EXHIBIT 10.3
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NEITHER THESE SECURITIES NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THESE SECURITIES ARE
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 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 THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS THEREUNDER AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH
APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES OR BLUE SKY LAWS.
THE ASHTON TECHNOLOGY GROUP, INC.
WARRANT
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Warrant No. 1 Dated: February 9, 2001
The Ashton Technology Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), hereby certifies that, for value received, Xxxxxxx Drive LLC or its
registered assigns ("Holder"), is entitled, subject to the terms set forth
below, to purchase from the Company the total number of shares of common stock,
$.01 par value per share (the "Common Stock"), of the Company (each such share,
a "Warrant Share" and all such shares, the "Warrant Shares") at the exercise
prices set forth in Annex A hereto (as adjusted from time to time as provided in
Section 8, the "Exercise Price") , at any time and from time to time from and
after the date hereof and through and including February 9, 2006 (the
"Expiration Date"), and subject to the following terms and conditions:+
1. Registration of Warrant. The Company shall register this
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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, and the Company shall not be affected
by notice to the contrary.
2. Registration of Transfers and Exchanges.
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(a) The Company shall register the transfer of any portion
of this Warrant in the Warrant Register, upon surrender of this Warrant, with
the Form of Assignment attached hereto duly completed and signed, to the
Transfer Agent or to the Company at its address for notice set forth in Section
12. Upon any such registration or transfer, a new warrant to purchase Common
Stock, in substantially the form of this Warrant (any such new warrant, a "New
Warrant"), evidencing the portion of this Warrant so transferred shall be issued
to the transferee and a New Warrant evidencing the remaining portion of this
Warrant not so transferred, if any, shall be issued to the transferring Holder.
The acceptance of the New Warrant by the transferee thereof shall be deemed the
acceptance of such transferee of all of the rights and obligations of a holder
of a Warrant.
(b) This Warrant is exchangeable, upon the surrender hereof
by the Holder to the office of the Company at its address for notice set forth
in Section 12 for one or more New Warrants, evidencing in the aggregate the
right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares which may then be purchased
hereunder. Any such New Warrant will be dated the date of such exchange.
3. Duration and Exercise of Warrants.
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(a) This Warrant shall be exercisable by the registered
Holder on any business day before 5:30 P.M., New York City time, at any time and
from time to time on or after the date hereof to and including the Expiration
Date. At 5:30 P.M., New York City time on the Expiration Date, the portion of
this Warrant not exercised prior thereto shall be and become void and of no
value. Prior to the Expiration Date, the Company may not call or otherwise
redeem this Warrant.
(b) Upon delivery of a duly completed and signed Form of
Election to Purchase attached hereto (and the Warrant Shares Exercise Log
attached hereto) duly completed and signed, to the Company at its address for
notice set forth in Section 12 and upon payment of the Exercise Price multiplied
by the number of Warrant Shares that the Holder intends to purchase hereunder,
in the manner provided hereunder, all as specified by the Holder in the Form of
Election to Purchase, the Company shall promptly (but in no event later than 3
business days after the Date of Exercise (as defined herein)) issue or cause to
be issued and cause to be delivered to or upon the written order of the Holder
and in such name or names as the Holder may designate, a certificate for the
Warrant Shares issuable upon such exercise, free of restrictive legends except
(i) either in the event that a registration statement covering the resale of the
Warrant Shares and naming the Holder as a selling stockholder thereunder is not
then effective or the Warrant Shares are not freely transferable without volume
restrictions pursuant to Rule 144(k) promulgated under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), or (ii) if this Warrant shall have been
issued pursuant to a written agreement between the original Holder and the
Company, as required by such agreement. Any person so designated by the Holder
to receive Warrant Shares shall be deemed to have become holder of record of
such Warrant Shares as of the Date of Exercise of this Warrant. The Company
shall, upon request of the Holder, if available, use its best efforts to deliver
Warrant
Shares hereunder electronically through the Depository Trust Corporation or
another established clearing corporation performing similar functions. To effect
an exercise hereunder, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender
this Warrant to the Company unless all the Warrant Shares have been exercised.
