EXHIBIT 10.3
THESE SECURITIES HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT AND HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "ACT"). SUCH SECURITIES MAY
NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD OR TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN
EXEMPTION THEREFROM UNDER SAID ACT.
FORM OF CLASS A
STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT
To Purchase _____ Shares of Common Stock of
DATA RACE, INC.
THIS CERTIFIES that, for value received, _________ (the "Investor"),
is entitled, upon the terms and subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth,
at any time upon the earlier of (i) ninety-one (91) days after the date hereof,
or (ii) the Effective Date of the Registration Statement which shall include the
Warrant Shares, and on or prior to ___________, which is two (2) years after the
date of issuance (the "Termination Date"), but not thereafter, to subscribe for
and purchase from DATA RACE, INC., a Texas corporation (the "Company"),
__________ _____________ (_________) shares of Common Stock (the "Warrant
Shares"). The purchase price of one share of Common Stock (the "Exercise Price")
under this Warrant shall be equal to [the lesser of (i) one hundred twenty
percent (120%) of the average of the three lowest closing bid prices of the
Common Stock during the twenty-two (22) trading days immediately preceding the
date this Warrant was issued, or (ii) US $0.80.] The Exercise Price and the
number of shares for which the Warrant is exercisable shall be subject to
adjustment as provided herein. This Warrant is being issued in connection with
the Purchase Agreement dated on or about July , 1998 for preferred stock and
warrants in the amount of Four Million ($4,000,000) Dollars (the "Agreement")
between the Company and Investor and certain other investors and is subject to
its terms. In the event of any conflict between the terms of this Warrant and
the Agreement, the Agreement shall control.
1. Title of Warrant. Prior to the expiration hereof and subject to
compliance with applicable laws, this Warrant and all rights hereunder are
transferable, in whole or in part, at the office or agency of the Company by the
holder hereof in person or by duly authorized attorney, upon surrender of this
Warrant together with the Assignment Form annexed hereto properly endorsed.
2. Authorization of Shares. The Company covenants that all shares
of Common Stock which may be issued upon the exercise of rights represented by
this Warrant will, upon exercise of the rights represented by this Warrant, be
duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all
taxes, liens and charges in respect of the issue thereof (other than taxes in
respect of any transfer occurring contemporaneously with such issue).
3. Exercise of Warrant. Exercise of the purchase rights represented
by this Warrant may be made, in whole or in part, upon the earlier of (i) ninety
one (91) days after the date hereof, or (ii) the Effective Date of the
Registration Statement which shall include the Warrant Shares, and before the
close of business on the Termination Date by the surrender of this Warrant
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and the Notice of Exercise annexed hereto duly executed, at the office of the
Company located at 00000 Xxxxxxx Xxxx., Xxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000, and upon
payment of the Exercise Price of the shares thereby purchased; whereupon the
holder of this Warrant shall be entitled to receive a certificate for the number
of shares of Common Stock so purchased. Certificates for shares purchased
hereunder shall be delivered by the Company, or the Company shall have
instructed its Transfer Agent to deliver to the holder hereof within five
business days after the date on which this Warrant shall have been exercised as
aforesaid. Payment of the Exercise Price of the shares may be by certified check
or cashier's check or by wire transfer to an account designated by the Company
in an amount equal to the Exercise Price multiplied by the number of shares
being purchased.
4. No Fractional Shares or Scrip. No fractional shares or scrip
representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the exercise of this
Warrant.
5. Charges, Taxes and Expenses. Issuance of certificates for shares
of Common Stock upon the exercise of this Warrant shall be made without charge
to the holder hereof for any issue or transfer tax or other incidental expense
in respect of the issuance of such certificate, all of which taxes and expenses
shall be paid by the Company, and such certificates shall be issued in the name
of the holder of this Warrant or in such name or names as may be directed by the
holder of this Warrant; provided, however, that in the event certificates for
shares of Common Stock are to be issued in a name other than the name of the
holder of this Warrant, this Warrant when surrendered for exercise shall be
accompanied by the Assignment Form attached hereto duly executed by the holder
hereof; and provided further, that upon any transfer involved in the issuance or
delivery of any certificates for shares of Common Stock, the Company may
require, as a condition thereto, the payment of a sum sufficient to reimburse it
for any transfer tax incidental thereto.
