INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGY USA, INC.
AND
AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY
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WARRANT AGREEMENT
Dated as of October 1, 1996
AGREEMENT, dated this 1st day of October, 1996, by and
between INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGY USA, INC., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), and AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY, a New York
corporation, as Warrant Agent (the "Warrant Agent").
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, in connection with (i) the Company's offering to the
public of 3,000,000 shares of Common Stock (as defined in Section 1), and
3,000,000 redeemable common stock purchase warrants (the "Public Warrants"),
each warrant entitling the holder thereof to purchase one additional share of
Common Stock; (ii) the over-allotment option granted to the underwriters to
purchase up to an additional 450,000 shares of Common Stock and 450,000
Warrants (the "Over-allotment Option"); and (iii) the sale to National
Securities Corporation ("National") of warrants (the "Representative's
Warrants") to purchase up to 300,000 shares of Common Stock and/or 300,000
warrants (the "Private Warrants" and together with the Public Warrants, the
"Warrants"), the Company will issue up to 3,750,000 Warrants; and
WHEREAS, the Company desires to provide for the issuance of
certificates representing the Warrants; and
WHEREAS, the Company desires the Warrant Agent to act on
behalf of the Company, and the Warrant Agent is willing to so act, in
connection with the issuance, registration, transfer, exchange and redemption
of the Warrants, the issuance of certificates representing the Warrants, the
exercise of the Warrants and the rights of the holders thereof.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the
mutual agreements hereinafter set forth and for the purpose of defining the
terms and provisions of the Warrants and the certificates representing the
Warrants and the respective rights and obligations thereunder of the Company,
National, the holders of certificates representing the Warrants and the Warrant
Agent, the parties hereto agree as follows:
SECTION 1. Definitions. As used herein, the following terms
shall have the following meanings, unless the context shall otherwise require:
(a) "Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended.
(b) "AMEX" shall mean the American Stock
Exchange.
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(c) "Common Stock" shall mean the authorized
stock of the Company of any class, whether now or hereafter authorized, which
has the right to participate in the voting and in the distribution of earnings
and assets of the Company without limit as to amount or percentage which at the
date hereof consists of 40,000,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $.01 per
share.
(d) "Commission" shall mean the Securities and
Exchange Commission.
(e) "Corporate Office" shall mean the office of
the Warrant Agent (or its successor) at which at any particular time its
business in New York, New York, shall be administered, which office is located
on the date hereof c/o American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, 00 Xxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000.
(f) "Exchange Act" shall mean the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
(g) "Exercise Date" shall mean, subject to the
provisions of Section 5(b) hereof, as to any Warrant, the date on which the
Warrant Agent shall have received both (i) the Warrant Certificate representing
such Warrant, with the exercise form thereon duly executed by the Registered
Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and (ii) payment in
cash or by official bank or certified check made payable to the Warrant Agent
for the account of the Company, of the amount in lawful money of the United
States of America equal to the applicable Exercise Price (as hereinafter
defined) in good funds.
(h) "Exercise Price" shall mean, subject to
modification and adjustment as provided in Section 8, with respect to each
Public Warrant $9.00 per share and with respect to each Private Warrant $14.85
per share, each further subject to the Company's right, in its sole discretion,
to decrease the Exercise Price for a period of not less than 30 days on not less
than 30 days' prior written notice to the Registered Holders and National.
(i) "Initial Warrant Exercise Date" shall mean
October 1, 1997.
(j) "Initial Warrant Redemption Date" shall mean
April 1, 1998.
(k) "Redemption Date" shall mean the date (which
may not occur before the Initial Warrant Redemption Date) fixed for the
redemption of the Warrants in accordance with the terms hereof.
(l) "Redemption Price" shall mean the price at
which the Company
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may, at its option, redeem the Warrants, in accordance with the terms hereof,
which price shall be $0.01 per Warrant, subject to adjustment from time to
time pursuant to the provisions of Section 9 hereof.
(m) "Registered Holder" shall mean the person in
whose name any certificate representing the Warrants shall be registered on the
books maintained by the Warrant Agent pursuant to Section 6.
(n) "Representative's Warrant Agreement" shall
mean the agreement dated as of October 1, 1996 between the Company and National
relating to and governing the terms and provisions of the Representative's
Warrants.
(o) "Transfer Agent" shall mean American Stock
Transfer & Trust Company, or its authorized successor.
(p) "Underwriting Agreement" shall mean the
underwriting agreement dated October 1, 1996 between the Company and the several
underwriters listed therein relating to the purchase for resale to the public of
3,000,000 shares of Common Stock and 3,000,000 Warrants.
(q) "Warrant Certificate" shall mean a
certificate representing each of the Warrants substantially in the form annexed
hereto as Exhibit A.
(r) "Warrant Expiration Date" shall mean, unless
the Warrants are redeemed as provided in Section 9 hereof prior to such date,
5:00 p.m. (New York time), on October 1, 2001, or the Redemption Date as defined
herein, whichever date is earlier; provided that if such date shall in the State
of New York be a holiday or a day on which banks are authorized to close, then
5:00 p.m. (New York time) on the next following day which, in the State of New
York, is not a holiday or a day on which banks are authorized to close. Upon
five business days' prior written notice to the Registered Holders, the Company
shall have the right to extend the Warrant Expiration Date.
