Exhibit 4.1
WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON
STOCK
THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS INSTRUMENT
HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS
AMENDED, OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE AND MAY NOT BE
TRANSFERRED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF EXCEPT WHILE A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT RELATING THERETO IS IN EFFECT UNDER SUCH ACT
AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION
FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT OR SUCH LAWS. THIS
INSTRUMENT IS ISSUED SUBJECT TO THE RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER AND
OTHER PROVISIONS OF A SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE
ISSUER OF THESE SECURITIES AND THE INVESTOR REFERRED TO THEREIN, A
COPY OF WHICH IS ON FILE WITH THE ISSUER. THE SECURITIES
REPRESENTED BY THIS INSTRUMENT MAY NOT BE SOLD OR OTHERWISE
TRANSFERRED EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH SAID AGREEMENT. ANY
SALE OR OTHER TRANSFER NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH SAID AGREEMENT WILL
BE VOID.
WARRANT
to purchase
302,419
Shares of Common
Stock
of HF Financial
Corp.
Issue Date: November 21,
2008
1.
Definitions . Unless the context otherwise requires,
when used herein the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated.
“Affiliate” has the meaning ascribed to it in the Purchase
Agreement.
“Appraisal
Procedure” means a
procedure whereby two independent appraisers, one chosen by the
Company and one by the Original Warrantholder, shall mutually agree
upon the determinations then the subject of appraisal. Each
party shall deliver a notice to the other appointing its appraiser
within 15 days after the Appraisal Procedure is invoked. If
within 30 days after appointment of the two appraisers they are
unable to agree upon the amount in question, a third independent
appraiser shall be chosen within 10 days thereafter by the mutual
consent of such first two appraisers. The decision of the
third appraiser so appointed and chosen shall be given within 30
days after the selection of such third appraiser. If three
appraisers shall be appointed and the determination of one
appraiser is disparate from the middle determination by more than
twice the amount by which the other determination is disparate from
the middle determination, then the determination of such appraiser
shall be excluded, the remaining two determinations shall be
averaged and such average shall be binding and conclusive upon
the
Company and the Original Warrantholder;
otherwise, the average of all three determinations shall be binding
upon the Company and the Original Warrantholder. The costs of
conducting any Appraisal Procedure shall be borne by the
Company.
“Board of
Directors” means
the board of directors of the Company, including any duly
authorized committee thereof
“Business
Combination” means
a merger, consolidation, statutory share exchange or similar
transaction that requires the approval of the Company’s
stockholders.
“business
day” means any day
except Saturday, Sunday and any day on which banking institutions
in the State of New York generally are authorized or required by
law or other governmental actions to close.
“Capital
Stock” means
(A) with respect to any Person that is a corporation or
company, any and all shares, interests, participations or other
equivalents (however designated) of capital or capital stock of
such Person and (B) with respect to any Person that is not a
corporation or company, any and all partnership or other equity
interests of such Person.
“Charter”
means, with respect to any Person,
its certificate or articles of incorporation, articles of
association, or similar organizational document.
“Common
Stock” has the
meaning ascribed to it in the Purchase Agreement.
“Company”
means the Person whose name,
corporate or other organizational form and jurisdiction of
organization is set forth in Item 1 of Schedule A
hereto.
“conversion” has the meaning set forth in
Section 13(B).
“convertible
securities” has the
meaning set forth in Section 13(B).
“CPP”
has the meaning ascribed to it in
the Purchase Agreement.
“Exchange
Act” means the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any successor
statute, and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder.
“Exercise
Price” means the
amount set forth in Item 2 of Schedule A hereto.
“Expiration
Time” has the
meaning set forth in Section 3.
