COMPLETE MANAGEMENT, INC.
AND
NATIONAL SECURITIES CORPORATION
REPRESENTATIVE'S
WARRANT AGREEMENT
Dated as of June 11, 1996
REPRESENTATIVE'S WARRANT AGREEMENT dated as of June 11, 1996,
between COMPLETE MANAGEMENT, INC., a New York corporation (the "Company") and
NATIONAL SECURITIES CORPORATION (hereinafter referred to variously as a "Holder"
or the "Representative").
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS, the Representative has agreed pursuant to the
underwriting agreement (the "Underwriting Agreement") dated as of the date
hereof between the Representative and the Company, to act as the representative
of the several underwriters listed therein (the "Underwriters") in connection
with the Company's proposed offering (the "Public Offering") of 8% Convertible
Subordinated Debentures Due 2003 (the "Debentures") of $35,000,000 aggregate
principal amount.
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, the Company
proposes to issue warrants ("Warrants") to the Representative to purchase up to
an aggregate of 250,000 shares of Common Stock.
WHEREAS, the Warrants to be issued pursuant to this Agreement
will be issued on the Closing Date (as such term is defined in the Underwriting
Agreement) by the Company to the Representative in consideration for, and as
part of the Underwriters' compensation in connection with, the Representative
acting as the representative pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, the payment
by the Representative to the Company of an aggregate of Twenty-Five Dollars
($25.00), the agreements herein set forth and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the
parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Grant. The Representative is hereby granted the right to
purchase, at any time from June 11, 1997 until 5:30 p.m., New York time, on June
11, 2001, at which time the Warrants expire, up to an aggregate of 250,000
shares (subject to adjustment as provided in Section 8 hereof) of common stock,
par value $.001 per share, of the Company ("Common Stock") at an initial
exercise price (subject to adjustment as provided in Section 11 hereof) of
Twenty-One and 04/100 Dollars ($21.04) (the "Exercise Price").
2. Warrant Certificates. The warrant certificates (the
"Warrant Certificates") delivered and to be delivered pursuant to this Agreement
shall be in the form set forth in Exhibit A, attached hereto and made a part
hereof, with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions, and other
variations as required or permitted by this Agreement.
3. Registration of Warrant. The Warrants shall be numbered and
shall be registered on the books of the Company when issued.
4. Exercise of Warrant.
4.1 Method of Exercise. The Warrants initially are
exercisable at the Exercise Price (subject to adjustment as provided in Section
11 hereof) per Warrant set forth in Section 8 hereof payable by certified or
official bank check in New York Clearing House funds. Upon surrender of a
Warrant Certificate with the annexed Form of Election to Purchase duly executed,
together with payment of the Exercise Price for the shares of Common Stock
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purchased at the Company's principal offices in New York (presently located at
000 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 10001) the registered holder of a
Warrant Certificate (the "Holder" or "Holders") shall be entitled to receive a
certificate or certificates for the shares of Common Stock so purchased. The
purchase rights represented by each Warrant Certificate are exercisable at the
option of the Holder thereof, in whole or in part (but not as to fractional
shares of the Common Stock underlying the Warrants). In the case of the purchase
of less than all the shares of Common Stock purchasable under any Warrant
Certificate, the Company shall cancel said Warrant Certificate upon the
surrender thereof and shall execute and deliver a new Warrant Certificate of
like tenor for the balance of the shares of Common Stock purchasable thereunder.
5. Issuance of Certificates. Upon the exercise of the
Warrants, the issuance of certificates for shares of Common Stock or other
securities, properties or rights underlying such Warrants shall be made
forthwith (and in any event within five (5) business days thereafter) without
charge to the Holder thereof including, without limitation, any tax which may be
payable in respect of the issuance thereof, and such certificates shall (subject
to the provisions of Sections 7 and 9 hereof) be issued in the name of, or in
such names as may be directed by, the Holder thereof; 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 issuance and delivery of any such certificates
in a name other than that of the Holder and the Company shall not be required to
issue or deliver such certificates unless or until the person or persons
requesting the issuance thereof shall have paid to the Company the amount of
such tax or shall have established to the satisfaction of the Company that such
tax has been paid.
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The Warrant Certificates and the certificates representing the
shares of Common Stock or other securities, property or rights issued upon
exercise of the Warrants shall be executed on behalf of the Company by the
manual or facsimile signature of the then President or any Vice President of the
Company under its corporate seal reproduced thereon, attested to by the manual
or facsimile signature of the then present Secretary or any Assistant Secretary
of the Company. Warrant Certificates shall be dated the date of execution by the
Company upon initial issuance, division, exchange, substitution or transfer.
