EXHIBIT 4.4
WARRANT AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT, dated as of this _____day of ________, 1996, by and between
HERTZ TECHNOLOGY GROUP, INC., a Delaware corporation ("Company"), and American
Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as Warrant Agent (the "Warrant Agent").
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, in connection with a public offering of up to 1,265,000 Units
("Units"), each Unit consisting of one (1) share of Common Stock, par value
$.001 per share, and one (1) Class A Redeemable Common Stock Purchase
Warrant(the "Warrants") in addition to 1,265,000 additional Class A Redeemable
Common Stock Purchase Warrants, (the "Additional Warrants") pursuant to an
underwriting agreement (the "Underwriting Agreement") dated ________ __, 1996
between the Company and Biltmore Securities, Inc. ("Biltmore"), and the issuance
to Biltmore or its designees of a Purchase Option to purchase 110,000 additional
Units and 110,000 Additional Warrants (the "Purchase Option") the Company will
issue up to 2,750,000 Warrants;
WHEREAS, the Company desires the Warrant Agent to act on behalf of the
Company, and the Warrant Agent is willing to so act, in connection with the
issuance, registration, transfer, exchange and redemption of the Warrants, the
issuance of certificates representing the Warrants, the exercise of the
Warrants, and the rights of the holders thereof;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual
agreements hereinafter set forth and for the purpose of defining the terms and
provisions of the Warrants and the certificates representing the Warrants and
the respective rights and obligations thereunder of the Company, the holders of
certificates representing the Warrants and the Warrant Agent, the parties hereto
agree as follows:
1. Definitions. As used herein, the following terms shall
have the following meanings, unless the context shall otherwise
require:
(a) "Common Stock" shall mean the common stock of the Company
of which at the date hereof consists of __________ authorized shares, par value
$.001 per share, and shall also include any capital stock of any class of the
Company thereafter authorized which shall not be limited to a fixed sum or
percentage in respect to the rights of the holders thereof to participate in
dividends and in the distribution of assets upon the voluntary liquidation,
dissolution, or winding up of the Company; provided, however, that the shares
issuable upon exercise of the Warrants shall include (1) only shares of such
class designated in the Company's Certificate of Incorporation as Common Stock
on the date of the original issue of the Warrants or (ii), in the case of any
reclassification, change, consolidation, merger, sale, or conveyance of the
character referred to in Section 9(c) hereof, the stock, securities, or property
provided for in such section or (iii), in the case of any reclassification or
change in the outstanding shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the
Warrants as a result of a subdivision or combination or consisting of a change
in par value, or from par value to no par value, or from no par value to par
value, such shares of Common Stock as so reclassified or changed.
(b) "Corporate Office" shall mean the office of the Warrant
Agent (or its successor) at which at any particular time its principal business
shall be administered, which office is located at the date hereof at 40 Wall
Street, New York, New York 10005.
(c) "Exercise Date" shall mean, as to any Warrant, the date on
which the Warrant Agent shall have received both (a) the Warrant Certificate
representing such Warrant, with the exercise form thereon duly executed by the
Registered Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and (b)
payment in cash, or by official bank or certified check made payable to the
Company, of an amount in lawful money of the United States of America equal to
the applicable Purchase Price.
(d) "Initial Warrant Exercise Date" shall mean ________ __,
1997 (one (1) year from the Effective Date).
(e) "Purchase Price" shall mean the purchase price per share
to be paid upon exercise of each Warrant in accordance with the terms hereof,
which price shall be $5.50 per share, subject to
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adjustment from time to time pursuant to the provisions of Section 9 hereof, and
subject to the Company's right, in its sole discretion, to reduce the Purchase
Price upon notice to all warrantholders.
(f) "Redemption Price" shall mean the price at which the
Company may, at its option, redeem the Warrants, in accordance with the terms
hereof, which price shall be $0.01 per Warrant.
(g) "Registered Holder" shall mean as to any Warrant and as of
any particular date, the person in whose name the certificate representing the
Warrant shall be registered on that date on the books maintained by the Warrant
Agent pursuant to Section 6.
(h) "Transfer Agent" shall mean American Stock Transfer &
Trust Company, as the Company's transfer agent, or its authorized successor, as
such.
(i) "Warrant Expiration Date" shall mean 5:00 P.M. (New York
time) on ________ __, 2001 or the Redemption Date as defined in Section 8,
whichever is earlier; provided that if such date shall in the State of New York
be a holiday or a day on which banks are authorized or required to close, then
5:00 P.M. (New York time) on the next following day which in the State of New
York is not a holiday or a day on which banks are authorized or required to
close. Upon notice to all warrantholders the Company shall have the right to
extend the warrant expiration date.
2. Warrants and Issuance of Warrant Certificates.
(a) A Warrant initially shall entitle the Registered Holder of
the Warrant representing such Warrant to purchase one share of Common Stock upon
the exercise thereof, in accordance with the terms hereof, subject to
modification and adjustment as provided in Section 9.
(b) Upon execution of this Agreement, Warrant Certificates
representing the number of Warrants sold pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement
shall be executed by the Company and delivered to the Warrant Agent. Upon
written order of the Company signed by its President or Chairman or a Vice
President and by its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, the Warrant
Certificates shall be countersigned, issued, and delivered by the Warrant Agent.
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(c) From time to time, up to the Warrant Expiration Date, the
Transfer Agent shall countersign and deliver stock certificates in required
whole number denominations representing up to an aggregate of 2,750,000 shares
of Common Stock, subject to adjustment as described herein, upon the exercise of
Warrants in accordance with this Agreement.
(d) From time to time, up to the Warrant Expiration Date, the
Warrant Agent shall countersign and deliver Warrant Certificates in required
whole number denominations to the persons entitled thereto in connection with
any transfer or exchange permitted under this Agreement; provided that no
Warrant Certificates shall be issued except (i) those initially issued
hereunder, (ii) those issued on or after the Initial Warrant Exercise Date, upon
the exercise of fewer than all Warrants represented by any Warrant Certificate,
to evidence any unexercised warrants held by the exercising Registered Holder,
(iii) those issued upon any transfer or exchange pursuant to Section 6; (iv)
those issued in replacement of lost, stolen, destroyed, or mutilated Warrant
Certificates pursuant to Section 7; (v) those issued pursuant to the Purchase
Option; and (vi) those issued at the option of the Company, in such form as may
be approved by the its Board of Directors, to reflect any adjustment or change
in the Purchase Price, the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable upon
exercise of the Warrants or the Redemption Price therefor made pursuant to
Section 9 hereof.
