WARRANT AGREEMENT
Exhibit
I
FREEDOM
FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
Dated
as of February [__], 2008
Warrants
to Purchase 700,000 Shares of Common Stock
Issued
to
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxx & Co. Inc.
for
the benefit of
ReMark
Capital Group, LLC
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
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1.
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FORM,
EXECUTION AND TRANSFER OF WARRANT CERTIFICATES
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1.1.
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Form
of Warrant Certificate
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1.2.
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Execution
of Warrant Certificate; Registration Books
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1.3.
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Transfer,
Split Up, Combination and Exchange of Warrant Certificate; Lost or
Stolen
Warrant Certificate
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2.
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EXERCISE
OF WARRANTS; PAYMENT OF PURCHASE PRICE
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2.1.
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Exercise
of Warrant
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2.2.
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Cashless
Exercise of Warrants
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2.3.
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Limitations
on Exercise
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2.4.
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Issuance
of Common Stock
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2.5.
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Unexercised
Warrants
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2.6.
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Notice
of Expiration
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2.7.
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Restrictions
on Transfer; Restrictive Legends
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3.
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RESERVATION
AND AVAILABILITY OF SHARES OF COMMON STOCK; TRANSFER TAXES
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3.1.
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Reservation
of Common Stock
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3.2.
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Common
Stock to Be Duly Authorized and Issued, Fully Paid and
Nonassessable
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3.3.
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Transfer
Taxes
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3.4.
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Common
Stock Record Date
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3.5.
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CUSIP
Number
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4.
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ADJUSTMENT
OF PURCHASE PRICE AND NUMBER OF SHARES; FRACTIONAL SHARES; SPECIAL
AGREEMENTS
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4.1.
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Adjustments
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4.2.
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Fractional
Shares
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4.3.
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Right
of Action
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4.4.
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Special
Agreement of Warrant Certificate Holders
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4.5.
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Special
Agreements of the Company
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5.
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INVESTOR
RIGHTS
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5.1.
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Investor
Rights
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6.
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INTERPRETATION
OF THIS AGREEMENT
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6.1.
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Certain
Defined Terms
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6.2.
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Descriptive
Headings
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7.
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MISCELLANEOUS
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7.1.
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Expenses
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7.2.
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Amendment
and Waiver
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7.3.
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No
Rights or Liabilities as Stockholder
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7.4.
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Entire
Agreement; Incorporation of Attachments and Exhibits
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7.5.
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Successors
and Assigns
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7.6.
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Notices
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7.7.
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Satisfaction
Requirement
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7.8.
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Severability
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7.9.
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Counterparts
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7.10.
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Governing
Law; Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial
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1.
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Definitions
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2.
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Registration
Rights
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2.1.
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Request
for Registration
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2.2.
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Company
Registration
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2.3.
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Obligation
of the Company
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2.4.
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Furnish
Information
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2.5.
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Expenses
of Demand Registration
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2.6.
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Expenses
of Company Registration
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2.7.
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Underwriting
Requirements
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2.8.
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Delay
of Registration
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2.9.
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Indemnification
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2.10.
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Reports
Under Exchange Act
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2.11.
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Form
S-3 Registration
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2.12.
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Assignment
of Registration Rights
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2.13.
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Limitations
on Subsequent Registration Rights
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2.14.
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Market
Stand Off Agreement
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2.15.
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Termination
of Registration Rights
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3.
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Information
and Observer Rights
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4.
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Other
Rights
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Attachment
A - Form
of
Warrant Certificate
Exhibit
A - Investor
Rights
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THIS
WARRANT AGREEMENT
(this
“Agreement”)
is
dated as of February [__], 2008, between FREEDOM
FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.,
a
Delaware corporation (the “Company”),
and
REMARK
CAPITAL GROUP, LLC,
a
Delaware limited liability company (“Purchaser”).
RECITALS:
A. Certain
capitalized terms used in this Agreement shall have the meanings ascribed to
them in Section 6 hereof.
B. The
Board
of Directors has authorized the issuance of 700,000 Warrants (the “Warrants”)
of the
Company, each Warrant representing the right to purchase one (1) share of the
Company’s common stock, $0.0001 par value per share (the “Common
Stock”),
upon
the terms and subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth, and subject
to
adjustment as set forth herein.
C. Each
of
the Company, Freedom Financial Auto Receivables, LLC, a wholly owned special
purpose subsidiary of the Company (the “Borrower”),
Archon Group, L.P. and the Purchaser are parties to that certain Revolving
Loan
and Security Agreement (as the same may be amended, restated or otherwise
modified from time to time in accordance with its terms, the “Loan
Agreement”),
dated
as of January 31, 2008, pursuant to which Purchaser has agreed to lend certain
amounts to the Borrower and, in connection therewith, the Company has agreed
to
issue the Warrants to Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co. Inc., for the benefit of
Purchaser, on the terms set forth herein.
AGREEMENT:
NOW,
THEREFORE,
in
consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements set forth herein, the
parties to this Agreement hereby agree as follows:
1. FORM,
EXECUTION AND TRANSFER OF WARRANT CERTIFICATES.
1.1. Form
of Warrant Certificate.
The
warrant certificate (the “Warrant
Certificate”)
evidencing the Warrant and the form of assignment and of election to purchase
shares to be attached to such certificate shall be substantially in the form
set
forth in Attachment A
hereto,
and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification or
designation as may be required to comply with any law or with any rule or
regulation of any governmental authority, stock exchange or self-regulatory
organization made pursuant thereto. The Warrant Certificate shall be dated
the
date of issuance thereof by the Company, either upon initial issuance or upon
transfer or exchange, and on its face shall initially entitle the holder thereof
(each, a “Holder”)
to
purchase a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the number of Warrants
represented by such Warrant Certificate (the “Warrant
Shares”)
at a
price per share equal to the Purchase Price, but the number of Warrant Shares
and the Purchase Price shall be subject to adjustment as provided
herein.
1.2. Execution
of Warrant Certificate; Registration Books.
(a) Execution
of Warrant Certificate. The
Warrant Certificate shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its President,
one of its Vice Presidents or any other officer of the Company authorized by
the
Board of Directors. In case the officer of the Company who shall have signed
any
Warrant Certificate shall cease to be such an officer of the Company before
issuance and delivery by the Company of such Warrant Certificate, such Warrant
Certificate nevertheless may be issued and delivered with the same force and
effect as though the individual who signed such Warrant Certificate had not
ceased to be such an officer of the Company, and any Warrant Certificate may
be
signed on behalf of the Company by any individual who, at the actual date of
the
execution of such Warrant Certificate, shall be a proper officer of the Company
to sign such Warrant Certificate, although at the date of the execution of
this
Agreement any such individual was not such an officer.
(b) Registration
Books. The
Company will keep or cause to be kept at its office maintained at the address
of
the Company set forth in Section 7.6 hereof, or at such other office of the
Company in the United States of America of which the Company shall have given
notice to each Holder of a Warrant Certificate, books for registration and
transfer of each Warrant Certificate issued hereunder. Such books shall show
the
name and address of the Holder of the Warrant Certificate, the registration
number and the number of Warrants evidenced on its face by the Warrant
Certificate and the date of the Warrant Certificate.
1.3. Transfer,
Split Up, Combination and Exchange of Warrant Certificate; Lost or Stolen
Warrant Certificate.
(a) Transfer,
Split Up, etc.
Any
Warrant Certificate may be transferred, split up, combined or exchanged for
another Warrant Certificate(s) entitling the registered Holder or transferee
thereof to purchase a like number of Warrant Shares as the Warrant Certificate
surrendered then entitled such registered Holder to purchase. Any registered
Holder desiring to transfer, split up, combine or exchange any Warrant
Certificate shall make such request in writing delivered to the Company, and
shall surrender the Warrant Certificate(s) to be transferred, split up, combined
or exchanged at the office of the Company referred to in Section 1.2(b)
hereof, whereupon the Company shall deliver promptly to the Person entitled
thereto a Warrant Certificate, as so requested. Each registered Holder of a
Warrant Certificate, by its acceptance thereof, agrees not to transfer any
Warrant Certificate in any manner which would violate Section 5 of the
Securities Act.
(b) Loss,
Theft, etc.
Upon
receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the
ownership of and the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of any Warrant
Certificate, the Company at its own expense will execute and deliver, in lieu
thereof, a new Warrant Certificate, dated the date of such lost, stolen,
destroyed or mutilated Warrant Certificate and of like tenor, in lieu of the
lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Warrant Certificate.
2. EXERCISE
OF WARRANTS; PAYMENT OF PURCHASE PRICE.
2.1. Exercise
of Warrant.
(a) Manner
of Exercise. At
any
time and from time to time prior to the Expiration Date, but subject to the
limitations set forth in Section 2.3 hereof, the Holder of a Warrant
Certificate may exercise the Warrants evidenced thereby by surrendering the
Warrant Certificate, with an election to purchase (a form of which is attached
to each Warrant Certificate) attached thereto duly executed, to the Company
at
its office referred to in Section 1.2(b) hereof, together with payment of
the Purchase Price (if the Holder is not utilizing a cashless exercise) for
each
Warrant Share with respect to which the Warrants are then being exercised (the
date of a Holder’s delivery of, such items being the “Date
of Exercise”).
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(b) Payment
in Cash.
Upon
exercise of any Warrants, the Holder may pay the Purchase Price in cash or
by
certified or official bank check payable to the order of the Company or by
wire
transfer of immediately available funds to the account of the
Company.
(c) Automatic
Cashless Exercise.
If,
immediately prior to the Expiration Date, any of the Warrants shall have not
been exercised and remain outstanding, and if the Fair Market Value is greater
than the Purchase Price immediately prior to the Expiration Date, then, unless
the Holder of thereof otherwise elects by written notice to the Company, all
outstanding Warrants shall be deemed to be exercised by the Holder thereof
pursuant to Section 2.2 of this Agreement immediately prior to the Expiration
Date (without regard to any limitations set forth in Section 2.3), automatically
and without any affirmative action on the part of any such Holder.
2.2. Cashless
Exercise of Warrants.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2.1 hereof, if the Fair Market
Value is greater than the Purchase Price (at the date of calculation, as set
forth below), in lieu of exercising the Warrant as permitted in
Section 2.1, the Holder may elect to receive shares of Common Stock equal
to the value (as determined below) of the Warrants (or the portion thereof
being
canceled) by surrender of the Warrant Certificate, together with the election
to
purchase (a form of which is attached to each Warrant Certificate) attached
thereto duly executed, to the Company at its office referred to in
Section 1.2(b) hereof, in which event the Company shall issue to the Holder
that number of Warrant Shares computed using the following formula:
CS
=
WCS
x
(FMV-PP)
FMV
where:
equals
the number of Warrant Shares to be issued to the Holder of the Warrant
Certificate upon a cashless exercise
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WCS
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equals
the gross number of Warrant Shares purchasable under the Warrants
being
exercised (at the date of such calculation, calculated as if the
Purchase
Price were being paid in cash)
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equals
the Fair Market Value of one share of Common Stock (at the date of
such
calculation)
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PP
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equals
the Purchase Price (as adjusted to the date of such
calculation).
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For
purposes of Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, it is intended,
understood and acknowledged that the shares of Common Stock issuable upon the
exercise of the Warrants in a cashless exercise transaction shall be deemed
to
have been acquired by the Holder, and the holding period for such shares shall
be deemed to have commenced, on the date this Warrant was originally
issued.
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2.3. Limitations
on Exercise.