6. Transfer of Warrant. The Warrants shall be transferable
only on the books of the Company maintained at its principal office, where its
principal office may then be located, upon delivery thereof duly endorsed by the
Holder or by its duly authorized attorney or representative accompanied by
proper evidence of succession, assignment or authority to transfer. Upon any
registration transfer, the Company shall execute and deliver new Warrants to the
person entitled thereto.
7. Restriction On Transfer of Warrants. The Holder of a
Warrant Certificate, by its acceptance thereof, covenants and agrees that the
Warrants are being acquired as an investment and not with a view to the
distribution thereof, and that the Warrants may not be sold, transferred,
assigned, hypothecated or otherwise disposed of, in whole or in part, for a
period of one (1) year from the date hereof, except to officers or partners of
the Underwriters.
8. Exercise Price and Number of Securities. Except as
otherwise provided in Section 10 hereof, each Warrant is exercisable to purchase
one share of the Common Stock at an initial exercise price equal to the Exercise
Price. The Exercise Price and the number of shares of Common Stock for which the
warrant may be exercised shall be the price and the number of shares of Common
Stock which shall result from time to time from any and all adjustments in
accordance with the provisions of Section 11 hereof.
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9. Registration Rights.
9.1 Registration Under the Securities Act of 1933. Each
Warrant Certificate and each certificate representing the shares of Common Stock
and any of the other securities issuable upon exercise of the Warrants
(collectively, the "Warrant Shares") shall bear the following legend unless (i)
such Warrants or Warrant Shares are distributed to the public or sold to the
underwriters for distribution to the public pursuant to this Section 9 or
otherwise pursuant to a registration statement filed under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Act"), or (ii) the Company has received an opinion of
counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the
Company, that such legend is unnecessary for any such certificate:
THE WARRANTS REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE AND THE OTHER
SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE THEREOF MAY NOT BE OFFERED
OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO (i) AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, (ii) TO THE EXTENT
APPLICABLE, RULE 144 UNDER SUCH ACT (OR ANY SIMILAR RULE UNDER
SUCH ACT RELATING TO THE DISPOSITION OF SECURITIES), OR (iii)
AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, IF SUCH OPINION SHALL BE REASONABLY
SATISFACTORY TO COUNSEL FOR THE ISSUER, THAT AN EXEMPTION FROM
REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT IS AVAILABLE.
THE TRANSFER OR EXCHANGE OF THE WARRANTS REPRESENTED BY THE
CERTIFICATE IS RESTRICTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE WARRANT
AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
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9.2 Piggyback Registration. If, at any time commencing
after the effective date of the Registration Statement and expiring five (5)
years thereafter, the Company proposes to register any of its securities under
the Act (other than in connection with a merger or pursuant to Form S-4 or Form
S-8) it will give written notice by registered mail, at least thirty (30) days
prior to the filing of each such registration statement, to the Holders of the
Warrants and/or the Warrant Shares of its intention to do so. If any of the
Holders of the Warrants and/or Warrant Shares notify the Company within twenty
(20) days after mailing of any such notice of its or their desire to include any
such securities in such proposed registration statement, the Company shall
afford such Holders of the Warrants and/or Warrant Shares the opportunity to
have any such Warrant Shares registered under such registration statement. In
the event that the managing underwriter for said offering advises the Company in
writing that in their opinion the number of securities requested to be included
in such registration exceeds the number which can be sold in such offering
without causing a diminution in the offering price or otherwise adversely
affecting the offering, the Company will include in such registration (a) first,
the securities the Company proposes to sell, (b) second, the securities held by
the entities that made the demand for registration, (c) third, the Warrants
and/or Warrant Shares requested to be included in such registration which in the
opinion of such underwriter can be sold, pro rata among the Holders of Warrants
and/or Warrant Shares on the basis of the number of Warrants and/or Warrant
Shares requested to be registered by such Holders, and (d) fourth, other
securities requested to be included in such registration.
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Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 9.2, the
Company shall have the right at any time after it shall have given written
notice pursuant to this Section 9.2 (irrespective of whether a written request
for inclusion of any such securities shall have been made) to elect not to file
any such proposed registration statement or to withdraw the same after the
filing but prior to the effective date thereof.