SECTION 2. Warrants and Issuance of Warrant Certificates.
(a) Each Warrant shall initially entitle the
Registered Holder of the Warrant Certificate representing such Warrant to
purchase at the Exercise Price therefor from the Initial Warrant Exercise Date
until the Warrant Expiration Date one share of Common Stock upon the exercise
thereof in accordance with the terms hereof, subject to modification and
adjustment as provided in Section 8.
(b) Upon execution of this Agreement, Warrant
Certificates representing
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the number of Warrants that may be sold pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement
including pursuant to the Over allotment Option (subject to modification and
adjustment as provided in Section 8) shall be executed by the Company and
delivered to the Warrant Agent.
(c) Upon exercise of the Representative's
Warrants as provided therein, Warrant Certificates representing all or a portion
of 300,000 Private Warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 300,000 shares of
Common Stock (subject to modification and adjustment as provided in Section 8
hereof and in the Representative's Warrant Agreement), shall be countersigned,
issued and delivered by the Warrant Agent upon written order of the Company
signed by its Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, President or a
Vice President and by its Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer or its Secretary
or an Assistant Secretary.
(d) From time to time, up to the Warrant
Expiration Date or the Redemption Date, whichever date is earlier, the Warrant
Agent shall countersign and deliver Warrant Certificates in required
denominations of one or whole number multiples thereof to the person entitled
thereto in connection with any transfer or exchange permitted under this
Agreement. Except as provided herein, no Warrant Certificates shall be issued
except (i) Warrant Certificates initially issued hereunder and those issued on
or after the Initial Warrant Exercise Date, upon the exercise of fewer than all
Warrants held by the exercising Registered Holder, (ii) Warrant Certificates
issued upon any transfer or exchange of Warrants, (iii) Warrant Certificates
issued in replacement of lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Warrant
Certificates pursuant to Section 7, (iv) Warrant Certificates issued pursuant to
the Representative's Warrant Agreement, and (v) at the option of the Company,
Warrant Certificates in such form as may be approved by its Board of Directors,
to reflect any adjustment or change in the Exercise Price, the number of shares
of Common Stock purchasable upon exercise of the Warrants or the Redemption
Price therefor made pursuant to Section 8 hereof.
SECTION 3. Form and Execution of Warrant Certificates.
(a) The Warrant Certificates shall be
substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A (the provisions of which
are hereby incorporated herein) and may have such letters, numbers or other
marks of identification or designation and such legends, summaries or
endorsements printed, lithographed or engraved thereon as the Company may deem
appropriate and as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement,
or as may be required to comply with any law or with any rule or regulation made
pursuant thereto or with any rule or regulation of any stock exchange on which
the Warrants may be listed, or to conform to usage. The Warrant Certificates
shall be dated the date of issuance thereof (whether upon initial issuance,
transfer, exchange or in lieu of mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed Warrant
Certificates) and issued in registered form. Warrants shall be numbered serially
with the letter "W" on the Warrants.
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(b) Warrant Certificates shall be executed on
behalf of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer,
President or any Vice President and by its Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer
or its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, by manual signatures or by facsimile
signatures printed thereon, and shall have imprinted thereon a facsimile of the
Company's seal. Warrant Certificates shall be manually countersigned by the
Warrant Agent and shall not be valid for any purpose unless so countersigned. In
any case any officer of the Company who shall have signed any of the Warrant
Certificates shall cease to be such officer of the Company before the date of
issuance of the Warrant Certificates or before countersignature by the Warrant
Agent and issue and delivery thereof, such Warrant Certificates, nevertheless,
may be countersigned by the Warrant Agent, issued and delivered with the same
force and effect as though the person who signed such Warrant Certificates had
not ceased to be such officer of the Company. After countersignature by the
Warrant Agent, Warrant Certificates shall be delivered by the Warrant Agent to
the Registered Holder promptly and without further action by the Company, except
as otherwise provided by Section 4(a) hereof.
SECTION 4. Exercise.
(a) Warrants in denominations of one or whole
number multiples thereof may be exercised by the Registered Holder thereof
commencing at any time on or after the Initial Warrant Exercise Date, but not
after the Warrant Expiration Date, upon the terms and subject to the conditions
set forth herein and in the applicable Warrant Certificate. A Warrant shall be
deemed to have been exercised immediately prior to the close of business on the
Exercise Date and the person entitled to receive the securities deliverable upon
such exercise shall be treated for all purposes as the holder, upon exercise
thereof, as of the close of business on the Exercise Date. If Warrants in
denominations other than whole number multiples thereof shall be exercised at
one time by the same Registered Holder, the number of full shares of Common
Stock which shall be issuable upon exercise thereof shall be computed on the
basis of the aggregate number of full shares of Common Stock issuable upon such
exercise. As soon as practicable on or after the Exercise Date and in any event
within five business days after such date, if one or more Warrants have been
exercised, the Warrant Agent on behalf of the Company shall cause to be issued
to the person or persons entitled to receive the same a Common Stock certificate
or certificates for the shares of Common Stock deliverable upon such exercise,
and the Warrant Agent shall deliver the same to the person or persons entitled
thereto. Upon the exercise of any one or more Warrants, the Warrant Agent shall
promptly notify the Company in writing of such fact and of the number of
securities delivered upon such exercise and, subject to subsection (b) below,
shall cause all payments of an amount in cash or by check made payable to the
order of the Company, equal to the Exercise Price, to be deposited promptly in
the Company's bank account.
