THIS WARRANT AND THE COMMON SHARES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT HAVE
NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED. THIS WARRANT
AND THE COMMON SHARES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT MAY NOT BE SOLD,
OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT AS TO THIS WARRANT UNDER SAID ACT OR AN OPINION OF
COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO DATA SYSTEMS & SOFTWARE INC. THAT SUCH
REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED.
Right to Purchase 190,000 Shares of Common
Stock of Data Systems & Software Inc.
(subject to adjustment as provided herein)
COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT
No. 2002-2 Issue Date: December 4,2002
DATA SYSTEMS & SOFTWARE INC., a corporation organized under the laws of the
State of Delaware (the "COMPANY"), hereby certifies that, for value received,
LAURUS MASTER FUND, LTD., or assigns (the "HOLDER"), is entitled, subject to the
terms set forth below, to purchase from the Company from and after the Issue
Date of this Warrant and at any time or from time to time before 5:00 p.m., New
York time, through five (5) years after such date (the "EXPIRATION DATE"), up to
190,000 fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock (as hereinafter
defined), $.01 par value per share, of the Company, at the Purchase Price (as
defined below). The number and character of such shares of Common Stock and the
Purchase Price are subject to adjustment as provided herein.
As used herein the following terms, unless the context otherwise requires,
have the following respective meanings:
(a) The term "Company" shall include Data Systems & Software Inc. and
any corporation which shall succeed or assume the obligations of Data Systems &
Software Inc. hereunder.
(b) The term "Common Stock" includes (a) the Company's Common Stock,
$.01 par value per share, as authorized on the date hereof, and (b) any other
securities into which or for which any of the securities described in (a) may be
converted or exchanged pursuant to a plan of recapitalization, reorganization,
merger, sale of assets or otherwise.
(c) The term "Other Securities" refers to any stock (other than
Common Stock) and other securities of the Company or any other person (corporate
or otherwise) which the holder of the Warrant at any time shall be entitled to
receive, or shall have received, on the exercise of the Warrant, in lieu of or
in addition to Common Stock, or which at any time shall be issuable or shall
have been issued in exchange for or in replacement of Common Stock or Other
Securities pursuant to Section 4 or otherwise.
(d) The term "Purchase Price" shall be as follows:
(i) 30,000 shares at $2.00;
(ii) 60,000 shares at $2.34;
(iii) 100,000 shares at $3.34.
1. EXERCISE OF WARRANT.
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1.1. NUMBER OF SHARES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE. From and after the date
hereof through and including the Expiration Date, the holder hereof shall be
entitled to receive, upon exercise of this Warrant in whole in accordance with
the terms of subsection 1.2 or upon exercise of this Warrant in part in
accordance with subsection 1.3, shares of Common Stock of the Company, subject
to adjustment pursuant to Section 4 and subject to the restriction on transfer
pursuant to Section 1.7.
1.2. FULL EXERCISE. This Warrant may be exercised in full by the
holder hereof by delivery of an original or fax copy of the form of subscription
attached as Exhibit A hereto (the "SUBSCRIPTION FORM") duly executed by such
Holder, to the Company at its principal office or at the office of its warrant
agent (as provided hereinafter), accompanied by payment, in cash, wire transfer,
or by certified or official bank check payable to the order of the Company, in
the amount obtained by multiplying the number of shares of Common Stock for
which this Warrant is then exercisable by the Purchase Price (as hereinafter
defined) then in effect.
1.3. PARTIAL EXERCISE. This Warrant may be exercised in part (but not
for a fractional share) by surrender of this Warrant in the manner and at the
place provided in subsection 1.2 except that the amount payable by the holder on
such partial exercise shall be the amount obtained by multiplying (a) the number
of shares of Common Stock designated by the holder in the Subscription Form by
(b) the Purchase Price then in effect. On any such partial exercise, the
Company, at its expense, will forthwith issue and deliver to or upon the order
of the holder hereof a new Warrant of like tenor, in the name of the holder
hereof or as such holder (upon payment by such holder of any applicable transfer
taxes) may request, the number of shares of Common Stock for which such Warrant
may still be exercised.
1.4. FAIR MARKET VALUE. Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock as
of a particular date (the "DETERMINATION DATE") shall mean:
(a) If the Company's Common Stock is traded on an exchange or is
quoted on the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Automated
Quotation ("NASDAQ") National Market System or the NASDAQ SmallCap Market, then
the closing or last sale price, respectively, reported for the last business day
immediately preceding the Determination Date.
