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Exhibit 4.1
NEW COMMON STOCK WARRANT
AGREEMENT
(New Common Stock
Warrants)
by and between
MOVIE GALLERY,
INC.,
and
American Stock Transfer and
Trust Company,
as Warrant Agent
Dated as of May 20,
2008
SERIES A WARRANT
AGREEMENT
TABLE OF
CONTENTS 1
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Appointment of Warrant Agent |
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Issuance of Warrants |
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| SECTION 3.
Warrant Certificates |
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| SECTION 4.
Execution of Warrant Certificates |
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| SECTION 5.
Registration and Countersignature |
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Registration of Transfers and Exchanges |
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| SECTION 7.
Acknowledgment; Securities Law Compliance |
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Terms of Warrants; Exercise of Warrants |
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Payment of Taxes |
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| SECTION 10.
Mutilated or Missing Warrant Certificates |
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| SECTION 11.
Reservation of Shares of New Common Stock |
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| SECTION 12.
Adjustment of Exercise Price and Number of Shares of Common Stock
Issuable |
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| SECTION 13.
Priority Adjustments, Further Actions |
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Fractional Interests |
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| SECTION 15.
Warrant Holders not Stockholders |
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| SECTION 16.
Merger, Consolidation or Change of Name of Warrant
Agent |
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| SECTION 17.
Warrant Agent |
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| SECTION 18.
Expenses |
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| SECTION 19.
Change of Warrant Agent |
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| SECTION 20.
Notices to the Company and Warrant Agent |
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| SECTION 21.
Supplements and Amendments |
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Successors |
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Termination |
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Governing Law; Jurisdiction |
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| SECTION 25.
Benefits of this Warrant Agreement |
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| SECTION 26.
Counterparts |
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This Table of Contents does not constitute a part of this
Warrant Agreement or have any bearing upon the interpretation of
any of its terms or provisions |
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Further Assurances |
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Entire Agreement |
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Severability |
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| Exhibit A
– Form of Definitive Warrant Certificate |
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| Exhibit B
– Form of Global Warrant Certificate |
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SERIES A WARRANT
AGREEMENT (this “Warrant Agreement” ),
entered into on May 20, 2008, between MOVIE GALLERY, INC., a
Delaware corporation (the “Company” ), and
American Stock Transfer and Trust Company as Warrant Agent (the
“Warrant Agent” ).
WHEREAS, pursuant to
the terms and conditions of the restructuring contemplated under
the Second Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization of Movie Gallery,
Inc. and Its Debtor Subsidiaries Under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy
Code (the “Bankruptcy Code” ) filed on
February 18, 2008 (as may be amended from time to time, the
“Plan” ), the holders of certain Allowed Claims
(as defined in the Plan) are to be issued Warrants (the
“Warrants” ) exercisable until the Expiration
Date (as defined below), to purchase up to 3,000,000 shares of
common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company (
“New Common Stock” ) at an exercise price of
$20.00 per share of New Common Stock, as adjusted pursuant to
Section 12 hereof (the “Exercise
Price” );
WHEREAS, the Warrants
are being issued pursuant to, and upon the terms and conditions set
forth in, the Plan in an offering in reliance on the exemption
afforded by section 1145 of the Bankruptcy Code from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the “Securities Act” ), and of any applicable
state securities or “ blue sky ”
laws;
WHEREAS, the Company
desires the Warrant Agent to act on behalf of the Company, and the
Warrant Agent is willing so to act, in connection with the issuance
of Warrant certificates and other matters as provided herein;
and
WHEREAS, for purposes
of this Warrant Agreement, “person” shall be
interpreted broadly to include an individual, corporation,
partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company,
limited liability company, limited liability partnership, national
banking association, trust, trustee, estate, unincorporated
organization, government, governmental unit, agency, or political
subdivision thereof, or other entity.
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements herein set
forth, the parties hereto agree as follows:
SECTION 1. Appointment of
Warrant Agent . The Company hereby appoints the Warrant Agent
to act as warrant agent for the Company in accordance with the
express (and no implied) instructions set forth hereinafter in this
Warrant Agreement, and the Warrant Agent hereby accepts such
appointment.
