EXHIBIT 4.2
NEITHER THE ISSUANCE AND SALE
OF THIS WARRANT NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THIS WARRANT IS
EXERCISABLE HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933,
AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE SECURITIES MAY
ONLY BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED PURSUANT TO
(A) AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, (B) AN OPINION
OF COUNSEL, IN A FORM REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY, THAT
REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER SAID ACT OR (C) RULE 144(K)
UNDER SAID ACT AND, IN EACH CASE, IN COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE
STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR BLUE SKY LAWS. NOTWITHSTANDING THE
FOREGOING, THE SECURITIES MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA
FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN OR FINANCING ARRANGEMENT SECURED
BY THE SECURITIES.
TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, INC.
WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK
|
|
|
|
|
Warrant
No.:
|
|
W-5
|
|
Number of
Shares:
|
|
12,231
|
|
Date of
Issuance:
|
|
January 13, 2004 (“ Issuance
Date ”)
|
TeleCommunication Systems, Inc.,
a Maryland corporation (the “ Company ”), hereby
certifies that, for Ten United States Dollars ($10.00) and other
good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of
which are hereby acknowledged, OYSTER POND PARTNERS, L.P., the
registered holder hereof or its permitted assigns, is entitled,
subject to the terms set forth below, to purchase from the Company,
at the Exercise Price (as defined below) then in effect, upon
surrender of this Warrant to Purchase Common Stock (including all
Warrants to Purchase Common Stock issued in exchange, transfer or
replacement hereof, the “ Warrant ”), at any
time or times on or after the date hereof, but not after 5:30 P.M.,
New York Time, on the Expiration Date (as defined below), Twelve
Thousand Two Hundred And Thirty-One (12,231) fully paid
nonassessable shares of Common Stock (as defined below) (the
“ Warrant Shares ”). Except as otherwise defined
herein, capitalized terms in this Warrant shall have the meanings
set forth in Section 15. This Warrant is one of the Warrants
to Purchase Common Stock (the “ SPA Warrants ”)
issued pursuant to Section 1 of that certain Securities
Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 18, 2003 (the
“Initial Issuance Date" ), among the Company and the
purchasers (the “ Purchasers ”) referred to
therein (the “ Securities Purchase Agreement
”).
1.
EXERCISE OF WARRANT .
(a)
Mechanics of Exercise . Subject to the terms and conditions
hereof (including, without limitation, the limitations set forth in
Section 1(f)), this Warrant may be exercised by the holder
hereof on any day from and after the date hereof, in whole or in
part, by (i) delivery by the holder to the Company of a
written notice, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the
“ Exercise Notice ”), of such holder’s
election to exercise this Warrant and (ii) (A)
1
payment to the Company of an
amount equal to the applicable Exercise Price multiplied by the
number of Warrant Shares as to which this Warrant is being
exercised (the “ Aggregate Exercise Price ”) in
certified funds or by wire transfer of immediately available funds
or (B) if applicable, by notifying the Company that this
Warrant is being exercised pursuant to a Cashless Exercise (as
defined in Section 1(d)) and (iii) the surrender to a
common carrier for overnight delivery to the Company, on or as soon
as practicable following the date the holder of this Warrant
delivers the Exercise Notice to the Company, delivery of this
Warrant to the Company (or an indemnification undertaking with
respect to this Warrant in the case of its loss, theft or
destruction). Following the date on which the Company has received
each of the Exercise Notice, the Aggregate Exercise Price (or
notice of a Cashless Exercise) and this Warrant (or an
indemnification undertaking with respect to this Warrant in the
case of its loss, theft or destruction) (the “ Exercise
Delivery Documents ”), the Company shall
(X) provided that the Company’s transfer agent (the
“ Transfer Agent ”) is participating in the
Depository Trust Company (“ DTC ”) Fast
Automated Securities Transfer Program, on or before the third
Business Day thereafter credit such aggregate number of shares of
Common Stock to which the holder of this Warrant is entitled
pursuant to such exercise to the holder’s or its
designee’s balance account with DTC through its Deposit
Withdrawal Agent Commission system or (Y) if the Transfer Agent is
not participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer
Program, on or before the fifth Business Day thereafter issue and
deliver to the address specified in the Exercise Notice, a
certificate, registered in the name of the holder of this Warrant
or its designee, for the number of shares of Common Stock to which
the holder of this Warrant is entitled pursuant to such exercise.
Upon delivery of the Exercise Notice, this Warrant and the
Aggregate Exercise Price referred to in clause (ii)(A) above or
notification to the Company of a Cashless Exercise referred to in
Section 1(d), the holder of this Warrant shall be deemed for
all corporate purposes to have become the holder of record of the
Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been
exercised as of the date of the Exercise Notice, irrespective of
the date of delivery of the certificates evidencing such Warrant
Shares. If the number of Warrant Shares represented by this Warrant
submitted for exercise pursuant to this Section 1(a) is
greater than the number of Warrant Shares being acquired upon an
exercise, then the Company shall as soon as practicable and in no
event later than five (5) Business Days after any exercise and
at its own expense, issue a new Warrant (in accordance with
Section 7(d)) representing the right to purchase the number of
Warrant Shares purchasable immediately prior to such exercise under
this Warrant, less the number of Warrant Shares with respect to
which this Warrant is exercised. No fractional shares of Common
Stock are to be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant, but
rather the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued shall be
rounded up to the nearest whole number. The Company shall pay any
and all taxes, including without limitation, all documentary stamp,
transfer or similar taxes, or other incidental expense that may be
payable with respect to the issuance and delivery of Warrant Shares
upon exercise of this Warrant.
(b)
Exercise Price . For purposes of this Warrant, “
Exercise Price ” means $6.50, subject to adjustment as
provided herein.
(c)
Company’s Failure to Timely Deliver Securities .
Subject to Section 1(f) , if the Company shall fail for any
reason or for no reason to issue to the holder, as provided in
Section 1(a) above, a certificate for the number of
shares of Common Stock to which the holder is entitled or to credit
the holder’s balance account with DTC for such number of
shares of
2
Common Stock to which the holder
is entitled upon the holder’s exercise of this Warrant, the
Company shall pay as additional damages in cash to such holder on
each day thereafter until the Company has cured such failure, an
amount equal to 1.0% of the product of (A) the sum of the
number of shares of Common Stock not issued to the holder on a
timely basis and to which the holder is entitled and (B) the
difference, but only if a positive number, between the Weighted
Average Price of the Common Stock on the trading day immediately
preceding the last possible date which the Company could have
issued such Common Stock to the holder without violating
Section 1(a) and the Exercise Price. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Company shall not be obligated to make such payment
of the Common Stock in the event the dispute resolution provisions
of Section 12 are being utilized. In addition, the
holder, upon written notice to the Company, may void its Exercise
Notice with respect to, and have returned, any portion of this
Warrant that has not been exercised pursuant to such Exercise
Notice; provided that the voiding of an Exercise Notice shall
negate the Company’s obligations to make any payments which
have accrued prior to the date of such notice pursuant to this
Section 1(c) or otherwise.
(d)
Cashless Exercise . The holder of this Warrant may, in its
sole discretion, exercise this Warrant in whole or in part and, in
lieu of making the cash payment otherwise contemplated to be made
to the Company upon such exercise in payment of the Aggregate
Exercise Price, elect instead to receive upon such exercise the
“Net Number” of shares of Common Stock determined
according to the following formula (a “ Cashless
Exercise ”):
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Number
=
|
(A x B) - (A
x C)
|
|
|
|
|
B
|
|
For
purposes of the foregoing formula:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A= the total
number of shares with respect to which this Warrant is then being
exercised.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
B= the Weighted
Average Price of the Common Stock (as reported by Bloomberg) on the
date immediately preceding the date of the Exercise
Notice.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
C= the Exercise
Price then in effect for the applicable Warrant Shares at the time
of such exercise.
|
(e)
Disputes . In the case of a dispute as to the determination
of the Exercise Price or the arithmetic calculation of the Warrant
Shares, the Company shall promptly issue to the holder the number
of Warrant Shares that are not disputed and such dispute shall be
resolved in accordance with Section 12.
(f)
Limitations on Exercises .
|
|
|
|
|
(i)
Beneficial Ownership . The Company shall not effect the
exercise of this Warrant, and no Person (as defined below) who is a
holder of this Warrant shall have the right to exercise this
Warrant, to the extent that after giving effect
|
3
|
|
|
|
|
to such
exercise, such Person (together with such Person’s
affiliates) would beneficially own in excess of 9.99% of the shares
of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to
such exercise. For purposes of the foregoing sentence, such Person
(together with such Person’s affiliates) shall be deemed to
beneficially own of the shares of Common Stock issuable upon
exercise of this Warrant with respect to which the determination in
such sentence is being made, but shall not be deemed to
beneficially own shares of Common Stock which would be issuable
upon (i) exercise of the remaining, unexercised portion of
this Warrant and (ii) exercise or conversion of the
unexercised or unconverted portion of any other securities of the
Company beneficially owned by such Person and its affiliates
(including, without limitation, any convertible notes or
convertible preferred stock or warrants) subject to a limitation on
conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained
herein. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes
of this paragraph, beneficial ownership shall be calculated in
accordance with Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended. For purposes of this Warrant, in determining
the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock a holder may rely
on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, on any
determination date, as reflected in (1) the Company’s
Form 10-Q, Form 10-K most recently filed, (2) a more
recent public announcement by the Company or (3) any other
notice by the Company setting forth the number of shares of Common
Stock outstanding provided pursuant to the next sentence. For any
reason at any time, upon the written request of the holder of this
Warrant, the Company shall within two (2) Business Days
confirm in writing to the holder of this Warrant the number of
shares of Common Stock then outstanding. In any case, the number of
outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be determined after giving
effect to the conversion or exercise of securities of the Company,
including the SPA Securities and the SPA Warrants, by the holder of
this Warrant and its affiliates since the date as of which such
number of outstanding shares of Common Stock was
reported.
