Exhibit 10.70
THIS WARRANT AND THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE
UPON EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT HAVE NOT BEEN
REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS
AMENDED, OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THIS WARRANT
AND THE COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS
WARRANT MAY NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED,
HYPOTHECATED, OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE
OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AS TO THIS
WARRANT OR SUCH SHARES OF COMMON STOCK, AS
APPLICABLE, UNDER SAID ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE
SECURITIES LAWS OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY
SATISFACTORY TO VENTURES-NATIONAL INCORPORATED D/B/A
TITAN GENERAL HOLDINGS, INC. THAT SUCH REGISTRATION
IS NOT REQUIRED.
Right to Purchase 600,000 Shares of Common Stock of
Ventures-National Incorporated d/b/a Titan General Holdings, Inc.
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(subject to adjustment as provided herein)
COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT
No. _________________ Issue Date: November 20, 2003
VENTURES-NATIONAL INCORPORATED D/B/A TITAN GENERAL HOLDINGS, INC. a
corporation organized under the laws of the State of Utah, hereby certifies
that, for value received, LAURUS MASTER FUND, LTD., or assigns (the "Holder"),
is entitled, subject to the terms set forth below, to purchase from the Company
(as defined herein) from and after the Issue Date of this Warrant and at any
time or from time to time before 5:00 p.m., New York time, through the close of
business November 20, 2010 (the "Expiration Date"), up to 600,000 fully paid and
nonassessable shares of Common Stock (as hereinafter defined), $0.001 par value
per share, at the applicable Exercise Price per share (as defined below). The
number and character of such shares of Common Stock and the applicable Exercise
Price per share are subject to adjustment as provided herein.
As used herein the following terms, unless the context otherwise
requires, have the following respective meanings:
(a) The term "Company" shall include Ventures-National
Incorporated d/b/a Titan General Holdings, Inc. and any corporation
which shall succeed, or assume the obligations of, Ventures-National
Incorporated d/b/a Titan General Holdings, Inc. hereunder.
(b) The term "Common Stock" includes (i) the Company's Common
Stock, par value 0.001 per share; and (ii) any other securities into
which or for which any of the securities described in (a) may be
converted or exchanged pursuant to a plan of recapitalization,
reorganization, merger, sale of assets or otherwise.
(c) The term "Other Securities" refers to any stock (other
than Common Stock) and other securities of the Company or any other
person (corporate or otherwise) which the holder of the Warrant at any
time shall be entitled to receive, or shall have received, on the
exercise of the Warrant, in lieu of or in addition to Common Stock, or
which at any time shall be issuable or shall have been issued in
exchange for or in replacement of Common Stock or Other Securities
pursuant to Section 4 or otherwise.
(d) The "Exercise Price" applicable under this Warrant shall
be as follows:
(i) a price of $0.83 for the first 250,000 shares
acquired hereunder;
(ii) a price of $0.90 for the next 200,000 shares
acquired hereunder; and
(iii) a price of $0.97 for any additional shares
acquired hereunder.
1. EXERCISE OF WARRANT.
1.1 NUMBER OF SHARES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE. From and after
the date hereof through and including the Expiration Date, the Holder shall be
entitled to receive, upon exercise of this Warrant in whole or in part, by
delivery of an original or fax copy of an exercise notice in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit A (the "Exercise Notice"), shares of Common Stock of the
Company, subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 4.
1.2 FAIR MARKET VALUE. For purposes hereof, the "Fair Market
Value" of a share of Common Stock as of a particular date (the "Determination
Date") shall mean:
(a) If the Company's Common Stock is traded on the American
Stock Exchange or another national exchange or is quoted on the
National or SmallCap Market of The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc.("Nasdaq"),
then the closing or last sale price, respectively, reported for the
last business day immediately preceding the Determination Date.
(b) If the Company's Common Stock is not traded on the
American Stock Exchange or another national exchange or on the Nasdaq
but is traded on the NASD OTC Bulletin Board, then the mean of the
average of the closing bid and asked prices reported for the last
business day immediately preceding the Determination Date.
(c) Except as provided in clause (d) below, if the Company's
Common Stock is not publicly traded, then as the Holder and the Company
agree or in the absence of agreement by arbitration in accordance with
the rules then in effect of the American Arbitration Association,
before a single arbitrator to be chosen by the mutual agreement of the
Company and the Holder from a panel of persons qualified by education
and training to pass on the matter to be decided.
