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Exhibit 4.4
THIS WARRANT AND THE COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON
EXERCISE HEREOF HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT
OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR ANY STATE SECURITIES ACT, AND MAY NOT BE
SOLD OR TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR
QUALIFICATION OR AN EXEMPTION THEREFROM UNDER SAID ACT OR ANY SUCH
STATE SECURITIES LAWS WHICH MAY BE APPLICABLE.
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[5.25% of fully diluted common
stock] SHARES
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WARRANT TO PURCHASE
SHARES OF COMMON STOCK
OF
FLOW INTERNATIONAL
CORPORATION
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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S ECTION
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H EADING
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P AGE
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SECTION 1.
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EXERCISE OF WARRANT
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SECTION 2.
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RESERVATION
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SECTION 3.
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PROTECTION AGAINST DILUTION
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Section 3.1.
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Stock Dividends, Subdivisions and
Combinations
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Section 3.2.
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Issuance of Additional Shares of Common
Stock
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Section 3.3.
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Issuance of Warrants or Other Rights, Convertible
Securities
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Section 3.4.
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Other Provisions Applicable to
Adjustments
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Section 3.5.
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Extraordinary Dividends
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Section 3.6.
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Adjustment of Number of Shares
Purchasable
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Section 3.7.
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Minimum Adjustment
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Section 3.8.
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Notice of Adjustments
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SECTION 4.
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MERGERS, CONSOLIDATIONS, SALES
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Section 4.1.
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Mergers, Consolidations, Sales
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Section 4.2.
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Change of Control
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SECTION 5.
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DISSOLUTION OR LIQUIDATION
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SECTION 6.
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NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY DIVIDENDS
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SECTION 7.
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FRACTIONAL SHARES
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SECTION 8.
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FULLY PAID STOCK; TAXES
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10
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SECTION 9.
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RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERABILITY
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Section 9.1.
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In General
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Section 9.2.
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Restrictive Legends
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SECTION 10.
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REGISTRATION RIGHTS
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Section 10.1.
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Demand Registration
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Section 10.2.
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Participation in Registered Offerings (Piggyback
Rights)
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Section 10.3.
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Obligations of Holders
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Section 10.4.
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Registration Proceedings
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Section 10.5.
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Expenses
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Section 10.6.
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Indemnification of Holders
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Section 10.7.
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Indemnification of Company
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Section 10.8.
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Contribution
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Section 10.9.
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Additional Registration Rights
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Section 10.10.
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Reporting Requirements under Securities Exchange
Act of 1934
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Section 10.11.
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Termination of Registration
Obligations
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SECTION 11.
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PARTIAL EXERCISE AND PARTIAL
ASSIGNMENT
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Section 11.1.
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Partial Exercise.
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Section 11.2.
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Assignment
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SECTION 12.
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WARRANT DENOMINATIONS
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SECTION 13.
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DEFINITIONS
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SECTION 14.
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LOST, STOLEN WARRANTS, ETC.
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SECTION 15.
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WARRANT HOLDER NOT SHAREHOLDER
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SECTION 16.
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EXERCISE OF REMEDIES
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SECTION 17.
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NOTICES
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SECTION 18.
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SEVERABILITY
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SECTION 19.
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CLOSING OF TRANSFER BOOKS
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SECTION 20.
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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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SECTION 21.
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RIGHT TO ATTEND BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETINGS AND
RECEIVE RELATED INFORMATION
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SECTION 22.
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CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
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SECTION 23.
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RESTRICTIONS ON CAPITAL STRUCTURE
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SECTION 24.
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SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS
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SECTION 25.
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INDEX AND CAPTIONS
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SECTION 26.
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GOVERNING LAW
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Signature
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No. WR- ____
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[5.25% of fully diluted common
stock] SHARES
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WARRANT TO
PURCHASE
SHARES OF COMMON
STOCK
OF
FLOW INTERNATIONAL
CORPORATION
THIS IS TO CERTIFY that, for value received and
subject to the provisions hereinafter set forth,
or assigns,
is entitled to purchase from Flow International
Corporation, a Washington corporation (the "Company"), at
any time on or before 5:00 P.M. (Kent, Washington time) April 30,
2008 (the "Expiration Date"),
shares of Common Stock, $0.01 par value, of the Company, subject to
the terms, provisions and conditions hereinafter set forth at a
price equal to $0.01 per share.