“Fair Market
Value” means, with
respect to any security or other property, the fair market value of
such security or other property as determined by the Board of
Directors, acting in good faith or, with respect to
Section 14, as determined by the Original Warrantholder acting
in good faith. For so long as the Original Warrantholder
holds this Warrant or any portion thereof, it may object in writing
to the Board of Director’s calculation of fair market value
within 10 days of receipt of written notice thereof. If the
Original Warrantholder and the Company are unable to agree on fair
market value during the 10-day period following the delivery of the
Original Warrantholder’s objection, the Appraisal Procedure
may be invoked by either party to
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determine Fair Market Value by delivering
written notification thereof not later than the 30 th
day after delivery of the Original Warrantholder’s
objection.
“Governmental
Entities” has the
meaning ascribed to it in the Purchase Agreement.
“Initial
Number” has the
meaning set forth in Section 13(B).
“Issue
Date” means the
date set forth in Item 3 of Schedule A hereto.
“Market
Price” means, with
respect to a particular security, on any given day, the last
reported sale price regular way or, in case no such reported sale
takes place on such day, the average of the last closing bid and
ask prices regular way, in either case on the principal national
securities exchange on which the applicable securities are listed
or admitted to trading, or if not listed or admitted to trading on
any national securities exchange, the average of the closing bid
and ask prices as furnished by two members of the Financial
Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. selected from time to time
by the Company for that purpose. “Market Price”
shall be determined without reference to after hours or extended
hours trading. If such security is not listed and traded in a
manner that the quotations referred to above are available for the
period required hereunder, the Market Price per share of Common
Stock shall be deemed to be (i) in the event that any portion
of the Warrant is held by the Original Warrantholder, the fair
market value per share of such security as determined in good faith
by the Original Warrantholder or (ii) in all other
circumstances, the fair market value per share of such security as
determined in good faith by the Board of Directors in reliance on
an opinion of a nationally recognized independent investment
banking corporation retained by the Company for this purpose and
certified in a resolution to the Warrantholder. For the
purposes of determining the Market Price of the Common Stock on the
“trading day” preceding, on or following the occurrence
of an event, (i) that trading day shall be deemed to commence
immediately after the regular scheduled closing time of trading on
the New York Stock Exchange or, if trading is closed at an earlier
time, such earlier time and (ii) that trading day shall end at
the next regular scheduled closing time, or if trading is closed at
an earlier time, such earlier time (for the avoidance of doubt, and
as an example, if the Market Price is to be determined as of the
last trading day preceding a specified event and the closing time
of trading on a particular day is 4:00 p.m. and the specified
event occurs at 5:00 p.m. on that day, the Market Price would
be determined by reference to such 4:00 p.m. closing
price).
“Ordinary Cash
Dividends” means a
regular quarterly cash dividend on shares of Common Stock out of
surplus or net profits legally available therefor (determined in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in effect
from time to time), provided that Ordinary Cash Dividends
shall not include any cash dividends paid subsequent to the Issue
Date to the extent the aggregate per share dividends paid on the
outstanding Common Stock in any quarter exceed the amount set forth
in Item 4 of Schedule A hereto, as adjusted for any stock split,
stock dividend, reverse stock split, reclassification or similar
transaction.
“Original
Warrantholder” means the United States Department of the
Treasury. Any actions specified to be taken by the Original
Warrantholder hereunder may only be taken by such Person and not by
any other Warrantholder.
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“Permitted
Transactions” has
the meaning set forth in Section 13(B).
“Person”
has the meaning given to it in
Section 3(a)(9) of the Exchange Act and as used in
Sections 13(d)(3) and 14(d)(2) of the Exchange
Act.
“Per Share Fair Market
Value” has the
meaning set forth in Section 13(C).
“Preferred
Shares” means the
perpetual preferred stock issued to the Original Warrantholder on
the Issue Date pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.