SECTION 2. Issuance of
Warrants . In accordance with Section 5 hereof and
the Plan, the Company will cause to be issued to the Depository (as
defined below), one or more Global Warrant Certificates (as defined
below) evidencing a portion of the Warrants. The remainder of the
Warrants shall be issued by book-entry registration on the books of
the Warrant Agent ( “Book-Entry Warrants” ) and
shall be evidenced by statements issued by the Warrant Agent from
time to time to the registered holder of book-entry Warrants
reflecting such book-entry position (the “Warrant
Statement” ). Each Warrant evidenced thereby entitles the
holder, upon proper exercise and payment of the applicable Exercise
Price, to receive from the Company, as adjusted as provided herein,
one share of New Common Stock at the Exercise Price. The shares of
New Common Stock or (as provided pursuant to Section 12
hereof) other shares of capital
stock deliverable upon proper exercise
of the Warrants are referred to herein as the “Warrant
Shares . ” The words “holders”
or “holder , ” as used herein in respect
of any Warrants or Warrant Shares, shall mean the registered holder
or registered holders thereof.
SECTION 3. Warrant
Certificates . Subject to Section 6 of this Agreement, the
Warrants shall be issued (1) via book-entry registration on
the books and records of the Warrant Agent and evidenced by the
Warrant Statements, in substantially the form set forth in
Exhibit A attached hereto, and/or (2) in the form of one
or more global certificates (the “Global Warrant
Certificates” ), the forms of election to exercise and of
assignment to be printed on the reverse thereof, in substantially
the form set forth in Exhibit B attached hereto. The Warrant
Statements and Global Warrant Certificates may bear such
appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other
variations as are required or permitted by this Warrant Agreement,
and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification
and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required
to comply with any law or with any rules made pursuant thereto or
with any rules of any securities exchange or as may, consistently
herewith, be determined by (i) in the case of Global Warrant
Certificates, the Appropriate Officers (as hereinafter defined)
executing such Global Warrant Certificates, as evidenced by their
execution of the Global Warrant Certificates, or (ii) in the
case of a Warrant Statement, any Appropriate Officer, and all of
which shall be reasonably acceptable to the Warrant Agent. The
Global Warrant Certificates shall be deposited on or after the date
hereof with, or with the Warrant Agent as custodian for, The
Depository Trust Company (the “Depository” ) and
registered in the name of Cede & Co., as the
Depository’s nominee. Each Global Warrant Certificate shall
represent such number of the outstanding Warrants as specified
therein, and each shall provide that it shall represent the
aggregate amount of outstanding Warrants from time to time endorsed
thereon and that the aggregate amount of outstanding Warrants
represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased,
as appropriate, in accordance with the terms of this Warrant
Agreement.
SECTION 4. Execution of
Warrant Certificates . Global Warrant Certificates shall be
signed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, its
Chief Executive Officer, or any Vice President, and by the
Secretary or any Assistant Secretary (each, an
“Appropriate Officer” ). Each such signature
upon the Global Warrant Certificates may be in the form of a
facsimile signature of any such Appropriate Officer and may be
imprinted or otherwise reproduced on the Global Warrant
Certificates and for that purpose the Company may adopt and use the
facsimile signature of any Appropriate Officer who shall have been
an Appropriate Officer at the time of entering into this Warrant
Agreement. If any Appropriate Officer who shall have signed any of
the Global Warrant Certificates shall cease to be such Appropriate
Officer before the Global Warrant Certificates so signed shall have
been countersigned by the Warrant Agent or disposed of by the
Company, such Global Warrant Certificates nevertheless may be
countersigned and delivered or disposed of as though such
Appropriate Officer had not ceased to be such Appropriate Officer
of the Company; and any Global Warrant Certificate may be signed on
behalf of the Company by any person who, at the actual date of the
execution of such Global Warrant Certificate, shall be a proper
Appropriate Officer of the Company to sign such Global Warrant
Certificate, although at the date of the execution of this Warrant
Agreement any such person was not such Appropriate
Officer.
Global Warrant Certificates
shall be dated the date of countersignature by the Warrant Agent
and shall represent one or more whole Warrants.
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SECTION 5. Registration
and Countersignature . The Warrant Agent, on behalf of the
Company, shall (i) register in the Warrant Register (as
defined below) the Book-Entry Warrants and (ii) upon receipt
of the Global Warrant Certificates duly executed on behalf of the
Company, countersign one or more Global Warrant Certificates
evidencing Warrants and shall deliver such Global Warrant
Certificates to or upon the written order of the Company. Such
written order of the Company shall specifically state the number of
Warrants that are to be issued as Book-Entry Warrants and the
number of Warrants that are to be issued as a Global Warrant
Certificate. A Global Warrant Certificate shall be, and shall
remain, subject to the provisions of this Warrant Agreement until
such time as all of the Warrants evidenced thereby shall have been
duly exercised or shall have expired or been canceled in accordance
with the terms hereof. Each holder of Warrants shall be bound by
all of the terms and provisions of the Warrant Agreement (a copy of
which is available on request to the Secretary of the Company) and
any amendments thereto as fully and effectively as if such holder
had signed the same.