The aggregate price of the Common Stock shall be
equal to the price per share multiplied by the number of shares
initially purchasable hereunder. The aggregate price is herein
sometimes referred to as the "Aggregate Warrant Price" and
is not subject to adjustment. The price per share is, however,
subject to adjustment as hereinafter provided (such price, or such
price as last adjusted, as the case may be, being herein referred
to as the "per share Warrant Price "). The said number of
shares purchasable hereunder is likewise subject to adjustment as
hereinafter provided.
The terms which are capitalized herein shall have
the meanings specified in Section 13 hereof, unless the
context shall otherwise require.
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SECTION I.
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EXERCISE OF WARRANT.
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Subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth,
this Warrant may be exercised in whole at any time and in part from
time to time prior to the Expiration Date. Any exercise of this
Warrant, whether in whole or in part, shall be made by the
surrender of this Warrant (with the subscription form at the end
hereof duly completed and executed) at the principal office of the
Company in Kent, Washington and upon payment of the Aggregate
Warrant Price (or, if exercised in part, upon payment of a
proportionate part thereof) for the shares so purchased,
which payment shall be made by the wire transfer
or other delivery to the Company of one or more types of Permitted
Consideration.
In the event that Notes shall be delivered to the
Company as payment of all or any portion of the Warrant Price, the
amount of the Warrant Price to be paid by means of such delivery
shall equal the principal amount of Notes so delivered (or such
lesser principal amount as shall be designated by the Holder
hereof).
In the event that Notes shall be delivered to the
Company as payment of all or any portion of the Warrant Price and
the principal amount of said Notes shall be in excess of the amount
of principal sought to be applied by the Holder of this Warrant in
respect of the Warrant Price, said Holder shall provide the Company
with notice to such effect and the Company shall issue to said
Holder a new Note or Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal
to such excess and dated as provided in Section 14.2 of the Note
Purchase Agreement.
In the event that Warrants shall be delivered to
the Company as payment of all or any portion of the Warrant Price,
the amount of the Warrant Price deemed to be paid by means of such
delivery shall equal (a) the aggregate number of shares of
Underlying Common Stock related to any Warrants so delivered as
payment of all or a portion of the purchase price, multiplied by
(b) the result, not less than zero, equal to (i) the Current Market
Price then in effect (with the date of the exercise of the Warrant
being deemed to be the "Issuance Date" for purposes of
making determinations under the definition of "Current Market
Price") minus (ii) the per share Warrant Price then in
effect.
If this Warrant is exercised in respect of less
than all of the shares of Common Stock at the time purchasable
hereunder, the Holder hereof shall be entitled to receive a new
Warrant covering the number of shares in respect of which this
Warrant shall not have been exercised and setting forth the
Aggregate Warrant Price applicable to such shares.
This Warrant and all rights and options hereunder
shall expire on the Expiration Date, and shall be wholly null and
void to the extent this Warrant is not exercised before it
expires.
The Company shall pay all reasonable expenses,
taxes and other charges payable in connection with the preparation,
execution and delivery of stock certificates pursuant to this
Section, regardless of the name or names in which such stock
certificates shall be registered.
The Company will at all times prior to the
Expiration Date reserve and keep available such number of
authorized shares of its Common Stock, solely for the purpose of
delivery upon the exercise of the rights represented by this
Warrant, as may at any time be deliverable (based upon the number
of shares of Common Stock outstanding at any such time) upon the
exercise of this Warrant and such shares issuable upon the exercise
of this Warrant shall at no time have an aggregate par value which
is in excess of the Aggregate Warrant Price.
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SECTION 3.
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PROTECTION AGAINST
DILUTION.
