NON-EXCLUSIVE SPECIAL ADVISORY SERVICES
AGREEMENT
This Special Advisory Services
Agreement dated as of October 30, 2008 is entered into by and
between Single Touch Systems Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
“Company”) with its headquarters in San Diego,
California and Peltz Capital Management, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company (the “Special Advisor”), with offices
in New York and California.
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Special Advisor has
experience in corporate, financial and marketing matters;
and
WHEREAS, the Special Advisor
desires to provide certain corporate and business consulting
services to the Company and the Company desires to retain the
Special Advisor to provide such services to the Company.
AGREEMENT
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration
of the promises and the mutual covenants and agreements hereinafter
set forth, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Retention . The
Company hereby retains the Special Advisor on a non-exclusive
basis, and the Special Advisor agrees to be retained by the Company
and to perform the Services (defined below) to the Company on a
non-exclusive basis on the terms and conditions set forth herein.
The parties agree that the Special Advisor shall be retained by the
Company as an independent contractor and not as an employee of the
Company.
2. Term . The term of
this Agreement shall commence on the date hereof and end on
September 30, 2009; provided, that this Agreement shall renew for
up to two additional one-year terms commencing on September 30
th of each year unless on or prior to September 20
th of such year either party delivers a notice of
non-renewal to the other (in which case this Agreement shall
terminate on the date set forth in the notice), unless sooner
terminated pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
3. Duties of Special
Advisor . The Special Advisor’s duties are limited solely
to providing the Services to the Company (but not any affiliate
thereof). The Special Advisor has no authority to make any
decisions on behalf of the Company, and the Special Advisor is not
acting as an agent or fiduciary of the Company, the security
holders or creditors of the Company, or any other person in
connection with this Agreement.
During the term of this
Agreement, the Special Advisor shall use commercially reasonable
efforts to perform the following (the
“Services”):
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) identify and
introduce the Company to potential business partners including
targeted retailers and brands and advise the Company with respect
to proposals received from such potential business
partners;
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) advise the
Company on financing and capital market strategies;
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) advise the
Company in developing an ongoing strategy to market its products
and expand its sales and revenues, including presentations to
strategic end users of the Company’s products and
services;
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) familiarize
itself with the business, financial condition, and prospects of the
Company, its assets, its technology and its general prospects,
direction and business plan;
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) review
private placement offering memorandums and presentation materials
of the Company; and
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) advise the
Company on any other matters which the Company and the Special
Advisor may expressly agree in writing.
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All communications between the Company and the
Special Advisor shall be directed, in the case of the Company, to
Anthony Macaluso or the Board of Directors, and, in the case of the
Special Advisor, shall be directed to Andy Peltz or Harlan Peltz by
Anthony Macaluso or the Board of Directors.
4. Compensation . No
compensation to be granted to the Special Advisor under this
Agreement shall be in any way contingent upon the completion of any
transaction by the Company or any of its affiliates, including but
not limited to any offering of securities, any merger or sale, or
any agreement or business relationship entered into with any third
party. In consideration for making itself available and using
commercially reasonable efforts to perform the Services pursuant to
this Agreement, the Special Advisor agrees to accept and the
Company agrees to grant to the Special Advisor compensation in the
form of a warrant for the purchase of Five Million Nine Hundred
Fifty Two Thousand Three Hundred Sixty Two (5,952,362) shares of
common stock of the Company at an exercise price of $2.10 per
share, with such warrant to be issued pursuant to the warrant
agreement attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Warrant
Agreement”). All warrants, once vested, shall not be subject
to revocation, cancellation or termination for any reason
whatsoever except to the extent expressly set forth in the warrant
agreement for any such warrant. Any holder (a “Holder”)
of warrants issued pursuant to the Warrant Agreement will have the
benefit of certain registrations rights pursuant to a registration
rights agreement in the form attached hereto Exhibit B (the
“Registration Rights Agreement”). To the extent that
the Company at any time grants registration rights to any person
that are more favorable with respect to such person than the
registration rights granted under the Registration Rights Agreement
with respect to a Holder, the Registration Rights Agreement for
each such Holder will be automatically amended to include such more
favorable registration rights. Each Holder may exercise
registration rights acquired pursuant to such an automatic
amendment independent of the exercise of similar registration
rights by the person who received the registration rights that gave
rise to such amendment. By way of example, if a person is given
demand registration rights, the Registration Rights Agreement of
each Holder will be amended
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without
further action by any party to include such demand registration
rights, and such demand registration rights may be exercised by
each Holder regardless of whether the demand registration rights
have been exercised by the person or persons initially given such
demand registration rights.