“Pro Rata
Repurchases” means
any purchase of shares of Common Stock by the Company or any
Affiliate thereof pursuant to (A) any tender offer or exchange
offer subject to Section 13(e) or 14(e) of the
Exchange Act or Regulation 14E promulgated thereunder or
(B) any other offer available to substantially all holders of
Common Stock, in the case of both (A) or (B), whether for
cash, shares of Capital Stock of the Company, other securities of
the Company, evidences of indebtedness of the Company or any other
Person or any other property (including, without limitation, shares
of Capital Stock, other securities or evidences of indebtedness of
a subsidiary), or any combination thereof, effected while this
Warrant is outstanding. The “Effective
Date” of a Pro Rata Repurchase shall mean the date of
acceptance of shares for purchase or exchange by the Company under
any tender or exchange offer which is a Pro Rata Repurchase or the
date of purchase with respect to any Pro Rata Repurchase that is
not a tender or exchange offer.
“Purchase
Agreement” means
the Securities Purchase Agreement - Standard Terms incorporated
into the Letter Agreement, dated as of the date set forth in Item 5
of Schedule A hereto, as amended from time to time, between the
Company and the United States Department of the Treasury (the
“ Letter Agreement ”), including all annexes and
schedules thereto.
“Qualified Equity
Offering” has the
meaning ascribed to it in the Purchase Agreement.
“Regulatory
Approvals” with
respect to the Warrantholder, means, to the extent applicable and
required to permit the Warrantholder to exercise this Warrant for
shares of Common Stock and to own such Common Stock without the
Warrantholder being in violation of applicable law, rule or
regulation, the receipt of any necessary approvals and
authorizations of, filings and registrations with, notifications
to, or expiration or termination of any applicable waiting period
under, the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as
amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.
“SEC”
means the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission.
“Securities
Act” means the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any successor statute, and
the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Shares”
has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.
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“trading
day” means
(A) if the shares of Common Stock are not traded on any
national or regional securities exchange or association or
over-the-counter market, a business day or (B) if the shares
of Common Stock are traded on any national or regional securities
exchange or association or over-the-counter market, a business day
on which such relevant exchange or quotation system is scheduled to
be open for business and on which the shares of Common Stock
(i) are not suspended from trading on any national or regional
securities exchange or association or over-the-counter market for
any period or periods aggregating one half hour or longer; and
(ii) have traded at least once on the national or regional
securities exchange or association or over-the-counter market that
is the primary market for the trading of the shares of Common
Stock.
“U.S.
GAAP” means United
States generally accepted accounting principles.
“Warrantholder”
has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.
“Warrant”
means this Warrant, issued pursuant
to the Purchase Agreement.
2.
Number of Shares; Exercise Price . This certifies
that, for value received, the United States Department of the
Treasury or its permitted assigns (the
“Warrantholder”) is entitled, upon the terms and
subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth, to acquire from
the Company, in whole or in part, after the receipt of all
applicable Regulatory Approvals, if any, up to an aggregate of the
number of fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock set
forth in Item 6 of Schedule A hereto, at a purchase price per share
of Common Stock equal to the Exercise Price. The number of
shares of Common Stock (the “Shares”) and the
Exercise Price are subject to adjustment as provided herein, and
all references to “Common Stock,” “Shares”
and “Exercise Price” herein shall be deemed to include
any such adjustment or series of adjustments.
3.
Exercise of Warrant; Term . Subject to Section 2,
to the extent permitted by applicable laws and regulations, the
right to purchase the Shares represented by this Warrant is
exercisable, in whole or in part by the Warrantholder, at any time
or from time to time after the execution and delivery of this
Warrant by the Company on the date hereof, but in no event later
than 5:00 p.m., New York City time on the tenth anniversary of
the Issue Date (the “ Expiration Time ”), by
(A) the surrender of this Warrant and Notice of Exercise
annexed hereto, duly completed and executed on behalf of the
Warrantholder, at the principal executive office of the Company
located at the address set forth in Item 7 of Schedule A hereto (or
such other office or agency of the Company in the United States as
it may designate by notice in writing to the Warrantholder at the
address of the Warrantholder appearing on the books of the
Company), and (B) payment of the Exercise Price for the Shares
thereby purchased:
(i) by
having the Company withhold, from the shares of Common Stock that
would otherwise be delivered to the Warrantholder upon such
exercise, shares of Common stock issuable upon exercise of the
Warrant equal in value to the aggregate Exercise Price as to which
this Warrant is so exercised based on the Market Price of the
Common Stock on the trading day on which this Warrant is exercised
and the Notice of Exercise is delivered to the Company pursuant to
this Section 3, or
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(ii) with
the consent of both the Company and the Warrantholder, by tendering
in cash, by certified or cashier’s check payable to the order
of the Company, or by wire transfer of immediately available funds
to an account designated by the Company.