|
|
|
|
|
|
(ii)
Principal Market Regulation . The Company shall not be
obligated to issue any shares of Common Stock upon exercise of this
Warrant if the issuance of such shares of Common Stock
(individually or together with all other shares of Common Stock
issued or issuable now or in the future, pursuant to (i) this
Warrant, (ii) the Debentures issued by the Company pursuant to
the Securities Purchase Agreement, (iii) the other Warrants
issued pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, or
(iv) the Securities Purchase Agreement) would exceed that
number of shares of Common Stock which the Company may issue
(including, as applicable, any shares of Common Stock issued upon
conversion of or as payment of any interest under the SPA
Securities) without triggering the stockholder approval
requirements set forth in Rule 4350(i) under the rules of the
Principal Market (the “ Exchange Cap ”), except
that such limitation shall not apply in the event that the Company
(A) obtains the approval of its shareholders as required by
the applicable rules of the Principal Market and in accordance with
applicable law for issuances of Common Stock in excess of the
threshold amount
|
4
|
|
|
|
|
in such rule or
(B) obtains a written opinion from outside counsel to the
Company that such approval is not required, which opinion shall be
reasonably satisfactory to the holders of the SPA Warrants
representing at least a majority of the shares of Common Stock
underlying the SPA Warrants then outstanding. Until such approval
is obtained, no Purchaser shall be issued, upon exercise of any SPA
Warrants, shares of Common Stock in an amount greater than the
product of the Exchange Cap multiplied by a fraction, the numerator
of which is the sum of the number of Common Shares and the number
of Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares underlying the SPA
Securities and the SPA Warrants issued to such Purchaser pursuant
to the Securities Purchase Agreement on the Issuance Date and the
denominator of which is the sum of the number of Common Shares and
the number of Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares underlying the
SPA Securities and the SPA Warrants issued to all the Purchasers
pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement on the Issuance Date
(with respect to each Purchaser, the “Exchange Cap
Allocation” ). In the event that any Purchaser shall sell
or otherwise transfer any of such Purchaser’s SPA Warrants,
the transferee shall be allocated a pro rata portion of such
Purchaser’s Exchange Cap Allocation, and the restrictions of
the prior sentence shall apply to such transferee with respect to
the portion of the Exchange Cap Allocation allocated to such
transferee. In the event that any holder of SPA Warrants shall
exercise all of such holder’s SPA Warrants into a number of
shares of Common Stock which, in the aggregate, is less than such
holder’s Exchange Cap Allocation, then the difference between
such holder’s Exchange Cap Allocation and the number of
shares of Common Stock actually issued to such holder shall be
allocated to the respective Exchange Cap Allocations of the
remaining holders of SPA Warrants on a pro rata basis in proportion
to the shares of Common Stock underlying the SPA Warrants then held
by each such holder.
|
2.
ADJUSTMENT OF EXERCISE PRICE AND NUMBER OF WARRANT SHARES .
The Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares shall be
adjusted from time to time as follows:
(a)
Adjustment upon Issuance of Common Stock . If and whenever
on or after the date of issuance of this Warrant the Company issues
or sells, or in accordance with this Section 2 is deemed to
have issued or sold, any shares of Common Stock (including the
issuance or sale of shares of Common Stock owned or held by or for
the account of the Company, but excluding shares of Common Stock
issued or deemed to have been issued by the Company in connection
with any Excluded Security) for a consideration per share (the
“ New Securities Issuance Price ”) less than a
price (the “ Applicable Price ”) equal to the
Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such issue or sale or
deemed issuance or sale (the foregoing a “Dilutive
Issuance” ), then immediately after such Dilutive
Issuance, the Exercise Price then in effect shall be reduced to an
amount equal to the greater of (x) the New Securities Issuance
Price and (y) $2.50 (subject to adjustment for any stock split,
stock dividend, stock combination or other similar transaction
after the Issuance Date), and the number of Warrant Shares shall be
adjusted to the number of shares of Common Stock determined by
multiplying the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such
adjustment by the number of Warrant Shares acquirable upon
exercise
5
of this Warrant immediately prior
to such adjustment and dividing the product thereof by the New
Securities Issuance Price. For purposes of determining the adjusted
Exercise Price under this Section 2(a), the following shall be
applicable:
|
|
|
|
|
(i)
Issuance of Options . If the Company in any manner grants
any Options, other than Excluded Securities, and the lowest price
per share for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon the
exercise of any such Option or upon conversion, exercise or
exchange of any Convertible Securities issuable upon exercise of
any such Option is less than the Applicable Price, then, solely for
purposes of this Section 2, such share of Common Stock shall
be deemed to be outstanding and to have been issued and sold by the
Company at the time of the granting or sale of such Option for such
price per share. For purposes of this Section 2(a)(i), the
“lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock
is issuable upon exercise of such Options or upon conversion,
exercise or exchange of such Convertible Securities” shall be
equal to the sum of the lowest amounts of consideration (if any)
received or receivable by the Company with respect to any one share
of Common Stock upon the granting or sale of the Option, upon
exercise of the Option and upon conversion, exercise or exchange of
any Convertible Security issuable upon exercise of such Option. No
further adjustment of the Exercise Price or number of Warrant
Shares shall be made upon the actual issuance of such Common Stock
or of such Convertible Securities upon the exercise of such Options
or upon the actual issuance of such Common Stock upon conversion,
exercise or exchange of such Convertible Securities.
|
|
|
|
|
|
(ii)
Issuance of Convertible Securities . If the Company in any
manner issues or sells any Convertible Securities, other than
Excluded Securities, and the lowest price per share for which one
share of Common Stock is issuable upon the conversion, exercise or
exchange thereof is less than the Applicable Price, then, solely
for purposes of this Section 2, such share of Common Stock
shall be deemed to be outstanding and to have been issued and sold
by the Company at the time of the issuance or sale of such
Convertible Securities for such price per share. For the purposes
of this Section 2(a)(ii), the “lowest price per share
for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon the
conversion, exercise or exchange” shall be equal to the sum
of the lowest amounts of consideration (if any) received or
receivable by the Company with respect to one share of Common Stock
upon the issuance or sale of the Convertible Security and upon
conversion, exercise or exchange of such Convertible Security. No
further adjustment of the Exercise Price or number of Warrant
Shares shall be made upon the actual issuance of such Common Stock
upon conversion, exercise or exchange of such Convertible
Securities, and if any such issue or sale of such Convertible
Securities is made upon exercise of any Options for which
adjustment of this Warrant has been or is to be made pursuant to
other provisions of this Section 2(a), no further adjustment
of the Exercise Price or number of Warrant Shares shall be made by
reason of such issue or sale.
|
6
|
|
|
|
|
(iii)
Change in Option Price or Rate of Conversion . If the
purchase price provided for in any Options, the additional
consideration, if any, payable upon the issue, conversion, exercise
or exchange of any Convertible Securities, or the rate at which any
Convertible Securities are convertible into or exercisable or
exchangeable for Common Stock increases or decreases at any time,
the Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares in effect at
the time of such increase or decrease shall be adjusted to the
Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares which would have
been in effect at such time had such Options or Convertible
Securities provided for such increased or decreased purchase price,
additional consideration or increased or decreased conversion rate,
as the case may be, at the time initially granted, issued or sold.
For purposes of this Section 2(a)(iii), if the terms of any
Option or Convertible Security that was outstanding as of the date
of issuance of this Warrant are increased or decreased in the
manner described in the immediately preceding sentence, then such
Option or Convertible Security and the Common Stock deemed issuable
upon exercise, conversion or exchange thereof shall be deemed to
have been issued as of the date of such increase or decrease. No
adjustment pursuant to this Section 2(a) shall be made if such
adjustment would result in an increase of the Exercise Price to an
Exercise Price greater than the Exercise Price in effect on the
Issuance Date (as adjusted for any stock splits, reverse stock
splits, stock dividends, stock combinations and similar
transactions after the Issuance Date) then in effect or a decrease
in the number of Warrant Shares to a number less than the number of
Warrant Shares (as adjusted for any stock splits, reverse stock
splits, stock dividends, stock combinations and similar
transactions after the Issuance Date) then issuable
hereunder.
|
|
|
|
|
|
(iv)
Calculation of Consideration Received . If case any Option
is issued in connection with the issue or sale of other securities
of the Company, together comprising one integrated transaction in
which no specific consideration is allocated to such Options by the
parties thereto, the Options will be deemed to have been issued for
a consideration of $0.01. If any Common Stock, Options or
Convertible Securities are issued or sold or deemed to have been
issued or sold for cash, the consideration received therefor will
be deemed to be the net amount received by the Company therefor. If
any Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities are issued or
sold for a consideration other than cash, the amount of such
consideration received by the Company will be the fair value of
such consideration, except where such consideration consists of
securities, in which case the amount of consideration received by
the Company will be the Weighted Average Price of such security on
the date of receipt. If any Common Stock, Options or Convertible
Securities are issued to the owners of the non-surviving entity in
connection with any merger in which the Company is the surviving
entity, the amount of consideration therefor will be deemed to be
the fair value of such portion of the net assets and business of
the non-surviving entity as is attributable to such Common Stock,
Options or Convertible Securities, as the case may be. The fair
value of any consideration other than cash or securities will be
determined jointly by the Board of Directors of the Company and the
holders of SPA Warrants representing at least a majority of the
shares of Common Stock
|
7
|
|
|
|
|
obtainable upon
exercise of the SPA Warrants then outstanding unless the Board of
Directors of the Company shall have obtained a fairness opinion
from an independent financial advisor in which case the fair value
shall be as stated in such fairness opinion. If, in the absence of
a fairness opinion, such parties are unable to reach agreement
within 10 days after the occurrence of an event requiring
valuation (the “ Valuation Event ”), the fair
value of such consideration will be determined in accordance with
Section 12 hereof.
|
|
|
|
|
|
(v)
Record Date . If the Company takes a record of the holders
of Common Stock for the purpose of entitling them (A) to
receive a dividend or other distribution payable in Common Stock,
Options or in Convertible Securities or (B) to subscribe for
or purchase Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities, then
such record date will be deemed to be the date of the issue or sale
of the shares of Common Stock deemed to have been issued or sold
upon the declaration of such dividend or the making of such other
distribution or the date of the granting of such right of
subscription or purchase, as the case may be.
|
(b)
Adjustment upon Subdivision or Combination of Common Stock .
If the Company at any time after the date of issuance of this
Warrant subdivides (by any stock split, stock dividend,
recapitalization or otherwise) one or more classes of its
outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares,
the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such subdivision
will be proportionately reduced and the number of Warrant Shares
will be proportionately increased. If the Company at any time after
the date of issuance of this Warrant combines (by combination,
reverse stock split or otherwise) one or more classes of its
outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares,
the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such combination
will be proportionately increased and the number of Warrant Shares
will be proportionately decreased. Any adjustment under this
Section 2(b) shall become effective at the close of business on the
date the subdivision or combination becomes effective.