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The per share Warrant Price and the number of
shares deliverable hereunder shall be adjusted from time to time as
hereinafter set forth:
Section 3.1 . Stock Dividends,
Subdivisions and Combinations . In case after the date hereof the
Company shall:
(a) take a record of the Holders of its Common
Stock for the purpose of entitling them to receive a dividend
declared to be payable in, or other declared distribution of,
Common Stock, or
(b) subdivide its outstanding shares of Common
Stock into a larger number of shares of Common Stock, or
(c) combine its outstanding shares of Common
Stock into a smaller number of shares of Common Stock,
then the per share Warrant Price shall be
adjusted to that price determined by multiplying the per share
Warrant Price in effect immediately prior to such event by a
fraction (i) the numerator of which shall be the total number of
outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company immediately prior
to such event, and (ii) the denominator of which shall be the total
number of outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company
immediately after such event.
Section 3.2. Issuance of Additional Shares of
Common Stock. In case after the date hereof the Company
shall (except as hereinafter provided) issue any Additional Shares
of Common Stock for a consideration less than (a) the then
effective per share Warrant Price or (b) the Current Market Price
per share, then the per share Warrant Price upon each such issuance
shall be adjusted to that price determined by multiplying the per
share Warrant Price in effect immediately prior to such event by a
fraction:
(i) if issued for a consideration per share less
than the then effective per share Warrant Price:
(1) the numerator of which shall be the number of
shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the
issuance of such Additional Shares of Common Stock plus the
number of shares of Common Stock which the aggregate consideration
for the total number of such Additional Shares of Common Stock so
issued would purchase at the then effective per share Warrant
Price, and
(2) the denominator of which shall be the number
of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the
issuance of such Additional Shares of Common Stock plus the
number of such Additional Shares of Common Stock so
issued.
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(ii) if issued for a consideration per share less
than the Current Market Price per share of Common Stock:
(1) the numerator of which shall be the number of
shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the
issuance of such Additional Shares of Common Stock plus the number
of full shares of Common Stock which the aggregate consideration
for the total number of such Additional Shares of Common Stock so
issued would purchase at the Current Market Price per share,
and
(2) the denominator of which shall be the number
of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the
issuance of such Additional Shares of Common Stock plus the number
of such Additional Shares of Common Stock so issued.
If such Additional Shares of Common Stock shall
be issued at a price per share less than both the then effective
per share Warrant Price and the Current Market Price per share of
Common Stock, the per share Warrant Price shall be adjusted in the
manner which will result in the greatest reduction of the per share
Warrant Price. The provisions of this Section 3.2 shall not
apply to any Additional Shares of Common Stock which are
distributed to holders of Common Stock as a stock dividend or
subdivision, for which an adjustment is provided for under
Section 3.1 . No adjustment of the per share Warrant Price
shall be made under this Section 3.2 upon the issuance of
any Additional Shares of Common Stock which are issued pursuant to
the exercise of any warrants or other subscription or purchase
rights or pursuant to the exercise of any conversion or exchange
rights in any Convertible Securities, if any such adjustment shall
previously have been made upon the issuance of such warrants or
other rights or upon the issuance of such Convertible Securities
(or upon the issuance of any warrants or other rights therefor)
pursuant to Section 3.3 .
Section 3.3. Issuance of Warrants or Other
Rights, Convertible Securities. In case the Company shall
issue any warrants or other rights to subscribe for or purchase any
Additional Shares of Common Stock or issue Convertible Securities
and the consideration per share for which Additional Shares of
Common Stock may at any time thereafter be issuable pursuant to
such warrants or other rights or pursuant to the terms of such
Convertible Securities shall be less than the Current Market Price
per share and/or the effective per share Warrant Price, then the
per share Warrant Price shall be adjusted as provided in Section
3.2 above on the basis that:
(a) the maximum number of Additional Shares of
Common Stock issuable pursuant to all such warrants or other rights
or necessary to effect the conversion or exchange of all such
Convertible Securities shall be deemed to have been issued as of
the earlier of: (i) the date on which the Company shall enter a
firm contract or commitment for the issuance of such warrants,
other rights or Convertible Securities or (ii) the date of actual
issuance of such warrants, other rights or Convertible Securities,
and
(b) the aggregate consideration for such maximum
number of Additional Shares of Common Stock shall be deemed to be
the minimum consideration received and
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receivable by the Company for the issuance of
such Additional Shares of Common Stock pursuant to such warrants or
other rights or pursuant to the terms of such Convertible
Securities.
