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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:
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(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.
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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.
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(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 f
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