If the Warrantholder does not
exercise this Warrant in its entirety, the Warrantholder will be
entitled to receive from the Company within a reasonable time, and
in any event not exceeding three business days, a new warrant in
substantially identical form for the purchase of that number of
Shares equal to the difference between the number of Shares subject
to this Warrant and the number of Shares as to which this Warrant
is so exercised. Notwithstanding anything in this Warrant to
the contrary, the Warrantholder hereby acknowledges and agrees that
its exercise of this Warrant for Shares is subject to the condition
that the Warrantholder will have first received any applicable
Regulatory Approvals.
4.
Issuance of Shares; Authorization; Listing .
Certificates for Shares issued upon exercise of this Warrant will
be issued in such name or names as the Warrantholder may designate
and will be delivered to such named Person or Persons within a
reasonable time, not to exceed three business days after the date
on which this Warrant has been duly exercised in accordance with
the terms of this Warrant. The Company hereby represents and
warrants that any Shares issued upon the exercise of this Warrant
in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 will be duly
and validly authorized and issued, fully paid and nonassessable and
free from all taxes, liens and charges (other than liens or charges
created by the Warrantholder, income and franchise taxes incurred
in connection with the exercise of the Warrant or taxes in respect
of any transfer occurring contemporaneously therewith). The
Company agrees that the Shares so issued will be deemed to have
been issued to the Warrantholder as of the close of business on the
date on which this Warrant and payment of the Exercise Price are
delivered to the Company in accordance with the terms of this
Warrant, notwithstanding that the stock transfer books of the
Company may then be closed or certificates representing such Shares
may not be actually delivered on such date. The Company will
at all times reserve and keep available, out of its authorized but
unissued Common Stock, solely for the purpose of providing for the
exercise of this Warrant, the aggregate number of shares of Common
Stock then issuable upon exercise of this Warrant at any
time. The Company will (A) procure, at its sole expense,
the listing of the Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant at
any time, subject to issuance or notice of issuance, on all
principal stock exchanges on which the Common Stock is then listed
or traded and (B) maintain such listings of such Shares at all
times after issuance. The Company will use reasonable best
efforts to ensure that the Shares may be issued without violation
of any applicable law or regulation or of any requirement of any
securities exchange on which the Shares are listed or
traded.
5.
No Fractional Shares or Scrip . No fractional Shares
or scrip representing fractional Shares shall be issued upon any
exercise of this Warrant. In lieu of any fractional Share to
which the Warrantholder would otherwise be entitled, the
Warrantholder shall be entitled to receive a cash payment equal to
the Market Price of the Common Stock on the last trading day
preceding the date of exercise less the pro-rated Exercise Price
for such fractional share.
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6.
No Rights as Stockholders; Transfer Books . This
Warrant does not entitle the Warrantholder to any voting rights or
other rights as a stockholder of the Company prior to the date of
exercise hereof. The Company will at no time close its
transfer books against transfer of this Warrant in any manner which
interferes with the timely exercise of this Warrant.
7.
Charges, Taxes and Expenses . Issuance of certificates
for Shares to the Warrantholder upon the exercise of this Warrant
shall be made without charge to the Warrantholder for any issue or
transfer tax or other incidental expense in respect of the issuance
of such certificates,