(a) Five
Percent Limitation.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the number of Warrant
Shares that may be acquired by the Holder upon any exercise of this Warrant
(or
otherwise in respect hereof) shall be limited to the extent necessary to insure
that, following such exercise (or other issuance), the total number of shares
of
Common Stock then beneficially owned by such Holder and its Affiliates and
any
other Persons whose beneficial ownership of Common Stock would be aggregated
with the Holder's for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, does not
exceed 4.999% of the total number of issued and outstanding shares of Common
Stock (including for such purpose the shares of Common Stock issuable upon
such
exercise). For such purposes, beneficial ownership shall be determined in
accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder. This provision shall not restrict the number of shares
of Common Stock which a Holder may receive or beneficially own in order to
determine the amount of securities or other consideration that such Holder
may
receive in connection with a transaction described in Section 4.1(c). By
written notice to the Company, a Holder may waive the provisions of this Section
2.3(a) as to itself but any such waiver will not be effective until the
61st
day
after delivery thereof and such waiver shall have no effect on any other
Holder.
(b) Ten
Percent Limitation.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the number of Warrant
Shares that may be acquired by the Holder upon any exercise of this Warrant
(or
otherwise in respect hereof) shall be limited to the extent necessary to insure
that, following such exercise (or other issuance), the total number of shares
of
Common Stock then beneficially owned by such Holder and its Affiliates and
any
other Persons whose beneficial ownership of Common Stock would be aggregated
with the Holder's for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, does not
exceed 9.999% of the total number of issued and outstanding shares of Common
Stock (including for such purpose the shares of Common Stock issuable upon
such
exercise). For such purposes, beneficial ownership shall be determined in
accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder. This provision shall not restrict the number of shares
of Common Stock which a Holder may receive or beneficially own in order to
determine the amount of securities or other consideration that such Holder
may
receive in connection with a transaction described in Section 4.1(c). This
restriction may not be waived by the Holder.
2.4. Issuance
of Common Stock.
(a) Delivery
of Shares.
Upon
timely receipt of a Warrant Certificate, with the form of election to purchase
duly executed, accompanied by payment of the Purchase Price for each of the
shares to be purchased in the manner provided in Section 2.1 or
Section 2.2 hereof, the Company shall thereupon promptly (but in any event
within three (3) Business Days of the Date Exercise) (i) cause certificates
representing the number of whole Warrant Shares then being purchased to be
delivered to or upon the order of the registered Holder of such Warrant
Certificate, registered in such name or names as may be designated by such
Holder, and (ii) deliver the cash, if any, to be paid in lieu of fractional
shares pursuant to Section 4.2 hereof to or upon the order of the
registered Holder of such Warrant Certificate. The Company shall, upon request
of a Holder and subsequent to the date on which a registration statement
covering the resale of the Warrant Shares has been declared effective by the
Securities and Exchange Commission, use its reasonable best efforts to deliver
Warrant Shares hereunder electronically through the Depository Trust Corporation
or another established clearing corporation performing similar
functions.
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(b) Rescission
Right.
If by
the third Business Day after a Date of Exercise the Company fails to deliver
the
required number of Warrant Shares in the manner required pursuant to this
Section 2.4, then the Holder will have the right to rescind such
exercise.
(c) Buy-In
Election.
If by
the third Business Day after a Date of Exercise the Company fails to deliver
the
required number of Warrant Shares in the manner required pursuant to this
Section 2.4, and if after such third Business Day and prior to the receipt
of
such Warrant Shares, the Holder purchases (in an open market transaction or
otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the
Holder of the Warrant Shares which the Holder anticipated receiving upon such
exercise (a "Buy-In"),
then
the Company shall (1) pay in cash to the Holder the amount by which (x) the
Holder's total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if any) for
the
shares of Common Stock so purchased exceeds (y) the amount obtained by
multiplying (A) the number of Warrant Shares that the Company was required
to
deliver to the Holder in connection with the exercise at issue by (B) the
closing bid price of the Common Stock at the time of the delivery obligation
giving rise to such purchase and (2) at the option of the Holder, either
reinstate the portion of the Warrant and equivalent number of Warrant Shares
for
which such exercise was not honored or deliver to the Holder the number of
shares of Common Stock that would have been issued had the Company timely
complied with its exercise and delivery obligations hereunder. The Holder shall
provide the Company written notice indicating the amounts payable to the Holder
in respect of the Buy-In.
(d) Unconditional
Obligation.
The
Company's obligations to issue and deliver Warrant Shares in accordance with
the
terms hereof are absolute and unconditional, irrespective of any action or
inaction by the Holder to enforce the same, any waiver or consent with respect
to any provision hereof, the recovery of any judgment against any Person or
any
action to enforce the same, or any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, limitation
or termination, or any breach or alleged breach by the Holder or any other
Person of any obligation to the Company or any violation or alleged violation
of
law by the Holder or any other Person, and irrespective of any other
circumstance which might otherwise limit such obligation of the Company to
the
Holder in connection with the issuance of Warrant Shares. Nothing herein shall
limit a Holder's right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder,
at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific
performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company's failure
to
timely deliver certificates representing Warrant Shares upon exercise of the
Warrant as required pursuant to the terms hereof.
2.5. Unexercised
Warrants.
In case
the registered Holder of any Warrant Certificate shall exercise less than all
the Warrants evidenced thereby, a new Warrant Certificate evidencing Warrants
equal in number to the number of Warrants remaining unexercised shall be issued
by the Company to the registered Holder of such Warrant Certificate or to its
duly authorized assigns.
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2.6. Notice
of Expiration.
Subject
to the provisions of Section 2.1(c), all Warrants that have not been
exercised or purchased in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement
shall
expire and all rights of holders of such Warrants shall terminate and cease
on
the Expiration Date.
2.7. Restrictions
on Transfer; Restrictive Legends.
No
Warrant or Warrant Shares may be offered, sold, transferred, or otherwise
disposed of, in whole or in part, to any Person except as permitted under the
Securities Act and applicable state securities laws, pursuant to either an
effective registration statement or an exemption therefrom.
(a) Each
Warrant Certificate and each certificate representing Warrant Shares, unless
at
the time of exercise such shares are registered under the Securities Act, shall
bear the following legend:
“The
securities represented by this certificate have not been registered under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be sold, exchanged or
transferred in any manner in the absence of such registration or an opinion
of
counsel reasonably acceptable to the Company that no such registration is
required. The securities are subject to the terms of a certain Warrant
Agreement, dated February [__], 2008, pursuant to which they were
issued”
Any
certificate issued at any time in exchange or substitution for any certificate
bearing such legend (except a new certificate issued upon completion of a public
distribution pursuant to a registration statement under the Securities Act
of
the shares represented thereby) shall also bear the above legend unless, in
the
opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Company, the securities represented
thereby need no longer be subject to such restrictions.
3. RESERVATION
AND AVAILABILITY OF SHARES OF COMMON STOCK; TRANSFER TAXES.
3.1. Reservation
of Common Stock.
The
Company covenants and agrees that it will at all times cause to be reserved
and
kept available out of its authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock such
number of shares of Common Stock as will be sufficient to permit the exercise
in
full of all Warrants issued hereunder.
3.2. Common
Stock to Be Duly Authorized and Issued, Fully Paid and
Nonassessable.
The
Company covenants and agrees that it will take all such action as may be
necessary to ensure that all shares of Common Stock delivered upon the exercise
of any Warrants, at the time of delivery of the certificates representing such
shares, shall be duly and validly authorized and issued and fully paid and
nonassessable, free of any preemptive rights and free of any Lien.
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3.3. Transfer
Taxes.
The
Company covenants and agrees that it will pay when due and payable any and
all
federal and state transfer taxes and charges that may be payable in respect
of
the initial issuance or delivery of:
(a) each
Warrant Certificate;
(b) each
Warrant Certificate issued in exchange for any other Warrant Certificate
pursuant to Section 1.3(a) or Section 2.5 hereof; and
(c) each
share of Common Stock issued upon the exercise of any Warrant.
3.4. Common
Stock Record Date.
Each
Person in whose name any certificate for shares of Common Stock is issued upon
the exercise of Warrants shall for all purposes be deemed to have become the
Holder of record of the Common Stock represented thereby on, and such
certificate shall be dated, the date upon which the originally executed Warrant
Certificate evidencing such Warrants was duly surrendered with an election
to
purchase attached thereto duly executed and payment of the aggregate Purchase
Price (and any applicable transfer taxes, if payable by such Person) was made.
Prior to the exercise of the Warrants evidenced thereby, the Holder of a Warrant
Certificate shall not be entitled to any rights of a stockholder in the Company
with respect to shares for which the Warrants shall be exercisable, including,
without limitation, the right to receive dividends or other distributions,
and
shall not be entitled to receive any notice of any proceedings of the Company,
except as provided herein or in any other applicable agreement between the
Company and such Holder.
3.5. CUSIP
Number.
The
Company covenants and agrees that it shall maintain its current CUSIP Number
in
respect of the Common Stock from the CUSIP Service Bureau of Standard &
Poor’s, a division of XxXxxx-Xxxx, Inc.
4. ADJUSTMENT
OF PURCHASE PRICE AND NUMBER OF SHARES; FRACTIONAL SHARES; SPECIAL
AGREEMENTS.
4.1. Adjustments.
The
number of Warrant Shares and the Purchase Price shall be subject to adjustment
pursuant to the provisions of this Section 4.
(a) Distribution
of Property. In
case,
at any time during the term of the Warrants, the Company shall declare a cash
dividend upon its Common Stock or shall distribute to holders of its Common
Stock shares of its capital stock (other than Common Stock), stock or other
Securities of any other Person(s), evidences of indebtedness issued by the
Company or any other Person(s), other assets or options or warrants or rights,
then, in each such case, immediately following the record date fixed for the
determination of the holders of Common Stock entitled to receive such dividend
or distribution:
(i) the
number of shares of Common Stock purchasable upon the exercise of the Warrants
thereafter shall be determined by multiplying the number of Warrant Shares
immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, of which the numerator
shall be the Reference Price and the denominator shall be an amount equal to
(A)
the Reference Price minus (B) the Fair Market Value of the stock, securities,
evidences of indebtedness, assets, options, warrants or rights so distributed
in
respect of one share of Common Stock; and
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(ii) the
Purchase Price shall be adjusted by multiplying the Purchase Price In effect
immediately prior to the record date for such dividend or distribution by a
fraction, of which the numerator shall be an amount equal to (A) the
Reference Price minus (B) the Fair Market Value of the stock, securities,
evidences of indebtedness, assets, options, warrants or rights so distributed
in
respect of one share of Common Stock, and the denominator shall be the Reference
Price; and
(iii) each
adjustment made pursuant to this Section 4.1(a) shall be made on the date
such dividend or distribution is made, and shall become effective at the opening
of business on the Business Day next following the record date for the
determination of stockholders entitled to such dividend or
distribution.
(b) Dividends,
Subdivisions and Combinations. In
case
at any time during the term of the Warrants the number of shares of Common
Stock
outstanding is increased by a stock dividend payable in shares of Common Stock
or by a subdivision or split-up of shares of Common Stock, then, following
the
record date fixed for the determination of holders of Common Stock entitled
to
receive such stock dividend, subdivision or split-up, the number of Warrant
Shares shall be increased in proportion to such increase in outstanding shares
and the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such stock dividend,
subdivision or split-up shall be proportionately reduced. Conversely, in case
at
any time during the term of this Warrant the Company shall combine its
outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, the number
of Warrant Shares immediately prior to such combination shall be proportionately
reduced and the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such combination
shall be proportionately increased.
