Exhibit 4.2
NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THIS SECURITY IS EXERCISABLE
HAVE BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE
SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE 1N RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM
REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES
ACT"), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN
EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN
AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION
REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE
SECURITIES LAWS AS EVIDENCED BY A LEGAL OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE TRANSFEROR TO
SUCH EFFECT, THE SUBSTANCE OF WHICH SHALL BE REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE
COMPANY. THIS SECURITY AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS
SECURITY MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER
LOAN SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.
COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT
To Purchase 10,000 Shares of Common Stock of
Knobias, Inc.
THIS COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT (the "Warrant") certifies that, for
value received, XXXXXXX X. XXXXX (the "Holder"), is entitled, upon the terms and
subject to the limitations on exercise and the conditions hereinafter set forth,
at any time on or after the date hereof (the "Initial Exercise Date") and on or
prior to the close of business on the five year anniversary of the Initial
Exercise Date (the "Termination Date") but not thereafter, to subscribe for and
purchase from Knobias, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), up to
10,000 shares (the "Warrant Shares") of Common Stock, $0.01 par value, of the
Company (the "Common Stock"). The purchase price of one share of Common Stock
under this Warrant shall be equal to the Exercise Price, as defined in Section
1(b).
Section 1. Exercise.
a) Exercise of Warrant. Exercise of the purchase rights represented
by this Warrant may be made at any time or times on or after the Initial
Exercise Date and on or before the Termination Date by delivery to the
Company of a duly executed facsimile copy of the Notice of Exercise Form
annexed hereto (or such other office or agency of the Company as it may
designate by notice in writing to the registered Holder at the address of
such Holder appearing on the books of the Company); provided, however,
within 5 Trading Days of the date said Notice of Exercise is delivered to
the Company, the Holder shall have surrendered this Warrant to the Company
and the Company shall have received payment of the aggregate Exercise
Price of the shares thereby purchased by wire transfer or cashier's check
drawn on a United States bank.
b) Exercise Price. The exercise price of the Common Stock under this
Warrant shall be $0.75, subject to adjustment hereunder (the "Exercise
Price").
c) Cashless Exercise. If at any time after one year from the date of
issuance of this Warrant there is no effective Registration Statement
registering the resale of the Warrant Shares by the Holder, then this
Warrant may also be exercised at such time by means of a "cashless
exercise" in which the Holder shall be entitled to receive a certificate
for the number of Warrant Shares equal to the quotient obtained by
dividing [(A-B) (X)] by (A), where:
(A) = the VWAP (volume weighted average price of the Company's
Common Stock as quoted by Bloomberg, LP) on the Trading Day
immediately preceding the date of such election;
(B) = the Exercise Price of this Warrant, as adjusted; and
(X) = the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this
Warrant in accordance with the terms of this Warrant by means
of a cash exercise rather than a cashless exercise.