(b) If the Company's Common Stock is not traded on an exchange or
on the NASDAQ National Market System or the NASDAQ SmallCap Market but is traded
on the NASD OTC Bulletin Board, then the mean of the average of the closing bid
and asked prices reported for the last business day immediately preceding the
Determination Date.
(c) Except as provided in clause (d) below, if the Company's
Common Stock is not publicly traded, then as the Holder and the Company agree or
in the absence of agreement by arbitration in accordance with the rules then
standing of the American Arbitration Association, before a single arbitrator to
be chosen from a panel of persons qualified by education and training to pass on
the matter to be decided.
(d) If the Determination Date is the date of a liquidation,
dissolution or winding up, or any event deemed to be a liquidation, dissolution
or winding up pursuant to the Company's charter, then all amounts to be payable
per share to holders of the Common Stock pursuant to the charter in the event of
such liquidation, dissolution or winding up, plus all other amounts to be
payable per share in respect of the Common Stock in liquidation under the
charter, assuming for the purposes of this clause (d) that all of the shares of
Common Stock then issuable upon exercise of the Warrant are outstanding at the
Determination Date.
1.5. COMPANY ACKNOWLEDGMENT. The Company will, at the time of the
exercise of the Warrant, upon the request of the holder hereof acknowledge in
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writing its continuing obligation to afford to such holder any rights to which
such holder shall continue to be entitled after such exercise in accordance with
the provisions of this Warrant. If the holder shall fail to make any such
request, such failure shall not affect the continuing obligation of the Company
to afford to such holder any such rights.
1.6. TRUSTEE FOR WARRANT HOLDERS. In the event that a bank or trust
company shall have been appointed as trustee for the holders of the Warrant
pursuant to Subsection 3.2, such bank or trust company shall have all the powers
and duties of a warrant agent (as hereinafter described) and shall accept, in
its own name for the account of the Company or such successor person as may be
entitled thereto, all amounts otherwise payable to the Company or such
successor, as the case may be, on exercise of this Warrant pursuant to this
Section 1.
1.7 RESTRICTED PERIOD. During the six month period commencing on the
date hereof, the Holder shall not sell or otherwise dispose of any shares of
Common Stock issued to the Holder upon exercise of this Warrant.
2.1 DELIVERY OF STOCK CERTIFICATES, ETC. ON EXERCISE. The Company
agrees that the shares of Common Stock purchased upon exercise of this Warrant
shall be deemed to be issued to the holder hereof as the record owner of such
shares as of the close of business on the date on which this Warrant shall have
been surrendered and payment made for such shares as aforesaid. As soon as
practicable after the exercise of this Warrant in full or in part, and in any
event within 7 days thereafter, the Company at its expense (including the
payment by it of any applicable issue taxes) will cause to be issued in the name
of and delivered to the holder hereof, or as such holder (upon payment by such
holder of any applicable transfer taxes) may direct in compliance with
applicable Securities Laws, a certificate or certificates for the number of duly
and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock (or
Other Securities) to which such holder shall be entitled on such exercise, plus,
in lieu of any fractional share to which such holder would otherwise be
entitled, cash equal to such fraction multiplied by the then Fair Market Value
of one full share, together with any other stock or other securities and
property (including cash, where applicable) to which such holder is entitled
upon such exercise pursuant to Section 1 or otherwise.
2.2. CASHLESS EXERCISE.
(a) Payment may be made either in (i) cash or by certified or
official bank check payable to the order of the Company equal to the applicable
aggregate Purchase Price, (ii) by delivery of the Warrant, Common Stock and/or
Common Stock receivable upon exercise of the Warrant in accordance with Section
(b) below, or (iii) by a combination of any of the foregoing methods, for the
number of Common Shares specified in such form (as such exercise number shall be
adjusted to reflect any adjustment in the total number of shares of Common Stock
issuable to the holder per the terms of this Warrant) and the holder shall
thereupon be entitled to receive the number of duly authorized, validly issued,
fully-paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock (or Other Securities)
determined as provided herein.