(c) Consolidation;
Merger; Sale; Reclassification. If
at any
time during the term of the Warrants any capital reorganization or
reclassification of the capital stock of the Company (other than a change in
par
value or from no par value to par value or as a result of a stock dividend
or
subdivision or split-up or combination of shares), or consolidation or merger
of
the Company with another corporation, or the sale or other disposition of all
or
substantially all of the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ properties and
assets to another Person, shall be effected in such a way that holders of shares
of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive stock, other Securities or assets
with respect to or in exchange for Common Stock, then as a condition of such
reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale or disposition,
lawful and adequate provision shall be made whereby the Holders of the Warrants
shall thereafter have the right to receive upon the basis and upon the terms
and
conditions specified herein and in lieu of the shares of Common Stock
immediately theretofore receivable upon the exercise of the Warrants, such
shares of stock, other Securities or assets as may be issued or payable with
respect to or in exchange for a number of outstanding shares of Common Stock
equal to the number of shares of Common Stock immediately theretofore so
receivable had such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger,
sale or disposition not taken place, and in any such case lawful and adequate
provision shall be made with respect to the rights and interests of the holders
of the Warrants to the end that the provisions of this Agreement and of the
Warrants (including without limitation provisions for adjustment of the Purchase
Price and of the Warrant Shares) shall thereafter be applicable, as nearly
as
may be, in relation to any shares of stock, other Securities or assets
thereafter deliverable upon the exercise of the Warrants. The Company shall
not
effect any such consolidation, merger or sale unless prior to or simultaneously
with the consummation thereof the survivor or successor corporation (if other
than the Company) resulting from such consolidation or merger or the Person
purchasing such properties and assets shall assume the obligation to deliver
to
such holders such shares of stock, other Securities or assets as, in accordance
with the foregoing provisions, such Holder may be entitled to receive. The
provisions of this Section 4.1(c) shall similarly apply to successive
reorganizations, reclassification, consolidations, mergers, sales or other
dispositions.
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(d) Issuance
of Additional Common Stock. In
addition to all other adjustments to the number Warrant Shares set forth
elsewhere in this Agreement, if the Company shall at any time or from time
to
time during the term of the Warrants issue or sell any shares of Common Stock
(or be deemed to have issued any shares of Common Stock as provided herein),
other than Excluded Securities (i) to the Company’s Affiliates for consideration
greater than $0.35 per share (subject to adjustment on the same basis as the
Purchase Price), but below the Reference Price (a “Discounted
Issuance”)
or
(ii) to any Person (whether or not an Affiliate of the Company) for
consideration less than $0.35 per share (a “Below
Exercise Price Issuance”),
then
the following adjustments shall occur:
(A) In
the
event of a Discounted Issuance, the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior
to such issuance or sale shall be reduced effective concurrently with such
issuance or sale to an amount determined by multiplying the Purchase Price
then
in effect by a fraction, (x) the numerator of which shall be the sum of (1)
the
number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Discounted
Issuance plus (2) the number of shares of Common Stock which the aggregate
consideration received by the Company in exchange for the Discounted Issuance
would purchase at the Reference Price then in effect and (y) the denominator
of
which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock of the Company outstanding
immediately after the Discounted Issuance.
(B) In
the
event of a Below Exercise Price Issuance, the Purchase Price in effect
immediately prior to such issuance or sale shall be reduced effective
concurrently with such issuance or sale to an amount determined by multiplying
the Purchase Price then in effect by a fraction, (x) the numerator of which
shall be the sum of (1) the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding
immediately prior to the Below Exercise Price Issuance plus (2) the number
of
shares of Common Stock which the aggregate consideration received by the Company
in exchange for the Below Exercise Price Issuance would purchase at $0.35 per
share (subject to adjustment pursuant to this Section 4.1) and (y) the
denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock of the
Company outstanding immediately after the Below Exercise Price Issuance.
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(C) In
the
event of either a Discounted Issuance or a Below Exercise Price Issuance, the
number of shares which may be purchased pursuant to the Warrant Certificate
shall be increased proportionately to any reduction in Purchase Price pursuant
to this paragraph 4.1(d) so that after such adjustments the aggregate Purchase
Price payable hereunder for the increased number of shares of Common Stock
shall
be the same as the aggregate Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to
such
adjustments.
(e) Calculation
of Consideration Received; Options and Warrants. For
the
purposes of any adjustment of the number of Warrant Shares and the Purchase
Price pursuant to Section 4.1(d), the following provisions shall be
applicable:
(i) In
the
case of the issuance of Common Stock for cash, the consideration received upon
such issuance shall be deemed to be the gross amount of cash paid
therefor.
(ii) In
the
case of the issuance of Common Stock for a consideration in whole or in part
other than cash, the consideration received upon such issuance other than cash
shall be deemed to be the Fair Market Value thereof, provided, however, that
the
aggregate Fair Market Value of such non-cash and cash consideration shall not
be
deemed to exceed the Current Market Price of the shares of Common Stock being
issued if the Common Stock is then quoted by an organization referred to in
the
definition of Current Market Price.
(iii) In
the
case of the issuance of Common Stock without consideration, the consideration
received upon such issuance shall be deemed to be $0.0001 per
share.
(iv) In
the
case of the issuance of (A) options to purchase or rights to subscribe for
Common Stock, (B) Securities by their terms convertible into or exchangeable
for
Common Stock, or (C) options to purchase or rights to subscribe for such
convertible or exchangeable Securities:
(A) the
aggregate maximum number of shares of Common Stock deliverable upon the exercise
of such options to purchase or rights to subscribe for Common Stock shall be
deemed to have been issued at the time such options or rights were issued and
for a consideration equal to the consideration (determined in the manner
provided in Sections 4.1(e)(i) through 4.1(e)(iii) inclusive), if any, received
by the Company upon the issuance of such options or rights plus the minimum
purchase price provided in such options or rights for the Common Stock covered
thereby, and
(B) the
aggregate maximum number of shares of Common Stock deliverable upon conversion
of or in exchange for any such convertible or exchangeable Securities or upon
the exercise of options to purchase or rights to subscribe for such convertible
or exchangeable Securities and subsequent conversion or exchange thereof shall
be deemed to have been issued at the time such Securities were issued or such
options or rights were issued and for a consideration equal to the
consideration, if any, received by the Company for any such Securities and
related options or rights (excluding any cash received on account of accrued
interest or accrued dividends), plus the minimum additional consideration,
if
any, to be received by the Company upon the conversion or exchange of such
Securities or the exercise of any related options or rights (the consideration
in each case to be determined in the manner provided in Sections 4.l(e)(i)
through 4.l(e)(iii) inclusive); and
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(C) on
any
change in the aggregate maximum number of shares of, or the minimum purchase
price or other additional consolidation payable for Common Stock deliverable
upon the exercise of any such options or rights or conversions of or exchanges
for such Securities, other than a change resulting from the anti-dilution
provisions thereof, the Warrant Shares automatically and forthwith shall be
readjusted to such number as would have been obtained had the adjustment made
upon the issuance of such options, rights or other Securities not converted
prior to such change or options or rights related to such Securities not
converted prior to such change been made upon the basis of such change;
and
(D) on
the
expiration of all such options or rights, the termination of all such rights
to
convert or exchange or the expiration of all options or rights related to such
convertible or exchangeable Securities, the Warrant Shares automatically and
forthwith shall be readjusted to such number as would have obtained had the
adjustment made upon the issuance of such options, rights or other Securities
or
options or rights related to such Securities not been made.
(f) Other
Adjustments. In
case
at any time or from time to time during the term of the Warrants conditions
arise by reason of any action(s) taken or omitted to be taken by the Company
which, in the opinion of the Company’s Board of Directors, are not adequately
covered by the provisions of this Section 4.1, and which might materially
and adversely affect the exercise rights of the holders of the Warrants, the
Company shall obtain an opinion of the Company’s independent certified public
accountants, or of other independent certified public accountants selected
by
the Company and reasonably satisfactory to the Required Holders, setting forth
any adjustment of the Warrant Shares and/or of the Purchase Price, on a basis
consistent with the standards established in the other provisions of this
Section 4.1, necessary in order to preserve, without diminution, the
proportionate interest in the Common Stock purchasable upon the exercise of
the
Warrants and the exercise rights of the holders of the Warrants. Upon receipt
of
such opinion, the Board of Directors of the Company shall forthwith make the
adjustments described therein.
(g) Company
Stock. For
purposes of this Section 4.1, the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding or deemed to be outstanding at any given time shall not include
shares owned or held by or for the account of the Company, and the disposition
of any such shares shall be considered an issuance or sale of Common Stock
for
the purposes of Section 4.1(d).
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(h) Notice
of Adjustment. Upon
each
adjustment of the Purchase Price and upon each change in the number of Warrant
Shares, and in the event of any change in the rights of the holders of the
Warrants by reason of any other event(s) herein set forth, then and in each
such
case the Company promptly shall deliver to the holders of the Warrants, by
first-class certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, a
statement, signed by the Company’s principal financial officer, showing in
reasonable detail the basis of such determination or the facts requiring such
adjustment and/or change, and stating the adjusted Purchase Price and the new
number of Warrant Shares, or specifying the other shares of stock, other
Securities or assets and the amount thereof receivable as a result of such
change in’ rights, and setting forth in reasonable detail the method of
calculation and the facts upon which such calculation is based. Where
appropriate, such statement may be given in advance and may be included as
part
of a notice required to be mailed under the provisions of
Section 4.1(i).
(i) Notice
of Certain Events. If
the
Company shall propose to take any action requiring a calculation pursuant to
this Section 4.1, the Company shall give notice to the holders of the
Warrants in the manner set forth in Section 4.1(h), which notice shall
specify the record date, if any, with respect to any such action and the date
on
which such action is to take place. Such notice also shall set forth such facts
with respect thereto as shall be reasonably necessary to indicate the effect
of
such action (to the extent such effect may be known at the date of such notice)
on the number of Warrant Shares and the number, kind or class of shares or
other
Securities or other property or assets which shall be deliverable or purchasable
upon the occurrence of such action or deliverable upon the exercise of the
Warrants. In the case of any action which would require the fixing of a record
date, such notice shall be given at least ten (10) days prior to the date so
fixed, and in the case of all other actions, such notice shall be given at
least
ten (10) days prior to the taking of such proposed action. Failure to give
such
notice, or any defect therein, shall not affect the legality or validity of
any
such action. The Holder of any Warrant may within ten (10) days of any notice
delivered by the Company pursuant to this Section 4.1(i) object to any of
the Company’s calculations contained in such notice by delivery of a notice
setting forth such objection in reasonable detail. If such Holder of any Warrant
and the Company shall be unable to resolve such objection within 10 days of
delivery of such notice to the Company, such objection shall be resolved by
an
independent accounting firm mutually agreed upon by the Company and such Holder
of the Warrant. The Company shall bear the fees and expenses of such firm if
the
Company’s calculations are not upheld by such firm. Such Holder shall bear the
fees and expenses of such firm if the Company’s calculations are upheld by such
firm. If a Holder of any Warrant fails to object in writing to any of the
Company’s calculations contained in any such notice given by the Company
pursuant to this Section 4.1(i) within ten (10) days of delivery of such notice,
such calculation shall be deemed to be correct and accurate and binding upon
any
Holder failing to object.
(j) Agreement
and Warrants Not Required to be Restated. Irrespective
of any adjustments in the number of Warrant Shares, the Purchase Price or the
number or kind of cash, Securities or other property or assets purchasable
upon
the exercise of the Warrants, this Agreement and the Warrants may continue
to
express the same price and number and kind of Securities as are initially stated
in this Agreement and the Warrants.
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(k) Rounding. All
calculations under this Section 4.1 shall be made to the nearest sixth
decimal place.
