Exhibit 4.5
THE
WARRANT EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE AND THE SHARES OF COMMON
STOCK PURCHASABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THE WARRANT ARE SUBJECT TO
CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO THE OPTION AGREEMENT DATED MAY 29, 1997
AND ARE SUBJECT TO A SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED STOCKHOLDERS
AGREEMENT DATED AS OF NOVEMBER 7, 1996, A REGISTRATION RIGHTS
AGREEMENT AND A SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT EACH DATED AS OF THE
EFFECTIVE DATE, COPIES OF WHICH ARE ON FILE AT THE PRINCIPAL OFFICE
OF THE COMPANY AND WILL BE FURNISHED TO THE HOLDER ON REQUEST TO
THE SECRETARY OF THE COMPANY. SUCH SECOND AMENDED AND
RESTATED STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT, REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT AND
SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT PROVIDE, AMONG OTHER THINGS, FOR CERTAIN
RESTRICTIONS ON VOTING, SALE, TRANSFER, PLEDGE, HYPOTHECATION OR
OTHER DISPOSITION OF THE WARRANT EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE AND
THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK PURCHASABLE UPON EXCERCISE OF THE
WARRANT AND THAT SUCH SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ARE SUBJECT TO
PURCHASE BY THE COMPANY AS WELL AS CERTAIN OTHER PERSONS UPON THE
OCCURRENCE OF CERTAIN EVENTS. ANY SALE, ASSIGNMENT, TRANSFER
OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THE SECURITIES EVIDENCED BY THIS
CERTIFICATE TO PERSONS OTHER THAN IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH SECOND
AMENDED AND RESTATED STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT, REGISTRATION RIGHTS
AGREEMENT AND SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT SHALL BE NULL AND
VOID.
THE
WARRANT EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE AND THE SHARES OF COMMON
STOCK PURCHASABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THE WARRANT HAVE NOT BEEN
REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED PURSUANT TO THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS
AMENDED (THE “ ACT ”), ANY STATE SECURITIES LAW
OR ANY FOREIGN SECURITIES OR OTHER APPLICABLE FOREIGN LAW OF ANY
JURISDICTION OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES, AND SUCH WARRANT AND SUCH
SHARES MAY NOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF UNLESS
THE SAME IS REGISTERED AND QUALIFIED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ACT,
ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAW AND ANY APPLICABLE FOREIGN
SECURITIES OR OTHER APPLICABLE FOREIGN LAW, OR IN THE OPINION OF
COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY SUCH REGISTRATION
AND QUALIFICATION ARE NOT REQUIRED.
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Warrant to Purchase
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7,323 Shares Dated
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as
of the Effective Date
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(as
defined below)
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WARRANT
To
Purchase Common Stock of
INTERNATIONAL LOGISTICS LIMITED
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Purchase Price
of Common Stock:
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Purchase price
per share as set forth below (subject to adjustment as described
herein).
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THIS WARRANT CERTIFIES that, for value
received, Hera Ventures Limited, a company organized under the laws
of the Bahamas, or registered assigns is entitled, on the first
Business Day immediately following the Effective Date (as defined
herein) and prior to the close of business in Chicago, Illinois on
the
Expiration Date (as defined herein), to
purchase 7,323 shares of Common Stock in International Logistics
Limited, a Delaware corporation (the “ Company
”), at a purchase price per share equal to $45.00 (U.S.) (the
“ Warrant Purchase Price ”) upon surrender of
this Warrant at the principal office of the Company, and payment of
such purchase price by bank check, cashier’s check, certified
check, wire transfer or by a cashless exercise as set forth in
Section 2.B.2. below. The Warrant Purchase Price shall be effective
as of the Effective Date.
This Warrant is issued by the Company in
connection with the closing of the transactions contemplated by the
Option Agreement (as defined herein). The terms and
conditions of the Warrant are set forth herein. Any capitalized
terms used herein and not defined herein shall have the meanings
set forth in the Stockholders Agreement (as defined
herein).
SECTION 1
Definitions
“ Business Day ” means any
day other than a Saturday, a Sunday, or any day on which commercial
banks in the city of Chicago, Illinois are authorized or required
by law to close.