(e) Pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Option, Biltmore may
purchase up to 110,000 Units, which include up to 110,000 Warrants as well as
110,000 Additional Warrants. The Purchase Option shall not be transferred, sold,
assigned or hypothecated for a period of one (1) year from the Effective Date,
except that it may be transferred to persons who are officers of Biltmore or
selling group members in the offering.
3. Form and Execution of Warrant Certificates.
(a) The Warrant Certificates shall be substantially in the
form annexed hereto as Exhibit A (the provisions of which are hereby
incorporated herein) and may have such letters, numbers, or other marks of
identification or designation and such legends, summaries, or endorsements
printed, lithographed, or engraved thereon as the Company may deem appropriate
and as are not
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inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement, or as may be required to
comply with any law or with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or with
any rule or regulation of any stock exchange on which the Warrants may be
listed, or to conform to usage or to the requirements of Section 2(b). The
Warrant Certificates shall be dated the date of issuance thereof (whether upon
initial issuance, transfer, exchange, or in lieu of mutilated, lost, stolen, or
destroyed Warrant Certificates) and issued in registered form. Warrant
Certificates shall be numbered serially with the letter W.
(b) Warrant Certificates shall be executed on behalf of the
Company by its Chairman of the Board, President, or any Vice President and by
its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, by manual signatures or by facsimile
signatures printed thereon, and shall have imprinted thereon a facsimile of the
Company's seal. Warrant Certificates shall be manually countersigned by the
Warrant Agent and shall not be valid for any purpose unless so countersigned. In
case any officer of the Company who shall have signed any of the Warrant
Certificates shall cease to be an officer of the Company or to hold the
particular office referenced in the Warrant Certificate before the date of
issuance of the Warrant Certificates or before countersignature by the Warrant
Agent and issue and delivery thereof, such Warrant Certificates may nevertheless
be countersigned by the Warrant Agent, issued and delivered with the same force
and effect as though the person who signed such Warrant Certificates had not
ceased to be an officer of the Company or to hold such office. After
countersignature by the Warrant Agent, Warrant Certificates shall be delivered
by the Warrant Agent to the Registered Holder without further action by the
Company, except as otherwise provided by Section 4 hereof.
4. Exercise. Each Warrant may be exercised by the Registered
Holder thereof at any time on or after the Initial Exercise Date, but not after
the Warrant Expiration Date, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set
forth herein and in the applicable Warrant Certificate. A Warrant shall be
deemed to have been exercised immediately prior to the close of business on the
Exercise Date and the person entitled to receive the securities deliverable
upon such exercise shall be treated for all purposes as the holder of those
securities upon the exercise of the Warrant as of the close of business on the
Exercise Date. As soon as practicable on or after the Exercise Date the Warrant
Agent shall
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deposit the proceeds received from the exercise of a Warrant and shall notify
the Company in writing of the exercise of the Warrants. Promptly following, and
in any event within five days after the date of such notice from the Warrant
Agent, the Warrant Agent, on behalf of the Company, shall cause to be issued and
delivered by the Transfer Agent, to the person or persons entitled to receive
the same, a certificate or certificates for the securities deliverable upon such
exercise (plus a certificate for any remaining unexercised Warrants of the
Registered Holder), unless prior to the date of issuance of such certificates
the Company shall instruct the Warrant Agent to refrain from causing such
issuance of certificates pending clearance of checks received in payment of the
Purchase Price pursuant to such Warrants. Upon the exercise of any Warrant and
clearance of the funds received, the Warrant Agent shall promptly remit the
payment received for the Warrant (the "Warrant Proceeds") to the Company or as
the Company may direct in writing.
5. Reservation of Shares; Listing; Payment of Taxes, etc.
(a) The Company covenants that it will at all times reserve
and keep available out of its authorized Common Stock, solely for the purpose of
issue upon exercise of Warrants, such number of shares of Common Stock as shall
then be issuable upon the exercise of all outstanding Warrants. The Company
covenants that all shares of Common Stock which shall be issuable upon exercise
of the Warrants shall, at the time of delivery, be duly and validly issued,
fully paid, nonassessable, and free from all taxes, liens, and charges with
respect to the issue thereof, (other than those which the Company shall promptly
pay or discharge) and that upon issuance such shares shall be listed on each
national securities exchange or eligible for inclusion in each automated
quotation system, if any, on which the other shares of outstanding Common Stock
of the Company are then listed or eligible for inclusion.
(b) The Company covenants that if any securities to be
reserved for the purpose of exercise of Warrants hereunder require registration
with, or approval of, any governmental authority under any federal securities
law before such securities may be validly issued or delivered upon such
exercise, then the Company will, to the extent the Purchase Price is less than
the Market Price (as hereinafter defined), in good faith and as expeditiously as
reasonably possible, endeavor to secure such registration or
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approval and will use its reasonable efforts to obtain appropriate approvals or
registrations under state "blue sky" securities laws. With respect to any such
securities, however, Warrants may not be exercised by, or shares of Common Stock
issued to, any Registered Holder in any state in which such exercise would be
unlawful.
(c) The Company shall pay all documentary, stamp, or similar
taxes and other governmental charges that may be imposed with respect to the
issuance of Warrants, or the issuance, or delivery of any shares upon exercise
of the Warrants; provided, however, that if the shares of Common Stock are to be
delivered in a name other than the name of the Registered Holder of the Warrant
Certificate representing any Warrant being exercised, then no such delivery
shall be made unless the person requesting the same has paid to the Warrant
Agent the amount of transfer taxes or charges incident thereto, if any.
(d) The Warrant Agent is hereby irrevocably authorized to
requisition the Company's Transfer Agent from time to time for certificates
representing shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants, and
the Company will authorize the Transfer Agent to comply with all such proper
requisitions. The Company will file with the Warrant Agent a statement setting
forth the name and address of the Transfer Agent of the Company for shares of
Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants.
6. Exchange and Registration of Transfer.
(a) Warrant Certificates may be exchanged for other Warrant
Certificates representing an equal aggregate number of Warrants of the same
class or may be transferred in whole or in part. Warrant Certificates to be
exchanged shall be surrendered to the Warrant Agent at its Corporate Office, and
upon satisfaction of the terms and provisions hereof, the Company shall execute
and the Warrant Agent shall countersign, issue, and deliver in exchange therefor
the Warrant Certificate or Certificates which the Registered Holder making the
exchange shall be entitled to receive.
