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EXHIBIT 4.8
HS RESOURCES, INC.
COMMON STOCK WARRANT AGREEMENT
THIS WARRANT AGREEMENT, dated as of _____________, is between
HS Resources, Inc., a Delaware corporation (hereinafter called
the "Company"), and _____________________ , as Warrant Agent (herein called the
"Warrant Agent").
WHEREAS, the Company proposes to sell [if Warrants are sold
with other securities -- [title of such other securities being offered] (the
"Offered Securities") with] warrant certificates evidencing one or more
warrants (the "Warrants" or individually a "Warrant") representing the right to
purchase the Common Stock of the Company (the "Warrant Securities"), such
warrant certificates and other warrant certificates issued pursuant to this
Agreement being herein called the "Warrant Certificates"; and
WHEREAS, the Company desires the Warrant Agent to act on
behalf of the Company in connection with the issuance, exchange, exercise and
replacement of the Warrant Certificates, and in this Agreement wishes to set
forth, among other things, the form and provisions of the Warrant Certificates
and the terms and conditions on which they may be issued, exchanged, exercised
and replaced;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the
mutual agreements herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
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* Complete or modify the provisions of this Warrant Agreement as appropriate to
reflect the terms of the Warrants, Warrant Securities and Offered Securities.
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ARTICLE I
ISSUANCE OF WARRANTS AND EXECUTION AND
DELIVERY OF WARRANT CERTIFICATES
SECTION 1.01. Issuance of Warrants. [If Warrants alone --
Upon issuance, each Warrant Certificate shall evidence one or more Warrants.]
[If Offered Securities and Warrants -- Warrants shall be [initially) issued in
connection with the issuance of the Offered Securities [but shall be separately
transferable on and after _____________ (the "Detachable Date")] [and shall not
be separately transferable], and each Warrant Certificate shall evidence one or
more Warrants.] Each Warrant evidenced thereby shall represent the right,
subject to the provisions contained herein and therein, to purchase one Warrant
Security. [If Offered Securities and Warrants -- Warrant Certificates shall be
initially issued in units with the Offered Securities, and each Warrant
Certificate included in such a unit shall evidence ______ Warrants for each
[$_____________ in principal amount] [______ shares] of Offered Securities
included in such unit.]
SECTION 1.02. Execution and Delivery of Warrant Certificates.
Each Warrant Certificate, whenever issued, shall be in registered form
substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto, shall be dated
____________ and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of
identification or designation and such legends or endorsements printed,
lithographed or engraved thereon as the officers of the Company executing the
same may approve (execution thereof to be conclusive evidence of such approval)
and as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement, or as may be
required to comply with any law or with any rule or regulation made pursuant
thereto or with any rule or regulation of any stock exchange on which the
Warrants may be listed, or to conform to usage. The Warrant Certificates shall
be signed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, the Chief
Executive Officer its President or one of its Vice Presidents and by its
Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries under its corporate seal
reproduced thereon. Such signatures may be manual or facsimile signatures of
such authorized officers and may be imprinted or otherwise reproduced on the
Warrant Certificates. The seal of the Company may be in the form of a
facsimile thereof and may be impressed, affixed, imprinted or otherwise
reproduced on the Warrant Certificates.
No Warrant Certificate shall be valid for any purpose, and no
Warrant evidenced thereby shall be
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exercisable, until such Warrant Certificate has been countersigned by the
manual signature of the Warrant Agent. Such signature by the Warrant Agent
upon any Warrant Certificate executed by the Company shall be conclusive
evidence that the Warrant Certificate so countersigned has been duly issued
hereunder.
In case any officer of the Company who shall have signed any
of the Warrant Certificates either manually or by facsimile signature shall
cease to be such officer before the Warrant Certificates so signed shall have
been countersigned and delivered by the Warrant Agent, such Warrant
Certificates may be countersigned and delivered notwithstanding that the person
who signed such Warrant Certificates ceased to be such officer of the Company,
and any Warrant Certificate may be signed on behalf of the Company by such
persons as, at the actual date of the execution of such Warrant Certificate,
shall be the proper officers of the Company, although at the date of the
execution of this Agreement any such person was not such officer.
The term "holder" or "holder of a Warrant Certificate" as used
herein shall mean any person in whose name at the time any Warrant Certificate
shall be registered upon the books to be maintained by the Warrant Agent for
that purpose [If Offered Securities and Warrants are not immediately detachable
-- or upon the register of the Offered Securities prior to the Detachable Date.
Prior to the Detachable Date, the Company will, or will cause the registrar of
the Offered Securities to, make available at all times to the Warrant Agent
such information as to holders of the Offered Securities with Warrants as may
be necessary to keep the Warrant Agent's records up to date].
SECTION 1.03. Issuance of Warrant Certificates. Warrant
Certificates evidencing the right to purchase an aggregate not exceeding
_________ Warrant Securities (except as provided in Sections 2.04(c), 3.02 and
4.01) may be executed by the Company and delivered to the Warrant Agent upon
the execution of this Warrant Agreement or from time to time thereafter. The
Warrant Agent shall, upon receipt of Warrant Certificates duly executed on
behalf of the Company, countersign Warrant Certificates evidencing Warrants
representing the right to purchase up to ________ Warrant Securities and shall
deliver such Warrant Certificates to or upon the order of the Company.
Subsequent to such original issuance of the Warrant Certificates, the Warrant
Agent shall countersign a Warrant Certificate only if the Warrant Certificate
is issued in exchange or substitution for one or
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more previously countersigned Warrant Certificates or in connection with their
transfer, as hereinafter provided.
SECTION 1.04. Temporary Warrant Certificates. Pending the
preparation of definitive Warrant Certificates, the Company may execute, and
upon the order of the Company, the Warrant Agent shall authenticate and
deliver, temporary Warrant Certificates which are printed, lithographed,
typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced substantially of the tenor of
the definitive Warrant Certificate in lieu of which they are issued and with
such insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officers
executing such Warrant Certificate may determine as appropriate, as evidenced
by their execution of such Warrant Certificates.
If temporary Warrant Certificates are issued, the Company will
cause definitive Warrant Certificates to be prepared without unreasonable
delay. After the preparation of definitive Warrant Certificates, the temporary
Warrant Certificates shall be exchangeable for definitive Warrant Certificates
upon surrender of the temporary Warrant Certificates at the corporate trust
office of the Warrant Agent [or _______________], without charge to the holder.
Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Warrant
Certificates the Company shall execute and the Warrant Agent shall authenticate
and deliver in exchange therefor definitive Warrant Certificates representing
the same aggregate number of Warrants. Until so exchanged, the temporary
Warrant Certificates shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits
under this Agreement as definitive Warrant Certificates.
ARTICLE II
WARRANT PRICE, DURATION AND
EXERCISE OF WARRANTS
SECTION 2.01. Warrant Price. During the period from
_______________ , through and including _____________ , the exercise price of
each Warrant will be ____________ subject to adjustment as provided in Section
2.02. Such purchase price of Warrant Securities is referred to in this
Agreement as the "Warrant Price." Other than as provided in Section 2.02
herein, no adjustment shall be made for any dividends on any Warrant Securities
issuable upon exercise of any Warrant.
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SECTION 2.02. Adjustments in Warrant Price.
(1) The Warrant Price, the number of shares purchasable upon
exercise of the Warrants and the number of Warrants outstanding shall be
subject to adjustment as follows:
(A) In case the Company shall at any time (i) declare a
dividend on the Common Stock in shares of its capital stock, (ii) subdivide its
outstanding Common Stock, (iii) combine the outstanding Common Stock into a
smaller number of shares or (iv) issue any shares of its capital stock by
reclassification of the Common Stock (including any such reclassification in
connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the surviving
company), the number of shares purchasable upon exercise of each Warrant
immediately prior to the date of such event shall be proportionately adjusted
so that the holder of each Warrant shall be entitled to receive upon payment of
the Warrant Price the aggregate number of shares of the Company that, if such
Warrant had been exercised immediately prior to the occurrence of such event,
such holder would have owned or have been entitled to receive immediately after
the occurrence of such event. Such adjustment shall be made successively
whenever any event listed above shall occur.
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(B) In case the Company shall distribute to all holders of
Common Stock (including any such distribution made in connection with a
consolidation or merger in which the Company is the surviving company)
evidences of its indebtedness or assets (including securities but excluding
cash dividends or distributions paid out of retained earnings and dividends
payable in Common Stock) or subscription rights or warrants, the number of
shares purchasable upon exercise of each Warrant shall be adjusted (subject to
the limitations contained in subparagraph (F) of this Section) by multiplying
the number of shares purchasable upon exercise of each Warrant in effect
immediately prior to the record date for determination of stockholders entitled
to receive such distribution by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the
current market price per share of Common Stock (as defined in subparagraph (D)
of this Section) on such record date and the denominator of which shall be such
current market price per share of Common Stock, less the fair market value (as
determined by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be conclusive)
of the portion of the evidences of indebtedness or assets or subscription
rights or warrants so to be distributed that are applicable to one share of
Common Stock. Such adjustment shall become effective at the close of business
on such record date.
If after the distribution date (the "Distribution Date") for
purposes of distributing to holders of the Common Stock any stockholder
protection, "poison pill" or other similar rights to subscribe for securities
of the Company or any other entity ("Shareholder Rights"), exercising holders
of the Warrant are not entitled to receive the Shareholder Rights that would
otherwise be attributable (but for the date of exercise) to the shares of
Common Stock received upon such exercise, then adjustment of the number of
shares purchasable upon exercise of each Warrant shall be made under this
subparagraph (B) as if the Shareholder Rights were then being distributed to
holders of the Company's Common Stock. If such an adjustment is made and the
Shareholder Rights are later [redeemed,] invalidated or terminated, then a
corresponding reversing adjustment shall
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be made to the number of shares purchasable upon exercise of each Warrant, on
an equitable basis, to take account of such event. However, the Company may
elect to make provision with respect to the Shareholder Rights so that each
share of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of each Warrant, whether or not
issued after the Distribution Date for such Shareholder Rights, will be
accompanied by the Shareholder Rights that would otherwise be attributable (but
for the date of exercise) to such shares of Common Stock, in which event the
preceding two sentences will not apply. The foregoing provisions shall be
applicable to all such rights plan(s) of the Company.
(C) After each adjustment of the number of shares purchasable
upon exercise of each Warrant pursuant to this Section, the Warrant Price shall
be adjusted by multiplying such Warrant Price immediately prior to such
adjustment by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares
purchasable upon exercise of each Warrant immediately prior to such adjustment,
and the denominator of which shall be the number of shares so purchasable
immediately thereafter.
(D) For the purpose of any computation under subparagraph
(C) of this Section, the current market price per share of Common Stock on
any record date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices
for the five consecutive business days selected by the Board of Directors
commencing not more than 20 trading days before, and ending not later than the
earlier of the day in question and the day before the "ex" date with respect to
the issuance or distribution requiring such computation. For this purpose, the
term "ex" date, when used with respect to any issuance or distribution, shall
mean the first date on which the Common Stock trades regular way on the
applicable exchange or in the applicable market without the right to receive
such issuance or distribution. The closing price for each date shall be the
reported last sale price regular way or, in case no such reported sale takes
place on such day, the average of the reported closing bid and asked prices
regular way, in either case on The New York Stock Exchange or, if the Common
Stock is not listed or admitted to trading on such exchange, on the principal
national securities exchange on which the Common Stock is listed or admitted to
trading, or, if not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities
exchange, on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated
Quotations National Market System or, if the Common Stock is not listed or
admitted to trading on any national securities exchange or quoted on such
National Market System, the average of the closing bid and asked prices in
the over-the-
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counter market as furnished by any New York Stock Exchange member firm
selected from time to time by the Company for that purpose.