(b) The Company shall not be required to issue
fractional shares on the exercise of Warrants. Warrants may only be exercised
in such multiples as are required to permit the issuance by the Company of one
or more whole shares. If one or more Warrants
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shall be presented for exercise in full at the same time by the same Registered
Holder, the number of whole shares which shall be issuable upon such exercise
thereof shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate number of shares
purchasable on exercise of the Warrants presented. If any fraction of a share
would, except for the provisions provided herein, be issuable on the exercise
of any Warrant (or specified portion thereof), the Company shall pay an amount
in cash equal to such fraction multiplied by the then current market value of a
share of Common Stock, determined as follows:
(1) If the Common Stock is listed or admitted to
unlisted trading privileges on one or more national securities exchanges and/or
is quoted through the Nasdaq Stock Market, the current market value of a share
of Common Stock shall be the closing sale price of the Common Stock at the end
of the regular trading session on the last business day prior to the date of
exercise of the Warrants on whichever of such exchanges or stock market had the
highest daily trading volume for the Common Stock on such day; or
(2) If the Common Stock is not listed or
admitted to unlisted trading privileges on any national securities exchange and
is not quoted through the Nasdaq Stock Market, but is traded in the
over-the-counter market, the current market value of a share of Common Stock
shall be the average of the last reported bid and asked prices of the Common
Stock reported by the National Quotation Bureau, Inc. (or any successor) on the
last business day prior to the date of exercise of the Warrants; or
(3) If neither clause (1) nor clause (2)
immediately above is applicable, the current market value of a share of Common
Stock shall be an amount, not less than the book value thereof as of the end of
the most recently completed fiscal quarter of the Company ending prior to the
date of exercise, determined by the Board of Directors of the Company exercising
good faith and using customary valuation methods.
SECTION 5. Reservation of Shares; Listing; Payment of Taxes;
etc.
(a) The Company covenants that it will at all
times reserve and keep available out of its authorized Common Stock, solely for
the purpose of issue upon exercise of Warrants, such number of shares of Common
Stock as shall then be issuable upon the exercise of all outstanding Warrants.
The Company covenants that all shares of Common Stock which shall be issuable
upon exercise of the Warrants shall, at the time of delivery thereof, be duly
and validly issued and fully paid and nonassessable and free from all preemptive
or similar rights, taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issue thereof,
and that upon issuance such shares shall be listed on each securities exchange,
if any, on which the other shares of outstanding Common Stock of the Company are
then listed.
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(b) The Company covenants that if any securities
to be reserved for the purpose of exercise of Warrants hereunder require
registration with, or approval of, any governmental authority under any federal
securities law before such securities may be validly issued or delivered upon
such exercise, then the Company will file a registration statement under the
federal securities laws or a post-effective amendment, use its reasonable best
efforts to cause the same to become effective and to keep such registration
statement current while any of the Warrants are outstanding and deliver a
prospectus which complies with Section 10(a)(3) of the Act, to the Registered
Holder exercising the Warrant (except, if in the opinion of counsel to the
Company, such registration or delivery is not required under the federal
securities law or if the Company receives a letter from the staff of the
Commission stating that it would not take any enforcement action if such
registration is not effected). The Company will use its reasonable best efforts
to obtain appropriate approvals or registrations under state "blue sky"
securities laws with respect to any such securities. However, Warrants may not
be exercised by, or shares of Common Stock issued to, any Registered Holder in
any state in which such exercise would be unlawful.
(c) The Company shall pay all documentary, stamp
or similar taxes and other governmental charges that may be imposed with respect
to the issuance of Warrants, or the issuance or delivery of any shares of Common
Stock upon exercise of the Warrants; provided, however, that if shares of Common
Stock are to be delivered in a name other than the name of the Registered Holder
of the Warrant Certificate representing any Warrant being exercised, then no
such delivery shall be made unless the person requesting the same has paid to
the Warrant Agent the amount of transfer taxes or charges incident thereto, if
any.
(d) The Warrant Agent is hereby irrevocably
authorized as the Transfer Agent to requisition from time to time certificates
representing shares of Common Stock or other securities required upon exercise
of the Warrants, and the Company will comply with all such requisitions.
SECTION 6. Exchange and Registration of Transfer.
(a) Warrant Certificates may be exchanged for
other Warrant Certificates representing an equal aggregate number of Warrants of
the same class or may be transferred in whole or in part. Warrant Certificates
to be exchanged shall be surrendered to the Warrant Agent at its Corporate
Office, and, upon satisfaction of the terms and provisions hereof, the Company
shall execute and the Warrant Agent shall countersign, issue and deliver in
exchange therefor the Warrant Certificate or Certificates which the Registered
Holder making the exchange shall be entitled to receive.