(d) If the Determination Date is the date of a liquidation,
dissolution or winding up, or any event deemed to be a liquidation,
dissolution or winding up pursuant to the Company's charter, then all
amounts to be payable per share to holders of the
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Common Stock pursuant to the charter in the event of such liquidation,
dissolution or winding up, plus all other amounts to be payable per
share in respect of the Common Stock in liquidation under the charter,
assuming for the purposes of this clause (d) that all of the shares of
Common Stock then issuable upon exercise of the Warrant are outstanding
at the Determination Date.
1.3 COMPANY ACKNOWLEDGMENT. The Company will, at the time of
the exercise of the Warrant, upon the request of the holder hereof acknowledge
in writing its continuing obligation to afford to such holder any rights to
which such holder shall continue to be entitled after such exercise in
accordance with the provisions of this Warrant. If the holder shall fail to make
any such request, such failure shall not affect the continuing obligation of the
Company to afford to such holder any such rights.
1.4 TRUSTEE FOR WARRANT HOLDERS. In the event that a bank or
trust company shall have been appointed as trustee for the holders of the
Warrant pursuant to Subsection 3.2, such bank or trust company shall have all
the powers and duties of a warrant agent (as hereinafter described) and shall
accept, in its own name for the account of the Company or such successor person
as may be entitled thereto, all amounts otherwise payable to the Company or such
successor, as the case may be, on exercise of this Warrant pursuant to this
Section 1.
2. PROCEDURE FOR EXERCISE.
2.1 DELIVERY OF STOCK CERTIFICATES, ETC., ON EXERCISE. The
Company agrees that the shares of Common Stock purchased upon exercise of this
Warrant shall be deemed to be issued to the Holder as the record owner of such
shares as of the close of business on the date on which this Warrant shall have
been surrendered and payment made for such shares in accordance herewith unless
the stock transfer books of the Company shall then be closed (but, solely as
required by applicable securities law or the regulations of the market on which
the Company's Common Stock is traded),, in which event such shares of Common
Stock shall be deemed outstanding on the first day thereafter on which the stock
transfer books of the Company shall then be open. As soon as practicable after
the exercise of this Warrant in full or in part, and in any event within three
(3) business days thereafter, the Company at its expense (including the payment
by it of any applicable issue taxes) will cause to be issued in the name of and
delivered to the Holder, or as such Holder (upon payment by such Holder of any
applicable transfer taxes) may direct in compliance with applicable securities
laws, a certificate or certificates for the number of duly and validly issued,
fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock (or Other Securities) to
which such Holder shall be entitled on such exercise, plus, in lieu of any
fractional share to which such holder would otherwise be entitled, cash equal to
such fraction multiplied by the then Fair Market Value of one full share,
together with any other stock or other securities and property (including cash,
where applicable) to which such Holder is entitled upon such exercise pursuant
to Section 1 or otherwise.
2.2 EXERCISE. Payment may be made either (i) in cash or by
certified or official bank check payable to the order of the Company equal to
the applicable aggregate Exercise Price, (ii) by delivery of the Warrant, or
shares of Common Stock and/or Common Stock receivable upon exercise of the
Warrant in accordance with Section (b) below, or (iii) by a combination of any
of the foregoing methods, for the number of Common Shares specified in
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such Exercise Notice (as such exercise number shall be adjusted to reflect any
adjustment in the total number of shares of Common Stock issuable to the Holder
per the terms of this Warrant) and the Holder shall thereupon be entitled to
receive the number of duly authorized, validly issued, fully-paid and
non-assessable shares of Common Stock (or Other Securities) determined as
provided herein. Notwithstanding any provisions herein to the contrary, if the
Fair Market Value of one share of Common Stock is greater than the Exercise
Price (at the date of calculation as set forth below), in lieu of exercising
this Warrant for cash, the Holder may elect to receive shares equal to the value
(as determined below) of this Warrant (or the portion thereof being exercised)
by surrender of this Warrant at the principal office of the Company together
with the properly endorsed Exercise Notice in which event the Company shall
issue to the Holder a number of shares of Common Stock computed using the
following formula:
X = Y (A-B)
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A
Where X = the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to
the Holder
Y = the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable
under the Warrant or, if only a portion of the
Warrant is being exercised, the portion of the
Warrant being exercised (at the date of such
calculation)
A = the Fair Market Value of one share of the Company's
Common Stock (at the date of such calculation)
B = Exercise Price (as adjusted to the date of such
calculation)