No Global Warrant Certificate
shall be valid for any purpose, and no Warrant evidenced thereby
shall be exercisable, until such Global Warrant Certificate has
been countersigned by the manual signature of the Warrant Agent.
Such signature by the Warrant Agent upon any Global Warrant
Certificate executed by the Company shall be conclusive evidence
that such Global Warrant Certificate so countersigned has been duly
issued hereunder.
The Warrant Agent shall keep,
at an office designated for such purpose, books (the
“Warrant Register” ) in which, subject to such
reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, it shall register the
Book-Entry Warrants as well as any Global Warrant Certificates and
exchanges and transfers of outstanding Warrants in accordance with
the procedures set forth in Section 6 of this Warrant
Agreement, all in form satisfactory to the Company and the Warrant
Agent. No service charge shall be made for any exchange or
registration of transfer of the Warrants, but the Company may
require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any stamp or other tax
or other governmental charge that may be imposed on the holder of
the Warrant in connection with any such exchange or registration of
transfer. The Warrant Agent shall have no obligation to effect an
exchange or register a transfer unless and until any payments
required by the immediately preceding sentence have been
made.
Prior to due presentment for
registration of transfer or exchange of any Warrant in accordance
with the procedures set forth in this Warrant Agreement, the
Warrant Agent and the Company may deem and treat the person in
whose name any Warrant is registered as the absolute owner of such
Warrant (notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing
made in a Global Warrant Certificate by anyone), for the purpose of
any exercise thereof, any distribution to the holder of the Warrant
thereof and for all other purposes, and neither the Warrant Agent
nor the Company shall be affected by notice to the
contrary.
SECTION 6. Registration of
Transfers and Exchanges .
(a) Transfer and Exchange
of Global Warrant Certificates or Beneficial Interests Therein
. The transfer and exchange of Global Warrant Certificates or
beneficial interests therein shall be effected through the
Depository, in accordance with this Warrant Agreement and the
procedures of the Depository therefor.
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(b) Exchange of a
Beneficial Interest in a Global Warrant Certificate for a Book
Entry Warrants .
(i) Any holder of a
beneficial interest in a Global Warrant Certificate may, upon
request, exchange such beneficial interest for a Book-Entry
Warrant. Upon receipt by the Warrant Agent from the Depository or
its nominee of written instructions or such other form of
instructions as is customary for the Depository on behalf of any
person having a beneficial interest in a Global Warrant
Certificate, the Warrant Agent shall cause, in accordance with the
standing instructions and procedures existing between the
Depository and Warrant Agent, the number of Warrants represented by
the Global Warrant Certificate to be reduced by the number of
Warrants to be represented by the Book-Entry Warrants to be issued
in exchange for the beneficial interest of such person in the
Global Warrant Certificate and, following such reduction, the
Warrant Agent shall register in the name of the holder a Book-Entry
Warrant and deliver to said Warrant holder a Warrant
Statement.
(ii) Book-Entry Warrants
issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Global Warrant
Certificate pursuant to this Section 6(b) shall be
registered in such names as the Depository, pursuant to
instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise,
shall instruct the Warrant Agent. The Warrant Agent shall deliver
such Warrant Statements to the persons in whose names such Warrants
are so registered.
(c) Transfer and Exchange
of Book Entry Warrants . Book-Entry Warrants surrendered for
exchange or for registration of transfer pursuant to clause
(i) of the last sentence of this Section 6(c) or
Section 6(h)(v) hereof shall be cancelled by the
Warrant Agent. Such cancelled Book-Entry Warrants shall then be
disposed of by or at the direction of the Company in accordance
with applicable law. When Book-Entry Warrants are presented to or
deposited with the Warrant Agent with a written request:
(i) to register the transfer
of the Book-Entry Warrants; or
(ii) to exchange such
Book-Entry Warrants for an equal number of Book-Entry Warrants of
other authorized denominations,
the Warrant Agent shall register the
transfer or make the exchange as requested if its requirements for
such transactions are met; provided, however, that the Warrant
Agent has received a written instruction of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Warrant Agent, duly executed by the holder
thereof or by his attorney, duly authorized in writing.