(c)
Other Events . If any event occurs of the type contemplated
by the provisions of this Section 2 but not expressly provided
for by such provisions (including, without limitation, the granting
of stock appreciation rights, phantom stock rights or other rights
with equity features), then the Company’s Board of Directors,
in their reasonable discretion, will make an appropriate adjustment
in the Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares so as to
protect the rights of the holder of this Warrant; provided that no
such adjustment pursuant to this Section 2(c) will increase
the Exercise Price or decrease the number of Warrant Shares as
otherwise determined pursuant to this Section 2.
3.
RIGHTS UPON DISTRIBUTION OF ASSETS . In addition to any
adjustments pursuant to Section 2 above, if the Company shall
declare or make any dividend or other distribution of its assets
(or rights to acquire its assets) to holders of Common Stock, by
way of return of capital or otherwise (including, without
limitation, any distribution of cash, stock or other securities,
property or options by way of a dividend, spin off,
reclassification, corporate rearrangement or other similar
transaction) (a “ Distribution ”), at any time
after the issuance of this Warrant, then, in each such
case:
8
(a) any
Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to the close of business
on the record date fixed for the determination of holders of Common
Stock entitled to receive the Distribution shall be reduced,
effective as of the close of business on such record date, to a
price determined by multiplying such Exercise Price by a fraction
of which (i) the numerator shall be the Weighted Average Price
of the Common Stock on the trading day immediately preceding such
record date minus the value of the Distribution (as determined in
good faith by the Company’s Board of Directors) applicable to
one share of Common Stock, and (ii) the denominator shall be
the Weighted Average Price of the Common Stock on the trading day
immediately preceding such record date; and
(b) the
number of Warrant Shares shall be increased to a number of shares
equal to the number of shares of Common Stock obtainable
immediately prior to the close of business on the record date fixed
for the determination of holders of Common Stock entitled to
receive the Distribution multiplied by the reciprocal of the
fraction set forth in the immediately preceding paragraph (a);
provided that in the event that the Distribution is of common stock
(“ Other Common Stock ”) of a company whose
common stock is traded on a national securities exchange or a
national automated quotation system, then the holder of this
Warrant may elect to receive a warrant to purchase Other Common
Stock in lieu of an increase in the number of Warrant Shares, the
terms of which shall be identical to those of this Warrant, except
that such warrant shall be exercisable into the number of shares of
Other Common Stock that would have been payable to the holder of
this Warrant pursuant to the Distribution had the holder exercised
this Warrant immediately prior to such record date and with an
aggregate exercise price equal to the product of the amount by
which the exercise price of this Warrant was decreased with respect
to the Distribution pursuant to the terms of the immediately
preceding paragraph (a) and the number of Warrant Shares
calculated in accordance with the first part of this paragraph
(b).
4. PURCHASE
RIGHTS; ORGANIC CHANGE.
(a)
Purchase Rights . In addition to any adjustments pursuant to
Section 2 above, if at any time the Company grants, issues or
sells any Options, Convertible Securities or rights to purchase
stock, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to the
record holders of any class of Common Stock (the “
Purchase Rights ”), then the holder of this Warrant
will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such
Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which such holder
could have acquired if such holder had held the number of shares of
Common Stock acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant
(without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant)
immediately before the date on which a record is taken for the
grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights, or, if no such
record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of Common
Stock are to be determined for the grant, issue or sale of such
Purchase Rights.
(b)
Organic Change . Any recapitalization, reorganization,
reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale of all or
substantially all of the Company’s assets to another Person
or other transaction, in each case which is effected in such a way
that holders of Common Stock are entitled to receive securities or
assets with respect to or in exchange for Common Stock is referred
to herein as an “ Organic Change .” Prior to the
consummation of any (i) sale of all or substantially all of
the Company’s assets to an acquiring Person or
(ii) other Organic Change
9
following which the Company is
not a surviving entity, the Company will secure from the Person
purchasing such assets or the Person issuing the securities or
providing the assets in such Organic Change (in each case, the
“ Acquiring Entity ”) a written agreement (in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the holders of SPA
Warrants representing at least a majority of the shares of Common
Stock obtainable upon exercise of the SPA Warrants then
outstanding) to deliver to the holder of this Warrant in exchange
for this Warrant, a security of the Acquiring Entity evidenced by a
written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to
this Warrant and reasonably satisfactory to the holder of this
Warrant (including, an adjusted exercise price equal to the value
for the Common Stock reflected by the terms of such consolidation,
merger or sale, and exercisable for a corresponding number of
shares of Common Stock acquirable and receivable upon exercise of
this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on the exercise of
this Warrant), if the value so reflected is less than the Exercise
Price in effect immediately prior to such consolidation, merger or
sale). In the event that an Acquiring Entity is directly or
indirectly controlled by a company or entity whose common stock or
similar equity interest is listed, designated or quoted on a
securities exchange or trading market, the holder of this Warrant
may elect to treat such Person as the Acquiring Entity for purposes
of this Section 4(b). Prior to the consummation of any other
Organic Change, the Company shall be required to make appropriate
provision (in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
holders of SPA Warrants representing at least a majority of the
shares of Common Stock obtainable upon exercise of the SPA Warrants
then outstanding) to insure that the holder of this Warrant
thereafter will have the right to acquire and receive in lieu of or
in addition to (as the case may be) the shares of Common Stock
immediately theretofore acquirable and receivable upon the exercise
of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on the exercise
of this Warrant including those set forth in Sections 1(f)(i)
and 1(f)(ii) of this Warrant), such shares of stock, securities or
assets that would have been issued or payable in such Organic
Change with respect to or in exchange for the number of shares of
Common Stock which would have been acquirable and receivable upon
the exercise of this Warrant as of the date of such Organic Change
(without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant
including those set forth in Sections 1(f)(i) and 1(f)(ii) of
this Warrant).
5.
NONCIRCUMVENTION . The Company hereby covenants and agrees
that the Company will not, by amendment of its Articles of
Incorporation or through any reorganization, transfer of assets,
consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities, or
any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance
or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant, and will at all
times in good faith carry out all the provisions of this Warrant
and take all action as may be required to protect the rights of the
holder of this Warrant. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the Company (i) will not increase the par value of any
shares of Common Stock receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant
above the Exercise Price then in effect, (ii) will take all
such actions as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the
Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable
shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of this Warrant, and
(iii) will, so long as any of the SPA Warrants are
outstanding, take all action necessary to reserve and keep
available out of its authorized and unissued Common Stock, solely
for the purpose of effecting the exercise of the SPA Warrants, 150%
of the number of shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time
be necessary to effect the exercise of the SPA Warrants then
outstanding (without regard to any limitations on
exercise).
10
6.
WARRANT HOLDER NOT DEEMED A STOCKHOLDER . No holder, solely
in such Person’s capacity as a holder, of this Warrant shall
be entitled to vote or receive dividends or be deemed the holder of
shares of the Company for any purpose, nor shall anything contained
in this Warrant be construed to confer upon the holder hereof,
solely in such Person’s capacity as a holder of this Warrant,
any of the rights of a shareholder of the Company or any right to
vote, give or withhold consent to any corporate action (whether any
reorganization, issue of stock, reclassification of stock,
consolidation, merger, conveyance or otherwise), receive notice of
meetings, receive dividends or subscription rights, or otherwise,
prior to the issuance to the holder of this Warrant of the Warrant
Shares which such Person is then entitled to receive upon the due
exercise of this Warrant. In addition, nothing contained in this
Warrant shall be construed as imposing any liabilities on such
holder to purchase any securities (upon exercise of this Warrant or
otherwise) or as a stockholder of the Company, whether such
liabilities are asserted by the Company or by creditors of the
Company. Notwithstanding this Section 6, the Company will
provide the holder of this Warrant with copies of the same notices
and other information given to the Company’s public
stockholders of the Company generally, contemporaneously with the
giving thereof to the Company’s public
stockholders.
7.
REISSUANCE OF WARRANTS .
(a)
Transfer of Warrant . Subject to Section 2(g) of the
Securities Purchase Agreement, if this Warrant is to be
transferred, the holder shall surrender this Warrant to the
Company, whereupon the Company will forthwith issue and deliver
upon the order of the holder of this Warrant a new Warrant (in
accordance with Section 7(d)), registered as the holder of
this Warrant may request, representing the right to purchase the
number of Warrant Shares being transferred by the Holder and, if
less then the total number of Warrant Shares then underlying this
Warrant is being transferred, a new Warrant (in accordance with
Section 7(d)) to the holder of this Warrant representing the
right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares not being
transferred.
(b)
Lost, Stolen or Mutilated Warrant . Upon receipt by the
Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the
loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant, and, in the
case of loss, theft or destruction, of any indemnification
undertaking by the holder of this Warrant to the Company in
customary form, in the case of mutilation, upon surrender and
cancellation of this Warrant, the Company shall execute and deliver
to the Holder a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 7(d))
representing the right to purchase the Warrant Shares then
underlying this Warrant.
(c)
Warrant Exchangeable for Multiple Warrants . This Warrant is
exchangeable, upon the surrender hereof by the Holder at the
principal office of the Company, for a new Warrant or Warrants (in
accordance with Section 7(d)) representing in the aggregate
the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares then underlying
this Warrant, and each such new Warrant will represent the right to
purchase such portion of such Warrant Shares as is designated by
the holder of this Warrant at the time of such surrender; provided,
however, that no Warrants for fractional shares of Common Stock
shall be given.
11
(d)
Issuance of New Warrants . Whenever the Company is required
to issue a new Warrant pursuant to the terms of this Warrant, such
new Warrant (i) shall be of like tenor with this Warrant,
(ii) shall represent, as indicated on the face of such new
Warrant, the right to purchase the Warrant Shares then underlying
this Warrant (or in the case of a new Warrant being issued pursuant
to Section 7(a) or Section 7(c), the Warrant Shares
designated by the holder of this Warrant which, when added to the
number of shares of Common Stock underlying the other new Warrants
issued in connection with such issuance, does not exceed the number
of Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant), (iii) shall have
an issuance date, as indicated on the face of such new Warrant
which is the same as the Issuance Date, and (iv) shall have
the same rights and conditions as this Warrant.