5. Press Release . The Special Advisor
recognizes that as a publicly traded company the Company is
required to make a public press release announcing the engagement
of the Special Advisor. The Special Advisor shall cooperate with
the Company in drafting the press release and shall review and
approve the content and timing of the press release, prior to its
dissemination. Such approval shall not be unreasonably
withheld.
6. Confidentiality . The Special Advisor
acknowledges that as a consequence of its relationship with the
Company, it has been and will continue to be given access to ideas,
trade secrets, technology information, contracts pending, business
plans and other confidential and proprietary information of the
Company which has not been made public (collectively,
“Confidential Information”). The Special Advisor agrees
to maintain in confidence and not to disclose directly or
indirectly to any third parties for any purpose (other than the
performance hereof) the Confidential Information for the term of
this Agreement and a period of two years thereafter, unless
previously approved by the Company in writing or otherwise found in
the public domain. Upon termination of the Agreement, the Special
Advisor shall immediately return all Confidential Information
related to the Company under this Agreement.
7. Compliance with Law .
The Special Advisor agrees that in performing this Agreement the
Special Advisor and its agents and affiliates shall comply with (i)
the applicable provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the applicable rules
and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission
thereunder, the statutes of any state security commissions and
departments, the applicable rules and regulations of the Financial
Industry Regulatory Authority and any other applicable federal or
state laws, rules and regulations.
8. Indemnity . The
Company agrees to provide indemnification, contribution and
reimbursement to the Special Advisor and certain other parties in
accordance with, and the Company further agrees to be bound by the
other provisions set forth in, Schedule A attached hereto, which
Schedule A is incorporated herein and made a part
hereof.
9. Termination . Either
party may terminate this Agreement upon 30 days written notice to
the other party hereto. Notwithstanding a termination of this
Agreement pursuant to the expiration of its term set forth in
Section 2 or a termination pursuant to this Section 9, the
provisions of Section 6, 8 and 10 of this Agreement shall survive
the termination of this Agreement.
10. Applicable Law and
Venue . The provisions of this Agreement will be construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York. The parties
agree that any action concerning this Agreement must be brought in
a federal district court within
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the State
of New York and they do hereby submit to the jurisdiction of such
court regardless of their residence or where this Agreement may be
executed.
11. Counterparts . This Agreement
may be executed in counterparts, each of which when so executed
shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together
shall constitute one and the same Agreement.
12. Due Authority . By signing below, the signatories warrant
that they have the authority to execute this Agreement on behalf of
the party indicated and all actions necessary to authorize the
execution of this Agreement have been taken.
13. Not Exclusive . This Agreement is
not exclusive, and no business activities between third parties and
the Company or the Special Advisor shall be prohibited, restricted
or otherwise limited by this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt,
the parties hereby agree that the Special Advisor and the Company
may engage in activities of the type contemplated hereunder with
other persons, including but not limited to (i) the Company
retaining persons other than the Special Advisor to provide
corporate, financial, marketing or other types of strategic and/or
business consulting and advising services, (ii) the Special Advisor
providing corporate, financial, marketing or other types of
business consulting and advising services to persons other than the
Company, including competitors thereof and of the Company’s
affiliates and (iii) the Special Advisor investing in, acquiring or
otherwise taking positions in the debt or equity (and/or voting the
equity) of the Company or its affiliates. The Special Advisor
agrees to make itself reasonably available to the Company, and the
Company hereby acknowledges and agrees that the Special Advisor may
have significant obligations with regards to other persons during
the term of this Agreement that may impact the Special
Advisor’s ability to promptly perform the duties and services
contemplated by this Agreement and any reasonable delay on account
of such other obligations shall not be a breach of this Agreement
or otherwise give rise to any liability of the Special
Advisor.
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If the
foregoing sets forth your understanding of our Agreement, kindly
indicate your compliance on the space provided below.
AGREED AND ACCEPTED
BY:
Single Touch Systems
Inc.
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By:
___/s/Anthony Macaluso
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Name: Anthony Macaluso
Title:
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Peltz Capital Management,
LLC
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By:
___/s/Harlan Peltz
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Name: Harlan Peltz
Title: Member
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SCHEDULE A
This Schedule is attached to,
and constitutes a material part of, that certain Special Advisory
Services Agreement dated as of October [30], 2008 is entered into
by and between Single Touch Systems Inc., a Delaware corporation
(the “Company”) with its headquarters in San Diego,
California and Peltz Capital Management, a Delaware corporation
(the “Special Advisor”), with offices in New York and
California. Unless otherwise noted, all capitalized terms used
herein shall have the meanings set forth in the
Agreement.