Exercises hereunder shall have the effect of lowering the number of Warrant
Shares in an amount equal to the applicable exercise, which shall be evidenced
by entries set forth in the Exercise Schedule. The Holder and the Company shall
maintain records showing the number of Warrant Shares exercised and the date of
such exercises. In the event of any dispute or discrepancy, the records of the
Holder shall be controlling and determinative in the absence of manifest error.
The Holder and any assignee, by acceptance of this Warrant, acknowledge and
agree that, by reason of the provisions of this paragraph, following exercise of
a portion of this Warrant, the number of shares issuable upon exercise of this
Warrant may be less than the amount stated on the face hereof.
A "Date of Exercise" means the date on which the Company
shall have received (i) the Form of Election to Purchase completed and duly
signed, and (ii) payment of the Exercise Price for the number of Warrant Shares
so indicated by the Holder to be purchased.
(c) This Warrant shall be exercisable, either in its entirety
or, from time to time, for a portion of the number of Warrant Shares then
vested. The number of Warrant Shares that shall vest under this Warrant shall be
equal to the product of (1) 15 multiplied by (2) $10,000 of Purchase Price paid
at a Closing under the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated the date of issuance
of this Warrant, between the Company and the original Holder (the "Purchase
Agreement") (plus a pro rata amount of shares with respect to any portion of the
Purchase Price in excess of $10,000). Such vesting shall occur on the Closing
Date on which such Purchase Price is paid and all vested Warrant Shares shall be
cumulatively available for purchase hereunder at an Exercise Price equal to 125%
of the closing bid price of the Common Stock on the trading day immediately
prior to the vesting date for such Warrant Shares. Each of the terms "Closing,"
"Closing Date" and "Purchase Price" shall have the meanings set forth in the
Purchase Agreement. The number of Warrant Shares vested hereunder shall be
measured cumulatively for all Closings and each $100,000. Annex A shall set
forth the number of Warrant Shares then vested hereunder for each Closing and
the applicable Exercise Price.
4. Piggyback Registration Rights. This Warrant is subject to
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the piggyback registration rights granted under the Registration Rights
Agreement and such piggyback registration rights shall continue until all of the
Holder's Warrant Shares have been sold in accordance with an effective
registration statement or upon the Expiration Date. The Company will pay all
registration expenses in connection therewith.
5. Payment of Taxes. The Company will pay all documentary stamp
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taxes attributable to the issuance of Warrant Shares upon the exercise of this
Warrant; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to pay any
tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the registration
of any certificates for Warrant Shares or Warrants in a name other than that of
the Holder. The Holder shall be responsible for all other tax liability that may
arise as a result of holding or transferring this Warrant or receiving Warrant
Shares upon exercise hereof.
6. Replacement of Warrant. If this Warrant is mutilated, lost,
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stolen or destroyed, the Company shall issue or cause to be issued in exchange
and substitution for and upon cancellation hereof, or in lieu of and
substitution for this Warrant, a New Warrant, but only upon receipt of evidence
reasonably satisfactory to the Company of such loss, theft or destruction and
indemnity, if requested, satisfactory to it. Applicants for a New Warrant under
such circumstances shall also comply with such other reasonable regulations and
procedures and pay such other reasonable charges as the Company may prescribe.
7. Reservation of Warrant Shares. The Company covenants that it will
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at all times reserve and keep available out of the aggregate of its authorized
but unissued Common Stock, solely for the purpose of enabling it to issue
Warrant Shares upon exercise of this Warrant as herein provided, the number of
Warrant Shares which are then issuable and deliverable upon the exercise of this
entire Warrant, free from preemptive rights or any other actual contingent
purchase rights of persons other than the Holder (taking into account the
adjustments and restrictions of Section 8). The Company covenants that all
Warrant Shares that shall be so issuable and deliverable shall, upon issuance
and the payment of the applicable Exercise Price in accordance with the terms
hereof, be duly and validly authorized, issued and fully paid and nonassessable.
8. Certain Adjustments. The Exercise Price and number of Warrant
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Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant are subject to adjustment from
time to time as set forth in this Section 8.
