EXHIBIT
10.03
THE SECURITIES
REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED BY THE HOLDER HEREOF FOR ITS
OWN ACCOUNT FOR INVESTMENT WITH NO INTENTION OF MAKING OR CAUSING
TO BE MADE A PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION OF ALL OR ANY PORTION THEREOF.
SUCH SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT
OF 1933 OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED
FOR SALE, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED, EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT FILED UNDER SUCH ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN
EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT.
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November 30, 2006
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Chicago, Illinois
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CAPITAL GROWTH SYSTEMS,
INC.
CENTREPATH BRIDGE NOTE
WARRANT TO PURCHASE
SERIES AA PREFERRED STOCK AT
$1,000 PER PREFERRED SHARE, OR $0.45 PER COMMON SHARE ON AS
CONVERTED BASIS
Void after December 31,
2009, Unless Extended
Capital Growth Systems, Inc., a Florida
corporation (the “Company”), hereby certifies that, for
value received, Thomas G. Hudson (including any
successors and assigns, “Holder”), is entitled, subject
to the terms set forth below, to purchase from the Company at any
time or from time to time before 5:00 PM Central time, on December
31, 2009 (the “Expiration Date”), which date is subject
to extension as set forth in Section 7 fully paid and
nonassessable shares of the Company’s Series AA Preferred
Stock (the “Warrant Shares”) under the terms set forth
herein. Holder acknowledges that effective upon the filing of an
amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of the Company
increasing its authorized Common Stock to not less than 200,000,000
shares (the “Amendment”), each share of Series AA
Preferred Stock shall automatically be converted into 2,222.2
shares of $0.0001 par value Company common stock (“Common
Stock”) and for purposes of this Warrant, effective as of the
filing of the Amendment, all references hereto to Warrant Shares
shall be automatically amended to refer to the corresponding number
of shares of Common Stock into which the shares of Series AA
Preferred Stock have been converted.
1. Number of Warrant Shares; Exercise
Price . This Warrant
shall evidence the right of the Holder to purchase up to 675.00675
Warrant Shares (which number of Warrant Shares will remain fixed
and is not subject to any adjustment except as provided in
Section 6 below) at an initial exercise price per Warrant
Share of $1,000 per share of Series AA Preferred Stock (i.e. $0.45
per share of Common Stock following the Amendment) (the
“Exercise Price”), subject to adjustment as provided in
Sections 6 and 7 below.
2. Definitions . As used herein the following terms, unless the
context otherwise requires, have the following respective
meanings:
(a) The term “Common Stock” shall mean
the common stock, par value $0.0001 of the Company.
(b) The term “Company” shall mean
Capital Growth Systems, Inc. and shall include any company which
shall succeed to or assume the obligations of the Company
hereunder.
(c) The term “Corporate Transaction”
shall mean (i) a sale, lease transfer or conveyance of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Company; (ii) a
consolidation of the Company with, or merger of the Company with or
into, another corporation or other business entity in which the
stockholders of the Company immediately prior to such consolidation
or merger own less than 50% of the voting power of the surviving
entity immediately after such consolidation or merger; or (iii) any
transaction or series of related transactions to which the Company
is a party in which in excess of 50% of the Company’s voting
power is transferred, excluding any consolidation or merger
effected exclusively to change the domicile of the Company and/or
an effective change of the number of issued and outstanding shares
of the Company (i.e. reverse or forward split), and further
including any of the issuances of capital stock with respect to any
of the transactions contemplated in the Memorandum.
(d) The term “Memorandum” shall mean
the private placement memorandum dated November 14, 2006 of the
Company, as amended from time to time.
(e) The term “Offering Warrants” shall
mean this Warrant and each other warrant issued to purchasers of
Notes pursuant to the CentrePath Bridge Note Purchase Agreement, to
which this form of Warrant is attached as an Exhibit.
3. Exercise Date; Expiration
. Subject to the terms hereof, this
Warrant may be exercised by the Holder at any time or from time to
time before the Expiration Date (the “Exercise
Period”).
4. Exercise of Warrant; Partial Exercise
. This Warrant may be exercised in
full by the Holder by surrender of this Warrant, together with the
Holder’s duly executed form of subscription attached hereto
as Exhibit A , to the Company at its principal office,
accompanied by payment, in cash or by certified or official bank
check payable to the order of the Company, of the aggregate
exercise price (as determined above) of the number of Warrant
Shares to be purchased hereunder. The exercise of this Warrant
pursuant to this Section 4 shall be deemed to have been
effected immediately prior to the close of business on the business
day on which this Warrant is surrendered to the Company as provided
in this Section 4 , and at such time the person in
whose name any certificate for Warrant Shares shall be issuable
upon such exercise shall be deemed to be the record holder of such
Warrant Shares for all purposes. As soon as practicable after the
exercise of this Warrant, the Company at its expense will cause to
be issued in the name of and delivered to the Holder, or as the
Holder may direct, a certificate or certificates for the number of
fully paid and nonassessable full shares of Warrant Shares to which
the Holder shall be entitled on such exercise, together with cash,
in lieu of any fraction of a share, equal to such fraction of the
current fair market value of one full Warrant Share as determined
in good faith by the Board of Directors and as set forth in
Section 7 , and, if applicable, a new warrant evidencing the
balance of the shares remaining subject to the Warrant.