d) Exercise Limitations; Xxxxxx's Restrictions. The Holder shall not
have the right to exercise any portion of this Warrant, pursuant to
Section 1(c) or otherwise, to the extent that after giving effect to such
issuance after exercise, the Holder (together with the Holder's
affiliates), as set forth on the applicable Notice of Exercise, would
beneficially own in excess of 9.99% of the number of shares of the Common
Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such issuance. For
purposes of the foregoing sentence, the number of shares of Common Stock
beneficially owned by the Holder and its affiliates shall include the
number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant
with respect to which the determination of such sentence is being made,
but shall exclude the number of shares of Common Stock which would be
issuable upon (A) exercise of the remaining, nonexercised portion of this
Warrant beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its affiliates and (B)
exercise or conversion of the unexercised or nonconverted portion of any
other securities of the Company (including, without limitation, any other
Notes or Warrants) subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise
analogous to the limitation contained herein beneficially owned by the
Holder or any of its affiliates. Except as set forth in the preceding
sentence, for purposes of this Section 1(d), beneficial ownership shall be
calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, it being
acknowledged by Holder that the Company is not representing to Holder that
such calculation is in compliance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act
and Holder is solely responsible for any schedules required to be filed in
accordance therewith. To the extent that the limitation contained in this
Section 1(d) applies, the determination of whether this Warrant is
exercisable (in relation to other securities owned by the Holder) and of
which a portion of this Warrant is exercisable shall be in the sole
discretion of such Xxxxxx, and the submission of a Notice of Exercise
shall be deemed to be such Holder's determination of whether this Warrant
is exercisable (in relation to other securities owned by such Holder) and
of which portion of this Warrant is exercisable, in each case subject to
such aggregate percentage limitation, and the Company shall have no
obligation to verify or confirm the accuracy of such determination. For
purposes of this Section 1(d), in determining the number of outstanding
shares of Common Stock, the Holder may rely on the number of outstanding
shares of Common Stock as reflected in (x) the Company's most recent Form
10-QSB or Form 10-KSB, as the case may be, (y) a more recent public
announcement by the Company or (z) any other notice by the Company or the
Company's Transfer Agent setting forth the number of shares of Common
Stock outstanding. Upon the written or oral request of the Holder, the
Company shall within two Trading Days confirm orally and in writing to the
Holder the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding. In any case,
the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be determined after
giving effect to the conversion or exercise of securities of the Company,
including this Warrant, by the Holder or its affiliates since the date as
of which such number of outstanding shares of Common Stock was reported.
The provisions of this Section 1(d) may be waived by the Holder upon, at
the election of the Holder, not less than 61 days' prior notice to the
Company, and the provisions of this Section 1(d) shall continue to apply
until such 6lst day (or such later date, as determined by the Holder, as
may be specified in such notice of waiver).
e) Mechanics of Exercise.
i. Authorization of Warrant Shares. The Company covenants that
all Warrant Shares which may be issued upon the exercise of the
purchase rights represented by this Warrant will, upon exercise of
the purchase 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). The Company covenants that during the period the
Warrant is outstanding, it will reserve from its authorized and
unissued Common Stock a sufficient number of shares to provide for
the issuance of the Warrant Shares 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 the
Warrant Shares 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 Warrant Shares may be issued as
provided herein without violation of any applicable law or
regulation, or of any requirements of the Trading Market upon which
the Common Stock may be listed.
ii. Delivery of Certificates Upon Exercise. Certificates for
shares purchased hereunder shall be transmitted by the transfer
agent of the Company to the Holder by crediting the account of the
Holder's prime broker with the Depository Trust Company through its
Deposit Withdrawal Agent Commission ("DWAC") system if the Company
is a participant in such system, and otherwise by physical delivery
to the address specified by the Holder in the Notice of Exercise
within 3 Trading Days from the delivery to the Company of the Notice
of Exercise Form, surrender of this Warrant and payment of the
aggregate Exercise Price as set forth above ("Warrant Share Delivery
Date"). This Warrant shall be deemed to have been exercised on the
date the Exercise Price is received by the Company. The Warrant
Shares shall be deemed to have been issued, and Holder or any other
person so designated to be named therein shall be deemed to have
become a holder of record of such shares for all purposes, as of the
date the Warrant has been exercised by payment to the Company of the
Exercise Price and all taxes required to be paid by the Holder, if
any, pursuant to Section 1(e)(vii) prior to the issuance of such
shares, have been paid.
iii. Delivery of New Warrants Upon Exercise. If this Warrant
shall have been exercised in part, the Company shall, at the time of
delivery of the certificate or certificates representing Warrant
Shares, deliver to Holder a new Warrant evidencing the rights of
Holder to purchase the unpurchased Warrant Shares called for by this
Warrant, which new Warrant shall in all other respects be identical
with this Warrant.