(E) In the case of any (i) consolidation or merger of the
Company with or in to any entity (other than a consolidation or merger that
does not result in any reclassification, conversion, exchange or cancellation
of outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company), (ii) sale, transfer,
lease or conveyance of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or
(iii) reclassification, capital reorganization or change of the Common Stock
(other than solely a change in par value, or from par value to no par value),
each holder of any Warrant then outstanding shall have the right thereafter
upon exercise of such Warrant to receive only the kind and amount of
securities, cash and other property receivable upon such consolidation, merger,
sale, transfer, capital reorganization or reclassification by a holder of the
number of shares of Common Stock of the Company for which such Warrant would
have been exercised immediately prior to such consolidation, merger, sale,
transfer, capital reorganization or reclassification, assuming such holder of
Common Stock of the Company is not an entity with which the Company
consolidated or into which the Company merged or which merged into the Company
or to which such sale or transfer was made, as the case may be ("constituent
entity"), or an affiliate of a constituent entity, and failed to exercise his
or her rights of election, if any, as to the kind or amount of securities, cash
and other property receivable upon such consolidation, merger, sale or transfer
(provided that if the kind or amount of securities, cash and other property
receivable upon such consolidation, merger, sale or transfer is not the same
for each share of Common Stock of the Company held immediately prior to such
consolidation, merger, sale or transfer by other than a constituent entity or
an affiliate thereof and in respect of which such rights of election shall not
have been exercised ("non-electing share"), then for the purpose of this
subsection (E) the kind and amount of securities, cash and other property
receivable upon such consolidation, merger, sale or transfer by each
non-electing share shall be deemed to be the kind and amount so receivable per
share by a plurality of the non-electing shares). If necessary, appropriate
adjustment shall be made in the application of the provisions set forth herein
with respect to the rights and interests thereafter of the holders of the
Warrant, to the end that the provisions set forth herein shall thereafter
correspondingly be made applicable, as nearly as may reasonably be, in relation
to any shares of stock or other securities or property thereafter deliverable
on the
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exercise of the Warrant. The above provisions shall similarly apply to
successive consolidations, mergers, sales, transfers, capital reorganizations
and reclassifications. The Company shall not effect any such consolidation,
merger, sale or transfer, unless prior to or simultaneously with the
consummation thereof the successor company or entity (if other than the
Company) resulting from such consolidation, merger, sale or transfer shall
assume, by written instrument, the obligation to deliver to the holder of each
Warrant such shares of stock, securities or assets as, in accordance with the
foregoing provisions, such holder may be entitled to receive under this Section
2.02.
(F) No adjustment in the number of shares purchasable upon
exercise of each Warrant will be made for the issuance of shares of capital
stock to employees pursuant to the Company's or any of its subsidiaries' stock
option, stock ownership or other benefit plans. No adjustment will be required
to be made in the number of shares purchasable upon exercise of each Warrant
until cumulative adjustments require an adjustment of at least 1% of such
number of shares.
(G) In any case in which this Section 2.02(1) shall require
that an adjustment be made retroactively immediately following a record date,
the Company may elect to defer for a reasonable period not to exceed - days
issuing to the holder of any warrant exercised after such record date the
shares of the Company issuable upon such exercise over and above the shares
issuable upon such exercise only on the basis of the warrant exercise price
prior to adjustment.
(H) Except as herein otherwise expressly provided, no
adjustment in the Warrant Price shall be made by reason of the issuance of
shares, or securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares, or
securities carrying the right to purchase any of the foregoing or for any other
reason whatsoever.
(I) Irrespective of any of the adjustments in the Warrant
Price or the number of shares, Warrant Certificates theretofore issued may
continue to express the same prices and number of shares as are stated in a
similar Warrant Certificate issuable initially, or at some subsequent time,
pursuant to this Agreement, and such number of shares specified therein shall
be deemed to have been so adjusted.
[(2) No fractional shares of Common Stock shall be issued upon
the exercise of Warrants. If more than one Warrant shall be exercised at one
time by the same holder,
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the number of full shares that shall be issuable upon such exercise shall be
computed on the basis of the aggregate number of shares purchased pursuant to
the Warrants so exercised. Instead of any fractional share of Common Stock
that would otherwise be issuable upon exercise of any Warrant, the Company
shall pay a cash adjustment in respect of such fraction in an amount equal to
the same fraction of the last sales price (or bid price if there were no sales)
per share of Common Stock in either case as reported in the principal
consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to securities listed or
admitted to trading on the New York Stock Exchange on the business day that
next precedes the day of exercise or, if the Common Stock is not then listed or
admitted to trading on the New York Stock Exchange, an amount equal to the same
fraction of the market price per share of Common Stock (as determined in a
manner described by the Board of Directors of the Company) at the close of
business on the business day that next precedes the day of exercise.]
(3) Before taking any action that would cause an adjustment
decreasing the Warrant Price so that the Warrant Price is below the then par
value of the shares of Common Stock, the Company will take any corporate action
that may, in the opinion of its counsel, be necessary in order that the Company
may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common
Stock at the Warrant Price as so adjusted.
(4) Whenever the Warrant Price then in effect is adjusted as
herein provided, the Company shall mail to each holder of the Warrants at such
holder's address as it shall appear on the books of the Company a statement
setting forth the adjusted Warrant Price, then and thereafter effective under
the provisions hereof together with the facts, in reasonable detail, upon which
such adjustment is based.
[(5) In case (i) the Company shall declare a dividend (or any
other distribution) on its Common Stock payable otherwise than in cash out of
its current or retained earnings, or (ii) the Company shall authorize the
granting to the holders of its Common Stock of rights to subscribe for or
purchase any shares of capital stock of any class or of any other rights, or
(iii) there is to be any reclassification of the Common Stock of the Company
(other than a subdivision or combination of its outstanding shares of Common
Stock), or any consolidation or merger to which the Company is a party as
described in Section 3.04 herein and for which approval of any stockholders of
the Company is required, or (iv) any distribution is to be made on or in
respect of the Common Stock in connection with the
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dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company as described in Section
3.04 herein, then the Company shall mail to each holder of Warrants at such
holder's address as it shall appear on the book: of the Company, at least
[twenty (20) days (or ten (10) days in any case specified in clause (i) or (ii)
above)] prior to the applicable record date hereinafter specified, a notice
stating (x) the record date for such dividend, distribution or granting of
rights, or, if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of
Common Stock of record to be entitled to such dividend, distribution or
granting of rights are to be determined, or (y) the date on which such
reclassification, consolidation, merger, dissolution, liquidation or winding up
is expected to become effective, and the date as of which it is expected that
holders of Common Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares of
Common Stock for securities or other property deliverable upon such
reclassification, consolidation, merger, dissolution, liquidation or winding
up. No failure to mail such notice nor any defect therein or in the mailing
thereof shall affect any such transaction or any adjustment in the Warrant
Price required by this Section 2.02.]
SECTION 2.03. Duration of Warrants. Each Warrant may be
exercised in whole at any time, as specified herein, on or after [the date
thereof] [______________] and at or before 5 P.M., [New York City] time, on
________or such later date as the Company may designate, by notice to the
Warrant Agent and the holders of Warrant Certificates mailed to their addresses
as set forth in the record books of the Warrant Agent (the "Expiration Date").