8.
NOTICES . Whenever notice is required to be given under this
Warrant, unless otherwise provided herein, such notice shall be
given in accordance with Section 9(f) of the Securities
Purchase Agreement. The Company shall provide the holder of this
Warrant with prompt written notice of all actions taken pursuant to
this Warrant, including in reasonable detail a description of such
action and the reason therefore. Without limiting the generality of
the foregoing, the Company will give written notice to the holder
of this Warrant (i) reasonably promptly upon any adjustment of
the Exercise Price, setting forth in reasonable detail, and
certifying, the calculation of such adjustment and (ii) at
least the same number of days prior to the date on which the
Company provides notice to any other Person who has the right to
receive notice of such an event (A) with respect to any
dividend or distribution upon the Common Stock, (B) with
respect to any grants, issues or sales of any Options, Convertible
Securities or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or
other property to holders of Common Stock (other than, in each
case, Excluded Securities) or (C) for determining rights to
vote with respect to any Change of Control (as defined in the SPA
Securities), dissolution or liquidation, provided in each case that
such information shall be made known to the public prior to or in
conjunction with such notice being provided to such holder.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Section 4(j) of the Securities
Purchase Agreement shall apply to all notices given pursuant to
this Warrant.
9.
AMENDMENT AND WAIVER . Except as otherwise provided herein,
the provisions of this Warrant may be amended and the Company may
take any action herein prohibited, or omit to perform any act
herein required to be performed by it, only if the Company has
obtained the written consent of the holders of SPA Warrants
representing at least a majority of the shares of Common Stock
obtainable upon exercise of the SPA Warrants then outstanding;
provided that no such action may increase the exercise price of
this Warrant or decrease the number of shares or class of stock
obtainable upon exercise of this Warrant without the written
consent of the holder of this Warrant. No such amendment shall be
effective to the extent that it applies to less than all of the
holders of the SPA Warrants then outstanding.
10.
GOVERNING LAW . This Warrant shall be construed and enforced
in accordance with, and all questions concerning the construction,
validity, interpretation and performance of this Warrant shall be
governed by, (i) with respect to matters relating to the
issuance of securities pursuant to this Warrant, the internal laws
of the State of Maryland and (ii) with respect to all other
matters, the internal laws of the State of New York, in each case
without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law
provision or rule (whether of the State of New York, the State of
Maryland or any other jurisdictions) that would cause the
application of
12
the laws of any jurisdictions
other than the State of New York or the State of Maryland, as the
case may be.
11.
CONSTRUCTION; HEADINGS . This Warrant shall be deemed to be
jointly drafted by the Company and all the Purchasers and shall not
be construed against any person as the drafter hereof. The headings
of this Warrant are for convenience of reference and shall not form
part of, or affect the interpretation of, this Warrant.
12.
DISPUTE RESOLUTION . In the case of a dispute as to the
determination of the Exercise Price or the arithmetic calculation
of the Warrant Shares, the Company shall submit the disputed
determinations or arithmetic calculations via facsimile within
three Business Days of receipt of the Exercise Notice giving rise
to such dispute, as the case may be, to the holder of this Warrant.
If the holder of this Warrant and the Company are unable to agree
upon such determination or calculation of the Exercise Price or the
Warrant Shares within three Business Days of such disputed
determination or arithmetic calculation being submitted to the
Holder, then the Company shall, within two Business Days submit via
facsimile (a) the disputed determination of the Exercise Price
to an independent, reputable investment bank selected by the
Company and approved by the holder of this Warrant, which approval
shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, or (b) the
disputed arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares to the
Company’s independent, outside accountant. The Company shall
cause the investment bank or the accountant, as the case may be, to
perform the determinations or calculations and notify the Company
and the Holder of the results no later than ten Business Days from
the time it receives the disputed determinations or calculations.
Such investment bank’s or accountant’s determination or
calculation, as the case may be, shall be binding upon all parties
absent demonstrable error.
13.
REMEDIES, OTHER OBLIGATIONS, BREACHES AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF
. The remedies provided in this Warrant shall be cumulative and in
addition to all other remedies available under this Warrant, the
Securities Purchase Agreement, the SPA Securities and the
Registration Rights Agreement, at law or in equity (including a
decree of specific performance and/or other injunctive relief), and
nothing herein shall limit the right of the holder of this Warrant
right to pursue actual damages for any failure by the Company to
comply with the terms of this Warrant. The Company acknowledges
that a breach by it of its obligations hereunder will cause
irreparable harm to the holder of this Warrant and that the remedy
at law for any such breach may be inadequate. The Company therefore
agrees that, in the event of any such breach or threatened breach,
the holder of this Warrant shall be entitled, in addition to all
other available remedies, to an injunction restraining any breach,
without the necessity of showing economic loss and without any bond
or other security being required.
14.
TRANSFER . This Warrant may be offered for sale, sold,
transferred or assigned without the consent of the Company, except
as may otherwise be required by Section 2(f) of the Securities
Purchase Agreement.
15.
CERTAIN DEFINITIONS . For purposes of this Warrant, the
following terms shall have the following meanings:
(a)
“ Bloomberg ” means Bloomberg Financial
Markets.
13
(b)
“ Business Day ” means any day other than
Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in The City
of New York are authorized or required by law to remain
closed.
(c)
“ Common Stock ” means (i) the
Company’s Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per
share, and (ii) any capital stock into which such Common Stock
shall have been changed or any capital stock resulting from a
reclassification of such Common Stock.
(d)
“ Convertible Securities ” means any stock or
securities (other than Options) directly or indirectly convertible
into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock.
(e)
“ Excluded Securities ” shall have the meaning
given to it in the Securities Purchase Agreement.
(f)
“ Expiration Date ” means January 13,
2007.
(g)
“ Options ” means any rights, warrants or
options to subscribe for or purchase Convertible Securities or
Common Stock.
(h)
“ Person ” means an individual, a limited
liability company, a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, a
trust, an unincorporated organization, any other entity and a
government or any department or agency thereof.
(i)
“ Principal Market ” means the Nasdaq National
Market or in the event that the Company is no longer listed with
the Nasdaq National Market, the market or exchange on which the
Common Stock is then listed and traded, which only may be either
The New York Stock Exchange, Inc. or the American Stock
Exchange.
(j)
“ Registration Rights Agreement ” means that
certain registration rights agreement between the Company and the
Purchasers.
(k)
“ SPA Securities ” means the subordinated
convertible debentures issued pursuant to the Securities Purchase
Agreement.
(l)
“ Weighted Average Price ” means, for any
security as of any date, the dollar volume-weighted average price
for such security on the Principal Market during the period
beginning at 9:30:01 a.m., New York Time (or such other time
as the Principal Market publicly announces is the official open of
trading), and ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York Time (or such
other time as the Principal Market publicly announces is the
official close of trading) as reported by Bloomberg through its
“Volume at Price” functions, or, if the foregoing does
not apply, the dollar volume-weighted average price of such
security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin
board for such security during the period beginning at
9:30:01 a.m., New York Time (or such other time as such market
publicly
14
announces is the official open of
trading), and ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York Time (or such
other time as such market publicly announces is the official close
of trading) as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no dollar
volume-weighted average price is reported for such security by
Bloomberg for such hours, the average of the highest closing bid
price and the lowest closing ask price of any of the market makers
for such security as reported in the “pink sheets” by
Pink Sheets LLC (formerly the National Quotation Bureau, Inc.). If
the Weighted Average Price cannot be calculated for a security on a
particular date on any of the foregoing bases, the Weighted Average
Price of such security on such date shall be the fair market value
as mutually determined by the Company and the Holder. If the
Company and the holder of this Warrant are unable to agree upon the
fair market value of such security, then such dispute shall be
resolved pursuant to Section 12. All such determinations to be
appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock
combination or other similar transaction during the applicable
calculation period.
[Signature Page Follows]
15
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to
Purchase Common Stock to be duly executed as of the Issuance Date
set out above.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, INC
.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
By:
|
|
/s/ Thomas M.
Brandt, Jr.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Thomas M.
Brandt, Jr.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Senior Vice
President and
Chief Financial Officer
|
16
EXHIBIT A
EXERCISE NOTICE
TO BE EXECUTED BY THE REGISTERED HOLDER TO
EXERCISE THIS
WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK
TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, INC.
The
undersigned holder hereby exercises the right to purchase
_____________ of the shares of Common Stock (“ Warrant
Shares ”) of TeleCommunication Systems, Inc., a Maryland
corporation (the “ Company ”), evidenced by the
attached Warrant to Purchase Common Stock (the “
Warrant ”). Capitalized terms used herein and not
otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings set forth in
the Warrant.
After giving
effect to the exercise of the Warrant Shares requested to be
converted pursuant hereto, the undersigned will not be the
beneficial owner of 10% or more of the outstanding Common Stock
(determined as set forth in Section 1(f)(i) of the
Warrant).
1. Form
of Exercise Price. The Holder intends that payment of the Exercise
Price shall be made as:
__________ a
“ Cash Exercise ” with respect to __________
Warrant Shares; and/or
__________ a
“ Cashless Exercise ” with respect to __________
Warrant Shares.
[Insert this paragraph (2) in the event that the holder has
not elected a Cashless Exercise in accordance with the terms of the
Warrant as to all of the Warrant Shares to be issued pursuant
hereto] 2. Payment of Exercise Price. The holder is hereby
delivering to the Company payment in the amount of $ __________
representing the Aggregate Exercise Price for such Warrant Shares
not subject to a Cashless Exercise in accordance with the terms of
the Warrant.
3. Delivery
of Warrant Shares. The Company shall deliver to the holder
__________ Warrant Shares in accordance with the terms of the
Warrant.