(l) Single
Adjustment. In
no
event shall the number of Warrant Shares or Purchase Price be adjusted pursuant
to more than one paragraph of this Section 4.1 with respect to a single
event.
4.2. Fractional
Shares.
The
Company shall not be required to issue fractional shares of Common Stock upon
the exercise of any Warrant. Upon the exercise of any Warrant, there shall
be
paid to the Holder thereof, in lieu of any fractional share of Common Stock
resulting therefrom, an amount of cash equal to the product of:
(a) the
fractional amount of such share; times
(b) (i) if
the
Common Stock is then quoted by an organization referred to in the definition
of
Current Market Price, the Current Market Price of the Common Stock;
or
(ii) if
the
Common Stock is not then quoted by such an organization, the Fair Market Value
of one share of Common Stock;
in
each
case, as determined on the Business Day immediately prior to the date of
exercise of such Warrant.
4.3. Right
of Action.
All
rights of action in respect of the Warrants are vested in the respective
registered holders of the Warrant Certificate, and any registered Holder of
any
Warrant Certificate, without the consent of the registered Holder of any other
Warrant Certificate, may, in its own behalf and for its own benefit, enforce,
and may institute and maintain any suit, action or proceeding against the
Company to enforce, or otherwise act in respect of, its right to exercise the
Warrants evidenced by such Warrant Certificate in the manner provided in such
Warrant Certificate and in this Agreement.
4.4. Special
Agreement of Warrant Certificate Holders.
Every
Holder of a Warrant Certificate by accepting the same consents and agrees with
the Company and with every other Holder of a Warrant Certificate
that:
(a) the
Warrant Certificate are transferable only on the registry books of the Company
if surrendered at the office of the Company referred to in Section 1.2(b)
hereof, duly endorsed or accompanied by an instrument of transfer (in the form
attached hereto); and
(b) the
Company may deem and treat the Person in whose name each Warrant Certificate
is
registered as the absolute owner thereof and of the Warrants evidenced thereby
(notwithstanding any notations of ownership or writing on the Warrant
Certificate made by anyone other than the Company) for all purposes whatsoever,
and the Company shall not be affected by any notice to the
contrary.
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4.5. Special
Agreements of the Company.
The
Company covenants and agrees that the Company shall not, by amendment to its
Articles of Incorporation, as in effect on the date hereof, or through any
reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution,
liquidation, issuance or sale of Securities or any other voluntary action,
avoid
or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms to be
observed or performed hereunder by the Company, but shall at all times in good
faith assist in the carrying out of all the provisions of this Section 4
and in the taking of all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate in
order to protect the rights of the holders of the Warrant Certificate against
dilution or other impairment.
5. INVESTOR
RIGHTS.
5.1. Investor
Rights.
Each
Holder of a Warrant shall be entitled to the investor rights set forth in
Exhibit
A.
6. INTERPRETATION
OF THIS AGREEMENT.
6.1. Certain
Defined Terms.
For the
purpose of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings specified
with respect thereto below:
Acquisition
Shares —
means (i) shares of Common Stock of the Company issued in connection with a
bona
fide business acquisition of or by the Company, whether by merger,
consolidation, sale of assets, sale or exchange of stock or otherwise, and
(ii)
any shares of Common Stock issued (or issuable upon the exercise of options
or
warrants to acquire shares of Common Stock) to brokers or consultants in
connection with any such business acquisition; provided that the shares of
Common Stock issued or issuable to any such brokers or consultants may not
exceed five percent (5%) of the aggregate shares of Common Stock issued in
connection with any such business acquisition.
Affiliate —
means, at any time, a Person (other than a Subsidiary or
Purchaser):
(a) that
directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries Controls, or is
Controlled by, or is under common Control with, the Company;
(b) that
beneficially owns or holds five percent (5%) or more of any class of the Common
Stock;
(c) five
percent (5%) or more of the Voting Stock (or in the case of a Person that is
not
a corporation, five percent (5%) or more of the equity interest) of which is
beneficially owned or held by the Company or a Subsidiary; or
(d) that
is
an officer or director (or a member of the immediate family of an officer or
director) of the Company or any Subsidiary, at such time.
As
used
in this definition,
Control —
means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause
the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the
ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.
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Agreement—
references to “this Agreement” shall mean this Warrant Agreement as it may from
time to time be amended or supplemented.
Below
Exercise Price Issuance—
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 4.1(d).
Board
of Directors—
means
the board of directors of the Company or any committee thereof that, in the
instance, shall have the lawful power to exercise the power and authority of
such board of directors.
Buy-In—
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(a).
Business
Day—
means
a
day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banks in New York, New
York or Springfield, Missouri are required or permitted by law (other than
a
general banking moratorium or holiday for a period exceeding four (4)
consecutive days) to be closed.
Common
Stock—
shall
have the meaning set forth in Recital B.
Company—
shall
have the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereof.
Current
Market Price—
shall
mean, with respect to any Security, asset, right or evidence of indebtedness,
on
any date, the average for the previous ten (10) consecutive trading days of
(i)
the closing bid prices per unit of such Security, asset, right or evidence
of
indebtedness on the principal securities exchange or trading market where such
security is listed or traded or (ii) if the foregoing does not apply, the
closing bid price of such security in the over-the-counter market on the
electronic bulletin board for such security or (iii) if no trading price is
reported for such security, then the average of the bid prices of any market
makers for such securities as reported in the “Pink Sheets” by National
Quotation Bureau, Inc.
Date
of Exercise —
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(b).
Discounted
Issuance—
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 4.1(d).
Exchange
Act—
means
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Excluded
Employee Stock—
means
one or more stock options, the shares of Common Stock issued upon the exercise
of such options and stock grants representing not more than ten percent (10%)
of
the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company at any time granted to
employees, directors and consultants of the Company pursuant to a stock
compensation plan approved by the Board of Directors.
Excluded
Securities—
means
and includes:
(a) shares
of
Common Stock issued in any of the transactions described in Section 4.1(a),
Section 4.1(b) or Section 4.1(c) hereof and in respect of which an
adjustment has been made pursuant to such Section;
(b) shares
of
Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants;
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(c) shares
of
Common Stock issued upon the exercise, conversion or exchange of any warrant,
option or other right to acquire Common Stock or any convertible or exchangeable
Security in respect of which an adjustment was made (or was not required to
be
made) pursuant to Section 4.1(d) hereof;
(d) Excluded
Employee Stock;
(e) solely
for purposes of Section 4 of this Agreement (but not for purposes of Section
4
of Exhibit
A
of this
Agreement), any Acquisition Shares issued for consideration greater than or
equal to the Reference Price (even if less than the Purchase Price);
and
(f) solely
for purposes of Section 4 of Exhibit
A
of this
Agreement (but not for purposes of Section 4 of Exhibit
A
of this
Agreement), any Acquisition Shares.
Expiration
Date—
means
shall mean the date that is five (5) years from the date of this
Agreement.
Fair
Market Value—
of
any
Security, asset, right or evidence of indebtedness shall mean, on any date,
the
Current Market Price of such Security, asset, right or evidence of indebtedness,
or, if on any such date the price of such Security, asset, right or evidence
of
indebtedness is not quoted by any organization referred to in the definition
of
Current Market Price, an amount determined in good faith by the Board of
Directors of the Company or if the Required Holders object to such
determination, by the Valuation Agent. Such Valuation Agent’s determination of
the Fair Market Value of such Security, asset, right or evidence of indebtedness
shall be binding upon the Company and the holders of the Warrants. The cost
of
such Valuation Agent’s determination of the Fair Market Value shall be advanced
by the Required Holders prior to such determination. In the event the Fair
Market Value determined by the Valuation Agent shall exceed the Fair Market
Value determined by the Board of Directors of the Company by more than ten
percent (10%), the Company shall reimburse the Required Holders the cost
advanced by them for such determination. With respect to the determination
by
the Valuation Agent of the Fair Market Value of any share of Common Stock,
such
Fair Market Value shall be determined to equal the quotient of:
(a) the
sum
of:
(i) the
fair
salable value of the Company, as a going concern, giving effect to all Property
thereof and subject to all liabilities thereof, that would be realized in an
arm’s length sale between an informed and willing buyer and an informed and
willing seller, under no compulsion to buy or sell, respectively, as of a date
that is within fifteen (15) days of the date as of which the determination
is to
be made, determined by the Valuation Agent, such determination to be made
without regard to the absence of a liquid or ready market for such Common Stock;
plus
(ii) the
aggregate exercise or conversion price of all Rights in existence and remaining
unexercised on such date;
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divided
by
(b) the
sum
of
(i) the
total
number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at such time; plus
(ii) the
aggregate number of shares of Common Stock issuable in respect of Rights in
existence and remaining unexercised at such time.
Holder
—
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 1.1.
Initial
Purchase Price —
means
thirty-five cents ($0.35) per share.
Loan
Agreement —
shall
have the meaning set forth in Recital C.
Person
—
means
an individual, a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, a limited
liability company, a trust, an unincorporated organization and a government
or
any department or agency thereof.
Property
—
means
any interest in any kind of property or asset, whether real, personal or mixed,
and whether tangible or intangible.
Purchaser
—
shall
have the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereof.
Purchase
Price —
means,
prior to any adjustment pursuant to Section 4.1 of this Agreement, the
Initial Purchase Price and thereafter, the Initial Purchase Price as adjusted
and readjusted from time to time.
Reference
Price —
means
as of any date of determination, the Fair Market Value of the Common
Stock.
Required
Holders —
means,
at any time, the holders (other than the Company or any Affiliate) of Warrant
Certificate representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the
Warrants.
Right
—
means
and includes any warrant (including, without limitation, any Warrant), option
or
other right, to acquire Common Stock and including, without limitation, any
right which, pursuant to the provisions of any Security, is convertible or
exchangeable into Common Stock.
Securities
Act —
means
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Security
—
shall
have the meaning specified in section 2(1) of the Securities Act.
Subsidiary
—
means,
with respect to any Person, any corporation, limited liability company,
partnership, association or other business entity of which more than fifty
percent (50%) of the total Voting Stock is at the time owned or controlled,
directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries
of that Person or a combination thereof. Unless otherwise expressly provided,
all references herein to a “Subsidiary” shall mean a Subsidiary of the
Company.
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Valuation
Agent —
means
an investment banking firm or appraisal firm (which firm shall own no Securities
of, and shall not be an Affiliate, Subsidiary or a related Person of, the
Company or any Holder of Warrants) of recognized national standing retained
by
the Company and acceptable to the Required Holders.
Voting
Stock —
means,
with respect to any corporation, any shares of stock of such corporation whose
holders are entitled under ordinary circumstances to vote for the election
of
directors of such corporation (irrespective of whether at the time stock of
any
other class or classes shall have or might have voting power by reason of the
happening of any contingency).
Warrant
—
shall
have the meaning specified in Recital B hereof.
Warrant
Certificate —
shall
have the meaning specified in Section 1.1 hereof.
Warrant
Shares —
shall
have the meaning specified in Section 1.1 hereof.
6.2. Descriptive
Headings.
The
descriptive headings of the several Sections of this Agreement are inserted
for
convenience only and do not constitute a part of this Agreement.