No adjustment of the per share Warrant Price
shall be made under this Section 3.3 upon the issuance of
any Convertible Securities which are issued pursuant to the
exercise of any warrants or other subscription or purchase rights
therefor, to the extent such adjustment shall previously have been
made upon the issuance of such warrants or other rights pursuant to
this Section 3.3.
Section 3.4. Other Provisions Applicable to
Adjustments. The following provisions shall be applicable to
the making of adjustments in the per share Warrant Price
hereinbefore provided in this Section 3:
(a) Computation of Consideration. To the
extent that any Additional Shares of Common Stock or any
Convertible Securities or any warrants or other rights to subscribe
for or purchase any Additional Shares of Common Stock or any
Convertible Securities shall be issued for a cash consideration,
the consideration received by the Company therefor shall be deemed
to be the amount of the cash received by the Company therefor, or,
if such Additional Shares of Common Stock or Convertible Securities
or warrants or other rights are offered by the Company for
subscription, the subscription price, or, if such Additional Shares
of Common Stock or Convertible Securities or warrants or other
rights are sold to underwriters or dealers for public offering
without a subscription offering, the offering price, in any such
case excluding any amounts paid or receivable for accrued interest
or accrued dividends and without deduction of any compensation,
discounts or expenses paid or incurred by the Company for and in
the underwriting thereof, or otherwise in connection with the issue
thereof. To the extent that such issuance shall be for a
consideration other than cash, then, except as herein otherwise
expressly provided, the amount of such consideration shall be
deemed to be the fair value of such consideration at the time of
such issuance as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors
of the Company. The consideration for any Additional Shares of
Common Stock issuable pursuant to any warrants or other rights to
subscribe for or purchase the same shall be the consideration
received by the Company for issuing such warrants or other rights
plus the additional consideration payable to the Company upon the
exercise of such warrants or other rights. The consideration for
any Additional Shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the
terms of any Convertible Securities shall be the consideration
received by the Company for issuing any warrants or other rights to
subscribe for or purchase such Convertible Securities plus the
consideration paid or payable to the Company in respect of the
subscription for or purchase of such Convertible Securities plus
the additional consideration, if any, payable to the Company upon
the exercise of the right of conversion or exchange of such
Convertible Securities. In case of the issuance at any time of any
Additional Shares of Common Stock or Convertible Securities in
payment or satisfaction of any dividend upon any class of equity
securities other than Common Stock, the Company shall be deemed to
have received for such Additional Shares of Common Stock or
Convertible Securities a consideration equal to the amount of such
dividend so paid or satisfied.
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(b) Readjustment of Per Share Warrant
Price. Upon expiration of the right of exercise, conversion or
exchange of any Convertible Securities, or upon the expiration of
any rights, options or warrants, or upon the termination of any
firm contract or commitment for the issuance of such rights,
options, warrants or Convertible Securities, or upon any increase
in the minimum consideration receivable by the Company for the
issuance of Additional Shares of Common Stock pursuant to such
Convertible Securities, rights, options or warrants, if any such
Convertible Securities shall not have been exercised, converted or
exchanged, or if any such rights, options or warrants shall not
have been exercised, the number of shares of Common Stock deemed to
be issued and outstanding by reason of the fact that they were
issuable upon exercise, conversion or exchange of any such
Convertible Securities or upon exercise of any such rights, options
or warrants shall no longer be computed as set forth above, and the
per share Warrant Price shall forthwith be readjusted and
thereafter be the price which it would have been (but reflecting
any other adjustments in the per share Warrant Price made pursuant
to the provisions of this Section 3 after the issuance of
such Convertible Securities, rights, options or warrants) had the
adjustment of the per share Warrant Price made upon the issuance or
sale of such Convertible Securities or the issuance of such rights,
options or warrants been made on the basis of the issuance only of
the number of Additional Shares of Common Stock actually issued
upon exercise, conversion or exchange of such Convertible
Securities or upon the exercise of such rights, options or
warrants, or upon the basis of such increased minimum
consideration, as the case may be, and thereupon only the number of
Additional Shares of Common Stock actually so issued plus the
number thereof then issuable upon the basis of such increased
minimum consideration shall be deemed to have been issued and only
the consideration actually received plus such increased minimum
consideration receivable by the Company (computed in accordance
with Section 3.4(a) ) shall be deemed to have been received
by the Company.
