exercise transaction (as defined below). Notwithstanding the above limitations, the Holder may effect a Cashless Exercise transaction at any time after (A) the Company fails to file the Registration Statement covering the resale of the Warrant Shares issuable upon the exercise hereof, by the date that such filing is required under the Registration Rights Agreement, or (B) the Company fails to provide a commercially reasonable written response to any comments ("SEC Comments") to a Registration Statement submitted by the Commission within 20 days of the date that such SEC Comments are received by the Company, so long as there is no effective Registration Statement covering the resale of the Warrant Shares issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant.
In order to effect a Cashless Exercise, the Holder shall surrender of this Warrant at the principal office of the Company together with notice of cashless election, in which event the Company shall issue Holder a number of shares of Common Stock computed using the following formula (a "Cashless Exercise"):
X = Y (A-B)/A
where: X = the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to Holder.
Y = the number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is being Exercised.
A = the Market Price of one (1) share of Common Stock (for purposes of this Section 3(ii),
B = the Exercise Price.
As used herein, "Market Price," as of any date, means the Volume Weighted Average Price (as defined herein) of the Company's Common Stock during the five (5) consecutive trading day period immediately preceding the date of Exercise, or other applicable date, and the "Volume Weighted Average Price" or "VWAP" for any security as of any date means the volume weighted average sale price on the Over the Counter Electronic Bulletin Board (the "OTC-BB") as reported by, or based upon data reported by, Bloomberg Financial Markets or an equivalent, reliable reporting service mutually acceptable to and hereafter designated by holders of a majority in interest of the Warrants and the Company ("Bloomberg") or, if the OTC-BB is not the principal trading market for such security, the volume weighted average sale price of such security on the principal securities exchange or trading market where such security is listed or traded as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no volume weighted average sale price is reported for such security, then the last closing trade price of such security as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no last closing trade price is reported for such security by Bloomberg, the average of the bid prices of any market makers for such security that are listed in the "pink sheets" by the National Quotation Bureau, Inc. If the Volume Weighted Average Price cannot be calculated for such security on such date in the manner provided above, the volume weighted average price shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company and the holders of a majority in interest of the Warrants being Exercised for which the calculation of the volume weighted average price is required in order to determine the Exercise Price of such Warrants. "Trading Day" shall mean any day on which the Common Sock is traded for any period on the OTC-BB, or on the principal securities exchange or other securities market on which the Common Stock is then being traded.
For purposes of Rule 144 and sub-section (d)(3)(ii) thereof, it is intended, understood and acknowledged that the Common Stock issuable upon Exercise of this Warrant in a cashless Exercise transaction shall be deemed to have been acquired at the time this Warrant was issued. Moreover, it is intended, understood and acknowledged that the holding period for the Common Stock issuable upon Exercise of this Warrant in a cashless Exercise transaction shall be deemed to have commenced on the date this Warrant was issued.
(b) Dispute Resolution. In the case of a dispute as to the determination of the Exercise Price or the arithmetic calculation of the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon any exercise of this Warrant, the Company shall promptly issue to the Holder the number of Warrant Shares that are not disputed and resolve such dispute in accordance with this subsection. In the case of a dispute as to the determination of the closing price or the Volume Weighted Average Price of the Company's Common Stock or the arithmetic calculation of the Exercise Price, Market Price or any Redemption Price, or the determination of whether or not a Dilutive Issuance or a Milestone Failure has occurred, the Company shall submit the disputed determinations or arithmetic calculations via facsimile within two (2) Business Days of receipt, or deemed receipt, of the Notice of Exercise or Redemption Notice or other event 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 within two (2) Business Days of such disputed determination or arithmetic calculation being submitted to the Holder, then the Company shall, within two (2) Business Days submit via facsimile (i) the disputed determination of the closing price or the Volume Weighted Average Price of the Company's Common Stock to an independent, reputable investment bank selected by the Company and approved by the Holder, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, (ii) the disputed arithmetic calculation of the Exercise Price, Market Price or any Redemption Price to the Company's independent, outside accountant or (iii) the disputed facts regarding the occurrence of a Dilutive Issuance or Milestone Failure (or any other matter referred to above that is not expressly designated to the independent investment bank or the independent outside accountant pursuant to (i) or (ii) immediately above) to an expert attorney from a nationally recognized outside law firm (having at least 100 attorneys and having with no prior relationship with the Company) selected by the Company and approved by the Holder. The Company, at the Company's expense, shall cause the investment bank or the accountant, law firm, or other expert, as the case may be, to perform the determinations or calculations and notify the Company and the Holder of the results no later than five (5) 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 (collectively, the "Dispute Resolution Procedures").
4. Transfer and Registration.
(a) Transfer Rights. Subject to the provisions of Section 8 of this Warrant, this Warrant may be transferred on the books of the Company, in whole or in part, in person or by attorney, upon surrender of this Warrant properly completed and endorsed. This Warrant shall be canceled upon such surrender and, as soon as practicable thereafter, the person to whom such transfer is made shall be entitled to receive a new Warrant or Warrants as to the portion of this Warrant transferred, and Holder shall be entitled to receive a new Warrant as to the portion hereof retained.
(b) Registrable Securities. The Common Stock issuable upon the Exercise of this Warrant has registration rights pursuant to that certain Registration Rights Agreements between the Company and the Holder dated even herewith.