As a material part of the
consideration for the agreement of the Special Advisor to furnish
its services under the Agreement, the Company agrees (i) to
indemnify and hold harmless the Special Advisor and its affiliates,
and their respective past, present and future directors, officers,
shareholders, partners, members, employees, agents,
representatives, advisors, subcontractors and controlling persons
(collectively, the “Indemnified Parties”), to the
fullest extent lawful, from and against any and all losses, claims,
damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof), joint or
several, arising out of or relating to the Agreement, the Special
Advisor’s engagement under the Agreement, any transaction or
proposed transaction, or any actions taken or omitted to be taken
by an Indemnified Party or the Company in connection with the
Agreement, and (ii) to reimburse each Indemnified Party for all
expenses (including without limitation the fees and expenses of
counsel) as they are incurred in connection with investigating,
preparing, pursuing, defending, settling or compromising any
action, suit, dispute, inquiry, investigation or proceeding,
pending or threatened, brought by or against any person (including
without limitation any shareholder or derivative action), arising
out of or relating to the Agreement, or such engagement,
transaction or actions. However, the Company shall not be liable
under the foregoing indemnity and reimbursement agreement for any
loss, claim, damage or liability which is finally judicially
determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted
primarily from the willful misconduct or gross negligence of such
Indemnified Party.
If for any reason the foregoing
indemnification or reimbursement is unavailable to any Indemnified
Party or insufficient fully to indemnify any such party or to hold
it harmless in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities
or expenses referred to in such indemnification or reimbursement
provisions, then the Company shall contribute to the amount paid or
payable by the Indemnified Party as a result of such losses,
claims, damages, liabilities or expenses in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the
Company, on the one hand, and the Special Advisor, on the other
hand, in connection with the matters contemplated by the Agreement.
If, however, the allocation provided by the immediately preceding
sentence is not permitted by applicable law, then the Company shall
contribute to such amount paid or payable by any Indemnified Party
in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such
relative benefits, but also the relative fault of the Company, on
the one hand, and such Indemnified Party, on the other hand, in
connection therewith, as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall
the Indemnified Parties be required to contribute an aggregate
amount in excess of the
amount of
fees actually received by the Special Advisor from the Company
pursuant to the Agreement. Relative benefits received by the
Company, on the one hand, and the Special Advisor, on the other
hand, shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as (i) the total
value paid or received or contemplated to be paid or received by
the Company, and its security holders, creditors, and other
affiliates, as the case may be, pursuant to the transaction(s)
(whether or not consummated) contemplated by the engagement
hereunder, bears to (ii) the fees received by the Special Advisor
under the Agreement. The Company shall not settle, compromise or
consent to the entry of any judgment in or otherwise seek to
terminate any pending or threatened action, suit, dispute, inquiry,
investigation or proceeding in respect of which indemnification may
be sought hereunder (whether or not an Indemnified Party is an
actual or potential party thereto), unless such settlement,
compromise, consent or termination contains a release of the
Indemnified Parties reasonably satisfactory in form and substance
to the Special Advisor.
The Company further agrees that neither the
Special Advisor nor any other Indemnified Party shall have any
liability (whether direct or indirect and regardless of the legal
theory advanced) to the Company or any person or entity asserting
claims on behalf of or in right of the Company related to or
arising out of the Agreement, Special Advisor engagement under the
Agreement, any transaction or proposed transaction, or any actions
taken or omitted to be taken by an Indemnified Party or the Company
in connection with the Agreement, except for losses, claims,
damages or liabilities incurred by the Company which are finally
judicially determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to have
resulted primarily from the willful misconduct or gross negligence
of such Indemnified Party. The indemnity, reimbursement, and other
obligations and agreements of the Company set forth herein (i)
shall apply to any services provided by the Special Advisor in
connection with this engagement prior to the date hereof and to any
modifications of the Agreement, (ii) shall be in addition to any
obligation or liability which the Company may otherwise have to any
Indemnified Party, (iii) shall remain operative and in full force
and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of
the Company or any Indemnified Party or any person controlling any
of them, and (iv) shall survive the completion of the services
described in, and any expiration or termination of the relationship
established by, the Agreement.
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EXHIBIT A
WARRANT AGREEMENT
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See attached.
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EXHIBIT B
REGISTRATION RIGHTS
AGREEMENT
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See attached.
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WARRANT
Warrant Certificate No.