(b) The Warrant Agent shall keep at its office books in which,
subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, it shall register
Warrant Certificates and the transfer thereof in accordance with its regular
practice. Upon due presentment for registration of transfer of any Warrant
Certificate at such office,
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the Company shall execute and the Warrant Agent shall issue and deliver to the
transferee or transferees a new Warrant Certificate or Certificates representing
an equal aggregate number of Warrants.
(c) With respect to all Warrant Certificates presented for
registration or transfer, or for exchange or exercise, the subscription form on
the reverse thereof shall be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written
instrument or instruments of transfer and subscription, in form satisfactory to
the Company and the Warrant Agent, duly executed by the Registered Holder or his
attorney-in-fact duly authorized in writing.
(d) A service charge may be imposed by the Warrant Agent for
any exchange or registration of transfer of Warrant Certificates. In addition,
the Company may require payment by such holder of a sum sufficient to cover any
tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection therewith.
(e) All Warrant Certificates surrendered for exercise or for
exchange in case of mutilated Warrant Certificates shall be promptly cancelled
by the Warrant Agent and thereafter retained by the Warrant Agent until
termination of this Agreement or resignation as Warrant Agent, or disposed of or
destroyed, at the direction of the Company.
(f) Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer
thereof, the Company and the Warrant Agent may deem and treat the Registered
Holder of any Warrant Certificate as the absolute owner thereof and of each
Warrant represented thereby (notwithstanding any notations of ownership or
writing thereon made by anyone other than a duly authorized officer of the
Company or the Warrant Agent) for all purposes and shall not be affected by any
notice to the contrary. The Warrants which are being publicly offered in Units
with shares of Common Stock as well as the Additional Warrants pursuant to the
Underwriting Agreement will be immediately detachable from the Common Stock and
transferable separately therefrom.
7. Loss or Mutilation. Upon receipt by the Company and the
Warrant Agent of evidence satisfactory to them of the ownership of and loss,
theft, destruction, or mutilation of any Warrant Certificate and (in case of
loss, theft, or destruction) of indemnity satisfactory to them, and (in the case
of mutilation)
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upon surrender and cancellation thereof, the Company shall execute and the
Warrant Agent shall (in the absence of notice to the Company and/or Warrant
Agent that the Warrant Certificate has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser)
countersign and deliver to the Registered Holder in lieu thereof a new Warrant
Certificate of like tenor representing an equal aggregate number of Warrants.
Applicants for a substitute Warrant Certificate shall comply with such other
reasonable regulations and pay such other reasonable charges as the Warrant
Agent may prescribe.
8. Redemption.
(a) Subject to the provisions of paragraph 2(e) hereof, on not
less than thirty (30) days notice given, at any time after the Initial Warrant
Exercise Date, the Warrants may be redeemed, at the option of the Company, at a
redemption price of $0.01 per Warrant, provided the Market Price of the Common
Stock receivable upon exercise of the Warrant shall equal or exceed $8.75 per
share (the "Target Price"), subject to adjustment as set forth in Section 8(f)
below. Market Price for the purpose of this Section 8 shall mean (i) the average
closing bid price for any twenty (20) consecutive trading days within a period
of thirty (30) consecutive trading days ending within five (5) days prior to the
date of the notice of redemption, which notice shall be mailed no later than
five days thereafter, of the Common Stock as reported by the National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Automatic Quotation System or (ii) the
last reported sale price, for twenty (20) consecutive business days, ending
within five (5) days of the date of the notice of redemption, which notice shall
be mailed no later than five days thereafter, on the primary exchange on which
the Common Stock is traded, if the Common Stock is traded on a national
securities exchange.
(b) If the conditions set forth in Section 8(a) are met, and
the Company desires to exercise its right to redeem the Warrants, it shall mail
a notice of redemption to each of the Registered Holders of the Warrants to be
redeemed, first class, postage prepaid, not later than the thirtieth day before
the date fixed for redemption, at their last address as shall appear on the
records maintained pursuant to Section 6(b). Any notice mailed in the manner
provided herein shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given whether
or not the Registered Holder receives such notice.
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(c) The notice of redemption shall specify (i) the redemption
price, (ii) the date fixed for redemption, (iii) the place where the Warrant
Certificates shall be delivered and the redemption price paid, and (iv) that the
right to exercise the Warrant shall terminate at 5:00 P.M. (New York time) on
the business day immediately preceding the date fixed for redemption. The date
fixed for the redemption of the Warrant shall be the Redemption Date. No failure
to mail such notice nor any defect therein or in the mailing thereof shall
affect the validity of the proceedings for such redemption except as to a
Registered Holder (a) to whom notice was not mailed or (b) whose notice was
defective. An affidavit of the Warrant Agent or of the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary of the Company that notice of redemption has been mailed shall, in the
absence of fraud, be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.
(d) Any right to exercise a Warrant shall terminate at 5:00
P.M. (New York time) on the business day immediately preceding the Redemption
Date. On and after the Redemption Date, Holders of the Warrants shall have no
further rights except to receive, upon surrender of the Warrant, the Redemption
Price.
(e) From and after the Redemption Date specified for, the
Company shall, at the place specified in the notice of redemption, upon
presentation and surrender to the Company by or on behalf of the Registered
Holder thereof of one or more Warrant Certificates evidencing Warrants to be
redeemed, deliver or cause to be delivered to or upon the written order of such
Holder a sum in cash equal to the redemption price of each such Warrant. From
and after the Redemption Date and upon the deposit or setting aside by the
Company of a sum sufficient to redeem all the Warrants called for redemption,
such Warrants shall expire and become void and all rights hereunder and under
the Warrant Certificates, except the right to receive payment of the redemption
price, shall cease.
(f) If the shares of the Company's Common Stock are subdivided
or combined into a greater or smaller number of shares of Common Stock, the
Target Price shall be proportionally adjusted by the ratio which the total
number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such event
bears to the total number of shares of Common Stock to be outstanding
immediately after such event.
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9. Adjustment of Exercise Price and Number of Shares of
Common Stock or Warrants.
(a) Subject to the exceptions referred to in Section 9(g)
below, in the event the Company shall, at any time or from time to time after
the date hereof, sell any shares of Common Stock for a consideration per share
less than the Market Price of the Common Stock (as defined in Section 8) on the
date of the sale or issue any shares of Common Stock as a stock dividend to the
holders of Common Stock, or subdivide or combine the outstanding shares of
Common Stock into a greater or lesser number of shares (any such sale, issuance,
subdivision, or combination being herein called a "Change of Shares"), then, and
thereafter upon each further Change of Shares, the Purchase Price in effect
immediately prior to such Change of Shares shall be changed to a price
(including any applicable fraction of a cent) determined by multiplying the
Purchase Price in effect immediately prior thereto by a fraction, the numerator
of which shall be the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding
immediately prior to the issuance of such additional shares and the number of
shares of Common Stock which the aggregate consideration received (determined as
provided in subsection 9(f)(G) below) for the issuance of such additional shares
would purchase at such current market price per share of Common Stock, and the
denominator of which shall be the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding immediately after the issuance of such additional shares. Such
adjustment shall be made successively whenever such an issuance is made.