5. Anti-Dilution Adjustments; Additional Adjustments; Purchase Rights.
(a) Participation. The Holder, as the holder of this Warrant, shall be entitled to receive such dividends paid and distributions of any kind made to the holders of Common Stock of the Company to the same extent as if the Holder had Exercised this Warrant into Common Stock (without regard to any limitations on exercise herein or elsewhere and without regard to whether or not a sufficient number of shares are authorized and reserved to effect any such exercise and issuance) and had held such shares of Common Stock on the record date for such dividends and distributions. Payments under the preceding sentence shall be made concurrently with the dividend or distribution to the holders of Common Stock.
(b) Recapitalization or Reclassification. If the Company shall at any time effect a recapitalization, reclassification or other similar transaction of such character that the shares of Common Stock shall be changed into or become exchangeable for a larger or smaller number of shares, then upon the effective date thereof, the number of shares of Common Stock which Holder shall be entitled to purchase upon Exercise of this Warrant shall be increased or decreased, as the case may be, in direct proportion to the increase or decrease in the number of shares of Common Stock by reason of such recapitalization, reclassification or similar transaction, and the Exercise Price shall be, in the case of an increase in the number of shares, proportionally decreased and, in the case of decrease in the number of shares, proportionally increased. The Company shall give Holder the same notice it provides to holders of Common Stock of any transaction described in this Section 5(b).
(c) Exercise Price Adjusted. As used in this Warrant, the term "Exercise Price" shall mean the purchase price per share specified in Section 3 of this Warrant, until the occurrence of an event stated in this Section 5 or otherwise set forth in this Warrant, and thereafter shall mean said price as adjusted from time to time in accordance with the provisions of said subsection. No such adjustment under this Section 5 shall be made unless such adjustment would change the Exercise Price at the time by $.01 or more; provided, however, that all adjustments not so made shall be deferred and made when the aggregate thereof would change the Exercise Price at the time by $.01 or more. No adjustment made pursuant to any provision of this Section 5 shall have the net effect of increasing the Exercise Price in relation to the split adjusted and distribution adjusted price of the Common Stock.
(d) Adjustments: Additional Shares, Securities or Assets. In the event that at any time, as a result of an adjustment made pursuant to this Section 5 or otherwise, Holder shall, upon Exercise of this Warrant, become entitled to receive shares and/or other securities or assets (other than Common Stock) then, wherever appropriate, all references herein to shares of Common Stock shall be deemed to refer to and include such shares and/or other securities or assets; and thereafter the number of such shares and/or other securities or assets shall be subject to adjustment from time to time in a manner and upon terms as nearly equivalent as practicable to the provisions of this Section 5.
(e) Adjustments to Exercise Price Due to Subsequent Equity Sales. If at any time after the Date of Issuance for so long as any Warrants are outstanding, the Company or any Subsidiary, as applicable, sells or grants any option to purchase or sells or grants any right to reprice, or otherwise disposes of or issues (or announces any sale, grant or any option to purchase or other disposition), any Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents entitling any Person to acquire shares of Common Stock at an effective price per share that is lower than the then Exercise Price (such lower price, the "Base Exercise Price" and such issuances, collectively, a "Dilutive Issuance") (if the holder of the Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents so issued shall at any time, whether by operation of purchase price adjustments, reset provisions, floating conversion, exercise or exchange prices or otherwise, or due to warrants, options or rights per share which are issued in connection with such issuance, be entitled to receive shares of Common Stock at an effective price per share that is lower than the Exercise Price, such issuance shall be deemed to have occurred for less than the Exercise Price on such date of the Dilutive Issuance), regardless of whether or not any such issuance or repricing of securities is conditional upon circumstances or events that may occur in the future, then the Exercise Price shall be reduced (each, a "Dilutive Issuance Adjustment") to equal the Base Exercise Price. Such adjustment shall be made whenever such Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents are issued. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no adjustment will be made under this Section 5(e) in respect of an Exempt Issuance (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement). If the Company issues Variable Equity Securities, despite the prohibition set forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Company shall be deemed to have issued Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents at the lowest possible conversion price at which such securities may be converted or exercised. The Company shall notify the Holder in writing, no later than 1 Business Day following the issuance of any Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents subject to this Section 5(e), indicating therein the applicable issuance price, or applicable reset price, exchange price, conversion price and other pricing terms (such notice, the "Dilutive Issuance Notice"). For purposes of clarification, whether or not the Company provides a Dilutive Issuance Notice pursuant to this Section 5(e), upon the occurrence of any Dilutive Issuance, the Holder is entitled to receive a number of Exercise Shares based upon the Base Exercise Price on or after the date of such Dilutive Issuance, regardless of whether the Holder accurately refers to the Base Exercise Price in the Notice of Exercise. No adjustment shall be made hereunder if such adjustment would result in an increase of the Exercise Price then in effect.
For purposes hereof:
"Common Stock Equivalents," "Exempt Issuance" and "Variable Equity Securities" shall each have the meanings ascribed to them in the Securities Purchase Agreement.
"Convertible Securities" means any stock or securities (other than Options) directly or indirectly convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock.
"Options" means any rights, warrants or options to subscribe for or purchase Common Stock or Convertible Securities.
(f) Subsequent Rights Offerings. If the Company, at anytime prior to the date that all of the Warrants have been Exercised, redeemed or otherwise satisfied in accordance with their terms, shall issue rights, options or warrants to all holders of Common Stock (and not to Holders) entitling them to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock at a price per share (the "Base Rights Offering Price") that is lower than the Exercise Price then in effect, then the Exercise Price then in effect shall be reduced (but not increased) to the Base Rights Offering Price (a "Subsequent Rights Offering Adjustment"). Such adjustment shall be made whenever such rights or warrants are issued, and shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such rights, options or warrants. No adjustment shall be made hereunder if such adjustment would result in an increase of the Exercise Price then in effect.