7. MISCELLANEOUS.
7.1. Expenses.
The
Company agrees to pay, and save and hold harmless Purchaser and any other Holder
of a Warrant Certificate against liability for the payment of all out-of-pocket
expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorney’s fees and
disbursements) arising in connection with the issuance of the Warrants under
this Agreement, including, without limitation:
(a) the
cost,
if any, of complying with Section 3.3 hereof;
(b) any
subsequent proposed modification of, or proposed consent requested or initiated
by or on behalf of the Company under, this Agreement or the Warrants, whether
or
not such proposed modification shall be effected or proposed consent granted
(including, without limitation, all document production and duplication charges
and the reasonable fees and expenses of any one special counsel engaged by
Purchaser to represent Purchaser and any other Holder of a Warrant Certificate
in connection therewith); and
(c) the
enforcement of (or determination of whether or how to enforce) any rights under
this Agreement or the Warrant Certificate or in responding to any subpoena
or
other legal process or informal investigative demand issued in connection with
this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby or by reason of
Purchaser’s or such other holder’s having acquired any Warrant Certificate,
including, without limitation, reasonable attorney’s fees incurred by Purchaser
or such other Holder and the costs and expenses incurred in any bankruptcy
case
involving the Company or any Subsidiary.
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The
obligations of the Company under this Section 7.1 shall survive the
transfer of any Warrant Certificate or interest therein by Purchaser or any
other Holder of a Warrant Certificate and the exercise or expiration of any
Warrant,
7.2. Amendment
and Waiver.
This
Agreement may be amended, and the observance of any term of this Agreement
may
be waived, with and only with the written consent of the Company
and:
(a) in
the
case of Section 1 through Section 7, inclusive, hereof (other than
this Section 7.2 and the definition of “Required Holders” in
Section 6), the written consent of the Required Holders; or
(b) in
the
case of this Section 7.2 and the definition of “Required Holders” in
Section 7, the written consent of all holders of Warrant
Certificate;
provided
that no
such amendment or waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement pertaining
to the Purchase Price or the number of shares of Common Stock that may be
purchased upon exercise of each Warrant shall be effective as to the Holder
of
any Warrant unless consented to in writing by such holder.
7.3. No
Rights or Liabilities as Stockholder.
Nothing
contained in this Agreement shall be construed as conferring upon the Holder
of
any Warrant any rights of a stockholder of the Company or as imposing any
obligation on such Holder to purchase any securities or as imposing any
liabilities on such Holder as a stockholder of the Company, whether such
obligation or liabilities are asserted by the Company or by creditors of the
Company.
7.4. Entire
Agreement; Incorporation of Attachments and Exhibits.
This
Agreement, the Warrant Certificate, the Loan Agreement and the agreements
contemplated thereby embody the entire agreement and understanding between
Purchaser and the Company, and supersede all prior agreements and
understandings, relating to the subject matter hereof. All Exhibits and
Attachments hereto form a part of this Agreement and are incorporated into
this
Agreement by this reference for all purposes.
7.5. Successors
and Assigns.
All
covenants and other agreements in this Agreement contained by or on behalf
of
any of the parties hereto shall bind and inure to the benefit of the respective
successors and assigns of the parties hereto (including, without limitation,
any
Holder of a Warrant Certificate) whether so expressed or not.
7.6. Notices.
All
communications hereunder or under the Warrants shall be in writing, shall be
delivered by nationwide overnight courier, or facsimile transmission (confirmed
by delivery by nationwide overnight courier sent on the day of the sending
of
such facsimile transmission), and
(a) if
to
Purchaser, addressed to it at:
ReMark
Capital Group, LLC
00
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000
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Attn:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
w/copy
to:
Xxxxxxx
Sachs & Co. Inc.
00
Xxxxx
Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention:
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Esq.
or
at
such other address as the Company shall have specified to the Company in
writing.
(b) if
to any
other Holder of a Warrant Certificate, addressed to such other Holder at such
address as such Holder shall have specified to the Company in writing or, if
any
such other Holder shall not have so specified an address to the Company, then
addressed to such other Holder in care of the last Holder of such Warrant
Certificate that shall have so specified an address to the Company;
and
(c) if
to the
Company, addressed to it at:
Freedom
Financial Group, Inc.
0000
Xxxx
Xxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attn:
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxxx
w/copy
to:
Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxx
000
Xx.
Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention:
Xxxxxx X’Xxxx, Esq.
or
at
such other address as the Company shall have specified to the holders of the
Warrant Certificate in writing; provided that any such communication to the
Company may also, at the option of any Holder of a Warrant Certificate, be
delivered by any other means either to the Company at its address specified
above or to any officer of the Company.
Any
communication addressed and delivered as herein provided shall be deemed to
be
received when actually delivered to the address of the addressee (whether or
not
delivery is accepted) or received by the telecopy machine of the recipient,
Any
communication not so addressed and delivered shall be ineffective.
7.7. Satisfaction
Requirement.
If any
agreement, certificate or other writing, or any action taken or to be taken,
is
by the terms of this Agreement required to be satisfactory to Purchaser or
to
any other Holder of a Warrant Certificate, the determination of such
satisfaction shall be made by Purchaser or such other holder, as the case may
be, in the sole and exclusive judgment (exercised in good faith) of the Person
or Persons making such determination.
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7.8. Severability.
Any
provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any
jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of
such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining
provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any
jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in
any
other jurisdiction.
7.9. Counterparts.
This
Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall
be
an original but all of which together shall constitute one
instrument.
7.10. Governing
Law; Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial.
THIS
AGREEMENT AND THE WARRANTS CERTIFICATES ISSUED HEREUNDER SHALL BE CONSTRUED
IN
ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE. EACH PARTY
HERETO HEREBY SUBMITS TO THE NONEXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE UNITED STATES
DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK AND OF ANY NEW YORK STATE
COURT SITTING IN NEW YORK CITY FOR PURPOSES OF ALL LEGAL PROCEEDINGS ARISING
OUT
OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. EACH
PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ANY
OBJECTION WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF THE VENUE OF
ANY
SUCH PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN SUCH A COURT AND ANY CLAIM THAT ANY SUCH PROCEEDING
BROUGHT IN SUCH A COURT HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM. EACH PARTY
HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY
LEGAL
PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS
CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF,
each of
the parties hereto has caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered
by one of its duly authorized officers or representatives.
FREEDOM
FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
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By:
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Name:
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Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxxx
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Title:
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President
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REMARK
CAPITAL GROUP, LLC
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By:
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Name:
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Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxx
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Title:
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Chief
Executive Officer
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Exhibit
A
Investor
Rights
This
Exhibit
A
forms a
part of the Warrant Agreement between Freedom Financial Group, Inc. and ReMark
Capital Group, LLC dated February [__], 2008.
1. Definitions.
Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings
assigned to them in the Warrant Certificate. For purposes of this
Exhibit:
The
term
“Form
S-3”
—
means
such form under the Securities Act as in effect on the date hereof or any
registration form under the Securities Act subsequently adopted by the SEC
which
permits inclusion or incorporation of substantial information by reference
to
other documents filed by the Company with the SEC.
The
term
“Holder”
—
means
any Person owning or having the right to acquire Registrable Securities or
any
assignee thereof in accordance with Section 2.12 hereof.
The
Term
“Immediate
Family Member”
—
shall
mean a child, stepchild, grandchild, parent, stepparent, grandparent, spouse,
sibling, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law,
brother-in-law, or sister-in-law, including adoptive relationships, of a person
referred to herein.
The
term
“Initiating
Holders”
—
means, collectively, any Holders who properly initiate a registration request
under this Agreement.
The
term
“IPO”
—
means
the Company’s first underwritten public offering of its Common Stock under the
Securities Act.
The
term
“New
Securities”
—
shall
mean equity securities of the Company, whether now authorized or not, or rights,
options, or warrants to purchase said equity securities, or securities of any
type whatsoever that are, or may become, convertible into or exchangeable into
or exercisable for said equity securities (collectively “New
Securities”).
The
term
“register,”
“registered,”
and
“registration”
—
refer
to a registration effected by preparing and filing a registration statement
or
similar document in compliance with the Securities Act, and the declaration
or
ordering of effectiveness of such registration statement or
document.
The
term
“Registrable
Securities”
—
means
(i) the Common Stock issuable or issued upon the exercise of the Warrants,
and
(ii) any Common Stock of the Company issued as (or issuable upon the conversion
or exercise of any warrant, right or other security which is issued as) a
dividend or other distribution with respect to, or in exchange for or in
replacement of the shares referenced in clause (i) above, excluding in all
cases, however, any Registrable Securities sold by a person in a transaction
in
which his rights under Section 2 hereof are not assigned or any shares for
which
registration rights have terminated pursuant to Section 2.15 of this
Exhibit.
The
term
“Registrable
Securities then outstanding”
—
means
the number of shares determined by adding the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding which are, and the number of shares of Common Stock issuable
pursuant to then exercisable or convertible securities which are, Registrable
Securities.
The
term
“SEC”
—
means
the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The
term
“SEC
Rule 144”
—
means
Rule 144 promulgated by the SEC under the Securities Act.
The
term
“SEC
Rule 144(k)”
—
means
Rule 144(k) promulgated by the SEC under the Securities Act.
The
term
“SEC
Rule 145”
—
means
Rule 145 promulgated by the SEC under the Securities Act.
The
term
“Violation”
—
means
losses, claims, damages, or liabilities (joint or several) to which a party
hereto may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or other
federal or state law, insofar as such losses, claims, damages, or liabilities
(or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any of the
following statements, omissions or violations: (i) any untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in such registration
statement, including any preliminary prospectus or final prospectus contained
therein or any amendments or supplements thereto, (ii) the omission or alleged
omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein, or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or (iii) any violation
or alleged violation by any other party hereto, of the Securities Act, the
Exchange Act, any state securities law or any rule or regulation promulgated
under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or any state securities
law.
2. Registration
Rights.
The
Company covenants and agrees as follows:
2.1. Request
for Registration.
(a) If
the
Company shall receive at any time after February [__], 2008, a written request
from the Holder of a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding
that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering
the registration of at least fifty percent (50%) of the Registrable Securities
then outstanding then the Company shall:
(i) within
ten (10) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to
all
Holders;
(ii) as
soon
as practicable, and in any event within 60 days of the receipt of such request,
file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering all Registrable
Securities which the Holders request to be registered, subject to the
limitations of subsection 2.1(b); and
(iii) use
its
best efforts to cause such registration statement to be declared effective
by
the SEC as soon as practicable but in no event later than 90 days after such
request.
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(b) If
the
Initiating Holders intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered
by
their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company
as a
part of their request made pursuant to subsection 2.1(a) and the Company shall
include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 2.1(a).
The underwriter will be selected by the Initiating Holders, subject only to
the
reasonable approval of the Company. In such event, the right of any Holder
to
include such Holder’s Registrable Securities in such registration shall be
conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the
inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting to the
extent provided herein. All Holders proposing to distribute their securities
through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in
subsection 2.3(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with
the underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting. Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Section 2.1, if the underwriter advises the
Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of
the
number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders shall so advise
all Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten
pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of Registrable Securities that may
be
included in the underwriting shall be allocated among all Holders of Registrable
Securities, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as
practicable) to the number of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by
each Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable
Securities held by the Holders to be included in such underwriting shall not
be
reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the
underwriting. To facilitate the allocation of shares in accordance with the
above provisions, the Company or the underwriters may round the number of shares
allocated to any Holder to the nearest 100 shares.
(c) The
Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect,
any
registration
(i) pursuant
to this Section 2.1:
(A) In
any
particular jurisdiction in which the Company would be required to execute a
general consent to service of process in effecting such registration, unless
the
Company is already subject to service in such jurisdiction and except as may
be
required under the Securities Act;
(B) After
the
Company has effected two registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such
registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(C) If
the
Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that
may be immediately registered on Form S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant
to
Section 2.11 below; or
(ii) pursuant
to any other provision of this Agreement in any particular jurisdiction in
which
the Company would be required to execute a general consent to service of process
in effecting such registration, unless the Company is already subject to service
in such jurisdiction and except as may be required under the Securities
Act.