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NEITHER THE
SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE SECURITIES
ISSUABLE UPON THE EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT HAVE BEEN REGISTERED
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE
“ACT”), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND NEITHER SUCH
SECURITIES NOR ANY INTEREST THEREIN MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED
OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED UNLESS (1) A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH
RESPECT THERETO IS EFFECTIVE UNDER THE ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE
SECURITIES LAWS, (2) THE COMPANY RECEIVES AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IN
A GENERALLY ACCEPTABLE FORM, THAT SUCH SECURITIES MAY BE OFFERED,
SOLD, PLEDGED, ASSIGNED OR TRANSFERRED IN THE MANNER CONTEMPLATED
WITHOUT AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE ACT OR (3)
SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 OR RULE 144A UNDER THE ACT.
NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, THE SECURITIES MAY BE PLEDGED IN
CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN OR
FINANCING ARRANGEMENT SECURED BY THE SECURITIES.
Date of
Issuance: October [30], 2008
Void After:
Expiration Date
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SINGLE TOUCH SYSTEMS
INC.
WARRANT TO
PURCHASE COMMON STOCK
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For good and valuable
consideration of which the receipt and sufficiency are hereby
acknowledged, Single Touch Systems Inc., a Delaware corporation
(the “ Company ”), hereby issues to Peltz
Capital Management, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
(“ Peltz ”), this warrant
(“
Warrant ”) to purchase shares (each such share as from
time to time adjusted as hereinafter provided being a “
Warrant Share ” and all such shares being the “
Warrant Shares ”) of the Company’s Common Stock
(as defined below), at the Exercise Price (as defined below), as
adjusted from time to time as provided herein, at any time after
the date hereof but not after October 31, 2013 (the “
Expiration Date ”), or if the Company directly or
indirectly grants or issues any warrants or other derivative or
convertible securities having a term of greater than five years,
the Expiration Date shall be deemed extended such that the term of
this Warrant shall equal the term of such other instrument, all
subject to the following terms and conditions. The number of
Warrant Shares issuable pursuant to this Warrant is (a) until the "
Financing Trigger Date " (as defined in Section 3(d), below)
the greater of (i) Five Million Nine Hundred Fifty Two Thousand
Three Hundred Sixty Two (5,952,362) or (ii) the number of shares
equal to 5.2% of the total outstanding Common Stock, calculated on
a fully diluted basis (inclusive of any shares of Capital Stock (as
defined below) issuable upon the exercise, exchange or conversion
of any debt, Equity (as defined below) or other derivative
securities or instruments or contracts, agreements, understandings
or arrangements then existing or outstanding and inclusive of any
adjustments arising from any anti-dilution provisions, resets or
similar provisions of any documents outstanding from time to time
or which may be executed in connection with any financing or
transaction (including a financing or transaction described in the
last paragraph of Section 3(d) of this warrant)) (such number of
shares, as so calculated in this subclause (a)(ii), being referred
to as the " Fully Diluted Number of Shares "), and (b) from
and after the Financing Trigger Date, the greater of the amounts
set forth in the immediate foregoing subclauses (a)(i) and (a)(ii),
but in no event more than Eleven Million (11,000,000), as adjusted
for any of
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the transactions described in
Sections 3(a)-(c) and 3(f) of this Warrant. Except as specifically
set forth in Section 3, no increase in the number of Warrant Shares
shall result in an adjustment to the per share Exercise Price (as
defined below). This Warrant is one of the warrants issued to Peltz
by the Company and certain of its stockholders pursuant to that
certain Non-Exclusive Special Advisory Services Agreement, dated as
of even date herewith, between the Company and Peltz.
As used in this Warrant, (i)
“ Business Day ” means any day other than
Saturday, Sunday or any other day on which commercial banks in the
City of New York, New York, are authorized or required by law or
executive order to close; (ii) “ Common Stock ”
means the common stock of the Company, par value $0.001 per share,
including any securities issued or issuable with respect thereto or
into which or for which such shares may be exchanged for, or
converted into; (iii) “ Exercise Price ” means
$2.10 per share of Common Stock, subject to adjustment as provided
herein; (iv) “ Trading Day ” means any day on
which the Common Stock is traded on the primary national or
regional stock exchange on which the Common Stock is listed, or if
not so listed, the OTC Bulletin Board, if quoted thereon, is open
for the transaction of business; (v) “ Affiliate
” means any person that, directly or indirectly, through one
or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under
common control with, a person, as such terms are used and construed
in Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the “ Securities Act ”), (vi) the
“ Holder ” means Peltz and its transferees,
successors and/or assigns vii) " Capital Stock " means any
and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents
(however designated) of capital stock of a corporation, any and all
equivalent ownership interests in a person or entity (other than a
corporation) and any and all warrants or options to purchase any of
the foregoing (including this warrant and any other warrants held
by Peltz or its affiliates), (viii) " Equity " shall mean
all shares, membership interests, options, warrants, interests,
participations, or other equivalents (regardless of how designated)
of or in a person or entity, whether voting or nonvoting, including
common stock, preferred stock, or any other "equity security" (as
such term is defined in Rule 3a11-1 promulgated under the
Securities Exchange Act or 1934, and any instrument, understanding,
contract or arrangement that is exercisable or exchangeable for or
convertible into any of the foregoing) and (ix) “
Independent Directors ” means those directors on the
Board of the Company that (A) have no material relationship with
the Company or its Affiliates (either directly or as a partner,
stockholder or officer of an organization that has a relationship
with the Company or its Affiliates), (B) who are not employees of
the Company or its Affiliates, (C) whose family members are not
executive officers of the Company or its Affiliates, (D) who have
not received more than $100,000 per year in compensation or
benefits from the Company or its Affiliates, (E) who are not
affiliated with or employed by a present or former auditor of or
advisor to the Company or its Affiliates and have no immediately
family members so affiliated or employed; and (F) who are not
executive officers or employees of a company that makes payments
to, or receives payments from, the Company or its Affiliates for
property or services in an amount which, in any single fiscal year
exceeds $100,000 and have no family members so employed or holding
such office.