Date: _______________ __,
200___
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Name of
Registered Holder
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
By:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Name:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Title:
|
|
|
17
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The
Company hereby acknowledges this Exercise Notice and hereby directs
American Stock Transfer & Trust Co. to issue the above
indicated number of shares of Common Stock in accordance with the
Transfer Agent Instructions dated ___________ ___, 2004 from the
Company and acknowledged and agreed to by American Stock Transfer
& Trust Co.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, INC.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
By:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Name:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Title:
|
|
|
18
NEITHER THE ISSUANCE AND SALE
OF THIS WARRANT NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THIS WARRANT IS
EXERCISABLE HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933,
AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE SECURITIES MAY
ONLY BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED PURSUANT TO
(A) AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, (B) AN OPINION
OF COUNSEL, IN A FORM REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY, THAT
REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER SAID ACT OR (C) RULE 144(K)
UNDER SAID ACT AND, IN EACH CASE, IN COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE
STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR BLUE SKY LAWS. NOTWITHSTANDING THE
FOREGOING, THE SECURITIES MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA
FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN OR FINANCING ARRANGEMENT SECURED
BY THE SECURITIES.
TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, INC.
WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK
|
|
|
|
|
Warrant
No.:
|
|
W-4
|
|
Number of
Shares:
|
|
40,316
|
|
Date of
Issuance:
|
|
January 13, 2004 (“ Issuance
Date ”)
|
TeleCommunication Systems, Inc.,
a Maryland corporation (the “ Company ”), hereby
certifies that, for Ten United States Dollars ($10.00) and other
good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of
which are hereby acknowledged, 033 GROWTH INTERNATIONAL FUND LTD.,
the registered holder hereof or its permitted assigns, is entitled,
subject to the terms set forth below, to purchase from the Company,
at the Exercise Price (as defined below) then in effect, upon
surrender of this Warrant to Purchase Common Stock (including all
Warrants to Purchase Common Stock issued in exchange, transfer or
replacement hereof, the “ Warrant ”), at any
time or times on or after the date hereof, but not after 5:30 P.M.,
New York Time, on the Expiration Date (as defined below),
Forty-Thousand Three Hundred And Sixteen (40,316) fully paid
nonassessable shares of Common Stock (as defined below) (the
“ Warrant Shares ”). Except as otherwise defined
herein, capitalized terms in this Warrant shall have the meanings
set forth in Section 15. This Warrant is one of the Warrants
to Purchase Common Stock (the “ SPA Warrants ”)
issued pursuant to Section 1 of that certain Securities
Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 18, 2003 (the
“Initial Issuance Date” ), among the Company and
the purchasers (the “ Purchasers ”) referred to
therein (the “ Securities Purchase Agreement
”).
1.
EXERCISE OF WARRANT .
(a)
Mechanics of Exercise . Subject to the terms and conditions
hereof (including, without limitation, the limitations set forth in
Section 1(f)), this Warrant may be exercised by the holder
hereof on any day from and after the date hereof, in whole or in
part, by (i) delivery by the holder to the Company of a
written notice, in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit A (the “ Exercise Notice ”),
of such holder’s election to exercise this Warrant and (ii)
(A)
1
payment to the Company of an
amount equal to the applicable Exercise Price multiplied by the
number of Warrant Shares as to which this Warrant is being
exercised (the “ Aggregate Exercise Price ”) in
certified funds or by wire transfer of immediately available funds
or (B) if applicable, by notifying the Company that this
Warrant is being exercised pursuant to a Cashless Exercise (as
defined in Section 1(d)) and (iii) the surrender to a
common carrier for overnight delivery to the Company, on or as soon
as practicable following the date the holder of this Warrant
delivers the Exercise Notice to the Company, delivery of this
Warrant to the Company (or an indemnification undertaking with
respect to this Warrant in the case of its loss, theft or
destruction). Following the date on which the Company has received
each of the Exercise Notice, the Aggregate Exercise Price (or
notice of a Cashless Exercise) and this Warrant (or an
indemnification undertaking with respect to this Warrant in the
case of its loss, theft or destruction) (the “ Exercise
Delivery Documents ”), the Company shall
(X) provided that the Company’s transfer agent (the
“ Transfer Agent ”) is participating in the
Depository Trust Company (“ DTC ”) Fast
Automated Securities Transfer Program, on or before the third
Business Day thereafter credit such aggregate number of shares of
Common Stock to which the holder of this Warrant is entitled
pursuant to such exercise to the holder’s or its
designee’s balance account with DTC through its Deposit
Withdrawal Agent Commission system or (Y) if the Transfer
Agent is not participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities
Transfer Program, on or before the fifth Business Day thereafter
issue and deliver to the address specified in the Exercise Notice,
a certificate, registered in the name of the holder of this Warrant
or its designee, for the number of shares of Common Stock to which
the holder of this Warrant is entitled pursuant to such exercise.
Upon delivery of the Exercise Notice, this Warrant and the
Aggregate Exercise Price referred to in clause (ii)(A) above or
notification to the Company of a Cashless Exercise referred to in
Section 1(d), the holder of this Warrant shall be deemed for
all corporate purposes to have become the holder of record of the
Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been
exercised as of the date of the Exercise Notice, irrespective of
the date of delivery of the certificates evidencing such Warrant
Shares. If the number of Warrant Shares represented by this Warrant
submitted for exercise pursuant to this Section 1(a) is
greater than the number of Warrant Shares being acquired upon an
exercise, then the Company shall as soon as practicable and in no
event later than five (5) Business Days after any exercise and
at its own expense, issue a new Warrant (in accordance with
Section 7(d)) representing the right to purchase the number of
Warrant Shares purchasable immediately prior to such exercise under
this Warrant, less the number of Warrant Shares with respect to
which this Warrant is exercised. No fractional shares of Common
Stock are to be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant, but
rather the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued shall be
rounded up to the nearest whole number. The Company shall pay any
and all taxes, including without limitation, all documentary stamp,
transfer or similar taxes, or other incidental expense that may be
payable with respect to the issuance and delivery of Warrant Shares
upon exercise of this Warrant.
(b)
Exercise Price . For purposes of this Warrant, “
Exercise Price ” means $6.50, subject to adjustment as
provided herein.
(c)
Company’s Failure to Timely Deliver Securities .
Subject to Section 1(f) , if the Company shall fail for any
reason or for no reason to issue to the holder, as provided in
Section 1(a) above, a certificate for the number of
shares of Common Stock to which the holder is entitled or to credit
the holder’s balance account with DTC for such number of
shares of
2
Common Stock to which the holder
is entitled upon the holder’s exercise of this Warrant, the
Company shall pay as additional damages in cash to such holder on
each day thereafter until the Company has cured such failure, an
amount equal to 1.0% of the product of (A) the sum of the
number of shares of Common Stock not issued to the holder on a
timely basis and to which the holder is entitled and (B) the
difference, but only if a positive number, between the Weighted
Average Price of the Common Stock on the trading day immediately
preceding the last possible date which the Company could have
issued such Common Stock to the holder without violating
Section 1(a) and the Exercise Price. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Company shall not be obligated to make such payment
of the Common Stock in the event the dispute resolution provisions
of Section 12 are being utilized. In addition, the
holder, upon written notice to the Company, may void its Exercise
Notice with respect to, and have returned, any portion of this
Warrant that has not been exercised pursuant to such Exercise
Notice; provided that the voiding of an Exercise Notice shall
negate the Company’s obligations to make any payments which
have accrued prior to the date of such notice pursuant to this
Section 1(c) or otherwise.
(d)
Cashless Exercise . The holder of this Warrant may, in its
sole discretion, exercise this Warrant in whole or in part and, in
lieu of making the cash payment otherwise contemplated to be made
to the Company upon such exercise in payment of the Aggregate
Exercise Price, elect instead to receive upon such exercise the
“Net Number” of shares of Common Stock determined
according to the following formula (a “ Cashless
Exercise ”):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Number
=
|
(A x B) - (A
x C)
|
|
|
|
|
B
|
|
For
purposes of the foregoing formula:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A= the total
number of shares with respect to which this Warrant is then being
exercised.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
B= the Weighted
Average Price of the Common Stock (as reported by Bloomberg) on the
date immediately preceding the date of the Exercise
Notice.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
C= the Exercise
Price then in effect for the applicable Warrant Shares at the time
of such exercise.
|
(e)
Disputes . In the case of a dispute as to the determination
of the Exercise Price or the arithmetic calculation of the Warrant
Shares, the Company shall promptly issue to the holder the number
of Warrant Shares that are not disputed and such dispute shall be
resolved in accordance with Section 12.
(f)
Limitations on Exercises .
|
|
|
|
|
(i)
Beneficial Ownership . The Company shall not effect the
exercise of this Warrant, and no Person (as defined below) who is a
holder of this Warrant shall have the right to exercise this
Warrant, to the extent that after giving effect
|
3
|
|
|
|
|
to such
exercise, such Person (together with such Person’s
affiliates) would beneficially own in excess of 9.99% of the shares
of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to
such exercise. For purposes of the foregoing sentence, such Person
(together with such Person’s affiliates) shall be deemed to
beneficially own of the shares of Common Stock issuable upon
exercise of this Warrant with respect to which the determination in
such sentence is being made, but shall not be deemed to
beneficially own shares of Common Stock which would be issuable
upon (i) exercise of the remaining, unexercised portion of
this Warrant and (ii) exercise or conversion of the
unexercised or unconverted portion of any other securities of the
Company beneficially owned by such Person and its affiliates
(including, without limitation, any convertible notes or
convertible preferred stock or warrants) subject to a limitation on
conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained
herein. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes
of this paragraph, beneficial ownership shall be calculated in
accordance with Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended. For purposes of this Warrant, in determining
the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock a holder may rely
on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, on any
determination date, as reflected in (1) the Company’s
Form 10-Q, Form 10-K most recently filed, (2) a more
recent public announcement by the Company or (3) any other
notice by the Company setting forth the number of shares of Common
Stock outstanding provided pursuant to the next sentence. For any
reason at any time, upon the written request of the holder of this
Warrant, the Company shall within two (2) Business Days
confirm in writing to the holder of this Warrant the number of
shares of Common Stock then outstanding. In any case, the number of
outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be determined after giving
effect to the conversion or exercise of securities of the Company,
including the SPA Securities and the SPA Warrants, by the holder of
this Warrant and its affiliates since the date as of which such
number of outstanding shares of Common Stock was
reported.