(b) Notwithstanding any provisions herein to the contrary, if the
Fair Market Value of one share of Common Stock is greater than the Purchase
Price (at the date of calculation as set forth below), in lieu of exercising
this Warrant for cash, the holder may elect to receive shares equal to the value
(as determined below) of this Warrant (or the portion thereof being cancelled)
by surrender of this Warrant at the principal office of the Company together
with the properly endorsed Subscription Form in which event the Company shall
issue to the holder a number of shares of Common Stock computed using the
following formula:
X=Y (A-B)
---
A
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Where X= the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to
the holder
Y= the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable under
the Warrant or, if only a portion of the Warrant is
being exercised, the portion of the Warrant being
exercised (at the date of such calculation)
A= the Fair Market Value of one share of the Company's
Common Stock (at the date of such calculation)
B= Purchase Price (as adjusted to the date of such
calculation)
3. ADJUSTMENT FOR REORGANIZATION, CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, ETC.
3.1. REORGANIZATION, CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, ETC. In case at any time or
from time to time, the Company shall (a) effect a reorganization, (b)
consolidate with or merge into any other person, or (c) transfer all or
substantially all of its properties or assets to any other person under any plan
or arrangement contemplating the dissolution of the Company, then, in each such
case, as a condition to the consummation of such a transaction, proper and
adequate provision shall be made by the Company whereby the holder of this
Warrant, on the exercise hereof as provided in Section 1 at any time after the
consummation of such reorganization, consolidation or merger or the effective
date of such dissolution, as the case may be, shall receive, in lieu of the
Common Stock (or Other Securities) issuable on such exercise prior to such
consummation or such effective date, the stock and other securities and property
(including cash) to which such holder would have been entitled upon such
consummation or in connection with such dissolution, as the case may be, if such
holder had so exercised this Warrant, immediately prior thereto, all subject to
further adjustment thereafter as provided in Section 4.
3.2. DISSOLUTION. In the event of any dissolution of the Company
following the transfer of all or substantially all of its properties or assets,
the Company, prior to such dissolution, shall at its expense deliver or cause to
be delivered the stock and other securities and property (including cash, where
applicable) receivable by the holders of the Warrant after the effective date of
such dissolution pursuant to this Section 3 to a bank or trust company having
its principal office in New York, NY, as trustee for the holder or holders of
the Warrant.
3.3. CONTINUATION OF TERMS. Upon any reorganization, consolidation,
merger or transfer (and any dissolution following any transfer) referred to in
this Section 3, this Warrant shall continue in full force and effect and the
terms hereof shall be applicable to the shares of stock and other securities and
property receivable on the exercise of this Warrant after the consummation of
such reorganization, consolidation or merger or the effective date of
dissolution following any such transfer, as the case may be, and shall be
binding upon the issuer of any such stock or other securities, including, in the
case of any such transfer, the person acquiring all or substantially all of the
properties or assets of the Company, whether or not such person shall have
expressly assumed the terms of this Warrant as provided in Section 4. In the
event this Warrant does not continue in full force and effect after the
consummation of the transaction described in this Section 3, then only in such
event will the Company's securities and property (including cash, where
applicable) receivable by the holders of the Warrant be delivered to the Trustee
as contemplated by Section 3.2.
4. EXTRAORDINARY EVENTS REGARDING COMMON STOCK. In the event that
the Company shall (a) issue additional shares of the Common Stock as a dividend
or other distribution on outstanding Common Stock, (b) subdivide its outstanding
shares of Common Stock, or (c) combine its outstanding shares of the Common
Stock into a smaller number of shares of the Common Stock, then, in each such
event, the Purchase Price shall, simultaneously with the happening of such
event, be adjusted by multiplying the then Purchase Price by a fraction, the
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numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding
immediately prior to such event and the denominator of which shall be the number
of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event, and the
product so obtained shall thereafter be the Purchase Price then in effect. The
Purchase Price, as so adjusted, shall be readjusted in the same manner upon the
happening of any successive event or events described herein in this Section 4.
The number of shares of Common Stock that the holder of this Warrant shall
thereafter, on the exercise hereof as provided in Section 1, be entitled to
receive shall be increased to a number determined by multiplying the number of
shares of Common Stock that would otherwise (but for the provisions of this
Section 4) be issuable on such exercise by a fraction of which (a) the numerator
is the Purchase Price that would otherwise (but for the provisions of this
Section 4) be in effect, and (b) the denominator is the Purchase Price in effect
on the date of such exercise.
5. CERTIFICATE AS TO ADJUSTMENTS. In each case of any adjustment or
readjustment in the shares of Common Stock (or Other Securities) issuable on the
exercise of the Warrant, the Company at its expense will promptly cause its
Chief Financial Officer or other appropriate designee to compute such adjustment
or readjustment in accordance with the terms of the Warrant and prepare a
certificate setting forth such adjustment or readjustment and showing in detail
the facts upon which such adjustment or readjustment is based, including a
statement of (a) the consideration received or receivable by the Company for any
additional shares of Common Stock (or Other Securities) issued or sold or deemed
to have been issued or sold, (b) the number of shares of Common Stock (or Other
Securities) outstanding or deemed to be outstanding, and (c) the Purchase Price
and the number of shares of Common Stock to be received upon exercise of this
Warrant, in effect immediately prior to such adjustment or readjustment and as
adjusted or readjusted as provided in this Warrant. The Company will forthwith
mail a copy of each such certificate to the holder of the Warrant and any
Warrant agent of the Company (appointed pursuant to Section 11 hereof).