(g) Milestone Adjustments to Exercise Price. The Company has provided to the Holder pro forma financial projections and a list of milestone events that are evidenced on Schedule 5(g) attached hereto (the "Projections"). If the Company shall have failed (each a "Milestone Failure") to meet or exceed such Projections for the six (6) month period (the "Milestone Period") ending March 31, 2008 (the "Milestone Date"), in each case as reported in the Company's Form 10-QSB for such fiscal quarter, then the Exercise Price shall be reduced (but not increased) (a "Milestone Adjustment") to equal the lesser of (a) the Exercise Price then in effect, (b) the Market Price as determined on the date that is five (5) Trading Days after the applicable Milestone Date, or (c) the Market Price as determined on the date that is five (5) Trading Days after the date that Company files its next Form 10Q-SB or 10-KSB, as applicable, with the Commission following the end of the applicable Milestone Period (the "Milestone Adjustment Price").
Each such adjustment shall be effective as of the first day following each Milestone Date (by way of example, if the Projections are not met for the Milestone Period ending March 31, 2008, the reduction is effective immediately on April 1, 2008). As to any Exercises by the Holder that occurred following the end of a Milestone Period but prior to the date the Company's periodic report was filed ("Interim Period"), the Company shall retroactively send the Holder additional Warrant Shares within 3 Trading Days of the date of the applicable filing if an adjustment is required hereunder (provided that to the extent any such shares would cause the Beneficial Ownership Limitation to be exceeded, such excess shares shall not be issued and delivered until such time as such shares may be so issued without exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation). The number of additional Warrant Shares issued shall be equal to the number of Warrant Shares receivable from such Exercises based on the adjusted Exercise Price less any Warrant Shares previously received on account of such Exercises. Any subsequent restatements of the Company's financials shall require similar retroactive issuances if the aforementioned events are subsequently deemed to have occurred. The Company shall provide written notice to the Holder no later than 5 Business Day following the Company's filing of the applicable periodic report with the Commission, indicating therein the new Exercise Price and the Revenue for the applicable quarter. In the event that there is an adjustment to the Exercise Price pursuant to any other provision under this Warrant during the Interim Period, the Exercise Price shall be the lower of (i) the Exercise Price as adjusted pursuant to the other provisions of this Warrant and (ii) the new Exercise Price as determined hereunder. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) the provision shall only have the effect of reducing the Exercise Price and (ii) each adjustment shall be permanent notwithstanding future Revenue or the achievement of any other milestones and cumulative with any other adjustments hereunder.
(h) Adjustments to Exercise Price During Major Announcements. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Warrant to the contrary, in the event the Company makes any public announcement (the date of such announcement is hereinafter referred to as the "Announcement Date") anytime during the period beginning five (5) Business Days before any Milestone Adjustment Date and ending five (5) Business Days after such Milestone Adjustment Date (the "Protected Period"), then the "Milestone Adjustment Price" for such Milestone Adjustment shall equal the lesser of (X) the Milestone Adjustment Price as determined pursuant to Section 5(g) above, (Y) the Market Price as determined on the Trading Day immediately preceding the Announcement Date and (Z) the Market Price as determined on the date that is ten (10) Trading Days after the Announcement Date.
(i) Subdivision or Combination of Common Stock. If the Company at any time subdivides (by any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, reorganization, reclassification or otherwise) the shares of Common Stock acquirable hereunder into a greater number of shares, then, after the date of record for effecting such subdivision, the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such subdivision will be proportionately reduced and the number of shares represented by this Warrant shall proportionally increase. If the Company at any time combines (by reverse stock split, recapitalization, reorganization, reclassification or otherwise) the shares of Common Stock acquirable hereunder into a smaller number of shares, then, after the date of record for effecting such combination, the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such combination will be proportionately increased and the number of shares represented by this Warrant shall proportionally decrease.
(j) Voluntary Adjustment By Company. The Company may at any time during the term of this Warrant reduce the then current Exercise Price to any amount and for any period of time deemed appropriate by the Board of Directors of the Company (a "Voluntary Adjustment").
(k) Adjustment to Number of Shares. In the event of any adjustment to the Exercise Price pursuant to the terms of this Warrant, including but not limited to any Milestone Adjustment, any Dilutive Issuance Adjustment any Subsequent Rights Offering Adjustment, Default Adjustment or any Voluntary Adjustment, the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon Exercise of this Warrant shall be increased (except as otherwise provided in Section 5(b) or (i)) such that the aggregate Exercise Price payable in a full Cash Exercise hereunder, after taking into account the decrease in the Exercise Price, shall be equal to the aggregate Exercise Price payable in a full Cash Exercise prior to such adjustment, and the number of Warrant Shares issuable in a Cashless Exercise shall be increased accordingly.
(l) Notice of Adjustments. Whenever the Exercise Price is adjusted pursuant to the terms of this Warrant, the Company shall within Five (5) Business Days mail to the Holder a notice (a "Exercise Price Adjustment Notice") setting forth the Exercise Price after such adjustment and setting forth a statement of the facts requiring such adjustment. The Company shall, upon the written request at any time of the Holder, furnish to such Holder a like Warrant setting forth (i) such adjustment or readjustment, (ii) the Exercise Price at the time in effect and (iii) the number of shares of Common Stock and the amount, if any, of other securities or property which at the time would be received upon Exercise of the Warrant, following delivery of the original Warrant to the Company for exchange. For purposes of clarification, whether or not the Corporation provides an Exercise Price Adjustment Notice pursuant to this Section 5(l), upon the occurrence of any event that leads to an adjustment of the Exercise Price, the Holders are entitled to receive a number of Exercise Shares based upon the new Exercise Price, as adjusted, for exercises occurring on or after the date of such adjustment, regardless of whether a Holder accurately refers to the adjusted Exercise Price in the Notice of Exercise.