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(d) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Holders requesting a registration
statement pursuant to this Section 2.1 a certificate signed by the Chief
Executive Officer of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of
the
Board of Directors of the Company it would be materially detrimental to the
Company and its stockholders for such registration statement to become effective
or to remain effective as long as such registration statement would otherwise
be
required to remain effective because such action (x) would materially interfere
with a significant acquisition, corporate reorganization or other similar
transaction involving the Company, (y) would require premature disclosure of
material information that the Company has a bona fide business purpose for
preserving as confidential or (z) would render the Company unable to comply
with
requirements under the Securities Act or Exchange Act, the Company shall have
the right to defer taking action with respect to such filing for a period of
not
more than one hundred twenty (120) days after receipt of the request of the
Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this
right more than once in any twelve-month period and provided further that the
Company shall not register any securities for the account of itself or any
other
stockholder during such one hundred twenty (120) day period other than a
registration statement relating either to the sale of securities to employees
of
the Company pursuant to a stock option, stock purchase or similar plan or an
SEC
Rule 145 transaction, a registration on any form that does not include
substantially the same information as would be required to be included in a
registration statement covering the sale of the Registrable Securities, or
a
registration in which the only Common Stock being registered is Common Stock
issuable upon conversion of debt securities that are also being
registered).
A
registration statement shall not be counted until such time as such registration
statement has been declared effective by the SEC (unless the Initiating Holders
withdraw their request for such registration (other than as a result of
information concerning the business or financial condition of the Company which
is made known to the Investors after the date on which such registration was
requested) and elect not to pay the registration expenses therefor pursuant
to
Section 2.5). A registration statement shall not be counted if, as a result
of
an exercise of the underwriter's cut-back provisions, fewer than 50% of the
total number of Registrable Securities that Holders have requested to be
included in such registration statement are actually included.
2.2. Company
Registration.
If the
Company proposes to register (including for this purpose a registration effected
by the Company for stockholders other than the Holders) any of its stock or
other securities under the Securities Act in connection with the public offering
of such securities solely for cash (other than a registration statement relating
either to the sale of securities to employees of the Company pursuant to a
stock
option, stock purchase or similar plan or an SEC Rule 145 transaction, a
registration on any form which does not include substantially the same
information as would be required to be included in a registration statement
covering the sale of the Registrable Securities or a registration in which
the
only Common Stock being registered is Common Stock issuable upon conversion
of
debt securities which are also being registered), the Company shall, at such
time, promptly give each Holder written notice of such registration. Upon the
written request of each Holder given within twenty (20) days after mailing
of
such notice by the Company in accordance with Section 7.6 of the Warrant
Agreement, the Company shall, subject to the provisions of Section 2.7, cause
to
be registered under the Securities Act all of the Registrable Securities that
each such Holder has requested to be registered. The Company shall have the
right to terminate or withdraw any registration initiated by it under this
Section 2.2 prior to the effectiveness of such registration whether or not
any
Holder has elected to include securities in such registration. The expenses
of
such withdrawn registration shall be borne by the Company in accordance with
Section 2.6 hereof.
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2.3. Obligation
of the Company.
Whenever required under this Section 2 to effect the registration of any
Registrable Securities, the Company shall, as expeditiously as reasonably
possible:
(a) prepare
and file with the SEC a registration statement with respect to such Registrable
Securities and use its reasonable best efforts to cause such registration
statement to become effective, and, upon the request of the Holders of a
majority of the Registrable Securities registered thereunder, keep such
registration statement effective for a period of up to one hundred twenty (120)
days or, if earlier, until the distribution contemplated in the Registration
Statement has been completed; provided, however, that (i) such 120-day period
shall be extended for a period of time equal to the period the Holder refrains
from selling any securities included in such registration at the request of
an
underwriter of Common Stock (or other securities) of the Company; and (ii)
in
the case of any registration of Registrable Securities on Form S-3 which are
intended to be offered on a continuous or delayed basis, subject to compliance
with applicable SEC rules, such 120-day period shall be extended, if necessary,
to keep the registration statement effective until all such Registrable
Securities are sold;
(b) prepare
and file with the SEC such amendments and supplements to such registration
statement and the prospectus used in connection with such registration statement
as may be necessary to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with
respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such registration
statement;
(c) furnish
to the Holders such numbers of copies of a prospectus, including a preliminary
prospectus, in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act, and
such
other documents as they may reasonably request in order to facilitate the
disposition of Registrable Securities owned by them;
(d) use
its
reasonable best efforts to register and qualify the securities covered by such
registration statement under such other securities or Blue Sky laws of such
jurisdictions as shall be reasonably requested by the Holders; provided that
the
Company shall not be required in connection therewith or as a condition thereto
to qualify to do business or to file a general consent to service of process
in
any such states or jurisdictions, unless the Company is already subject to
service in such jurisdiction and except as may be required by the Securities
Act;
(e) in
the
event of any underwritten public offering, enter into and perform its
obligations under an underwriting agreement, in usual and customary form, with
the managing underwriter of such offering. Each Holder participating in such
underwriting shall also enter into and perform its obligations under such an
agreement;
(f) use
reasonable best efforts to cause all such Registrable Securities registered
pursuant to this Agreement hereunder to be listed on a national securities
exchange or trading system and each securities exchange and trading system
on
which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed;
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(g)
provide
a
transfer agent and registrar for all Registrable Securities registered pursuant
hereunder and a CUSIP number for all such Registrable Securities, in each case
not later than the effective date of such registration;
(h)
use
its
reasonable best efforts to furnish, at the request of any Holder requesting
registration of Registrable Securities pursuant to this Section 2, on the date
on which such Registrable Securities are sold to the underwriter, (i) an
opinion, dated such date, of the counsel representing the Company for the
purposes of such registration, in form and substance as is customarily given
to
underwriters in an underwritten public offering, addressed to the underwriters,
if any, and (ii) a “comfort” letter dated such date, from the independent
certified public accountants of the Company, in form and substance as is
customarily given by independent certified public accountants to underwriters
in
an underwritten public offering, addressed to the underwriters, if
any.
2.4. Furnish
Information.
It
shall be a condition precedent to the obligations of the Company to take any
action pursuant to this Section 2 with respect to the Registrable Securities
of
any selling Holder that such Holder shall furnish to the Company such
information regarding itself, the Registrable Securities held by it, and the
intended method of disposition of such securities as shall be reasonably
required to effect the registration of such Holder’s Registrable
Securities.
2.5. Expenses
of Demand Registration.
All
expenses other than underwriting discounts and commissions incurred in
connection with registrations, filings or qualifications pursuant to Section
2.1, including (without limitation) all registration, filing and qualification
fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for the
Company and the reasonable fees and disbursements of one counsel for the selling
Holders shall be borne by the Company; provided, however, that the Company
shall
not be required to pay for any expenses of any registration proceeding begun
pursuant to Section 2.1 if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn
at
the request of the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be
registered (in which case all participating Holders shall bear such expenses
pro
rata based upon the number of Registrable Securities that were to be included
in
the withdrawn registration), unless the Holders of a majority of the Registrable
Securities agree to forfeit their right to one demand registration pursuant
to
Section 2.1; provided further, however, that if at the time of such withdrawal,
the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition,
business, or prospects of the Company from that known to the Holders at the
time
of their request and have withdrawn the request with reasonable promptness
after
learning of such information, then the Holders shall not be required to pay
any
of such expenses and shall retain their rights pursuant to Section
2.1.
2.6. Expenses
of Company Registration.
The
Company shall bear and pay all expenses incurred in connection with any
registration, filing or qualification of Registrable Securities with respect
to
the registrations pursuant to Section 2.2 hereof for each Holder (which right
may be assigned as provided in Section 2.12 hereof), including (without
limitation) all registration, filing, and qualification fees, printers and
accounting fees relating or apportionable thereto and the fees and disbursements
of one counsel for the selling Holders selected by them, but excluding
underwriting discounts and commissions relating to Registrable
Securities.
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2.7. Underwriting
Requirements.
In
connection with any offering involving an underwriting of shares of the
Company’s capital stock pursuant to Section 2.2, the Company shall not be
required to include any of the Holders’ securities in such underwriting unless
they accept the terms of the underwriting as agreed upon between the Company
and
its underwriters, and then only in such quantity as the underwriters determine
in their sole discretion will not jeopardize the success of the offering by
the
Company. If the total number of securities, including Registrable Securities,
requested by stockholders to be included in such offering exceeds the amount
of
securities to be sold other than by the Company that the underwriters determine
in their reasonable discretion is compatible with the success of the offering,
then the Company shall be required to include in the offering only that number
of such securities, including Registrable Securities, which the underwriters
and
the Company determine in their sole discretion will not jeopardize the success
of the offering. In no event shall any Registrable Securities be excluded from
such offering unless all other stockholders’ securities have been first
excluded. In the event that the underwriters determine that less than all of
the
Registrable Securities requested to be registered can be included in such
offering, then the Registrable Securities that are included in such offering
shall be apportioned pro rata among the selling Holders based on the number
of
Registrable Securities held by all selling Holders or in such other proportions
as shall mutually be agreed to by all such selling Holders. Notwithstanding
the
foregoing, in no event shall the amount of securities of the selling Holders
included in the offering be reduced below twenty percent (20%) of the total
amount of securities included in such offering, unless such offering is the
Company’s IPO in which case the selling Holders may be excluded beyond this
amount if the underwriters make the determination described above and no other
stockholder’s securities are included in such offering. For purposes of the
preceding parenthetical concerning apportionment, for any selling stockholder
which is a Holder of Registrable Securities and which is an investment fund,
partnership, limited liability company or corporation, the partners, members,
retired partners, retired members, stockholders and Affiliates of such Holder,
or the estates and family members of any such partners, retired partners,
members and retired members and any trusts for the benefit of any of the
foregoing persons shall be deemed to be a single “selling Holder”, and any
pro-rata reduction with respect to such “selling Holder” shall be based upon the
aggregate amount of shares carrying registration rights owned by all entities
and individuals included in such “selling Holder,” as defined in this
sentence.
2.8. Delay
of Registration.
No
Holder shall have any right to obtain or seek an injunction restraining or
otherwise delaying any registration pursuant to this Agreement as the result
of
any controversy that might arise with respect to the interpretation or
implementation of this Section 2.
2.9. Indemnification.
In the
event any Registrable Securities are included in a registration statement under
this Section 2:
(a) To
the
extent permitted by law, the Company will indemnify and hold harmless each
Holder, the partners, members, officers, directors and stockholders of each
Holder, legal counsel and accountants for each Holder, any underwriter (as
defined in the Securities Act) for such Holder and each person, if any, who
controls such Holder or underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act
or
the Exchange Act, against any Violation and the Company will pay to each such
Holder, underwriter, controlling person or other aforementioned person, any
legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with
investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability, or action
as
such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the indemnity agreement
contained in this subsection 2.9(a) shall not apply to amounts paid in
settlement of any such loss, claim, damage, liability, or action if such
settlement is effected without the consent of the Company (which consent shall
not be unreasonably withheld), nor shall the Company be liable in any such
case
for any such loss, claim, damage, liability, or action to the extent that it
arises out of or is based upon a Violation which occurs in reliance upon and
in
conformity with written information furnished expressly for use in connection
with such registration by any such Holder, underwriter, controlling person
or
other aforementioned person.