3. EFFECT OF REORGANIZATION, ETC.; ADJUSTMENT OF EXERCISE PRICE.
3.1 REORGANIZATION, CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, ETC. In case at any
time or from time to time, the Company shall (a) effect a reorganization, (b)
consolidate with or merge into any other person, or (c) transfer all or
substantially all of its properties or assets to any other person under any plan
or arrangement contemplating the dissolution of the Company, then, in each such
case, as a condition to the consummation of such a transaction, proper and
adequate provision shall be made by the Company whereby the Holder of this
Warrant, on the exercise hereof as provided in Section 1 at any time after the
consummation of such reorganization, consolidation or merger or the effective
date of such dissolution, as the case may be, shall receive, in lieu of the
Common Stock (or Other Securities) issuable on such exercise prior to such
consummation or such effective date, the stock and other securities and property
(including cash) to which such Holder would have been entitled upon such
consummation or in connection with such dissolution, as the case may be, if such
Holder had so exercised this Warrant, immediately prior thereto, all subject to
further adjustment thereafter as provided in Section 4.
3.2 DISSOLUTION. In the event of any dissolution of the
Company following the transfer of all or substantially all of its properties or
assets, the Company, concurrently with any distributions made to holders of its
Common Stock, shall at its expense deliver or cause to be delivered to the
Holder the stock and other securities and property (including cash, where
applicable) receivable by the Holder of the Warrant pursuant to Section 3.1, or,
if the Holder
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shall so instruct the Company, to a bank or trust company specified by the
Holder and having its principal office in New York, NY as trustee for the Holder
of the Warrant (the "Trustee").
3.3 CONTINUATION OF TERMS. Upon any reorganization,
consolidation, merger or transfer (and any dissolution following any transfer)
referred to in this Section 3, this Warrant shall continue in full force and
effect and the terms hereof shall be applicable to the shares of stock and other
securities and property receivable on the exercise of this Warrant after the
consummation of such reorganization, consolidation or merger or the effective
date of dissolution following any such transfer, as the case may be, and shall
be binding upon the issuer of any such stock or other securities, including, in
the case of any such transfer, the person acquiring all or substantially all of
the properties or assets of the Company, whether or not such person shall have
expressly assumed the terms of this Warrant as provided in Section 4. In the
event this Warrant does not continue in full force and effect after the
consummation of the transactions described in this Section 3, then the Company's
securities and property (including cash, where applicable) receivable by the
Holders of the Warrant will be delivered to Holder or the Trustee as
contemplated by Section 3.2.
4. EXTRAORDINARY EVENTS REGARDING COMMON STOCK. In the event that the
Company shall (a) issue additional shares of the Common Stock as a dividend or
other distribution on outstanding Common Stock, (b) subdivide its outstanding
shares of Common Stock, or (c) combine its outstanding shares of the Common
Stock into a smaller number of shares of the Common Stock, then, in each such
event, the Exercise Price shall, simultaneously with the happening of such
event, be adjusted by multiplying the then Exercise Price by a fraction, the
numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding
immediately prior to such event and the denominator of which shall be the number
of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event, and the
product so obtained shall thereafter be the Exercise Price then in effect. The
Exercise Price, as so adjusted, shall be readjusted in the same manner upon the
happening of any successive event or events described herein in this Section 4.
The number of shares of Common Stock that the holder of this Warrant shall
thereafter, on the exercise hereof as provided in Section 1, be entitled to
receive shall be adjusted by multiplying the number of shares of Common Stock
that would otherwise (but for the provisions of this Section 4) be issuable on
such exercise by a fraction of which (a) the numerator is the Exercise Price
that would otherwise (but for the provisions of this Section 4) be in effect,
and (b) the denominator is the Exercise Price in effect on the date of such
exercise.