(a) If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is
outstanding, (i) shall pay a stock dividend (except scheduled dividends paid on
outstanding preferred stock as of the date hereof which contain a stated
dividend rate) or otherwise make a distribution or distributions on shares of
its Common Stock or on any other class of capital stock payable in shares of
Common Stock, (ii) subdivide outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger
number of shares, or (iii) combine outstanding shares of Common Stock into a
smaller number of shares, 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 (excluding treasury
shares, if any) outstanding after such event (and the number of Warrant Shares
to which this Warrant shall hereafter apply shall be equitably adjusted to
reflect such change. Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 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 or
combination, and shall apply to successive subdivisions and combinations.
(b) In case of any reclassification of the Common Stock or any
compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the Common Stock is converted into
other securities, cash or property, then the Holder shall have the right
thereafter to exercise this Warrant only into the shares of stock and other
securities and property receivable upon or deemed to be held by holders of
Common Stock following such reclassification or share exchange, and the Holder
shall be entitled
upon such event to receive such amount of securities or property equal to the
amount of Warrant Shares such Holder would have been entitled to had such Holder
exercised this Warrant immediately prior to such reclassification or share
exchange. The terms of any such reclassification or share exchange shall include
such terms so as to continue to give to the Holder the right to receive the
securities or property set forth in this Section 8(b) upon any exercise
following any such reclassification or share exchange.
(c) If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is
outstanding, shall distribute to all holders of Common Stock (and not to holders
of this Warrant) evidences of its indebtedness or assets or rights or warrants
to subscribe for or purchase any security (excluding those referred to in
Sections 8(a), (b) and (d)), then in each such case the Exercise Price shall be
determined 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 Exercise Price
determined as of the record date mentioned above, and of which the numerator
shall be such Exercise Price on such record date less the then 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 Common Stock as determined by
the Company's independent certified public accountants that regularly examines
the financial statements of the Company (an "Appraiser").
(d) If the Company or any subsidiary thereof, as applicable with
respect to Common Stock Equivalents (as defined below), at any time while this
Warrant is outstanding, shall issue shares of Common Stock or rights, warrants
(including those issued under the Purchase Agreement), options or other
securities or debt that is convertible into or exchangeable for shares of Common
Stock ("Common Stock Equivalents") entitling any Person to acquire shares of
Common Stock, at a price per share less than the Exercise Price (if the holder
of the Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalent 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 issued in connection with such issuance, be entitled to
receive shares of Common Stock at a price less than the Exercise Price, such
issuance shall be deemed to have occurred for less than the Exercise Price),
then, at the option of the Holder for such exercises as it shall indicate, the
Exercise Price shall be adjusted to mirror the conversion, exchange or purchase
price for such Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents (including any reset
provisions thereof) at issue. Such adjustment shall be made whenever such Common
Stock or Common Stock Equivalents are issued. The Company shall notify the
Holder and the Escrow Agent in writing, no later than the Trading Day following
the issuance of any Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalent subject to this
section, indicating therein the applicable issuance price, or of applicable
reset price, exchange price, conversion price and other pricing terms.
(e) In case of any (1) merger or consolidation of the Company
with or into another Person, or (2) sale by the Company of more than one-half of
the assets of the Company (on a book value basis) in one or a series of related
transactions, the Holder shall have the right thereafter to (A) exercise this
Warrant for the shares of stock and other securities, cash and property
receivable
upon or deemed to be held by holders of Common Stock following such merger,
consolidation or sale, and the Holder shall be entitled upon such event or
series of related events to receive such amount of securities, cash and property
as the Common Stock for which this Warrant could have been exercised immediately
prior to such merger, consolidation or sales would have been entitled or (B) in
the case of a merger or consolidation, (x) require the surviving entity to issue
common stock purchase warrants equal to the number Warrant Shares to which this
Warrant then permits, which newly warrant shall be identical to this Warrant,
and (y) simultaneously with the issuance of such warrant, the Holder of such
warrant shall have the right to exercise such warrant only into shares of stock
and other securities, cash and property receivable upon or deemed to be held by
holders of Common Stock following such merger or consolidation or (C) require
the surviving entity from such merger, acquisition or business combination to
pay to the Holder, in cash, the Black Scholes value of this Warrant. In the case
of clause (B), the exercise price for such new warrant shall be based upon the
amount of securities, cash and property that each share of Common Stock would
receive in such transaction and the Exercise Price of this Warrant immediately
prior to the effectiveness or closing date for such transaction. The terms of
any such merger, sale or consolidation shall include such terms so as continue
to give the Holder the right to receive the securities, cash and property set
forth in this Section upon any conversion or redemption following such event.