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(b)
To
the
extent permitted by law, each selling Holder will severally and not jointly
indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors, each of its
officers who has signed the registration statement, each person, if any, who
controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act, legal counsel
and
accountants for the Company, any underwriter, any other Holder selling
securities in such registration statement and any controlling person of any
such
underwriter or other Holder, against any losses, claims, damages, or liabilities
(joint or several) to which any of the foregoing persons may become subject,
under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or other federal or state law,
insofar as such losses, claims, damages, or liabilities (or actions in respect
thereto) arise out of or are based upon any Violation, in each case to the
extent (and only to the extent) that such Violation occurs in reliance upon
and
in conformity with written information furnished by such Holder expressly for
use in connection with such registration; and each such Holder will pay, any
legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by any person intended to be
indemnified pursuant to this subsection 2.9(b), in connection with investigating
or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability, or action; provided,
however, that the indemnity agreement contained in this subsection 2.9(b) shall
not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any such loss, claim, damage,
liability or action if such settlement is effected without the consent of the
Holder, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld; provided, further,
that, in no event shall any indemnity under this subsection 2.9(b) exceed the
net proceeds from the offering received by such Holder, except in the case
of
fraud or willful misconduct by such Holder.
(c)
Promptly
after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 2.9 of notice of the
commencement of any action (including any governmental action), such indemnified
party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against any indemnifying
party under this Section 2.9, deliver to the indemnifying party a written notice
of the commencement thereof and the indemnifying party shall have the right
to
participate in, and, to the extent the indemnifying party so desires, jointly
with any other indemnifying party similarly noticed, to assume the defense
thereof with counsel mutually satisfactory to the parties; provided, however,
that an indemnified party (together with all other indemnified parties which
may
be represented without conflict by one counsel) shall have the right to retain
one separate counsel, with the fees and expenses to be paid by the indemnifying
party, if representation of such indemnified party by the counsel retained
by
the indemnifying party would be inappropriate due to actual or potential
differing interests between such indemnified party and any other party
represented by such counsel in such proceeding.
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(d)
In
order
to provide for just and equitable contribution to joint liability under the
Securities Act in any case in which either (i) any Holder exercising rights
under this Agreement, or any controlling person of any such Holder, makes a
claim for indemnification pursuant to this Section 2.9 but it is judicially
determined (by the entry of a final judgment or decree by a court of competent
jurisdiction and the expiration of time to appeal or the denial of the last
right of appeal) that such indemnification may not be enforced in such case
notwithstanding the fact that this Section 2.9 provides for indemnification
in
such case, or (ii) contribution under the Securities Act may be required on
the
part of any such selling Holder or any such controlling person in circumstances
for which indemnification is provided under this Section 2.9, then, and in
each
such case, the Company and such Holder will contribute to the aggregate losses,
claims, damages or liabilities to which they may be subject (after contribution
from others) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault
of the indemnifying party on the one hand and of the indemnified party on the
other in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such
loss,
liability, claim, damage, or expense as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations. The relative fault of the indemnifying party and of the
indemnified party shall be determined by reference to, among other things,
whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the
omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information
supplied by the indemnifying party or by the indemnified party and the parties’
relative intent, knowledge, access to information, and opportunity to correct
or
prevent such statement or omission; provided however, that, in any such case,
(I) no such Holder will be required to contribute any amount in excess of the
public offering price of all such Registrable Securities offered and sold by
such Holder pursuant to such registration statement, and (II) no person or
entity guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section
11(f) of the Securities Act) will be entitled to contribution from any person
or
entity who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation; provided
further, that in no event shall a Holder’s liability pursuant to this Section
2.9(d), when combined with the amounts paid or payable by such holder pursuant
to Section 2.9(b), exceed the proceeds from the offering (net of any
underwriting discounts or commissions) received by such Holder, except in the
case of willful fraud by such Holder.
(e)
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, to the extent that the provisions on indemnification and
contribution contained in the underwriting agreement entered into in connection
with the underwritten public offering are in conflict with the foregoing
provisions, the provisions in the underwriting agreement shall
control.
(f)
Unless
otherwise superceded by an underwriting agreement entered into in connection
with the underwritten public offering, the obligations of the Company and
Holders under this Section 2.9 shall survive the completion of any offering
of
Registrable Securities in a registration statement under this Section 2, and
otherwise and shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
2.10.
Reports
Under Exchange Act.
With a
view to making available to the Holders the benefits of Sec Rule 144 promulgated
under the Securities Act and any other rule or regulation of the SEC that may
at
any time permit a Holder to sell securities of the Company to the public without
registration or pursuant to a registration on Form S-3, the Company agrees
to:
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(a)
make
and
keep public information available, as those terms are understood and defined
in
SEC Rule 144, at all times after the effective date of the first registration
statement filed by the Company for the offering of its securities to the general
public so long as the Company is subject to the periodic reporting requirements
under Sections 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act;
(b)
file
with
the SEC in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of the
Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act; and
(c)
furnish
to any Holder, so long as the Holder owns any Registrable Securities, forthwith
upon request (i) a written statement by the Company that it has complied with
the reporting requirements of SEC Rule 144, the Securities Act and the Exchange
Act (at any time after it has become subject to such reporting requirements),
or
that it qualifies as a registrant whose securities may be resold pursuant to
Form S-3 (at any time after it so qualifies), (ii) a copy of the most recent
annual or quarterly report of the Company and such other reports and documents
so filed by the Company, and (iii) such other information as may be reasonably
requested in availing any Holder of any rule or regulation of the SEC which
permits the selling of any such securities without registration or pursuant
to
such form.
2.11.
Form
S-3 Registration.
In case
the Company shall receive from Holders of at least 50% of all Registrable
Securities then outstanding a written request or requests that the Company
effect a registration on Form S-3 and any related qualification or compliance
with respect to all or a part of the Registrable Securities owned by such Holder
or Holders, the Company will:
(a)
promptly
give written notice of the proposed registration, and any related qualification
or compliance, to all other Holders; and
(b)
as
soon
as practicable, effect such registration and all such qualifications and
compliances as may be so requested and as would permit or facilitate the sale
and distribution of all or such portion of such Holder’s or Holders’ Registrable
Securities as are specified in such request, together with all or such portion
of the Registrable Securities of any other Holder or Holders joining in such
request as are specified in a written request given within 15 days after receipt
of such written notice from the Company; provided, however, that the Company
shall not be obligated to effect any such registration, qualification or
compliance, pursuant to this Section 2.11: (1) if Form S-3 is not then available
for such offering by the Holders; (2) if the Holders, together with the holders
of any other securities of the Company entitled to inclusion in such
registration, propose to sell Registrable Securities and such other securities
(if any) at an aggregate price to the public (net of any underwriters’ discounts
or commissions) of less than $1 million; (3) if the Company shall furnish
to the Holders a certificate signed by the President of the Company stating
that
in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would
be
materially detrimental to the Company and its stockholders for such
Form S-3 Registration to be effected at such time, in which event the
Company shall have the right to defer the filing of the Form S-3 registration
statement for a period of not more than one hundred twenty (120) days after
receipt of the request of the Holder or Holders under this Section 2.11;
provided, however, that the Company shall not utilize this right more than
once
in any twelve month period and provided further that the Company shall not
register any securities for the account of itself or any other stockholder
during such one hundred twenty (120) day period (other than a registration
relating solely to the sale of securities of participants in a Company stock
plan, a registration relating to a corporate reorganization or transaction
under
Rule 145 of the Securities Act, a registration on any form that does not include
substantially the same information as would be required to be included in a
registration statement covering the sale of the Registrable Securities, or
a
registration in which the only Common Stock being registered is Common Stock
issuable upon conversion of debt securities that are also being registered);
(4)
if the Company has, within the twelve (12) month period preceding the date
of
such request, already effected two registrations on Form S-3 for the Holders
pursuant to this Section 2.11; or (5) in any particular jurisdiction in which
the Company would be required to qualify to do business or to execute a general
consent to service of process in effecting such registration, qualification
or
compliance; or (6) during the period ending one hundred eighty (180) days after
the effective date of a registration statement subject to Section 2.2
hereof.
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(c)
Subject
to the foregoing, the Company shall file a registration statement covering
the
Registrable Securities and other securities so requested to be registered as
soon as practicable after receipt of the request or requests of the Holders.
All
expenses incurred in connection with a registration requested pursuant to
Section 2.11, including (without limitation) all registration, filing,
qualification, printer’s and accounting fees and the reasonable fees and
disbursements of counsel for the selling Holder or Holders and counsel for
the
Company, but excluding any underwriters’ discounts or commissions associated
with Registrable Securities, shall be borne by the Company. Registrations
effected pursuant to this Section 2.11 shall not be counted as demands for
registration or registrations effected pursuant to Sections 2.1.
(d)
If
the
Initiating Holders intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered
by
their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company
as
part of their request made pursuant to this Section 2.11 and the Company shall
include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 2.11(a).
The provisions of Section 2.1(b) shall be applicable to such request (with
the
substitution of Section 2.11 for references to Section 2.1).
2.12.
Assignment
of Registration Rights.
The
rights to cause the Company to register Registrable Securities pursuant to
this
Section 2 may be assigned (but only with all related obligations) by a Holder to
a transferee or assignee of such securities that (i) is a subsidiary, Affiliate,
parent, partner, member, limited partner, retired partner, retired member or
stockholder of a Holder, (ii) is a Holder’s family member or trust for the
benefit of an individual Holder, or (iii), after such assignment or transfer,
holds at least 100,000 shares of Registrable Securities (subject to appropriate
adjustment for stock splits, stock dividends, combinations and other
recapitalizations), provided: (a) the Company is, within a reasonable time
after
such transfer, furnished with written notice of the name and address of such
transferee or assignee and the securities with respect to which such
registration rights are being assigned; (b) such transferee or assignee agrees
in writing to be bound by and subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, including without limitation the provisions of Section 2.14 below;
and (c) such assignment shall be effective only if immediately following such
transfer the further disposition of such securities by the transferee or
assignee is restricted under the Securities Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
the right of a Holder to demand the registration of Restricted Securities
pursuant to Section 2.1(a) may only be transferred to clause (i) or (ii) of
the
preceding sentence. For the purposes of determining the number of shares of
Registrable Securities held by a transferee or assignee, the holdings of
transferee or assignee (i) that is a subsidiary, parent, partner, limited
partner, retired partner, member, retired member or stockholder of a Holder;
(ii) that is an Affiliate of the Holder, which means with respect to a limited
liability company or a limited liability partnership, a fund or entity managed
by the same manager or managing member or general partner or management company
or by an entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with such
manager or managing member or general partner or management company, (iii)
who
is a Holder’s Immediate Family Member, or (iv) that is a trust for the benefit
of an individual Holder or such Holder’s Immediate Family Member, shall be
aggregated together and with those of the assigning Holder; provided that all
assignees and transferees who would not qualify individually for assignment
of
registration rights shall have a single attorney-in-fact for the purpose of
exercising any rights, receiving notices or taking any action under this Section
2.
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2.13.
Limitations
on Subsequent Registration Rights.
From
and after the date of this Agreement, the Company shall not, without the prior
written consent of the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities
then
outstanding, enter into any agreement with any holder or prospective holder
of
any securities of the Company which would allow such holder or prospective
holder (a) to include such securities in any registration unless under the
terms
of such agreement, such holder or prospective holder may include such securities
in any such registration only to the extent that the inclusion of such
securities will not reduce the amount of the Registrable Securities of the
Holders that are included or (b) to demand registration of any securities held
by such holder or prospective holder.
2.14.
Market
Stand Off Agreement.