(d) Restrictions on
Exchange or Transfer of a Book-Entry Warrant for a Beneficial
Interest in a Global Warrant Certificate . A Book-Entry Warrant
may not be exchanged for a beneficial interest in a Global Warrant
Certificate except upon satisfaction of the requirements set forth
in this Section 6(d) have been satisfied. Upon receipt
by the Warrant Agent of appropriate instruments of transfer with
respect to a Book-Entry Warrant, in form satisfactory to the
Warrant Agent, together with written instructions directing the
Warrant Agent to make, or to direct the Depository to make, an
endorsement on the Global Warrant Certificate to reflect an
increase in the number of Warrants represented by the Global
Warrant Certificate equal to the number of Warrants represented by
such Book-Entry Warrant (such instruments of transfer
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and instructions to be duly executed by
the holder hereof or the duly appointed legal representative
thereof or by his attorney, duly authorized in writing, such
signatures to be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution),
then the Warrant Agent shall cancel such Book-Entry Warrant on the
Warrant Register and cause, or direct the Depository to cause, in
accordance with the standing instructions and procedures existing
between the Depository and the Warrant Agent, the number of
Warrants represented by the Global Warrant Certificate to be
increased accordingly. If no Global Warrant Certificates are then
outstanding, the Company shall issue, and the Warrant Agent shall
countersign, a new Global Warrant Certificate representing the
appropriate number of Warrants.
(e) Restrictions on
Transfer and Exchange of Global Warrant Certificates .
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Warrant Agreement
(other than the provisions set forth in Section 6(f)), unless
and until it is exchanged in whole for a Book-Entry Warrant, a
Global Warrant Certificate may not be transferred as a whole except
by the Depository to a nominee of the Depository or by a nominee of
the Depository to the Depository or another nominee of the
Depository or by the Depository or any such nominee to a successor
Depository or a nominee of such successor Depository.
(f) Book-Entry
Warrants . If at any time:
(i) the Depository for the
Global Warrant Certificates notifies the Company that the
Depository is unwilling or unable to continue as Depository for the
Global Warrant Certificates and a successor Depository for the
Global Warrant Certificates is not appointed by the Company within
90 days after delivery of such notice; or
(ii) the Company, in its sole
discretion, notifies the Warrant Agent in writing that it elects to
exclusively cause the issuance of Book-Entry Warrants under this
Warrant Agreement,
then the Warrant Agent, upon written
instructions signed by an Appropriate Officer of the Company, shall
register Book-Entry Warrants, in an aggregate number equal to the
number of Warrants represented by the Global Warrant Certificates,
in exchange for such Global Warrant Certificates, in such names and
in such amounts as directed by the Depository or, in the absence of
instructions from the Depository, the Company.
(g) Cancellation of Global
Warrant Certificate . At such time as all beneficial interests
in Global Warrant Certificates have either been exchanged for
Book-Entry Warrants, redeemed, repurchased or cancelled, all Global
Warrant Certificates shall be returned to, or cancelled and
retained pursuant to applicable law by, the Warrant
Agent.
(h) Obligations with
Respect to Transfers and Exchanges of Warrants .
(i) To permit registrations
of transfers and exchanges, the Company shall execute and the
Warrant Agent is hereby authorized to countersign, in accordance
with the provisions of Section 3 hereof and this
Section 6 , Global Warrant Certificates, if applicable,
or register Book-Entry Warrants, if applicable, as required
pursuant to the provisions of this Section 6 and for
the purpose of any distribution of additional Global Warrant
Certificates contemplated by Section 12
hereof.
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(ii) All Book-Entry Warrants
and Global Warrant Certificates issued upon any registration of
transfer or exchange of Book-Entry Warrants or Global Warrant
Certificates shall be the valid obligations of the Company,
entitled to the same benefits under this Warrant Agreement as the
Book-Entry Warrants or Global Warrant Certificates surrendered upon
such registration of transfer or exchange.
(iii) No service charge shall
be made to a holder of Warrants for any registration, transfer or
exchange but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to
cover any stamp or other tax or other governmental charge that may
be imposed on the holder in connection with any such exchange or
registration of transfer.