Upon each adjustment of the Purchase Price pursuant to
this Section 9, the total number of shares of Common Stock purchasable upon
the exercise of each Warrant shall (subject to the provisions contained in
Section 9(b) hereof) be such number of shares (calculated to the nearest tenth)
purchasable at the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment
multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the Purchase Price in
effect immediately prior to such adjustment and the denominator of which shall
be the Purchase Price in effect immediately after such adjustment.
(b) The Company may elect, upon any adjustment of the Purchase
Price hereunder, to adjust the number of Warrants outstanding, in lieu of the
adjustment in the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable upon the exercise
of each Warrant as
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hereinabove provided, so that each Warrant outstanding after such adjustment
shall represent the right to purchase one share of Common Stock. Each Warrant
held of record prior to such adjustment of the number of Warrants shall become
that number of Warrants (calculated to the nearest tenth) determined by
multiplying the number one by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the
Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment and the
denominator of which shall be the Purchase Price in effect immediately after
such adjustment. Upon each adjustment of the number of Warrants pursuant to this
Section 9, the Company shall, as promptly as practicable, cause to be
distributed to each Registered Holder of Warrant Certificates on the date of
such adjustment Warrant Certificates evidencing, subject to Section 10 hereof,
the number of additional Warrants to which such Holder shall be entitled as a
result of such adjustment or, at the option of the Company, cause to be
distributed to such Holder in substitution and replacement for the Warrant
Certificates held by him prior to the date of adjustment (and upon surrender
thereof, if required by the Company) new Warrant Certificates evidencing the
number of Warrants to which such Holder shall be entitled after such adjustment.
(c) In case of any reclassification, capital reorganization,
or other change of outstanding shares of Common Stock, or in case of any
consolidation or merger of the Company with or into another corporation (other
than a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing
corporation and which does not result in any reclassification, capital
reorganization, or other change of outstanding shares of Common Stock), or in
case of any sale or conveyance to another corporation of the property of the
Company as, or substantially as, an entirety (other than a sale/leaseback,
mortgage, or other financing transaction), the Company shall cause effective
provision to be made so that each holder of a warrant then outstanding shall
have the right thereafter, by exercising such Warrant, to purchase the kind and
number of shares of stock or other securities or property (including cash)
receivable upon such reclassification, capital reorganization, or other change,
consolidation, merger, sale, or conveyance by a holder of the number of shares
of Common Stock that might have been purchased upon exercise of such Warrant
immediately prior to such reclassification, capital reorganization, or other
change, consolidation, merger, sale, or conveyance. Any such provision shall
include provision for adjustments that shall be as
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nearly equivalent as may be practicable to the adjustments provided for in this
Section 9. The Company shall not effect any such consolidation, merger, or sale
unless prior to or simultaneously with the consummation thereof the successor
(if other than the Company) resulting from such consolidation or merger or the
corporation purchasing assets or other appropriate corporation or entity shall
assume, by written instrument executed and delivered to the Warrant Agent, the
obligation to deliver to the holder of each Warrant such shares of stock,
securities, or assets as, in accordance with the foregoing provisions, such
holders may be entitled to purchase and the other obligations under this
Agreement. The foregoing provisions shall similarly apply to successive
reclassification, capital reorganizations, and other changes of outstanding
shares of Common Stock and to successive consolidations, mergers, sales, or
conveyances.
(d) Irrespective of any adjustments or changes in the Purchase
Price or the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable upon exercise of the
Warrants, the Warrant Certificates theretofore and thereafter issued shall,
unless the Company shall exercise its option to issue new Warrant Certificates
pursuant to Section 2(d) hereof, continue to express the Purchase Price per
share, the number of shares purchasable thereunder, and the Redemption Price
therefor as the Purchase Price per share, and the number of shares purchasable
and the Redemption Price therefore were expressed in the Warrant Certificates
when the same were originally issued.
(e) After each adjustment of the Purchase Price pursuant to
this Section 9, the Company will promptly prepare a certificate signed by the
Chairman or President, and by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer or the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, of the Company setting forth: (i) the
Purchase Price as so adjusted, (ii) the number of shares of Common Stock
purchasable upon exercise of each Warrant after such adjustment, and, if the
Company shall have elected to adjust the number of Warrants, the number of
Warrants to which the registered holder of each Warrant shall then be entitled,
and the adjustment in Redemption Price resulting therefrom, and (iii) a brief
statement of the facts accounting for such adjustment. The Company will promptly
file such certificate with the Warrant Agent and cause a brief summary thereof
to be sent by ordinary first class mail to Biltmore and to each registered
holder of Warrants at his last address as it shall appear on the registry books
of the Warrant Agent. No failure to mail such
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notice nor any defect therein or in the mailing thereof shall affect the
validity thereof except as to the holder to whom the Company failed to mail such
notice, or except as to the holder whose notice was defective. The affidavit of
an officer of the Warrant Agent or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of
the Company that such notice has been mailed shall, in the absence of fraud, be
prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.
(f) For purposes of Section 9(a) and 9(b) hereof, the
following provisions (i) to (vii) shall also be applicable:
(i) The number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding at any given time shall include shares of Common Stock owned or held
by or for the account of the Company and the sale or issuance of such treasury
shares or the distribution of any such treasury shares shall not be considered a
Change of Shares for purposes of said sections.
(ii) No adjustment of the Purchase Price shall be
made unless such adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least
$.10 in such price; provided that any adjustments which by reason of this
subsection (ii) are not required to be made shall be carried forward and shall
be made at the time of and together with the next subsequent adjustment which,
together with any adjustment(s) so carried forward, shall require an increase or
decrease of at least $.10 in the Purchase Price then in effect hereunder.