1. DURATION AND
EXERCISE OF WARRANTS
(a) Exercise Period .
The Holder may exercise this Warrant in whole or in part on any
Business Day on or before 5:00 P.M., Eastern Time, on the
Expiration Date, at which time (i) if the Fair Market Value (as
defined below) of the Common Stock on such date exceeds the
Exercise Price, then this Warrant shall be deemed to have been
automatically exercised on a “cashless exercise” basis
without further action by any party or (ii) if such Fair Market
Value is equal to or less than the Exercise Price, then this
Warrant shall become void and of no value.
(b) Exercise
Procedures .
(i) While this
Warrant remains outstanding and exercisable in accordance
with
Section 1(a),
the Holder may in its sole discretion exercise this Warrant in
whole or in part at any time
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and from time to time by
either (1) delivery to the Company of a duly completed and executed
copy of the notice of exercise attached as Exhibit A (the
“ Notice of Exercise ”); and payment of the
then-applicable Exercise Price per share multiplied by the number
of Warrant Shares being purchased upon exercise of the Warrant
(such amount, the “ Aggregate Exercise Price ”)
made in the form of cash, or by certified check, wire transfer,
bank draft or money order payable in lawful money of the United
States of America or (2), exercising on a “cashless” or
“net-issue” exercise basis (a “ Cashless
Exercise ”) by delivering to the Company a Notice of
Exercise indicating that the Holder has a elected a Cashless
Exercise, pursuant to which the Holder shall surrender the right to
receive upon exercise of this Warrant, a number of Warrant Shares
having a value (as determined below) equal to the Aggregate
Exercise Price, in which case, the number of Warrant Shares to be
issued to the Holder upon such exercise shall be calculated using
the following formula:
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to be issued to the Holder
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with respect to which the Warrant is being
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below) per share of Common Stock on the date
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Price of the Warrant
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The Holder shall not be
required to deliver the original Warrant in order to effect an
exercise hereunder. Execution and delivery of the Notice of
Exercise with respect to less than all of the Warrant Shares shall
have the same effect as cancellation of the original Warrant and
issuance of a new Warrant evidencing the right to purchase the
remaining number of Warrant Shares.
“ Fair Market
Value ” shall mean (A) the closing sales price, as quoted
on the primary national or regional stock exchange on which the
Common Stock is listed, or, if not listed, the OTC Bulletin Board
if quoted thereon, or (B) if the Common Stock is not publicly
traded as set forth above or if the average daily trading volume of
the Common Stock is less than 30,000 shares per Trading Day and the
Holder so elects by providing notice to the Company of such
election, as determined by (i) mutual agreement of the Company and
the Holder or (ii) if the Holder and the Company are unable to
mutually agree upon such determination within three (3) Business
Days after the date of the Notice of Exercise, the fair market
value as determined by an independent, reputable third-party
appraiser, selected by the Holder, that regularly provides
valuation services to publicly traded companies. The Company shall
cause at its expense such appraiser to take all commercially
reasonable efforts to perform the determination and notify the
Company and the Holder of the results within ten (10) Business Days
from the time the disputed determination is first submitted to such
appraiser. Such appraiser’s determination shall be binding
upon all parties absent demonstrable error.