Each Warrant not exercised at or before 5 P.M., [New York City] time, on the
Expiration Date shall become void, and all rights of the holder of the Warrant
Certificate evidencing such Warrant under this Agreement shall cease.
SECTION 2.04. Exercise of Warrants.
(a) During the period specified in Section 2.03, any whole
number of Warrants may be exercised by providing certain information as set
forth on the reverse side of the Warrant Certificate and by paying in full, in
[lawful money of the United States of America] [in cash or by certified check
or official bank check or by bank wire transfer, in each case,] [by bank wire
transfer] in [immediately available] [next-day] funds the Warrant Price for
each Warrant exercised, to the Warrant Agent at its corporate trust office [or
at __________], provided that such exercise is subject to receipt within five
(5) business days of such [payment] [wire transfer] by the Warrant Agent of the
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Warrant Certificate with the form of election to purchase Warrant Securities
set forth on the reverse side of the Warrant Certificate properly completed and
duly executed. The date on which payment in full of the Warrant Price is
received by the Warrant Agent shall, subject to receipt of the Warrant
Certificate as aforesaid, be deemed to be the date on which the Warrant is
exercised. The Warrant Agent shall deposit all funds received by it in payment
of the Warrant Price in an account of the Company maintained with it and shall
advise the Company by telephone at the end of each day on which a [payment)
[wire transfer] for the exercise of Warrants is received of the amount so
deposited to its account. The Warrant Agent shall promptly confirm such
telephone advice to the Company in writing.
(b) The Warrant Agent shall, from time to time, as promptly
as reasonably practicable, advise the Company of (i) the number of Warrants
exercised, (ii) the instructions of each holder of the Warrant Certificates
evidencing such Warrants with respect to delivery of the Warrant Securities to
which such holder is entitled upon such exercise, (iii) delivery of Warrant
Certificates evidencing the balance, if any, of the Warrants remaining after
such exercise, and (iv) such other information as the Company shall reasonably
require.
(c) As soon as reasonably practicable after the exercise of
any Warrant, the Company shall issue to or upon the order of the holder of the
Warrant Certificate evidencing such Warrant, the Warrant Securities to which
such holder is entitled, in fully registered form, registered in such name or
names as may be directed by such holder. If fewer than all of the Warrants
evidenced by such Warrant Certificate are exercised, the Company shall execute,
and an authorized officer of the Warrant Agent shall manually countersign and
deliver a new Warrant Certificate evidencing the number of such Warrants
remaining unexercised.
(d) The Company shall not be required to pay any stamp or
other tax or other governmental charge required to be paid in connection with
any transfer involved in the issue of the Warrant Securities, and in the event
that any such transfer is involved, the Company shall not be required to issue
or delivery any Warrant Security until such tax or other charge shall have been
paid or it has been established to the Company's satisfaction that no such tax
or other charge is due.
(e) Prior to the issuance of any Warrants there shall have
been reserved, and the Company shall at all times
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keep reserved, out of its authorized but unissued Warrant Securities, a number
of shares sufficient to provide for the exercise of the Warrant Certificates.
ARTICLE III
OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO RIGHTS
OF HOLDERS OF WARRANT CERTIFICATES
SECTION 3.01. No Rights as Warrant Securityholder Conferred
by Warrants or Warrant Certificates. No Warrant Certificates or Warrant
evidenced thereby shall entitle the holder thereof to any of the rights of a
holder of Warrant Securities, including, without limitation, the right to
receive the payment of dividends or distributions, if any, on the Warrant
Securities or to exercise any voting rights.
SECTION 3.02. Lost, Stolen, Mutilated or Destroyed Warrant
Certificates. Upon receipt by the Warrant Agent of evidence reasonably
satisfactory to it and the Company of the ownership of and the loss, theft,
destruction or mutilation of any Warrant Certificate and of indemnity
reasonably satisfactory to the Warrant Agent and the Company and, in the case
of mutilation, upon surrender thereof to the Warrant Agent for cancellation,
then, in the absence of notice to the Company or the Warrant Agent that such
Warrant Certificate has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company
shall execute, and an authorized officer of the Warrant Agent shall manually
countersign and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of the lost, stolen,
destroyed or mutilated Warrant Certificate, a new Warrant Certificate of the
same tenor and evidencing a like number of Warrants. Upon the issuance of any
new Warrant Certificate under this Section, the Company may require the payment
of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be
imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and
expenses of the Warrant Agent) in connection therewith. Every substitute
Warrant Certificate executed and delivered pursuant to this Section in lieu of
any lost, stolen or destroyed Warrant Certificate shall be at any time
enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to the benefits of this Agreement
equally and proportionately with any and all other Warrant Certificates duly
executed and delivered hereunder. The provisions of this Section are exclusive
and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with
respect to the replacement of mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed Warrant
Certificates.
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SECTION 3.03. Holder of Warrant Certificate May Enforce
Rights. Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this Agreement, any holder of
a Warrant Certificate, without the consent of the Warrant Agent, the holder of
any Warrant Securities or the holder of any other Warrant Certificate, may, in
such holder's own behalf and for such holder's own benefit, enforce, and may
institute and maintain any suit, action or proceeding against the Company
suitable to enforce, or otherwise in respect of, such holder's right to
exercise the Warrants evidenced by such holder's Warrant Certificate in the
manner provided in such holder's Warrant Certificate and in this Agreement.
SECTION 3.04. Reclassification, Consolidation, Merger, Sale,
Conveyance or Lease. In case any of the following shall occur while any
Warrants are outstanding: (a) any reclassification or change of the outstanding
shares of Warrant Securities (other than solely a change in par value or from
par value to no par value), or (b) any consolidation or merger to which the
Company is party (other than a consolidation or a merger in which the Company
is the continuing corporation and which does not result in any reclassification
of, or change in, the outstanding shares of Warrant Securities issuable upon
exercise of the Warrants), or (c) any sale, transfer, conveyance or lease to
another corporation of the property of the Company as an entirety or
substantially as an entirety, the Company, or such successor or purchasing
corporation, as the case may be, shall make appropriate provision by amendment
of this Agreement or otherwise so that the holders of the Warrants then
outstanding shall have the right at any time thereafter, upon exercise of such
Warrants, to purchase the kind and amount of shares of stock and other
securities and property receivable upon such a reclassification, change,
consolidation, merger, sale, transfer, conveyance or lease as would be received
by a holder of the number of shares of Warrant Securities issuable upon
exercise of such Warrant immediately prior to such reclassification, change,
consolidation, merger, sale, transfer, conveyance or lease, and, in the case of
a consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance or lease the Company shall thereupon
be relieved of any further obligation hereunder or under the Warrants, and the
Company as the predecessor corporation may thereupon or any time thereafter be
dissolved, wound up or liquidated. Such successor or assuming corporation
thereupon may cause to be signed, and may issue either in its own name or in
the name of the Company, any or all of the Warrants issuable hereunder that
theretofore shall not have been signed by the Company, and may execute and
deliver Warrant Securities in its own name, in fulfillment of its obligations
to delivery Warrant Securities upon exercise of the Warrants. All the
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Warrants so issued shall in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit
under this Agreement as the Warrants theretofore or thereafter issued in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement as though all of such Warrants had
been issued at the date of the execution hereof. In any case of any such
reclassification, change, consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease,
such changes in phraseology and form (but not in substance) may be made in the
Warrants thereafter to be issued as may be appropriate.