(iv) So long as the
Depository, or its nominee, is the registered owner of a Global
Warrant Certificate, the Depository or such nominee, as the case
may be, will be considered the sole owner or holder of the Warrants
represented by such Global Warrant Certificate for all purposes
under this Warrant Agreement. Except as provided in
Section 6(b) hereof upon the exchange of a beneficial
interest in a Global Warrant Certificate for a Book-Entry Warrants,
owners of beneficial interests in a Global Warrant Certificate will
not be entitled to have any Warrants registered in their names, and
will not receive or be entitled to receive physical delivery of any
such Warrants and will not be considered the owners or holders
thereof under the Warrants or this Warrant Agreement. Neither the
Company nor the Warrant Agent, in its capacity as registrar for
such Warrants, will have any responsibility or liability for any
aspect of the records relating to beneficial interests in a Global
Warrant Certificate or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing
any records relating to such beneficial interests.
(v) Subject to Sections
6(b) , (c) , (d) hereof and this
Section 6(h) , the Warrant Agent shall, upon receipt of
all information required to be delivered hereunder, from time to
time register the transfer of any outstanding Warrants in the
Warrant Register, upon surrender of Global Warrant Certificates, if
applicable, representing such Warrants at the Warrant Agent Office
referred to in Section 20 hereof (the “Warrant
Agent Office” ), duly endorsed, and accompanied by a
completed form of assignment (or with respect to a Book-Entry
Warrant, only such completed form of assignment), duly signed by
the holder thereof or by the duly appointed legal representative
thereof or by a duly authorized attorney, such signature to be
guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution. Upon any such
registration of transfer, a new Global Warrant Certificate or a
Warrant Statement, as the case may be, shall be issued to the
transferee.
SECTION 7. Acknowledgment;
Securities Law Compliance . Each Warrant holder, by its
acceptance of any Warrant under this Warrant Agreement,
acknowledges and agrees that the Warrants (including any Warrant
Shares issued upon exercise thereof) were issued pursuant to an
exemption from the registration requirement of Section 5 of
the Securities Act provided by Section 1145 of the Bankruptcy
Code or Section 4(2) of the Securities Act, and to the extent
that a Warrant holder is an “ underwriter
” as defined in Section 1145(b)(1) of the
Bankruptcy Code, such holder may not be able to sell or transfer
any Warrants or Warrant Shares in the absence of an effective
registration statement under the Securities Act or an exemption
from registration thereunder.
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SECTION 8. Terms of
Warrants; Exercise of Warrants .
(a) Subject to the terms of
this Warrant Agreement, each Warrant holder shall have the right,
which may be exercised from the date of original issuance of the
Warrant pursuant to the terms of this Warrant Agreement and prior
to 5:00 p.m. New York City Time, on May 15, 2015 (the
“Expiration Date” ), to exercise each Warrant
and receive from the Company the number of fully paid and
nonassessable Warrant Shares which the holder may at the time be
entitled to receive on exercise of such Warrants and payment of the
aggregate Exercise Price then in effect for such Warrant Shares. In
addition, prior to the delivery of any shares of New Common Stock
that the Company shall be obligated to deliver upon proper exercise
of the Warrants, the Company shall comply with all applicable
federal and state laws, rules and regulations which require action
to be taken by the Company. Subject to the terms and conditions set
forth herein, the Holder may exercise the Warrants by:
(i) providing written notice
of such election (“ Warrant Exercise Notice ”)
to exercise the Warrant to the Company and the Warrant Agent no
later than 5:00 p.m. New York City time, on the Expiration Date,
which Warrant Exercise Notice shall substantially be in the form of
an election to purchase Warrant Shares set forth herein, properly
completed and executed by the Holder;
(ii) delivering no later than
5:00 p.m. New York City time, on the business day immediately prior
to the Settlement Date, this Warrant Certificate evidencing such
Warrants to the Company; and
(iii) paying the applicable
Exercise Amount, together with any applicable taxes and
governmental charges.