6. Restrictions on Transfer.
(a) This Warrant has been issued subject to investment
representations of the original Holder hereof and may be transferred or
exchanged only in compliance with the Securities Act and applicable state
securities laws and in compliance with the restrictions on transfer provided in
the Agreement. The transferee shall be bound, as the original Holder by the same
representations and terms described herein and under the Agreement. This Warrant
and any Warrant Shares may not be sold, transferred, pledged, hypothecated or
otherwise disposed of except as follows: (i) to a person who, in the opinion of
counsel to the Company, is a person to whom this Warrant or the Warrant Shares
may legally be transferred without registration and without the delivery of a
current prospectus under the Act with respect thereto, and then only against
receipt of an agreement of such person to comply with the provisions of this
Section 6(a) with respect to any resale or other disposition of such securities;
or (ii) to any person upon delivery of a prospectus then meeting the
requirements of the Act relating to such securities and the offering thereof for
such sale or disposition, and thereafter to all successive assignees.
(b) Unless the Warrant Shares have been registered under the Act, or
exempt from registration, upon exercise of any of the Warrant and the issuance
of any of the Warrant Shares, all certificates representing Warrant Shares shall
bear on the face thereof substantially the following legend:
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"THESE SECURITIES HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT AND HAVE NOT BEEN
REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "ACT"). SUCH
SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD OR TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH
REGISTRATION OR AN EXEMPTION THEREFROM UNDER SAID ACT."
7. Closing of Books. The Company will at no time close its
shareholder books or records in any manner which interferes with the timely
exercise of this Warrant.
8. No Rights as Shareholder until Exercise. This Warrant does not
entitle the holder hereof to any voting rights or other rights as a shareholder
of the Company prior to the exercise thereof. If, however, at the time of the
surrender of this Warrant and purchase the holder hereof shall be entitled to
exercise this Warrant, the shares so purchased shall be and be deemed to be
issued to such holder as the record owner of such shares as of the close of
business on the date on which this Warrant shall have been exercised.
9. Loss, Theft, Destruction or Mutilation of Warrant. The Company
represents and warrants that upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably
satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of any Warrant
or stock certificate, and in case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity or
security reasonably satisfactory to it, and upon reimbursement to the Company of
all reasonable expenses incidental thereto, and upon surrender and cancellation
of such Warrant or stock certificate, if mutilated, the Company will make and
deliver a new Warrant or stock certificate of like tenor and dated as of such
cancellation, in lieu of this Warrant or stock certificate.
10. Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays, etc. If the last or appointed day
for the taking of any action or the expiration of any right required or granted
herein shall be a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday, then such action may be
taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding day not a legal
holiday.
11. Effect of Certain Events. In case the Company shall at any time
prior to the Termination Date effect a Sale or Merger Transaction, the holder of
this Warrant shall have the right thereafter to purchase, by exercise of this
Warrant and payment of the aggregate Exercise Price in effect immediately prior
to such action, the kind and amount of shares and other securities and property
which it would have owned or have been entitled to receive after the happening
of such transaction had this Warrant been exercised immediately prior thereto.
The holder hereof shall be given at least ten days notice prior to the effective
date of such transaction and shall have the right to exercise this Warrant
immediately prior to the transaction, whether or not this Warrant is then
exercisable, and to participate in such transaction on the same basis as other
holders of Common Stock. In the event this Warrant is being exercised under such
circumstances immediately prior to a Sale or Merger Transaction, then the
Warrant may be exercised on a cashless basis in which, in lieu of paying the
Exercise Price in cash, the holder may surrender the right to receive upon
exercise that number of shares of Common Stock determined by multiplying the
number of Warrant Shares to which the holder would otherwise be entitled by a
fraction, the numerator of which shall be the amount by which the then current
market price per share of Common Stock exceeds the Exercise
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Price, and the denominator of which will be the then current market price per
share of Common Stock.
12. Adjustments of Exercise Price and Number of Warrant Shares. The
number and kind of securities purchasable upon the exercise of this Warrant and
the Exercise Price shall be subject to adjustment from time to time upon the
happening of any of the following.
In case the Company shall (i) declare or pay a dividend in shares of
Common Stock or make a distribution in shares of Common Stock to holders of its
outstanding Common Stock, (ii) subdivide its outstanding shares of Common Stock,
(iii) combine its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of
shares of Common Stock or (iv) issue any shares of its capital stock in a
reclassification of the Common Stock, the number of Warrant Shares purchasable
upon exercise of this Warrant immediately prior thereto shall be adjusted so
that the holder of this Warrant shall be entitled to receive the kind and number
of Warrant Shares or other securities of the Company which he would have owned
or have been entitled to receive had such Warrant been exercised in advance
thereof. An adjustment made pursuant to this paragraph shall become effective
immediately after the effective date of such event retroactive to the record
date, if any, for such event.
13. Voluntary Adjustment by the Company. The Company may at its
discretion, 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.