iv. Rescission Rights. If the Company fails to cause its
transfer agent to transmit to the Holder a certificate or
certificates representing the Warrant Shares pursuant to this
Section 1(e)(iv) by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, then the Holder
will have the right to rescind such exercise.
v. Compensation for Buy-In on Failure to Timely Deliver
Certificates Upon Exercise. In addition to any other rights
available to the Holder, if the Company fails to cause its transfer
agent to transmit to the Holder a certificate or certificates
representing the Warrant Shares pursuant to an exercise on or before
the Warrant Share Delivery Date, and if after such date the Holder
is required by its broker to purchase (in an open market transaction
or otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a
sale by the Holder of the Warrant Shares which the Holder
anticipated receiving upon such exercise (a "Buy-In"), then the
Company shall (1) pay in cash to the Holder the amount by which (x)
the Holder's total purchase price (including brokerage commissions,
if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased exceeds (y) the
amount obtained by multiplying (A) the number of Warrant Shares that
the Company was required to deliver to the Holder in connection with
the exercise at issue times (B) the price at which the sell order
giving rise to such purchase obligation was executed, and (2) at the
option of the Holder, either reinstate the portion of the Warrant
and equivalent number of Warrant Shares for which such exercise was
not honored or deliver to the Holder the number of shares of Common
Stock that would have been issued had the Company timely complied
with its exercise and delivery obligations hereunder. For example,
if the Holder purchases Common Stock having a total purchase price
of $11,000 to cover a Buy-In with respect to an attempted exercise
of shares of Common Stock with an aggregate sale price giving rise
to such purchase obligation of $10,000, under clause (1) of the
immediately preceding sentence the Company shall be required to pay
the Holder $1,000. The Holder shall provide the Company written
notice indicating the amounts payable to the Holder in respect of
the Buy-In, together with applicable confirmations and other
evidence reasonably requested by the Company. Nothing herein shall
limit a Holder's right to pursue any other remedies available to it
hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a
decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect
to the Company's failure to timely deliver certificates representing
shares of Common Stock upon exercise of the Warrant as required
pursuant to the terms hereof.
vi. No Fractional Shares or Scrip. No fractional shares or
scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the
exercise of this Warrant. As to any fraction of a share which Holder
would otherwise be entitled to purchase upon such exercise, the
Company shall pay a cash adjustment in respect of such final
fraction in an amount equal to such fraction multiplied by the
Exercise Price.
vii. Charges, Taxes and Expenses. Issuance of certificates for
Warrant Shares shall be made without charge to the Holder 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 or in such name or names as may be directed by
the Holder; provided, however, that in the event certificates for
Warrant Shares are to be issued in a name other than the name of the
Holder, this Warrant when surrendered for exercise shall be
accompanied by the Assignment Form attached hereto duly executed by
the Holder; and the Company may require, as a condition thereto, the
payment of a sum sufficient to reimburse it for any transfer tax
incidental thereto.
viii. Closing of Books. The Company will not close its
stockholder books or records in any manner which prevents the timely
exercise of this Warrant, pursuant to the terms hereof.
Section 2. Certain Adjustments.
a) Stock Dividends and Splits. If the Company, at any time while
this Warrant is outstanding: (A) pays a stock dividend or otherwise make a
distribution or distributions on shares of its Common Stock or any other
equity or equity equivalent securities payable in shares of Common Stock
(which, for avoidance of doubt, shall not include any shares of Common
Stock issued by the Company pursuant to this Warrant), (B) subdivides
outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares, (C)
combines (including by way of reverse stock split) outstanding shares of
Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issues by
reclassification of shares of the Common Stock any shares of capital stock
of the Company, then in each case the Exercise Price shall be multiplied
by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of
Common Stock (excluding treasury shares, if any) outstanding before such
event and of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common
Stock outstanding after such event and the number of shares issuable upon
exercise of this Warrant shall be proportionately adjusted. Any adjustment
made pursuant to this Section 2(a) shall become effective immediately
after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to
receive such dividend or distribution and shall become effective
immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision,
combination or re-classification.