(m) Notice to Holder.
(i) Adjustment to Exercise Price. Whenever the Exercise Price is adjusted pursuant to any provision of this Section 5, the Company shall promptly mail to the Holder a notice setting forth the Exercise Price after such adjustment and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment. If the Company issues Variable Equity Securities (as defined in the Purchase Agreement), despite the prohibition thereon in the Purchase Agreement, the Company shall be deemed to have issued Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents at the lowest possible conversion or exercise price at which such securities may be converted or exercised.
(ii) Notice to Allow Exercise by Holder. If (A) the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution in whatever form) on the Common Stock; (B) the Company shall declare a special nonrecurring cash dividend on or a redemption of the Common Stock; (C) the Company shall authorize the granting to all holders of the Common Stock rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any shares of capital stock of any class or of any rights; (D) the approval of any stockholders of the Company shall be required in connection with any reclassification of the Common Stock, any consolidation or merger to which the Company is a party, any sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, of any compulsory share exchange whereby the Common Stock is converted into other securities, cash or property; (E) the Company shall authorize the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Company; then, in each case, the Company shall cause to be mailed to the Holder at its last address as it shall appear upon the Warrant Register of the Company, at least 20 calendar days prior to the applicable record or effective date hereinafter specified, a notice stating (x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution, redemption, rights or warrants, or if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of the Common Stock of record to be entitled to such dividend, distributions, redemption, rights or warrants are to be determined or (y) the date on which such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange is expected to become effective or close, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of the Common Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares of the Common Stock for securities, cash or other property deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange; provided that the failure to mail such notice or any defect therein or in the mailing thereof shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be specified in such notice. The Holder is entitled to exercise this Warrant during the period commencing on the date of such notice to the effective date of the event triggering such notice.
(n) Purchase Rights. In addition to any other adjustments described herein, 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 proportionate 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.
6. Fractional Interests.
No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issuable upon the Exercise of this Warrant, but on Exercise of this Warrant, Holder may purchase only a whole number of shares of Common Stock. If, on Exercise of this Warrant, Holder would be entitled to a fractional share of Common Stock or a right to acquire a fractional share of Common Stock, such fractional share shall be disregarded and the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon Exercise shall be the next closest number of whole shares.
7. Reservation of Shares.
From and after the date hereof, the Company shall at all times reserve for issuance such number of authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock (or other securities substituted therefor as herein above provided) as shall be sufficient for the Exercise of this Warrant and payment of the Exercise Price in full without regard to any Beneficial Ownership Limitation. If at any time the number of shares of Common Stock authorized and reserved for issuance is below the number of shares sufficient for the Exercise of this Warrant (a "Share Authorization Failure")(based on the Exercise Price in effect from time to time), the Company will promptly take all corporate action necessary to authorize and reserve a sufficient number of shares, including, without limitation, calling a special meeting of stockholders to authorize additional shares to meet the Company's obligations under this Section 7, in the case of an insufficient number of authorized shares, and using its best efforts to obtain stockholder approval of an increase in such authorized number of shares. The Company covenants and agrees that upon the Exercise of this Warrant, all shares of Common Stock issuable upon such Exercise shall be duly and validly issued, fully paid, nonassessable and not subject to liens, claims, preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or similar rights of any person or entity.
8. Restrictions on Transfer.
(a) Registration or Exemption Required. This Warrant has been issued in a transaction exempt from the registration requirements of the Act by virtue of Regulation D and exempt from state registration under applicable state laws. The Warrant and the Common Stock issuable upon the Exercise of this Warrant may not be transferred, sold or assigned except pursuant to an effective registration statement or an exemption to the registration requirements of the Act and applicable state laws.
(b) Assignment. If Holder can provide the Company with reasonably satisfactory evidence that the conditions of (a) above regarding registration or exemption have been satisfied, Holder may sell, transfer, assign, pledge or otherwise dispose of this Warrant, in whole or in part. Holder shall deliver a written notice to Company, substantially in the form of the Assignment attached hereto as Exhibit B, indicating the person or persons to whom the Warrant shall be assigned and the respective number of warrants to be assigned to each assignee. The Company shall effect the assignment within ten (10) days of receipt of the original Warrant and other information required by this Section 8(b), and shall deliver to the assignee(s) designated by Holder a Warrant or Warrants of like tenor and terms for the appropriate number of shares.
9. Noncircumvention. The Company hereby covenants and agrees that the Company will not, by amendment of its Certificate 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, and (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.
10. Rights Upon Major Transaction or Change of Entity Transaction.
(a) Definitions. For purposes hereof,
"Change of Entity Transaction" means (i) a consolidation, merger, exchange of shares, recapitalization, reorganization, business combination or other similar event, (A) following which the holders of Common Stock immediately preceding such consolidation, merger, combination or event either (1) no longer hold a majority of the shares of Common Stock of the Company or (2) no longer have the ability to elect the board of directors of the Company or (B) as a result of which shares of Common Stock shall be changed into (or the shares of Common Stock become entitled to receive) the same or a different number of shares of the same or another class or classes of stock or securities of the Company or another entity.