6. RESERVATION OF STOCK, ETC. Issuable on Exercise of Warrant;
Financial Statements. The Company will at all times reserve and keep available,
solely for issuance and delivery on the exercise of the Warrant, all shares of
Common Stock (or Other Securities) from time to time issuable on the exercise of
the Warrant. This Warrant entitles the holder hereof to receive copies of all
financial and other information distributed or required to be distributed to the
holders of the Company's Common Stock.
7. ASSIGNMENT; EXCHANGE OF WARRANT. Subject to compliance with
applicable Securities laws, this Warrant, and the rights evidenced hereby, may
be transferred by any registered holder hereof (a "TRANSFEROR") with respect to
any or all of the Shares. On the surrender for exchange of this Warrant, with
the Transferor's endorsement in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto (the
"TRANSFEROR ENDORSEMENT FORM") and together with evidence reasonably
satisfactory to the Company demonstrating compliance with applicable Securities
Laws, which shall include, without limitation, a legal opinion fro the
Transferor's counsel that such transfer is exempt from the registration
requirements of federal securities laws, the Company at its expense but with
payment by the Transferor of any applicable transfer taxes) will issue and
deliver to or on the order of the Transferor thereof a new Warrant of like
tenor, in the name of the Transferor and/or the transferee(s) specified in such
Transferor Endorsement Form (each a "TRANSFEREE"), calling in the aggregate on
the face or faces thereof for the number of shares of Common Stock called for on
the face or faces of the Warrant so surrendered by the Transferor.
8. REPLACEMENT OF WARRANT. On receipt of evidence reasonably
satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of
this Warrant and, in the case of any such loss, theft or destruction of this
Warrant, on delivery of an indemnity agreement or security reasonably
satisfactory in form and amount to the Company or, in the case of any such
mutilation, on surrender and cancellation of this Warrant, the Company at its
expense will execute and deliver, in lieu thereof, a new Warrant of like tenor.
9. REGISTRATION RIGHTS. The Holder of this Warrant has been granted
certain registration rights by the Company. These registration rights are set
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forth in a Registration Rights Agreement entered into by the Company and the
Holder.
10. MAXIMUM EXERCISE. The Holder shall not be entitled to exercise
this Warrant on an exercise date, in connection with that number of shares of
Common Stock which would be in excess of the sum of (i) the number of shares of
Common Stock beneficially owned by the Holder and its affiliates on an exercise
date, and (ii) the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise
of this Warrant with respect to which the determination of this proviso is being
made on an exercise date, which would result in beneficial ownership by the
Holder and its affiliates of more than 4.99% of the outstanding shares of Common
Stock of the Company on such date. For the purposes of the proviso to the
immediately preceding sentence, beneficial ownership shall be determined in
accordance with Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and Regulation 13d-3 thereunder. Subject to the foregoing, the Holder
shall not be limited to aggregate exercises which would result in the issuance
of more than 4.99%. The restriction described in this paragraph may be revoked
upon 75 days prior notice from the Holder to the Company and is automatically
null and void upon an Event of Default under the Note.
11. WARRANT AGENT. The Company may, by written notice to the each holder
of the Warrant, appoint an agent for the purpose of issuing Common Stock (or
Other Securities) on the exercise of this Warrant pursuant to Section 1,
exchanging this Warrant pursuant to Section 7, and replacing this Warrant
pursuant to Section 8, or any of the foregoing, and thereafter any such
issuance, exchange or replacement, as the case may be, shall be made at such
office by such agent.
12. TRANSFER ON THE COMPANY'S BOOKS. Until this Warrant is transferred
on the books of the Company, the Company may treat the registered holder hereof
as the absolute owner hereof for all purposes, notwithstanding any notice to the
contrary.
13. NOTICES, ETC. All notices and other communications from the
Company to the holder of this Warrant shall be mailed by first class registered
or certified mail, postage prepaid, at such address as may have been furnished
to the Company in writing by such holder or, until any such holder furnishes to
the Company an address, then to, and at the address of, the last holder of this
Warrant who has so furnished an address to the Company.
