THESE
SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF
1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ ACT ”) OR UNDER THE
SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OR JURISDICTION AND MAY NOT BE SOLD,
OFFERED FOR SALE OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED UNLESS REGISTERED OR
QUALIFIED UNDER THE ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR
UNLESS THE COMPANY RECEIVES AN OPINION, IN REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE
FORM AND SCOPE, OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY,
THAT REGISTRATION, QUALIFICATION OR OTHER SUCH ACTIONS ARE NOT
REQUIRED UNDER ANY SUCH LAWS.
GENERAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT,
INC.
AMENDED AND RESTATED
WARRANT TO PURCHASE SHARES OF COMMON
STOCK
(Expires August 31,
2014)
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2,700,000 Shares of Common
Stock
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FOR VALUE RECEIVED, subject to the provisions
set forth below, the undersigned, GENERAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT,
INC., a Nevada corporation (the “ Company ”),
hereby certifies that CVC California, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company, or its registered assigns (the “
Holder ”), is entitled to purchase from the Company up
to Two Million Seven Hundred Thousand (2,700,000) fully paid and
nonassessable shares (the “ Warrant Shares ”) of
the Company’s common stock, $.001 par value per share (the
“ Common Shares ”), for cash at a price of $0.01
per share (the “ Exercise Price ”) at any time
and from time to time from and after the date hereof and until 5:00
p.m. (Pacific time) on August 31, 2014 (the “ Expiration
Date ”) upon surrender to the Company at its principal
office (or at such other location as the Company may advise the
Holder in writing) of this Warrant properly endorsed with the
Notice of Exercise attached hereto duly filled in and signed and,
if applicable, upon payment in cash or by check of the aggregate
Exercise Price for the number of shares for which this Warrant is
being exercised determined in accordance with the provisions
hereof. The Exercise Price and the number of shares
purchasable hereunder are subject to adjustment as provided in
Section 3 of this Warrant.
1.1. Exercise
. This Warrant shall be
exercisable at any time and from time to time from the date hereof
until the Expiration Date, and this Warrant shall expire on the
Expiration Date. Upon exercise of this Warrant, the
Exercise Price shall be payable in cash or by
check. This Warrant may be exercised in whole or in part
so long as any exercise in part hereof would not involve the
issuance of fractional Warrant Shares. If exercised in
part, the Company shall deliver to the Holder a new Warrant,
identical in form to this Warrant, in the name of the Holder,
evidencing the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares as to
which this Warrant has not been exercised, which new Warrant shall
be signed by an appropriate officer of the Company. The
term “Warrant” as used herein shall include any
subsequent Warrant issued as provided herein.
1.2. Exercise
Procedures; Delivery of Certificate . Upon surrender of this Warrant with
a duly executed Notice of Exercise in the form of
Annex A attached hereto, together with payment of the
Exercise Price for the Warrant Shares purchased, at the
Company’s principal executive offices (the “
Designated Office ”), the Holder shall be entitled to
receive a certificate or certificates for the Warrant Shares so
purchased. The Company agrees that the Warrant Shares
shall be deemed to have been issued to the Holder as of the close
of business on the date on which this Warrant shall have been
surrendered together with the Notice of Exercise and payment for
such Warrant Shares.
1.3. Cashless
Exercise . In
connection with any exercise of this Warrant, in lieu of payment of
the Exercise Price in cash, the Holder may exercise this Warrant,
in whole or in part, by presentation and surrender of this Warrant
to the Company, together with a Cashless Exercise Form in the form
attached hereto as Annex B (or a reasonable facsimile
thereof) duly executed (a “ Cashless Exercise
”). Such presentation and surrender shall be in
lieu of the Holder's obligation to pay all or any portion of the
Exercise Price, as the case may be. In the event of a
Cashless Exercise, the Holder shall exchange this Warrant for that
number of Common Shares determined by multiplying the number of
Common Shares for which this Warrant is being exercised by a
fraction, (a) the numerator of which shall be the difference
between (i) the then current market price per Common Share, and
(ii) the Exercise Price, and (b) the denominator of which shall be
the then current market price per Common Share. For
purposes of any computation under this Section l.3, the then
current market price per Common Share at any date shall be deemed
to be the average of the daily trading price for the ten (10)
consecutive trading days immediately prior to the Cashless
Exercise. If, during such measuring period, there shall
occur any event which gives rise to any adjustment of the Exercise
Price, then a corresponding adjustment shall be made with respect
to the closing prices of the Common Shares for the days prior to
the Effective Date of such adjustment event. As used
herein, the term “trading price” on any relevant date
means (A) if the Common Shares are listed for trading on the New
York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq Global
Market, the Nasdaq Select Market (or any replacement Nasdaq
market), the closing sale price (or, if no closing sale price is
reported, the last reported sale price) of the Common Shares
(regular way), or (B) if the Common Shares are not so listed but
quotations for the Common Shares are reported on the OTC Bulletin
Board, the most recent closing price as reported on the OTC
Bulletin Board.