This provision shall similarly apply to successive such events.
(f) For the purposes of this Section 8, the following clauses
shall also be applicable:
(i) Record Date. In case the Company shall take a record
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of the holders of its Common Stock for the purpose of entitling them (A) to
receive a dividend or other distribution payable in Common Stock or in
securities convertible or exchangeable into shares of Common Stock, or (B) to
subscribe for or purchase Common Stock or securities convertible or exchangeable
into shares of Common Stock, then such record date shall be deemed to be the
date of the issue or sale of the shares of Common Stock deemed to have been
issued or sold upon the declaration of such dividend or the making of such other
distribution or the date of the granting of such right of subscription or
purchase, as the case may be.
(ii) Treasury Shares. The number of shares of Common
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Stock outstanding at any given time shall not include shares owned or held by or
for the account of the Company, and the disposition of any such shares shall be
considered an issue or sale of Common Stock.
(g) All calculations under this Section 8 shall be made to the
nearest cent or the nearest 1/100th of a share, as the case may be.
(h) Whenever the Exercise Price is adjusted pursuant to
Section 8(c) above, the Holder, after
receipt of the determination by the Appraiser, shall have the right to select an
additional appraiser (which shall be a nationally recognized accounting firm),
in which case the adjustment shall be equal to the average of the adjustments
recommended by each of the Appraiser
and such appraiser. The Holder shall promptly mail or cause to be mailed to the
Company, a notice setting forth the Exercise Price after such adjustment and
setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment. Such
adjustment shall become effective immediately after the record date mentioned
above.
(i) If:
(i) the Company shall declare a
dividend (or any other
distribution) on its Common
Stock; or
(ii) the Company shall declare a
special nonrecurring cash
dividend on or a redemption of
its Common Stock; or
(iii) 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; or
(iv) 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, or any compulsory
share exchange whereby the
Common Stock is converted
into other securities, cash
or property; or
(v) the Company shall authorize the
voluntary dissolution,
liquidation or winding up of the
affairs of the Company,
then the Company shall cause to be mailed to each Holder at their last addresses
as they shall appear upon the Warrant Register, 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 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 Common Stock of
record shall be entitled to exchange their shares of Common Stock for
securities, cash or other property deliverable upon such reclassification,
consolidation, merger, sale, transfer, share exchange, dissolution, liquidation
or winding up; provided, however, that the failure to mail such notice or any
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defect therein or in the
mailing thereof shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required
to be specified in such notice.
9. Payment of Exercise Price. The Holder shall pay
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the Exercise Price in one of the following manners:
(a) Cash Exercise. The Holder may deliver
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immediately available funds; or
(b) Cashless Exercise. The Holder may
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surrender this Warrant to the Company together with a notice of cashless
exercise, in which event the Company shall issue to the Holder the number of
Warrant Shares determined as follows:
X = Y [(A-B)/A]
where:
X = the number of Warrant Shares to be
issued to the Holder.
Y = the number of Warrant Shares with
respect to which this Warrant is being
exercised.
A = the average of the closing sale prices
of the Common Stock for the five (5) trading
days immediately prior to (but not
including) the Date of Exercise.
B = the Exercise Price.
For purposes of Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, it is intended,
understood and acknowledged that the Warrant Shares issued in a cashless
exercise transaction shall be deemed to have been acquired by the Holder, and
the holding period for the Warrant Shares shall be deemed to have been
commenced, on the issue date.