b) Subsequent Equity Sales. If the Company, at any time while this
Warrant is outstanding, shall offer, sell, grant any option to purchase or
offer, sell or grant any right to reprice its securities, or otherwise
dispose of or issue (or announce any offer, sale, grant or any option to
purchase or other disposition) any Common Stock or common stock
equivalents entitling any Person to acquire shares of Common Stock, at an
effective price per share less than the then Exercise Price (such lower
price, the "Base Share Price" and such issuances collectively, a "Dilutive
Issuance"), as adjusted hereunder (if the holder of the Common Stock or
Common Stock Equivalents so issued shall at any time, whether by operation
of purchase price adjustments, reset provisions, floating conversion,
exercise or exchange prices or otherwise, or due to warrants, options or
rights per share which is issued in connection with such issuance, be
entitled to receive shares of Common Stock at an effective price per share
which is less than the Exercise Price, such issuance shall be deemed to
have occurred for less than the Exercise Price), then, the Exercise Price
shall be reduced to equal the Base Share Price and the number of Warrant
Shares issuable hereunder shall be increased such that the aggregate
Exercise Price payable hereunder, after taking into account the decrease
in the Exercise Price, shall be equal to the aggregate Exercise Price
prior to such adjustment. Such adjustment shall be made whenever such
Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents are issued. Such adjustment shall
be made whenever such Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents are issued.
The Company shall notify the Holder in writing, no later than the Trading
Day following the issuance of any Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents
subject to this section, indicating therein the applicable issuance price,
or of applicable reset price, exchange price, conversion price and other
pricing terms (such notice the "Dilutive Issuance Notice"). For purposes
of clarification, whether or not the Company provides a Dilutive Issuance
Notice pursuant to this Section 2(b), upon the occurrence of any Dilutive
Issuance, after the date of such Dilutive Issuance the Holder is entitled
to receive a number of Warrant Shares based upon the Base Share Price
regardless of whether the Holder accurately refers to the Base Share Price
in the Notice of Exercise.
c) Pro Rata Distributions. If the Company, at any time prior to the
Termination Date, shall distribute to all holders of Common Stock (and not
to Holders of the Warrants) evidences of its indebtedness or assets or
rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any security other than
the Common Stock (which shall be subject to Section 2(b)), then in each
such case the Exercise Price shall be adjusted by multiplying the Exercise
Price in effect immediately prior to the record date fixed for
determination of stockholders entitled to receive such distribution by a
fraction of which the denominator shall be the VWAP determined as of the
record date mentioned above, and of which the numerator shall be such VWAP
on such record date less the then per share fair market value at such
record date of the portion of such assets or evidence of indebtedness so
distributed applicable to one outstanding share of the Common Stock as
determined by the Board of Directors in good faith. In either case the
adjustments shall be described in a statement provided to the Holders of
the portion of assets or evidences of indebtedness so distributed or such
subscription rights applicable to one share of Common Stock. Such
adjustment shall be made whenever any such distribution is made and shall
become effective immediately after the record date mentioned above.
d) Calculations. All calculations under this Section 3 shall be made
to the nearest cent or the nearest 1/100th of a share, as the case may be.
The number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at any given time shall
not includes shares of Common Stock owned or held by or for the account of
the Company, and the description of any such shares of Common Stock shall
be considered on issue or sale of Common Stock. For purposes of this
Section 3, the number of shares of Common Stock deemed to be issued and
outstanding as of a given date shall be the sum of the number of shares of
Common Stock (excluding treasury shares, if any) issued and outstanding.
e) Notice to Holders.
i. Adjustment to Exercise Price. Whenever the Exercise Price
is adjusted pursuant to this Section 2, the Company shall promptly
mail to each Holder a notice setting forth the Exercise Price after
such adjustment and setting forth a brief statement of the facts
requiring such adjustment. If the Company issues a variable rate
security, the Company shall be deemed to have issued Common Stock or
common stock equivalents at the lowest possible conversion or
exercise price at which such securities may be converted or
exercised.