5. CERTIFICATE AS TO ADJUSTMENTS. In each case of any adjustment or
readjustment in the shares of Common Stock (or Other Securities) issuable on the
exercise of the Warrant, the Company at its expense will promptly cause its
Chief Financial Officer or other appropriate designee to compute such adjustment
or readjustment in accordance with the terms of the Warrant and prepare a
certificate setting forth such adjustment or readjustment and showing in detail
the facts upon which such adjustment or readjustment is based, including a
statement of (a) the consideration received or receivable by the Company for any
additional shares of Common Stock (or Other Securities) issued or sold or deemed
to have been issued or sold, (b) the number of shares of Common Stock (or Other
Securities) outstanding or deemed to be outstanding, and (c) the Exercise Price
and the number of shares of Common Stock to be received upon exercise of this
Warrant, in effect immediately prior to such adjustment or readjustment and as
adjusted or readjusted as provided in this Warrant. The Company will forthwith
mail a copy of each such
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certificate to the holder of the Warrant and any Warrant agent of the Company
(appointed pursuant to Section 11 hereof).
6. RESERVATION OF STOCK, ETC., ISSUABLE ON EXERCISE OF WARRANT. The
Company will at all times reserve and keep available, solely for issuance and
delivery on the exercise of the Warrant, shares of Common Stock (or Other
Securities) from time to time issuable on the exercise of the Warrant.
7. ASSIGNMENT; EXCHANGE OF WARRANT. Subject to compliance with
applicable securities laws, this Warrant, and the rights evidenced hereby, may
be transferred by any registered holder hereof (a "Transferor") in whole or in
part. On the surrender for exchange of this Warrant, with the Transferor's
endorsement in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto (the "Transferor
Endorsement Form") and together with evidence reasonably satisfactory to the
Company demonstrating compliance with applicable securities laws, which shall
include, without limitation, a legal opinion from the Company's counsel that
such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of applicable
securities laws, the Company at its expense but with payment by the Transferor
of any applicable transfer taxes) will issue and deliver to or on the order of
the Transferor thereof a new Warrant of like tenor, in the name of the
Transferor and/or the transferee(s) specified in such Transferor Endorsement
Form (each a "Transferee"), calling in the aggregate on the face or faces
thereof for the number of shares of Common Stock called for on the face or faces
of the Warrant so surrendered by the Transferor.
8. REPLACEMENT OF WARRANT. On 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 of this
Warrant, on delivery of an indemnity agreement or security reasonably
satisfactory in form and amount to the Company or, in the case of any such
mutilation, on surrender and cancellation of this Warrant, the Company at its
expense will execute and deliver, in lieu thereof, a new Warrant of like tenor.
9. REGISTRATION RIGHTS. The Holder of this Warrant has been granted
certain registration rights by the Company. These registration rights are set
forth in a Registration Rights Agreement entered into by the Company and
Purchaser dated as of even date of this Warrant.
10. MAXIMUM EXERCISE. The Holder shall not be entitled to exercise this
Warrant on an exercise date, in connection with that number of shares of Common
Stock which would be in excess of the sum of (i) the number of shares of Common
Stock beneficially owned by the Holder and its affiliates on an exercise date,
and (ii) the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of this
Warrant with respect to which the determination of this proviso is being made on
an exercise date, which would result in beneficial ownership by the Holder and
its affiliates of more than 4.99% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of
the Company on such date. For the purposes of the proviso to the immediately
preceding sentence, beneficial ownership shall be determined in accordance with
Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Regulation
13d-3 thereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the restriction described in
this paragraph may be revoked upon 75 days prior notice from the Holder to the
Company and is automatically null and void upon an Event of Default under the
Note.
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11. WARRANT AGENT. The Company may, by written notice to the each
Holder of the Warrant, appoint an agent for the purpose of issuing Common Stock
(or Other Securities) on the exercise of this Warrant pursuant to Section 1,
exchanging this Warrant pursuant to Section 7, and replacing this Warrant
pursuant to Section 8, or any of the foregoing, and thereafter any such
issuance, exchange or replacement, as the case may be, shall be made at such
office by such agent.
12. TRANSFER ON THE COMPANY'S BOOKS. Until this Warrant is transferred
on the books of the Company, the Company may treat the registered holder hereof
as the absolute owner hereof for all purposes, notwithstanding any notice to the
contrary.
13. NOTICES, ETC. All notices and other communications from the Company
to the Holder of this Warrant shall be mailed by first class registered or
certified mail, postage prepaid, at such address as may have been furnished to
the Company in writing by such Holder or, until any such Holder furnishes to the
Company an address, then to, and at the address of, the last Holder of this
Warrant who has so furnished an address to the Company.
14. VOLUNTARY ADJUSTMENT BY THE 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.
15. NO SHORTING. The Purchaser or any of its affiliates and investment
partners will not and will not cause any person or entity, directly or
indirectly, to engage in "short sales" or "short sales against the box" of the
Company's Common Stock or any other hedging strategies.