"Sufficient Trading Characteristics" shall mean that the average daily dollar trading volume of the common stock of such entity on its primary exchange or market is equal to or in excess of $100,000 for the 90th through the 31st day prior to the public announcement of such transaction.
"Permissible Change of Entity Transaction" shall mean a Change of Entity Transaction where the Successor Entity (as defined below) (A) is a publicly traded Company, which is a "Reporting Issuer" under the 1934 Act and whose common stock is quoted on or listed for trading on an Eligible Market, (B) has Sufficient Trading Characteristics (as defined below) and (C) meets the Assumption Requirements (as required in Section 10(b) below).
"Eligible Market" means the over the counter Bulletin Board ("OTC-BB"), the New York Stock Exchange, Inc., the NASDAQ Capital Market, the NASDAQ Global Market, the NASDAQ Global Select Market or the American Stock Exchange.
"Impermissible Change of Entity Transaction" shall mean a Change of Entity Transaction which does not qualify as a Permissible Change of Entity Transaction.
" Major Transaction" means
(i) an Impermissible Change of Entity Transaction; and
(ii) the sale or transfer of more than 40%, in the aggregate, of the properties or assets of the Company to another Person or Persons in any rolling 12 month period (an "Asset Sale"); and
(iii) a purchase, tender or exchange offer made to and accepted by the holders of more than the 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock.
(b) Assumption Upon Change of Entity Transaction. The Company shall not, so long as any portion of this Warrant remains outstanding, enter into or be party to a Change of Entity Transaction unless any Person purchasing the Company's assets or Common Stock, or any successor entity resulting from such Change of Entity Transaction (in each case, an "Successor Entity"), assumes (an "Assumption") in writing all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant in accordance with the provisions of this Section 10(b) pursuant to written agreements in form and substance satisfactory to the Required Warrant Holders (as defined below) and approved by the Required Warrant Holders prior to such Change of Entity 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, having an exercise price equal to the Exercise Price of this Warrant, having similar exercise rights as this Warrant (including but not limited to similar exercise price adjustment provisions), and satisfactory to the Required Warrant Holders. Upon the occurrence of any Change of Entity Transaction, the Successor Entity shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such Change of Entity 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 the Warrant with the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the Company herein. Upon consummation of a Change of Entity Transaction, the Successor Entity shall deliver to the Holder confirmation that there shall be issued upon exercise or redemption of the Warrant at any time after the consummation of the Change of Entity Transaction, in lieu of the shares of Common Stock (or other securities, cash, assets or other property) issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant prior to such Change of Entity Transaction, such shares of publicly traded common stock (or their equivalent) of the Successor Entity, as adjusted in accordance with the provisions of this Warrant. The provisions of this Section shall apply similarly and equally to successive Change of Entity Transactions and shall be applied without regard to any limitations on the exercise of the Warrant. The requirements of this Section 10(b) are referred to herein as the "Assumption Requirements."
For purposes hereof, "Required Warrant Holders" shall mean the Holders of two-thirds (2/3) of the then outstanding Warrants (determined by the number of unexercised underlying shares).
(c) Notice of Major Transaction; Redemption Right Upon Major Transaction. At least thirty (30) days prior to the consummation of a Major Transaction, but not prior to the public announcement of such transaction, the Company shall deliver written notice thereof via facsimile and overnight courier to the Holder (a "Major Transaction Notice"), which notice shall specify the nature and terms of the proposed transaction and nature of the Successor Entity (if any).
(d) Redemption Right Upon Major Transaction. At any time during the period beginning after the Holder's receipt of a Major Transaction Notice and ending on the Trading Day immediately prior to the consummation of such Major Transaction, the Holder may require the Company to redeem all or any portion of the Holder's Warrant by delivering written notice thereof ("Major Transaction Redemption Notice") to the Company, which Major Transaction Redemption Notice shall indicate the number of Warrant Shares of its Warrant (the "Redemption Warrant Amount") that the Holder is electing to be redeemed.
The portion of this Warrant subject to redemption pursuant to this Section 10(d) shall be redeemed by the Company in cash at a price equal to 100% of the greater of (i) the Black Scholes value (as defined below) of the remaining outstanding portion of the Warrant to be redeemed on the date the Major Transaction is consummated calculated using the Black Scholes Option Pricing Model and (ii) the Black-Scholes value of the remaining unexercised portion of this Warrant to be redeemed on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date that the Major Transaction Redemption Price (as defined below) is paid to the Holder (the greater of which is referred to as the "Major Transaction Redemption Price"). For purposes hereof, the "Black-Scholes" value of a Warrant shall be determined by use of the Black 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 100% and the 100 day volatility obtained from the HVT function on Bloomberg.
(e) Escrow; Payment of Major Transaction Redemption Price. Following the receipt of a Major Transaction Redemption Notice from the Holder, the Company shall not effect a Major Transaction unless it shall first place, or shall cause the Successor Entity to place, into an escrow account with an independent escrow agent, at least three (3) Business Days prior to the closing date of the Major Transaction (the "Major Transaction Escrow Deadline"), an amount equal to the Major Transaction Redemption Price. Concurrently upon closing of any Major Transaction, the Company shall pay or shall instruct the escrow agent to pay the Major Transaction Redemption Price to the Holder, which payment shall constitute a Redemption Upon Major Transaction of the Debentures.