(iii) In case of (1) the sale by the Company for
cash of any rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase, or any options for
the purchase of, Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exchangeable
for Common Stock without the payment of any further consideration other than
cash, if any (such convertible or exchangeable securities being herein called
"Convertible Securities"), or (2) the issuance by the Company, without the
receipt by the Company of any consideration therefor, of any rights or warrants
to subscribe for or purchase, or any options for the purchase of, Common Stock
or Convertible Securities, in each case, if (and only if) the consideration
payable to the Company upon the exercise of such rights, warrants, or options
shall consist of cash, whether or not such rights, warrants, or options, or the
right to convert or exchange such Convertible Securities, are immediately
exercisable, and the price
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per share for which Common Stock is issuable upon the exercise of such rights,
warrants, or options or upon the conversion or exchange of such Convertible
Securities (determined by dividing (x) the minimum aggregate consideration
payable to the Company upon the exercise of such rights, warrants, or options,
plus the consideration received by the Company for the issuance or sale of such
rights, warrants, or options, plus, in the case of such Convertible Securities,
the minimum aggregate amount of additional consideration, if any, other than
such Convertible Securities, payable upon the conversion or exchange thereof, by
(y) the total maximum number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the
exercise of such rights, warrants, or options or upon the conversion or exchange
of such Convertible Securities issuable upon the exercise of such rights,
warrants, or options) is less than the fair market value of the Common Stock on
the date of the issuance or sale of such rights, warrants, or options, then the
total maximum number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of
such rights, warrants, or options or upon the conversion or exchange of such
Convertible Securities (as of the date of the issuance or sale of such rights,
warrants, or options) shall be deemed to be outstanding shares of Common Stock
for purposes of Sections 9(a) and 9(b) hereof and shall be deemed to have been
sold for cash in an amount equal to such price per share.
(iv) In case of the sale by the Company for cash of
any Convertible Securities, whether or not the right of conversion or exchange
thereunder is immediately exercisable, and the price per share for which Common
Stock is issuable upon the conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities
(determined by dividing (x) the total amount of consideration received by the
Company for the sale of such Convertible Securities, plus the minimum aggregate
amount of additional consideration, if any, other than such Convertible
Securities, payable upon the conversion or exchange thereof, by (y) the total
maximum number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion or
exchange of such Convertible Securities) is less than the fair market value or
the Common Stock on the date of the sale of such Convertible Securities, then
the total maximum number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion
or exchange of such Convertible Securities (as of the date of the sale of such
Convertible Securities) shall be deemed to be outstanding shares of Common Stock
for purposes of Sections 9(a) and 9(b) hereof and shall be deemed to have been
sold for cash in an amount equal to such price per share.
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(v) In case the Company shall modify the rights of
conversion, exchange, or exercise of any of the securities referred to in
subsection (iii) above or any other securities of the Company convertible,
exchangeable, or exercisable for shares of Common Stock, for any reason other
than an event that would require adjustment to prevent dilution, so that the
consideration per share received by the Company after such modification is less
than the market price on the date prior to such modification, the Purchase Price
to be in effect after such modification shall be determined by multiplying the
Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such event by a fraction, of which
the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding
multiplied by the market price on the date prior to the modification plus the
number of shares of Common Stock which the aggregate consideration receivable by
the Company for the securities affected by the modification would purchase at
the market price and of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of
Common Stock outstanding on such date plus the number of shares of Common Stock
to be issued upon conversion, exchange, or exercise of the modified securities
at the modified rate. Such adjustment shall become effective as of the date upon
which such modification shall take effect.
(vi) On the expiration of any such right, warrant,
or option or the termination of any such right to convert or exchange any such
Convertible Securities, the Purchase Price then in effect hereunder shall
forthwith be readjusted to such Purchase Price as would have obtained (a) had
the adjustments made upon the issuance or sale of such rights, warrants,
options, or Convertible Securities been made upon the basis of the issuance of
only the number of shares of Common Stock theretofore actually delivered (and
the total consideration received therefor) upon the exercise of such rights,
warrants, or options or upon the conversion or exchange of such Convertible
Securities and (b) had adjustments been made on the basis of the Purchase Price
as adjusted under clause (a) for all transactions (which would have affected
such adjusted Purchase Price) made after the issuance or sale of such rights,
warrants, options, or Convertible Securities.
(vii) In case of the sale for cash of any shares
of Common Stock, any Convertible Securities, any rights or warrants to subscribe
for or purchase, or any options for the purchase of, Common Stock or Convertible
Securities, the consideration received
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by the Company therefore shall be deemed to be the gross sales price therefor
without deducting therefrom any expense paid or incurred by the Company or any
underwriting discounts or commissions or concessions paid or allowed by the
Company in connection therewith.
(g) No adjustment to the Purchase Price of the Warrants
or to the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable upon the
exercise of each Warrant will be made, however,
(i) upon the sale or exercise of the Warrants,
including without limitation the sale or exercise of any of the
Warrants contained in the Units and the Additional Warrants
comprising the Purchase Option; or
(ii) upon the sale of any shares of Common Stock
in the Company's initial public offering, including, without limitation, shares
sold upon the exercise of any over-allotment option granted to the Underwriters
in connection with such offering; or
(iii) upon the issuance or sale of Common Stock
or Convertible Securities upon the exercise of any rights or warrants to
subscribe for or purchase, or any options for the purchase of, Common Stock or
Convertible Securities, whether or not such rights, warrants, or options were
outstanding on the date of the original sale of the Warrants or were thereafter
issued or sold other than issuances of preferred stock in connection with
acquisitions by the Company; or
(iv) upon the issuance or sale of Common Stock upon
conversion or exchange of any Convertible Securities, whether or not any
adjustment in the Purchase Price was made or required to be made upon the
issuance or sale of such Convertible Securities and whether or not such
Convertible Securities were outstanding on the date of the original sale of the
Warrants or were thereafter issued or sold; or
(v) upon the issuance or sale of Common Stock or
Convertible Securities in a private placement unless the issuance or sale price
is less than 85% of the fair market value of the Common Stock on the date of
issuance, in which case the adjustment
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shall only be for the difference between 85% of the fair market
value and the issue or sale price; or
(vi) upon the issuance or sale of Common Stock or
Convertible Securities to shareholders of any corporation which merges into the
Company or from which the Company acquires assets and some or all of the
consideration consists of equity securities of the Company, in proportion to
their stock holdings of such corporation immediately prior to the acquisition
but only if no adjustment is required pursuant to any other provision of this
Section 9.
(h) Intentionally Omitted.
(i) Any determination as to whether an adjustment in the
Purchase Price in effect hereunder is required pursuant to Section 9, or as to
the amount of any such adjustment, if required, shall be binding upon the
holders of the Warrants and the Company if made in good faith by the Board of
Directors of the Company.