ii. Notice to Allow Exercise by Xxxxxx. If (A) the Company
shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution) on the Common
Stock; (B) the Company shall declare a special nonrecurring cash
dividend on or a redemption of the Common Stock; (C) the Company
shall authorize the granting to all holders of the Common Stock
rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any shares of
capital stock of any class or of any rights; (D) the approval of any
stockholders of the Company shall be required in connection with any
reclassification of the Common Stock, any consolidation or merger to
which the Company is a party, any sale or transfer of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Company, of any compulsory
share exchange whereby the Common Stock is converted into other
securities, cash or property; (B) the Company shall authorize the
voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of
the affairs of the Company; then, in each case, the Company shall
cause to be mailed to the Holder at its last addresses as it shall
appear upon the Warrant Register of the Company, at least 20
calendar days prior to the applicable record or effective date
hereinafter specified, a notice stating (x) the date on which a
record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend,
distribution, redemption, rights or warrants, or if a record is not
to be taken, the date as of which the holders of the Common Stock of
record to be entitled to such dividend, distributions, redemption,
rights or warrants are to be determined or (y) the date on which
such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or
share exchange is expected to become effective or close, and the
date as of which it is expected that holders of the Common Stock of
record shall be entitled to exchange their shares of the Common
Stock for securities, cash or other property deliverable upon such
reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share
exchange; provided, that the failure to mail such notice or any
defect therein or in the mailing thereof shall not affect the
validity of the corporate action required to be specified in such
notice. The Holder is entitled to exercise this Warrant during the
20-day period commencing the date of such notice to the effective
date of the event triggering such notice.
f) Fundamental Transaction. If, at any time while this Warrant is
outstanding, (A) the Company effects any merger or consolidation of the
Company with or into another Person, (B) the Company effects any sale of
all or substantially all of its assets in one or a series of related
transactions, (C) any tender offer or exchange offer (whether by the
Company or another Person) is completed pursuant to which holders of
Common Stock are permitted to tender or exchange their shares for other
securities, cash or property, or (D) the Company effects any
reclassification of the Common Stock or any compulsory share exchange
pursuant to which the Common Stock is effectively converted into or
exchanged for other securities, cash or property (in any such case, a
"Fundamental Transaction"), then, upon any subsequent conversion of this
Warrant, the Holder shall have the right to receive, for each Warrant
Share that would have been issuable upon such exercise absent such
Fundamental Transaction, at the option of the Holder, (a) upon exercise of
this Warrant, the number of shares of Common Stock of the successor or
acquiring corporation or of the Company, if it is the surviving
corporation, and Alternate Consideration receivable upon or as a result of
such reorganization, reclassification, merger, consolidation or
disposition of assets by a Holder of the number of shares of Common Stock
for which this Warrant is exercisable immediately prior to such event or
(b) cash equal to the value of this Warrant as determined in accordance
with the Black-Scholes option pricing formula (the "Alternate
Consideration"). For purposes of any such exercise, the determination of
the Exercise Price shall be appropriately adjusted to apply to such
Alternate Consideration based on the amount of Alternate Consideration
issuable in respect of one share of Common Stock in such Fundamental
Transaction, and the Company shall apportion the Exercise Price among the
Alternate Consideration in a reasonable manner reflecting the relative
value of any different components of the Alternate Consideration. If
holders of Common Stock are given any choice as to the securities, cash or
property to be received in a Fundamental Transaction, then the Holder
shall be given the same choice as to the Alternate Consideration it
receives upon any exercise of this Warrant following such Fundamental
Transaction. To the extent necessary to effectuate the foregoing
provisions, any successor to the Company or surviving entity in such
Fundamental Transaction shall issue to the Holder a new warrant consistent
with the foregoing provisions and evidencing the Holder's right to
exercise such warrant into Alternate Consideration. The terms of any
agreement pursuant to which a Fundamental Transaction is effected shall
include terms requiring any such successor or surviving entity to comply
with the provisions of this paragraph (f) and insuring that this Warrant
(or any such replacement security) will be similarly adjusted upon any
subsequent transaction analogous to a Fundamental Transaction.