14. VOLUNTARY ADJUSTMENT BY THE COMPANY. The Company may at any time
during the term of this Warrant reduce the then current Exercise Price to any
amount and for any period of time deemed appropriate by the Board of Directors
of the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless the Company either
obtains shareholder approval, or an exemption from NASDAQ's corporate governance
rules as they may apply to the Company, the Holder may not receive upon exercise
of this Warrant more than the number of common shares that would result in the
Company issuing to the Holder in the aggregate greater than 19.9% of the
outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company on date hereof.
15. MISCELLANEOUS. This Warrant and any term hereof may be changed,
waived, discharged or terminated only by an instrument in writing signed by the
party against which enforcement of such change, waiver, discharge or termination
is sought. This Warrant shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws of State of New York without regard to principles of conflicts of laws.
Any action brought concerning the transactions contemplated by this Warrant
shall be brought only in the state courts of New York or in the federal courts
located in the state of New York. The individuals executing this Warrant on
behalf of the Company agree to submit to the jurisdiction of such courts and
waive trial by jury. The prevailing party shall be entitled to recover from the
other party its reasonable attorney's fees and costs. In the event that any
provision of this Warrant is invalid or unenforceable under any applicable
statute or rule of law, then such provision shall be deemed inoperative to the
extent that it may conflict therewith and shall be deemed modified to conform
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with such statute or rule of law. Any such provision which may prove invalid or
unenforceable under any law shall not affect the validity or enforceability of
any other provision of this Warrant. The headings in this Warrant are for
purposes of reference only, and shall not limit or otherwise affect any of the
terms hereof. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision hereof shall
in no way affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision. The
Company acknowledges that legal counsel participated in the preparation of this
Warrant and, therefore, stipulates that the rule of construction that
ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting party shall not be applied
in the interpretation of this Warrant to favor any party against the other
party.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has executed this Warrant under seal as of the
date first written above.
DATA SYSTEMS & SOFTWARE INC.
By:___________________________________
Witness:
______________________________
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EXHIBIT A
FORM OF SUBSCRIPTION
(To be signed only on exercise of Warrant)
TO: Data Systems & Software Inc.
The undersigned, pursuant to the provisions set forth in the attached Warrant
(No.____), hereby irrevocably elects to purchase (check applicable box):
___ ________ shares of the Common Stock covered by such Warrant; or
___ the maximum number of shares of Common Stock covered by such Warrant
pursuant to the cashless exercise procedure set forth in Section 2.
The undersigned herewith makes payment of the full purchase price for such
shares at the price per share provided for in such Warrant, which is
$___________. Such payment takes the form of (check applicable box or boxes):
___ $__________ in lawful money of the United States; and/or
___ the cancellation of such portion of the attached Warrant as is
exercisable for a total of _______ shares of Common Stock (using a Fair Market
Value of $_______ per share for purposes of this calculation); and/or
___ the cancellation of such number of shares of Common Stock as is
necessary, in accordance with the formula set forth in Section 2, to exercise
this Warrant with respect to the maximum number of shares of Common Stock
purchaseable pursuant to the cashless exercise procedure set forth in Section 2.
The undersigned requests that the certificates for such shares be issued in the
name of, and delivered to ____________________ whose address is_________
_________________________________________________________________.
The undersigned represents and warrants that all offers and sales by the
undersigned of the securities issuable upon exercise of the within Warrant shall
be made pursuant to registration of the Common Stock under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") or pursuant to an exemption from
registration under the Securities Act.
Dated:___________________ _______________________________________
(Signature must conform to name of
holder as specified on the face of the
Warrant)
_____________________________________
(Address)
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Exhibit B
FORM OF TRANSFEROR ENDORSEMENT
(To be signed only on transfer of Warrant)
For value received, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns, and transfers
unto the person(s) named below under the heading "Transferees" the right
represented by the within Warrant to purchase the percentage and number of
shares of Common Stock of Data Systems & Software Inc. to which the within
Warrant relates specified under the headings "Percentage Transferred" and
"Number Transferred," respectively, opposite the name(s) of such person(s) and
appoints each such person Attorney to transfer its respective right on the books
of Data Systems & Software Inc. with full power of substitution in the premises.
Percentage Number
Transferees Transferred Transferred
Dated: __, ___ ________________________________________
(Signature must conform to name of
holder as specified on the face of the
warrant)
Signed in the presence of:
_______________________________ ________________________________________
(Name) (address)
________________________________________
ACCEPTED AND AGREED: (address)
[TRANSFEREE]
_________________________________
(Name)
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