(j) If and whenever the Company shall grant to the holders of
Common Stock, as such, rights or warrants to subscribe for or to purchase, or
any options for the purchase of, Common Stock or securities convertible into or
exchangeable for or carrying a right, warrant, or option to purchase Common
Stock, the Company shall concurrently therewith grant to each Registered Holder
as of the record date for such transaction of the Warrants then outstanding, the
rights, warrants, or options to which each Registered Holder would have been
entitled if, on the record date used to determine the stockholders entitled to
the rights, warrants, or options being granted by the Company, the Registered
Holder were the holder of record of the number of whole shares of Common Stock
then issuable upon exercise (assuming, for purposes of this section 9(j), that
exercise of warrants is permissible during periods prior to the Initial Warrant
Exercise Date) of his Warrants. Such grant by the Company to the holders of the
Warrants shall be in lieu of any adjustment which otherwise might be called for
pursuant to this Section 9.
10. Fractional Warrants and Fractional Shares.
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(a) If the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable upon
the exercise of each Warrant is adjusted pursuant to Section 9 hereof, the
Company nevertheless shall not be required to issue fractions of shares,
upon exercise of the Warrants or otherwise, or to distribute certificates that
evidence fractional shares. With respect to any fraction of a share called for
upon any exercise hereof, the Company shall pay to the Holder an amount in cash
equal to such fraction multiplied by the current market value of such fractional
share, determined as follows:
(i) If the Common Stock is listed on a National
Securities Exchange or admitted to unlisted trading privileges on such exchange
or listed for trading on the NASDAQ Quotation System, the current value shall be
the last reported sale price of the Common Stock on such exchange on the last
business day prior to the date of exercise of this Warrant or if no such sale is
made on such day, the average of the closing bid and asked prices for such day
on such exchange; or
(ii) If the Common Stock is not listed or
admitted to unlisted trading privileges, the current value shall be the mean of
the last reported bid and asked prices reported by the National Quotation
Bureau, Inc. on the last business day prior to the date of the exercise of this
Warrant; or
(iii) If the Common Stock is not so listed or
admitted to unlisted trading privileges and bid and asked prices are not so
reported, the current value shall be an amount determined in such reasonable
manner as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors of the Company.
11. Warrant Holders Not Deemed Stockholders. No holder of Warrants
shall, as such, be entitled to vote or to receive dividends or be deemed the
holder of Common Stock that may at any time be issuable upon exercise of such
Warrants for any purpose whatsoever, nor shall anything contained herein be
construed to confer upon the holder of Warrants, as such, any of the rights of a
stockholder of the Company or any right to vote for the election of directors or
upon any matter submitted to stockholders at any meeting thereof, or to give or
withhold consent to any corporate action (whether upon any recapitalization,
issue or reclassification of stock, change of par value or change of stock to no
par value, consolidation, merger, or conveyance or
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otherwise), or to receive notice of meetings, or to receive dividends or
subscription rights, until such Holder shall have exercised such Warrants and
been issued shares of Common Stock in accordance with the provisions hereof.
12. Rights of Action. All rights of action with respect to this
Agreement are vested in the respective Registered Holders of the Warrants, and
any Registered Holder of a Warrant, without consent of the Warrant Agent or of
the holder of any other Warrant, may, in his own behalf and for his own benefit,
enforce against the Company his right to exercise his Warrants for the purchase
of shares of Common Stock in the manner provided in the Warrant Certificate and
this Agreement.
13. Agreement of Warrant Holders. Every holder of a Warrant,
by his acceptance thereof, consents and agrees with the Company,
the Warrant Agent and every other holder of a warrant that:
(a) The warrants are transferable only on the registry books
of the Warrant Agent by the Registered Holder thereof in person or by his
attorney duly authorized in writing and only if the Warrant Certificates
representing such Warrants are surrendered at the office of the Warrant Agent,
duly endorsed or accompanied by a proper instrument of transfer satisfactory to
the Warrant Agent and the Company in their sole discretion, together with
payment of any applicable transfer taxes; and
(b) The Company and the Warrant Agent may deem and treat the
person in whose name the Warrant Certificate is registered as the holder and as
the absolute, true, and lawful owner of the Warrants represented thereby for all
purposes, and neither the Company nor the Warrant Agent shall be affected by any
notice or knowledge to the contrary, except as otherwise expressly provided in
Section 7 hereof.
14. Cancellation of Warrant Certificates. If the Company shall purchase
or acquire any Warrant or Warrants, the Warrant Certificate or Warrant
Certificates evidencing the same shall thereupon be delivered to the Warrant
Agent and cancelled by it and retired. The Warrant Agent shall also cancel
Common Stock following exercise of any or all of the Warrants represented
thereby or delivered to it for transfer, splitup, combination, or exchange.
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15. Concerning the Warrant Agent. The Warrant Agent acts hereunder as
agent and in a ministerial capacity for the Company, and its duties shall be
determined solely by the provisions hereof. The Warrant Agent shall not, by
issuing and delivering Warrant Certificates or by any other act hereunder be
deemed to make any representations as to the validity, value, or authorization
of the Warrant Certificates or the Warrants represented thereby or of any
securities or other property delivered upon exercise of any Warrant or whether
any stock issued upon exercise of any Warrant is fully paid and nonassessable.
The Warrant Agent shall not at any time be under any duty or
responsibility to any holder of Warrant Certificates to make or cause to be made
any adjustment of the Purchase Price or the Redemption Price provided in this
Agreement, or to determine whether any fact exists which may require any such
adjustments, or with respect to the nature or extent of any such adjustment,
when made, or with respect to the method employed in making the same. It shall
not (i) be liable for any recital or statement of facts contained herein or for
any action taken, suffered, or omitted by it in reliance on any warrant
Certificate or other document or instrument believed by it in good faith to be
genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties,
(ii) be responsible for any failure on the part of the Company to comply with
any of its covenants and obligations contained in this Agreement or in any
Warrant Certificate, or (iii) be liable for any act or omission in connection
with this Agreement except for its own negligence or wilful misconduct.
The Warrant Agent may at any time consult with counsel
satisfactory to it (who may be counsel for the Company) and shall incur no
liability or responsibility for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it in
good faith in accordance with the opinion or advice of such counsel.
Any notice, statement, instruction, request, direction, order,
or demand of the Company shall be sufficiently evidenced by an instrument signed
by the Chairman of the Board, President, any Vice President, its Secretary, or
Assistant Secretary, (unless other evidence in respect thereof is herein
specifically prescribed). The Warrant Agent shall not be liable for any action
taken, suffered or omitted by it in accordance with such notice,
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statement, instruction, request, direction, order, or demand believed by it to
be genuine.