9.3 Demand Registration.
(a) At any time commencing after the effective date of
the Registration Statement and expiring five (5) years thereafter, the Holders
of the Warrants and/or Warrant Shares representing a "Majority" (as hereinafter
defined) of the Warrants and/or Warrant Shares shall have the right (which right
is in addition to the registration rights under Section 9.2 hereof), exercisable
by written notice to the Company, to have the Company prepare and file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"), on one occasion, a
registration statement and such other documents, including a prospectus, as may
be necessary in the opinion of both counsel for the Company and counsel for the
Holders, in order to comply with the provisions of the Act, so as to permit a
public offering and sale by such Holders and any other Holders of the Warrants
and/or Warrant Shares who notify the Company within fifteen (15) days after the
Company mails notice of such request pursuant to Section 9.3(b) hereof
(collectively, the "Requesting Holders") of their respective Warrant Shares for
the earlier of (i) nine (9) consecutive months or (ii) until the sale of all of
the Warrant Shares requested to be registered by the Requesting Holders.
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(b) The Company covenants and agrees to give written
notice of any registration request under this Section 9.3 by any Holder or
Holders representing a Majority of the Warrants and/or Warrant Shares to all
other registered Holders of the Warrants and the Warrant Shares within ten (10)
days from the date of the receipt of any such registration request.
(c) In addition to the registration rights under Section
9.2 and subsection (a) of this Section 9.3, at any time commencing after the
effective date of the Registration Statement and expiring five (5) years
thereafter, the Holders of Warrants and/or Warrant Shares shall have the right
on one occasion, exercisable by written request to the Company, to have the
Company prepare and file with the Commission a registration statement so as to
permit a public offering and sale by such Holders of their respective Warrant
Shares for the earlier of (i) nine (9) consecutive months or (ii) until the sale
of all of the Warrant Shares requested to be registered by such Holders;
provided, however, that the provisions of Section 9.4(b) hereof shall not apply
to any such registration request and registration and all costs incident thereto
shall be at the expense of the Holder or Holders making such request.
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
herein, if the Company shall not have filed a registration statement for the
Warrant Shares within the time period specified in Section 9.4(a) hereof
pursuant to the written notice specified in Section 9.3(a) of the Holders of a
Majority of the Warrants and/or Warrant Shares, the Company, at its option, may
repurchase (1) any and all Warrant Shares at the higher of the Market Price (as
defined in Section 9.3(e)) per share of Common Stock on (x) the date of the
notice sent pursuant to Section 9.3(a) or (y) the expiration of the period
specified in Section 9.4(a) and (ii) any and all Warrants at such Market Price
less the exercise price of such Warrant. Such repurchase shall be in immediately
available funds and shall close within two (2) days after the later of (i) the
expiration of the period specified in Section 9.4(a) or (ii) the delivery of the
written notice of election specified in this Section 9.3(d).
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(e) Definition of Market Price. As used herein, the
phrase "Market Price" at any date shall be deemed to be the last reported sale
price, or, in case no such reported sale takes place on such day, the average of
the last reported sale prices for the last three (3) trading days, in either
case as officially reported by the principal securities exchange on which the
Common Stock is listed or admitted to trading, or, if the Common Stock is not
listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, the average
closing sale price as furnished by the NASD through The Nasdaq Stock Market,
Inc. ("Nasdaq") or similar organization if Nasdaq is no longer reporting such
information, or if the Common Stock is not quoted on Nasdaq, as determined in
good faith by resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company, based on the
best information available to it.
9.4 Covenants of the Company With Respect to Registration.
In connection with any registration under Section 9.2 or 9.3 hereof, the Company
covenants and agrees as follows:
(a) The Company shall use its best efforts to file a
registration statement within one hundred and twenty (120) days of receipt of
any demand therefor, and to have any registration statements declared effective
at the earliest possible time, and shall furnish each Holder desiring to sell
Warrant Shares such number of prospectuses as shall reasonably be requested.
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(b) The Company shall pay all costs (excluding fees and
expenses of Holder(s)' counsel and any underwriting or selling commissions),
fees and expenses in connection with all registration statements filed pursuant
to Sections 9.2 and 9.3(a) hereof including, without limitation, the Company's
legal and accounting fees, printing expenses, blue sky fees and expenses. The
Holder(s) will pay all costs, fees and expenses in connection with the
registration statement filed pursuant to Section 9.3(c).