(a) In
the event that and at such time as the Company or any of its
subsidiaries or stockholders enters into a binding agreement with
respect to any Sale (as such term is defined in the Amended and
Restated Revolving Credit and Term Loan Agreement dated as of
September 4, 2009 by and between CVC California, LLC and the
Company (the “ Loan Agreement ”)) or (if sooner)
on that date which is thirty (30) days prior to any payment or
required payment in full of the Obligations (as such term is
defined in the Loan Agreement) (exclusive of obligations under this
Section 1.4), the Company shall, in addition to any notice required
under the Loan Agreement, give written notice to the Holder
(and/or, if applicable, the holder of the Warrant Shares) setting
forth in reasonable detail the circumstances and material terms of
the subject Sale agreement or the pendency of such payment (as the
case may be). Subject to and in accordance with the
provisions of this Section 1.4, the Holder (which term, for
purposes of this Section 1.4, shall include each holder of Warrant
Shares) shall have the right and option (the “ Put
Option ”), exercisable effective at any time upon or
after the consummation of such Sale or payment, or upon and after
the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default
(as such term is defined in the Loan Agreement) or any other event
or circumstance which causes, effects or requires any payment in
full under the Loan Agreement (such Sale, payment in full, Maturity
Date or Event of Default, each a “ Triggering Event
”) and until the Expiration Date, to require the Company to
redeem and purchase any or all Warrant Shares or rights to purchase
Warrant Shares hereunder, for a cash purchase price of $0.75 per
Warrant Share or per right to purchase a Warrant Share hereunder
(the “ Option Purchase Price ”), such Option
Purchase Price to be subject to adjustment from time to time in
respect of any events as described in Section 3.2 below; and to the
extent that, in accordance with Section 3 below, the Holder’s
rights upon exercise of this Warrant would include the right to
acquire other securities or property, then the exercise of the Put
Option shall also constitute a put to the Company of such
corresponding other securities or property.
(b) The
Put Option shall be exercisable by the Holder providing a completed
Put Option exercise form in the form attached hereto as
Annex C (or a reasonable facsimile thereof) duly
executed, to the Company at the Designated Office, not less than
ten (10) days prior to the Holder’s required date of payment
as set forth in such exercise form. Upon payment of the
Option Purchase Price by the Company to the Holder, the Holder
shall surrender this Warrant (and/or the certificate(s)
representing the subject Warrant Shares, as applicable) to the
Company, against delivery to the Holder of a replacement Warrant
(and/or certificate(s) representing Warrant Shares, as applicable)
representing the portion (if any) of this Warrant or the Warrant
Shares (as applicable) not purchased by the Company
hereunder.
(c) In
the event that any proposed Sale, refinancing or repayment which
gave rise to the exercise of the Put Option is abandoned or is not
consummated, then such exercise of the Put Option shall be null and
void ab initio , and the Put Option shall thereafter
be applicable and exercisable in connection with any subsequent
proposed Sale or other Triggering Event, in accordance with this
Section 1.4
(d) In
the event that the Put Option is exercised at or prior to the time
of the repayment in full of the other Obligations (as such term is
defined in the Loan Agreement), then the applicable Option Purchase
Price shall constitute Obligations which shall be secured by all
Guaranties and Collateral (as such terms are defined in the Loan
Agreement) then securing the Obligations.
2. Transfer;
Issuance of Stock Certificates; Restrictive Legends
.