10. Certain Exercise Restrictions.
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(a) A Holder may not exercise this Warrant to the
extent such exercise would result in the Holder, together with any affiliate
thereof, beneficially owning (as determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") and the
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rules promulgated thereunder) in excess of 4.999% of the then issued and
outstanding shares of Common Stock, including shares issuable upon such exercise
and held by such Holder after application of this Section. Since the Holder will
not be obligated to report to the Company the number of shares of Common Stock
it may hold at the time of an exercise hereunder, unless the exercise at issue
would result in the issuance of shares of Common Stock in excess of 4.999% of
the then outstanding shares of Common Stock without regard to any other shares
which may be beneficially owned by the Holder or an affiliate thereof, the
Holder shall have the authority and
obligation to determine whether the restriction contained in this Section will
limit any particular exercise hereunder and to the extent that the Holder
determines that the limitation contained in this Section applies, the
determination of which portion of this Warrant is exercisable shall be the
responsibility and obligation of the Holder. If the Holder has delivered a Form
of Election to Purchase for a number of Warrant Shares that, without regard to
any other shares that the Holder or its affiliates may beneficially own, would
result in the issuance in excess of the permitted amount hereunder, the Company
shall notify the Holder of this fact and shall honor the exercise for the
maximum portion of this Warrant permitted to be exercised on such Date of
Exercise in accordance with the periods described herein and, at the option of
the Holder, either keep the portion of the Warrant tendered for exercise in
excess of the permitted amount hereunder for future exercises or return such
excess portion of the Warrant to the Holder. The provisions of this Section may
be waived by a Holder (but only as to itself and not to any other Holder) upon
not less than 61 days prior notice to the Company. Other Holders shall be
unaffected by any such waiver.
(b) A Holder may not exercise this Warrant to the
extent such exercise would result in the Holder, together with any affiliate
thereof, beneficially owning (as determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of
the Exchange Act and the rules promulgated thereunder) in excess of 9.999% of
the then issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock, including shares
issuable upon such exercise and held by such Holder after application of this
Section. Since the Holder will not be obligated to report to the Company the
number of shares of Common Stock it may hold at the time of an exercise
hereunder, unless the exercise at issue would result in the issuance of shares
of Common Stock in excess of 9.999% of the then outstanding shares of Common
Stock without regard to any other shares which may be beneficially owned by the
Holder or an affiliate thereof, the Holder shall have the authority and
obligation to determine whether the restriction contained in this Section will
limit any particular exercise hereunder and to the extent that the Holder
determines that the limitation contained in this Section applies, the
determination of which portion of this Warrant is exercisable shall be the
responsibility and obligation of the Holder. If the Holder has delivered a Form
of Election to Purchase for a number of Warrant Shares that, without regard to
any other shares that the Holder or its affiliates may beneficially own, would
result in the issuance in excess of the permitted amount hereunder, the Company
shall notify the Holder of this fact and shall honor the exercise for the
maximum portion of this Warrant permitted to be exercised on such Date of
Exercise in accordance with the periods described herein and, at the option of
the Holder, either keep the portion of the Warrant tendered for exercise in
excess of the permitted amount hereunder for future exercises or return such
excess portion of the Warrant to the Holder. The provisions of this Section may
be waived by a Holder (but only as to itself and not to any other Holder) upon
not less than 61 days prior notice to the Company. Other Holders shall be
unaffected by any such waiver.
11. Fractional Shares. The Company shall not be required to
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issue or cause to be issued fractional Warrant Shares on the exercise of this
Warrant. The number of full Warrant Shares which shall be issuable upon the
exercise of this Warrant shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate number
of Warrant Shares purchasable on exercise of this Warrant so presented. If any
fraction of a Warrant Share would, except for the provisions of this Section, be
issuable on the
exercise of this Warrant, the Company shall pay an amount in cash equal to the
Exercise Price multiplied by such fraction.
12. Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or
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deliveries hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given and effective
on the earliest of (i) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication
is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile telephone number specified in this
Section prior to 6:30 p.m. (New York City time) on a business day, (ii) the
business day after the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is
delivered via facsimile at the facsimile telephone number specified in this
Section later than 6:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any date and earlier than
11:59 p.m. (New York City time) on such date, (iii) the business day following
the date of mailing, if sent by nationally recognized overnight courier service,
or (iv) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be
given. The addresses for such communications shall be: (i) if to the Company, to
0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000Xxxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxx 00000 or facsimile
number (000) 000-0000, attention President, or (ii) if to the Holder, to the
Holder at the address or facsimile number appearing on the Warrant Register or
such other address or facsimile number as the Holder may provide to the Company
in accordance with this Section.