The Warrant Agent may receive a written opinion of legal
counsel as conclusive evidence that any such reclassification, change,
consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease complies with the
provisions of this Section 3.04.
ARTICLE IV
EXCHANGE AND TRANSFERS OF WARRANT CERTIFICATES
SECTION 4.01. Exchange and Transfer of Warrant Certificates.
[If Offered Securities with Warrants that are immediately detachable -- Upon]
[(If Offered Securities with Warrants that are not immediately detachable --
Prior to the Detachable Date a Warrant Certificate may be exchanged or
transferred only together with the Offered Security to which the Warrant
Certificate was initially attached, and only for the purpose of effecting or in
conjunction with an exchange or transfer of such Offered Security. Prior to
any Detachable Date, each transfer of the Offered Security [on the register of
the Offered Securities]) shall operate also to transfer the related Warrant
Certificates. After the Detachable Date upon] surrender at the corporate trust
office of the Warrant Agent [or ____________], Warrant Certificates evidencing
Warrants may be exchanged for Warrant Certificates in other denominations
evidencing such Warrants or the transfer thereof may be registered in whole or
in part; provided that such other Warrant Certificates evidence the same
aggregate number of Warrants as the Warrant Certificates so surrendered. The
Warrant Agent shall keep, at its corporate trust office [and at ________],
books in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, it
shall register Warrant Certificates and exchanges and transfers of outstanding
Warrant Certificates, upon surrender of the Warrant Certificates to the Warrant
Agent at its corporate trust office [or ________] for exchange or registration
of transfer, properly endorsed or accompanied by appropriate instruments of
registration of transfer and written instructions for transfer, all in form
satisfactory to the Company and the Warrant Agent. No
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service charge shall be made for any exchange or registration of transfer of
Warrant Certificates, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient
to cover any stamp or other tax or other governmental charge that may be
imposed in connection with any such exchange or registration of transfer.
Whenever any Warrant Certificates are so surrendered for exchange or
registration of transfer, an authorized officer of the Warrant Agent shall
manually countersign and deliver to the person or persons entitled thereto a
Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates duly authorized and executed by the
Company, as so requested. The Warrant Agent shall not be required to effect
any exchange or registration or transfer that will result in the issuance of a
Warrant Certificate evidencing a fraction of a Warrant or a number of full
Warrants and a fraction of a Warrant. All Warrant Certificates issued upon any
exchange or registration of transfer of Warrant Certificates shall be the valid
obligation of the Company, evidencing the same obligations, and entitled to the
same benefits under this Agreement, as the Warrant Certificate surrendered for
such exchange or registration of transfer.
SECTION 4.02. Treatment of Holders of Warrant Certificates.
[If Offered Securities and Warrants are not immediately detachable -- Prior to
the Detachable Date, the Company, the Warrant Agent and all other persons may
treat the owner of the Offered Security as the owner of the Warrant
Certificates initially attached thereto for any purpose and as the person
entitled to exercise the rights represented by the Warrants evidenced by such
Warrant Certificates, any notice to the contrary notwithstanding. After the
Detachable Date and prior to due presentment of a Warrant Certificate for
registration of transfer,] [t][T]he Company and the Warrant Agent may treat the
registered holder of a Warrant Certificate as the absolute owner thereof for
any purpose and as the person entitled to exercise the rights represented by
the Warrants evidenced thereby, any notice to the contrary notwithstanding.
SECTION 4.03. Cancellation of Warrant Certificates. Any
Warrant Certificate surrendered for exchange, registration of transfer or
exercise of the Warrants evidenced thereby shall, if surrendered to the
Company, be delivered to the Warrant Agent and all Warrant Certificates
surrendered or so delivered to the Warrant Agent shall be promptly cancelled by
the Warrant Agent and shall not be reissued and, except as expressly permitted
by this Agreement, no Warrant Certificate shall be issued hereunder in exchange
or in lieu thereof. The Warrant Agent shall deliver to the Company from time
to time or otherwise
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dispose of cancelled Warrant Certificates in a manner satisfactory to the
Company.
ARTICLE V
CONCERNING THE WARRANT AGENT
SECTION 5.01. Warrant Agent. The Company hereby appoints
_______________________ as the Warrant Agent of the Company in respect of the
Warrants and the Warrant Certificates upon the terms and subject to the
conditions herein set forth, and ___________________ hereby accepts such
appointment. The Warrant Agent shall have the powers and authority granted to
and conferred upon it in the Warrant Certificates and hereby and such further
powers and authority to act on behalf of the Company as the Company may
hereafter grant to or confer upon it. All of the terms and provisions with
respect to such powers and authority contained in the Warrant Certificates are
subject to and governed by the terms and provisions hereof.
SECTION 5.02. Conditions of Warrant Agent's Obligations. The
Warrant Agent accepts its obligations herein set forth upon the terms and
conditions hereof, including the following to all of which the Company agrees
and to all of which the rights hereunder of the holders from time to time of
the Warrant Certificates shall be subject:
(a) Compensation and Indemnification. The Company agrees
promptly to pay the Warrant Agent the compensation agreed upon with the
Company for all services rendered by the Warrant Agent and to reimburse the
Warrant Agent for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including counsel fees)
reasonably incurred without negligence or bad faith by the Warrant Agent in
connection with the services rendered hereunder by the Warrant Agent. The
Company also agrees to indemnify the Warrant Agent for, and to hold it harmless
against, any loss, liability or expense incurred without negligence or bad
faith on the part of the Warrant Agent, arising out of or in connection with
its acting as Warrant Agent hereunder, as well as the costs and expenses of
defending against any claim of such liability.