(c) No Rounding Per Share Warrant Price.
Any determination of per share Warrant Price hereunder shall be
expressed in United States Dollars, cents and portions of cents and
shall not be subject to rounding.
Section 3.5. Extraordinary Dividends.
If the Company declares or pays a dividend upon the Common Stock
payable otherwise than in cash out of earnings or earned surplus
(determined in accordance with GAAP consistently applied) except
for a stock dividend payable in shares of Common Stock (a
"Liquidating Dividend") then the Company shall pay to the holder of
this Warrant at the time of payment thereof the Liquidating
Dividend or other dividend which would have been paid to the holder
on the Underlying Shares had this Warrant been fully exercised
immediately prior to the date on which a record is taken for such
Liquidating Dividend or other dividend, or, if no record is taken,
the date as of which the record holders of Common Stock entitled to
such dividends arc to be determined.
Section 3.6. Adjustment of Number of Shares
Purchasable. Upon each adjustment of the per share Warrant
Price, the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable hereunder
shall be adjusted by multiplying the number of shares of Common
Stock purchasable hereunder immediately prior to such adjustment of
the per share Warrant Price by a fraction, the numerator of which
shall be the per share Warrant Price in effect immediately prior to
such adjustment and
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the denominator of which shall be the per share
Warrant Price in effect immediately following such
adjustment.
Section 3.7 . Minimum Adjustment.
Except as hereinafter provided, no adjustment of the per share
Warrant Price hereunder shall be made if such adjustment results in
a change of the per share Warrant Price then in effect of less than
1.00%. Any adjustment of less than 1.00% shall be carried forward
and shall be made at the time of and together with any subsequent
adjustment which, together with the adjustment or adjustments so
carried forward, amounts to 1.00% or more of the per share Warrant
Price then in effect. However, upon the exercise of this Warrant,
the Company shall make all necessary adjustments not theretofore
made to the per share Warrant Price up to and including the date
upon which this Warrant is exercised.
Section 3.8. Notice of Adjustments. (a)
Whenever the per share Warrant Price or number of shares
deliverable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be adjusted
pursuant to this Section 3, the Company shall promptly
prepare a certificate signed by the President or a Vice President
and by the Treasurer of the Company setting forth, in reasonable
detail, the event requiring the adjustment, the amount of the
adjustment, the method by which such adjustment was calculated
(including a description of the basis on which the Board of
Directors of the Company made any determination hereunder), and
shall promptly cause copies of such certificate to be mailed in the
manner provided in Section 17 hereof to the Holder of this
Warrant.
(b) The adjustment set forth in the certificate
furnished pursuant to Section 3.8(a) shall be final and
binding unless, within 45 days after receipt thereof, the Majority
Holders of the Warrants deliver to the Company a written notice
stating that such adjustment may be subject to objection and,
within 60 days after original receipt of such notice of adjustment,
if the Majority Holders determine that such adjustment is
objectionable, a written statement of objection which shall set
forth a proposed alternative adjustment.
(i) In the event of any such statement of
objection by said Majority Holders, the Company’s accountants
and a firm of independent public accountants selected by said
Majority Holders shall attempt to prepare a computation in which
both accountants concur. Any such joint computation shall be set
forth in a joint certificate to each Holder of the Warrants and the
Company and shall be final and binding.
(ii) If the Company’s accountants and said
Majority Holders’ accountants are unable to resolve their
differences within 30 days after the receipt by the Company of said
Majority Holders’ statement of objection, they shall submit
the matter to a third firm of independent certified public
accountants of nationally recognized standing agreed upon by said
Holder and the Company or, if said Majority Holders and the Company
are unable to agree within 10 days after the expiration of said 30
day period, to such firm designated by the then president of the
state society of certified public accountants for the state in
which the Company maintains its principal place of business. Such
third firm of accountants shall thereupon compute the amount of the
adjustment and, upon completion of such computation, shall transmit
its certificate to each Holder of the Warrants and the Company
setting forth such computations, which shall be final and
binding.