|
|
|
|
|
|
(ii)
Principal Market Regulation . The Company shall not be
obligated to issue any shares of Common Stock upon exercise of this
Warrant if the issuance of such shares of Common Stock
(individually or together with all other shares of Common Stock
issued or issuable now or in the future, pursuant to (i) this
Warrant, (ii) the Debentures issued by the Company pursuant to
the Securities Purchase Agreement, (iii) the other Warrants
issued pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, or
(iv) the Securities Purchase Agreement) would exceed that
number of shares of Common Stock which the Company may issue
(including, as applicable, any shares of Common Stock issued upon
conversion of or as payment of any interest under the SPA
Securities) without triggering the stockholder approval
requirements set forth in Rule 4350(i) under the rules of the
Principal Market (the “ Exchange Cap ”), except
that such limitation shall not apply in the event that the Company
(A) obtains the approval of its shareholders as required by
the applicable rules of the Principal Market and in accordance with
applicable law for issuances of Common Stock in excess of the
threshold amount
|
4
|
|
|
|
|
in such rule or
(B) obtains a written opinion from outside counsel to the
Company that such approval is not required, which opinion shall be
reasonably satisfactory to the holders of the SPA Warrants
representing at least a majority of the shares of Common Stock
underlying the SPA Warrants then outstanding. Until such approval
is obtained, no Purchaser shall be issued, upon exercise of any SPA
Warrants, shares of Common Stock in an amount greater than the
product of the Exchange Cap multiplied by a fraction, the numerator
of which is the sum of the number of Common Shares and the number
of Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares underlying the SPA
Securities and the SPA Warrants issued to such Purchaser pursuant
to the Securities Purchase Agreement on the Issuance Date and the
denominator of which is the sum of the number of Common Shares and
the number of Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares underlying the
SPA Securities and the SPA Warrants issued to all the Purchasers
pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement on the Issuance Date
(with respect to each Purchaser, the “Exchange Cap
Allocation” ). In the event that any Purchaser shall sell
or otherwise transfer any of such Purchaser’s SPA Warrants,
the transferee shall be allocated a pro rata portion of such
Purchaser’s Exchange Cap Allocation, and the restrictions of
the prior sentence shall apply to such transferee with respect to
the portion of the Exchange Cap Allocation allocated to such
transferee. In the event that any holder of SPA Warrants shall
exercise all of such holder’s SPA Warrants into a number of
shares of Common Stock which, in the aggregate, is less than such
holder’s Exchange Cap Allocation, then the difference between
such holder’s Exchange Cap Allocation and the number of
shares of Common Stock actually issued to such holder shall be
allocated to the respective Exchange Cap Allocations of the
remaining holders of SPA Warrants on a pro rata basis in proportion
to the shares of Common Stock underlying the SPA Warrants then held
by each such holder.
|
2.
ADJUSTMENT OF EXERCISE PRICE AND NUMBER OF WARRANT SHARES .
The Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares shall be
adjusted from time to time as follows:
(a)
Adjustment upon Issuance of Common Stock . If and whenever
on or after the date of issuance of this Warrant the Company issues
or sells, or in accordance with this Section 2 is deemed to
have issued or sold, any shares of Common Stock (including the
issuance or sale of shares of Common Stock owned or held by or for
the account of the Company, but excluding shares of Common Stock
issued or deemed to have been issued by the Company in connection
with any Excluded Security) for a consideration per share (the
“ New Securities Issuance Price ”) less than a
price (the “ Applicable Price ”) equal to the
Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such issue or sale or
deemed issuance or sale (the foregoing a “Dilutive
Issuance” ), then immediately after such Dilutive
Issuance, the Exercise Price then in effect shall be reduced to an
amount equal to the greater of (x) the New Securities Issuance
Price and (y) $2.50 (subject to adjustment for any stock split,
stock dividend, stock combination or other similar transaction
after the Issuance Date), and the number of Warrant Shares shall be
adjusted to the number of shares of Common Stock determined by
multiplying the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such
adjustment by the number of Warrant Shares acquirable upon
exercise
5
of this Warrant immediately prior
to such adjustment and dividing the product thereof by the New
Securities Issuance Price. For purposes of determining the adjusted
Exercise Price under this Section 2(a), the following shall be
applicable:
|
|
|
|
|
(i)
Issuance of Options . If the Company in any manner grants
any Options, other than Excluded Securities, and the lowest price
per share for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon the
exercise of any such Option or upon conversion, exercise or
exchange of any Convertible Securities issuable upon exercise of
any such Option is less than the Applicable Price, then, solely for
purposes of this Section 2, such share of Common Stock shall
be deemed to be outstanding and to have been issued and sold by the
Company at the time of the granting or sale of such Option for such
price per share. For purposes of this Section 2(a)(i), the
“lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock
is issuable upon exercise of such Options or upon conversion,
exercise or exchange of such Convertible Securities” shall be
equal to the sum of the lowest amounts of consideration (if any)
received or receivable by the Company with respect to any one share
of Common Stock upon the granting or sale of the Option, upon
exercise of the Option and upon conversion, exercise or exchange of
any Convertible Security issuable upon exercise of such Option. No
further adjustment of the Exercise Price or number of Warrant
Shares shall be made upon the actual issuance of such Common Stock
or of such Convertible Securities upon the exercise of such Options
or upon the actual issuance of such Common Stock upon conversion,
exercise or exchange of such Convertible Securities.
|
|
|
|
|
|
(ii)
Issuance of Convertible Securities . If the Company in any
manner issues or sells any Convertible Securities, other than
Excluded Securities, and the lowest price per share for which one
share of Common Stock is issuable upon the conversion, exercise or
exchange thereof is less than the Applicable Price, then, solely
for purposes of this Section 2, such share of Common Stock
shall be deemed to be outstanding and to have been issued and sold
by the Company at the time of the issuance or sale of such
Convertible Securities for such price per share. For the purposes
of this Section 2(a)(ii), the “lowest price per share
for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon the
conversion, exercise or exchange” shall be equal to the sum
of the lowest amounts of consideration (if any) received or
receivable by the Company with respect to one share of Common Stock
upon the issuance or sale of the Convertible Security and upon
conversion, exercise or exchange of such Convertible Security. No
further adjustment of the Exercise Price or number of Warrant
Shares shall be made upon the actual issuance of such Common Stock
upon conversion, exercise or exchange of such Convertible
Securities, and if any such issue or sale of such Convertible
Securities is made upon exercise of any Options for which
adjustment of this Warrant has been or is to be made pursuant to
other provisions of this Section 2(a), no further adjustment
of the Exercise Price or number of Warrant Shares shall be made by
reason of such issue or sale.
|
6
|
|
|
|
|
(iii)
Change in Option Price or Rate of Conversion . If the
purchase price provided for in any Options, the additional
consideration, if any, payable upon the issue, conversion, exercise
or exchange of any Convertible Securities, or the rate at which any
Convertible Securities are convertible into or exercisable or
exchangeable for Common Stock increases or decreases at any time,
the Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares in effect at
the time of such increase or decrease shall be adjusted to the
Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares which would have
been in effect at such time had such Options or Convertible
Securities provided for such increased or decreased purchase price,
additional consideration or increased or decreased conversion rate,
as the case may be, at the time initially granted, issued or sold.
For purposes of this Section 2(a)(iii), if the terms of any
Option or Convertible Security that was outstanding as of the date
of issuance of this Warrant are increased or decreased in the
manner described in the immediately preceding sentence, then such
Option or Convertible Security and the Common Stock deemed issuable
upon exercise, conversion or exchange thereof shall be deemed to
have been issued as of the date of such increase or decrease. No
adjustment pursuant to this Section 2(a) shall be made if such
adjustment would result in an increase of the Exercise Price to an
Exercise Price greater than the Exercise Price in effect on the
Issuance Date (as adjusted for any stock splits, reverse stock
splits, stock dividends, stock combinations and similar
transactions after the Issuance Date) then in effect or a decrease
in the number of Warrant Shares to a number less than the number of
Warrant Shares (as adjusted for any stock splits, reverse stock
splits, stock dividends, stock combinations and similar
transactions after the Issuance Date) then issuable
hereunder.
|
|
|
|
|
|
(iv)
Calculation of Consideration Received . If case any Option
is issued in connection with the issue or sale of other securities
of the Company, together comprising one integrated transaction in
which no specific consideration is allocated to such Options by the
parties thereto, the Options will be deemed to have been issued for
a consideration of $0.01. If any Common Stock, Options or
Convertible Securities are issued or sold or deemed to have been
issued or sold for cash, the consideration received therefor will
be deemed to be the net amount received by the Company therefor. If
any Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities are issued or
sold for a consideration other than cash, the amount of such
consideration received by the Company will be the fair value of
such consideration, except where such consideration consists of
securities, in which case the amount of consideration received by
the Company will be the Weighted Average Price of such security on
the date of receipt. If any Common Stock, Options or Convertible
Securities are issued to the owners of the non-surviving entity in
connection with any merger in which the Company is the surviving
entity, the amount of consideration therefor will be deemed to be
the fair value of such portion of the net assets and business of
the non-surviving entity as is attributable to such Common Stock,
Options or Convertible Securities, as the case may be. The fair
value of any consideration other than cash or securities will be
determined jointly by the Board of Directors of the Company and the
holders of SPA Warrants representing at least a majority of the
shares of Common Stock
|
7
|
|
|
|
|
obtainable upon
exercise of the SPA Warrants then outstanding unless the Board of
Directors of the Company shall have obtained a fairness opinion
from an independent financial advisor in which case the fair value
shall be as stated in such fairness opinion. If, in the absence of
a fairness opinion, such parties are unable to reach agreement
within 10 days after the occurrence of an event requiring
valuation (the “ Valuation Event ”), the fair
value of such consideration will be determined in accordance with
Section 12 hereof.
|
|
|
|
|
|
(v)
Record Date . If the Company takes a record of the holders
of Common Stock for the purpose of entitling them (A) to
receive a dividend or other distribution payable in Common Stock,
Options or in Convertible Securities or (B) to subscribe for
or purchase Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities, then
such record date will be deemed to be the date of the issue or sale
of the shares of Common Stock deemed to have been issued or sold
upon the declaration of such dividend or the making of such other
distribution or the date of the granting of such right of
subscription or purchase, as the case may be.
|
(b)
Adjustment upon Subdivision or Combination of Common Stock .