(b) The Warrant Agent shall keep, at its office,
books in which, subject
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to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, it shall register Warrant
Certificates and the transfer thereof in accordance with customary practice.
Upon due presentment for registration of transfer of any Warrant Certificate at
such office, the Company shall execute and the Warrant Agent shall issue and
deliver to the transferee or transferees a new Warrant Certificate or
Certificates representing an equal aggregate number of Warrants of the same
class.
(c) With respect to all Warrant Certificates
presented for registration of transfer, or for exchange or exercise, the
subscription or exercise form, as the case may be, on the reverse thereof shall
be duly endorsed or be accompanied by a written instrument or instruments of
transfer and subscription, in form satisfactory to the Company and the Warrant
Agent, duly executed by the Registered Holder thereof or his attorney-in-fact
duly authorized in writing.
(d) A service charge may be imposed by the
Warrant Agent for any exchange or registration of transfer of Warrant
Certificates. In addition, the Company may require payment by such holder of a
sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed
in connection therewith.
(e) All Warrant Certificates surrendered for
exercise or for exchange shall be promptly canceled by the Warrant Agent and
thereafter retained by the Warrant Agent until termination of this Agreement.
(f) Prior to due presentment for registration of
transfer thereof, the Company and the Warrant Agent may deem and treat the
Registered Holder of any Warrant Certificate as the absolute owner thereof and
of each Warrant represented thereby (notwithstanding any notations of ownership
or writing thereon made by anyone other than a duly authorized officer of the
Company or the Warrant Agent) for all purposes and shall not be affected by any
notice to the contrary.
SECTION 7. Loss or Mutilation. Upon receipt by the Company
and the Warrant Agent of evidence satisfactory to them of the ownership of and
the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of any Warrant Certificate and (in
the case of loss, theft or destruction) of indemnity satisfactory to them, and
(in case of mutilation) upon surrender and cancellation thereof, the Company
shall execute and the Warrant Agent shall (in the absence of notice to the
Company and/or the Warrant Agent that a new Warrant Certificate has been
acquired by a bona fide purchaser) countersign and deliver to the Registered
Holder in lieu thereof a new Warrant Certificate of like tenor representing an
equal aggregate number of Warrants. Applicants for a substitute Warrant
Certificate shall also comply with such other reasonable regulations and pay
such other reasonable charges as the Warrant Agent may prescribe.
SECTION 8. Adjustment of Exercise Price and Number of Shares
of Common
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Stock Deliverable.
(a) Except as hereinafter provided, in the event
the Company shall, at any time or from time to time after the date hereof and
during the term of the Warrants, issue any shares of Common Stock as a stock
dividend to the holders of Common Stock, or subdivide or combine the outstanding
shares of Common Stock into a greater or lesser number of shares (any such
issuance, subdivision or combination being herein called a "Change of Shares"),
then, and thereafter upon each further Change of Shares, the Exercise Price for
the Warrants (whether or not the same shall be issued and outstanding) in effect
immediately prior to such Change of Shares shall be changed to a price
(including any applicable fraction of a cent to the nearest cent) determined by
dividing (i) the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately
prior to such Change of Shares, multiplied by the Exercise Price in effect
immediately prior to such Change of Shares by (ii) the total number of shares of
Common Stock outstanding immediately after such Change of Shares; provided,
however, that in no event shall the Exercise Price be adjusted pursuant to this
computation to an amount in excess of the Exercise Price in effect immediately
prior to such computation, except in the case of a combination of outstanding
shares of Common Stock.
For the purposes of any adjustment to be made in
accordance with this Section 8(a), shares of Common Stock issuable by way of
dividend or other distribution on any stock of the Company shall be deemed to
have been issued immediately after the opening of business on the day following
the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to receive such
dividend or distribution.
(b) Upon each adjustment of the Exercise Price
pursuant to this Section 8, the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable
upon the exercise of each Warrant shall be the number derived by multiplying the
number of shares of Common Stock purchasable immediately prior to such
adjustment by the Exercise Price in effect prior to such adjustment and dividing
the product so obtained by the applicable adjusted Exercise Price.
(c) In case of any reclassification or change of
outstanding shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants (other
than a change in par value, or from par value to no par value, or from no par
value to par value or as a result of a subdivision or combination), or in case
of any consolidation or merger of the Company with or into another corporation
(other than a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing
corporation and which does not result in any reclassification or change of the
then outstanding shares of Common Stock or other capital stock issuable upon
exercise of the Warrants (other than a change in par value, or from par value to
no par value, or from no par value to par value or as a result of subdivision or
combination)) or in case of any sale or conveyance to another corporation of the
property of the Company as an entirety or substantially as an entirety, then, as
a condition of such reclassification, change, consolidation, merger, sale or
conveyance, the
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Company, or such successor or purchasing corporation, as the
case may be, shall make lawful and adequate provision whereby the Registered
Holder of each Warrant then outstanding shall have the right thereafter to
receive on exercise of such Warrant the kind and amount of securities and
property receivable upon such reclassification, change, consolidation, merger,
sale or conveyance by a holder of the number of securities issuable upon
exercise of such Warrant immediately prior to such reclassification, change,
consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance and shall forthwith file at the
Corporate Office of the Warrant Agent a statement signed by its Chief Executive
Officer, President or a Vice President and by its Treasurer or an Assistant
Treasurer or its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary evidencing such provision.