(b) Agent for the Company. In acting under this Warrant
Agreement and in connection with the Warrant Certificates, the Warrant Agent
is acting solely as agent of the Company and does not assume any obligations
or relationship of agency or trust for or with any of the holders of Warrant
Certificates or beneficial owners of Warrants.
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(c) Counsel. The Warrant Agent may consult with nationally
recognized counsel satisfactory to it, and the written advice of such counsel
shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any
action reasonably taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and
in accordance with the advice of such counsel.
(d) Documents. The Warrant Agent shall be protected and shall
incur no liability for or in respect of any action taken or thing suffered by
it in reliance upon any Warrant Certificate, notice, direction, consent,
certificate, affidavit, statement or other paper or document reasonably
believed by it to be genuine and to have been presented or signed by the
proper parties.
(e) Certain Transactions. The Warrant Agent, and its officers,
directors and employees, may become the owner of, or acquire any interest in,
Warrants, with the same rights that it or they would have if it were not the
Warrant Agent hereunder, and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, it or
they may engage or be interested in any financial or other transaction with the
Company and may act on, or as depositary, trustee or agent for, any committee
or body of holders of Warrant Securities or other obligations of the Company as
freely as if it were not the Warrant Agent hereunder. Nothing in this Warrant
Agreement shall be deemed to prevent the Warrant Agent from acting as Trustee
under any of the Indentures.
(f) No Liability for Interest. Unless otherwise agreed with
the Company, the Warrant Agent shall have no liability for interest on any
monies at any time received by it pursuant to any of the provisions of this
Agreement or of the Warrant Certificates.
(g) No Liability for Invalidity. The Warrant Agent shall have
no liability with respect to any invalidity of this Agreement or any of the
Warrant Certificates (except as to the Warrant Agent's countersignature
thereon).
(h) No Responsibility for Represents. The Warrant Agent shall
not be responsible for any of the recitals or representations herein or in the
Warrant Certificates (except as to the Warrant Agent's countersignature
thereon), all of which are made solely by the Company.
(i) No Implied Obligations. The Warrant Agent shall be
obligated to perform only such duties as are herein and in the Warrant
Certificates specifically set forth and
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no implied duties or obligations shall be read into this Agreement or the
Warrant Certificates against the Warrant Agent. The Warrant Agent shall not be
accountable or under any duty or responsibility for the use by the Company of
any of the Warrant Certificates authenticated by the Warrant Agent and
delivered by it to the Company pursuant to this Agreement or for the
application by the Company of the proceeds of the Warrant Certificates. The
Warrant Agent shall have no duty or responsibility in case of any default by
the Company in the performance of its covenants or agreements contained herein
or in the Warrant Certificates or in the case of a receipt of any written
demand from a holder of a Warrant Certificate with respect to such default,
including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any duty or
responsibility to initiate or attempt to initiate any proceedings at law or
otherwise or, except as provided in Section 7.02 hereof, to make any demand
upon the Company.
SECTION 5.03. Resignation and Appointment of Successor.
(a) The Company agrees, for the benefit of the holders from
time to time of the Warrant Certificates, that there shall at all times be a
Warrant Agent hereunder until all the Warrants have been exercised or are no
longer exercisable.
(b) The Warrant Agent may at any time resign as such agent by
giving written notice to the Company of such intention on its part, specifying
the date on which its desired resignation shall become effective; provided that
such date shall be not less than three (3) months after the date on which such
notice is given unless the Company otherwise agrees. The Warrant Agent
hereunder may be removed at any time by the filing with it of an instrument in
writing signed by or on behalf of the Company and specifying such removal and
the intended date when it shall become effective. Such resignation or removal
shall take effect upon the appointment by the Company, as hereinafter provided,
of a successor Warrant Agent (which shall be a bank or trust company authorized
under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization to exercise corporate
trust powers) and the acceptance of such appointment by such successor Warrant
Agent. The obligation of the Company under Section 5.02(a) shall continue to
the extent set forth therein, notwithstanding the resignation or removal of the
Warrant Agent.
(c) In case at any time the Warrant Agent shall resign, or
shall be removed, or shall become incapable of
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acting, or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent, or shall commence a
voluntary case under the Federal bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter
constituted, or under any other applicable Federal or state bankruptcy,
insolvency or similar law or shall consent to the appointment of or taking
possession by a receiver, custodian, liquidator, assignee, trustee,
sequestrator (or other similar official) of the Warrant Agent or its property
or affairs, or shall make an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or shall
admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due,
or shall take corporate action in furtherance of any such action, or a decree
or order for relief by a court having jurisdiction in the premises shall have
been entered in respect of the Warrant Agent in an involuntary case under the
Federal bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter constituted, or any other
applicable Federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law; or a decree
or order by a court having jurisdiction in the premises shall have been entered
for the appointment of a receiver, custodian, liquidator, assignee, trustee,
sequestrator (or similar official) of the Warrant Agent or of its property or
affairs, or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Warrant
Agent or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation,
conservation, winding up or liquidation, a successor Warrant Agent, qualified
as aforesaid, shall be appointed by the Company by an instrument in writing,
filed with the successor Warrant Agent. Upon the appointment as aforesaid of a
successor Warrant Agent and acceptance by the successor Warrant Agent of such
appointment, the Warrant Agent shall cease to be Warrant Agent hereunder.
(d) Any successor Warrant Agent appointed hereunder shall
execute, acknowledge and deliver to its predecessor and to the Company an
instrument accepting such appointment hereunder, and thereupon such successor
Warrant Agent, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested
with all the authority, rights, powers, trusts, duties and obligations of such
predecessor with like effect as if originally named as Warrant Agent hereunder,
and such predecessor, upon payment of its charges and disbursements then
unpaid, shall thereupon become obligated to transfer, deliver and pay over, and
such successor Warrant Agent shall be entitled to receive, all monies,
securities and other property on deposit with or held by such predecessor, as
Warrant Agent hereunder.
(e) Any corporation into which the Warrant Agent hereunder
may be merged or converted or any corporation with which the Warrant Agent may
be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or
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consolidation to which the Warrant Agent shall be a party, or any corporation
to which the Warrant Agent shall sell or otherwise transfer all or
substantially all the assets and business of the Warrant Agent, provided that
it shall be qualified as aforesaid, shall be the successor Warrant Agent under
this Agreement without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act
on the part of any of the parties hereto.