14. Notice of Adjustment. Whenever the number of Warrant Shares or
number or kind of securities or other property purchasable upon the exercise of
this Warrant or the Exercise Price is adjusted, as herein provided, the Company
shall promptly mail by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested,
to the holder of this Warrant notice of such adjustment or adjustments setting
forth the number of Warrant Shares (and other securities or property)
purchasable upon the exercise of this Warrant and the Exercise Price of such
Warrant Shares after such adjustment, setting forth a brief statement of the
facts requiring such adjustment and setting forth computation by which such
adjustment was made. Such notice, in absence of manifest error, shall be
conclusive evidence of the correctness of such adjustment.
15. Purchase Rights. If at any time after the date hereof, the
Company grants, issues, sells or distributes any options, convertible securities
or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property pro rate to
the record holders of Common Stock (the "Purchase Rights"), then the holder of
this Warrant will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such
Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which such holder could have
acquired if such holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable
upon full exercise of this Warrant (without taking into account any limitations
or restrictions on the timing or amount of exercise) immediately before the date
on which a record is taken for the grant, issuance, sale or distribution of such
Purchase Rights, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record
holders of Common Stock are to be determined for the grant, issue or sale or
other distribution of such Purchase Rights.
16. Authorized Shares. The Company covenants that during the period
the Warrant is outstanding, it will reserve from its authorized and unissued
Common Stock a sufficient
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number of shares to provide for the issuance of Common Stock upon the exercise
of any purchase rights under this Warrant. The Company further covenants that
its issuance of this Warrant shall constitute full authority to its officers who
are charged with the duty of executing stock certificates to execute and issue
the necessary certificates for shares of the Company's Common Stock upon the
exercise of the purchase rights under this Warrant. The Company will take all
such reasonable action as may be necessary to assure that such shares of Common
Stock may be issued as provided herein without violation of any applicable law
or regulation, or of any requirements of the Nasdaq National Market or any
domestic securities exchange upon which the Common Stock may be listed.
17. Limitation on Number of Warrant Shares. Notwithstanding any
other provision herein, the Company shall not be obligated to issue any Warrant
Shares upon exercise of this Warrant or any other warrants issued pursuant to
the Agreement or conversion of any shares of Preferred Stock issued pursuant to
the Agreement ("Preferred Stock") if the issuance of such shares of Common Stock
would exceed that number of shares of Common Stock which the Company may issue
upon exercise of this Warrant or any other warrants issued pursuant to the
Agreement or conversion of any shares of Preferred Stock issued pursuant to the
Agreement (the "Exchange Cap") without breaching the Company's obligations under
the rules or regulations of The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc., except that such
limitation shall not apply in the event that the Company (a) obtains the
approval of its stockholders as required by NASD Rule 4460 (or any successor
rule or regulation) for issuances of Common Stock in excess of such amount, or
(ii) obtains a written opinion from outside counsel to the Company that such
approval is not required, which opinion shall be reasonably satisfactory to the
holders of Warrants representing a majority of the Warrant Shares then issuable
upon exercise of outstanding Warrants. Until such approval or written opinion is
obtained, the holder of this Warrant shall not be issued, upon exercise of this
Warrant, Warrant Shares to the extent the number of shares of Common Stock
issued to such holder upon conversion of Preferred Stock plus the number of
Warrant Shares issued upon exercise of this Warrant would be greater than such
holder's Cap Allocation Amount (as defined in the applicable Statement of
Designations for such Preferred Stock). In the event the Company is prohibited
from issuing Warrant Shares as a result of the operation of this Section, the
Company shall redeem for cash those Warrant Shares which can not be issued at a
price equal to amount by which the then-current market price exceeds the
Exercise Price of such Warrant Shares as of the date of the attempted exercise.
18. Miscellaneous.
(a) Issue Date; Jurisdiction. The provisions of this Warrant shall
be construed and shall be given effect in all respects as if it had been issued
and delivered by the Company on the date hereof. This Warrant shall be binding
upon any successors or assigns of the Company. This Warrant shall constitute a
contract under the laws and jurisdictions of New York and for all purposes shall
be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of said state without
regard to its conflict of law, principles or rules.
(b) Restrictions. The holder hereof acknowledges that the Common
Stock acquired upon the exercise of this Warrant, if not registered, may have
restrictions upon its resale imposed by state and federal securities laws.
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(c) Modification and Waiver. This Warrant and any provisions hereof
may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated only by an instrument in
writing signed by the party against which enforcement of the same is sought.
(d) Notices. Any notice, request or other document required or
permitted to be given or delivered to the holders hereof of the Company shall be
delivered or shall be sent by certified or registered mail, postage prepaid, to
each such holder at its address as shown on the books of the Company or to the
Company at the address set forth in the Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Class A Warrant to be
executed by its officers thereunto duly authorized.
Dated: July 24, 1998
DATA RACE, INC.
By:
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Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Vice President-
Finance and Chief Financial Officer
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