Such provisions shall include provision for adjustments which shall be as nearly
equivalent as may be practicable to the adjustments provided for in Sections
8(a) and (b). The above provisions of this Section 8(c) shall similarly apply to
successive reclassifications and changes of shares of Common Stock and to
successive consolidations, mergers, sales or conveyances.
(d) Irrespective of any adjustments or changes
in the Exercise Price or the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable upon
exercise of the Warrants, the Warrant Certificates theretofore and thereafter
issued shall, unless the Company shall exercise its option to issue new Warrant
Certificates pursuant to Section 2(e) hereof, continue to express the Exercise
Price per share and the number of shares purchasable thereunder as the Exercise
Price per share and the number of shares purchasable thereunder were expressed
in the Warrant Certificates when the same were originally issued.
(e) After each adjustment of the Exercise Price
pursuant to this Section 8, the Company will promptly prepare a certificate
signed by the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer or President, and by the
Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary,
of the Company setting forth: (i) the Exercise Price as so adjusted, (ii) the
number of shares of Common Stock purchasable upon exercise of each Warrant,
after such adjustment, and (iii) a brief statement of the facts accounting for
such adjustment. The Company will promptly file such certificate with the
Warrant Agent and cause a brief summary thereof to be sent by ordinary first
class mail to each Registered Holder at his last address as it shall appear on
the registry books of the Warrant Agent. No failure to mail such notice nor any
defect therein or in the mailing thereof shall affect the validity thereof
except as to the holder to whom the Company failed to mail such notice, or
except as to the holder whose notice was defective. The affidavit of an officer
of the Warrant Agent or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company
that such notice has been mailed shall, in the absence of fraud, be prima facie
evidence of the facts stated herein.
SECTION 9. Redemption.
(a) Commencing on the Initial Warrant Redemption
Date, the Company may, on 30 days' prior written notice, redeem all the Warrants
at one cent ($0.01) per Warrant,
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provided, however, that before any such call for redemption of Warrants can take
place, the average closing bid price for the Common Stock as reported by the
AMEX, if the Common Stock is then traded on the AMEX (or the average closing
sale price, if the Common Stock is then traded on the Nasdaq National Market)
shall have equalled or exceeded $15.00 per share (the "Minimum Price") for any
twenty (20) trading days within a period of thirty (30) consecutive trading days
ending on the fifth trading day prior to the date on which the notice
contemplated by (b) and (c) below is given. In the event that at any time, or
from time to time, the Exercise Price is adjusted pursuant to Section 8, then
the Minimum Price shall be adjusted by a correspondence percentage (e.g., if the
Exercise Price is increased by 50% the Minimum Price shall be increased by 50%,
and if the Exercise Price is decreased by 50% the Minimum Price shall be
decreased by 50%).
(b) In case the Company shall exercise its right
to redeem all of the Warrants, it shall give or cause to be given notice to the
Registered Holders of the Warrants, by mailing to such Registered Holders a
notice of redemption, first class, postage prepaid, at their last address as
shall appear on the records of the Warrant Agent. Any notice mailed in the
manner provide herein shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given
whether or not the Registered Holder receives such notice. Not less than five
(5) business days prior to the mailing to the Registered Holders of the Warrants
of the notice of redemption, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered
to National a similar notice telephonically and confirmed in writing.
(c) The notice of redemption shall specify (i)
the redemption price, (ii) the Redemption Date, which shall in no event be less
than thirty (30) days after the date of mailing of such notice, (iii) the place
where the Warrant Certificate shall be delivered and the redemption price shall
be paid, and (iv) that the right to exercise the Warrant shall terminate at 5:00
p.m. (New York time) on the business day immediately preceding the date fixed
for redemption. No failure to mail such notice nor any defect therein or in the
mailing thereof shall affect the validity of the proceedings for such redemption
except as to a holder (a) to whom notice was not mailed or (b) whose notice was
defective. An affidavit of the Warrant Agent or the Secretary or Assistant
Secretary of the Company that notice of redemption has been mailed shall, in the
absence of fraud, be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.
(d) Any right to exercise a Warrant shall
terminate at 5:00 p.m. (New York time) on the business day immediately preceding
the Redemption Date. The redemption price payable to the Registered Holders
shall be mailed to such persons at their addresses of record.
SECTION 10. Concerning the Warrant Agent.
(a) The Warrant Agent acts hereunder as agent
and in a ministerial capacity for the Company and National, and its duties shall
be determined solely by the provisions
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hereof. The Warrant Agent shall not, by issuing and delivering Warrant
Certificates or by any other act hereunder, be deemed to make any
representations as to the validity or value or authorization of the Warrant
Certificates or the Warrants represented thereby or of any securities or other
property delivered upon exercise of any Warrant or whether any stock issued upon
exercise of any Warrant is fully paid and nonassessable.