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ARTICLE VI
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 6.01. Amendment. This Agreement may be amended by
the parties hereto, without the consent of the holder of any Warrant
Certificate, for the purpose of curing any ambiguity, or of curing, correcting
or supplementing any defective provision contained herein, or making any other
provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Agreement as
the Company and the Warrant Agent may deem necessary or desirable; provided,
however, that such action shall not affect adversely the interests of the
holders of the Warrant Certificates.
SECTION 6.02. Notices and Demands to the Company and Warrant
Agent. If the Warrant Agent shall receive any notice or demand addressed to
the Company by the holder of a Warrant Certificate pursuant to the provisions
of the
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Warrant Certificates, the Warrant Agent shall promptly forward such notice or
demand to the Company.
SECTION 6.03. Addresses. Any communication from the Company
to the Warrant Agent with respect to this Agreement shall be addressed to
___________________, Attention: ____________________ and any communication
from the Warrant Agent to the Company with respect to this Agreement shall be
addressed to HS Resources, Inc., Xxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxx
Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000, Attention: Chief Financial Officer, with a copy to: HS
Resources, Inc., 0000 Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxx, XX 00000, Attention:
General Counsel (or such other address as shall be specified in writing by the
Warrant Agent or by the Company).
SECTION 6.04. Applicable Law. The validity, interpretation and
performance of this Agreement and each Warrant Certificate issued hereunder and
of the respective terms and provisions thereof shall be governed by, and
construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of [New York].
SECTION 6.05. Delivery of Prospectus. The Company will
furnish to the Warrant Agent sufficient copies of a prospectus relating to the
Warrant Securities deliverable upon exercise of the Warrants (the
"Prospectus"), and the Warrant Agent agrees that upon the exercise of any
Warrant, the Warrant Agent will deliver a Prospectus to the holder of the
Warrant Certificate evidencing such Warrant prior or concurrently with the
delivery of the Warrant Securities issued upon such exercise. The Warrant
Agent shall not, by reason of any such delivery, assume any responsibility for
the accuracy or adequacy of such Prospectus.
SECTION 6.06. Obtaining of Governmental Approvals. The
Company will from time to time take all action which may be necessary to obtain
and keep effective any and all permits, consents and approvals of governmental
agencies and authorities and securities acts filings under Federal and state
laws (including without limitation a registration statement in respect of the
Warrants and Warrant Securities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended),
which may be or become requisite in connection with the issuance, sale,
transfer, and delivery of the Warrant Securities issued upon exercise of the
Warrant Certificates, the exercise of the Warrants, the issuance, sale,
transfer and delivery of the Warrants or upon the expiration of the period
during which the Warrants are exercisable.
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SECTION 6.07. Persons Having Rights under Warrant Agreement.
Nothing in this Agreement shall give to any person other than the Company, the
Warrant Agent and the holders of the Warrant Certificates any right, remedy or
claim under or by reason of this Agreement.
SECTION 6.08. Headings. The descriptive headings of the
several Articles and Sections of this Agreement are inserted for convenience
only and shall not control or affect the meaning or construction of any of the
provisions hereof.
SECTION 6.09. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed
in any number of counterparts, each of which as so executed shall be deemed to
be an original, but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the
same instrument.
SECTION 6.10. Inspection of Agreement. A copy of this
Agreement shall be available at all reasonable times at the principal corporate
trust office of the Warrant Agent for inspection by the holder of any Warrant
Certificate. The Warrant Agent may require such holder to submit his Warrant
Certificate for inspection by it.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF HS Resources, Inc. and ___________ have
caused this Agreement to be signed by their respective duly authorized
officers, and their respective corporate seals to be affixed hereunto, and the
same to be attested by their respective Secretaries or one of their respective
Assistant Secretaries, all as of the day and year first above written.
HS RESOURCES, INC.
By: ____________________________
Title:
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Attest:
_________________________
Title:
[Warrant Agent]
By: ____________________________
Title:
Attest:
_________________________
Title:
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EXHIBIT A
FORM OF WARRANT CERTIFICATE
[FACE OF WARRANT CERTIFICATE]
[Form of Legend if Offered Securities with Prior to ___________ this Warrant Certificate
Warrants that are not immediately detachable. cannot be transferred or exchanged unless
attached to a [Title of Offered Securities].]
[Form of Legend if Warrants are not immediately Prior to ___________, Warrants evidenced by this
exercisable. Warrant Certificate cannot be exercised.]
EXERCISABLE ONLY IF COUNTERSIGNED BY THE
WARRANT AGENT AS PROVIDED HEREIN
HS RESOURCES, INC.
WARRANTS TO PURCHASE
Common Stock
VOID AFTER 5 P.M. [NEW YORK CITY TIME], ON _____________.
No. __________ __________ Warrants
This certifies that ____________________ or registered assigns is the
registered owner of the above indicated number of Warrants, each Warrant
entitling such owner [if Offered Securities with Warrants that are not
immediately detachable --, subject to the registered owner qualifying as a
"holder" of this Warrant Certificate, as hereinafter defined] to purchase, at
any time [after 5 P.M., [New York City] time, on ____________________,
__________ shares of Common Stock (the "Warrant Securities"), of HS Resources,
Inc. (the "Company") on the following basis: [during the period from
__________, through and including ____________,] the exercise price of each
Warrant will be ___________ during the period from _________, through and
including ____________,] the exercise price of each Warrant will be ___________
(the "Warrant Price"), subject to such adjustments as provided in Section 2.02
of the Warrant Agreement (as defined below). Other than as provided in Section
2.02 of the Warrant
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Agreement, no adjustment shall be made for any dividends on any Warrant
Securities issuable upon exercise of any Warrant. The holder may exercise the
Warrants evidenced hereby by providing certain information set forth on the
back hereof and by paying in full [in lawful money of the United States of
America] [in cash or by certified check or official bank check or [by bank wire
transfer, in each case,] (by bank wire transfer] in [immediately available]
[next-day] funds, the Warrant Price for each Warrant exercised to the Warrant
Agent (as hereinafter defined) and by surrendering this Warrant Certificate,
with the purchase form on the back hereof duly executed, at the corporate trust
office of [name of Warrant Agent], [or __________], which is, on the date
hereof, at the address specified on the reverse hereof, and upon compliance
with and subject to the conditions set forth herein and in the Warrant
Agreement (as hereinafter defined).