The Company agrees to pay the Warrant Agent reasonable
compensation for its services hereunder and to reimburse it for its reasonable
expenses hereunder; it further agrees to indemnify the Warrant Agent and save it
harmless against any and all losses, expenses, and liabilities, including
judgments, costs, and counsel fees, for anything done or omitted by the Warrant
Agent in the execution of its duties and powers hereunder except losses,
expenses, and liabilities arising as a result of the Warrant Agent's negligence
or wilful misconduct.
The Warrant Agent may resign its duties and be discharged from
all further duties and liabilities hereunder (except liabilities arising as a
result of the Warrant Agent's own negligence or wilful misconduct), after giving
60 days' prior written notice to the Company. At least 15 days prior to the date
such resignation is to become effective, the Warrant Agent shall cause a copy of
such notice of resignation to be mailed to the Registered Holder of each Warrant
Certificate at the Company's expense. Upon such resignation, or any inability of
the Warrant Agent to act as such hereunder, the Company shall appoint a new
warrant agent in writing. If the Company shall fail to make such appointment
within a period of 30 days after it has been notified in writing of such
resignation by the resigning Warrant Agent, then the Registered Holder of any
Warrant Certificate may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for the
appointment of a new warrant agent. Any new warrant agent, whether appointed by
the Company or by such a court, shall be a bank or trust company having a
capital and surplus, as shown by its last published report to its stockholders,
of not less than $10,000,000 or a stock transfer company. After acceptance in
writing of such appointment by the new warrant agent is received by the Company,
such new warrant agent shall be vested with the same powers, rights, duties, and
responsibilities as if it had been originally named herein as the Warrant Agent,
without any further assurance, conveyance, act, or deed; but if for any reason
it shall be necessary or expedient to execute and deliver any further assurance,
conveyance, act, or deed, the same shall be done at the expense of the Company
and shall be legally and validly executed and delivered by the resigning Warrant
Agent. Not later than the effective date of any such appointment the Company
shall file notice thereof with the
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resigning warrant Agent and shall forthwith cause a copy of such notice to be
mailed to the Registered Holder of each Warrant Certificate.
Any corporation into which the Warrant Agent or any new
warrant agent may be converted or merged or any corporation resulting from any
consolidation to which the Warrant Agent or any new warrant agent shall be a
party or any corporation succeeding to the trust business of the Warrant Agent
shall be a successor warrant agent under this Agreement without any further act,
provided that such corporation is eligible for appointment as successor to the
Warrant Agent under the provisions of the preceding paragraph. Any such
successor warrant agent shall promptly cause notice of its succession as warrant
agent to be mailed to the Company and to the Registered Holder of each Warrant
Certificate.
The Warrant Agent, its subsidiaries and affiliates, and any of
its or their officers or directors, may buy and hold or sell Warrants or other
securities of the Company and otherwise deal with the Company in the same manner
and to the same extent and with like effects as though it were not Warrant
Agent. Nothing herein shall preclude the Warrant Agent from acting in any other
capacity for the Company or for any other legal entity.
16. Modification of Agreement. The Warrant Agent and the Company may by
supplemental agreement make any changes or corrections in this Agreement (i)
that they shall deem appropriate to cure any ambiguity or to correct any
defective or inconsistent provision or manifest mistake or error herein
contained; or (ii) that they may deem necessary or desirable and which shall not
adversely affect the interests of the holders of Warrant Certificates; provided,
however, that this Agreement shall not otherwise be modified, supplemented, or
altered in any respect except with the consent in writing of the Registered
Holders of Warrant Certificates representing not less than 50% of the Warrants
then outstanding; and provided, further, that no change in the number or nature
of the securities purchasable upon the exercise of any Warrant, or the Purchase
Price therefor, or the acceleration of the Warrant Expiration Date, shall be
made without the consent in writing of the Registered Holder of the Warrant
Certificate representing such Warrant, other than such changes as are
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specifically prescribed by this Agreement as originally executed or are made in
compliance with applicable law.
17. Notices. All notices, requests, consents, and other communications
hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been made when
delivered or mailed first class registered or certified mail, postage prepaid as
follows: if to the Registered Holder of a Warrant Certificate, at the address of
such holder as shown on the registry books maintained by the Warrant Agent; if
to the Company, 325 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10016-5012, Attention: President,
with a copy sent to Morse, Zelnick, Rose & Lander, LLP, 450 Park Avenue, New
York, NY 10022, Attention: Howard L. Weinreich, Esq. or at such other address as
may have been furnished to the Warrant Agent in writing by the Company; and if
to the Warrant Agent, at its Corporate office.
18. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware,
without reference to principles of conflict of laws.
19. Binding Effect. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to
the benefit of the Company and, the Warrant Agent and their respective
successors and assigns, and the holders from time to time of Warrant
Certificates. Nothing in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to
confer upon any other person any right, remedy, or claim, in equity or at law,
or to impose upon any other person any duty, liability, or obligation.
20. Termination. This Agreement shall terminate at the close of
business on the Warrant Expiration Date of all the Warrants or such earlier date
upon which all Warrants have been exercised, except that the Warrant Agent shall
account to the Company for cash held by it and the provisions of Section 15
hereof shall survive such termination.
21. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in several
counterparts, which taken together shall constitute a single
document.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
duly executed as of the date first above written.
HERTZ TECHNOLOGY GROUP, INC.
By: _____________________________
Eli E. Hertz
Its: President
AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST
COMPANY
By: ______________________________
Its: Authorized Officer
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EXHIBIT A
[Form of Face of Warrant Certificate]
No. W Warrants
VOID AFTER ________ __, 2001
STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT CERTIFICATE FOR PURCHASE OF COMMON STOCK
HERTZ TECHNOLOGY GROUP, INC.
THIS CERTIFIES THAT FOR VALUE RECEIVED
or registered assigns (the "Registered Holder") is the owner of the number of
Redeemable Common Stock Purchase Warrants ("Warrants") specified above. Each
Warrant initially entitles the Registered Holder to purchase, subject to the
terms and conditions set forth in this Certificate and the Warrant Agreement (as
hereinafter defined), one fully paid and nonassessable share of Common Stock,
par value $.001 per share ("Common Stock"), of HERTZ TECHNOLOGY GROUP, INC., a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"), at any time between the Initial Warrant
Exercise Date and the Expiration Date (as hereinafter defined), upon the
presentation and surrender of this Warrant Certificate with the Subscription
Form on the reverse hereof duly executed, at the corporate office of AMERICAN
STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY as Warrant Agent, or its successor (the "Warrant
Agent"), accompanied by payment of $5.50 (the "Purchase Price") in lawful money
of the United States of America in cash or by official bank or certified check
made payable to Hertz Technology Group, Inc.