(b) The Warrant Agent shall not at any time be
under any duty or responsibility to any holder of Warrant Certificates to make
or cause to be made any adjustment of the Exercise Price or the Redemption Price
provided in this Agreement, or to determine whether any fact exists which may
require any such adjustments, or with respect to the nature or extent of any
such adjustments, when made, or with respect to the method employed in making
the same. It shall not (i) be liable for any recital or statement of fact
contained herein or for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it in reliance
on any Warrant Certificate or other document or instrument believed by it in
good faith to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper
party or parties, (ii) be responsible for any failure on the part of the Company
to comply with any of its covenants and obligations contained in this Agreement
or in any Warrant Certificate, or (iii) be liable for any act or omission in
connection with this Agreement except for its own negligence, bad faith or
willful misconduct.
(c) The Warrant Agent may at any time consult
with counsel satisfactory to it (who may be counsel for the Company or for
National) and shall incur no liability or responsibility for any action taken,
suffered or omitted by it in good faith in accordance with the opinion or advice
of such counsel.
(d) Any notice, statement, instruction, request,
direction, order or demand of the Company shall be sufficiently evidenced by an
instrument signed by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, Chief Executive
Officer, Chief Financial Officer, President or any Vice President (unless other
evidence in respect thereof is herein specifically prescribed). The Warrant
Agent shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it in
accordance with such notice, statement, instruction, request, direction, order
or demand reasonably believed by it to be genuine.
(e) The Warrant Agent may resign its duties and
be discharged from all further duties and liabilities hereunder (except
liabilities relating to any period prior to such resignation or resulting as a
result of the Warrant Agent's own negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct),
after giving 30 days' prior written notice to the Company. At least 15 days
prior to the date such resignation is to become effective, the Warrant Agent
shall cause a copy of such notice of resignation to be mailed to the Registered
Holder of each Warrant Certificate at the Company's expense. Upon such
resignation, or any inability of the Warrant Agent to act as such hereunder, the
Company shall appoint in writing a new warrant agent. If the Company shall fail
to make such appointment within a period of 15 days after it has been notified
in writing of such
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resignation by the resigning Warrant Agent, then the Registered Holder of any
Warrant Certificate may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for the
appointment of a new warrant agent. Any new warrant agent, whether appointed by
the Company or by such a court, shall be a bank or trust company having a
capital and surplus, as shown by its last published report to its stockholders,
of not less than $10,000,000 or a stock transfer company. After acceptance in
writing of such appointment by the new warrant agent is received by the Company,
such new warrant agent shall be vested with the same powers, rights, duties and
responsibilities as if it had been originally named herein as the Warrant Agent,
without any further assurance, conveyance, act or deed; but if for any reason it
shall be necessary or expedient to execute and deliver any further assurance,
conveyance, act or deed, the same shall be done at the expense of the Company
and shall be legally and validly executed and delivered by the resigning Warrant
Agent. Not later than the effective date of any such appointment the Company
shall file notice thereof with the resigning Warrant Agent and shall forthwith
cause a copy of such notice to be mailed to the Registered Holder of each
Warrant Certificate.
(f) Any corporation into which the Warrant Agent
or any new warrant agent may be converted or merged, any corporation resulting
from any consolidation to which the Warrant Agent or any new warrant agent shall
be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate trust or stock
transfer business of the Warrant Agent or any new warrant agent shall be a
successor warrant agent under this Agreement without any further act, provided
that such corporation is eligible for appointment as successor to the Warrant
Agent under the provisions of the preceding paragraph. Any such successor
warrant agent shall promptly cause notice of its succession as warrant agent to
be mailed to the Company and to the Registered Holders of each Warrant
Certificate.
(g) The Warrant Agent, its subsidiaries and
affiliates, and any of its or their officers or directors, may buy and hold or
sell Warrants or other securities of the Company and otherwise deal with the
Company in the same manner and to the same extent and with like effect as though
it were not Warrant Agent. Nothing herein shall preclude the Warrant Agent from
acting in any other capacity for the Company or for any other legal entity.
(h) The Warrant Agent shall retain for a period
of two years from the date of exercise any Warrant Certificate received by it
upon such exercise.
(i) The Company agrees to reimburse the Warrant
Agent for all expenses, taxes and governmental charges and other charges of any
kind and nature incurred by the Warrant Agent in the execution of this Agreement
and to indemnify the Warrant Agent and save it harmless against any and all
liabilities, including judgments, costs and reasonable counsel fees, for
anything done or omitted by the Warrant Agent in the execution of this Agreement
except as a result of the Warrant Agent's negligence, bad faith or willful
misconduct.
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SECTION 11. Modification of Agreement.