2.1. Transfer
. Each transfer of this
Warrant and all rights hereunder, in whole or in part, shall be
subject to and effected in compliance with any and all applicable
securities laws, and shall be registered on the books of the
Company to be maintained for such purpose, upon surrender of this
Warrant at the Designated Office, together with a written
assignment of this Warrant in the form of Annex D
attached hereto duly executed by the Holder or its agent or
attorney. Upon such surrender and delivery, the Company
shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in the name of
the assignee or assignees and in the denominations specified in
such instrument of assignment, and shall issue to the assignor a
new Warrant evidencing the portion of this Warrant not so assigned,
if any. A Warrant may be exercised by the new Holder for
the purchase of Warrant Shares without having a new Warrant
issued. Prior to due presentment for registration of
transfer thereof, the Company may deem and treat the registered
Holder of this Warrant as the absolute owner hereof
(notwithstanding any notations of ownership or writing thereon made
by anyone other than a duly authorized officer of the Company) for
all purposes and shall not be affected by any notice to the
contrary. All Warrants issued upon any assignment of
Warrants shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing
the same rights and entitled to the same benefits as the Warrants
surrendered upon such registration of transfer or
exchange.
2.2. Stock
Certificates . Certificates for the Warrant Shares
shall be delivered to the Holder within five (5) Business Days (as
such term is defined in the Loan Agreement described in Section
3.7(a) below) after the rights represented by this Warrant shall
have been exercised pursuant to Section 1, and a new Warrant
representing the right to purchase the Common Shares, if any, with
respect to which this Warrant shall not then have been exercised
shall also be issued to the Holder within such time. The
issuance of certificates for Warrant Shares upon the exercise of
this Warrant shall be made without charge to the Holder hereof
including, without limitation, any documentary, stamp or similar
tax that may be payable in respect 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 or delivery of any such certificate in a name other than
that of the Holder, and the Company shall not be required to issue
or deliver such certificate unless or until the person or persons
requesting the issuance thereof shall have paid to the Company the
amount of any such tax or shall have established to the
satisfaction of the Company that any such tax has been paid;
!and further provided , that the Company shall
not be required to pay any income tax to which the Holder hereof
may be subject in connection with the issuance of this Warrant or
the Warrant Shares.
2.3. Restrictive
Legend . Except as
otherwise provided in this Section 2, each certificate for Warrant
Shares initially issued upon the exercise of this Warrant and each
certificate for Warrant Shares issued to any subsequent transferee
of any such certificate, shall be stamped or otherwise imprinted
with a legend in substantially the following form:
“THESE
SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF
1933, AS AMENDED. THEY MAY NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR
SALE, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED IN THE ABSENCE OF A REGISTRATION
STATEMENT IN EFFECT WITH RESPECT TO THE SECURITIES UNDER SUCH ACT
OR AN OPINION IN FORM AND FROM COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO
THE COMPANY THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT
REQUIRED.”
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the legend requirements of this Section 2.3 shall
terminate as to any particular Warrant Shares when (i) such
Warrant Shares are transferred pursuant to an effective resale
registration statement, as contemplated in the Registration Rights
Agreement dated as of August 31, 2008 (the “ Registration
Rights Agreement ”) executed by the Company in favor of
the Holder, or (ii) the Company shall have received from the
Holder thereof an opinion of counsel in form and substance
reasonably acceptable to the Company that such legend is not
required in order to ensure compliance with the Securities
Act. Whenever the restrictions imposed by this
Section 2.3 shall terminate, the Holder or subsequent
transferee, as the case may be, shall be entitled to receive from
the Company without cost to such Holder or transferee a certificate
for the Warrant Shares without such restrictive legend.
3. Adjustment
of Number of Shares; Exercise Price; Nature of Securities Issuable
Upon Exercise of Warrants.
3.1. Exercise
Price; Adjustment of Number of Shares . The Exercise Price and the number
of shares purchasable hereunder shall be subject to adjustment from
time to time as hereinafter provided; provided ,
however , that, notwithstanding the below, in no case shall
the Exercise Price be reduced to below the par value per share of
the class of stock for which this Warrant is exercisable at such
time.
3.2. Adjustments
Upon Distribution, Subdivision or Combination
. If the Company, at any
time or from time to time after the issuance of this Warrant, shall
(a) make a dividend or distribution on its Common Shares
payable in Common Shares, (b) subdivide or reclassify the
outstanding Common Shares into a greater number of shares, or
(c) combine or reclassify the outstanding Common Shares into a
smaller number of shares, the Exercise Price in effect at that time
and the number of Warrant Shares into which the Warrant is
exercisable at that time shall be proportionately adjusted
effective as of the record date for the dividend or distribution or
the effective date of the subdivision, combination or
reclassification.
3.3. Adjustment
Upon Other Distributions . If the Company, at any time or from
time to time after the issuance of this Warrant, makes a
distribution to the holders of Common Shares which is payable in
securities of the Company other than Common Shares, then, in each
such event, provision shall be made so that the Holder shall
recei
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