(c) The Company will take all necessary action which may
be required in qualifying or registering the Warrant Shares included in a
registration statement for offering and sale under the securities or blue sky
laws of such states as reasonably are requested by the Holder(s), provided that
the Company shall not be obligated to execute or file any general consent to
service of process or to qualify as a foreign corporation to do business under
the laws of any such jurisdiction.
(d) The Company shall indemnify the Holder(s) of the
Warrant Shares to be sold pursuant to any registration statement and each
person, if any, who controls such Holders within the meaning of Section 15 of
the Act or Section 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
("Exchange Act"), against all loss, claim, damage, expense or liability
(including all expenses reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or
defending against any claim whatsoever) to which any of them may become subject
under the Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, arising from such registration
statement but only to the same extent and with the same effect as the provisions
pursuant to which the Company has agreed to indemnify each of the Underwriters
contained in Section 9 of the Underwriting Agreement.
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(e) The Holder(s) of the Warrant Shares to be sold
pursuant to a registration statement, and their successors and assigns, shall
severally, and not jointly, indemnify the Company, its officers and directors
and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section
15 of the Act or Section 20(a) of the Exchange Act, against all loss, claim,
damage or expense or liability (including all expenses reasonably incurred in
investigating, preparing or defending against any claim whatsoever) to which
they may become subject under the Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, arising
from information furnished by or on behalf of such Holders, or their successors
or assigns, for specific inclusion in such registration statement to the same
extent and with the same effect as the provisions contained in Section 9 of the
Underwriting Agreement pursuant to which the Underwriters have agreed to
indemnify the Company.
(f) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be
construed as requiring the Holder(s) to exercise their Warrants prior to the
initial filing of any registration statement or the effectiveness thereof.
(g) The Company shall not permit the inclusion of any
securities other than the Warrant Shares to be included in any registration
statement filed pursuant to Section 9.3 hereof, or permit any other registration
statement (other than a registration statement on Form S-4 or S-8) to be or
remain effective during a ninety (90) day period following the effective date of
a registration statement filed pursuant to Section 9.3 hereof, without the prior
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written consent of the Holders of the Warrants and Warrant Shares representing a
Majority of such securities or as otherwise required by the terms of any
existing registration rights granted prior to the date of this Agreement by the
Company to the holders of any of the Company's securities.
(h) The Company shall furnish to each Holder
participating in the offering and to each underwriter, if any, a signed
counterpart, addressed to such Holder or underwriter, of (i) an opinion of
counsel to the Company, dated the effective date of such registration statement
(and, if such registration includes an underwritten public offering, an opinion
dated the date of the closing under the underwriting agreement), and (ii) a
"cold comfort" letter dated the effective date of such registration statement
(and, if such registration includes an underwritten public offering, a letter
dated the date of the closing under the underwriting agreement) signed by the
independent public accountants who have issued a report on the Company's
financial statements included in such registration statement, in each case
covering substantially the same matters with respect to such registration
statement (and the prospectus included therein) and, in the case of such
accountants' letter, with respect to events subsequent to the date of such
financial statements, as are customarily covered in opinions of issuer's counsel
and in accountants' letters delivered to underwriters in underwritten public
offerings of securities. (i) The Company shall as soon as practicable after the
effective date of the registration statement, and in any event within 15 months
thereafter, make "generally available to its security holders" (within the
meaning of Rule 158 under the Act) an earnings statement (which need not be
audited) complying with Section 11(a) of the Act and covering a period of at
least 12 consecutive months beginning after the effective date of the
registration statement.
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(j) The Company shall enter into an underwriting
agreement with the managing underwriters selected for such underwriting by
Holders holding a Majority of the Warrant Shares requested to be included in
such underwriting, which may be any or all of the Representative. Such agreement
shall be satisfactory in form and substance to the Company, each Holder and such
managing underwriters, and shall contain such representations, warranties and
covenants by the Company and such other terms as are customarily contained in
agreements of that type used by the managing underwriter. The Holders shall be
parties to any underwriting agreement relating to an underwritten sale of their
Warrant Shares and may, at their option, require that any or all the
representations, warranties and covenants of the Company to or for the benefit
of such underwriters shall also be made to and for the benefit of such Holders.
Such Holders shall not be required to make any representations or warranties to
or agreements with the Company or the underwriters except as they may relate to
such Holders and their intended methods of distribution.