5. Weighted Average Anti-Dilution Price
Protection . The purchase
price of Warrant Shares (or any shares of stock or other securities
which may be) issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant shall be
subject to adjustment from time to time, as follows:
(a) “New Securities” shall mean any
Common Stock or preferred stock of Company issued during the term
of this Warrant, whether now authorized or not, and rights, options
or warrants to purchase said Common Stock or preferred stock, and
securities of any type whatsoever that are, or may become,
convertible into said Common Stock or preferred stock (including
but not limited to convertible debt or any other instrument
exercisable for or convertible into Common Stock); provided,
however, that “New Securities” does not include (i) any
securities issued or issuable pursuant to any of the notes,
options, warrants or other securities outstanding as of the date of
the closing of the offering pursuant to the Memorandum, including
all Offering Warrants; (ii) up to 5,000,000 shares of Common Stock
issued pursuant to the stock option plan contemplated in the
Memorandum; any stock option plan maintained by Company; or (iii)
shares of Company's Common Stock issued in connection with any
stock split, stock dividend, or recapitalization by
Company.
(b) In the event that Company issues New Securities
for a consideration of less than $0.45 per share of Common Stock
(on an as converted to Common Stock basis, as adjusted per this
Section 5 hereof) (the “Original Purchase
Price”), or if the Original Purchase Price shall have been
adjusted hereunder, and the Company issues New Securities for a
purchase price below the adjusted Purchase Price, then the
then-current Purchase Price shall be adjusted downward to a price
determined by dividing
(i) the sum of (w) the Purchase Price in effect
before the issuance of such New Securities multiplied by the number
of shares of the Company’s Common Stock then issued and
outstanding plus the number of shares of Company preferred stock
then issued as converted into shares of Common Stock (including
shares of common stock reserved pursuant to the issued Offering
Warrants) immediately prior to the issuance of such New Securities
and (x) the consideration, if any, received by or deemed to have
been received by the Company on the issue of such New Securities
by:
(ii) the sum of (y) the number of shares of the
Company’s Common Stock then issued and outstanding plus the
number of shares of the Company’s preferred stock then issued
as converted into shares of Common Stock (including shares of
Common Stock reserved pursuant to the issued Offering Warrants)
immediately prior to the issuance of such New Securities and (z)
the number of Additional Shares of Common Stock issued or deemed to
have been issued in the issuance of such New Securities.
(c) In the case of the issuance of Common Stock for
cash, the consideration shall be deemed to be the amount of cash
paid.
(d) In the case of the issuance of Common Stock for
a consideration in whole or in part other than cash, the
consideration other than cash shall be deemed to be the fair value
thereof as reasonably determined by the Company’s board of
directors consistent with its fiduciary duties irrespective of any
accounting treatment.
(e) The Company will not by reorganization,
transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, or
otherwise, avoid or seek to avoid observance or performance of any
of the terms of this Section 5 , but will at all times in
good faith assist in the carrying out and performance of all
provisions of this Section 5 in order to protect the rights
of the Holder against impairment.
6. Adjustments to Number of Warrants and Conversion
Price . The number and
kind of Warrant Shares (or any shares of stock or other securities
which may be) issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant and the
exercise price hereunder shall be subject to adjustment from time
to time upon the happening of certain events, as
follows:
(a) Splits and Subdivisions . In the event the Company should at any time or
from time to time fix a record date for the effectuation of a split
or subdivision of the outstanding shares of Series AA Preferred
Stock (or following the Amendment, of the Common Stock) or the
determination of the holders of Series AA Preferred Stock (or
following the Amendment, of the Common Stock) entitled to receive a
dividend or other distribution payable in additional shares of
Series AA Preferred Stock (or following the Amendment, of the
Common Stock) or other securities or rights convertible into, or
entitling the holder thereof to receive directly or indirectly,
additional shares of Series AA Preferred Stock (hereinafter
referred to as the “Series AA Preferred Stock
Equivalents”) (or following the Amendment, of the Common
Stock, with the entitlement for the holder thereof to receive
directly or indirectly, additional shares of Common Stock,
hereinafter referred to as the “Common Stock
Equivalents”) without payment of any consideration by such
holder for the additional shares of Series AA Preferred Stock (or
following the Amendment, of the Common Stock) or Series AA
Preferred Stock Equivalents, (or following the Amendment, of the
Common Stock Equivalents), then, as of such record date (or the
date of such distribution, split or subdivision if no record date
is fixed), the Exercise Price shall be appropriately decreased and
the number of Warrant Shares for which this Warrant is exercisable
shall be appropriately increased in proportion to such increase of
outstanding shares.