(f) Injunction. Following the receipt of a Major Transaction Redemption Notice from the Holder, in the event that the Company attempts to consummate a Major Transaction without placing the Major Transaction Redemption Price in escrow in accordance with subsection (e) above or without payment of the Major Transaction Redemption Price to the Holder upon consummation of such Major Transaction, the Buyer shall have the right to apply for an injunction in any state or federal courts sitting in the City of New York, borough of Manhattan to prevent the closing of such Major Transaction until the Major Transaction Redemption Price is paid to the Holder, in full.
(g) Mechanics of Redemptions Upon Major Transactions.
Redemptions required by this Section 10 shall be made in accordance with the provisions of Section 12 and shall have priority to payments to shareholders in connection with a Major Transaction. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 10, until the Major Transaction Redemption Price is paid in full, the portion of the Warrant submitted for redemption under this Section may be converted, in whole or in part, by the Holder into shares of Common Stock, or in the event the Date of Exercise is after the consummation of a Major Transaction, into shares of publicly traded common stock (or their equivalent) of the Successor Entity pursuant to Section 10(b). Unless otherwise indicated by the Holder in the applicable Notice of Exercise, any amount of this Warrant exercised during the period from the date of the Major Transaction Redemption Notice until the date the Major Transaction Redemption Price is paid in full shall be considered to be an exercise (instead of a Redemption) of a portion of the Warrant that would have been subject to such Redemption, and any amounts of this Warrant exercised from time to time during such period shall exercised in full into Common Stock at the Exercise Price then in effect, and the number of shares of this Warrant so exercised into Common Stock shall be deducted from the number of Warrants that are subject to redemption hereunder. The parties hereto agree that in the event of the Company's redemption of any portion of the Warrant under this Section 10(d), the Holder's damages would be uncertain and difficult to estimate because of the parties' inability to predict future interest rates and the uncertainty of the availability of a suitable substitute investment opportunity for the Holder. Accordingly, any redemption premium due under this Section 10 is intended by the parties to be, and shall be deemed, a reasonable estimate of the Holder's actual loss of its investment opportunity and not as a penalty.
11. Default and Redemption.
(a) Events Of Default. Each of the following events which occur while any Warrants are outstanding shall be considered to be an "Event Of Default":
(i) Failure To File and Maintain Registration. An Event of Default occurs under Section 10(c) of the Debentures with respect to any Warrant Shares (a "Registration Default");
(ii) Failure To Authorize And Reserve Common Stock. An Event of Default occurs under Section 10(g) of the Debentures with respect to any Warrant Shares (a "Share Reservation Default");
(iii) Failure To Deliver Common Stock. A Warrant Share Delivery Failure (as defined above) occurs and remains uncured for a period of more than twenty (20) days.
(iv) Legend Removal Failure. A Legend Removal Failure occurs and remains uncured for a period of twenty (20) days, where a "Legend Removal Failure" shall be deemed to have occurred if the Company fails to issue Exercise Shares without a restrictive legend, when and as required under Section 2(e)(ii) hereof.
(v) Failure to Pay the Buy-In Amount. The Company fails to pay any Buy-In Amount due to the Holder pursuant to a Buy-In hereunder, and such failure continues for ten (10) days after the Holder notifies the Company in writing that such amounts are payable.
(vi) Corporate Existence; Major Transaction. The Company has effected a Major Transaction without paying the Major Transaction Redemption Price to the Holder pursuant to Section 10(d) or, if the Holder did not elect a Redemption Upon Major Transaction, the Company has failed to meet the Assumption Requirements of Section 10(b) prior to effecting a Major Transaction.
(vii) Failure to Adjust Exercise Price; Failure to Comply With Dispute Resolution Procedures. The Company shall have failed to comply in good faith with the Dispute Resolution Procedures (as defined herein) or shall have failed to adjust the Exercise Price as required hereunder following a Dilutive Issuance, a Milestone Event, or otherwise (after any applicable Dispute Resolution Procedure required herein) ), and such failure continues for ten (10) Business Days after the Holder provides written notice to the Company that such performance by the Company is past due.
(b) Mandatory Redemption. If any Events of Default shall occur and any such Event of Default continues for an additional ten (10) Business Days after the Holder provides written notice to the Company that an Event of Default has occurred and specifying the factual basis therefor then thereafter, unless waived by the Holder, , at the option of the Holder, such option exercisable through the delivery of written notice to the Company by such Holder (the "Default Notice"), the outstanding amount of this Warrant shall be immediately redeemed by the Company and the Company shall pay to the Holder (a "Mandatory Redemption") an amount (the "Mandatory Redemption Amount" or the "Default Amount") equal to 100% of the greater of (i) the Black-Scholes value of the remaining unexercised portion of this Warrant on the date of such Default Notice and (2) the Black-Scholes value of the remaining unexercised portion of this Warrant on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date that the Mandatory Redemption Amount is paid to the Holder.