(k) For purposes of this Agreement, the term "Majority"
in reference to the Warrants or Warrant Shares, shall mean in excess of fifty
percent (50%) of the then outstanding Warrants or Warrant Shares that (i) are
not held by the Company, an affiliate, officer, creditor, employee or agent
thereof or any of their respective affiliates, members of their family, persons
acting as nominees or in conjunction therewith or (ii) have not been resold to
the public pursuant to a registration statement filed with the Commission under
the Act.
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10. Obligations of Holders. It shall be a condition precedent
to the obligations of the Company to take any action pursuant to Section 9
hereof that each of the selling Holders shall:
(a) Furnish to the Company such information regarding
themselves, the Warrant Shares held by them, the intended method of sale or
other disposition of such securities, the identity of and compensation to be
paid to any underwriters proposed to be employed in connection with such sale or
other disposition, and such other information as may reasonably be required to
effect the registration of their Warrant Shares.
(b) Notify the Company, at any time when a prospectus
relating to the Warrant Shares covered by a registration statement is required
to be delivered under the Act, of the happening of any event with respect to
such selling Holder as a result of which the prospectus included in such
registration statement, as then in effect, includes an untrue statement of a
material fact or omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the
circumstances then existing.
11. Adjustments to Exercise Price and Number of Securities.
The Exercise Price in effect at any time and the number and kind of securities
purchasable upon the exercise of the Warrants shall be subject to adjustment
from time to time upon the happening of certain events as follows:
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11.1 Dividend, Subdivision and Combination. In case the
Company shall (i) declare a dividend or make a distribution on its outstanding
shares of Common Stock in shares of Common Stock, (ii) subdivide or reclassify
its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares, or (iii)
combine or reclassify its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller
number of shares, the Exercise Price in effect at the time of the record date
for such dividend or distribution or of the effective date of such subdivision,
combination or reclassification shall be adjusted so that it shall equal the
price determined by multiplying the Exercise Price by a fraction, the
denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding
after giving effect to such action, and the numerator of which shall be the
number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such action.
Such adjustment shall be made successively whenever any event listed above shall
occur.
11.2 Adjustment in Number of Securities. Upon each
adjustment of the Exercise Price pursuant to the provisions of this Section 11,
the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon the exercise at the adjusted Exercise
Price of each Warrant shall be adjusted to the nearest number of whole shares of
Common Stock by multiplying a number equal to the Exercise Price in effect
immediately prior to such adjustment by the number of Warrant Shares issuable
upon exercise of the Warrants immediately prior to such adjustment and dividing
the product so obtained by the adjusted Exercise Price.
11.3 Definition of Common Stock. For the purpose of this
Agreement, the term "Common Stock" shall mean (i) the class of stock designated
as Common Stock in the Articles of Incorporation of the Company as amended as of
the date hereof, or (ii) any other class of stock resulting from successive
changes or reclassifications of such Common Stock consisting solely of changes
in par value, or from par value to no par value, or from no par value to par
value.
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11.4 Merger or Consolidation. In case of any consolidation of
the Company with, or merger of the Company into, another corporation (other than
a consolidation or merger which does not result in any reclassification or
change of the outstanding Common Stock), the corporation formed by such
consolidation or merger shall execute and deliver to each Holder a supplemental
warrant agreement providing that the Holder of each Warrant then outstanding
shall have the right thereafter (until the expiration of such Warrant) to
receive, upon exercise of such Warrant, the kind and amount of shares of stock
and other securities and property receivable upon such consolidation or merger
to which the Holder would have been entitled if the Holder had exercised such
Warrant immediately prior to such consolidation, merger, sale or transfer. Such
supplemental warrant agreement shall provide for adjustments which shall be
identical to the adjustments provided in this Section 11. The above provision of
this subsection shall similarly apply to successive consolidations or mergers.
11.5 No Adjustment of Exercise Price in Certain Cases. No
adjustment of the Exercise Price shall be made:
(a) Upon the issuance or sale of the Warrants or the
Warrant Shares;
(b) Upon the issuance or sale of Common Stock (or any
other security convertible, exercisable, or exchangeable into shares of Common
Stock) upon the direct or indirect conversion, exercise, or exchange of any
options, rights, warrants, or other securities or indebtedness of the Company
outstanding as of the date of this Agreement or granted pursuant to any stock
option plan of the Company in existence as of the date of this Agreement,
pursuant to the terms thereof; or
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(c) If the amount of said adjustment shall be less than
two cents ($.02) per share, provided, however, that in such case any adjustment
that would otherwise be required then to be made shall be carried forward and
shall be made at the time of and together with the next subsequent adjustment
which, together with any adjustment so carried forward, shall amount to at least
two cents ($.02) per share.