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(iii) The fees and expenses of all accountants
referred to in this Section 3.8(b) shall be borne by the
Company in the event that the Holders’ proposed adjustment is
closer to the final and binding adjustment under this Section
3.8 than the Company’s proposed adjustment, otherwise
such fees and expenses shall be borne by the objecting
Holders.
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SECTION 4.
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MERGERS, CONSOLIDATIONS,
SALES.
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Section 4.1. Mergers, Consolidations,
Sales. In the case of any consolidation or merger of the
Company with another entity (regardless of whether the Company is a
surviving entity), or the sale of all or substantially all of its
assets to another entity, or any reorganization, recapitalization
or reclassification of the Common Stock or other equity securities
of the Company, then, as a condition of such consolidation, merger,
sale, reorganization, recapitalization or reclassification, lawful
and adequate provision shall be made whereby the Holder of this
Warrant shall thereafter have the right to receive upon the basis
and upon the terms and conditions specified herein and in lieu of
the shares of Common Stock immediately theretofore purchasable
hereunder, such shares of stock, securities or assets (including,
without limitation, cash) as may (by virtue of such consolidation,
merger, sale, reorganization, recapitalization or reclassification)
be issued or payable with respect to or in exchange for a number of
outstanding shares of Common Stock equal to the number of shares of
Common Stock immediately theretofore so purchasable hereunder had
such consolidation, merger, sale, reorganization, recapitalization
or reclassification not taken place, and in any such case,
appropriate provisions shall be made with respect to the rights and
interests of the Holder of this Warrant to the end that the
provisions hereof (including, without limitation, provisions for
adjustment of the per share Warrant Price) shall thereafter be
applicable, as nearly as may be, in relation to any shares of
stock, securities or assets thereafter deliverable upon exercise of
this Warrant. The Company shall not effect any such consolidation,
merger, sale, reorganization or reclassification, unless prior to
or simultaneously with the consummation thereof, the successor
entity (if other than the Company) resulting from such
consolidation, merger, reorganization or reclassification or the
entity purchasing such assets shall assume by written instrument
executed and mailed or delivered to the Holder of this Warrant, the
obligation to deliver to such Holder such shares of stock,
securities or assets as, in accordance with the foregoing
provisions, such Holder may be entitled to receive.
Section 4.2. Change of Control. (a) The
provisions of Section 4.1 shall not apply to any
consolidation, merger, sale, reorganization, recapitalization or
reclassification, if all of the following conditions are
met:
(i) the Company shall have complied with the
terms of this Section 4.2;
(ii) following the consummation thereof, a Change
of Control (as hereinafter defined) shall have occurred;
(iii) in connection with any such transaction,
the holders of the Company’s Common Stock shall receive stock
or other securities in the successor entity resulting
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from such transaction (the "Successor"),
cash or other liquid assets (excluding stock or securities in any
entity other than the Successor) in exchange for their Common
Stock;
(iv) in any transaction in which the holders of
the Company’s Common Stock receive stock or securities in the
Successor in exchange for the Common Stock, either (A) such
Successor is a corporation whose common stock is traded on a
national exchange and the holders of the Company’s Common
Stock receive fully registered shares of such common stock or (B)
such Successor enters into a written agreement reasonably
satisfactory to the Majority Holders simultaneously with the
consummation of such transaction, whereby the Successor agrees to
afford the Holders registration rights substantially identical to
those set forth in Section 10 hereof with respect to the
securities received by the Holders in exchange for the
Company’s Common Stock issued upon exercise of the Warrants
in connection with such transaction.
(b) The Company will give written notice (the
"Company Notice") of any proposed Change of Control in the
manner provided in Section 17 hereof to each of the Holders.
The Company Notice shall be delivered at least 30 days prior to the
occurrence of any Change of Control. The Company Notice shall (1)
describe the facts and circumstances of such Change of Control in
reasonable detail, (2) make reference to this Section 4.2
and the fact that Section 4.1 will not apply in connection
with such transaction and that the Holders have the option to
exercise their Warrants prior to or simultaneously with the
consummation of such transaction, and (3) describe in detail the
terms and the value of the consideration proposed to be paid in
connection with such transaction, including the consideration
payable to the holders of the Common Stock.