(b) The Holder shall have the
right, in lieu of paying the Exercise Amount in cash, to instruct
the Company to reduce the number of shares of New Common Stock
issued purchased pursuant to the exercise of the Warrants in
accordance with the following formula:
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the Market Price of a share of Common Stock determined as of
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The term “ Market Price
” means, as of any date of determination but calculated as
the average over the preceding 20 days on which the New Common
Stock has traded, (i) the closing price per share of New
Common Stock on such date published in The Wall Street Journal or,
if no such closing price on such date is published in The Wall
Street Journal, the average of the closing bid and asked prices on
such date, as officially reported on the principal securities
exchange on which the New Common Stock is then listed or admitted
to trading; or (ii) if the New Common Stock is not then listed
or admitted to trading on any securities exchange but is designated
as a national market system security by the National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc., the last trading price of the New Common
Stock on such date; or (iii) if there shall have been no
trading on such date or if the New Common Stock are not so
designated, the average of the reported closing bid and asked
prices of the New Common Stock on such date as shown by the
National Market System of the National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc. Automated Quotations System and reported by any
member firm of the New York Stock Exchange selected by the Company;
or (iv) if none of (i), (ii) or (iii) is applicable,
the “Market Price” shall be the fair value thereof,
determined in good faith by the Company.
To the extent a Warrant Exercise Notice
is delivered in respect of Warrant prior to 5:00 p.m., New York
City time, on the Expiration Date, but the deliveries and payments
specified in clause (ii) and (iii) above are effected
thereafter but no later than 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the
Settlement Date, the Warrants shall be nonetheless deemed exercised
prior to the Expiration Date for the purposes of this Warrant
Agreement.
(c) Subject to the
adjustments set forth in Section 12 hereof, each
Warrant, when exercised, will entitle the holder thereof to
purchase one share of New Common Stock at the Exercise Price then
in effect for such share of New Common Stock. Each Warrant not
exercised pursuant to this Warrant Agreement prior to the
Expiration Date shall become void and all rights thereunder and all
rights in respect thereof under this Warrant Agreement shall cease
as of the Expiration Date.
(d) The Exercise Amount shall
be payable in lawful money of the United States of America either
by certified or official bank check made payable to the order of
the Company (or if agreed to in the sole and absolute discretion of
the Company, by wire transfer in immediately available funds to an
account arranged with the Company prior to exercise).
(e) Any exercise of a Warrant
pursuant to the terms of this Warrant Agreement shall be
irrevocable and shall constitute a binding agreement between the
holder and the Company, enforceable in accordance with its
terms.
(f) The Warrant Agent
shall:
(i) examine all Warrant
Exercise Notices and all other documents delivered to it by or on
behalf of holders to ascertain whether, on their face, such Warrant
Exercise Notices and any such other documents have been executed
and completed in accordance with their terms;
(ii) where a Warrant Exercise
Notice or other document appears on its face to have been
improperly completed or executed or some other irregularity in
connection with the exercise of the Warrant exists, the Warrant
Agent shall endeavor to inform the appropriate parties (including
the person submitting such instrument) of the need for fulfillment
of all requirements, specifying those requirements which appear to
be unfulfilled;
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(iii) inform the Company of
and cooperate with and assist the Company in resolving any
reconciliation problems between the Warrant Exercise Notices
received and delivery of Warrants to the Warrant Agent’s
account;
(iv) advise the Company, no
later than three business days after receipt of a Warrant Exercise
Notice, of (x) the receipt of such Warrant Exercise Notice and
the number of Warrants exercised in accordance with the terms and
conditions of this Warrant Agreement, (y) the instructions
with respect to delivery of the shares of New Common Stock of the
Company deliverable upon such exercise, subject to the timely
receipt from the Depository of the necessary information, and
(z) such other information as the Company shall reasonably
require; and
(v) subject to the New Common
Stock being made available to the Warrant Agent by or on behalf of
the Company for delivery to the Depository, liaise with the
Depository and endeavor to effect such delivery to the relevant
accounts at the Depository in accordance with its
requirements.
(g) All questions as to the
validity, form and sufficiency (including time of receipt) of a
Warrant exercise shall be determined by the Company in its sole
discretion, which determination shall be final and binding. The
Warrant Agent shall incur no liability for or in respect of and,
except to the extent such liability arises from the Warrant
Agent’s gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith,
shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Company for acting or
refraining from acting upon, or as a result of such determination
by the Company. The Company reserves the right to reject any and
all Warrant Exercise Notices not in proper form or for which any
corresponding agreement by the Company to exchange would, in the
opinion of the Company, be unlawful. Such determination by the
Company shall be final and binding on the holders, absent manifest
error. Moreover, the Company reserves the absolute right to waive
any of the conditions to the exercise of Warrants or defects in
Warrant Exercise Notices with regard to any particular exercise of
Warrants. The Company shall be und
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