(ii) Upon the exercise of
this Warrant in compliance with the provisions of this Section 1,
the Company shall promptly issue and cause to be delivered to the
Holder a certificate for the Warrant Shares to which the Holder is
entitled upon such exercise. On or before the first Business Day
following the date on which the Company has received each of the
Notice of Exercise and the Aggregate Exercise Price (or, in the
case of a Cashless Exercise, notice of a Cashless Exercise in
accordance with Section 1(b)(i)) (the “ Exercise Delivery
Documents ”), the Company shall transmit an
acknowledgment of receipt of the Exercise Delivery Documents to the
Holder and the Company’s transfer agent (the
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“ Transfer Agent
”). On the first (1 st ) Trading Day following the
date on which the Company has received all of the Exercise Delivery
Documents (the “ Share Delivery Date ”), the
Company shall (X) provided that the Transfer Agent is participating
in The Depository Trust Company (“ DTC ”) Fast
Automated Securities Transfer Program, credit such aggregate number
of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled pursuant
to such exercise to the Holder’s or its designee’s
balance account with DTC through its Deposit Withdrawal Agent
Commission system, or (Y) if the Transfer Agent is not
participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer
Program, issue and dispatch by overnight courier to the address as
specified in the Notice of Exercise, a certificate, registered in
the Company’s share register in the name of the Holder or its
designee, for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the
Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise. Upon delivery of the
Exercise Delivery Documents, the Holder shall be deemed for all
corporate purposes to have become the holder of record of the
Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been
exercised, irrespective of the date of delivery of the certificates
evidencing such Warrant Shares. If this Warrant is submitted in
connection with any exercise pursuant to Section 1(b) and the
number of Warrant Shares represented by the Warrant submitted for
exercise is greater than the actual number of Warrant Shares being
acquired upon such an exercise, then the Company shall as soon as
practicable and in no event later than three (3) Business Days
after any exercise and at its own expense, issue a new warrant
representing the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares
purchasable immediately prior to such exercise under this Warrant,
less the number of Warrant Shares with respect to which this
Warrant is exercised, and otherwise containing substantially
identical terms and conditions as the Warrant.
(iii) If the Company shall
fail for any reason to issue to the Holder, within three (3)
Business Days of receipt of the Exercise Delivery Documents, a
certificate for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the
Holder is entitled and register such shares of Common Stock on the
Company’s share register or to credit the Holder’s
balance account with DTC for such number of shares of Common Stock
to which the Holder is entitled upon such exercise of the Warrant,
then, in addition to all other remedies available to the Holder,
the Company shall pay a cash amount to the Holder equal to the
product of (A) the difference between the Fair Market Value of the
Common Stock as of the Share Delivery Date and the Fair Market
Value of the Common Stock as of the day that such certificate is
delivered (to the extent that such difference is a positive
number), times (B) the number of shares of Common Stock not issued
to the Holder on a timely basis and to which the Holder is
entitled, times (C) 1.5. In addition to the foregoing, if within
three (3) Business Days after the Company’s receipt of the
facsimile copy of the of a Notice of Exercise, the Company shall
fail to issue and deliver a certificate to the Holder and register
such shares of Common Stock on the Company’s share register
or to credit the Holder’s balance account with DTC for such
number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled
upon such exercise of the Warrant, and if on or after such Business
Day the Holder purchases (in an open market transaction or
otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a
sale of shares of Common Stock that the Holder anticipated
receiving from the Company upon such exercise (a “
Buy-In ”), then the Company shall, within three (3)
Business Days and in the Holder’s discretion, either (i) pay
cash to the Holder in an amount equal to 1.5 times the
Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage
commissions, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased
(the “ Buy-In Price ”), at which point the
Company’s obligation to deliver such certificate (and to
issue such shares of Common Stock) shall terminate, or (ii)
promptly honor its obligation to deliver to the Holder a
certificate or certificates representing such shares of Common
Stock and pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the excess
(if any) of the Buy-In Price over the product of (A) such number of
shares of Common Stock, times (B) the Fair Market Value on the date
of exercise, times (C) 1.5.
(iv) Notwithstanding any
other provision of this Warrant, if the exercise of all or any
portion of this Warrant is to be made in connection with a
registered public offering, a sale of the Company or other
transaction or event, such exercise may, at the election of the
Holder, be conditioned upon consummation of such transaction or
event in which case such exercise shall not be deemed
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effective until the
consummation of such transaction or event.
(c) Vesting. The
exercise of this Warrant as set forth above shall be subject to
vesting as follows:
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(i) this Warrant will become
vested and exercisable with respect to one-third (1/3)
of
the Warrant Shares
on the date hereof;
(ii) this Warrant
will become vested and exercisable with respect to an
additional
one-third (1/3) of
the Warrant Shares on November 28, 2008; and
(iii) this Warrant
will become vested and exercisable with respect to all
previously
unvested Warrant
Shares on December 28, 2008.
