WARRANT AGENCY AGREEMENT
THIS WARRANT AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”)
is dated as of the 30 th day of July, 2007, between
Caspian Services, Inc., a Nevada corporation, (hereinafter called
the “Company”) and Interwest Transfer Company, Inc.,
(hereinafter called “Warrant Agent”).
W I T N E S S E T H
WHEREAS, the Company proposes to issue and sell in a
private placement (the “Offering”) a minimum of
2,800,000 Units and a maximum of 5,560,000 Units; each Unit
consisting of three shares of restricted Common Stock with one
warrant redeemable within three years of the date of issuance to
purchase one share of Common Stock at a price of $4.00 per share
(the “Warrants”). The Warrants are subject to certain
limitations and restrictions as set forth in this
Agreement;
WHEREAS, the Company desires the Warrant Agent to
act on behalf of the Company, and the Warrant Agent is willing to
so act, in connection with the issuance, registration, transfer,
exchange and exercise of the Warrants;
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and
mutual agreements contained herein, it is agreed as
follows:
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SECTION 1.
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Appointment of Warrant
Agent.
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The Company hereby appoints the Warrant Agent to act
as agent for the Company in connection and accordance with this
Agreement, and the Warrant Agent hereby accepts the
appointment.
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SECTION 2.
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Form of Warrant.
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The text of the Warrant and the form of election to
purchase shares to be printed on the reverse thereof shall be
substantially as set forth respectively in Exhibit A hereto. The
number of shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants is subject
to adjustment on the occurrence of certain events, as described
herein. The Warrants shall be executed on behalf of the Company by
a manual or facsimile signature of the present or future president,
chief executive officer or vice president of the Company, under its
corporate seal affixed or in facsimile, and attested to by the
secretary or an assistant secretary.
Warrants shall be dated as of the closing date of
the Private Offering commenced on May 21, 2007 (the
“Effective Date”).
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SECTION 3.
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Countersignature and
Registration.
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The Warrant Agent shall maintain books for the
transfer and registration of Warrants.
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Upon the initial issuance of the Warrants, the
Warrant Agent shall issue and register the Warrants in the names of
the respective holders thereof. The Warrants shall be countersigned
manually or by facsimile by the Warrant Agent (or by any successor
to the Warrant Agent then serving under this Agreement), and shall
not be valid for any purpose unless so countersigned. Warrants may
be so countersigned by the Warrant Agent notwithstanding that the
person whose manual or facsimile signature appears thereon as the
proper officers of the Company have ceased to be such officers at
the time of such countersignature and delivery.
SECTION 4. Transfers and Exchanges.
The Warrant Agent shall not permit the transfer of
any Warrant unless authorized in writing by the Company. Warrants
which have been canceled shall be delivered upon request by the
Warrant Agent to the Company. Warrants may be exchanged at the
option of the holder thereof, when surrendered at the office of the
Warrant Agent, for another Warrant or Warrants of different
denominations, of like tenor, and representing in the aggregate the
right to purchase a like number of shares of Common
Stock.
SECTION 5. Exercise of Warrants.
Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, each
registered holder of Warrants shall have the right to purchase from
the Company, and the Company shall issue and sell to such
registered holder, the number of fully paid and nonassessable
shares of Common Stock of the Company specified in the Warrants,
upon surrender to the Company at the office of the Warrant Agent of
such Warrants, with the form of election to purchase the Warrants
filled out and signed, and upon payment to the Company of the
Warrant Price, as specified herein. Any Warrant may be exercised in
whole or in part. In the event of exercise in part, the Warrant
Agent shall issue and deliver to the Warrant Holder another Warrant
of like tenor representing the unexercised number of shares.
Payment for the shares upon exercise of Warrants shall be in cash
or by certified check to the order of the Company. Warrants may be
exercised for a period of three years beginning at the Closing of
the Offering, provided that the transaction is registered under the
Securities Act of 1933 or is exempt from such registration. Warrant
Agent shall submit each request to exercise by Warrant Holders to
the Company to determine whether there is an applicable
registration or exemption from such registration for the exercise
of the warrant. No adjustment shall be made for any dividends on
any Common Stock issuable upon exercise of any Warrant. Subject to
Section 5, hereof, upon surrender of Warrants and payment of the
Warrant Price, the Company shall issue and cause to be delivered
with all reasonable dispatch to, or upon the written order of the
registered holder of Warrants exercised, and in such name or names
as the holder shall designate, a certificate or certificates
representing the shares so purchased, together with cash, as
provided in Section 11, hereof, in respect of any fraction of a
share of Common Stock otherwise issuable upon surrender. Such
certificate or certificates shall be deemed to have been issued,
and any person so designated to be named therein shall be deemed to
have become a holder of record of such shares as of the date of
surrender of the Warrants, and the payment of the Warrant Price;
provided, however, that if, at the date of surrender of such
Warrants and the payment of such Warrant Price, the transfer books
for the Common Stock or other class of stock purchasable
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the exercise of such Warrants shall be closed, the
certificates for the shares in respect of which such Warrants are
then exercised shall be issuable as of the date of which such books
shall be opened, whether before, on, or after 5:00 p.m., Utah time,
on the respective dates of expiration of the Warrants, and until
such date, the Company shall have no obligation or duty to deliver
any certificate for such shares; provided, further, however, that
the transfer books, unless otherwise required by law or applicable
rule of any national securities exchange, or bylaw of the Company,
shall not be closed at any one time for a period in excess of 20
days. The Company, whenever requested by the Warrant Agent, will
supply the Warrant Agent with Warrants duly executed on behalf of
the Company for such purpose. The Company shall pay all taxes and
other governmental charges (other than income tax) that may be
imposed in respect of the issue or delivery of the shares issued
upon the exercise of any Warrants. The Company shall not be
required, however, to pay any tax or other charge imposed in
connection with any transfer involved in the issue of the any
certificate for shares in any name other than that of the Warrant
Holder surrendered in connection with the purchase of such shares,
and in such case neither the Company nor the Warrant Agent shall be
required to issue or deliver any stock certificate until such tax
or other charge has been paid or it has been established to the
Company’s satisfaction that no tax or charge is
due.