The Warrant Agent and the Company may by supplemental
agreement make any changes or corrections in this Agreement (i) that they shall
deem appropriate to cure any ambiguity or to correct any defective or
inconsistent provision or manifest mistake or error herein contained; or (ii)
that they may deem necessary or desirable and which shall not adversely affect
the interests of the holders of Warrant Certificates; provided, however, that
this Agreement shall not otherwise be modified, supplemented or altered in any
respect except with the consent in writing of the Registered Holders
representing not less than 66-2/3% of the Warrants then outstanding; provided,
further, that no change in the number or nature of the securities purchasable
upon the exercise of any Warrant, or to increase the Exercise Price therefor or
to accelerate of the Warrant Expiration Date, shall be made without the consent
in writing of the Registered Holder of the Warrant Certificate representing
such Warrant, other than such changes as are specifically prescribed by this
Agreement as originally executed. In addition, this Agreement may not be
modified, amended or supplemented without the prior written consent of
National, other than to cure any ambiguity or to correct any provision which is
inconsistent with any other provision of this Agreement or to make any such
change that is necessary or desirable and which shall not adversely affect the
interests of National and except as may be required by law.
SECTION 12. Notices.
All notices, requests, consents and other communications
hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been made when
delivered or mailed first-class registered or certified mail, postage prepaid,
as follows: if to the Registered Holder of a Warrant Certificate, at the
address of such holder as shown on the registry books maintained by the Warrant
Agent; if to the Company at Integrated Technology USA, Inc., 000 Xxxxx Xxxx,
Xxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx 00000, Attention: President, or at such other address as
may have been furnished to the Warrant Agent in writing by the Company; and if
to the Warrant Agent, at 00 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, or to such
other address as may have been furnished to the Company in writing by the
Warrant Agent. Copies of any notice delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall
also be delivered to National Securities Corporation, 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx
0000, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000, Attention: General Counsel, or at such
other address as may have been furnished to the Company and the Warrant Agent
in writing.
SECTION 13. Governing Law.
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the state of New York without giving effect to
conflicts of laws.
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SECTION 14. Binding Effect.
This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit
of the Company and the Warrant Agent and their respective successors and
assigns and the holders from time to time of Warrant Certificates or any of
them. Nothing in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to confer
upon any other person any right, remedy or claim, in equity or at law, or to
impose upon any other person any duty, liability or obligation.
SECTION 15. Termination.
This Agreement shall terminate at the close of business on
the Expiration Date of all of the Warrants or such earlier date upon which all
Warrants have been exercised or redeemed, except that the Warrant Agent shall
account to the Company for cash held by it and the provisions of Section 10
hereof shall survive such termination.
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SECTION 16. Counterparts.
This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, which
taken together shall constitute a single document.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Agreement to be duly executed as of the first date first above written.
INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGY
USA, INC.
By:
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Name:
Title:
AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER &
TRUST COMPANY, as Warrant
Agent
By:
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EXHIBIT A
No. W _______ VOID AFTER OCTOBER 1, 2001
____________ WARRANTS
REDEEMABLE WARRANT CERTIFICATE TO
PURCHASE ONE SHARE OF COMMON STOCK
INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGY USA, INC.
CUSIP # 45813T 116
THIS CERTIFIES THAT, FOR VALUE RECEIVED
or its registered assigns (the "Registered Holder") is the owner of the number
of Redeemable Warrants (the "Warrants") specified above. Each Warrant initially
entitles the Registered Holder to purchase, subject to the terms and conditions
set forth in this Certificate and the Warrant Agreement (as hereinafter
defined), one fully paid and nonassessable share of Common Stock, par value
$.01 per share, of Integrated Technology USA, Inc. (the "Company"), at any time
between October 1, 1997, and the Expiration Date (as hereinafter defined) upon
the presentation and surrender of this Warrant Certificate with the
Subscription Form on the reverse hereof duly executed, at the corporate office
of American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as Warrant Agent, or its successor
(the "Warrant Agent"), accompanied by payment of $_____ per share [Public
Warrant = $9.00 and Private Warrant = $14.85], subject to adjustment (the
"Exercise Price"), in lawful money of the United States of America in cash or
by check made payable to the Warrant Agent for the account of the Company.
This Warrant Certificate and each Warrant represented hereby
are issued pursuant to and are subject in all respects to the terms and
conditions set forth in the Warrant Agreement (the "Warrant Agreement"), dated
October 1, 1996, by and between the Company, and the Warrant Agent.
In the event of certain contingencies provided for in the
Warrant Agreement, the Exercise Price and the number of shares of Common Stock
subject to purchase upon the exercise of each Warrant represented hereby are
subject to modification or adjustment.
Each Warrant represented hereby is exercisable at the option
of the Registered
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Holder, but no fractional interests will be issued. In the case of the exercise
of less than all the Warrants represented hereby, the Company shall cancel this
Warrant Certificate upon the surrender hereof and shall execute and deliver a
new Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates of like tenor, which the Warrant
Agent shall countersign, for the balance of such Warrants.
The term "Expiration Date" shall mean 5:00 p.m. (New York
time) on the date which is four (4) years after the Initial Warrant Exercise
Date. If such date shall in the State of New York be a holiday or a day on
which the banks are authorized to close, then the Expiration Date shall mean
5:00 p.m. (New York time) the next following day which in the State of New York
is not a holiday or a day on which banks are authorized to close.