If the Company at any time after the date of issuance of this
Warrant subdivides (by any stock split, stock dividend,
recapitalization or otherwise) one or more classes of its
outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares,
the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such subdivision
will be proportionately reduced and the number of Warrant Shares
will be proportionately increased. If the Company at any time after
the date of issuance of this Warrant combines (by combination,
reverse stock split or otherwise) one or more classes of its
outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares,
the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such combination
will be proportionately increased and the number of Warrant Shares
will be proportionately decreased. Any adjustment under this
Section 2(b) shall become effective at the close of business on the
date the subdivision or combination becomes effective.
(c)
Other Events . If any event occurs of the type contemplated
by the provisions of this Section 2 but not expressly provided
for by such provisions (including, without limitation, the granting
of stock appreciation rights, phantom stock rights or other rights
with equity features), then the Company’s Board of Directors,
in their reasonable discretion, will make an appropriate adjustment
in the Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares so as to
protect the rights of the holder of this Warrant; provided that no
such adjustment pursuant to this Section 2(c) will increase
the Exercise Price or decrease the number of Warrant Shares as
otherwise determined pursuant to this Section 2.
3.
RIGHTS UPON DISTRIBUTION OF ASSETS . In addition to any
adjustments pursuant to Section 2 above, if the Company shall
declare or make any dividend or other distribution of its assets
(or rights to acquire its assets) to holders of Common Stock, by
way of return of capital or otherwise (including, without
limitation, any distribution of cash, stock or other securities,
property or options by way of a dividend, spin off,
reclassification, corporate rearrangement or other similar
transaction) (a “ Distribution ”), at any time
after the issuance of this Warrant, then, in each such
case:
8
(a) any
Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to the close of business
on the record date fixed for the determination of holders of Common
Stock entitled to receive the Distribution shall be reduced,
effective as of the close of business on such record date, to a
price determined by multiplying such Exercise Price by a fraction
of which (i) the numerator shall be the Weighted Average Price
of the Common Stock on the trading day immediately preceding such
record date minus the value of the Distribution (as determined in
good faith by the Company’s Board of Directors) applicable to
one share of Common Stock, and (ii) the denominator shall be
the Weighted Average Price of the Common Stock on the trading day
immediately preceding such record date; and
(b) the
number of Warrant Shares shall be increased to a number of shares
equal to the number of shares of Common Stock obtainable
immediately prior to the close of business on the record date fixed
for the determination of holders of Common Stock entitled to
receive the Distribution multiplied by the reciprocal of the
fraction set forth in the immediately preceding paragraph (a);
provided that in the event that the Distribution is of common stock
(“ Other Common Stock ”) of a company whose
common stock is traded on a national securities exchange or a
national automated quotation system, then the holder of this
Warrant may elect to receive a warrant to purchase Other Common
Stock in lieu of an increase in the number of Warrant Shares, the
terms of which shall be identical to those of this Warrant, except
that such warrant shall be exercisable into the number of shares of
Other Common Stock that would have been payable to the holder of
this Warrant pursuant to the Distribution had the holder exercised
this Warrant immediately prior to such record date and with an
aggregate exercise price equal to the product of the amount by
which the exercise price of this Warrant was decreased with respect
to the Distribution pursuant to the terms of the immediately
preceding paragraph (a) and the number of Warrant Shares
calculated in accordance with the first part of this paragraph
(b).
4. PURCHASE
RIGHTS; ORGANIC CHANGE.
(a)
Purchase Rights . In addition to any adjustments pursuant to
Section 2 above, if at any time the Company grants, issues or
sells any Options, Convertible Securities or rights to purchase
stock, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to the
record holders of any class of Common Stock (the “
Purchase Rights ”), then the holder of this Warrant
will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such
Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which such holder
could have acquired if such holder had held the number of shares of
Common Stock acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant
(without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant)
immediately before the date on which a record is taken for the
grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights, or, if no such
record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of Common
Stock are to be determined for the grant, issue or sale of such
Purchase Rights.
(b)
Organic Change . Any recapitalization, reorganization,
reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale of all or
substantially all of the Company’s assets to another Person
or other transaction, in each case which is effected in such a way
that holders of Common Stock are entitled to receive securities or
assets with respect to or in exchange for Common Stock is referred
to herein as an “ Organic Change .” Prior to the
consummation of any (i) sale of all or substantially all of
the Company’s assets to an acquiring Person or
(ii) other Organic Change
9
following which the Company is
not a surviving entity, the Company will secure from the Person
purchasing such assets or the Person issuing the securities or
providing the assets in such Organic Change (in each case, the
“ Acquiring Entity ”) a written agreement (in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the holders of SPA
Warrants representing at least a majority of the shares of Common
Stock obtainable upon exercise of the SPA Warrants then
outstanding) to deliver to the holder of this Warrant in exchange
for this Warrant, a security of the Acquiring Entity evidenced by a
written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to
this Warrant and reasonably satisfactory to the holder of this
Warrant (including, an adjusted exercise price equal to the value
for the Common Stock reflected by the terms of such consolidation,
merger or sale, and exercisable for a corresponding number of
shares of Common Stock acquirable and receivable upon exercise of
this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on the exercise of
this Warrant), if the value so reflected is less than the Exercise
Price in effect immediately prior to such consolidation, merger or
sale). In the event that an Acquiring Entity is directly or
indirectly controlled by a company or entity whose common stock or
similar equity interest is listed, designated or quoted on a
securities exchange or trading market, the holder of this Warrant
may elect to treat such Person as the Acquiring Entity for purposes
of this Section 4(b). Prior to the consummation of any other
Organic Change, the Company shall be required to make appropriate
provision (in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
holders of SPA Warrants representing at least a majority of the
shares of Common Stock obtainable upon exercise of the SPA Warrants
then outstanding) to insure that the holder of this Warrant
thereafter will have the right to acquire and receive in lieu of or
in addition to (as the case may be) the shares of Common Stock
immediately theretofore acquirable and receivable upon the exercise
of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on the exercise
of this Warrant including those set forth in Sections 1(f)(i)
and 1(f)(ii) of this Warrant), such shares of stock, securities or
assets that would have been issued or payable in such Organic
Change with respect to or in exchange for the number of shares of
Common Stock which would have been acquirable and receivable upon
the exercise of this Warrant as of the date of such Organic Change
(without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant
including those set forth in Sections 1(f)(i) and 1(f)(ii) of
this Warrant).
5.
NONCIRCUMVENTION . The Company hereby covenants and agrees
that the Company will not, by amendment of its Articles of
Incorporation or through any reorganization, transfer of assets,
consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities, or
any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance
or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant, and will at all
times in good faith carry out all the provisions of this Warrant
and take all action as may be required to protect the rights of the
holder of this Warrant. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the Company (i) will not increase the par value of any
shares of Common Stock receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant
above the Exercise Price then in effect, (ii) will take all
such actions as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the
Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable
shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of this Warrant, and
(iii) will, so long as any of the SPA Warrants are
outstanding, take all action necessary to reserve and keep
available out of its authorized and unissued Common Stock, solely
for the purpose of effecting the exercise of the SPA Warrants, 150%
of the number of shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time
be necessary to effect the exercise of the SPA Warrants then
outstanding (without regard to any limitations on
exercise).
10
6.
WARRANT HOLDER NOT DEEMED A STOCKHOLDER . No holder, solely
in such Person’s capacity as a holder, of this Warrant shall
be entitled to vote or receive dividends or be deemed the holder of
shares of the Company for any purpose, nor shall anything contained
in this Warrant be construed to confer upon the holder hereof,
solely in such Person’s capacity as a holder of this Warrant,
any of the rights of a shareholder of the Company or any right to
vote, give or withhold consent to any corporate action (whether any
reorganization, issue of stock, reclassification of stock,
consolidation, merger, conveyance or otherwise), receive notice of
meetings, receive dividends or subscription rights, or otherwise,
prior to the issuance to the holder of this Warrant of the Warrant
Shares which such Person is then entitled to receive upon the due
exercise of this Warrant. In addition, nothing contained in this
Warrant shall be construed as imposing any liabilities on such
holder to purchase any securities (upon exercise of this Warrant or
otherwise) or as a stockholder of the Company, whether such
liabilities are asserted by the Company or by creditors of the
Company. Notwithstanding this Section 6, the Company will
provide the holder of this Warrant with copies of the same notices
and other information given to the Company’s public
stockholders of the Company generally, contemporaneously with the
giving thereof to the Company’s public
stockholders.
7.
REISSUANCE OF WARRANTS .
(a)
Transfer of Warrant . Subject to Section 2(g) of the
Securities Purchase Agreement, if this Warrant is to be
transferred, the holder shall surrender this Warrant to the
Company, whereupon the Company will forthwith issue and deliver
upon the order of the holder of this Warrant a new Warrant (in
accordance with Section 7(d)), registered as the holder of
this Warrant may request, representing the right to purchase the
number of Warrant Shares being transferred by the Holder and, if
less then the total number of Warrant Shares then underlying this
Warrant is being transferred, a new Warrant (in accordance with
Section 7(d)) to the holder of this Warrant representing the
right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares not being
transferred.
(b)
Lost, Stolen or Mutilated Warrant . Upon receipt by the
Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the
loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant, and, in the
case of loss, theft or destruction, of any indemnification
undertaking by the holder of this Warrant to the Company in
customary form, in the case of mutilation, upon surrender and
cancellation of this Warrant, the Company shall execute and deliver
to the Holder a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 7(d))
representing the right to purchase the Warrant Shares then
underlying this Warrant.
(c)
Warrant Exchangeable for Multiple Warrants . This Warrant is
exchangeable, upon the surrender hereof by the Holder at the
principal office of the Company, for a new Warrant or Warrants (in
accordance with Section 7(d)) representing in the aggregate
the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares then underlying
this Warrant, and each such new Warrant will represent the right to
purchase such portion of such Warrant Shares as is designated by
the holder of this Warrant at the time of such surrender; provided,
however, that no Warrants for fractional shares of Common Stock
shall be given.
11
(d)
Issuance of New Warrants . Whenever the Company is required
to issue a new Warrant pursuant to the terms of this Warrant, such
new Warrant (i) shall be of like tenor with this Warrant,
(ii) shall represent, as indicated on the face of such new
Warrant, the right to purchase the Warrant Shares then underlying
this Warrant (or in the case of a new Warrant being issued pursuant
to Section 7(a) or Section 7(c), the Warrant Shares
designated by the holder of this Warrant which, when added to the
number of shares of Common Stock underlying the other new Warrants
issued in connection with such issuance, does not exceed the number
of Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant), (iii) shall have
an issuance date, as indicated on the face of such new Warrant
which is the same as the Issuance Date, and (iv) shall have
the same rights and conditions as this Warrant.