12. Exchange and Replacement of Warrant Certificates. Each
Warrant Certificate is exchangeable, without expense, upon the surrender thereof
by the registered Holder at the principal executive office of the Company for a
new Warrant Certificate of like tenor and date representing in the aggregate the
right to purchase the same number of Warrant Shares in such denominations as
shall be designated by the Holder thereof at the time of such surrender.
Upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably
satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of any Warrant
Certificate, and, in case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity or
security reasonably satisfactory to it and reimbursement to the Company of all
reasonable expenses incidental thereto, and upon surrender and cancellation of
the Warrants, if mutilated, the Company will make and deliver a new Warrant
Certificate of like tenor, in lieu thereof.
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13. Elimination of Fractional Interests. The Company
shall not be required to issue certificates representing fractions of shares of
Common Stock upon the exercise of the Warrants, nor shall it be required to
issue scrip or pay cash in lieu of fractional interests, it being the intent of
the parties that all fractional interests shall be eliminated by rounding any
fraction up to the nearest whole number of shares of Common Stock or other
securities, properties or rights. 14. Reservation and Listing of Securities. The
Company shall at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized
shares of Common Stock, solely for the purpose of issuance upon the exercise of
the Warrants, such number of shares of Common Stock or other securities,
properties or rights as shall be issuable upon the exercise thereof. Every
transfer agent ("Transfer Agent") for the Common Stock and other securities of
the Company issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants will be irrevocably
authorized and directed at all times to reserve such number of authorized shares
of Common Stock and other securities as shall be requisite for such purpose. The
Company will keep a copy of this Agreement on file with every Transfer Agent for
the Common Stock and other securities of the Company issuable upon the exercise
of the Warrants. The Company will supply every such Transfer Agent with duly
executed stock and other certificates, as appropriate, for such purpose. The
Company covenants and agrees that, upon exercise of the Warrants and payment of
the Exercise Price therefor, all shares of Common Stock and other securities
issuable upon such exercise shall be duly and validly issued, fully paid,
non-assessable and not subject to the preemptive rights of any stockholder. As
long as the Warrants shall be outstanding, the Company shall use its best
efforts to cause all shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of the
Warrants to be listed (subject to official notice of issuance) on all securities
exchanges on which the Common Stock issued to the public in connection herewith
may then be listed and/or quoted on Nasdaq.
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15. Notices to Warrant Holders. Nothing contained in this
Agreement shall be construed as conferring upon the Holders the right to vote or
to consent or to receive notice as a stockholder in respect of any meetings of
stockholders for the election of directors or any other matter, or as having any
rights whatsoever as a stockholder of the Company. If, however, at any time
prior to the expiration of the Warrants and their exercise, any of the following
events shall occur:
(a) the Company shall take a record of the holders of
its shares of Common Stock for the purpose of entitling them to receive a
dividend or distribution payable otherwise than in cash, or a cash dividend or
distribution payable otherwise than out of current or retained earnings, as
indicated by the accounting treatment of such dividend or distribution on the
books of the Company; or
(b) the Company shall offer to all the holders of its
Common Stock any additional shares of capital stock of the Company or securities
convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of the Company, or
any option, right or warrant to subscribe therefor; or
(c) a dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the
Company (other than in connection with a consolidation or merger) or a sale of
all or substantially all of its property, assets and business as an entirety
shall be proposed;
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then in any one or more of said events, the Company shall give written notice of
such event at least fifteen (15) days prior to the date fixed as a record date
or the date of closing the transfer books for the determination of the
stockholders entitled to such dividend, distribution, convertible or
exchangeable securities or subscription rights, or entitled to vote on such
proposed dissolution, liquidation, winding up or sale. Such notice shall specify
such record date or the date of closing the transfer books, as the case may be.
Failure to give such notice or any defect therein shall not affect the validity
of any action taken in connection with the declaration or payment of any such
dividend, or the issuance of any convertible or exchangeable securities, or
subscription rights, options or warrants, or any proposed dissolution,
liquidation, winding up or sale.
16. Notices. All notices, requests, consents and other
communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been
duly made and sent when delivered, or mailed by registered or certified mail,
return receipt requested:
(a) if to the registered Holder of the Warrants, to the
address of such Holder as shown on the books of the Company; or
(b) if to the Company, to the address set forth in
Section 4 hereof or to such other address as the Company may designate by notice
to the Holders.