The Company shall not be obligated to deliver any securities
pursuant to the exercise of this Warrant unless a registration statement under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), with respect to such
securities is effective or an exemption thereunder is available. The Company
has covenanted and agreed that it will file a registration statement under the
Federal securities laws, use its reasonable best efforts to cause the same to
become effective, use its reasonable best efforts to keep such registration
statement current, if required under the Act, while any of the Warrants are
outstanding, and deliver a prospectus which complies with Section 10(a)(3) of
the Act to the Registered Holder exercising this Warrant. This Warrant shall
not be exercisable by a Registered Holder in any state where such exercise
would be unlawful.
This Warrant Certificate is exchangeable, upon the surrender
hereof by the Registered Holder at the corporate office of the Warrant Agent,
for a new Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates of like tenor
representing an equal aggregate number of Warrants, each of such new Warrant
Certificates to represent such number of Warrants as shall be designated by
such Registered Holder at the time of such surrender. Upon due presentment for
registration of transfer of this Warrant Certificate at such office and payment
of any tax or other charge imposed in connection therewith or incident thereto,
a new Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates representing an equal
aggregate number of Warrants will be issued to the transferee in exchange
therefor, subject to the limitations provided in the Warrant Agreement.
Prior to the exercise of any Warrant represented hereby, the
Registered Holder shall not be entitled to any rights of a stockholder of the
Company, including, without limitation, the right to vote or to receive
dividends or other distributions, and shall not be entitled to receive any
notice of any proceedings of the Company, except as provided in the Warrant
Agreement.
Subject to the provisions of the Warrant Agreement, this
Warrant may be redeemed at the option of the Company, at a redemption price of
$0.01 per Warrant, at any time commencing after April 1, 1998, provided that
the average closing bid price for the Common Stock as reported by the AMEX, if
the Common Stock is then traded on the AMEX (or the average closing sale price,
if the Common Stock is then traded on the Nasdaq National Market),
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shall have equalled or exceeded $15.00 per share for any twenty (20) trading
days within a period of thirty (30) consecutive trading days ending on the fifth
trading day prior to the Notice of Redemption, as defined below (subject to
adjustment in the event of any stock splits or other similar events as provided
in the Warrant Agreement). Notice of redemption (the "Notice of Redemption")
shall be given not later than the thirtieth day before the date fixed for
redemption as provided in the Warrant Agreement. On and after the date fixed for
redemption, the Registered Holder shall have no rights with respect to the
Warrants except to receive the $0.01 per Warrant upon surrender of this Warrant
Certificate.
Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer hereof,
the Company and the Warrant Agent may deem and treat the Registered Holder as
the absolute owner hereof and of each Warrant represented hereby
(notwithstanding any notations of ownership or writing hereon made by anyone
other than a duly authorized officer of the Company or the Warrant Agent) for
all purposes and shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary, except as
provided in the Warrant Agreement.
This Warrant Certificate shall be governed by and construed
in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without giving effect to
conflicts of laws.
This Warrant Certificate is not valid unless countersigned by
the Warrant Agent.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant
Certificate to be duly executed, manually or in facsimile by two of its
officers thereunto duly authorized and a facsimile of its corporate seal to be
imprinted hereon.
Dated:
[SEAL] INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGY USA, INC.
By:
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Name:
Title:
By:
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, Secretary
COUNTERSIGNED:
-----------------------------,
as Warrant Agent
By:
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Authorized Officer
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SUBSCRIPTION FORM
To Be Executed by the Registered Holder
in Order to Exercise Warrants
The undersigned Registered Holder hereby irrevocably elects
to exercise ________ Warrants represented by this Warrant Certificate, and to
purchase the securities issuable upon the exercise of such Warrants, and
requests that certificates for such securities shall be issued in the name of
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY
OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER
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(please print or type name and address)
and be delivered to
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(please print or type name and address)
and if such number of Warrants shall not be all the Warrants evidenced by this
Warrant Certificate, that a new Warrant Certificate for the balance of such
Warrants be registered in the name of, and delivered to, the Registered Holder
at the address stated below.
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Dated: ______________________
__________________________________
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Address
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Social Security or Taxpayer Identification
Number
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Signature Guaranteed
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ASSIGNMENT
To Be Executed by the Registered Holder
in Order to Assign Warrants
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, _____________________, hereby sells,
assigns and transfers unto
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR
OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER
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(please print or type name and address)
______________________________________ of the Warrants represented by this
Warrant Certificate, and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints
__________________________ Attorney to transfer this Warrant Certificate on the
books of the Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated: _____________________
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Signatured Guaranteed
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THE SIGNATURE TO THE ASSIGNMENT OR THE SUBSCRIPTION FORM MUST CORRESPOND TO THE
NAME AS WRITTEN UPON THE FACE OF THIS WARRANT CERTIFICATE IN EVERY PARTICULAR,
WITHOUT ALTERATION OR ENLARGEMENT OR ANY CHANGE WHATSOEVER AND MUST BE
GUARANTEED BY AN ELIGIBLE GUARANTOR INSTITUTION (BANKS, STOCKBROKERS, SAVINGS
AND LOAN
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ASSOCIATIONS AND CREDIT UNIONS WITH MEMBERSHIP IN AN APPROVED SIGNATURE
GUARANTEE MEDALLION PROGRAM), PURSUANT TO S.E.C. RULE 17Ad-15.
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