“ Common Stock ” means (i)
any shares of the Common Stock of the Company, $.001 par value per
share, authorized on the date of the original issue of this Warrant
or (ii) in the event that the outstanding Common Stock is hereafter
changed into or exchanged for different stock or securities of the
Company, such other stock or securities.
“ Effective Date ”
means the date on which the Company acquires 100% of the ordinary
shares and other equity interests in LEP International Worldwide
Limited, a corporation registered under the laws of England, that
are currently beneficially owned by Jack Wasp.
“ Expiration Date ” means
December 31, 2007.
“ Fair Market Value ” shall
mean the amount obtained by dividing (A) (EBITDA X 5) - (Debt - CA)
by (B) the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding plus the
number of shares subject to options and warrants (to the extent
such options and warrants are exercisable at an exercise price
below Fair Market Value) on the valuation date. For the purpose of
this definition only: “EBITDA” means the
Company’s consolidated earnings before interest, taxes,
depreciation and amortization for the four fiscal quarters of the
Company ending on the last day of the
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fiscal quarter immediately preceding the
valuation date, computed in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles; “Debt” means any current or
long-term indebtedness of the Company as of the last day of the
fiscal quarter immediately preceding the valuation date (including
capitalized lease obligations and accrued but unpaid interest), as
set forth on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet
(prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles); and “CA” means the Company’s
consolidated cash and cash equivalents on hand as of the last day
of the fiscal quarter immediately preceding the valuation date,
including, without limitation, payments that have been received or
will be received upon the exercise of options and warrants to the
extent such options and warrants are exercisable at an exercise
price below Fair Market Value as set forth on its consolidated
balance sheet (prepared in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles).
“ Family Member ” means (a)
to the extent alive at the time of determination, Jack Wasp, his
spouse, his siblings, his children, his childrens’ spouses,
his grandchildren or his grandchildrens’ spouses or (b) any
trust of which the sole beneficiaries are, at the time of
determination, one or more of the foregoing.
“ Initial Public Offering ”
means the first underwritten public offering of Common Stock by the
Company pursuant to a registration of shares under the Securities
Act on a Form S-1 Registration Statement (or equivalent or
successor form).
“ OCM ” means OCM Principal
Opportunities Fund, L.P., a Delaware limited
partnership.
“ OCM Affiliates ” means any
investor in or any employee of OCM or Oaktree Capital Management,
LLC (“ Oaktree ”), a California limited
liability company, or in any company, joint venture, limited
liability company, association or partnership of which the OCM or
Oaktree, is a shareholder, manager or general partner, as the case
may be.
“ Option Agreement ” means
the Option Agreement dated as of May 29, 1997, by and among the
Company, Jack Wasp and Hera Ventures Limited, a company organized
under the laws of the Bahamas.
“ Qualified Sale ” shall
mean (i) any sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the
Company to any entity or (ii) any sale, merger or liquidation of
the Company with or into any entity other than to or with OCM, TCW,
WES&S, an OCM Affiliate, a TCW Affiliate or a WES&S
Affiliate whereby such entity or the holders of a majority of the
voting stock thereof
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shall obtain (A) at least a majority of
the voting stock of the surviving entity and (B) the right to elect
a majority of the surviving entity’s board of directors.
“ Registration Rights Agreement
” means the Registration Rights Agreement dated as of the
Effective Date, by and among the Company and each of the Investors
listed on exhibit A thereto, as the same may be amended from
time to time.
“ Securities Act ” means the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended and as the same may be amended
from time to time.
“ Simon Entity ” means
Logistical Simon, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability corporation,
WESINVEST Inc., a Delaware corporation, or William E. Simon &
Sons, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company.
“ Stockholders Agreement ”
means the Second Amended and Restated Stockholders Agreement dated
as of November 7, 1996 , by and among the Company and each
of the other Holders listed on exhibit A thereto, as the
same may be amended from time to time.
“ TCW ” means TCW Special
Credits Fund V - The Principal Fund, a California limited
partnership.
“ TCW Affiliates ” means any
investor in or any employee of TCW, TCW Asset Management Company, a
California corporation (“ TAMCO ”), Trust
Company of the West, a California trust company (“
Trustco ”) or Oaktree, or in any company, joint
venture, limited liability company, association or partnership of
which TCW, TAMCO, Trustco or Oaktree, is a shareholder, manager or
general partner, as the case may be.