16. MISCELLANEOUS. This Warrant and any term hereof may be changed,
waived, discharged or terminated only by an instrument in writing signed by the
party against which enforcement of such change, waiver, discharge or termination
is sought. This Warrant shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws of State of New York without regard to principles of conflicts of laws.
Any action brought concerning the transactions contemplated by this Warrant
shall be brought only in the state courts of New York or in the federal courts
located in the state of New York; provided however that the Holder may choose to
waive this provision and bring an action outside of the State of New York. The
individuals executing this Warrant on behalf of the Company agree to submit to
the jurisdiction of such courts and waive trial by jury. The prevailing party
shall be entitled to recover from the other party its reasonable attorney's fees
and costs. In the event that any provision of this Warrant is invalid or
unenforceable under any applicable statute or rule of law, then such provision
shall be deemed inoperative to the extent that it may conflict therewith and
shall be deemed modified to conform with such statute or rule of law. Any such
provision which may prove invalid or unenforceable under any law shall not
affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Warrant.
The headings in this Warrant are for purposes of reference only, and shall not
limit or otherwise affect any of the terms hereof. The invalidity or
unenforceability of any provision hereof shall in no way affect the validity or
enforceability of any other provision. The Company acknowledges that legal
counsel participated in the preparation of this Warrant and, therefore,
stipulates that the rule of construction that ambiguities are to be resolved
against the drafting party shall not be applied in the interpretation of this
Warrant to favor any party against the other party.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has executed this Warrant as of the
date first written above.
VENTURES-NATIONAL INCORPORATED
D/B/A TITAN GENERAL HOLDINGS, INC.
WITNESS:
By: /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Title: President
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EXHIBIT A
FORM OF SUBSCRIPTION
(To Be Signed Only On Exercise Of Warrant)
TO: Ventures-National Incorporated d/b/a Titan General Holdings, Inc.
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
The undersigned, pursuant to the provisions set forth in the attached
Warrant (No.____), hereby irrevocably elects to purchase (check applicable box):
____________ ________ shares of the Common Stock covered by such Warrant; or
____________ the maximum number of shares of Common Stock covered by such
Warrant pursuant to the cashless exercise procedure set forth
in Section 2.
The undersigned herewith makes payment of the full Exercise Price for
such shares at the price per share provided for in such Warrant, which is
$___________. Such payment takes the form of (check applicable box or boxes):
____________ $__________ in lawful money of the United States; and/or
____________ the cancellation of such portion of the attached Warrant as is
exercisable for a total of _______ shares of Common Stock
(using a Fair Market Value of $_______ per share for purposes
of this calculation); and/or
____________ the cancellation of such number of shares of Common Stock as
is necessary, in accordance with the formula set forth in
Section 2.2, to exercise this Warrant with respect to the
maximum number of shares of Common Stock purchasable pursuant
to the cashless exercise procedure set forth in Section 2.
The undersigned requests that the certificates for such shares be
issued in the name of, and delivered to ________________________________________
whose address is _____________________________________________________________ .
The undersigned represents and warrants that all offers and sales by
the undersigned of the securities issuable upon exercise of the within Warrant
shall be made pursuant to registration of the Common Stock under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") or pursuant to an exemption from
registration under the Securities Act.
Dated:
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(Signature must conform to name of holder as
specified on the face of the Warrant)
Address:
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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF TRANSFEROR ENDORSEMENT
(To Be Signed Only On Transfer Of Warrant)
For value received, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns, and
transfers unto the person(s) named below under the heading "Transferees" the
right represented by the within Warrant to purchase the percentage and number of
shares of Common Stock of Ventures-National Incorporated d/b/a Titan General
Holdings, Inc. into which the within Warrant relates specified under the
headings "Percentage Transferred" and "Number Transferred," respectively,
opposite the name(s) of such person(s) and appoints each such person Attorney to
transfer its respective right on the books of Ventures-National Incorporated
d/b/a Titan General Holdings, Inc. with full power of substitution in the
premises.
Percentage Number
Transferees Address Transferred Transferred
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Dated:
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(Signature must conform to name of holder as
specified on the face of the Warrant)
Address:
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SIGNED IN THE PRESENCE OF:
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(Name)
ACCEPTED AND AGREED:
[TRANSFEREE]
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(Name)
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