The Mandatory Redemption Amount shall be payable, in cash or cash equivalent, within five (5) business days of the Date of the applicable Default Notice (the "Default Amount Due Date"). If the Company fails to pay the Mandatory Redemption Amount within thirty (30) days of the Default Amount Due Date, then (A) the Exercise Price shall be permanently decreased (but not increased) (each a "Default Adjustment") on the first Trading Day of each calendar month thereafter (each a "Default Adjustment Date") until the Default Amount is paid in full, to a price equal to the lesser of (i) the Exercise Price then in effect, or (ii) the lowest Market Price that has occurred on any Default Adjustment Date since the date that the Event of Default began. Notwithstanding the occurrence of an Event of Default, Failure Payments and any other Required Cash Payments (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) shall continue to accrue. On the date that is five (5) Business Days after the Company's receipt of the Holder's Default Notice, the Default Amount, together with all other amounts payable hereunder, shall immediately become due and payable, all without demand, presentment or notice, all of which hereby are expressly waived, together with all costs, including, without limitation, legal fees and expenses, of collection, and the Holder shall be entitled to exercise all other rights and remedies available at law or in equity, and (B) the Holder shall have the right at any time, so long as the Company remains in default (and so long and to the extent that there are sufficient authorized shares), to require the Company, upon written notice ("Default Exercise Notice") (which may be given one or more times, from time to time anytime after the Default Amount Due Date), to immediately issue (a "Default Exercise"), in lieu of all or any specified portion (the "Specified Portion") of the unpaid portion (the "Unpaid Portion") of the Default Amount, a number (the "Default Share Amount") of shares (the "Default Shares") of Common Stock, subject to the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, equal to the Specified Portion of the Default Amount divided by the Exercise Price in effect on the date such shares are issued to the Holder, PROVIDED THAT, the Holder may require that such payment of shares be made in one or more installments at such time and in such amounts as Holder chooses. The Default shares are due within five (5) Business Days of the date that the Holder delivers a Default Exercise Notice to the Company with the original Warrant (if delivery of the original is required hereunder) (the "Default Share Delivery Deadline").
If the Company is unable to redeem all of the Warrants submitted for redemption, the Company shall redeem a pro rata amount from each Holder based on the number of Warrants submitted for redemption by such Holder relative to the total number of Warrants submitted for redemption by all Holders.
The Holder shall not be entitled to receive Default Shares on a given date if and to the extent that such issuance would cause the Beneficial Ownership Limitation then in effect to be exceeded. If and to the extent that the issuance of Default Shares with respect to a given Specified Portion would result in the a violation of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, then that particular Specified Portion shall be automatically reduced to a value that would cause the number of Default Shares to be issued to equal the Maximum Percentage, and the amount of such reduction shall be added back to the Unpaid Portion of the Default Amount.
(c) Redemption by Other Holders. Upon the Company's receipt of notice from any of the holders for redemption or repayment of other Warrants that were issued pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement (the "Other Warrants") as a result of an event or occurrence of an Event of Default or a Major Transaction (each, an "Other Redemption Notice"), the Company shall immediately, but no later than one (1) Business Day of its receipt thereof, forward to the Holder by facsimile a copy of such notice. If the Company receives a Redemption Notice and one or more Other Redemption Notices, during the seven (7) Business Day period beginning on and including the date which is three (3) Business Days prior to the Company's receipt of the Holder's Redemption Notice and ending on and including the date which is three (3) Business Days after the Company's receipt of the Holder's Redemption Notice and the Company is unable to redeem all amounts designated in such Redemption Notice and such Other Redemption Notices received during such seven (7) Business Day period, then the Company shall redeem a pro rata amount from each holder of the Warrants (including the Holder) based on the number of Warrants submitted for redemption pursuant to such Redemption Notice and such Other Redemption Notices received by the Company during such seven (7) Business Day period.
(d) Posting Of Bond. In the event that any Event of Default occurs hereunder or any Event of Default occurs under any of the Transaction Documents, the Company may not raise as a legal defense (in any Lawsuit, as defined below, or otherwise) or justification to such Event of Default any claim that such Holder or any one associated or affiliated with such Holder has been engaged in any violation of law, unless the Company has posted a surety bond (a "Surety Bond") for the benefit of such Holder in the amount of 130% of the aggregate Surety Bond Value (as defined below) of all of the Holder's Debentures and Warrants (the "Bond Amount"), which Surety Bond shall remain in effect until the completion of litigation of the dispute and the proceeds of which shall be payable to such Holder to the extent Holder obtains judgment.
For purposes hereof, a "Lawsuit" shall mean any lawsuit, arbitration or other dispute resolution filed by either party herein pertaining to any of the Transaction Documents.
"Surety Bond Value," for the Warrants shall mean 130% of the of the Black-Scholes value of the remaining unexercised portion of this Warrant on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date that such bond goes into effect) and "Surety Bond Value" for the Debentures shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the Certificate of Designation.
(e) Injunction And Posting Of Bond. In the event that the Event of Default referred to in subsection (c) above pertains to the Company's failure to deliver unlegended shares of Common Stock to the Holder pursuant to a Warrant Exercise, legend removal request, the Company may not refuse such unlegended share delivery based on any claim that such Holder or any one associated or affiliated with such Holder has been engaged in any violation of law, unless an injunction from a court, on prior notice to Holder, restraining and or enjoining Exercise of all or part of said Warrant shall have been sought and obtained by the Company and the Company has posted a Surety Bond for the benefit of such Holder in the amount of the Bond Amount (as described above), which Surety Bond shall remain in effect until the completion of litigation of the dispute and the proceeds of which shall be payable to such Holder to the extent Holder obtains judgment.