g) Exempt Issuance. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no adjustments,
Alternate Consideration nor notices shall be made, paid or issued under
this Section 2 in respect of an Exempt Issuance. "Exempt Issuance" means
the issuance of (a) shares of Common Stock or options to employees,
officers or directors of the Company pursuant to the Company's 2004 Stock
Incentive Plan or any stock or option plan duly adopted by a majority of
the non-employee members of the Board of Directors of the Company or a
majority of the members of a committee of non-employee directors
established for such purpose, (b) securities upon the exercise of or
conversion of any securities issued hereunder, convertible securities,
options or warrants issued and outstanding on the date of this Warrant,
provided that such securities have not been amended since the date of this
Warrant to increase the number of such securities, (c) securities issued
pursuant to acquisitions or strategic transactions, provided any such
issuance shall only be to a Person which is, itself or through its
subsidiaries, an operating company in a business synergistic with the
business of the Company and in which the Company receives benefits in
addition to the investment of funds, but shall not include a transaction
in which the Company is issuing securities primarily for the purpose of
raising capital or to an entity whose primary business is investing in
securities, (d) securities issued pursuant to an equity offering of up to
$5,000,000 at a price per share equal to or greater than the Exercise
Price, which issuance shall occur prior to the one month anniversary of
the date hereof and (e) options and warrants issued by the Company to
replace those previously issued by Knobias Holdings, Inc., and assumed by
the Company pursuant to the merger with Consolidated Travel Systems, LLC.
h) Voluntary Adjustment By 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.
Section 3. Transfer of Warrant.
a) Transferability. Subject to compliance with any applicable
securities laws and the conditions set forth in Sections 4(a) and 3(d)
hereof, this Warrant and all rights hereunder are transferable, in whole
or in part, upon surrender of this Warrant at the principal office of the
Company, together with a written assignment of this Warrant substantially
in the form attached hereto duly executed by the Holder or its agent or
attorney and funds sufficient to pay any transfer taxes payable upon the
making of such transfer. Upon such surrender and, if required, such
payment, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants
in the name of the assignee or assignees and in the denomination or
denominations specified in such instrument of assignment, and shall issue
to the assignor a new Warrant evidencing the portion of this Warrant not
so assigned, and this Warrant shall promptly be cancelled. A Warrant, if
properly assigned, may be exercised by a new holder for the purchase of
Warrant Shares without having a new Warrant issued.
b) New Warrants. This Warrant may be divided or combined with other
Warrants upon presentation hereof at the aforesaid office of the Company,
together with a written notice specifying the names and denominations in
which new Warrants are to be issued, signed by the Holder or its agent or
attorney. Subject to compliance with Section 3(a), as to any transfer
which may be involved in such division or combination, the Company shall
execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in exchange for the Warrant
or Warrants to be divided or combined in accordance with such notice.
c) Warrant Register. The Company shall register this Warrant, upon
records to be maintained by the Company for that purpose (the "Warrant
Register"), in the name of the record Holder hereof from time to time. The
Company may deem and treat the registered Holder of this Warrant as the
absolute owner hereof for the purpose of any exercise hereof or any
distribution to the Holder, and for all other purposes, absent actual
notice to the contrary.