Each
Holder hereby agrees that it will not, without the prior written consent of
the
managing underwriter, during the period commencing on the date of the final
prospectus relating to the Company’s IPO and ending on the date specified by the
Company and the managing underwriter (such period not to exceed one hundred
eighty (l80) days) (i) lend, offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any
option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant
any option, right or warrant to purchase, or otherwise transfer or dispose
of,
directly or indirectly, any shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible
into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock held immediately prior
to
the effectiveness of the Registration Statement for such offering, or (ii)
enter
into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in
part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Common Stock, whether
any such transaction described in clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled
by
delivery of Common Stock or other securities, in cash or otherwise. The
foregoing provisions of this Section 2.14 shall apply only to the Company’s IPO,
shall not apply to the sale of any shares to an underwriter pursuant to an
underwriting agreement, and shall only be applicable to the Holders if all
officers, directors and greater than one percent (1%) stockholders of the
Company enter into similar agreements. The underwriters in connection with
the
Company’s IPO are intended third party beneficiaries of this Section 2.14 and
shall have the right, power and authority to enforce the provisions hereof
as
though they were a party hereto. Each Holder further agrees to execute such
agreements as may be reasonably requested by the underwriters in the Company’s
IPO that are consistent with this Section 2.14 or that are necessary to give
further effect thereto. Any discretionary waiver or termination of the
restrictions of any or all of such agreements by the Company or the underwriters
shall apply to all Holders subject to such agreements pro rata based on the
number of shares subject to such agreements.
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In
order
to enforce the foregoing covenant, the Company may impose stop transfer
instructions with respect to the Registrable Securities of each Holder (and
the
shares or securities of every other person subject to the foregoing restriction)
until the end of such period.
2.15.
Termination
of Registration Rights.
(a)
No
Holder
shall be entitled to exercise any right provided for in this Section 2 after
ten
(10) years following the consummation of the IPO.
(b)
The
rights set forth in this Section 2 shall terminate as to any Holder, when the
Registrable Securities held by such Holder (together with any Affiliate of
such
Holder with whom such Holder must aggregate its sales under SEC Rule 144) could
be sold without restriction under SEC Rule 144(k) within a ninety (90) day
period.
3. Information
and Observer Rights.
The
Company shall deliver to Holders of Warrants all information otherwise required
to be delivered to the stockholders of the Company under the Securities Act
or
the Exchange Act.
4. Other
Rights.
The
Company agrees that, if the SEC, either before, on or after the effective date
of any registration statement filed pursuant hereto, expresses the view that
Xxxxxxx, Sach & Co. Inc. (“Xxxxxxx
Sachs”)
should
be deemed an “underwriter” in connection with the offering made pursuant to such
registration statement (including by way of a comment of the staff of the SEC
on
such registration statement that is not resolved to the satisfaction of Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx), then (i) the Company shall cooperate with Xxxxxxx Sachs in allowing
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx to conduct customary “underwriter’s due diligence” with respect to
the Company and satisfy its obligations under the Securities Act in respect
thereof, and (ii) upon the request of Xxxxxxx Sachs, the Company
shall:
(a) Treat
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, both in its capacity as an underwriter and as a selling
shareholder in connection with the offering, together with each member or
limited or general partner thereof, each member or limited or general partner
of
each such member or limited or general partner, each of their respective
Affiliates, officers, directors, stockholders, employees, advisors and agents
and each Person who controls (within the meaning of the Securities Act or the
Exchange Act) such Persons and each of their respective representatives, as
indemnified parties under Section 2.9 hereof.
(b) Prepare
and file with the SEC any amendments and/or supplements to the registration
statement and the prospectus included therein as may be necessary to respond
to
the SEC’s view that Xxxxxxx Sachs should be deemed an “underwriter” in
connection with the offering and using its reasonable best efforts to comply
with any related requests of the SEC so that the registration statement and
the
prospectus included therein may be used by Xxxxxxx Xxxxx in connection with
the
disposition of Registrable Securities.
(c) In
the
case of any underwritten offering of Registrable Securities (each, an
“Underwritten
Offering”),
cause
the Company’s counsel to deliver to Xxxxxxx Sachs a legal opinion, addressed to
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, in the same form and covering the same matters as the legal
opinion delivered by the Company’s counsel to the underwriter or underwriters of
such Underwritten Offering.
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(d) In
the
case of any Underwritten Offering, cause the Company’s independent public
accountants to deliver to Xxxxxxx Sachs a “cold comfort” letter, addressed to
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, in the same form and covering the same matters with respect
to
the registration statement and the prospectus included therein as the letter
delivered by the Company’s independent public accountants to the underwriter or
underwriters of such Underwritten Offering.
(e) Deliver
to Xxxxxxx Sachs an officer’s certificate from the Chief Executive Officer and
the Chief Financial Officer of the Company to the effect that:
(i) (x)
the
registration statement and any amendments thereto, as of the applicable
effective date thereof, (y) any prospectus or prospectus supplement included
therein, at the applicable time of filing thereof, and (z) any other information
or materials conveyed to investors at the time of sale to such investors, as
of
the time of such sale, do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact
or
omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made therein
not
misleading; and
(ii) The
financial statements, and other financial information included in (or
incorporated by reference into) the registration statement and any amendments
thereto and the prospectus and any prospectus supplement included therein fairly
present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations
and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods
presented.
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ATTACHMENT
A
The
securities represented by this certificate have not been registered under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be sold, exchanged, or
transferred in any manner in the absence of such registration or an opinion
of
counsel reasonably acceptable to the Company that no such registration is
required. The securities are subject to the terms of a certain Warrant
Agreement, dated February [__], 2008, pursuant to which they were
issued.
WARRANT
CERTIFICATE
FREEDOM
FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
No. 001 |
700,000
Warrants
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Date:
February [__], 2008
This
Warrant Certificate certifies that XXXXXXX,
XXXXX & CO. INC. or
registered assigns, is the registered Holder of FOUR
MILLION ($700,000)
Warrants. Each Warrant entitles the owner thereof to purchase (subject to the
limitations set forth in Section 2.3 of the Warrant Agreement) on or before
the
Expiration Date one (1) fully paid and nonassessable share of Common Stock
of
FREEDOM
FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. (together
with its successors and assigns, the “Company”),
a
Delaware corporation, at a Purchase Price of $0.35 per share upon (i)
presentation and surrender of this Warrant Certificate with a form of election
to purchase duly executed and (ii) unless the Holder elects to exercise this
Warrant in a cashless exercise pursuant to Section 2.2 of the Warrant Agreement,
delivery to the Company of the payment of the Purchase Price in the manner
set
forth in the Warrant Agreement. The number of shares of Common Stock that may
be
purchased upon exercise of each Warrant and the Purchase Price are the number
and the Purchase Price as of the date hereof, and are subject to adjustment
as
referred to below.
The
Warrants are issued pursuant to the Warrant Agreement, dated as of February
[__], 2008 (as it may from time to time be amended or supplemented, the
“Warrant
Agreement”),
between the Company and Purchaser (as defined therein), and are subject to
all
of the terms, provisions and conditions thereof, which Warrant Agreement is
hereby incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof and to which
Warrant Agreement reference is hereby made for a full description of the rights,
obligations, duties and immunities of the Company and the holders of the Warrant
Certificate. Capitalized terms used, but not defined, herein have the respective
meanings ascribed to them in the Warrant Agreement.
As
provided in the Warrant Agreement, the Purchase Price and the number of shares
of Common Stock that may be purchased upon the exercise of the Warrants
evidenced by this Warrant Certificate are, upon the happening of certain events,
subject to modification and adjustment. As further set forth in, and subject
to,
the Warrant Agreement, the expiration date of this Warrant Certificate is 5:00
p.m. Central Time on February [__], 2013.
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This
Warrant Certificate shall be exercisable, at the election of the Holder, either
in its entirety or in part from time to time. If this Warrant Certificate shall
be exercised in part, the Holder shall be entitled to receive, upon surrender
hereof, another Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificate for the number of
Warrants not exercised. This Warrant Certificate, with or without other Warrant
Certificate, upon surrender in the manner set forth in the Warrant Agreement,
may be exchanged for another Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificate of
like
tenor evidencing Warrants entitling the Holder to purchase a like aggregate
number of shares of Common Stock as the Warrants evidenced by the Warrant
Certificate or Warrant Certificate surrendered shall have entitled such Holder
to purchase.
Except
as
expressly set forth in the Warrant Agreement, no Holder of this Warrant
Certificate shall be entitled to vote or receive dividends or be deemed for
any
purpose the holder of shares of Common Stock or of any other Securities of
the
Company that may at any time be issued upon the exercise hereof, nor shall
anything contained in the Warrant Agreement or herein be construed to confer
upon the Holder hereof, as such, any of the rights of a Holder of a share of
Common Stock in the Company or any right to vote upon any matter submitted
to
holders of shares of Common Stock at any meeting thereof, or to give or withhold
consent to any corporate action (whether upon any recapitalization, issuance
of
stock, reclassification of Securities, change of par value, consolidation,
merger, conveyance, or otherwise) or, except as provided in the Warrant
Agreement, to receive notice of meetings, or to receive dividends or
subscription rights, or otherwise, until the Warrant or Warrants evidenced
by
this Warrant Certificate shall have been exercised as provided in the Warrant
Agreement.
THIS
WARRANT, CERTIFICATE SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, AND
THE
RIGHTS OF THE COMPANY AND THE HOLDER HEREOF SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, THE LAWS
OF
THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
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WITNESS
the
signature of a proper officer of the Company as of the date first above
written.
FREEDOM
FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
FREEDOM FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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ATTEST:
Secretary |
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[FORM
OF ASSIGNMENT]
(To
be executed by the registered Holder if
such
Holder desires to transfer the Warrant Certificate)
FOR
VALUE RECEIVED,
_______________________________ hereby sells, assigns and transfers
unto
____________________________________________________________________(Please
print name, address and taxpayer identification number or social security number
of transferee.)
the
accompanying Warrant Certificate, together with all right, title and interest
therein, and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint:
____________________________________________________________________attorney,
to transfer the accompanying Warrant Certificate on the books of the Company,
with full power of substitution. The transferee’s tax identification or social
security number is _______________.
Dated:
__________,
_____.
[HOLDER]
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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NOTICE
The
signature to the foregoing Assignment must correspond to the name as written
upon the face of the accompanying Warrant Certificate or any prior assignment
thereof in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change
whatsoever.
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[FORM
OF ELECTION TO PURCHASE]
(To
be executed by the registered Holder if
such
Holder desires to exercise the Warrant Certificate)
To:
__________________________________:
The
undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise _______ Warrants represented
by the accompanying Warrant Certificate to purchase the shares of Common Stock
issuable upon the exercise of such Warrants and requests that certificates
for
such shares be issued in the name of:
______________________________________________________________________________
(Please
print name and address.)
______________________________________________________________________________
(Please
insert social security or other identifying number.)
The
undersigned ________ hereby delivers the Purchase Price for such shares in
accordance with Section 2.1 of the Warrant Agreement OR ________ hereby elects
to exercise the cashless exercise option pursuant to Section 2.2 of the Warrant
Agreement. The undersigned represents that it is acquiring the shares of Common
Stock for its own account and not with a view to distribution, and it will
not
sell these shares unless they have been registered under the Securities Act
of
1933 or an exemption from such registration requirement is
available.
If
such
number of Warrants shall not be all the Warrants evidenced by the accompanying
Warrant Certificate, a new Warrant Certificate for the balance remaining of
such
Warrants shall be registered in the name of and delivered to:
______________________________________________________________________________
(Please
print name and address.)
______________________________________________________________________________
(Please
insert social security or other identifying number.)
Dated:
__________,
____.
[HOLDER]
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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NOTICE
The
signature to the foregoing Election to Purchase must correspond to the name
as
written upon the face of the accompanying Warrant Certificate or any prior
assignment thereof in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or
any
change whatsoever.
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