EXHIBIT B
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 IN 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.
SERIES A COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT
To Purchase __________ Shares of Common Stock of
ACIES CORPORATION
THIS COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT (the "Warrant") certifies that, for
value received, _____________ (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 fifth anniversary of the Initial Exercise
Date (the "Termination Date") but not thereafter, to subscribe for and purchase
from Acies Corporation, a Nevada corporation (the "Company"), up to ______
shares (the "Warrant Shares") of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, 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 2(b).
Section 1. Definitions. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined
herein shall have the meanings set forth in that certain Securities Purchase
Agreement (the "Purchase Agreement"), dated February 3, 2005, among the Company
and the purchasers signatory thereto.
Section 2. 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
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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 $0.25, subject to adjustment hereunder (the "Exercise Price").
c) Exercise Limitations. The Holder shall not have the right to exercise
any portion of this Warrant 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 Shares
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 2(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 2(c) 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 2(c),
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
2(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
2(d) shall continue to apply until such 61st day (or such later date, as
determined by the Holder, as may be specified in such notice of waiver).
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d) 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).
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
2(d)(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 2(d)(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
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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.
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e) Call Provision. Subject to the provisions of this Section 2(e), the
Company may call for cancellation all or any portion of this Warrant in
accordance with the following:
i. one-third of this Warrant shall be callable by the Company when the
Common Stock's closing bid price is at or above $0.50 for five (5)
consecutive Trading Days;
ii. one-third of this Warrant shall be callable by the Company when the
Common Stock's closing bid price is at or above $0.75 for five (5)
consecutive Trading Days; and
iii. one-third of this Warrant shall be callable by the Company when the
Common Stock's closing bid price is at or above $1.00 for five (5)
consecutive Trading Days (such right, a "Call").
The closing bid prices of $0.50, $0.75 and $1.00 as set forth in Sections
2(e)i, ii and iii are hereinafter collectively referred to as the "Threshold
Prices". All Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant must be
registered pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement (the "Registration
Rights Agreement"), dated February 3, 2005, among the Company and the purchasers
signatory thereto, before the Company can elect to call for the exercise of this
Warrant. To exercise this right, the Company must deliver to the Holder an
irrevocable written notice (a "Call Notice"), indicating therein the portion of
unexercised portion of this Warrant to which such notice applies. If the
conditions set forth below for such Call are satisfied from the period from the
date of the Call Notice through and including the Call Date (as defined below),
then any portion of this Warrant subject to such Call Notice for which a Notice
of Exercise shall not have been received by the Call Date will be cancelled at
6:30 p.m. (New York City time) on the tenth Trading Day after the date the Call
Notice is received by the Holder (such date, the "Call Date"). Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Company may not exercise a Call right to the extent, but only
to the extent, that the exercise of the portion of this Warrant subject to a
Call Notice prior to the Call Date would violate the provisions of Section 2(c).
Any unexercised portion of this Warrant to which the Call Notice does not
pertain will be unaffected by such Call Notice. In furtherance thereof, the
Company covenants and agrees that it will honor all Notices of Exercise with
respect to Warrant Shares subject to a Call Notice that are tendered through
6:30 p.m. (New York City time) on the Call Date. The parties agree that any
Notice of Exercise delivered following a Call Notice shall first reduce to zero
the number of Warrant Shares subject to such Call Notice prior to reducing the
remaining Warrant Shares available for purchase under this Warrant. For example,
if (x) this Warrant then permits the Holder to acquire 100 Warrant Shares, (y) a
Call Notice pertains to 75 Warrant Shares, and (z) prior to 6:30 p.m. (New York
City time) on the Call Date the Holder tenders a Notice of Exercise in respect
of 50 Warrant Shares, then (1) on the Call Date the right under this Warrant to
acquire 25 Warrant Shares will be automatically cancelled, (2) the Company, in
the time and manner required under this Warrant, will have issued and delivered
to the Holder 50 Warrant Shares in respect of the exercises following receipt of
the Call Notice, and (3) the Holder may, until the Termination Date, exercise
this Warrant for 25 Warrant Shares (subject to adjustment as herein provided and
subject to subsequent Call Notices). Subject again to the provisions of this
Section 2(e), the Company may deliver subsequent Call Notices for any portion of
this Warrant for which the Holder shall not have delivered a Notice of Exercise.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Warrant, the Company
may not deliver a Call Notice or require the cancellation of this Warrant (and
any Call Notice will be void), unless, from the beginning of the 30th
consecutive Trading Days used to determine whether the Common Stock has achieved
the Threshold Prices through the Call Date, (i) the Company shall have honored
in accordance with the terms of this Warrant all Notices of Exercise delivered
by 6:30 p.m. (New York City time) on the Call Date, (ii) the Registration
Statement shall be effective as to all Warrant Shares and the prospectus
thereunder available for use by the Holder for the resale of all such Warrant
Shares and (iii) the Common Stock shall be listed or quoted for trading on the
Trading Market. The Company's right to Call the Warrant shall be exercised
ratably among the Holders based on each Holder's initial purchase of Common
Stock pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.