d) Transfer Restrictions. If, at the time of the surrender of this
Warrant in connection with any transfer of this Warrant, the transfer of
this Warrant shall not be registered pursuant to an effective registration
statement under the Securities Act and under applicable state securities
or blue sky laws, the Company may require, as a condition of allowing such
transfer (i) that the Holder or transferee of this Warrant, as the case
may be, furnish to the Company a written opinion of counsel (which opinion
shall be in form, substance and scope customary for opinions of counsel in
comparable transactions) to the effect that such transfer may be made
without registration under the Securities Act and under applicable state
securities or blue sky laws, (ii) that the holder or transferee execute
and deliver to the Company an investment letter in form and substance
acceptable to the Company and (iii) that the transferee be an "accredited
investor" as defined in Rule 501 (a)( 1), (a)(2), (a)(3), (a)(7), or
(a)(8) promulgated under the Securities Act or a qualified institutional
buyer as defined in Rule 144A(a) under the Securities Act.
Section 4. Miscellaneous.
a) Most Favored Nation Provision. If at any time while this Warrant
is outstanding, the Company issues warrants to any person on terms that
are more favorable to such person than the terms of this Warrant
(including, but not limited to, exercise price, term, anti-dilution
provisions, etc.), then the Company shall amend the Warrant such that the
Holder receives the benefit of the more favorable terms.
b) Title to Warrant. Prior to the Termination Date and subject to
compliance with applicable laws and Section 3 of this Warrant, this
Warrant and all rights hereunder are transferable, in whole or in part, at
the office or agency of the Company by the Holder in person or by duly
authorized attorney, upon surrender of this Warrant together with the
Assignment Form annexed hereto properly endorsed. The transferee shall
sign an investment letter in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
the Company.
c) No Rights as Shareholder Until Exercise. This Warrant does not
entitle the Holder to any voting rights or other rights as a shareholder
of the Company prior to the exercise hereof. Upon the surrender of this
Warrant and the payment of the aggregate Exercise Price (or by means of a
cashless exercise), the Warrant 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 later of the date of such surrender or payment.
d) Loss, Theft, Destruction or Mutilation of Warrant. The Company
covenants that upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably
satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this
Warrant or any stock certificate relating to the Warrant Shares, and in
case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity or security reasonably
satisfactory to it (which, in the case of the Warrant, shall not include
the posting of any bond), 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 such Warrant or stock certificate.
e) 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 Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday.
f) 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 number of shares to provide for the
issuance of the Warrant Shares 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 the Warrant Shares 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 Warrant Shares
may be issued as provided herein without violation of any applicable law
or regulation, or of any requirements of any trading market upon which the
Common Stock may be listed.
Except and to the extent as waived or consented to by the Holder,
the Company shall not by any action, including, without limitation,
amending its certificate of incorporation or through any reorganization,
transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of
securities or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the
observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant, but will at
all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all such terms and
in the taking of all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate to
protect the rights of Holder as set forth in this Warrant against
impairment. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company
will (a) not increase the par value of any Warrant Shares above the amount
payable therefor upon such exercise immediately prior to such increase in
par value, (b) take all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in
order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and
nonassessable Warrant Shares upon the exercise of this Warrant, and (c)
use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all such authorizations,
exemptions or consents from any public regulatory body having jurisdiction
thereof as may be necessary to enable the Company to perform its
obligations under this Warrant.
Before taking any action which would result in an adjustment in the
number of Warrant Shares for which this Warrant is exercisable or in the
Exercise Price, the Company shall obtain all such authorizations or
exemptions thereof, or consents thereto, as may be necessary from any
public regulatory body or bodies having jurisdiction thereof.
g) Jurisdiction. All questions concerning the construction,
validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Warrant shall be governed
by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the
State of Mississippi, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law
thereof. Each party agrees that all legal proceedings concerning the
interpretations, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated
by this Warrant (whether brought against a party hereto or its respective
affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders, employees or agents) shall
be commenced in the state and federal courts sitting in Jackson, Xxxxx
County, Mississippi (the "Mississippi Courts"). Each party hereto hereby
irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Mississippi
Courts for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection
herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein,
and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit,
action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the
jurisdiction of any such court, or such Mississippi Courts are an improper
or inconvenient venue for such proceeding. Each party hereby irrevocably
waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in
any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via
registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of
delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under
this Warrant and agrees that such service shall constitute good and
sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein
shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any
manner permitted by law. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to
the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial
by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Warrant
or the transactions contemplated hereby. If either party shall commence an
action or proceeding to enforce any provisions of this Warrant, then the
prevailing party in such action or proceeding shall be reimbursed by the
other party for its attorneys fees and other costs and expenses incurred
with the investigation, preparation and prosecution of such action or
proceeding.