17. Supplements; Amendments; Entire Agreement. This Agreement
(including the Underwriting Agreement to the extent portions thereof are
referred to herein) contains the entire understanding between the parties hereto
with respect to the subject matter hereof and may not be modified or amended
except by a writing duly signed by the party against whom enforcement of the
modification or amendment is sought. The Company and the Representative may from
time to time supplement or amend this Agreement without the approval of any
holders of Warrant Certificates (other than the Representative) in order to cure
any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision contained herein which may
be defective or inconsistent with any provisions herein, or to make any other
provisions in regard to matters or questions arising hereunder which the Company
and the Representative may deem necessary or desirable and which the Company and
the Representative deem shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders
of Warrant Certificates.
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18. Successors. All of the covenants and provisions of this
Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Company, the
Holders and their respective successors and assigns hereunder.
19. Survival of Representations and Warranties. All statements
in any schedule, exhibit or certificate or other instrument delivered by or on
behalf of the parties hereto, or in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, shall be deemed to be representations and
warranties hereunder. Notwithstanding any investigations made by or on behalf of
the parties to this Agreement, all representations, warranties and agreements
made by the parties to this Agreement or pursuant hereto shall survive.
20. Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction. This Agreement
and each Warrant Certificate issued hereunder shall be deemed to be a contract
made under the laws of the State of Washington and for all purposes shall be
construed in accordance with the laws of said State without giving effect to the
rules of said State governing the conflicts of laws.
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21. Severability. If any provision of this Agreement shall be
held to be invalid or unenforceable, such invalidity or unenforceability shall
not affect any other provision of this Agreement.
22. Captions. The caption headings of the Sections of this
Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not intended, nor should
they be construed as, a part of this Agreement and shall be given no substantive
effect.
23. Benefits of this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement
shall be construed to give to any person or corporation other than the Company
and the Representative and any other registered Holder(s) of the Warrant
Certificates or Warrant Shares any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim
under this Agreement; and this Agreement shall be for the sole and exclusive
benefit of the Company and the Underwriters and any other Holder(s) of the
Warrant Certificates or Warrant Shares.
24. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number
of counterparts and each of such counterparts shall for all purposes be deemed
to be an original, and such counterparts shall together constitute but one and
the same instrument.
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IN WITNESS OF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement
to be duly executed, as of the day and year first above written.
ATTEST: COMPLETE MANAGEMENT, INC.
By:
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Secretary Name:
Title:
NATIONAL SECURITIES CORPORATION
By:
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Chairman
EXHIBIT A
[FORM OF WARRANT CERTIFICATE]
THE WARRANTS REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE AND THE OTHER SECURITIES ISSUABLE
UPON EXERCISE THEREOF MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO (i) AN
EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, (ii) TO THE
EXTENT APPLICABLE, RULE 144 UNDER SUCH ACT (OR ANY SIMILAR RULE UNDER SUCH ACT
RELATING TO THE DISPOSITION OF SECURITIES), OR (iii) AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, IF
SUCH OPINION SHALL BE REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO COUNSEL FOR THE ISSUER, THAT AN
EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT IS AVAILABLE.
THE TRANSFER OR EXCHANGE OF THE WARRANTS REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE IS
RESTRICTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE WARRANT AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
EXERCISABLE ON OR BEFORE
5:30 P.M., NEW YORK TIME, JUNE 11, 2001
Warrant No.
WARRANT CERTIFICATE
This Warrant Certificate certifies that National Securities
Corporation, or registered assigns, is the registered holder of Warrants to
purchase initially, at any time from June 11, 1997 until 5:30 p.m., New York
City time on June 11, 2001 (the "Expiration Date"), up to shares, of fully-paid
and non-assessable common stock, $.001 par value (the "Common Stock") of
Complete Management, Inc., a New York corporation (the "Company") at the initial
exercise price, subject to adjustment in certain events (the "Exercise Price"),
of $21.04 per share upon surrender of this Warrant Certificate and payment of
the Exercise Price at an office or agency of the Company, but subject to the
conditions set forth herein and in the Representative's Warrant Agreement dated
as of June 11, 1996 among the Company and National Securities Corporation (the
"Warrant Agreement"). Payment of the Exercise Price shall be made by certified
or official bank check in New York Clearing House funds payable to the order of
the Company.
No Warrant may be exercised after 5:30 p.m., New York time, on
the Expiration Date, at which time all Warrants evidenced hereby, unless
exercised prior thereto, shall thereafter be void.