12. Holder's Redemptions.
(a) Mechanics of Holder's Redemptions. In the event that the Holder has sent a Major Transaction Redemption Notice to the Company pursuant to Section 10(d) or a Default Notice pursuant to Section 11(b)(i), respectively (each, a "Redemption Notice"), the Holder shall promptly submit this Warrant to the Company (if delivery of the original Warrant is required pursuant to Section 2(j). In the event of a redemption of less than all of the outstanding portion of this Warrant, the Company shall promptly cause to be issued and delivered to the Holder a new Warrant representing the outstanding number of underlying Warrant Shares which have not been redeemed. In the event that the Company does not pay the applicable Redemption Price to the Holder within the time period required, at any time thereafter and until the Company pays such unpaid Redemption Price in full, the Holder shall have the option, in lieu of redemption, to require the Company to promptly return to the Holder all or any portion of this Warrant that was submitted for redemption and for which the applicable Major Transaction Redemption Price (together with any late charges thereon) has not been paid. Upon the Company's receipt of such notice, (x) the applicable Redemption Notice shall be null and void with respect to such Redemption Share Amount, and (y) the Company shall immediately return this Warrant, or issue a new Warrant to the Holder representing the portion of this Warrant that was submitted for redemption The Holder's delivery of a notice voiding a Redemption Notice and exercise of its rights following such notice shall not affect the Company's obligations to make any payments of Failure Payments which have accrued prior to the date of such notice with respect to the Warrant subject to such notice.
(b) Warrants Detachable. The Warrants constitute a separate, detachable security from the Debentures. In the event of any redemption of the Debentures, in whole or in part, by the Company, the Holder shall retain any of its Warrants that have not been exercised or redeemed in accordance with their terms and in the event of any redemption of the Warrants, in whole or in part, by the Company, the Holder shall retain any of its Warrants that have not been exercised or redeemed in accordance with their terms.
14. 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.
15. Benefits of this Warrant.
Nothing in this Warrant shall be construed to confer upon any person other than the Company and Holder any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Warrant and this Warrant shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Company and Holder.
16. Governing Law.
All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof. Each party agrees that all legal proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (whether brought against a party hereto or its respective affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders, employees or agents) shall be commenced exclusively in the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, borough of Manhattan for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein (including with respect to the enforcement of any of the Transaction Documents), and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is improper or is an inconvenient venue for such proceeding. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law. The parties hereby waive all rights to a trial by jury. If either party shall commence an action or proceeding to enforce any provisions of this Agreement, then the prevailing party in such action or proceeding shall be reimbursed by the other party for its reasonable attorneys' fees and other costs and expenses incurred with the investigation, preparation and prosecution of such action or proceeding.
17. Loss of Warrant.
Upon receipt by the Company of evidence of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant, and (in the case of loss, theft or destruction) of indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to the Company, and upon surrender and cancellation of this Warrant, if mutilated, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant of like tenor and date.
18. Amendment.
This Warrant may be modified or amended or the provisions hereof waived with the written consent of the Company and the Holder.
19. Notice or Demands.
Notices or demands pursuant to this Warrant to be given or made by Holder to or on the Company shall be sufficiently given or made if sent by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, and addressed, until another address is designated in writing by the Company, to the address set forth in Section 2(a) above. Notices or demands pursuant to this Warrant to be given or made by the Company to or on Holder shall be sufficiently given or made if sent by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, and addressed, to the address of Holder set forth in the Company's records, until another address is designated in writing by Holder.
20. Warrant Holder Not a Stockholder.
The Holder of this Warrant, as such, shall not be entitled by reason of this Warrant to any rights whatsoever as a stockholder of the Company, including but not limited to voting rights.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Warrant as of the _______ day of November, 2007.
By: ________________________
Print Name: _Dyron M. Watford__
Title: __CFO__________________
EXHIBIT A
NOTICE OF EXERCISE FORM FOR WARRANT
The undersigned hereby irrevocably Exercises the right to purchase ____________ of the shares of Common Stock (the "Common Stock") of UNIVERSAL ENERGY CORP., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), evidenced by the attached warrant (the "Warrant"), and herewith makes payment of the Exercise price with respect to such shares in full, all in accordance with the conditions and provisions of said Warrant.
1. The undersigned agrees not to offer, sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of the Common Stock obtained on Exercise of the Warrant, except in accordance with the provisions of Section 8(a) of the Warrant.
2. The undersigned requests that stock certificates for such shares be issued free of any restrictive legend, if appropriate, and a warrant representing any unexercised portion hereof be issued, pursuant to the Warrant in the name of the undersigned and delivered to the undersigned at the address set forth below:
Dated:________
________________________________________________________________________
Signature
_______________________________________________________________________
Print Name
________________________________________________________________________
Address
_______________________________________________________________________
NOTICE
The signature to the foregoing Notice of Exercise Form must correspond to the name as written upon the face of the attached Warrant in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever.
________________________________________________________________________
EXHIBIT B
ASSIGNMENT
(To be executed by the registered holder
desiring to transfer the Warrant)
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned holder of the attached warrant (the "Warrant") hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto the person or persons below named the right to purchase _______ shares of the Common Stock of UNIVERSAL ENERGY CORP., a Delaware corporation, evidenced by the attached Warrant and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint _______________________ attorney to transfer the said Warrant on the books of the Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated: _________ ______________________________
Signature
Fill in for new registration of Warrant:
___________________________________
Name
___________________________________
Address
___________________________________
Please print name and address of assignee
(including zip code number)
_______________________________________________________________________
NOTICE
The signature to the foregoing Assignment must correspond to the name as written upon the face of the attached Warrant in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever.
________________________________________________________________________
SCHEDULE 5(g)
MILESTONES
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Milestone Date |
Milestone Goals |
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March 31, 2008 |
$1,750,000 in revenues, from any combination of the oil and gas prospects listed in the Company's Form 10-Q for the period ending June 30, 2007 and from Lone Oak, for the two fiscal quarter period ending on March 31, 2008. |