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Section 3. 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 3(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 or any Subsidiary thereof, as
applicable, 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. 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 3(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.
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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 3(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) 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.
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 Section 3(d) and insuring that this Warrant
(or any such replacement security) will be similarly adjusted upon any
subsequent transaction analogous to a Fundamental Transaction. 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 Section 3(d) and insuring that this Warrant (or any such
replacement security) will be similarly adjusted upon any subsequent transaction
analogous to a Fundamental Transaction.
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e) Exempt Issuance. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no adjustments,
Alternate Consideration nor notices shall be made, paid or issued under this
Section 3 in respect of an Exempt Issuance.
f) 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 include
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.
g) 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.
h) Notice to Holders.
i. Adjustment to Exercise Price. Whenever the Exercise Price is
adjusted pursuant to this Section 3, 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.
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;
(E) 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.
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Section 4. Transfer of Warrant.
a) Transferability. Subject to compliance with any applicable securities
laws and the conditions set forth in Sections 5(a) and 4(d) hereof and to the
provisions of Section 4.1 of the Purchase Agreement, 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 4(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.
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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 5. Miscellaneous.
a) Title to Warrant. Prior to the Termination Date and subject to
compliance with applicable laws and Section 4 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.
b) 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.
c) 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.
d) 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.
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e) Authorized Shares.
The Company hereby represents and warrants that there have been
reserved, and the Company shall at all applicable times keep reserved until
issued (if necessary) as contemplated by this Section 5(e), out of the
authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock, sufficient shares to provide for
the exercise of the rights of purchase represented by 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.
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.
f) Jurisdiction. All questions concerning the construction, validity,
enforcement and interpretation of this Warrant shall be determined in accordance
with the provisions of the Purchase Agreement.
g) 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.
h) 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.
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i) Notices. Any notice, request or other document required or permitted to
be given or delivered to the Holder by the Company shall be delivered in
accordance with the notice provisions of the Purchase Agreement.
j) 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.
k) 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.
l) 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.
m) Amendment. This Warrant may be modified or amended or the provisions
hereof waived with the written consent of the Company and the Holder.
n) 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.
o) 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.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be executed by
its officer thereunto duly authorized.
Dated: February 3, 2005
ACIES CORPORATION
By:/s/ Xxxx Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxx Xxxxx
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer
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NOTICE OF EXERCISE
To: ACIES CORPORATION
(1)______The undersigned hereby elects to purchase ________ Warrant Shares
of the Company pursuant to the terms of the attached Warrant (only if exercised
in full), and tenders herewith payment of the exercise price in full, together
with all applicable transfer taxes, if any.
(2)______Payment shall take the form of (check applicable box):
[ ] in lawful money of the United States; or
[ ] the cancellation of such number of Warrant Shares
as is necessary, in accordance with the formula set
forth in subsection 2(c), to exercise this Warrant
with respect to the maximum number of Warrant Shares
purchasable pursuant to the cashless exercise
procedure set forth in subsection 2(c).
(3)______Please issue a certificate or certificates representing said
Warrant Shares in the name of the undersigned or in such other name as is
specified below:
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The Warrant Shares shall be delivered to the following:
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(4) Accredited Investor. The undersigned is an "accredited investor" as
defined in Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
[SIGNATURE OF HOLDER]
Name of Investing Entity: ______________________________________________________
Signature of Authorized Signatory of Investing Entity: _________________________
Name of Authorized Signatory: __________________________________________________
Title of Authorized Signatory: _________________________________________________
Date: __________________________________________________________________________
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
(To assign the foregoing warrant, execute
this form and supply required information.
Do not use this form to exercise the warrant.)
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the foregoing Warrant and all rights evidenced thereby
are hereby assigned to
_______________________________________________ whose address is
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Dated: ______________, _______
Holder's Signature: _____________________________
Holder's Address: _____________________________
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Signature Guaranteed: ___________________________________________
NOTE: The signature to this Assignment Form must correspond with the name as it
appears on the face of the Warrant, without alteration or enlargement or any
change whatsoever, and must be guaranteed by a bank or trust company. Officers
of corporations and those acting in a fiduciary or other representative capacity
should file proper evidence of authority to assign the foregoing Warrant.