“ Trading Price ” means the
trading price for each such trading day: (a) if the Common Stock is
traded on a national securities exchange in the United States of
America, its last reported sale price on the preceding Business Day
on such national securities exchange or, if there was no sale on
that day, the last reported sale price on such national securities
exchange on the next preceding Business Day on which there was a
sale, all as made available over the Consolidated Last Sale
Reporting System of the CTA Plan (the “ CLSRS ”)
or, if the Common Stock is not then eligible for reporting over the
CLSRS, its last reported sale price on the preceding Business Day
on such national securities exchange or, if there was no sale on
that day, on the next preceding Business Day on which there was a
sale on such exchange or (b) if the principal market for the Common
Stock is the over-the-counter market in the United States of
America, but the Common Stock is not then eligible for reporting
over the CLSRS, but the Common Stock is quoted on the
National
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Association of Securities Dealers Automated
Quotations System (“ NASDAQ ”), the last sale
price reported on NASDAQ on the preceding Business Day or, if the
Common Stock is an issue for which last sale prices are not
reported on NASDAQ, the closing bid quotation on such day, but in
each of the next preceding two cases, if the relevant NASDAQ price
or quotation did not exist on such day, then the price or quotation
on the next preceding Business Day in which there was such a price
or quotation.
“ WES&S Affiliate
” means any Simon Entity or any partnership, limited
liability company or corporation that directly or indirectly,
through one or more intermediaries, has control of, is controlled
by or is under common control with (i) any Simon Entity or (ii) any
shareholder, partner or member of a Simon Entity or any such
shareholder’s, partner’s or member’s spouse,
siblings, children, children’s spouses, grandchildren or
their spouses or any trusts for the benefit of any of the
foregoing.
“ Warrant Purchase Price ”
has the meaning assigned to that term in the introductory paragraph
hereof.
“ Warrant Shares ” means the
shares of Common Stock purchased or purchasable by the
Warrantholder upon the exercise of the Warrant pursuant to
Section 2 hereof.
“ Warrantholder ” means the
registered holder of the Warrant and any related Warrant
Shares.
SECTION 2
Exercise
A.
General . The Warrantholder shall be entitled to exercise
the Warrant on the first Business Day immediately following the
Effective Date, in whole or in part, at any time or from time to
time on or before 5:00 p.m., Chicago, Illinois time, on the
Expiration Date.
B.
Manner of Exercise . The Warrantholder may exercise
the Warrant, in whole or in part, by either of the following
methods:
1.
The Warrantholder shall complete one of the Subscription Forms
attached hereto, and deliver it to the Company, at its principal
offices located at 330 S . Mannheim Road, Hillside, IL 60162
, Attention: Chief
Executive Officer (or at such other location as the Company may
designate by notice in writing to the Warrantholder), together with
the Warrant and
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either a certified check, a bank
cashier’s check or wire transfer, in an amount in U.S.
Dollars equal to the then aggregate Warrant Purchase Price of the
shares of Common Stock being purchased; or
2.
The Warrantholder may, alternatively at its election, exercise this
Warrant, in whole or in part, in a “cashless” exercise
by delivering to the Company, at its principal offices located at
330 S. Mannheim Road, Hillside, IL 60162, Attention: Chief
Executive Officer (or at such other location as the Company may
designate by notice in writing to the Warrantholder), (i) one of
the Subscription Forms attached hereto, which notice shall specify
the number of Warrant Shares to be delivered to such Warrantholder
and the number of Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant
is being surrendered in payment of the aggregate Warrant Purchase
Price for the Warrant Shares to be delivered to the Warrantholder,
and (ii) the Warrant. For purposes of this cashless exercise
provision, each Warrant Share as to which the Warrant is
surrendered will be attributed the following per share value:
(i) prior to an Initial Public Offering (other than in the context
of a Qualified Sale), at the Fair Market Value; (ii) prior to
an Initial Public Offering and in the context of a Qualified Sale,
the per share consideration received by the stockholders with
respect to their outstanding shares of Common Stock; (iii)
concurrently with an Initial Public Offering, a value equal to the
Initial Public Offering offer price per share to the public; or
(iv) subsequent to an Initial Public Offering, a value per share
equal to the average Trading Price of the
Company’s
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