EXH. A-1
The Warrants evidenced by this Warrant Certificate are part of
a duly authorized issue of Warrants issued pursuant to the Warrant Agreement,
which Warrant Agreement is hereby incorporated by reference in and made a part
of this instrument and is hereby referred to for a description of the rights,
limitation of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the
Company and the holders (the words "holders" or "holder" meaning the registered
holders or registered holder) of the Warrants.
The Warrant Agreement provides that upon the occurrence of
certain events the Exercise Price and the type and/or number of the Company's
securities issuable thereupon may, subject to certain conditions, be adjusted.
In such event, the Company will, at the request of the holder, issue a new
Warrant Certificate evidencing the adjustment in the Exercise Price and the
number and/or type of securities issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants;
provided, however, that the failure of the Company to issue such new Warrant
Certificates shall not in any way change, alter, or otherwise impair, the rights
of the holder as set forth in the Warrant Agreement.
Upon due presentment for registration of transfer of this
Warrant Certificate at an office or agency of the Company, a new Warrant
Certificate or Warrant Certificates of like tenor and evidencing in the
aggregate a like number of Warrants shall be issued to the transferee(s) in
exchange for this Warrant Certificate, subject to the limitations provided
herein and in the Warrant Agreement, without any charge except for any tax or
other governmental charge imposed in connection with such transfer.
Upon the exercise of less than all of the Warrants evidenced
by this Certificate, the Company shall forthwith issue to the holder hereof a
new Warrant Certificate representing such numbered unexercised Warrants.
The Company may deem and treat the registered holder(s) hereof
as the absolute owner(s) of this Warrant Certificate (notwithstanding any
notation of ownership or other writing hereon made by anyone), for the purpose
of any exercise hereof, and of any distribution to the holder(s) hereof, and for
all other purposes, and the Company shall not be affected by any notice to the
contrary.
All terms used in this Warrant Certificate which are defined
in the Warrant Agreement shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Warrant
Agreement.
EXH. A-2
This Warrant Certificate does not entitle any Warrantholder to
any of the rights of a shareholder of the Company.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant
Certificate to be duly executed under its corporate seal.
Dated as of June 11, 1996
ATTEST: COMPLETE MANAGEMENT, INC.
[SEAL]
By:
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Secretary Name:
Title:
EXH. A-3
[FORM OF ELECTION TO PURCHASE PURSUANT TO SECTION 3.11]
The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise the
right, represented by Warrant Certificate No. , to purchase Shares and herewith
tenders in payment for such securities a certified or official bank check
payable in New York Clearing House Funds to the order of Complete Management,
Inc. (the "Company") in the amount of $ , all in accordance with the terms of
Section 3.1 of the Representative's Warrant Agreement dated as of June , 1996
between the Company and National Securities Corporation. The undersigned
requests that a certificate for such securities be registered in the name of
, whose address is
and that such certificate be delivered to , whose address is
, and if said number of shares shall not be all the
shares purchasable hereunder, that a new Warrant Certificate for the balance of
the shares purchasable under the within Warrant Certificate be registered in
the name of the undesigned warrantholder or his assignee as below indicated and
delivered to the address stated below.
Dated:
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Signature:
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(Signature must conform in all respects to name of holder as specified on the
face of the Warrant Certificate.)
Address:
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(Insert Social Security or Other Identifying Number of Holder)
Signature Guaranteed:
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(Signature must be guaranteed by a bank savings and loan association,
stockbroker, or credit union with membership in an approved signature guaranty
Medallion Program pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rule 17Ad-15.)
EXH. A-4
[FORM OF ASSIGNMENT]
(To be executed by the registered holder if such
holder desires to transfer the Warrant Certificate.)
FOR VALUE RECEIVED here sells, assigns and transfers unto [NAME OF TRANSFEREE]
Warrant Certificate No. , together with all right, title and interest therein,
and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint Attorney, to transfer the
within Warrant Certificate on the books of the within-named Company, with full
power of substitution.
Dated:
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Signature:
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(Signature must conform in all respects to name of holder as specified on the
face of the Warrant Certificate.)
Address:
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(Insert Social Security or Other Identifying Number of Holder)
Signature Guaranteed:
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(Signature must be guaranteed by a bank savings and loan association,
stockbroker, or credit union with membership in an approved signature guaranty
Medallion Program pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rule 17Ad-15.)
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