This Warrant Certificate and each Warrant represented hereby are issued
pursuant to and are subject in all respects to the terms and conditions set
forth in the Warrant Agreement (the "Warrant Agreement") dated ________ __,
1996, by and between the Company and the Warrant Agent.
In the event of certain contingencies provided for in the Warrant
Agreement, the Purchase Price or the number of shares of Common Stock subject to
purchase upon the exercise of each Warrant represented hereby are subject to
modifications or adjustment.
Each Warrant represented hereby is exercisable at the option of the
Registered Holder, but no fractional shares of Common Stock will be issued. In
the case of the exercise of less than all the Warrants represented hereby, the
Company shall cancel this Warrant Certificate upon the surrender hereof and
shall execute and deliver a new Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates of
like tenor, which the Warrant Agent shall countersign, for the balance of such
Warrants.
The term "Initial Warrant Exercise Date" shall mean ________ __, 1997.
The term "Expiration Date" shall mean 5:00 p.m. (New York time on
________ __, 2001, or such earlier date as the Warrants shall be redeemed. If
such date shall in the State of New York be a holiday or a day on which the
banks are authorized to close, then the Expiration Date shall mean 5:00 p.m.
(New York time) the next following day which in the State of New York is not a
holiday or a day on which banks are authorized to close.
The Company shall not be obligated to deliver any securities pursuant
to the exercise of this Warrant unless a registration statement under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, with respect to such securities is
effective. This Warrant shall not be exercisable by a Registered Holder in any
state where such exercise would be unlawful.
This Warrant Certificate is exchangeable, upon the surrender hereof by
the Registered Holder at the corporate office of the Warrant Agent, for a new
Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates of like tenor representing an equal
aggregate number of Warrants, each of such new Warrant Certificates to represent
such number of Warrants as shall be designated by such Registered Holder at the
time of such surrender. Upon due presentment with any transfer fee in addition
to any tax or other governmental charge imposed in connection therewith, for
registration of transfer of this Warrant Certificate at such office, a new
Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates representing an equal aggregate
number of Warrants will be issued to the transferee in exchange therefor,
subject to the limitations provided in the Warrant Agreement.
Prior to the exercise of any Warrant represented hereby, the Registered
Holder shall not be entitled to any rights of a stockholder of the Company,
including, without limitation, the right to vote or to receive dividends or
other distributions, and shall not be entitled to receive any notice of any
proceedings of the Company, except as provided in the Warrant Agreement.
This Warrant may be redeemed at the option of the Company, at a
redemption price of $.01 per Warrant at any time after ________ __, 1997,
provided the Market Price (as defined in the Warrant Agreement) for the
securities issuable upon exercise of such Warrant shall exceed $8.75 per share.
Notice of redemption shall be given not later than the thirtieth day before the
date fixed for redemption, all as provided in the Warrant Agreement. On and
after the date fixed for redemption, the Registered Holder shall have no rights
with respect to this Warrant except to receive the $.01 per Warrant upon
surrender of this Certificate.
Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer hereof, the
Company and the Warrant Agent may deem and treat the Registered Holder as the
absolute owner hereof and of each Warrant represented hereby (notwithstanding
any notations of ownership or writing hereon made by anyone other than a duly
authorized officer of the Company or the Warrant Agent) for all purposes and
shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary.
This Warrant Certificate shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware.
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This Warrant Certificate is not valid unless countersigned by the
Warrant Agent.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant Certificate to
be duly executed, manually or in facsimile by two of its officers thereunto duly
authorized and a facsimile of its corporate seal to be imprinted hereon.
HERTZ TECHNOLOGY GROUP, INC.
By: ______________________________
Eli E. Hertz
Its: President
Date: ______________________________
[Seal]
COUNTERSIGNED:
AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY,
as Warrant Agent
By: ______________________________
Its: Authorized Officer
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[Form of Reverse of Warrant Certificate]
SUBSCRIPTION FORM
To Be Executed by the Registered Holder in Order to Exercise Warrants
THE UNDERSIGNED REGISTERED HOLDER hereby irrevocably elects to exercise
_____ Warrants represented by this Warrant Certificate, and to purchase the
securities issuable upon the exercise of such Warrants, and requests that
certificates for such securities shall be issued in the name of
___________________________________
(please insert social security or other identifying number)
and be delivered to
____________________________________________
____________________________________________
____________________________________________
____________________________________________
(please print or type name and address)
and if such number of Warrants shall not be all the Warrants evidenced by this
Warrant Certificate, that a new Warrant Certificate for the balance of such
Warrants be registered in the name of, and delivered to, the Registered Holder
at the address stated below:
____________________________________________
____________________________________________
____________________________________________
(Address)
_________________________________
(Date)
_________________________________
(Taxpayer Identification Number)
If this Warrant has been solicited by a member of the National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc., the name of such firm is:__________:
SIGNATURE GUARANTEED
ASSIGNMENT
To Be Executed by the Registered Holder in Order to Assign Warrants
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, hereby sells, assigns, and transfers unto
____________________________________________
(please insert social security or other identifying number)
____________________________________________
____________________________________________
____________________________________________
____________________________________________
(please print or type name and address)
of the Warrants represented by this Warrant Certificate, and hereby irrevocably
constitutes and appoints _________________________________ Attorney to transfer
this Warrant Certificate on the books of the Company, with full power of
substitution in the premises.
_________________________________
(Date)
SIGNATURE GUARANTEED
THE SIGNATURE TO THE ASSIGNMENT OR THE SUBSCRIPTION FORM MUST CORRESPOND TO THE
NAME AS WRITTEN UPON THE FACE OF THIS WARRANT CERTIFICATE IN EVERY PARTICULAR,
WITHOUT ALTERATION OR ENLARGEMENT OR ANY CHANGE WHATSOEVER, AND MUST BE
GUARANTEED BY AN ELIGIBLE INSTITUTION (AS DEFINED IN RULE 17Ad-15 UNDER THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934) WHICH MAY INCLUDE A COMMERCIAL BANK OR
TRUST COMPANY, SAVINGS ASSOCIATION, CREDIT UNION OR A MEMBER FIRM OF THE
AMERICAN STOCK EXCHANGE, NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE, PACIFIC STOCK EXCHANGE OR
MIDWEST STOCK EXCHANGE.
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