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(d) Disputes . In the
case of a dispute as to the determination of the Exercise Price or
the arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares, the Company shall
promptly issue to the Holder the number of Warrant Shares that are
not disputed and resolve such dispute in accordance with Section
16.
2. ISSUANCE OF
WARRANT SHARES
(a) The Company covenants
that all Warrant Shares will, upon issuance in accordance with the
terms of this Warrant, be (i) duly authorized, fully paid and
non-assessable, and (ii) free from all taxes, liens, charges and
security interests, with the exception of claims arising through
the acts or omissions of the Holder and except as arising from
applicable Federal and state securities laws.
(b) The Company shall
register this Warrant upon records to be maintained by the Company
for that purpose in the name of the record holder of such Warrant
from time to time. The Company may deem and treat the registered
Holder of this Warrant as the absolute owner thereof for the
purpose of any exercise thereof, any distribution to the Holder
thereof and for all other purposes.
(c) The Company will not, by
amendment of its articles of incorporation, by-laws or through any
reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger,
dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other voluntary
action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any
of the terms to be observed or performed hereunder by the Company,
but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of
all the provisions of the Warrant and in the taking of all action
necessary or appropriate in order to protect the rights of the
Holder to exercise the Warrant, or against impairment of such
rights.
(d) The Company further
covenants and agrees that the Company will at all times have
authorized and reserved, free from preemptive rights, a sufficient
number of shares of Common Stock to provide for the exercise in
full of the rights represented by this Warrant. If at any time the
number of authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock of the
Company shall not be sufficient to effect the exercise of the
Warrant in full, then the Company will take all such corporate
action as may, in the opinion of counsel to the Company, be
necessary or advisable to increase the number of its authorized
shares of Common Stock as shall be sufficient to permit the
exercise of the Warrant in full, including without limitation,
using its best efforts to obtain any necessary stockholder approval
of such increase. The Company further covenants and agrees that if
any shares of capital stock to be reserved for the purpose of the
issuance of shares upon the exercise of this Warrant require
registration with or approval of any governmental authority under
any federal or state law before such shares may be validly issued
or delivered upon exercise, then the Company will in good faith and
as expeditiously as possible endeavor to secure such registration
or approval, as the case may be. If and so long as the common stock
of the Company is listed on any national securities exchange, the
Nasdaq Stock Market, or the OTC Bulletin
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Board, the Company will, if
permitted by the rules of such exchange or market, list and keep
listed on such exchange or market, upon official notice of
issuance, all shares of such common stock issuable upon exercise of
this Warrant.
3. ADJUSTMENTS
OF EXERCISE PRICE, NUMBER AND TYPE OF WARRANT SHARES
Subject to the
number of Warrant Shares issuable pursuant to this Warrant being
(x) until the Financing Trigger Date, the greater of (i) Five
Million Nine Hundred Fifty Two Thousand Three Hundred Sixty Two
(5,952,362) or (ii) the number of shares equal to 5.2% of the Fully
Diluted Number of Shares of Common Stock, and (b) from and after
the Financing Trigger Date, the greater of the amounts set forth in
the immediate foregoing subclauses (x)(i) and (x)(ii), but in no
event more than Eleven Million (11,000,000), as adjusted for any of
the transactions described in Sections 3(a)-(c) and 3(f), below,
the Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares shall be
adjusted from time to time as follows:
(a) Subdivision or
Combination of Stock . In case the Company shall at any time
subdivide (whether by way of stock dividend, stock split or
otherwise) its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater
number of shares, the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to
such subdivision shall be proportionately reduced and the number of
Warrant Shares shall be proportionately increased, and conversely,
in case the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company shall
be combined (whether by way of stock combination, reverse stock
split or otherwise) into a smaller number of shares, the Exercise
Price in effect immediately prior to such combination shall be
proportionately increased and the number of Warrant Shares shall be
proportionately decreased. The Exercise Price and the Warrant
Shares, as so adjusted, shall be readjusted in the same manner upon
the happening of any successive event or events described in this
Section 3(a). Any adjustment under this paragraph shall become
effective at the close of business on the date the subdivision or
combination becomes effective.