For purposes of this Section
4.2:
"Acquiring Person" means a "person"
or "group of persons" within the meaning of Sections 13(d)
and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
"Change of Control" means the earliest
to occur of: (a) the date a tender offer or exchange offer results
in an Acquiring Person, directly or indirectly, beneficially owning
more than 50% of the Voting Stock of the Company then outstanding,
or (b) the date an Acquiring Person becomes, directly or
indirectly, the beneficial owner of more than 50% of the Voting
Stock of the Company then outstanding, or (c) the date of a merger
between the Company and any other Person, a consolidation of the
Company with any other Person or an acquisition of any other
Person by the Company, if immediately after such event, the
Acquiring Person shall hold more than 50% of the Voting Stock of
the Company outstanding immediately after giving effect to such
merger, consolidation or acquisition.
"Voting Stock" means securities of any
class or classes, the holders of which are ordinarily, in the
absence of contingencies, entitled to elect a majority of the
corporate directors (or Persons performing similar
functions).
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SECTION 5.
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DISSOLUTION OR
LIQUIDATION.
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In the event of any proposed distribution of the
assets of the Company in dissolution or liquidation except under
circumstances when the foregoing Section 3.5 or Section
4 shall be applicable, the Company shall mail notice thereof in
the manner provided in Section 17 hereof to the Holder of
this Warrant and shall make no distribution to shareholders until
the expiration of 30 days from the date of mailing of the aforesaid
notice and, in any such case, the Holder of this Warrant may
exercise the purchase rights with respect to this Warrant within 30
days from the date of mailing such notice and all rights herein
granted not so exercised within such 30-day period shall thereafter
become null and void.
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SECTION 6.
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NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY
DIVIDENDS.
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If the Board of Directors of the Company shall
declare any dividend or other distribution on its Common Stock
except out of earnings or surplus or by way of a stock dividend
payable on its Common Stock, the Company shall mail notice thereof
in the manner provided in Section 17 hereof to the Holder of
this Warrant not less than 30 days prior to the record date fixed
for determining shareholders entitled to participate in such
dividend or other distribution and the Holder of this Warrant shall
not participate in such dividend or other distribution or be
entitled to any rights on account or as a result thereof (except
adjustments in the per share Warrant Price as provided in
Section 3.5 ), unless and to the extent that this Warrant is
exercised prior to such record date. The provisions of this
paragraph shall not apply to distributions made in connection with
transactions covered by Section 4 hereof.
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SECTION 7.
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FRACTIONAL SHARES.
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Fractional shares shall not be issued upon the
exercise of this Warrant, but in any case where the Holder hereof
would, except for the provisions of this paragraph, be entitled to
receive a fractional share upon the complete exercise of this
Warrant, the Company shall, upon the exercise of this Warrant for
the largest number of whole shares then called for, pay to the
Holder of this Warrant a sum in cash in an amount equal to the
proportional part of the Current Market Price represented by such
fractional share.
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SECTION 8.
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FULLY PAID STOCK; TAXES.
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The Company covenants and agrees that the shares
of stock represented by each and every certificate for its Common
Stock to be delivered on the exercise of the purchase rights and
the payment of the applicable purchase price herein provided for
shall, at the time of such delivery, be validly issued and
outstanding and be fully paid and nonassessable. The Company
further covenants and agrees that it will pay when due and payable
any and all Federal, State and local taxes (other than taxes in
respect of income) which may be payable in respect of the delivery
of this Warrant or any Common Stock or certificates therefor upon
the exercise of the purchase rights herein provided for pursuant to
the provisions hereof. The Company shall not, however, be required
to pay any tax which may be payable solely in respect of any
transfer and
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delivery of stock certificates in a name other
than that of the Holder exercising this Warrant, and any such tax
shall be paid by such holder at the time of
presentation.
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SECTION 9.
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RESTRICTIONS ON
TRANSFERABILITY.
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Section 9.1. In General. This Warrant
and the Common Stock issued upon the exercise hereof shall not be
transferable except upon the conditions hereinafter specified,
which conditions are intended to insure compliance with the
provisions of the Securities Act (or any similar Federal statute at
the time in effect) and any applicable State securities laws in
respect of the transfer of this Warrant or any such Common
Stock.