The term "holder" as used herein shall mean [if Offered Securities with
Warrants that are not immediately detachable --, prior to __________ (the
"Detachable Date"), the registered owner of the Company's [title of Offered
Securities] to which this Warrant Certificate is initially attached, and after
such Detachable Date,] the person in whose name at the time of this Warrant
Certificate shall be registered upon the books to be maintained by the Warrant
Agent for that purpose pursuant to Section 4.01 of the Warrant Agreement.
Any whole number of Warrants evidenced by this Warrant Certificate may
be exercised to purchase Warrant Securities in registered form. Upon any
exercise of fewer than all of the Warrants evidenced by this Warrant
Certificate, there shall be issued to the holder hereof a new Warrant
Certificate evidencing the number of Warrants remaining unexercised.
This Warrant Certificate is issued under and in accordance with the
Warrant Agreement dated as of _________ (the "Warrant Agreement") by and
between the Company and the Warrant Agent and is subject to the terms and
provisions contained in the Warrant Agreement, to all of which terms and
provisions the holder of this Warrant Certificate consents by acceptance
hereof. Copies of the Warrant Agreement are on file at the above-mentioned
office of the Warrant Agent [and at ____________].
[If Offered Securities with registered Warrants that are not
immediately detachable -- Prior to __________, this Warrant Certificate may be
exchanged or transferred only together with the [Title of Offered Securities]
(the
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"Offered Securities") to which this Warrant Certificate was initially attached,
and only for the purpose of effecting, or in conjunction with, an exchange or
transfer of such Offered Security. After such date, this] [if Offered
Securities with registered Warrants that are immediately detachable -- Transfer
of this] Warrant Certificate may be registered when this Warrant Certificate is
surrendered at the corporate trust office of the Warrant Agent [or __________]
by the registered owner or such owner's assigns, in person or by an attorney
duly authorized in writing, in the manner and subject to the limitations
provided in the Warrant Agreement.]
[If Offered Securities with Warrants that are not immediately
detachable -- Except as provided in the immediately preceding paragraph, after]
[If Offered Securities with Warrants which are immediately detachable or
Warrant alone -- After] countersignature by the Warrant Agent and prior to the
expiration of this Warrant Certificate, this Warrant Certificate may be
exchanged at the corporate trust office of the Warrant Agent [or __________]
for Warrant Certificates representing the same aggregate number of Warrants.
This Warrant Certificate shall not entitle the holder hereof to any of
the rights of a holder of the Warrant Securities, including, without
limitation, the right to receive payments of dividends or distributions, if
any, on the Warrant Securities or to exercise any voting rights.
This Warrant Certificate shall not be valid or obligatory for any
purpose until countersigned by the Warrant Agent.
Dated as of __________________
HS RESOURCES, INC.
By: ____________________________
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Attest:
_______________________________________
Countersigned:
_______________________________________
As Warrant Agent
By: ___________________________________
Authorized Signature
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[REVERSE OF WARRANT CERTIFICATE]
INSTRUCTIONS FOR EXERCISE OF WARRANT
To exercise the Warrants evidenced hereof, the holder must
pay in United States dollars [in cash or by certified check or official bank
check or by bank wire transfer] [by bank wire transfer] in [immediately
available] [next-day] funds the Warrant Price in full for Warrants exercised to
[insert name of Warrant Agent] [Corporate Trust Department] [insert address of
Warrant Agent], Attention: __________ [or __________], which [payment] [wire
transfer] must specify the name of the holder and the number of Warrants
exercised by such holder. In addition, the holder must complete the
information required below and present this Warrant Certificate in person or by
mail (certified or registered mail is recommended) to the Warrant Agent at the
appropriate address set forth below. This Warrant Certificate, completed and
duly executed, must be received by the Warrant Agent within five business
days of the [payment] [wire transfer].
TO BE EXECUTED UPON EXERCISE OF WARRANT
The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise
__________ Warrants, evidenced by this Warrant Certificate, to purchase
__________ shares of the Common Stock (the "Warrant Securities") of HS
Resources, Inc. and represents that the undersigned has tendered payment for
such Warrant Securities in Dollars [in cash or by certified check or official
bank check or by bank wire transfer, in each case] [by bank wire transfer] in
[immediately available] [next-day] funds to the order of HS Resources, Inc.,
c/o [insert name and address of Warrant Agent], in the amount of _________ in
accordance with the terms hereof. The undersigned requests that said amount of
Warrant Securities be in fully registered form in the authorized denominations,
registered in such names and delivered all as specified in accordance with the
instructions set forth below.
If the number of Warrants exercised is less than all of
the Warrants evidenced hereby, the undersigned requests that a new Warrant
Certificate representing the remaining Warrant evidenced hereby be issued and
delivered to the undersigned unless otherwise specified in the instruction
below.
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Dated: _____________________ Name ______________________________
____________________________ Address ___________________________
(Insert Social Security or
Other Identifying Number of ___________________________
Holder) (Signature must conform
Signature Guaranteed in all respects to name of
____________________________ holder as specified on the
face of this Warrant
Certificate and must bear a
signature guarantee by a
bank, trust company or
member broker of the New
York or Pacific Stock
Exchange)
The Warrants evidenced hereby may be exercised at the following
addresses:
By hand at _____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
By mail at _____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
[Instructions as to form and delivery of Warrant Securities
and, if applicable, Warrant Certificates evidencing
unexercised Warrants -- complete as appropriate.]
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ASSIGNMENT
[FORM OF ASSIGNMENT TO BE EXECUTED IF HOLDER
DESIRES TO TRANSFER WARRANTS EVIDENCED HEREBY]
FOR VALUE RECEIVED ______________________________ hereby sells, assigns
and transfers unto
__________________________ _________________________
(Please print name) (Please insert social
security or other
identifying number)
__________________________
(Address)
__________________________
(City, including zip code)
the Warrants represented by the within Warrant Certificate and does hereby
irrevocably constitute and appoint _________ as Attorney to transfer said
Warrant Certificate on the books of the Warrant Agent with full power of
substitution in the premises.
Dated:
______________________________
Signature
(Signature must conform in
all respects to name of
holder as specified on the
face of this Warrant
Certificate and must bear a
signature guarantee by a
bank, trust company or member
broker of the New York
or Pacific Stock Exchange)
Signature Guaranteed:
_________________________
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