13. Warrant Agent. The Company shall serve as warrant agent
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under this Warrant. Upon thirty days' notice to the Holder, the Company may
appoint a new warrant agent. Any corporation into which the Company or any new
warrant agent may be merged or any corporation resulting from any consolidation
to which the Company or any new warrant agent shall be a party or any
corporation to which the Company or any new warrant agent transfers
substantially all of its corporate trust or shareholders services business shall
be a successor warrant agent under this Warrant without any further act. Any
such successor warrant agent shall promptly cause notice of its succession as
warrant agent to be mailed (by first class mail, postage prepaid) to the Holder
at the Holder's last address as shown on the Warrant Register.
14. Miscellaneous.
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(a) This Warrant shall be binding on and inure to the
benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. This
Warrant may be amended only in writing signed by the Company and the Holder and
their successors and assigns.
(b) Subject to Section 14(a), above, nothing in this
Warrant shall be construed to give to any person or corporation other than the
Company and the Holder any legal or equitable right, remedy or cause under this
Warrant. This Warrant shall inure to the sole and exclusive benefit of the
Company and the Holder.
(c) The corporate laws of the State of Delaware shall
govern all issues concerning the relative rights of the Company and its
stockholders. All other 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 New
York, without
regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof. The Company and the Holder
hereby irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal
courts sitting in the City of New York, borough of Manhattan, 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 that
such suit, action or proceeding is improper. Each of the Company and the Holder
hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process
being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by receiving a copy thereof
sent to the Company at the address in effect for notices to it under this
instrument 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.
(d) The headings herein are for convenience only, do not
constitute a part of this Warrant and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any
of the provisions hereof.
(e) In case any one or more of the provisions of this Warrant
shall be invalid or unenforceable in any respect, the validity and
enforceability of the remaining terms and provisions of this Warrant shall not
in any way be affected or impaired thereby and the parties will attempt in good
faith to agree upon a valid and enforceable provision which shall be a
commercially reasonable substitute therefor, and upon so agreeing, shall
incorporate such substitute provision in this Warrant.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be
duly executed by its authorized officer as of the date first indicated above.
THE ASHTON TECHNOLOGY GROUP, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: President
FORM OF ELECTION TO PURCHASE
(To be executed by the Holder to exercise the right to purchase shares of Common
Stock under the foregoing Warrant)
To The Ashton Technology Group, Inc.:
The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to purchase _____________
shares of common stock, $.01 par value per share, of The Ashton Technology
Group, Inc. (the "Common Stock") and, if such Holder is not utilizing the
cashless exercise provisions set forth in this Warrant, encloses herewith
$________ in cash, certified or official bank check or checks, which sum
represents the aggregate Exercise Price (as defined in the Warrant) for the
number of shares of Common Stock to which this Form of Election to Purchase
relates, together with any applicable taxes payable by the undersigned pursuant
to the Warrant.
Date of vesting of warrant: _______________.
Exercise Price: ________________.
The undersigned requests that certificates for the shares of Common
Stock issuable upon this exercise be issued in the name of
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR
TAX IDENTIFICATION NUMBER
________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
(Please print name and address)
Dated:____________, _____ Name of Holder:
(Print)________________________
(By:)__________________________
(Name:)
(Title:)
(Signature must conform in all
respects to name of holder as
specified on the face of the
Warrant)
Closing Warrant
FORM OF ASSIGNMENT
[To be completed and signed only upon transfer of Warrant]
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers
unto ________________________________ the right represented by the within
Warrant to purchase ____________ shares of Common Stock of The Ashton Technology
Group, Inc. to which the within Warrant relates and appoints ________________
attorney to transfer said right on the books of The Ashton Technology Group,
Inc. with full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated:
_______________, ____
_______________________________________
(Signature must conform in all respects
to name of holder as specified on the
face of the Warrant)
_______________________________________
Address of Transferee
_______________________________________
_______________________________________
In the presence of:
__________________________
ANNEX A
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Closing/Vesting Date Number of Warrant Shares Applicable Exercise Price Number of Warrant Shares
Vested at Such Closing Not Previously Exercised
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Closing Warrant