(b) Dividends in Stock,
Property, Reclassification . If at any time, or from time to
time, holders of Common Stock (or any shares of stock or other
securities at the time receivable upon the exercise of this
Warrant) shall have received or become entitled to receive, without
payment therefore:
(i) any shares of stock or
other securities that are at any time directly or indirectly
convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock, or any rights or
options to subscribe for, purchase or otherwise acquire any of the
foregoing by way of dividend or other distribution, or
(ii) additional stock or
other securities or property (including cash) by way of spinoff,
split-up, reclassification, combination of shares or similar
corporate rearrangement (other than shares of Common Stock issued
as a stock split or adjustments in respect of which shall be
covered by the terms of Section 3(a) above),
then and in
each such case, the Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares
to be obtained upon exercise of this Warrant shall be adjusted
proportionately, and the Holder hereof shall receive, in addition
to the number of shares of Common Stock receivable thereupon, and
without payment of any additional consideration therefor, the
amount of stock and other securities and property (including cash
in the cases referred to above) that such Holder would hold on the
date of such dividend or distribution had such Holder been the
holder of record of such Common Stock as of the date on which
holders of Common Stock received or became entitled to receive such
shares or all other additional stock and other securities and
property. The Exercise Price and the Warrant Shares, as so
adjusted, shall be readjusted in the same manner upon the happening
of any successive event or events described in this Section 3(b)
.
(c) Reorganization,
Reclassification, Consolidation, Merger or Sale . If any
recapitalization, reclassification or reorganization of the capital
stock of the Company, or any consolidation or merger of
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the Company with another
corporation, or the sale of all or substantially all of its assets
or other transaction shall be effected in such a way that holders
of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive stock, securities or
other assets or property (an “ Organic Change
”), then lawful and adequate provisions (in form and
substance satisfactory to the Holder) shall be made by the Company,
prior (and as a condition) to the consummation of such Organic
Change, whereby the Holder hereof shall thereafter have the right
to receive (in lieu of the shares of the Common Stock of the
Company immediately theretofore purchasable and receivable upon the
exercise of the rights represented by this Warrant) such shares of
stock, securities or other assets or property as may be issued or
payable with respect to or in exchange for a number of outstanding
shares of such Common Stock equal to the number of shares of such
stock immediately theretofore purchasable and receivable by the
Holder assuming the full exercise of the rights represented by this
Warrant. In the event of any Organic Change, appropriate provision
(in form and substance satisfactory to the Holder) shall be made by
the Company with respect to the rights and interests of the Holder
of this Warrant to the end that the provisions hereof (including,
without limitation, provisions for adjustments of the Exercise
Price and of the number of shares purchasable and receivable upon
the exercise of this Warrant) shall thereafter be applicable, in
relation to any shares of stock, securities or assets thereafter
deliverable upon the exercise hereof. The Company shall not effect
any reorganization, recapitalization, consolidation or merger
unless, prior to the consummation thereof, the successor entity (if
other than the Company) assumes by written instrument reasonably
satisfactory in form and substance to the Holder executed and
mailed or delivered to the registered Holder hereof at the last
address of such Holder appearing on the books of the Company, the
obligation to deliver to such Holder such shares of stock,
securities or assets as, in accordance with the foregoing
provisions, such Holder may be entitled to acquire; provided, that
any assumption shall not relieve the Company of its obligations
hereunder. If there is an Organic Change, then the Company shall
cause to be mailed to the Holder at its last address as it shall
appear on the books and records of the Company, at least 10
calendar days before the effective date of the Organic Change, a
notice stating the date on which such Organic Change is expected to
become effective or close, and the date as of which it is expected
that holders of the Common Stock of record shall be entitled to
exchange their shares for securities, cash, or other property
delivered upon such Organic Change; provided , that the
failure to mail such notice or any defect therein or in the mailing
thereof shall not affect the validity of the corporate action
required to be specified in such notice. The Holder is entitled to
exercise this Warrant during the 10-day period commencing on the
date of such notice to the effective date of the event triggering
such notice. In any event, the successor corporation (if other than
the Company) resulting from such consolidation or merger or the
corporation purchasing such assets shall be deemed to assume such
obligation to deliver to such Holder such shares of stock,
securities or assets even in the absence of a written instrument
assuming such obligation to the extent such assumption occurs by
operation of law.
(d) Adjustments for
Certain Dilutive Issuances . If at any time, the Company issues
or sells any Common Stock (including the issuance or sale of Common
Stock owned or held by or for the account of the Company for a
consideration per share) for a price (the “ Applicable
Price ”) that is less than $2.10 per share of Common
Stock (the foregoing, a “ Dilutive Issuance ”),
then concurrently with such Dilutive Issuance (1) the Exercise
Price shall be reduced to be equal to the Applicable Price and (2)
the number of shares acquirable by exercise of this Warrant shall
be increased such that the calculation of the Aggregate Exercise
Price in the event that the Warrant is exercised in whole (the
“ Maximum Aggregate Exercise Price ”)
immediately prior to such Dilutive Issuance shall be equal (after
taking into account the aforementioned adjustment in Exercise Price
purs