h) Restrictions. The Holder acknowledges that the Warrant Shares
acquired upon the exercise of this Warrant, if not registered, will have
restrictions upon resale imposed by state and federal securities laws.
i) Nonwaiver and Expenses. No course of dealing or any delay or
failure to exercise any right hereunder on the part of Holder shall
operate as a waiver of such right or otherwise prejudice Xxxxxx's rights,
powers or remedies, notwithstanding the fact that all rights hereunder
terminate on the Termination Date. If the Company willfully and knowingly
fails to comply with any provision of this Warrant, which results in any
material damages to the Holder, the Company shall pay to Holder such
amounts as shall be sufficient to cover any costs and expenses including,
but not limited to, reasonable attorneys' fees, including those of
appellate proceedings, incurred by Holder in collecting any amounts due
pursuant hereto or in otherwise enforcing any of its rights, powers or
remedies hereunder.
j) Notices. All notices or other documents required to be delivered
under this Agreement shall be given in writing and shall be personally
delivered, delivered by United States certified mail, return-receipt
requested, or by facsimile to the parties at the addresses listed below.
Such notices shall be effective as of the time of delivery if personally
delivered, as of the date of receipt as referenced by the official receipt
of the United States Postal Service if delivered by certified mail, or as
of the date and time of receipt as reflected by facsimile acknowledgment.
The addresses of the parties are as follows:
To Holder: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
To Company: Knobias, Inc.
Building 2, Suite 000
000 Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: X. Xxx Xxxxxx, President
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
The addresses set forth above may be changed by either party upon fifteen
(15) days' prior notice given to the other party in accordance with the
provisions of this paragraph.
k) Limitation of Liability. No provision hereof, in the absence of
any affirmative action by Holder to exercise this Warrant or purchase
Warrant Shares, and no enumeration herein of the rights or privileges of
Holder, shall give rise to any liability of Holder for the purchase price
of any Common Stock or as a stockholder of the Company, whether such
liability is asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company.
1) Remedies. Holder, in addition to being entitled to exercise all
rights granted by law, including recovery of damages, will be entitled to
specific performance of its rights under this Warrant. The Company agrees
that monetary damages would not be adequate compensation for any loss
incurred by reason of a breach by it of the provisions of this Warrant and
hereby agrees to waive the defense in any action for specific performance
that a remedy at law would be adequate.
m) Successors and Assigns. Subject to applicable securities laws,
this Warrant and the rights and obligations evidenced hereby shall inure
to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors of the Company and
the successors and permitted assigns of Holder. The provisions of this
Warrant are intended to be for the benefit of all Holders from time to
time of this Warrant and shall be enforceable by any such Holder or holder
of Warrant Shares.
n) Amendment. This Warrant may be modified or amended or the
provisions hereof waived with the written consent of the Company and the
Holder.
o) Severability. Wherever possible, each provision of this Warrant
shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under
applicable law, but if any provision of this Warrant shall be prohibited
by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective to
the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the
remainder of such provisions or the remaining provisions of this Warrant.
p) Headings. The headings used in this Warrant are for the
convenience of reference only and shall not, for any purpose, be deemed a
part of this Warrant.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be executed by
its officer thereunto duly authorized.
Dated: April 7 , 2005
KNOBIAS, INC.
/s/ X. XXX XXXXXX
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X. Xxx Xxxxxx, President