The Holder of each Warrant or any Restricted
Stock, by its acceptance thereof, agrees to sell or otherwise
transfer such Warrant or Restricted Stock, as the case may be, in
compliance with and so as not to result upon consummation of such
sale or transfer in any violation of applicable law. Further to the
foregoing, upon the request of the Company and at the
Company’s expense, the Holder of this Warrant shall provide a
legal opinion of counsel to such Holder in form reasonably
satisfactory to the Company to the effect that such sale or other
transfer does not violate applicable law.
Section 9.2. Restrictive Legends. Each
Warrant shall bear on the face thereof a legend substantially in
the form of the notice endorsed on the first page of this
Warrant.
Each certificate for shares of Common Stock
initially issued upon the exercise of any Warrant and each
certificate for shares of Common Stock issued to a subsequent
transferee of such certificate shall, unless otherwise permitted by
the provisions of this Section 9.2 , bear on the face
thereof a legend reading substantially as follows:
"The shares represented by this certificate have
not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
or any State securities laws and may not be sold or transferred in
the absence of such registration or an exemption therefrom under
said Act and any such Slate laws which may be applicable and are
transferable only upon the conditions specified in the Warrant
pursuant to which such shares were issued."
In the event that a registration statement
covering the Underlying Shares or the Restricted Stock shall become
effective under the Securities Act and under any applicable State
securities laws or in the event that the Company shall receive an
opinion reasonably acceptable to the Company of counsel to the
Holder of this Warrant (which may be internal counsel to such
Holder) that, in the opinion of such counsel, such legend is not,
or is no longer, necessary or required (including, without
limitation, because of the availability of the exemption afforded
by Rule 144 or Rule 144A of the General Rules and Regulations of
the Commission), the Company shall, or shall instruct its transfer
agents and registrars to, remove such legend from the certificates
evidencing the Restricted Stock or issue new certificates without
such legend in lieu thereof.
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SECTION 10.
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REGISTRATION RIGHTS.
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Anything contained in this Warrant to the
contrary notwithstanding, the terms and provisions of Section
10 of this Warrant shall remain in full force and effect at all
times up to and including the Expiration Date.
Section 10.1. Demand Registration. (a)
The Majority Holders (or their transferees) may, at any time,
demand registration (a "Demand Registration") under the
Securities Act of any Underlying Shares or Restricted Stock of the
Company obtained pursuant to the exercise of the Warrants, or
otherwise, on Form S-1 or any similar long-form registration
("Long-Form Registration") or Form S-2 or S-3 or any similar
short-form registration ("Short-Form Registration "). The
Company shall have discretion whether to use a Short-Form
Registration or a Long-Form Registration to the extent Short-Form
Registration is available to the Company. Upon receipt of such
written request, the Company shall promptly give written notice to
all Holders of Warrants and Restricted Shares of a proposed
registration or qualification, and shall, subject to the conditions
of Section 10.4 hereof, as expeditiously as possible, use
its commercially reasonable best efforts to effect any such
registration or qualification of:
(i) such Underlying Shares and/or Restricted
Stock, or any combination thereof; or
(ii) all other Underlying Shares and Restricted
Stock of Holders which shall have advised the Company in writing
within 60 days after the giving of such written notice by the
Company of their desire to have their Underlying Shares and/or
Restricted Stock registered or qualified or exempted,
with, or notification to or approval of, any
governmental authority under any Federal or state securities laws,
or listing with any securities exchange, which may be required to
permit the sale or other disposition of any such Underlying Shares
or Restricted Stock which the Holders thereof propose to make, and
the Company will keep effective such registration, qualification,
exemption, notification or approval for such period as may be
necessary to effect such sales or dispositions up co a maximum
period of six months after initial effectiveness.
(b) Number of Registrations. The Majority
Holders shall be entitled to demand 6 registrations, not more than
one (l) of which may be a Long-Form Registration and the remainder
of which shall be Short-Form Registrations. A registration will
count as a Demand Registration when it has become effective, unless
the Holders are unable to register and sell 100% of any Underlying
Shares relating thereto and/or Restricted Stock, demanded to be
included in such registration or the related registration statement
is withdrawn prior to effectiveness at the request of the Majority
Holders (or by the underwriter selected pursuant to
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