8.
NOTICES . Whenever notice is required to be given under this
Warrant, unless otherwise provided herein, such notice shall be
given in accordance with Section 9(f) of the Securities
Purchase Agreement. The Company shall provide the holder of this
Warrant with prompt written notice of all actions taken pursuant to
this Warrant, including in reasonable detail a description of such
action and the reason therefore. Without limiting the generality of
the foregoing, the Company will give written notice to the holder
of this Warrant (i) reasonably promptly upon any adjustment of
the Exercise Price, setting forth in reasonable detail, and
certifying, the calculation of such adjustment and (ii) at
least the same number of days prior to the date on which the
Company provides notice to any other Person who has the right to
receive notice of such an event (A) with respect to any
dividend or distribution upon the Common Stock, (B) with
respect to any grants, issues or sales of any Options, Convertible
Securities or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or
other property to holders of Common Stock (other than, in each
case, Excluded Securities) or (C) for determining rights to
vote with respect to any Change of Control (as defined in the SPA
Securities), dissolution or liquidation, provided in each case that
such information shall be made known to the public prior to or in
conjunction with such notice being provided to such holder.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Section 4(j) of the Securities
Purchase Agreement shall apply to all notices given pursuant to
this Warrant.
9.
AMENDMENT AND WAIVER . Except as otherwise provided herein,
the provisions of this Warrant may be amended and the Company may
take any action herein prohibited, or omit to perform any act
herein required to be performed by it, only if the Company has
obtained the written consent of the holders of SPA Warrants
representing at least a majority of the shares of Common Stock
obtainable upon exercise of the SPA Warrants then outstanding;
provided that no such action may increase the exercise price of
this Warrant or decrease the number of shares or class of stock
obtainable upon exercise of this Warrant without the written
consent of the holder of this Warrant. No such amendment shall be
effective to the extent that it applies to less than all of the
holders of the SPA Warrants then outstanding.
10.
GOVERNING LAW . This Warrant shall be construed and enforced
in accordance with, and all questions concerning the construction,
validity, interpretation and performance of this Warrant shall be
governed by, (i) with respect to matters relating to the
issuance of securities pursuant to this Warrant, the internal laws
of the State of Maryland and (ii) with respect to all other
matters, the internal laws of the State of New York, in each case
without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law
provision or rule (whether of the State of New York, the State of
Maryland or any other jurisdictions) that would cause the
application of
12
the laws of any jurisdictions
other than the State of New York or the State of Maryland, as the
case may be.
11.
CONSTRUCTION; HEADINGS . This Warrant shall be deemed to be
jointly drafted by the Company and all the Purchasers and shall not
be construed against any person as the drafter hereof. The headings
of this Warrant are for convenience of reference and shall not form
part of, or affect the interpretation of, this Warrant.
12.
DISPUTE RESOLUTION . In the case of a dispute as to the
determination of the Exercise Price or the arithmetic calculation
of the Warrant Shares, the Company shall submit the disputed
determinations or arithmetic calculations via facsimile within
three Business Days of receipt of the Exercise Notice giving rise
to such dispute, as the case may be, to the holder of this Warrant.
If the holder of this Warrant and the Company are unable to agree
upon such determination or calculation of the Exercise Price or the
Warrant Shares within three Business Days of such disputed
determination or arithmetic calculation being submitted to the
Holder, then the Company shall, within two Business Days submit via
facsimile (a) the disputed determination of the Exercise Price
to an independent, reputable investment bank selected by the
Company and approved by the holder of this Warrant, which approval
shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, or (b) the
disputed arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares to the
Company’s independent, outside accountant. The Company shall
cause the investment bank or the accountant, as the case may be, to
perform the determinations or calculations and notify the Company
and the Holder of the results no later than ten Business Days from
the time it receives the disputed determinations or calculations.
Such investment bank’s or accountant’s determination or
calculation, as the case may be, shall be binding upon all parties
absent demonstrable error.
13.
REMEDIES, OTHER OBLIGATIONS, BREACHES AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF
. The remedies provided in this Warrant shall be cumulative and in
addition to all other remedies available under this Warrant, the
Securities Purchase Agreement, the SPA Securities and the
Registration Rights Agreement, at law or in equity (including a
decree of specific performance and/or other injunctive relief), and
nothing herein shall limit the right of the holder of this Warrant
right to pursue actual damages for any failure by the Company to
comply with the terms of this Warrant. The Company acknowledges
that a breach by it of its obligations hereunder will cause
irreparable harm to the holder of this Warrant and that the remedy
at law for any such breach may be inadequate. The Company therefore
agrees that, in the event of any such breach or threatened breach,
the holder of this Warrant shall be entitled, in addition to all
other available remedies, to an injunction restraining any breach,
without the necessity of showing economic loss and without any bond
or other security being required.
14.
TRANSFER . This Warrant may be offered for sale, sold,
transferred or assigned without the consent of the Company, except
as may otherwise be required by Section 2(f) of the Securities
Purchase Agreement.
15.
CERTAIN DEFINITIONS . For purposes of this Warrant, the
following terms shall have the following meanings:
(a)
“ Bloomberg ” means Bloomberg Financial
Markets.
13
(b)
“ Business Day ” means any day other than
Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in The City
of New York are authorized or required by law to remain
closed.
(c)
“ Common Stock ” means (i) the
Company’s Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per
share, and (ii) any capital stock into which such Common Stock
shall have been changed or any capital stock resulting from a
reclassification of such Common Stock.
(d)
“ Convertible Securities ” means any stock or
securities (other than Options) directly or indirectly convertible
into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock.
(e)
“ Excluded Securities ” shall have the meaning
given to it in the Securities Purchase Agreement.
(f)
“ Expiration Date ” means January 13,
2007.
(g)
“ Options ” means any rights, warrants or
options to subscribe for or purchase Convertible Securities or
Common Stock.
(h)
“ Person ” means an individual, a limited
liability company, a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, a
trust, an unincorporated organization, any other entity and a
government or any department or agency thereof.
(i)
“ Principal Market ” means the Nasdaq National
Market or in the event that the Company is no longer listed with
the Nasdaq National Market, the market or exchange on which the
Common Stock is then listed and traded, which only may be either
The New York Stock Exchange, Inc. or the American Stock
Exchange.
(j)
“ Registration Rights Agreement ” means that
certain registration rights agreement between the Company and the
Purchasers.
(k)
“ SPA Securities ” means the subordinated
convertible debentures issued pursuant to the Securities Purchase
Agreement.
(l)
“ Weighted Average Price ” means, for any
security as of any date, the dollar volume-weighted average price
for such security on the Principal Market during the period
beginning at 9:30:01 a.m., New York Time (or such other time
as the Principal Market publicly announces is the official open of
trading), and ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York Time (or such
other time as the Principal Market publicly announces is the
official close of trading) as reported by Bloomberg through its
“Volume at Price” functions, or, if the foregoing does
not apply, the dollar volume-weighted average price of such
security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin
board for such security during the period beginning at
9:30:01 a.m., New York Time (or such other time as such market
publicly announces is the official open of trading), and ending at
4:00:00 p.m., New York Time (or such other time as such market
publicly
14
announces is the official close
of trading) as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no dollar
volume-weighted average price is reported for such security by
Bloomberg for such hours, the average of the highest closing bid
price and the lowest closing ask price of any of the market makers
for such security as reported in the “pink sheets” by
Pink Sheets LLC (formerly the National Quotation Bureau, Inc.). If
the Weighted Average Price cannot be calculated for a security on a
particular date on any of the foregoing bases, the Weighted Average
Price of such security on such date shall be the fair market value
as mutually determined by the Company and the Holder. If the
Company and the holder of this Warrant are unable to agree upon the
fair market value of such security, then such dispute shall be
resolved pursuant to Section 12. All such determinations to be
appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock
combination or other similar transaction during the applicable
calculation period.
[Signature Page Follows]
15
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to
Purchase Common Stock to be duly executed as of the Issuance Date
set out above.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, INC.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
By:
|
|
/s/ Thomas M.
Brandt, Jr.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Thomas M.
Brandt, Jr.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Senior Vice
President and
Chief Financial Officer
|
16
EXHIBIT A
EXERCISE NOTICE
TO BE EXECUTED BY THE REGISTERED HOLDER TO
EXERCISE THIS
WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK
TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, INC.
The
undersigned holder hereby exercises the right to purchase
___________ of the shares of Common Stock (“ Warrant
Shares ”) of TeleCommunication Systems, Inc., a Maryland
corporation (the “ Company ”), evidenced by the
attached Warrant to Purchase Common Stock (the “
Warrant ”). Capitalized terms used herein and not
otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings set forth in
the Warrant.
After giving
effect to the exercise of the Warrant Shares requested to be
converted pursuant hereto, the undersigned will not be the
beneficial owner of 10% or more of the outstanding Common Stock
(determined as set forth in Section 1(f)(i) of the
Warrant).
1. Form
of Exercise Price. The Holder intends that payment of the Exercise
Price shall be made as:
_____________
a “Cash Exercise” with respect to ___________ Warrant
Shares; and/or
_____________
a “Cashless Exercise” with respect to ___________
Warrant Shares.
[Insert this paragraph (2) in the event that the holder has
not elected a Cashless Exercise in accordance with the terms of the
Warrant as to all of the Warrant Shares to be issued pursuant
hereto] 2. Payment of Exercise Price. The holder is hereby
delivering to the Company payment in the amount of $
representing the Aggregate
Exercise Price for such Warrant Shares not subject to a Cashless
Exercise in accordance with the terms of the Warrant.
3. Delivery
of Warrant Shares. The Company shall deliver to the holder
___________ Warrant Shares in accordance with the terms of the
Warrant.
Date: _______________ __,
200___
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Name of
Registered Holder
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
By:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Name:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Title:
|
|
|
17
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The
Company hereby acknowledges this Exercise Notice and hereby directs
American Stock Transfer & Trust Co. to issue the above
indicated number of shares of Common Stock in accordance with the
Transfer Agent Instructions dated ___________ ____, 2004 from the
Company and acknowledged and agreed to by American Stock Transfer
& Trust Co.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, INC.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
By:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|