SECTION 6. Call
Provision.
(a) Subject to the provisions of clause (b) below,
in the event that the closing sales price of a share of Common
Stock as traded on the most senior exchange or quotation medium
where the shares are quoted equals or exceeds $8.00 (appropriately
adjusted for any stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend
or other reclassification or combination of the Common Stock
occurring after the date hereof) for at least five consecutive
trading days, the Company, upon 30 days prior written notice (the
“Notice Period”) given to the Warrantholder, shall have
the right to call some or all of the then outstanding Warrants at a
redemption price equal to $0.001 per share of Common Stock then
purchasable pursuant to the outstanding Warrants. Notwithstanding
any such notice by the Company, the Warrantholder shall have the
right to exercise any Warrants prior to the end of the Notice
Period.
(b) In connection with any transfer or exchange of
less than all of the Warrants, the transferring Warrantholder shall
deliver to the Warrant Agent an agreement or instrument executed by
the transferring Warrantholder and the new Warrantholder allocating
between them on whatever basis they may determine in their sole
discretion any subsequent call of this Warrant by the Company, such
that after giving effect to such transfer the Company shall have
the right to call the same number of Warrants that it would have
had if the transfer or exchange had not occurred.
SECTION 7. Replacement of Warrant.
Upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to
the Company of the ownership of and the loss, theft, destruction or
mutilation of this Warrant and (in the case of loss, theft or
destruction) upon delivery of a lost instrument bond (open penalty)
satisfactory to the Company
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and Warrant Agent, or (in the case of mutilation)
upon surrender and cancellation of the mutilated Warrant, the
Company will execute and the Transfer Agent will countersign and
deliver, in lieu thereof, a new Warrant of like tenor.
SECTION 8. Reservation of Common Stock.
The Company has reserved and shall at all times
reserve and keep available out of its authorized but unissued
shares of Common Stock, solely for the purpose of issuance upon the
exercise of this Warrant, such number of shares of Common Stock as
shall be issuable upon the exercise hereof. The Company covenants
and agrees that, upon exercise of this Warrant and payment of the
purchase price therefor, all shares of Common Stock issuable upon
such exercise shall be duly and validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable. The Company will keep a copy of this Agreement on
file with the Transfer Agent for the Common Stock and with every
subsequent transfer agent for any shares of the Company’s
capital stock issuable upon the exercise of the rights of purchase
represented by the Warrants. The Warrant Agent is hereby
irrevocably authorized to requisition from time to time such
Transfer Agent for stock certificates required to honor outstanding
Warrants. The Company will supply such Transfer Agent with duly
executed stock certificates for such purpose and will itself
provide or otherwise make available any cash which may be required
to be paid if the Company elects not to issue fractional shares
under Section 11 hereof. Any Warrant certificates surrendered in
the exercise of the rights thereby evidenced shall be canceled by
the Warrant Agent and shall thereafter be delivered to the Company,
and such canceled Warrants shall constitute sufficient evidence of
the number of shares of Common Stock which have been issued upon
the exercise of such Warrants. Promptly after the date of
expiration of the Warrants, the Warrant Agent shall certify to the
Company the total aggregate amount of Warrants then
outstanding.
SECTION 9. Warrant Price.
The Warrant price at which Common Stock shall be
purchasable shall be $4.00 per share at any time during the period
commencing at the closing date of the Offering commenced on May 21,
2007 and until three years after the closing date of the private
offering. The Company will confirm the expiration date of each
warrant to the Warrant Agent.
SECTION 10. Protection Against Dilution.
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a.
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Adjustment for Subdivisions, Combinations or
Dividends.
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In case the Company shall at any time, or from time
to time, after the Effective Date subdivide or combine the
outstanding shares of Common Stock or declare a dividend payable in
Common Stock, the exercise price of the Warrants in effect
immediately prior to the subdivision, combination or record date
for such dividend payable in Common Stock shall forthwith be
proportionately increased, in the case of combination, or
decreased, in the case of subdivision or dividend payable in Common
Stock, and each share of Common Stock purchasable upon exercise of
each Warrant shall be changed to the number determined by dividing
the then current
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